Tag: finder
Tuesday Tip: Save Finder Items To The Dock With A Keyboard Shortcut
I don’t keep a lot of things on my desktop, but I do litter my dock with folders. Prior to the release of Launchpad, I always...
Tuesday Tips: Always Show Your Mac’s Library Folder
One of the more annoying things Apple has done in OS X since Lion is hide the user Library by default. This is likley because...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Show The Finder Inspector And Get Info On All The Things
The Finder’s Get Info window (Command-I) has been around since time immortal, dutifully providing file information to the masses. Normally, you need to open a new...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Take Control Of The Finder Sidebar
Many of our readers are long-time Mac users who have learned all sorts of shortcuts and ways of getting work done more quickly. If you’re fairly...
31 Days of Mac OS X Tips: Add Your Hard Drive To The Desktop
I’m not sure if it’s Jony Ive trying to keep us from cluttering up the desktop with endless files, or simply just trying to make...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Change Which App Opens A File
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to open a file in an app other than the default choice. Maybe you want to...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Show The Path Bar In The Finder And Get A Sense Of Place
Many old-school Mac users know that you can view a currently open folder’s path by command-clicking its name in its window’s titlebar. It’s a useful nugget of information,...
Tip: Change The Finder Icon In OS X Mavericks
A couple years ago, we showed you how to change app icons within OS X. However, we didn’t mention that the Finder icon requires a...
How To Get More Out Of Finder Tags
OS X Mavericks lets you assign tags to your files through the Finder. If you’ve ever used Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, or any site that includes...
Hiding Folders From Spotlight Search
We all have files and folders on our Macs that we don’t want seen by others, whether it be personal financial documents or—cough—other things. One...
Make The Finder Live Up To Its Name With These Searching Tricks
If you’re fairly new to the Mac, you might not know everything that the Finder’s search feature can do. After all, aside from the ubiquitous...
Tip:Tired Of Opening A Bazillion Preview.app Windows At Once?
This one’s pretty simple. Actually, it’s so simple I’m kicking myself in the nether region for not thinking of doing this sooner. If you work...
Use Quick Look To Copy Text With This Terminal Tip
The Finder in Mac OS X adds a lot more polish than most file managers. Though it is not without its quirks, there are some...
Can’t Take It Anymore: Kill All My Files For Good
Oh man, I just can’t take it any more. There are a lot of great things about Lion but All My Files is certainly not...
How to disable the drop-shadow in Mac OS X window screenshots
Here at Macgasm, we need to take screenshots of Mac apps all the time. Whenever you take a window screenshot on the Mac (command-shift-4, followed...
Tip: Reveal folder sizes in the Finder
One of the first things that I was annoyed with when making the jump to the Mac was Finder’s inability to show me the size...
There’s a new man in my Mac’s life, and his name is Alfred
Alfred by Running with Crayons, Ltd., is a productivity application for your Mac. It functions as a super-fast launcher, a search engine, a file finder, and so much more. You can get the app for free or purchase an additional Powerpack for more functions.
Mac OS X Tip: Use an external hard drive for your iTunes Library
In this week’s Mac OS X Tip, I’m going to show you how to move your iTunes library to an external hard drive. If your...