New answers tagged finder
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chflags can set various options on a file that affect its display in Finder. See man chflags, which mentions that the existing flags on a file can be seen by using ls -lO.
Extended Attributes are also a possibility (although I think less likely for this issue): try ls -l@, or xattr -l filename to see those.
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“The operation can’t be completed because the item is in use” when deleting from Samba mounted drive
What file system do you create on your shared drive? Looks like you are using wrong FS.
I use Ext3 at the same router and connect successfully from my pc and from my mac. I always have necessary permissions to do anything.
BTW you should remember, you cannot use Ext3 disk directly with your mac. Only thru the router.
To format disk to Ext3 FS you can do it ...
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Enable show path in the view menu (not sure about the menu names but it should appear at the bottom of the finder window) then cmd + double click the folder you want to open, in this case, the last folder is your current folder.
I made an image but can't post it :\
Edit: Image example
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I've already posted the solution on a previous question with a similar problem.
Restoring finder icon
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I've had to do this on an iMac with a failed optical drive before.
From http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2009/09/enable-remote-disc-drive-sharing-on-any-mac.html:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true
... then reboot, and hopefully the option will then show ...
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I haven't tried it but I would suggestion following :
Copy your automator service in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns/
rename it Servicename.sharingservice
Now edit /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SHKServicesOrder.plist by adding your service. (CFBundleIdentifier in ...
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From this tip, it looks like you need to edit:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SHKServicesOrder.plist
Don't have a Mac in front of me to try it.
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I want to add that if "Document Container" is not working for you (such as is my problem), you can set the Search Folder to opt in/out specific folders.
Pardon me, I do not have the "reps" to post images so I will do my best. This is my first post so feel free to flame away.
For my music organization work-flow, I wanted the iTunes folder to hide ...
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If it's connected via Ethernet the most likely cause is the drive has fallen asleep and your system has lost its connection with the drive. The remedy: open the drive about once every two or three hours to keep it awake.
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This is a lot easier than my comment, so I thought it was worthy of answer status:
go to /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
there you will find:
ApplicationsFolderIcon.icns* DesktopFolderIcon.icns DocumentsFolderIcon.icns
DownloadsFolderIcon.icns LibraryFolderIcon.icns MoviesFolderIcon.icns MusicFolderIcon.icns ...
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Goto your Home Folder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file :
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
If you can't find the files use this method - From the Finder menu bar, select Go ▹ Go to Folder and copy the following line into the text box that opens:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and ...
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“The operation can’t be completed because the item is in use” when deleting from Samba mounted drive
I found that connecting through FTP using Filezilla worked better instead. It doesn't give MacOS the opportunity to make any changes to the file structure there.
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“The operation can’t be completed because the item is in use” when deleting from Samba mounted drive
There are actually two messages you're referring to:
"This operation can't be completed because the item is in use"
and
"The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to
access some of the items."
If you see the first one - I sometimes get that message too. Quite often this can be resolved by running: sudo lsof | grep ...
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You can switch hidden files visibility using freeware app Funter that executes the same code in Terminal as it was listed above. So the problem is resolved in two clicks.
You can access Funter from menu bar just like that:
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You should be able to turn your script into an application with Automator - Applications -> Utilities -> Automator.app. Look for an option called "Run Shell Script" and once you're done, it should behave like other apps in that anything that is dragged and dropped on it will be run with it. Good luck!
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Alt click and select "Get info." This will refresh the folder. I have this problem with ftp folders mounted as a drive via Transmit.
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Try deleting the savedState directory:
rm -r ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.finder.savedState/
When I tried running killall -kill Finder, that worked, but open -Fa Finder or command-clicking Finder's Dock icon didn't.
You could also try to:
Disable ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist by temporarily moving it somewhere else.
...
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I'm not sure if this exactly meets your criteria, but Desktop Curtain from Many Tricks is a neat app that hides your messy desktop. $5 in the Mac App Store.
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There's another little free program that does exactly this, and nothing more:
http://blog.websecurify.com/2013/01/hide-desktop-icons-on-mac-os-x.html
It sits in the menu bar and lets you toggle icons on or off.
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I created an Automator application that does what you're looking for. You can download it here.
It's pretty simple, just drag-and-drop any folder onto the application, it will then find all images in the folder and any subfolders, and prompt you for a destination to copy them to.
If you'd prefer to activate it by a hotkey or the right-click menu, you can ...
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A Saved Search includes subfolders.
Set up something like the Photostream in the Sidebar and/or the Dock trick.
The Search Criteria for that is set by navigating to ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub and choosing kind: image: all (or whatever your specs are.) I think that would at least be a help.
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what happens now is that regardless of where I have browsed to, when I
hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens in my home directory
/Users/my_user/
When there are no Finder windows open, a new Finder window created by clicking on Finder in the dock, from the Finder menu, or by using Command-N, will open to the folder you have set in Finder ...
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I wrote a shell script for you:
https://github.com/tjluoma/move-all-by-ext
It involves using the Terminal, but there are explicit instructions on the Github page.
It won't overwrite files if there are filename duplications, you'll have to find a way to rename those files.
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The dock has two sides. One side of the dock is for running and not-running Apps. The other side holds the trash can and all folders, documents and minimized application windows.
I've uploaded some retina sized images with an obscenely large hello arrow to show the dividing line.
When your dock is on the bottom, look for this dark thin line.
When your ...
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I really like an application called Hazel for this sort of thing. It saves me a ton of time and continues to sort files for me as they come!
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You could also restrict Spotlight to specific folders or file types and then move all the result files.
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⌃⌘↑ and ⌃⌘O / ⌃⌘↓ invert the behavior for opening new windows for folders in some cases:
If "Always open folders in a new window" is not checked: all views when the toolbar is shown, all views except column view when the toolbar is not shown.
If "Always open folders in a new window" is checked: no views when the toolbar is shown, all views when the toolbar ...
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There is a distinction (in AppleScript terms) between reopening and activating an application.
For example clicking a Dock icon reopens an application: if there are no visible windows, it opens a new default window, or if all windows are minimized, it unminimizes one of them.
The application switcher activates applications by default, but if you hold ...
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You could assign a shortcut to a script like this:
tell application "Finder"
try
target of Finder window 1
make new Finder window to result
on error
make new Finder window to home
end try
end tell
This would also change some properties:
tell application "Finder"
try
tell Finder window 1
set t to ...
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Finder on OS X doesn't have an option to re-open the most recent folder.
It is tracked in the Go menu, but if you look at the Finder preferences, it expects you to leave the default new window folder or select another target which will be the folder shown each time you open a new window.
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You can already open a new window if one is not already open by pressing the
COMMAND-TAB and hold down COMMAND.
Release TAB, keep holding down COMMAND,
then press OPTION and hold it down.
While still holding down OPTION, release COMMAND. Then release OPTION.
As far as doing it automatically you'd probably have to script something.
Source: ...
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When you have this kind of error, typically it occurs because the device is mounted and there is something accessing the information on the mounted disk. Whatever is causing you to be unable to eject the disk is the same reason the disk utility can't unmount the drive to erase it.
Likely culprits for things still accessing your files include applications ...
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Observations
The file is found, but a symbol is not found.
I sought information after the discussion in Ask Different Chat but found nothing conclusive. As the operating system misbehaviour is extraordinarily bad – both (a) for a new user and (b) in safe mode – I suspect a corrupt installation.
As you also found a problem with archive and install ...
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If you were messing with your roomies computer and you shouldnt have, change the date to 3 days back and re-open the pictures you watched. This will "reset" the dates they were "watched" ;)
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The index.bdm file was probably named that way on the original card, but appeared as INDEX.BDM when mounted on the Mac. FAT32 is not case-sensitive, and OS X's file system code (specifically the NSFileManager class) programmatically presents FAT32 contents in uppercase. OS X can open AVCHD content, even with a filename in lowercase, from case-insensitive ...
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I re-partitioned and re-formatted the drive to the exact same file system (one partition, Fat32), and now it works. Magically. (I even restored all the files that were on the USB drive at the time of the problem.)
I have no idea what the problem was or if it will happen again, but the drive is now showing the proper icon.
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Image2icns may be able to help you. Here's a link: http://www.img2icnsapp.com/
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After spending maybe 12 hours or more troubleshooting this issue over the past month or so, and realizing it was isolated to my user account, I decided to recreate my user account from scratch. This has solved the problem, and I am now able to connect to the remove server and add/edit files without difficulty.
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Folders that end with .bundle already act that way. They are opened in Terminal by default though.
The file type is defined in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Info.plist:
<dict>
<key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
<array>
<string>com.apple.bundle</string>
...
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OS X ships with a set of extensions that map to specific applications (and most of these map to Apple provided apps) so you could petition Apple to make the change, but that would be unlikely.
The other mechanism to inject a specific .extension to Application mapping into the Launch Services database is to install an Application that tells the system to map ...
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It would be easier to use an alias like this:
alias et="(shopt -s nullglob; find ~/.Trash /Volumes/*/.Trashes/501 -mindepth 1 -delete)"
rm -rf ~/.Trash/* doesn't work if the list of filenames is longer than getconf ARG_MAX, and it doesn't include files that start with a period. Deleting files in trash folders often requires root permissions though.
tell ...
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This can be easily achieved with the auto mounter. Try this http://www.dforge.net/2012/08/07/create-a-permanent-smb-mount-in-osx/
and then after you have clicked on show connected servers in finder options/view options. you can drag the shortcut to the sidebar. Another solution would be to edit the sidebar.plist. Read this ...
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You can try resetting the LaunchServices database by running /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -r in Terminal. It's been known to bog down Finder at times.
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Get a external drive, and clean your mac.
Also i heard mac keeper is similiar to ccleaner in that it cleans your mac and keeps it running smooth
Clean and Optimize!
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How much space is left on your harddrive?
Alway try te keep 15% free space. If for example you have 500GB, and you already use 470GB, this will usually seriously slow down your mac, there should at least be 75GB of free space.
More info: http://macs.about.com/od/faq1/f/How-Much-Free-Drive-Space-Do-I-Need.htm
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The open command exits after it opens Finder. Even if it didn't, closing a shell would close background processes. You could try using disown:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder & disown $!
Or launchctl submit:
launchctl submit -l my.finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
launchctl remove ...
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(This is mainly a response to jcoles and Chris that required more space than a comment.)
Thanks to the answer by Josh I just successfully installed Nautilus on Mountain Lion. After realising I never need to use Finder again, installing a few other things like gedit, and wiping away my tears of joy, I thought I should make a response to jcoles and Chris.
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Spotlight is intended to let users find their own files; since the Library folder normally contains files the user doesn't need to (and indeed shouldn't) access manually, it's left out of the search results (along with other "system files"). You can find files in it by either searching it explicitly (as you mention), or by telling spotlight to include system ...
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I've managed to fix it. Here is the story.
After I upgraded iPhoto to 9.4.3 and restarted the Finder, it started to display ARW thumbnails. Sometimes... But sometimes black icons were shown again instead of image thumbnails and previously rendered thumbs disappeared as well.
I manually removed the thumbnails cache (on my system it was stored in the folder
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You probably accidentally hid the favourites list. If you hover your mouse to the right of the Favorites text, you'll see a small Show text appear. Click it, and your favourites should reappear.
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