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Why is my Application's Icon grayed out in OS X Lion?
In the Applications folder on OS X I have a few programs that are "grayed out":
I tried running Repair Disk Permissions in the Disk Utility but it doesn't fix this.
I tried looking at the ...
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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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Does "show all filename extensions" actually work in Mac OS X?
Quite simply, the option in Finder prefs to show all filename extensions is checked, but sometimes when I save something, e.g. a text file, and don't explicitly specify a filename in the save dialog, ...
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How can I do full text searches on files and have a preview?
On Windows XP I used Google Desktop Search which provided full text searches on files and emails with a preview of results, like a Google search. It indexed files when needed.
I'm looking for ...
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Is there a way to access open finder windows with Quicksilver?
If I have two finder windows open, and I want to move files from one to the other, without dragging, how should I do this with Quicksilver?
I can select the files in one, and then use the "Get ...
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Adding Folder to Finder Sidebar with Custom Name
I'd like to add a a shortcut to Finder's Places Sidebar. The folder's name happens to be Applications, so I want to give it a different name since there's already the standard Applications folder ...
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Dock displays low-resolution icons
Recently, I've noticed that the dock has been starting to display low-resolution icons in place of the former high-resolution icons for common apps like Stickies, Word, iTunes and Preview. Looking at ...
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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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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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Make search by file name default in Finder
In Finder when I type something in the textbox the default is to search the whole mac in the contents of the files. I was able to change the default to search the current directory, but didn't see an ...
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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 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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Disable all the idiot-checking in Mac OS X
I am a Windows/Linux user, who is learning Mac OS X out of interest in doing dev-work for the iPad which I recently purchased. However, OS X is driving me nuts by trying to protect all it's system ...
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