How to select non-contiguous files on a Mac?

Question

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.

Solution 1

Use ⌘-click (command-click). Most shortcuts in Windows that use CTRL use ⌘ in OS X.

Solution 2

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.

Comments

[Xavierjazz]

Why the down vote? At least leave a comment.

[boot13]

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?

[fideli]

Don'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.

[100rabh]

Google links are looked down upon.

[100rabh]

Google 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.