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How can I select non-contiguous files on a Mac? On Windows I would use Ctrl + click, but Finder considers this to be a right click.
cfischer
Posted 2010-09-14T14:09:57.520
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How to select non-contiguous files on a Mac?
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Use ⌘-click (command-click). Most shortcuts in Windows that use CTRL use ⌘ in OS X.
fideli
Posted 2010-09-14T14:09:57.520
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I had same question but we were remote controlling a Mac OSX through VNC with a Windows keyboard so there was no Apple key and the Win key did not work.
However the Alt key on my windows keyboard worked.
S.Mason
Posted 2010-09-14T14:09:57.520
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The command/Apple/flower key does pretty much the same thing in MacOS that the Ctrl key does in Windows.
Also, Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+os+select+multiple+files
For details, see this tech support cheatsheet.
boot13
Posted 2010-09-14T14:09:57.520
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Why the down vote? At least leave a comment. – Xavierjazz – 2010-09-14T15:58:47.790
Two downvotes and counting. :( Still, my original answer wasn't really an answer, so I added one. I was really just looking for an excuse to post that XKCD cartoon. Is there a humour tag? But I'm always a little surprised when people post questions with such easily-found answers. Maybe this is for meta, but do we want to replace Google as the first stop for computer questions? – boot13 – 2010-09-14T16:06:19.490
1Don't necessarily want to replace Google and you're right that this is an easy question, but I know that if I search a computer question at Google and get a link to Superuser, I'll probably get a nicely curated answer rather than an endless thread on a forum with a dubious solution. Again, not necessarily relevant for this question. – fideli – 2010-09-14T19:27:00.367
1Google links are looked down upon. – Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-09-14T23:02:26.293
1Google links are looked down upon. Also, your "answer" doesn't answer the question. Such stuff is meant for the comment box ( although again Google links are likely to be flagged and removed as spam). If I ahd seen the original answer I'd have downvoted too. – Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-09-14T23:07:59.183