Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Lost Mail Function Date: 11 Mar 2015 18:05:40 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <2015031008175893125-jerryf@pipeline.com> X-Trace: individual.net BZGx78FWYtYfTx9t8PvBIQBlUBsa4HsfJbF+uofl2D5s2EDKp0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nsP7rz32IOfCmk0OQBA78ArJ5Es= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:28157 On 2015-03-11, Barry Margolin wrote: > In article , > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2015-03-11, Barry Margolin wrote: >> > In article , >> > Jolly Roger wrote: >> > >> >> On 2015-03-10, Barry Margolin wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I have a group of 80 people (all the local bridge players I know), I >> >> > want to select 15-20 of them (the ones I want to ask to play in a >> >> > particular event). >> >> >> >> And another sub-group is out of the question why? >> > >> > Because it's not the same sub-group each time I want to do this. >> > >> > So basically I would have to create a new group at that time, which is >> > essentially the same process as selecting people for that email. >> >> The way to do it is to type the first few letters of each person's name, >> then Return to accept each one in turn. It's fast and easy. It's not >> that you cannot do what you want - it's just you cannot do it with the >> mouse anymore since Apple removed that function. > > And now we get back to the fact that I have to remember all the names I > want to type. Not if you type the group name and then remove names you don't want. > There's almost nothing easier than picking things out of a list with the > mouse. Why make things more complicated? Typing a group name and then removing items from a list doesn't seem any more complicated than opening the contacts list and scrolling through a bunch of contacts, selecting the ones I want, and then double-clicking or dragging them into Mail. We can agree to disagree though. >> > Actually, worse, because the only way to put people in groups in Address >> > Book is by dragging, not simple clicking. Half the time when I do this, >> > if I don't get the motion just right it thinks I'm swiping over a bunch >> > of contacts, and then tries to drag them all. >> >> That's incorrect. You can select multiple people and choose File > New >> Group From Selection with no dragging involved. > > Hmm, never noticed that one before. Although creating a group just for > one-time use seems silly. Also, this means I have to go into another > application -- I used to be able to do the selection directly from > within Mail. You can do the selection from within Mail - just not with the mouse. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR