"Folder" is the colloquial term for "directory" or "subdirectory", an abstraction of the file system hierarchical divisions used to organize files, documents, applicatons and pieces of programming code.
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How can I use Terminal to copy all files of a certain type from a failing hard drive?
I need to use terminal to copy my Pictures folder from a failing harddrive onto another drive, but I can't actually change into the folder and use just cp *.jpg ~/Documents. Is there a way to do this ...
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photo apps for ipad over wifi
I have a lot of family photos and home video stored on network folders (my PC, my NAS) accessible via wi-fi.
Are there photo manager and photo editor apps for me to directly work my pictures on my ...
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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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Moving desktop folder back to where it should be!
I've had a real headscratcher... the other day I was downloading a large folder from FTP to a folder on my desktop. When I went to check the files half were missing, I soon found out it was because ...
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Option to “open with…” on folders in finder
Is it possible to add the "Open with..." option to Finder, when you do a secondary click on a folder? I want the same behavior as when I'm secondary clicking on a file.
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I do not want to open ...
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Rules in Mail randomly don't apply
I have a very simple rule set up in Mail like the following:
If [any] of the following conditions are met:
[From] [Contains] @gmail.com
Perform the following actions:
[Move Message] to mailbox: ...
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Can't drag folder to desktop
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, every time I try to drag a folder to my desktop it only makes an alias. Is there any way to reenable moving regular folders? It's really obnoxious to have to make ...
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Symlink to hidden file
I have 2 macs, and use Dropbox a lot. On my MacBook I have one folder synced with Dropbox (through a symlink, ln -s ~/folder ~/Dropbox) that is actually in my ~/Library directory, so it's hidden. It ...
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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 ...
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How to set multiple folder icons in finder (for symbol- and list-view)?
I'm using OS X 10.8.2. By default the system folder icons differ in symbol- and list-view in the finder. If I use the list view a small icon (16x16px) is displayed. In symbol view finder switches to a ...
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What photo organizer software can store keywords/tags in EXIF without mangling other EXIF metadata?
I would like to organize my photos into folders with labels/tags/keywords, possibly also with captions or descriptions for each photo. I would like that information put into the EXIF metadata of the ...
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How can I rename music videos on my iPhone?
I want to find some music videos and rename them, but I can't figure out how to do that?
I am using iPhone 4S - iOS 5.0.1 - a jailbroken phone and using iFile And iFunBox.
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Merge folders is not working
I'm trying to merge two folders with the same name but different contents in Finder on OSX Mountain Lion.
The folder is located on my iMac and I am dragging a dropping to my External Harddrive where ...
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Why would a Folder script stop working in 10.8.2? I have been using this script for several years
property disk : "Webserver:RAID:active_jobs" -- name of mounted disk where all work resides
property folderactive : "Active" -- name of Folder were active jobs folders are held
property destination : ...
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Recover partition from NTFS drive with folder structure
I ran disk utility and looked for errors on a NTFS drive that was working fine but had been ejected abruptly after the computer was forced to shut down. After that a bunch of errors just appeared in ...
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Using Safari to list all contents of a folder/path
Is there a way I can use Safari to list the contents of a folder? More like of an "index" page where you get to see the files and sub-folders inside a path/folder. Like this one:
When I use Chrome, I ...
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Does a .DS_Store file contain view settings for its own folder, or does it describe the view(s) of the sub folder(s) contained in its own folder?
I'm having major issues figuring out how to get my arrange/sort settings to "stick" for my Finder windows—both in Lion, and now in Mountain Lion too (with a completely fresh system).
I created an ...
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How to keep /Volumes symbolic links from getting auto-deleted?
I moved my /Users directory to a separate disk/partition (to get it off my SSD boot disk) as per this post. However, some things (like double-clicks of .html files to be viewed in a an Opera browser) ...
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How do I set a persistent background image for a USB drive?
I'm trying to change the folder background image on a USB flash drive, using the View Options panel. However, when I eject and re-insert the drive, these settings (as well as icon positions, etc.) ...
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Can't get folders to download photos?
I used to have an iPhone that I had sorted pictures into folders on. I had to get a new iPhone because it was cracked and the camera didn't work, along with other problems. While I was in the mall of ...
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Rebuilding Itunes Music library
I've just reinstalled my Win 7 but had some issues when I tried to re-install Itunes the first time (folder permission ones I couldn't easily overcome initially), so decided to uninstall it and ...
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Why are there several image folders when I connect my iPhone to Windows?
Normaly there was only one folder which hold my images taken from the native camera app. But now there are three folders, all filled with images? Why are there now three different image folders when I ...
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Can I get my mail folders on my iPhone synced to my Mac?
I've made many mail folders on my iPhone and they are automatically synced to my iPad, but not synced to my Mac.
Anyone have an idea?
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Hidden file in root directory, what is it? (.com.apple.backupd.mvlist.plist)
There's a hidden file in my root directory and I'm curious to know what it is. It's an empty plist (the size is about 181 bytes, and there's absolutely no keys in the root when opening this plist in ...
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How do I organize my synced videos on my iPad into folders?
I have more than a hundred videos synced to my iPad, but they are all jumbled together, so I can never find what I want. I want to organize them into folders like 1080p, 720p, music videos, ...
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Finder not expanding folders anymore after OSX Lion re-installation
I've just reinstalled Lion after having replaced the stock HDD with an OCZ Vertex 4 SSD and everything is fine apart from the Finder, which does not expand folders anymore..see the following ...
