On windows, linux etc holding down control and clicking can highlight multiple items. Then clicking and holding down the mouse button on any one of those highlighted let's you drag all of them at once.
It seems to work like that on the mac, with apple button instead of control. That's fine. However, in finder it seems to be weird. It works like that in icons view and columns view, but not in list view. In list view if I highlight various files with apple-click, then I click on any one file (in order to move all selected), it de-selects all the files except that one I am now clicking on!! That is really annoying! The only way I found to do it is by again holding down apple, clicking on one of the selected files ,waiting (in order not to make a double click!), then clicking again and holding it down (while still holding down apple), and only then can I move all the items together.
That seems really bizarre. And it seems to be only in the list view. Bizarre.
Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal?
Help appreciated!
Thank you
Justin
It seems to work like that on the mac, with apple button instead of control. That's fine. However, in finder it seems to be weird. It works like that in icons view and columns view, but not in list view. In list view if I highlight various files with apple-click, then I click on any one file (in order to move all selected), it de-selects all the files except that one I am now clicking on!! That is really annoying! The only way I found to do it is by again holding down apple, clicking on one of the selected files ,waiting (in order not to make a double click!), then clicking again and holding it down (while still holding down apple), and only then can I move all the items together.
That seems really bizarre. And it seems to be only in the list view. Bizarre.
Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal?
Help appreciated!
Thank you
Justin