The default file manager used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems.
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Run Makefile from Finder
I often travel using Finder in the source directories of various project (LaTeX articles, programming stuff) for which the compilation is piloted by a Makefile.
I was wondering if there is a simple ...
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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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Visible Hidden Folder Disappears After Renaming it to [Dot Underscore]
I was temporarily changing the name of a folder before moving it. The name I randomly chose was "._". The folder immediately disappeared and Finder would not allow me to undo the operation. (I know; ...
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Why coreservicesd keep going high?
Recently everything I do in finder is slow. If I go to activity monitor I see
coreservicesd 63%
finder 37%
What's going one?
Some says I got to clear settings. I think all these happened after ...
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Don't have view options in finder
I'm trying to change the icon size on my desktop.
This should be easy via the view options. If finder would offer them.
I tried to get access to the options via the finder menu, cmd+j and I tried the ...
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How can I put the folder containing my iCloud documents in the Finder sidebar?
iCloud documents live in ~Library/Mobile Documents. But if I try to drag said folder to the Finder sidebar, I get a "do not enter" sign, and it won't add. How can I put my iCloud documents folder in ...
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How to rename sidebar elements in Path Finder 6?
Is there any option to rename sidebar element in Path Finder 6 ?
I tried to add alias (shortcut) of folder with different name, but anyway its creating item with root folder name.
For Example: I want ...
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Cannot assign 'Open With' to a specific application using Mountain Lion
I am using Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and Coda 2.0.4.
I want all my .js files to open with Coda (currently js files are assigned to Safari).
When I do a 'Get Info' and change the 'Open with' application I ...
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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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Selecting files with one extensions that have the same name as files with a different extension
I have two folders of images. In one folder there are .JPGs, e.g.
001.jpg
002.jpg
003.jpg
004.jpg
005.jpg
006.jpg
007.jpg
008.jpg
in the other folder, there are .NEFs. ...
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Dragged pages larger than source document
I have a 35-page academic paper in foo.pdf created using LaTeX. The full document is 950 KB.
I want to extract the figures and tables at the end of document into a separate file, so I open the ...
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Symlinks to volume if connected, local if not
Is it possible to use symlinks to redirect applications if a volume isn't connected?
I sometimes work from home where i use a mounted volume but occasionally i need to work away. Problem is all my ...
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Creating a new folder in finder doesn't highlight “untitled folder” for renaming
I have a trivial but annoying finder bug and I'm wondering if I am the only one?
If I hit command-shift-N in Finder to create a new folder it should automatically highlight the default name untitled ...
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Finder crashes permanently
I bought an SSD for my Macbook Pro. I did a backup of my hdd disk (as I always do with Time Machine) and used the disk utility to restore that backup to my ssd disk. The restore worked perfectly, but ...
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software — folders in Finder [duplicate]
I have four folders in the Finder 'Places' section that I simply cannot click on. I want them removed. But I can't even click on them. What is the problem?
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Reverse icon view order in Finder
When you press Command ⌘ J in Finder to bring up the options for the current folder and change what you sort the files by (in my case Date Created), is there any way to reverse the order?
Rather than ...
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Why can't I put some file in the trash?
I have a lot of useless files on my hardrive and I need to clear some of them out: some of said files will go into the trash with no problem, Some of them let me put them in the trash, but dont ...
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“Clean-Up By Name” on all folders on Mac
Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.
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Reorder Finder favorites (10.7)
Is it possible to permanently change order of items in "Favorites" section in Finder sidebar?
I can drag items to the desired positions, but after restart "Favorites" section again has least ...
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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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What's triggering my Finder's CPU binges?
A few times a week, the Finder on my Macbook shoots up to around 100% CPU use, and the fans start blasting.
I've done everything I can think of - repaired permissions, rebooted, trashed preferences, ...
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How to disable Finder triangle reveal animation in 10.7 Lion
In Finder's list view, you can click the little triangles to the left of folder icons in order to reveal the contents of the folder. In 10.7 Lion, this reveal/expansion is accompanied by a vertical ...
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Why are some apps greyed out when Command+Tab'ing through programs?
Sometimes when I switch through programs using the Command+Tab shortcut certain programs appear to be greyed out. I can switch to the program in question with no problems nor is there anything ...
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Copying 85000 files…(takes literally for ever)
So I have these 85000 files (totally 2.5gb) that I wish to copy from my Mac to my ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] with RAIDiator 4.1.10 [1.00a043]
It's a bunch of Matlab files.
Anyway, it's like it cannot be ...
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Finder is very slow in showing the content of server shared folders
I'm accessing a Windows File Sharing folder on my home server in Finder on my Mac (OS X 10.7.2) using the SMB protocol. When I'm navigating through the folders, sometimes (most of the time) I have to ...
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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 question: missing expansion triangle in list view
I have a list of folders shown in list view mode in Finder. But for some weird reason the regular click to expand triangle button which is present on each folder icon has disappeared. This issue is ...
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How to open a Finder window even if one is open on a different space already, in Terminal?
I often use open . to open the current folder from Terminal.app. From time to time this doesn't work. The reason is that the folder in question is already open in some other Finder window on some ...
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How do I get OS 10.8 to keep finder windows open after a restart?
I just installed OS 10.8 on my Mac (yes, I know I'm getting in late in the game.) An annoying thing I've discovered is that, whenever I restart the computer, it closes all the windows I have open in ...
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Spotlight doesn't work anymore in OS X Mountain Lion
I can't get Spotlight to search for any documents.
When I search the Finder for documents, nothing happens and the Spotlight search through the menu bar only shows up web searches.
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Is there any way I can hide all files and folders from the OS X Desktop, but leave the Hard Drive(s), CD's, External Drives, Network Drives there?
I was hoping there was a way I would be able to make all folders and files hidden on the OS X Desktop, but leave the Hard drive(s), network drives, CD's/DVD's, etc. But if I was to go into the Desktop ...
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Stop Finder/OSX From creating TemporaryItems and .apdisk on Network shares
I'm looking for some way to configure OSX to prevent it creating .apdisk files and .TemporaryItems folders on network shares.
These are created any time OSX accesses a shared folder on the network.
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Determining The Complete Size Of A Folder & Its Sub-Folders in Finder?
Simply how do I see the complete size of a folder within Finder ?
(AFAIK there is no default setting to automatically turn this feature on - correct me if i'm wrong)
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Can't colour folders
My Mac has ceased to allow me to right click to colour folders in Finder (the Finder format where all opened folders cascade to the right in panels)
I can however right click the general panel area ...
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Where are the PNG files for the UI theme stored?
I like using my Mac with the "graphite" theme, but I'd like to still keep the color "traffic light" graphics. I remember from various theme modifiers in the past that these are simple PNG files, so I ...
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Finder move does not merge but replaces old folder, how to get old folder's contents
I moved folder named FOLDERA to another folder where same name folder exists. Finder asked me to replace? I complied thinking that it will merge two folders like windows. It completely replaced my ...
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MacOS X 10.7.5 screen flickers in black and freezes for 2 minutes
Recently noticed a problem - in Finder, column view (this is important) if I select a pdf file (noticed only for pdf) screen flickers quickly several times in black color and the whole system freezes ...
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How can I change a file's creator code on vanilla Snow Leooard?
When Xcode is installed your best bet to change a file's creator is SetFile.
I only found AppleScript. Unfortunately, while the type is set correctly, the second line silently fails on my 10.6:
set ...
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Is there any way to view the names of files from before iTunes renamed them?
So here's my sad story guys. I'm a songwriter and I have a ton of audio files on my computer. I spent the last week or so going through them all (some were in iTunes, some were scattered across the ...
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Is there a way Spotlight can search for files in iPhoto folder?
I keep my iPhoto library in Dropbox. Sometimes Dropbox creates “conflicted copy” labelled duplicates of files (luckily, the library ignores those files and is working properly).
I want to get rid of ...
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“All My Files” option in Open/Save dialog get 100% CPU on Mountain Lion for a couple of minutes?
"All My Files" option in Open/Save dialog get 100% CPU on Mountain Lion for a couple of minutes?
How to solve this?
Mainly this happens twice: once before drawing anything on screen and once again ...
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How to make Finder show icon thumbnail for some Excel documents?
I have two Microsoft Excel documents that are, except for the data contained within, virtually identical. One was created as an offshoot of the other. In the Finder, the original displays a thumbnail ...
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Sort files according to kind in Office for Mac save dialog
I would like to arrange my folders above files so that finding where I want to file project details becomes more straightforward.
I have been able to do this in Finder but when using Office for Mac ...
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Applescript to get Dropbox file direct/share link
Is it possible to retrieve the direct/share link of a file that is in my Dropbox folder, but not in its Public subfolder?
I'd like to use that for an Alfred workflow. I saw many tutorials on how to ...
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How can I find the size of multiple folders?
When I highlight several folders in Finder and do a get info, I get an info window for each folder. Is there a way to get a single window showing size of all folders highlighted?
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Is there a workaround when Finder spends forever “calculating size”?
Has anyone else had the issue of it taking forever to calculate the size of a folder? I have a folder of about 500 GB on an external USB drive, and it seems to never finish "Calculating Size" when I ...
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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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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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Finder folder icons look like document and image files
I've got an annoying issue for a couple of weeks now. My folder icons got corrupted from time to time:
Left side is the view I get when I'm switching between views, but when I open finder or ...
