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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