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Mac OS X in a Nutshell
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Mac OS X in a Nutshell

by Jason McIntosh, Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone
January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Finder

Synopsis

Hide the Finder toolbar?

View Hide Toolbar (

-B)

Click on the transparent button in the upper-right corner of the titlebar.

Customize the Finder toolbar?

Finder View Customize Toolbar

Shift-click the toolbar button.

Control-click within the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar from the context menu.

Shift-clicking on the toolbar button again will close the Customize Toolbar window and return you to the previous Finder View.

Always open the Finder in Column View?

Finder Preferences select the checkbox next to “Open new windows in Column View”

From Icon View, open a folder in a new Finder window?

Command-double-click the folder icon.

Force folders to open in a new Finder window when they’re double-clicked?

Hide the Finder toolbar (only works in Icon or List View).

Quickly switch to my home directory?

Go Home (Shift-

-H)

Quickly go back or forward in a Finder view?

Use

-[ or

-] to go back or forward, respectively.

Note

This also works in most web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Mozilla, and Chimera.

Only show the icons or text labels of items ...
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