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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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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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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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Changing Finder's Font Size - Lion
I open My Documents in finder. Click CMD-J and change the font size to 10. I choose set as default. The font size looks right on My Documents.
Then I navigate to Applications, and the font size is ...
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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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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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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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“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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What are the home and net folders I see within finder?
While a similar question was raised here, it doesn't seem to be a solid answer but more of a theory. In addition my case is a bit different as you will see below.
You will note that I have two home ...
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How to focus on list of found files after search in Finder using the keyboard with full keyboard access activated?
I like using the keyboard as much as possible. In particular, I'd like to be able to activate a search, type my search term, press a key to move to the search list, and then use cursor keys to ...
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Enable Cut in Finder in OSX 10.7 (Lion) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it not possible to use the “cut” command to manipulate a file in the Finder?
I was fiddling with several settings a few days ago, and I'm pretty sure I did ...
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How to create a 'New Email with Attachment' option in Finder?
With OS X Lion, the 'New Email with Attachment' option is missing from Finder. It is supposed to be replaced with the new "Share Button". Unfortunately, the only two ways I can share a file are ...
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How to use Finder's “Open With Application”?
(Apologies in advance if the menu names aren't exactly right -- I'm not using Mac OS X in English, so I'm guessing at the translations.)
I was curious what the "screen sharing" shortcut had in it, so ...
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Finder.app previews of aliases and symbolic links
I have a folder with Finder aliases and symbolic links (i.e. created using ln -s original.pdf link.pdf).
How can I make sure Finder displays previews for these instead of the standard icon?
This ...
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in Finder, when sorting by Kind, have it “Show All” by default
New to Lion when you sort a folder by "Kind" it groups file types together in a wonderful compact display with a "left-right" scroll capability if there are too man files/folders to display one line.
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Open File window badly framed
Whenever I need to open a file from any app the finder window is extremely bad framed. The toolbar gets most of the space on the window and I always have to widen the window towards right in order to ...
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Toggle Finder sort order with AppleScript under Lion 10.7?
For years I've been using this AppleScript to toggle the sort order of a Finder window:
if sort direction of column id size column of list view options of window 1 is normal then
set sort ...
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Lion's “sort by” view bug (Finder and Time Machine)
I'm having trouble with an issue that I've had for a year now: the new sorting view that Lion introduces (with the non-selectable columns) acts really weird sometimes (randomly, more often in Time ...
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How to use drag and drop to move files instead of copying
Drag and drop between drives defaults to copying the files not moving them. I know holding ⌘ along with the drag will move the files, but I'm looking for something more permanent like a defaults ...
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How can I create a Saved Search that excludes a specific folder from the results?
I'm trying to set up a Saved Search of my Mac that will exclude files in a folder called 'XYZ' from the search results. The reason is because I'm getting a ton of false positives from that folder that ...
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Why does Finder use 59GB of swap space?
My new retina MacBook Pro(with 16GB RAM) keeps receiving this "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory" message. I have 300 GB of free space on my hard drive, and ...
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How to set label color for “Utilities” folder in Lion?
In earlier versions of OSX I've set the label color of the /Applications/Utilities folder so that it's easy to spot (visually).
Lion disables the labels for this folder. (Why?)
I've tried changing ...
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“Open in Finder” dock command opens Preview instead
When I use the "Open In Finder" command in any Dock Folder Preview opens and scans the entire folder opening any file it can recognise. The same thing happens when I select an item in from the search ...
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Width of the column view separation line in Finder
I'm using Mac OS X lion. In Finder, I use the column view. I know how to set up the width, but the thin line you use to drag the columns has suddenly become thicker and very visible.
I know this ...
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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 ...
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Associated Voila files to finder by mistake
An associate of mine has managed to associate all his Voila files to Finder, and now he just has a bunch of folders for them. He wants to revert this but, when he does, at Get Info he has no option ...
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How can I restart Finder when it keeps “stopping” an stopped copy process?
Every now and then, mostly with USB sticks, Finder decides to copy forever, either at the end of the copy process (i.e. the files are already copied), or at the very beginning.
Stopping the process ...
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Extracting zip does not store files in “today” in Finder
I have a Mac OS X Lion 10.7. I downloaded a zip file from the internet which shows up in "Today". However, after extracting the zip file, it puts the contents in "earlier". is it possible to show the ...
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“Connect to Server” option missing
Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and ...
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How do I keep QTKitServer (QuickLook Helper) CPU usage from exploding out of control? OR How do I disable QuickLook entirely?
I've been watching lots of .MKVs lately, opened from the Finder. In Column View, when you single-click any file, QuickLook will load a viewable thumbnail into the next column over. This causes ...
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Clean up file names using Automator
I’m fairly new to Automator, in that I’ve used it only once before. What I’m trying to do is clean up a bunch of Android app assets, which are named like so:
01_something
1_something_else
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QuickLook HTML plugin?
I'm looking for a plugin that will display me the text of HTML files in QuickLook rather than a preview of the rendered HTML.
Does anyone know of such a plugin?
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How to set PATH for Finder-launched applications
Apps launched via Finder seem to not respect the PATH as set in .bash_profile. So when I try to run code from an IDE (Intellij) I no longer have access to programs in /usr/local/bin, which is ...
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OS X Lion - arrange by application category breaks alpha sort?
I just upgraded to OS X Lion (10.7.4) and one of the new features I read about was the ability to arrange the Applications folder by Application Category in the Finder.
I did this and the ...
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Quickly open your favorite folders on OS X?
What are the options which would be faster than opening Finder and browsing the folder, to open it?
(I like to keep the desktop completely clean so will avoid Desktop shortcuts if other options are ...
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How can I replace Finder with Path Finder in OS X Lion?
I downloaded Path Finder and like it a lot, but Finder still takes over some functionality that I'd prefer Path Finder to do. For instance, if I open a folder on my desktop it opens in Finder, and ...
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How do I give focus to the correct window when closing another application's window?
On Lion, if I am in Chrome and click on an alert from Outlook that says I received an e-mail, I get a new window from Outlook with that e-mail on top of Chrome (I can still see Chrome immediately ...
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Creating a keyboard shortcut for “Show Path Bar” in Finder
It seems there's no built-in keyboard shortcut for "Show Path Bar" in Finder. How can I create one?
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How to add a shortcut to a NFS share in Finder?
I have defined a NFS mount point in Disk Utility. The target machine is running Linux.
I don't see the machine in Finder (preferences/ shared / servers is checked)
I also can't drag the folder to the ...
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Some windows in OS X Lion do not move to foreground when taking focus
I have two windows open (so far I think this has only happened when at least one of the windows is a Finder window, though I'm not sure if that fact is essential to the problem), and I click the one ...
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Hard Drives shows up in Finder, but not Desktop
In the past when I have plugged in external hard-drives they would always show up on the desktop. I'm not sure if it is because of a software update or the drive itself but it's no longer showing up.
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Is there a way to refresh a Finder file listing?
I love my Mac and how things generally just work. Now and again, however, one finds a few annoyances. My latest one is that I cannot find a refresh button anywhere to update a file listing in a Finder ...
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How do I show who created/owns a file in the Finder?
I wish to see who created a file or who has ownership of a file within the list view of Finder.
Specifically I'm looking at a network Samba volume and can see the owner and group within Terminal.
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Moving files in Finder with drag and drop opens a new window
I'm trying to move files around in Finder by using my trackpad to drag and drop files. The problem is that I'm using tap to click with dragging enabled. So, when I decide to drop the files onto a ...
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How do you customize Lion Finder sidebar icons?
I'm not looking to hack resources or use SIMBL plugins, but I would like to be able to show custom icons in the Lion sidebar.
As far as I've understood custom icons on the folder no longer show up in ...
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Finder jumping to currently selected item
When I am browsing a long list of items, and have one of the items selected (whether above or below the current viewing area/viewport), quite often it jumps up or down to show the currently selected ...
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What has changed Finder list view in Lion to make “Calculate all sizes” exponentially faster?
Since way before Mac OS X came on the scene, we have been able to ask the Finder to Calculate all sizes in order to determine the sum total of readable file size space contained in each folder for the ...
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Can't delete folder named __MACOSX
So, I have a folder in my ~./Trash folder, and I can't seem to delete it. It's named __MACOSX, and I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of it. Finder won't start at all because of it (it ...
