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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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...
  5. 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?
  6. 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)?
  7. 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
  8. 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...
  9. 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: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  10. M

    Finder Search function (SD Card)

    Problem: Why can the Finder not find "Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba" when searching for Name contains: Metroid when it is clearly there? Does it need time to index, if so where is the status of that!?
  11. C

    Finder: Sort by type won't save

    Hello guys. I would like to sort my files in folders so that all the folders are above the other files and I don't want to have sort by group. I have tried using CMD+J to select sort by type (might be sort by kind according to some google results), but the problem is that sort by type...
    • Chrknu
    • Thread
    • finder help ventura 13.2
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  12. walterhpdx

    Headless Screen Sharing - Unable to Move files, Copies instead

    Recently I made my Plex server running on a 2021 Mac Mini running Ventura 13.1 headless. Everything's been fine, except now that it's in headless mode, when I go to move files from one drive to another via Screen Sharing, my Command Key + Mouse, which used to move files, copies instead...
    • walterhpdx
    • Thread
    • copy files finder move files screen sharing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  13. zamboknee

    Favorites in Finder keep disappearing (NAS)

    I have a Network Attached Storage drive and I've dragged a couple folders from it over to my Favorites section in Finder but they never stay there. They'll stay until I either put the laptop to sleep or power down. How do I get these folders to 'stick' in the favorites area?
  14. A

    Nothing comes up in Finder search, even for files I can see that are present

    Absolutely nothing comes up when I search in the finder window, even if I search for files that I can see in another window. I'm running Ventura 13.0.1 How can I fix this?
  15. O

    Photos in Finder vs Photos Library and choosing where to save photos

    I've got a new Mac and have to temporary offload my pictures on to my Mac before I put them on a NAS or external hard drive. I don't want it on my Mac for longterm storage. I will also backup my NAS or external hard drive to a cloud service (Backblaze?) so everything is safe. My question is...
  16. L

    change file name or extension without modifying the date

    i want to edit a bunch of .MOD videos to .mpg however i want to keep the same date as the original files and everytime i modify a file's name or extension, the date changed to the moment i made the modifications so for example i have those files of 2008 in .MOD format, when i click and change...
  17. U

    Some folder-icons missing in Finder? (OS 11.5.2)

    In my Finder some folders are suddenly displayed without the folder icon. I have not yet found a rule which ones are with folder icon and which ones still have it. If I create a new folder, it is also without folder icon. Relauching finder or the entire Mac has not solved the issue. Any Ideas?
  18. M

    Finder photo thumbnail preview seizes to show

    Hi, After a few days us usage (no reboot) MacOS (i assume it's a Finder-problem) seizes to display thumbnail previews... as this screenshot shows. - Relaunching Finder does not work - Reboot does work (I hate that) Question: What program do I have to kill / restart to get this working? (No OS...
  19. quatermass

    Really annoying Finder Window behaviour!

    This comes under the heading "Minor Annoyance" rather than "Major Issue". Whenever I open a new Finder window in list view, or change from column or icon to list view, the items are always ordered the wrong way! By default I use "By Name" but rather that being ordered from A - Z, or 1 - 9, with...
  20. Ninflu

    Resizing Icons in Applications-Folder won't save

    Dear Community, on my Macbook Pro M1 using Montery 12.4 i've a weird error within my applications folder: Whenever I try to set the icon size from 64x64 down to 32x32, after restarting the system it get's reset back to 64x64. Has anyone another idea? I already editet com.apple.finder.list in...
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