Questions tagged [finder]
Mac OS X's default file manager and desktop shell
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OSX 10.1.4 Compressor produces 19GB file Finder shows as Zero Bytes
When compressing video from Final Cut Pro X using Compressor (4.2.2) the files produced are large, 19GB or more. The process takes about 7 hours. I usually let it run overnight. (Yes, 7 hours, Intel ...
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Symlink to ~/Desktop or other system files not working in OSX Sierra
Prior to OSX Sierra, having symlinks pointing system-related folders to other in a different place, worked flawlessly (moving Desktop folder from OS's SSD drive to a HDD with bigger capacity, for ...
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How to interpret extended attributes on MacOS X?
I have a problem with rsync (version 2.6.9 which is outdated, but this is another problem) not correctly synchronizing files from MacOS X to MacOS X (versions Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite and ...
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virtual dmg image keeps reloading and never goes away even after ejecting on OS X
I am on OS X 10.11.5
I've downloaded a demo software which came in a DMG file. I double clicked the DMG file and as expected it showed up on the desktop and in the Finder's side bar as a drive would.
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first Finder window opens .ssh folder instead of default configured folder
I'm trying to find out why whenever I open up the first Finder window (I press on the Finder icon and there is no previously open Finder window), my ~/.ssh folder is shown instead of my home folder ...
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Increase dragging-folder-opening speed
When I want to go and drop a file from my Desktop dir into a given directory that is many levels deep, I typically click on the file and drag it into finder and allow the folders to open themselves ...
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Mounting a Ubuntu 16.04 Server so I can access files/folders liek a normal window/finder
I am setting up a local server using Ubuntu server 16.04, using a LEMP stack set up etc. The server will only be accessible via the network for local site dev.
One thing that i'm missing is a way ...
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Icon files showing in OS X Finder
I have a bunch of Icon files showing in my Finder. I believe these are supposed to be hidden, I think it may be related to a terminal command I ran across my file system for another issue but now I ...
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Can't delete file with strange characters in name (NUL symbol?)
I have two files named ˇ¡␀␀ˇ¡␀␀␀"9 ␀"9 and ˇ¡␀␀ˇ¡␀␀ which are not deleted when I empty the trash. I have tried renaming them but they do not accept any changes.
Things I tried:
renaming the file
in ...
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In OS X, how do you get the finder's path bar to show server name?
I usually have one or two hosts (also Macs) in my finder side bar "Shared" section and often want to navigate to a folder in one of those hosts. I have the path bar on the bottom of the finder window ...
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What does a question mark after the file name mean using ls terminal command?
What does a question mark after the file name mean using ls terminal command?
I am using a Mac running OS X Yosemite (v.10.10.5)
When I do ls command at terminal, I get back a list of files (the same ...
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Hdd not showing in Finder
I have a USB HDD that it was working normally.
I've deleted a lot of files. Then I remove the USB (in a unsafe way) and then it stopped showing in Finder.
When I try to open Disk Utility, it loads ...
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How to "open up" the scope of Mac OS's Finder?
In Windows I could open up the Explorer and visit any folder to my heart's content.
In Mac OS, I can't seem to do the same. I open the Finder and I can only see things like Desktop, Applications, ...
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How do you add a spotlight comment to a folder
How do I set a spotlight comment for a folder using Bash. (Or Applescript)
The following example is not working:
osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set comments of alias POSIX file \"$...
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Incorrect icon association Mac - El Capitan
I have recently switched from PC to Mac and since I am not very familiar with the environment I would like to ask for a help. My MacBook Air with El Capitan installed has problem with icons ...
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How can I make Finder display video file duration?
I have to open the files in VLC to see what the file duration is which frankly is ridiculous due to Finder not showing any information, even if I look in Get Info there is nothing
Is there a way to ...
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Launching Finder in Mac OS X Terminal and highlighting specific files selected from the Terminal?
I have a script that creates a couple of files in the /tmp directory
#!/bin/bash
touch /tmp/file1.txt
touch /tmp/file2.txt
How can I make the script open the /tmp/ directory in Finder with the two ...
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open folder of file opened in Preview on a mac
I am previewing a file in Preview (some application opened the file for me).
Now I think it's interesting and want to put it aside, from the finder application, as I want to drag it into google ...
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Mac OS X external drive appears as empty in Finder, but when accessing from Terminal, files show up
How do I access my files visually from the Finder?
The drive is mounted, it is not empty, it worked on a Windows PC. And, as stated, I can access all of the files using the terminal.
A couple of ...
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On Macs, is there a similar command like "explorer ." in Windows?
Is there a way to open the directory I'm currently inside of, within a Terminal window?
On a Windows machine, I know that I can open the current directory in Windows Explorer by using the command : ...
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Finder randomly changes language in sidebar favourites
I have a pretty weird problem. I have an iMac and have just had my old HDD replaced with an SSD. The old HDD is now in my optical drive's slot.
I have a clean installation of El Captain on my SSD. ...
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Why does the Mac OS X Finder append “ copy” to a filename when duplicating it but adds a number to it (2, 3, etc…) if it’s copied via drag and drop?
The title says it all. Not much of an issue as much as I am curious about some Mac OS X Finder behavior I just noticed today and if there is any documentation on this behavior.
In this first ...
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Convert book with a right click from finder in OS X
Is there a way to convert documents / books (PDF, DOC, Mobipocket, EPUB, etc.) from one format to another, e.g. from DOC to PDF, by right clicking a file item?
The scenario I'm imagining is opening ...
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One particular drive not appearing on Desktop and under Devices in finder, but accessible through /Volumes
I've got a few hard drives connected on my Mac Pro. One of them is not showing up under Devices in Finder and in the Desktop, but does show up in /Volumes and I can go into it from there. All the ...
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Find .htaccess files on OSX
Hidden files are already visible in my computer (I used Revealer) but I can't use finder to find .htaccess files. I tried typing .htaccess in the search field, selected the options "File visibility" = ...
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What is causing a folder to act hidden when it is not?
I have a home folder that is slightly grayed out. I can't open it unless I right click on it and 'Open'.
This is Mac OS X 10.10.2. This folder has been troublesome and I would love to get your help ...
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In Finder, when I change extension it adds .txt to end instead of changing it
I have a file.txt
I want to change it to file.faa
I click on the file in Finder and change it to file.faa, it says it changed it but then when I Get Info it says file.faa.txt so I need to manually ...
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How can I change Finder's default font size system wide?
I am using an iMac 5k with 27 inch screen. The screen is great. The problem is the screen is too large which makes the font looks smaller in Finder.
Command+J can only change the view option for one ...
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Weird Behavior In MacOSX File Find
I have these two searches. Why do they return different file sets? The shorter one seems to not return files that fit the requirement to contain "dona", but not contain "sams" or "mart".
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Saving screenshots to a path with a space in it [closed]
I know I should run
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kirkstrobeck/Dropbox\ \(Personal\)/Sync/Pictures/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer
To change my screenshot destination, ...
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Yosemite: can I get rid of the default finder view for the home directory?
In Yosemite, the home directory seems to be tied to an hybrid view which I personnaly don't like.
Is there a way to get back to the normal finder view?
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Yosemite: is there a way to define a default application to open unknown file types?
I'm on Yosemite,
I've got the feeling to waste a lot of time choosing an App every time the Finder
doesn't know how to handle a file type.
I would like to say a simple thing: by default, use ...
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OS X Finder: "Plain Text Document" has changed to "text", "Rich Text Document" to "rich text (RTF)", etc
Sometime recently some file type names have changed — not the file associations or default application, but the name of the file type itself. "Plain Text Document" has changed to "text", "Rich Text ...
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OSX map network drives on login WITHOUT finder windows popping up
I have followed some other tutorials to get OSX to mount my network drives when I log in, using the "Users and Groups > Login Items" method, which works fine, but this brings up a whole load of finder ...
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How do I specify multiple (but not all) drives for an osx Smart Folder to search?
When I create a new Smart Folder I can either set it to "This Mac" which searches all my drives (including ones I don't want like my backup drive), or to one location like my Macontosh HD root folder. ...
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Lost Messages app by mistake
OS: Yosemite
I am very new on Mac, I was removing a software and cleaning up after it, I got to know after a week or so that I deleted all files and folders related to Messages app.
The files are ...
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How to run specified terminal command from context menu on right clicked folder?
I'm quite happy I found out about Finder > right-click > "New Terminal at Folder". To make it perfect, I'm looking for a way to run a specified command right after. Automator doesn't seem to have such ...
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Mac has lost view of certain files, but they still exist
So I am having trouble with a mac. After the antivirus removing a virus it got, all the files in the User Directory folders Applications, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Movies has disappeared. ...
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How to add 'New File' to the OS X Finder context menu?
I am using a Mac--which is running OS X 10.10.3. I want to add a 'new file' button to the context menu--the menu that pops up when you right-click in a Finder window/on the desktop.
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how to tag a folder in a hidden directory in OS X
In OS X is there a way to tag a folder inside of a hidden directory or tag the hidden directory itself?
As a workaround I create aliases of those folders and place them somewhere visible and tag ...
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Difference between Command + H and Command + W in Mac OS X
I am brand new to Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and was going over the keyboard shortcuts.
I wanted to know what the difference was between command+H and command+W.
From what I have seen is that command+...
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How do I search files in specified destination and let them all showed in one Finder window on Mac OS X?
I want to search all .xml files inside a specified folder (and its subfolders) ~/folder/ and make all the result showed in one window, what can I do?
I can search all files but don't know how to ...
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Time Machiine Volumes owned by root
I recently set up time machine to back up to two external USB drives. backups are proceeding fine, but the drives are owned by root and I can't access them via "enter time machine" or via normal ...
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Double clicking on a Zip file in Finder re-downloads it from web
I'm experiencing a strange behavior, after downloading any zip file, when I double click it, expecting it would open, instead it reconnects to its website and re-downloads itself.
The file is opened ...
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How can I remove a broken favorites list item from Finder?
I added a folder from one of our servers to the favorites list on Finder and I don't know whether I moved the directory or whether the favorites list just doesn't play nice with folders accessed via ...
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Where is the rest of my MacBook’s hard disk space?
I have a MacBook Pro with a 250GB hard drive. Right now I'm left with only 4GB free memory.
I've selected the root folder in Finder (my computer name) and hit CMD+A and ALT+CMD+I to get the size of ...
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Why is this application’s (Mou) window always on in front of all other windows in Mac OS X?
I am using Mou to edit Mardown documents in Mac OS X 10.9.5 and recently it’s oddly been pushing its windows to the front of all applications I have open. I don’t recall this behavior happening in the ...
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Is there an alternative for TotalFinder's Visor Feature in Mac OS X?
Is there an alternative for TotalFinder’s Visor feature? The Visor feature is a keyboard shortcut that brings up a “Finder” window over top of the screen, even on full screen apps.
I don’t want to ...
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How can I make OS X Finder ICON VIEW act responsive?
Finder is great for the icon view but the icon view doesn't adjust the icon layout when you alter the window dimensions... can we change this to act responsive?? Like Pinterest?
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OSX Mavericks Downloads folder opens in Finder without sidebar, status bar or toolbar
I have an issue which only started happening around 3 weeks ago which is when I open up the Downloads folder via the dock, the finder window opens without a sidebar, status bar or toolbar (see image). ...