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The default file manager used on the Mac OS, Mac OS X and macOS operating systems.
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Why can't Finder find some obvious items sometimes?
If you search .png in the search bar, Finder literally doesn't find it!
This happens to me maybe once every couple days. I'm not sure why - relaunching Finder doesn't seem to help either. …
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Accidentally created a folder containing a copy of itself and so on
I have a folder MyProject. It's an Xcode project folder (not sure if relevant).
I am well aware that this folder is around 800MB. Recently I noticed that Get Info said that it was 17GB large.
I insp …
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Why does the file size change when you change the "open with" option in Get Info?
Create a plain text file with the string ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.
Check the file size. It is 26 bytes, as expected.
Go to Get Info, and find the pane labeled "Open with..."
It says "TextEdit" by d …
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Is there a way to determine what application/process is supposedly using a file/folder?
There is a stubborn folder in my trash bin that apparently cannot be deleted because "something is using it". I know how to force empty the trash bin, but rather than doing it, I'd like to know exactl …
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Does Secure Empty Trash actually write random patterns of data?
This works by writing random patterns of data over a trashed file
immediately after it has been emptied,
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/03/secure-empty-trash-mac-os-x/
Does Secure Empty Trash act …
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Can I have my screenshot files written immediately in Mojave? [duplicate]
In macOS Mojave, whenever you take a screenshot a small preview thumbnail will appear at the bottom-right of your screen, and then it will go away on its own.
I have noticed that the .PNG screenshot …
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