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FinderSyncer - manage Finder Sync extensions on macOS 15 Sequoia
I don't know if this is the right place to post, but it may be useful to people using applications with embedded Finder Sync extensions. For some reason (maybe imminent deprecation and discontinuation), Apple removed the Finder Sync extensions configuration interface from System Settings in... -
Understanding Folder Size Differences Between rsync Zsh & Finder on macOS
Hey My Friends, I’m working on a Zsh-based script in the macOS terminal, and I’ve hit a roadblock while trying to obtain precise file sizes for folders. I’m seeing discrepancies between the size reported in Finder and the size calculated via terminal commands, and this is critical for my app...- RazorBackXX
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- app compare duplicate finder mac macos script size terminal zsh
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- Forum: macOS
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Finder audio file preview: Want to choose the moment, where I like to start listening
The Mac finder is very user friendly. But what I miss is that I can click on a point in an audio file to start listening there. What I mean; See the 3rd image on the right in the image below. Is that possible with a third party app? Of course I can open the audio file in a music player, but...- White Shark
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- app audio file finder flac mp3 wav
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- Forum: macOS
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Anyone ever get error code -43 in Finder?
I've recently moved my Documents and Desktop to iCloud. After doing so, and then waiting waiting overnight, I tried selecting all folders in my Documents and selecting something roughly phrased as: 'delete downloaded copies' The idea is to free up local space on my SSD. Doing the latter has...- MalagLagoon
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- error -43 finder icloud
- Replies: 6
- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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Simple Finder alternatives and options
For those of us who remember “Simple Finder” in Mac OS 8, and on through ~10.15. You could set a user account to login directly to Simple Finder where the desktop experience was greatly simplified, and you were presented with a screen of apps (similar to an iPad app screen) that you had... -
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Remove Download button in right click menu for iCloud folder in Finder on macOS does not work if total selected files/ folders are more than 10 nos.
'Remove Download' button in right click menu for iCloud folder in Finder on macOS does not work if total number of selected files/ folders at the time are more than 10 nos. If more than 10 non of files/ folders are selected at any time, then the 'Remove Download' button disappears from the right... -
Setting one "View Options" for all folders system wide.
Hello. I have been using macOS since Snow Leopard and I love it! One thing I have always found annoying, though, is the impossibility of setting one "View Options" settings for all folders. Even after having set one view option as default, whenever I open a subfolder or an other folder...- JippaLippa
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- finder macos 14.6.1
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- Forum: macOS
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Fixing finder Window
Hey fellas i just want to fix my finder window i use command n all day long long to open new finder window and it keeps pressing the letters in where it gives part of the name then ... im sick of moving the side bar to the right just for it to reset. ive deleted the finder.plist twice reset the...- RazorBackXX
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- files finder finder window finder windows mabook air mac settings sonoma window
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- Forum: macOS
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macOS Curious issue with AppleScript and Mac OS Sonoma
I’m new to AppleScript, and have been writing a script to prepend the current date to an existing file or folder name. The script appears to work well, except for a very specific instance. When using the script to rename a single text file (i.e. a file with the ‘.txt’ extension) on Mac OS Sonoma...- j.tan
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- applescript finder renaming sonoma sonoma 14.5
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Apple Programming
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Other Finder peculiarities with resource-fork icons (ICNS) rendering in Leopard, when ICNS are created/pasted in at least High Sierra
The title I’m starting here isn’t very helpful and is also kind of vague, so I’ll try to describe here what the title can’t, along with a bit of background. Some background on why I’m posting: For many years, I’ve maintained an archival library of music on which I’ve been curating since about...- B S Magnet
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- .icns finder icns leopard mojave os x resource fork snow leopard
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Preparing to copy photos from memory card takes very long
Hi Guys, This issue has been driving my nuts for over 2 years now. Very often, when I try to copy 1000-2000 photos from my memory card, by simply dragging & dropping the files or CMD + C / CMD + V - system takes many, many minutes on "preparing to copy". It's super annoying, because in my work... -
FileUtils - advanced file operations and utilities integrated into Finder
Hello everyone, If you use (mostly) Finder for your everyday's file management needs, you may be interested in FileUtils, a FinderSync extension, which adds some menu items to Finder's contextual menu (and dedicated Finder toolbar item menu), performing some operations and tasks Finder doesn't... -
Unarchived Items
Can I delete all these folders?? Desktop.gz & Unarchived items? should I report this in Feedback? What's the deal with all these folders in my Home Folder??- Gravydog316
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- desktop finder folders trash
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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Terminal Command For Quickview Loop?
is there a terminal command to loop every single video that I press spacebar on to open in quicklook? I dont want to download FFMEG, I know the Mac can do things on its own for example. I used chatgtp to write me a code to separate all my videos in landscape & portrait since Mac doesn't have a...- RazorBackXX
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- developer finder loop macos macos sonoma movie terminal terminal commands video
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- Forum: macOS
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Changed Mac password - now unable to see drives connected to it in Finder
I recently changed the admin password on an old iMac that I use as my Plex server. Until I did that (an hour ago), all drives connected to it were visible via 'Locations' > 'Network' in the Finder on my Mac mini. I can get in to it via Screen Sharing with the new password, but now when I try to...- hewhore
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- finder locations
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- Forum: macOS Sonoma (14)
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How to Change the Default Download Location in macOS (the download folder shown in sidebar of Finder in macOS with the arrow icon)?
How to Change the Default Download Location in macOS so that the download folder shown in sidebar of Finder in macOS with the arrow icon upon clicking opens the modified location? I am not asking about the changing the location where files get downloaded in Safari (which can be changed in Safari...- uandme72
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- finder macos
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- Forum: macOS Sonoma (14)
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Help - My FInder doesn't seem to work properly
Hi there, I'm a newbie so please be nice - i am using a macbook with Monterey. The Finder is giving me so much problems. I like to type the name of a file, i type fast, and then see it appear - but it rarely does, and often omits folders. Often I have to find another file within a folder and...- maclovin1977
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- finder
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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Stationery Pad ~ how to *list* all such files previously so marked?
In the Finder (Info) I've checked a large number of files to be Stationery Pads (template-type files). Stationery Pad files, that I'd now like to consider together in a single Finder Window. Under the pop-up menu Kind, "Other" is listed at the bottom. One of these (as in above image) is...- MacProRumours
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- file finder macos other search stationery stationery pad terminal
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- Forum: macOS
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Finder Smart Folders and Sync'ing
I have a bunch of Smart Folders in my Finder that gather files with specific Tags. For example: Favorites (Smart Folder) - Files (Tagged with "Favorites") Red (Smart Folder) - Files (Tagged with "Red") Smart Folders are not real folders as they are query files such as Favorites.SavedSearch...- nicolaselhani
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- finder google drive macos savedsearch smart folder
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- Forum: macOS
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Ventura: Finder (not responding)
I am getting the above message constantly, now. I started off by deleting ~/Library/com.apple.finder.plist and restarting the Finder. No difference. So, I decided to re-install MacOS Ventura. After the three-hour installation process, everything seemed to be working. Until it wasn't. I came back...- spetznatz
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- finder not responding ventura
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
