The default file manager used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems.
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Can the Finder resume a file copy?
I know about rsync and how to use it, but sometimes I just want to copy files using the Finder. However, if that fails, I have to do everything all over again, since the Finder does not seem to be ...
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How can I “link” different files to my folder without using soft link?
I have some some folders look like this structure:
Buy folder -> state_diagram_for_buy, activity_diagram_for_buy
Sell folder -> state_diagram_for_sell, activity_diagram_for_sell
Search folder -> ...
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How can I browse the hard disk attached to my Airport Extreme from my iPhone?
I have a gen 5 AEBS which has a total of 3 HFS+ partitions across 2 USB hard drives (USB hub in the middle).
On my Macbook Pro Retina, I can see all 3 HFS+ partition in the Finder. Finder shows the ...
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Favorites disappears from sidebar in Finder
Running Mountain Lion 10.8.3 I find that after a recent reboot my Favorites have all disappeared from the sidebar in Finder.
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar shows a number of boxes against Favorite ...
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Restoring finder icon
I have moved certain sections (downloads, music, pictures) of my user directory from my SSD to my HDD via symlinks. I have successfully changed over the image of the folder which can be seen in the ...
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“The operation can’t be completed because the item is in use” when deleting from Samba mounted drive
I have a USB drive plugged into my Asus RT-N66U router and shared over SMB. I originally formatted this drive on a Mac. I have two Trendnet TV-IP572PI surveillance cameras that records snapshots/video ...
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How do I make a bash script so that I can drag its input on top of the icon?
I need to make a bash script to that I can drag a .rar file on top of it and then the script will receive the pathname of that file as argument 1 ($1). I have made the bash script, but how do I make ...
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Can I force finder to open without loading previous files?
Finder crashed recently and I had to force quit it. Problem is that now when I open something with it, all of the files that it had open previously (including the one that caused the crash) try and ...
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How to dock multiple screens in a single screen?
I am using Macbook Pro and I am trying to dock terminal in the bottom and my webstorm on the top left and safari in top right. I followed the suggestion but I can't get the dividie by holding shift ...
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How can I select all files within a directory with subfolders?
I'm in the process of cleaning up my wickedly bad "Digital Photos" folder. I've got a workflow I like, but I need a better way of selecting the files. What I'd like to be able to do is select a ...
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make new Finder windows open at current folder
In Windows when I browse in Explorer, if I open a new Explorer window, it is opened to the same location as the window I had selected when I hit Ctrl-N. Is there a way of doing the same with Finder? ...
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how to get Finder to automatically open a Finder window / or always keep one open?
Let's say I have all my Finder windows closed. I'm in an application, like let's say Google Chrome. I ⌘-tab to the Finder icon to switch to Finder. But it shows me nothing... no windows, because I ...
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Unable to eject or erase USB drives
I'm unable to eject USB drives. When I try, I get this error:
The disk "Untitled" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may
be using it.
To eject the disk immediately, click the Force ...
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Finder crashes constantly
On an iMac 10,1 running Mac OS X 10.6.8, Finder crashes on every startup.
Safe Boot does not work around the problem.
When I log in normally, the Finder Crashed error messages always steal focus. ...
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How to stop cifs volumes disconnecting
At work my Mac Pro (Mountain Lion 10.8.3) connects to several network shares (on a SAN which I use my AD credentials to authenticate to). I connect using cifs by going to the "Connect to server" ...
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What backup methods preserve kMDItemDateAdded?
The attribute kMDItemDateAdded corresponds to the "Date added" column in the Finder, and is especially useful for the Downloads directory. Unfortunately, this attribute is not part of the filesystem ...
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How to create own filename extension?
I want to have an extension, named .content, to store all files in it that are linked to the filename. The extension ".content" should be recognized by the OS as a file extension rather than a regular ...
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How to customize Finder's Share menu?
Is there a way to add custom services to Finder's Share menu?
I have created an automator service to copy selected files to my Dropbox directory (similar to this).
I enabled this service in the ...
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How can I empty the trash with “rm -rf ~/.Trash/*” from Finder?
Sometimes emptying the trash in Finder takes significantly longer than just running rm -rf ~/.Trash. Is there some way to remap the "right click on trash in dock + click to empty trash" button to a ...
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finder is slow, disk access is slow, 1.5 million files on disk
Folders take seconds to respond; Activity monitor shows nothing; there are 1.5 million files on the computer. Is the Finder overloaded?
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Force relaunch of Finder from terminal into background
For some reason, Finder is no longer running and will not relaunch using conventional methods.
I can, however, get it running with the following command in the Terminal:
prompt$ open -g ...
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File not found: file is in ~/Library but not on 'This Mac'
A program i run cannot find a specific file. The file is right there where it is supposed to be. When i use Finder to locate it:
it is found if i tell it to look in ~/Library
it cannot be found when ...
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Why does my Mac keep opening the application that were open when it shut down?
I have set my Mac to switch off on late evening, and switch on on early morning. I didn't use any third-party utilities to do this.
When it starts up, the Mac loads all the applications that were ...
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Laptop crashed while downloading files using FileZilla, now those files only show up in FileZilla browser and can't be overwritten. How to delete?
My laptop crashed while downloading files using FileZilla. Now those files only show up in the FileZilla browser and they can't be overwritten. I can't see them in Finder or in Terminal. How do ...
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Finder window, Save As prompt missing sidebar entries
Check out this screenshot:
Why is everything missing in the sidebar? Normally I would see Desktop, Downloads, a custom list of favorite folders, Applications, Library, etc. Suddenly this started ...
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Scroll button on Logitech mouse won't left/right “click”
I just got a Mac and couldn't stand the Mighty Mouse it came with, so I got a nice little Logitech wireless USB mouse (Model M325).
It's much nicer, but when I have Finder in column views and go to ...
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Finder doesn't show thumbnail previews for RAW files
Since I upgraded to Lion (10.7.5), Finder doesn't display thumbnail previews of ARW files. ARW is a Sony RAW image format (in my case files were produced by Sony NEX-5 camera). Finder used to display ...
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How to connect to FTP from Finder with '@' in the credentials?
I haven't been able to connect to an FTP from Finder, if I use other client there is no problem.
The user name I am using to connect is in the form user@domain. The domain part in the user name is ...
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Finder does not open
Clicking on the finder icon in the dock has no effect. To open the finder I have to open the context menu and choose "New Window".
I already stoped the finder process, without success.
How can I fix ...
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Mac asking for password for some files when deleting [duplicate]
This happens not for all files. When I move or delete some of the files on my external drive Finder will ask for password. Is it due to permission set on these files ? Can I use something like Sudo ...
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Finder: keep sort-by per-directory
Some directories make sense to be sorted by date modified, while others make more sense to be kept sorted alphabetically.
How can I make it so that finder will apply a specified sort by selection on ...
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Finder window size defaults to smaller size
i recently open up finder and find its not as wide as i'd like it to be. So i draw it from the corner to expand it and all is well.
I sort my files by name and there i have it, my perfect finder ...
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One-click automated USB trash delete
Is there any way I can create an automator service or app to delete ALL trash from any USB drive (my own account's trash plus everybody else's)?
I've read several solutions involving Terminal, ...
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Finder slow after wake up from standby mode
I have 4 or 5 Network shares in my Favorites bar in the Finder. Any time the Macbook wakes up from Standby, the Finder takes forever to show up.
If I remove the Network shares from the Favorites bar, ...
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Is there a way to omit certain directories from where Mac OSX finds applications for its Applescript dictionaries et al?
Mac OSX maintains a list of applications for Applescript dictionaries, for the open-with list in finder etc.
This list gets collected from local directories (e.g. /Applications) but it finds as well ...
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Unable to play copied AVCHD
I have a Flash drive accessory for my camcorder which allows me to record to it as well as the SDHC cards it also uses as media.
This Flash drive can be connected to a computer using a USB connection ...
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OSX Server File Sharing - Allow users to change password?
We are running OSX Server 10.7.5 in our small office. On the machine, in the Server application, I have each employee setup as a user, with file sharing turned on.
This allows each employee to login ...
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Print to PDF an email dropped into a Finder folder
I need to record correspondence in projects and by default store everything as PDF files. I do the same with emails - I save the attachments in the relevant project folder, then copy the actual email ...
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Symlink User Folders - Can I keep original Sidebar Icons? [duplicate]
I have my user folders (Music, Movies and Pictures) stored on an external drive, so I used terminal to delete the existing user folders on the boot drive then created symlinks to these folders and ...
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Recent items are showing under “No Date” when sorting by date in finder
This thing's driving me crazy.
Often, when I download or create a new file, and then I have to upload it to a website or something like that, it will appear after the oldest items under a "No Date" ...
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How to disable the docked Finder monitor pop-up on OS X?
Attached is the screen shot of annoying screen monitor round cornered box, not sure what thats called. I dont know how it appeared!!! I wanna disable it. The Command+option+escape window doesn't show ...
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Show original Documents icon for symlinked Documents folder
On Snow Leopard, I have symlinked the Documents folder to another drive.
A side effect of this is that the folder icon in Finder now shows a generic folder with a small arrow in the lower left ...
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How to change the background of an DMG Software License Agreement dialog?
When I create my own dmg-images, I always attach a software license agreement to them. When I opened the flattened image, I always got the Jaguar "X" in the background of the agreement dialog, where I ...
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Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window?
Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?
One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.
I've yet to find a piece of software ...
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How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always see 2 items when I paste from the clipboard
How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always have 2 items when I paste from the clipboard.
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What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
Also where does it take those instruments from? A VST? Is it possible to use these sounds ...
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Keyboard Shortcut to Right Size All Columns Individually in Finder in OSX Lion?
Is it possible to set a keyboard shortcut for resizing all columns individually in Finder in OSX Lion?
The way to do it without a shortcut is right clicking on a column divider and then choosing the ...
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Large copied folders. Byte sizes same, but file counts different
I have a few very large folders copied that have the exact same byte size as their originals, but different file counts (off by 1-10 items) than what they should have.
No errors were reported during ...
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Can I customize the volume image of an individual USB drive?
When I plug in my USB key, I see this icon on my desktop:
I want to customize this, so that the image on the desktop and in Finder will look like the physical USB key.
I was able to find an ...
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How to share files or folders across different user accounts on Mountain Lion?
I have some files with an user account.I would like to share some of the files to another user on the same MAC. I copied the files to Public folder,but I am not able to view the files in the other ...
