Tag: finder
Transmit 4: Panic hit the nail on the head
I have a real soft spot for FTP applications, so when Panic announced that they were releasing Transmit 4, they had me hook, line and...
Are files dead? Lets live in apps
Recently, the founder of Posterous wrote up an article positing that the finder is dead. He believes that files, folders and documents will cease to...
TotalFinder: Apple’s Finder, but with Tabs!
I have been complaining for a long time about the Finder’s lack of tabbed browsing. Apple still hasn’t gotten around to implementing that yet, but...
Shedding light on those hidden files that are lurking in the dark.
Nothing annoys me more than backing up files from the sites web server only to find out that my .htaccess file has gone missing. It’s...
Get some Finder Droplets for the text editor of your choice.
If you love droplets in your browsers you might find them useful in the Finder. If you’re not exactly sure what a droplet is, fear...
Get your file extensions back on the Mac (Leopard, Snow Leopard)
Tired of not seeing the file extensions on your files? I know I am. I’m not sure why this isn’t on by default, and frankly,...
Change file and folder permissions through the Finder in Snow Leopard
There’s a number of times you might need to access a file on your filesystem that another user has in their user folder. It might...
The case for giant icons on the desktop.
Over the course of my Apple “career” I’ve gone back and forth between two philosophies of desktop organization. The first was keeping my desktop completely...
Resizing Finder Items
I am a huge fan of tweaking my operating system until it is exactly how I want it. People do a lot of complaining about...
Connect to FTP with Snow Leopard and the Finder
Did you know you can access an FTP, or AFP server from the Finder? If you find yourself needing to access one of these file...
Get the size of a group of files with the option key.
Have you ever wanted to get the file size of a group of files in a Finder window but have no freaking clue how to...
Customize the Finder to your Liking
Make the Finder into your Finder. Open a window in the Finder, and right click the title bar. Select Customize Toolbar to open the customization...
Pathfinder is exactly what the Finder should be
If Apple Inc is looking to revamp Snow Leopard’s Finder they should take a deeper look into PathFinder. There’s an excellent opportunity to bring the...
Snow Leopard news from WWDC
It’s coming, and we’ve finally got an official word on a release… month. Apple has pegged a release in September, but they were far from...
Customize Leopards Finder Icon
Some of us can only look at that psychotic finder window for so long before we start feeling a little uncomfortable. For me, I couldn’t...
Spotlight is a database and databases get broken
I think I should start a new blog category for things breaking on my mac. I’m probably the most unlucky mac user known to man....
The Case of the Missing Boot Drive.
So, if their is some messed up thing that can happen on a Mac, chances are that it has happened to me. I ask my...