View Full Version : macphorians: what's the equivalent of enter to open a file in windows...


TIMb
06-16-2006, 04:48 AM
whenever i hit enter in osx it wants to rename the file :mad:


???

TIMb
06-16-2006, 04:49 AM
i do like taht you can rename files while they're open, unlike in wondows.

Mexicola
06-16-2006, 04:52 AM
Double click.

TIMb
06-16-2006, 04:55 AM
i want the keyboard shortcut, wiseass.

Mexicola
06-16-2006, 05:03 AM
Try cmd + opt + ctrl + eject

shannon
06-16-2006, 05:06 AM
im not in front of my mac right now, but i thought there was a shortcut next to the word open...like, in windows its Ctrl+O

TIMb
06-16-2006, 05:10 AM
ah'ha! i didn't think to look in the menu. i didn't expect to see open. thanks a bunch... :)

shattering fast
06-16-2006, 05:34 AM
Damn! beaten to the punch. And I don't even own a mac.

TIMb
06-16-2006, 05:40 AM
And I don't even own a mac.


i don't either.

StillBecomingApart
06-16-2006, 05:53 AM
i do like taht you can rename files while they're open, unlike in wondows.

But is stupid to rename a file while you are using it. That means another user could rename the file you have open.... causing an apocaliptic mess. :D

TIMb
06-16-2006, 06:00 AM
i've only once been sucked into a black hole because of it... and it wasn't that bad. the pros outway the cons.