Questions tagged [finder]
The default file manager used on the Mac OS, Mac OS X and macOS operating systems.
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What is the shortcut key for Mac Finder to achieve the same effect as PageUp/PageDown in Windows File Explorer when a file/folder is selected?
Option+Up/Down or Fn+Up/Down doesn't work. They scroll one screen up/down, but do not change the selected item to the first/last one in the next/previous screen.
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Delete removed application from launchpad [duplicate]
I just removed an app files from my mac m1 Sonoma 14.6.1 and still I see it's content on launchpad. It doesn't do anything when I try to open it and it's useless basically. It's not in the Finder ...
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iCloud drive errors on one Mac account
I've been having problems trying to use iCloud Drive on my Mac. If I try to copy or move a file into iCloud Drive using Finder, I get an error -36. If I try to open a PDF that is already in iCloud ...
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Disable MacVim when using Finder context menu item: Open in Terminal
The context menu (i.e. right-click menu) on the Finder Pathbar includes the option: Open in Terminal. But when I try to use it, the file or folder selected gets opened in MacVim. I guess I set that ...
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How to make a keyboard shortcut for context menu item “Quick Actions -> Convert Image”?
In Finder app, I can control-click on an image, and in the resultant contextual menu, I can select “Quick Actions” and then “Convert Image”.
How can I create a keyboard shortcut to accomplish this, ...
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How to remove a file which name seems to be "." on an SMB share?
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Incorrect specification of an argument in a commandline tool (details below) has led to the creation of a file literally named ".". I have already found out that directly trying to ...
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Disk Not Ejected Properly – Eject [DISKNAME] before disconnecting or turning it off
Every few days I wake my MacBook from sleep to find a “Disk Not Ejected Properly – Eject DISKNAME before disconnecting or turning it off” notification from Finder.
When I call Apple, they say they can ...
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How can I find and replace words across multiple .docx or .txt documents?
MacOS Sonoma 14.5
Macbook Pro M1
Office 365 (Institutional) (.docx not required)
I have about 50 documents that require swapping names within the document for ID codes. The documents are 30-40 pages ...
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Unable to clean Google Drive cache
I've been using Google Drive Desktop for a while due to its mirroring features and the convenience of accessing cloud files through Finder.
Recently, I set an entire directory to be available offline, ...
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How to permanently change the finder window size? [duplicate]
How do I permanently change the Finder window size?
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Can't copy files from Windows to Mac with accents in their filename
I recently went through some French language training for work. As part of that, I gathered a lot of worksheets, grammar reference PDFs and other related files that have french accents (é, à, ç, ô, ...
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Is there a way in macOS 12's Finder to instantly "Go to Folder" like you could on macOS 10.14?
In Finder on macOS 10.14 when you pressed ⇧⌘G (Go > Go to Folder), typed a path and pressed enter, it would take you there instantly. On macOS 12, it first wants to list all the other subfolders in ...
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Can't switch to a space with no open windows
When Mission Control preferences When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for that application is enabled, it is not possible to switch to an empty space if a Finder ...
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Network and local search showing "zero byte" files that don't exist, even using `mdfind`
It seems like a stale cache somewhere (local or remote or both) but I don't know where and need help understanding how to remove these references to deleted files.
After doing a command+f to search a ...
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My desktop files disappeared after I installed the Sonoma update [duplicate]
I use an Apple M1 Mac and I recently installed the Sonoma 14.0 update. Ever since I did that, all the files on my desktop vanished. They haven’t been deleted: when I use the Finder all the files and ...
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Log of Finder delete actions?
Is there a way to see the filenames of files I recently pressed cmd-backspace on in Finder?
I was deleting some folders in Application Support belonging to apps I uninstalled long ago. I was just ...
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can not unhide Library folder
Finder does not show me my folder ~/Library, although it is there (in the command line, I can do a ls -ld on this folder).
According to various sources - for instance here, I can make the folder ...
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iCloud option is greyed out and some files in Documents directory missing
I am using MacBook Air M1 running macOS Sonoma 14.5. I have a folder in the Documents directory where I saved my presentations (in different sub-folders each for a different presentation) made in ...
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How can I fix one user account when the Finder Tags don’t show in the contextual menu?
I’m experiencing an issue with tags in Finder on macOS Sonoma 14.5.
My main account has this issue. Creating a new account, the tags work fine.
The tags are now invisible (not displayed) when I right-...
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How do I update date modified to now in finder?
I want to update the modified time of a file in finder, just like touch a.txt, how do I do it?
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Automatically open folders in Forklift instead of Finder
I use Forklift (version 3.5.8) instead of Finder. When I type open . or similar to open a folder, I would like it to automatically display the folder in Forklift, not Finder. But note that the ...
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Finder not remembering a newly associated Default application for opening files?
I have already opened a .docx file using "Other", selected LibreOffice and Always open with. However Finder is not remembering this - and also open on the terminal/command line is still ...
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How to view logs of deleted folders
2 days ago I edited some files on my iMac. I came back today and inexplicably there was no folder containing those files.
I would like to know how to view reports of files deleted during this sort of ...
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Finder: force update of "locations" for USB memory stick
MacOS Ventura 13.6.6
lsusb returns
Bus 020 Device 008: ID 0781:XXXX SanDisk Corporation Cruzer Blade Serial: 04014931
Is there a terminal command or other method to force Finder to add the USB device ...
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Can't change default app, "not enough information available"
I am attempting to change the default text editor on my Mac from TextEdit to Smultron. I...
selected a text file that was opening in TextEdit
Get Info
popped-up Open With and selected Smultron
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macOS Shortcut to hide folder
I'm trying to create a shell script shortcut in the Shortcuts app that can hide folders in macOS (because tons of apps annoyingly create folders in the user Documents folder).
This is what I have:
It ...
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Open DjVu with an app that doesn't declare DjVu support
To open DjVu files on a Mac, I've downloaded Okular. Unfortunately Okular's Info.plist doesn't declare any supported file formats.
I've manually selected okular.app in Get Info > Open With > All ...
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Why is the Finder not counting some items for folder Get Info?
macOS Sonoma 14.5
In a couple of instances I've noticed so far, Finder's Get Info window's "Size:" line shows a significantly reduced number in "for [number] items". Using command-...
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How to attach a DMG with different mount AND browse name?
I have a DMG foo.dmg which when I attach it via
hdiutil attach foo.dmg
appears in the Terminal under path /Volumes/foo and in the Finder side bar as "foo".
Now when attaching the DMG I want ...
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Finder search shows 0 results for searches inside user folder
It seems from a bit of research that Finder search is a frequent source of issues for people, and I have tried the standard System Settings and mdutil approaches to rebuild the Spotlight database, but ...
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TextInputSwitcher prevents Finder from using Command + Shift + (.) keyboard shortcut
I've encountered a strange issue on my M1 MacBook Air running macOS 14.5 Sonoma where Finder is unable to take advantage of the Command + Shift + . shortcut to show/hide hidden files. When I use the ...
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Python symlinks not working as Finder aliases
I'm writing some python code in JupyterLab and want to make symlinks that work in the Finder as aliases. But using the Python os.symlink command doesn't work as an alias. The Finder treats the ...
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File picker forgets last location (always uses home folder) and can’t access recent folders
In all apps, when I summon the “File, Open” dialog (file selector, file picker), it is supposed to open with the last location accessed. But instead, it is always opening at my home folder. Also, any ...
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How to troubleshoot why custom Finder search keeps breaking?
I use macOS 12.7.6. I have a custom Finder search (a .savedSearch) that searches a folder for files matching two criteria, Kind is Music (All) and Composer is Example.
I set this up on an older ...
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Copy file from terminal into clipboard and paste in Finder [duplicate]
What I can do is:
open finder,
copy a file, or directoy
paste it in some other directory
What I want is:
open terminal
copy a file (the name?) into my clipboard
open finder
paste it in some ...
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Disable "Go to Folder" in Finder views in apps
I have macOS Monterey. I have created a user, "user1", that has read and write access to a path /usr/local/.work/. Now, I have provided this user only VNC access and disabled Finder for it. ...
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Use Smart Folder as default Finder folder
I tried to follow the answer to Use smart folder as Finders default folder, nothing happened for me.
I'm on Mac OS Sonoma Version 14.5 (23F79) with the beta program, but my Terminal seems to just ...
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Delete photo from photos app in mac does not remove that photo from the storage
I don't see the point of the Photos app on Mac.
I tried to use it to look at all my photos and delete unwanted ones, but it looks like I am only deleting them from the Photos gallery. And yes, I also ...
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How does one split a PDF into individual pages with Preview
I would like to take a single 30-page PDF and split it so that it is 30 individual 1-page files (one file from each page of the original PDF).
I know that I have successfully done this in the past ...
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How can I reset the "Recents" search criteria in Finder?
Somehow I deleted the search criteria for the "Recents" Sidebar entry.
What is the default search criteria used by "Recents" and how can I restore it?
cat /System/Library/...
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Reorder applications when hiding with command-h
It used to be the case that command-h ('hide application') would also reorder applications, and put the hidden one at the back of the list (i.e. all the way to the right in the alt-tab list).
In ...
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Ho can I find "offline files" in the terminal (due to fileprovider / OneDrive)?
I've been having trouble with Microsoft OneDrive, which throws up a lot of sync errors and syncs very slowly if at all.
However, despite having selected for the directory at issue "Always Keep On ...
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How do I edit "Open With" menu to remove duplicated items (macOS 14)
The problem is my Edge has upgraded from 80 to 97, so the answer here How do I remove specific items from my "Open With..." menu in High Sierra?, open the app to edit Info.plist won't work ...
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Unable to Clear 'Manage Recent Places' in Finder on macOS
I've encountered an issue with clearing the 'Manage Recent Places' list in Finder on my Mac. Previously, I was able to clean this list using the following command in the Terminal:
defaults delete ....
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Desktop Folders show in terminal (ls) and cmd-finder stack, but not on the actual desktop
The folders that are clearly in ~/Desktop, and used to show up on my actual desktop, don't any longer. The boot drive icon is still there. ls ~/Desktop shows my folders, and if I open one of those in ...
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How to delete Finder Quick Actions?
I installed some software before, and it add a Quick Actions to my Finder.
How can I delete these Quick Actions?
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How to prevent Icon? files from being created?
I have a local directory that Google Drive is syncing to the cloud, and "Icon?" files keep appearing in directories. I can delete them with:
find . -name $'Icon\r' -delete
but they keep re-...
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To save a file to the last folder you have used in Finder
Here is what I mean. For example, usually you save your Safari downloads to ~/Downloads. But today you have found a useful PDF on the web, and you want to save it to ~/Documents/your_project. You have ...
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How to replace Finder and make SpaceDrive as the default file explorer on Mac
I have started using Spacedrive on Mac. But the default Finder is still in use. I want to replace Finder and use SpaceDrive as the default Explorer, such that all default actions such as save file, ...
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Where to find the "generic folder" icon?
The "generic folder" icons can be found in two places:
The GenericFolderIcon.icns file in
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
and PNG files from Folder_16x16....
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