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Organize files in the Finder with Arrange By
The Arrange By menu in the OS X Lion’s Finder is a great tool for organizing, managing, and navigating through your files and folders. Here’s how it works and how to make the most of it. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Apple Rumors
Tagged apple, arrange, files, finder, great-tool, make-the-most
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Five unexpected uses for Copy and Paste
Did you know you can copy and paste a whole lot more than just text and graphics? When you start in the Finder, you can use the Copy command to lift all sorts of information from a selected Finder item. Here are some of Sharon Zardetto’s favorite tricks. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Apple Rumors, Mac Rumors, Technology
Tagged apple, finder, paste, sharon, sharon-zardetto, unexpected-uses
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Five unexpected uses for help tags
Sharon Zardetto shows how you can use help tags (formerly known as tooltips) to find the full name or path of a file in the Finder, get a quick summary of a help topic, learn all about a font, and more. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Apple News, Mac News, Mac Rumors, Technology
Tagged find-the-full, finder, formerly-known, full-name, name-or-path, sharon-zardetto, shows-how, use-help, zardetto
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Five unexpected uses for the Tab key
What can you do with the Tab key? Zoom around the Finder and your favorite apps, among other useful tricks. Sharon Zardetto shows you how. Continue reading
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Tagged apple, around-the-finder, finder, sharon-zardetto, unexpected-uses, zardetto
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Change application categories in Lion
Lion lets you display Finder windows organized by application category. But many apps don’t have categories set. Here’s a hint on how to add categories to apps that are missing them, or change existing app categories. Continue reading
Posted in Apple News, Inside Apple
Tagged change-existing, finder, hint-on-how, windows-organized
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OS X Hints: Label files from the keyboard with Automator
An earlier hint about applying Finder labels from the keyboard suffered from some annoying limitations. Fortunately there’s a better solution to the same problem, and it involves Automator. Continue reading
Posted in Apple News, Apple Rumors, Technology
Tagged automator, better-solution, earlier-hint, finder, from-the-keyboard, hints, keyboard, label, the-keyboard, the-same
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Apply Finder labels from the keyboard
There’s a way to enable keyboard shortcuts for Finder–if you’re willing to accept a few limitations. Continue reading
Posted in Apple News
Tagged apply-finder, enable-keyboard, finder, from-the-keyboard, keyboard, the-keyboard
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How to arrange and sort files in Lion Finder
Lion Finder offers three different ways to organize your folders: Arrange By, Sort By, and Clean Up By. What does each option do? Can you combine them? Continue reading
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Tagged arrange, clean, different-ways, does-each, finder, folders, offers-three, sort-files
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Open Finder folder in Terminal
There are plenty of third-party tools that will open a selected folder in the Terminal. One Hints reader found a way to do it that’s built into OS X Lion Continue reading
Mac 911: The workings of a Stationary Pad
Ever wondered what that Stationary Pad option in Finder’s Get Info window was for? Continue reading