The default file manager used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems.
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Can I enable Remote Disc on a computer that shipped with an optical drive?
I replaced the optical drive in my 2009 MacBook Pro with an SSD drive. I have enabled CD & DVD Sharing on another computer (running OS X 10.7.5) on my local network and inserted a data CD, but ...
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Pressing CMD + Folder from dock opens finder at bottom page
When I press Command and click on a folder in the Dock, Finder should come up and show me it's location there. However, Finder shows up and the page is scrolled all the way to the buttom. So I have to ...
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iPod Touch Not Showing Under Devices in Finder
I'm a software developer that recently switched to a Mac. I am using OS X 10.8.2. I am trying to debug an issue with a website using an iPod touch. I've been told that I can connect the iPod to my Mac ...
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How can I mark (movie) files in finder (as watched)?
In my movie folder I have loads of movies. The ones I watched I want to mark as watched.
I suppose I could either use the colors (like green for watched) or the Spotlight tags, but I would rather ...
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Why can't I open downloads from Google Chrome's download bar?
For some reason, clicking on downloads in the Google Chrome download bar does nothing any more; I'm pretty sure it did until some time recently, but it's been a while since it did.
Also, choosing ...
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How can I change the view options for all subfolders at once?
I want to adjust the view options of a folder and all of its subfolders, the end result being that they have identical view options.
I'm not sure where to start with this. I normally launch View ...
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Make Finder treat TextMate .tmbundle as regular directory
Is there a (reversible) way to make Finder treat TextMate .tmbundle packages as regular folders? Right now, to view a bundle's contents, I need to right-click and select Show Package Contents to view ...
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Document files with incorrect date stamps
Often the document files I create, modify and save show up only to have incorrect date stamps, as if they haven't been indexed correctly (or at all). This happens with any document file type ...
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How can I browse my pdfs?
I have a great many directories where I've latex'd my notes on various topics, so many that I'm beginning to have trouble finding things. Is there a way to display thumbnails of all the pdfs (under a ...
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Automatically hide latex aux files in finder (files with a certain extension)
I'm a LaTeX user in OSX. I use TexShop primarily. LaTeX automatically creates lots of helper files with various different extensions (.log, .nav, .aux, .out, etc).
It's almost never necessary to view ...
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Gibberish volume in finder which is inaccessible and un-deletable
I'm not sure when it got there, but there is what looks like the icon for a time machine volume in my favorites sidebar for finder, but its name is gibberish : "_fTz328nSUG4ZgV4k5KaRm." If I click on ...
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Prompt When Ejecting Time Machine Drive
Whenever I eject the external drive that I use for Time Machine, I get this prompt:
However, in actual fact, this particular drive has got only ONE (1) partition, so it's rather annoying that I ...
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Duplicate entries in “Open With” menu in Finder even after rebuilding Launch Services
In Mac OS X 10.8.2, I have this curious problem. Every time I install a new updated version of one of several applications that I use, my system adds a new duplicate entry in the "Open With" ...
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Finder not showing toolbar and sidebar sometimes
I'm running OS X 10.8.2 with TotalFinder.
Recently, when launching Finder from dock stacks—for instance, the Downloads folder—by clicking the "Open in Finder", the toolbar and sidebar are both hidden ...
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Make apps stop showing as mounted partitions
I am new to OS X and have been using it for 5 days.
Whenever I launch an application, it shows up as a mounted drive in finder and on the desktop. This looks useless and annoying. Is there a way to ...
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Relaunch Finder link missing
I recently needed to show hidden files in my iMac 2011 and had to relaunch Finder to do so. Every tutorial I saw, said to ctrl+click on the Finder icon and then click "relaunch". The trouble is: I ...
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Sidebar icons from non-system volume disappears after restart in Finder of Mac OSX 10.8.2
I dragged folders in finder to Favorite in sidebar. Folders from system volume survived after system restarts but folders from non-system volume are gone. This problem happens since I upgraded from ...
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Change Mac OS X Finder sidebar icons
I have seen a lot of related questions/answers but it seems that there still isn't a working solution for it. So I have sum up all related info that I found and maybe we can find a solution to it.
So ...
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How to disable thumbnails icon preview only for video files in Finder?
I hate my finder opening slow because of loading all those icons for video files. While I still want thumbnails for PDFs, documents, music, I don't want previews for video files because they're ...
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Finder extensions [closed]
I have a lot of problems with Finder. It does things I don't want, and it doesn't do things I do want.
There are seemingly two ways to approach this problem: replace Finder and extend Finder.
In ...
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Network Volumes changing preferred settings for viewing
Our network volume does this really irritating thing where it remembers the settings for the last person who viewed the folder. The view options etc. change if someone else accesses the file.
I know ...
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Is there a way to make Finder always expand to “Show All” by default in “Icon View”?
Is there a way to make Finder always expand to "Show All" by default in "Icon View"?
I am referring to this situation where the "Show All" is collapsed by default:
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Find original filename after Data Rescue recovery
Recently, I lost 1,7TB on videofiles on my external hard drive. A terrible loss since it took me many evenings categorising all this data.
With a deep-scan with DataRescue 3, I was able to recover ...
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Any way to sort each column differently in the Finder?
Is there any way in the Finder to sort each column in column view by different criteria? When I select a sort order, it applies universally to every column.
For example, I would like to sort a ...
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How can I convert .CR2 to .jpg?
Is there a simple tool that will convert .cr2 files (Canon RAW) to .jpg?
I know Preview does it well but I'm looking for something directly accessible from the contextual menu.
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Finder View-->Show Path Bar doesn't work
I have a MacBook Pro retina running Mountain Lion. Finder View-->Show Path Bar doesn't work. When I toggle it, it just changes the size of the Finder window, without showing the path bar.
Another ...
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Change American keyboard icon in menu bar to black and white
How can I change the American keyboard icon my menu bar from a colored icon to black and white?
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Browsing in Finder is extremely slow while fine in Terminal
I did Repair Disk Permissions, reindexing files for Spotlight, and remove cache folders but it's still broken. It takes 30 seconds to several minutes to files to show up in local, not remote, folders.
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Mac OS X 10.7.5 - always arrange folder items by date modified
How do I force Finder to always arrange all items in every folder by the date modified? I'm only asking because even after research, I couldn't resolve it -- going to "View" -> "Show View Options" has ...
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Taking forever to move files to the trash
Finder is taking forever to move, rename, etc. files, especially when moving to the trash or emptying the trash.
Here is a video ...
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Why is Lion’s “Keep Both” option missing from the file copy dialog?
I am running Mountain Lion (10.8.2), and when I attempt to copy a bunch of files from Directory A to Directory B (which contains some files with names matching those from Directory A), I get this ...
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automator: get a folder if it dropped or ask for one otherwise
I'm building an automator application that acts on a folder that needs to be specified.
Until now, I've been using the "Ask for Finder items" action to ask for a the folder to be used, but I would ...
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Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS?
I have a Synology NAS D213+.
When I want to connect the NAS to my Mac, Finder mounts a new volume which behaves like a normal partition.
But it interacts so slowly - I click on a folder, and it ...
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How to add multiple tracks from Finder to iTunes now playing list?
The new iTunes 11 finally contains a list with the current and to be played titles.
I'd like to add multiple files from the Finder to that list.
Is that possible somehow?
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Any easy way to search for & replace characters in JPG file names in a folder?
Have a MacBook Pro 15 (Oct2009 vintage), and am running 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
Is there an easy way to search for and replace chars in JPG file names in a folder file list?
I'm working with over ...
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How to fix drag&drop copy onto optical media
So I got a DVD-RAM and a BD-RE both formatted with UDF, packet-writeable (I think packet writing is the wrong descriptor here as a DVD-RAM is randomly addressable but it's pretty close).
At least the ...
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Finder: show video thumbnail for all kind of formats/containers
I wish that Finder show video thumbnail for all kind of formats and containers. *.flv doesn't get a preview, some *.mp4 not, *.mov not.
Is this possible? Maybe a video browser in place of Finder? I ...
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Item “is in use by another application”. How can I find out which one?
In Finder the file VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool is greyed out.
I want to delete this file, but I'm prompted by a message that the file is currently in use:
Currently, I have no clue what is the ...
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Cut-Paste files or folders on Mac OS X
Is there anyway to move some files/folders on Mac OS X as easy as in Windows?
The only way I know is to side the two source and destination folders, and drag and drop the files from one to the ...
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How to close all windows of Mac OS X Finder?
Having 30 or 40 windows of different folders open, is there any way to close all of them at once? I tried to relunch Finder, and I was happy for a second having no open window anymore, but it reopened ...
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how to remove the shortcut on Finder top bar (see picture)
I don't know how I got these shortcuts on Finder's bar (look on the right). These shortcuts are on every Finder windows.
How to remove them ? What's those shortcut called ?
This picture is worth ...
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Safari 6's show/reveal in Finder stopped working
The other day Safari 6's "Show/Reveal in Finder" command in the downloads window suddenly stopped working. Whether right-clicking or clicking the magnifying glass/loupe button, I can't get the Finder ...
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Select the first or last file in finder with the keyboard, or disable filename sort in finder
I'm renaming a long series of file one by one while previewing them. UNFORTUNATELY, Finder re-sorts the file list, so that means that each time I rename a file, it changes the current selection to the ...
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How to manage a huge folder collection in two places
I have a huge collection of movies (over 2,000) on my external hard drive, and since my girlfriend doesn't like those old movies, she would like to make distinguish between the old movies and those ...
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“New Folder with Selection” question
I'm looking for a way to change the minimum number of files required to 1 so I can make a folder from a single selected file rather than having to have 2 selected before it becomes available.
To see ...
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Finder does not show content of some folders
I'm running Lion on Macbook2,1 and after I've upgraded from Leopard, I've noticed that some folders including Pictures are shown empty in Finder. Size of folder says otherwise and in Terminal I can ...
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How to add system users/groups to ACL in Lion
I'm using Lion and am trying to modify my ACL for a folder within Finder to share with user _www . I have opened the Properties window, and expanded the Sharing & Permissions section, but I do ...
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How do I set Command-F to search by 'Name Contains' in Mountain Lion?
I have seen the tip om how to Search by Filename.
However, it still uses the default -- 'Name Matches...'
I find this MUCH less useful than searching for 'Name Contains'.
I saw an OSX 10.4 on ...
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How to change the default file manager for OSX?
I've downloaded muCommander and find it better than Finder. When I open folders with QuickSilver it still uses Finder, though. How do I change this behavior?
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“Name” folder appears in the top of every finder window
I am running Mountain Lion and notice occasionally a weird thing happening in the finder. I will be navigating through folders and notice that at the top of each folder that there is a folder called ...
