Selecting Files and Right-Clicking
Reference: the two Mac conventions the guides rely on.
The guides assume two things that every Mac application shares but that are easy to have never been shown: selecting several files at once, and opening a right-click menu. Both take a few seconds to learn.
Selecting several files at once
Everything you apply in Media Location Tagger goes to the files that are selected in the file table, so selecting is the first step of every job. The thumbnails in the sidebar and the count in the status line at the bottom of the window show what is selected.
| To select | Do this |
|---|---|
| one file | click it |
| a run of files | click the first, then hold Shift (⇧) and click the last; everything in between is selected too |
| individual files here and there | hold Command (⌘) and click each one; ⌘-click a selected file to drop it from the selection |
| all files | press ⌘A, or choose Edit → Select All |
| the files taken at one spot | on the map, choose the Area Selection Tool and drag a rectangle around their markers |
The combinations mix freely: ⌘A, then ⌘-click the two files that do not belong; or shift-click a run, then ⌘-click a few more.
Right-clicking
A right-click opens a menu of commands for whatever is under the pointer. In Media Location Tagger it opens the Location menu on a file in the table or on its marker on the map. On a Mac there are several ways to do it, and they are all equivalent:
- Trackpad: click (or tap) with two fingers. If this does nothing, switch it on in
System Settings→Trackpad→Secondary click. - Magic Mouse: click on the right side of the mouse surface;
System Settings→Mouse→Secondary clickenables it. - Any mouse with two buttons: click the right button.
- Always available: hold the Control (⌃) key and click normally.
The guides say “right-click” throughout; use whichever of these you prefer.