Mac OS X in a Nutshell

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.

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