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Keyboard shortcut (or permanent setting) for fitting column width to longest filename in OS X?
I use the OS X Finder feature to expand/fit the column width to the longest filename a lot -- by double-clicking the two vertical bars at the bottom of the column border (in Snow Leopard) or the ...
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Mac preview space broken
In Finder you can preview files just by hitting space.
This function is broken since some days. Where to look at to repair this? Is there a setting in library, preferences or elsewhere?
Using: Snow ...
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Is there a way to restore to previous version in Mac OS X after installing the update?
In my Mac OSX I recently updated my Mac from 10.6.5 to 10.6.6.
After I installed the 10.6.6 version, I get error in Finder as below:
The application Finder can't be opened
Just around a minute ...
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The application Finder can't be opened. -10810
I am getting an error as shown in the screenshot.
This started happening after I updated my Mac OS X from 10.6.5 to 10.6.6.
Problem is that Finder stops working 5 mins after the restart and all the ...
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External HDD won't stay mounted
After turning time machine on and then off again for an external volume, the disk will spontaneously unmount and takes around 30 seconds to list directories. Disk utility can't find anything wrong ...
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How Can I Set Mac OS X's Finder Default Window Size
I wish to configure Finder.app so that the default window size is larger then the default. If I resize a window that displays a folder, next time I open that folder with Finder, the window size would ...
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How can I make Mac Finder show the actual size of files not 'size on disk' multiples of 4KB [duplicate]
I understand that the minimum disk allocation block is 4kb, but in Finder I don't really care about that. I'd much rather be able to see which of 12 similar text files/images is largest, expecially ...
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How to connect to ftp, having write privilegies
I connecting to my ftp server with Finder, entering login and password.
After establishing connection, i'm in read-only mode.
When i connecting with some ftp clients, like Cyberduck, i can write.
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How to change directory sort order only in the current Finder window?
I can't stand how in one Finder window you set the files to be sorted by name, and then open another Finder window and need to sort by size, well it changes all Finder windows to the same thing. So ...
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Finder dying when Mac wakes from sleep
I have this persisting issue where when I put my Mac (Snow Leopard) to sleep on my MacBook, whenever I wake the Mac, everything is fine besides the Finder.
The Finder does not open up, none of the ...
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How to disable Finder launching at login in Snow Leopard?
Pre-Snow Leopard, I could use the following command:
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow Finder /Applications/My-replacement-app-such-as-Terminal.app
Which would a.) replace the Finder launching at ...
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How do I find out what the Finder is busy with?
I'm running Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro. My Finder has decided to be very busy, and neither restarting Finder nor a reboot cools it down. Spotlight doesn't report activity, Time Machine isn't busy,...
