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  1. R

    An alternative to Dropbox, please!

    I use Dropbox on all my Apple devices all the time. Now Dropbox want to charge a ridiculous £9.99 a month if you want to connect to more than three devices. Since I have a Macmini, MacBook Air, an iPad and an iPhone and I use Dropbox on all of them, it’s time to find a replacement. Any...
  2. urbanforces

    bulk naming of files after folders?

    hello. any decent app - free or not - that can add the name of the folder files are in. i have lots of photo and video files that are all named IMG, MAH, DSC etc depending on what i used to take them and have them in folders named for specific projects or subjects i'm working on. is there an app...
  3. sandrokan

    Problem with spotlight name search

    Hi. I have a problem with spotlight when searching files by name. For example, I have several folders called mk, and also files called mk*.* When I do a spotlight search in a finder window, typing in "mk", then it results in several files. If I switch to "name matches", then I got no results...
  4. cezar.popescu.89

    Image Cleaner - Find and Remove Duplicate Photos

    Hello everybody, My name is Cezar Popescu and I am the CEO of 64BitApps, a software company that develops Mac apps. For more info please visit www.64bitapps.com I am starting this thread as a developer on behalf of my company because I want to let you know about our Mac app called Image...
    • cezar.popescu.89
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    • clean cleaner duplicate finder hard drive image photo remove remover similar
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. inkswamp

    Finder slow to create desktop items via drag-and-drop

    Does anyone else experience slowness with creating desktop items via drag-and-drop? It's been like this for the last couple years and it's still an annoyance. I'm wondering if it's just me and some software I have installed or does the Finder really have issues with drag and drop? Here's a...
  6. O

    How to transfer Finder Tags to new MacBook

    I've used Finder tags to sort a large database on my existing MacBook AIr. Now it has come time to migrate to a new MacBook Air but I cannot find any documentation on how to transfer the tags over along with the file. I use Google Drive to host and sync my files. I did a trial run and the...
    • ozmander
    • Thread
    • finder migrate tags
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  7. E

    Finder column with bug

    Hey there, I have a very annoying bug destroying my workflow. The with of the column view is extraordinary wide - wider than the longest file name. This bug appears with every folder anywhere. If I resize it once to the correct size, all the following folders have the correct column with. But...
  8. kotsoum

    Universal Earbuds & Headphones Finder

    Earbuds & Headphones Finder The most advanced & efficient Earbuds & Headphones Finder app is available on the AppStore! Using one of the most advanced BLE scanning engine, this headphone scanner app will help you find all of your lost bluetooth devices. Find your lost AirPods, earbuds...
  9. ajmichmac

    Finder search results cannot be deleted

    This issue has got to be something that I am overlooking, as it is such a basic task... Upon searching for files with Finder, the list of found items cannot be deleted. Discovered this when attempting to search all drives for .BAK files. Finder locates many .BAK files, but when they are...
  10. C

    Always having to resize columns when viewing folders.

    Just recently for some reason, when I open one of my HDs up in Finder (I always use List view) I have to resize the columns to be able to see them all. I have the following columns: Name Date Modified Size Kind When I open the folder I can only see Name and Date Modified, I have to resize them...
  11. A

    Quick View in Finder just spins instead of showing JPEG thumbnail

    When I first restart my machine, JPEG previews work fine. After some time (or perhaps it's conflicting with another app? I don't know), it'll stop working and I just get the spinning hatch marks where a thumbnail would normally appear. I "solve" the problem by doing a Restart (which also...
  12. S

    The application “Finder” can’t be opened.

    Hey everyone, I recently updated my Macbook (looks like it's now OS X El Capitan 10.11.16) and after a day or working okay, it suddenly won't allow to me to access Finder. The desktop is blank, and when I click on Finder it says "The application “Finder” can’t be opened." I wanted to try...
  13. N

    How do I batch-rename multiple files like this: "D2018.1, D2018.2, D2018.3..."?

    I’ve got 10 thousand pictures to rename. They are titled like this now: "46gibberish, 47gibberish, 48gibberish...". How do I batch-rename the files into something like this: "D2018.1, D2018.2, D2018.3..."? Am I right that this way they will still open in chronological order? Also, it would...
  14. ASentientBot

    QuickLookUIService (Finder) stopping disk ejection

    If disks keep refusing to eject, I've found that killing this process in Activity Monitor allows them to be ejected 99% of the time. Wasn't really sure where to post this, but I hope that helps somebody.
    • ASentientBot
    • Thread
    • disk eject finder quicklook
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  15. Crimson Hikari

    Finder 'Searching' Window Uniformity Issue

    Recently I upgraded to OS X Mojave, and have been enjoying the joys of Dark Mode across my folders in Finder...for the most part. Currently the background of my folders is set to the default colour, because it's easy on the eyes. But as soon as I search for something, the background of the...
  16. return2sendai

    Finder ****ed. Alternative File Manager needed

    Hi, Since upgrading to Mojave two months ago, my Finder has been continuously unresponsive. Every day I get this bloody beachball. I've tried everything. killall Finder: worked for 20 minutes Deleting plists: worked for one boot Not shutting down: worked for 3 days Deleting caches: worked for...
  17. T

    Finder Gallery view sucks

    I don't understand what Apple is doing in its recent updates to both MacOS and iOS. The previous view showed previews on top, and a list view on the bottom where I could change the sort order and knew what was going on. Now it's a mystery. It's certainly not intuitive any more. I don't get it...
  18. D

    Finder crashing Mojave 10.14.1

    Since the update to Mojave I have had Finder crashing when pointing the my home directory and the Documents directory. I am able to get to other subdirectories of Documents through selecting the folder in Spotify Search. It occurred with the original upgrade to 10.14.0 in Sept, and then I did...
  19. !!!

    Remove "Import from iPhone" from Finder?

    So I recently upgraded to Mojave and this new "Import from iPhone" and "Use Groups" options are getting annoying. Every time I right click to Clean Up or Show View Options or whatever, I'm slowed down by the fact that i now have to scroll though all of these options. What used to be a very...
  20. Nateamus84

    parent folder

    I had to search for a video file that I need in a editing project. How can I find what the parent folder is?
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