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  1. Gravydog316

    changing/fixing file & folder creation dates

    Hi does anyone know if there's a way to fix broken file & folder creation dates? & also, how do I get folders to show the sizes, since it only works sometimes?
    • Gravydog316
    • Thread
    • creation date files finder folders name
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: macOS
  2. RazorBackXX

    Add on for Quick Look to loop a video?

    hey my friends is there an add on to preview or Quick Look? im pretty sure they are the same thing. im tired of using Quick time to look videos & I don't want to create gifs because I can't crop them down. I love making memes & I was just hoping there was a way to use the terminal or download an...
  3. macrumor2018

    Best external HD for Time Machine.

    My Seagate OneTouch SSD 2TB just stopped working (I've been using it with Time Machine for the last 2.5 years) and whenever I plug it into my mac, the whole finder app stops responding. Nothing in disk utility appears, either. Immediately as soon as I unplug it, everything goes back to normal...
  4. RazorBackXX

    How to Keep Folders in Dock From Moving?

    hey my friends, I have the main Mac folders in the dock. documents, photos, videos, downloads, music ect. I want them to stay put. I don't want them to move. I love dragging & dropping files into my dock. but when I hover over the dock folders it tries to put the file aka a photo or video in the...
    • RazorBackXX
    • Thread
    • dock dock icons files files and folders access finder folder mac macos settings terminal commands
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  5. cosmil

    Cosmil - In-development Finder Alternative

    For the past couple months I've been developing a Finder alternative for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. I'm making this out of a personal frustration with using Finder, especially as someone coming from a background of Windows/Linux. With Cosmil, my aim is to create a beautiful, functional, and...
    • cosmil
    • Thread
    • file browser file explorer finder finder alternative
    • Replies: 76
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. H

    Finder Wants To Make Changes Never Ending Loop

    Finder is constantly popping up a dialog which asks for my (administrator) password. The dialog says "Finder wants to make changes - Enter your password to allow this" with text boxes for User Name and passsword. If I enter my password, it seems to accept it and then pop up the same dialog...
  7. jnzbunting

    Searching in 'Open Document' window

    Hi all, Currently battling with searching in the system default 'open document' window that pops up in applications when you click file>open. Once in that window, the default searching behaviour is to search entire mac, not the current folder. In finder settings I have told Spotlight to...
    • jnzbunting
    • Thread
    • finder open box searching
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  8. al404

    Sonoma and Finder not refreshing file list

    I have a folder that is is also sync on iCloud When I export from MacBook M2 photos from CaptureOne ( RAW editor ) into a folder I can't see them I thought that some path got lost but after checking I noticed that files was sync on my Mac mini I can't see them on MacBook but I can see them on...
  9. pietrov

    Problem with menu in finder

    Hi everybody, all at sudden I am experiencing the issue in the image. Only opening finder menu from desktop I am viewing a small menu with the scrollbar (that is totally unusable). Do you know how to get back the full menu with all the items in the list? Thank you! :)
  10. haralds

    Finder randomly sets fonts to 10pts

    On my Mac Studio, since the late betas new Finder windows randomly come up with fonts set to 10pts. Deleting the preferences using defaults only cures it for a little while. RC2 still exhibits the behavior. A bug has been filed. Is anybody else seeing this?
  11. D

    Is it possible to use a strange computer to update iPhone without syncing?

    I have always backed up and updated my iPhone using iTunes. With the recent security issues it seems like it's time to finally update to iOS 16 (I'm still using iOS 15 at the moment...). The problem is that the computer I usually sync with (which still uses iTunes) is not available to me right...
  12. J

    Please help with merging the contents of subfolders and deleting the parent folders.

    I've reached out to apple to no avail, so here goes: I have a parent folder "Food". inside the parent folder are three folders Breakfast Lunch Dinner now inside of the three folders are hundreds of folders of recipes. so, breakfast has 200 folders of individual recipes lunch has 500 folders of...
    • jawndoh
    • Thread
    • automator consolidate finder help neat organization organize tips tricks
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  13. S

    Encrypted Finder iPhone backup 93% smaller than what it's backing up?

    Environment macOS Ventura Version 13.5.1 (22G90) iOS 16.6 (20G75) Problem Yesterday I tried backing up my iPhone via the finder to an external SSD (Samsung T7). I chose to encrypt the backup for privacy and security reasons. However, when I compared my storage on my iPhone vs. the backup file...
    • Stratox
    • Thread
    • bug finder iphone backup
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  14. jent

    macOS pops up with OneDrive.app window every now and then

    I'm on macOS Monterrey 12.6.8. Every now and then for a second or two I see a Finder window pop up, I think related to the security settings, mentioning that it is checking OneDrive.app. I have Microsoft Office 365 installed but I don't personally use the OneDrive app (I very occasionally use...
    • jent
    • Thread
    • finder macos microsoft office onedrive
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  15. S

    FileFillet - Efficiently manage files with fewer Finder windows

    Developer here 👋 FileFillet is a minimalist MacOS app that simplifies file copying and moving. There is a tab shown on the side of the screen where you can drag & drop files and folders to your favorite directories. I made this as I constantly had too many Finder windows open. It is purely...
  16. M

    Finder - Search Term Doesn't Exist in Returned Results

    I type in the word "sound" into Finder - and 71 documents WITHOUT the word sound are returned. There are no tag words assigned to these documents. The documents are Quick Time screen recordings that I've made. So, why would this happen?
  17. F

    [Finder]How to make the 'Show Preview' column larger when in 'List View'

    I am trying to expand the 'Show Preview' column the the left to make it larger when in 'List View' but it stops where I am showing in the attached image to the upper right. Is there anyway to make this larger(Terminal perhaps)?
  18. JippaLippa

    How to have folders ACTUALLY snap automatically to the grid, when created?

    Hello. I have been using every single Windows iteration (included Windows Vista and 8) since the days of Windows 95, however I fell in love with macOS on 2010, while using Snow Leopard, back in university. It was love at first sight, and to this day my main work machine has always been a mac...
    • JippaLippa
    • Thread
    • defaults finder grid indexing snap to grid snapping view optios
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  19. W

    Photos albums not appearing in Finder

    Hello all, I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro and have run into an issue. When I Open File (CMD+O) in any app, my Photos from Photos.app no longer appear organized and structures by each Album. For some reason my Movies and Music will appear organized like I'm used to but not Photos...
  20. G

    Remove characters after specific character in filenames?

    I have numerous differently named files and want to batch remove all characters after months or years included in the filenames. I can't find any discussions about this scenario, let alone any renaming tools that do much more than remove a set number of characters from the end. To be clear...
    • Gigolo Joe
    • Thread
    • batch rename finder rename files
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
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