10 practical tips to let the Finder take you on a flight

The Finder is a system program for MAC computers, some of which are similar to Windows-enabled resource managers. It's the "smiley face" we first saw on our Mac, and with it, we can organize and use almost everything on your Mac, including applications, files, folders, disks, and shared disks on your network, and you can see rich, high-quality file previews at the same time.

Next, I will share with you some of the experience of using finder, is called 10 tricks, let the finder take You "Fly".

1. Show more information in Finder window

Open any Finder window. Go to and open the "Show"-"display Path Bar", "Show"-"display status bar" and "Show"-"Show preview" three items.

Let's take a step further:

This path bar is usually started from the disk partition, the name is not changed is called "macintosh hd", followed by "user", but the path information of these two items almost no effect, we need to see is generally from the beginning of the personal account path. Let's try to remove these two path options:

Open terminal and enter the following command:

Defaults write Com.apple.finder pathbarrootathome-bool true;killall Finder

The Finder restarts after the carriage return and the change is visible.

Restore default: Open the terminal, enter the following code and return to restore the original:

Defaults Delete com.apple.finder Pathbarrootathome;killall finder

▲ Note: We can directly drag the file to the small icon on the path bar to move the file in each folder, super convenient. If you need to copy, hold down the option key while dragging the file.

2. Make the file extension always appear

When you see a file but don't know its format, will it be confusing? Always go to the profile page to see if the file is. jpg or. png is it tedious? Oh, and cmd-i shortcut keys? However, these are slower than the default display.

Open Finder Preferences, select the "Advanced" tab, and then tick the "Always Show file extensions" button.

3. Enable Finder to display the custom directory by default

"All my Files" is a very useful feature. However, for those who need to follow the directory to display files, each time an additional action is required to open the user directory or other folders. Let's cancel the show All my Files feature by default:

Open Finder Preferences, select the "General" tab, and then select your preferred directory under "Open New Finder Window".

4. Display the user directory in the sidebar

In MAC systems, the vast majority of user files, such as music, photos, etc. are stored in the user directory, so it is a good idea to always display the contents of the user directory in the Finder sidebar. It's also easy to set up:

Open Finder Preferences, check the "Sidebar" tab, and then remember to tick your username.

5."Personalization"finder Toolbar

The Finder lets users add some common function buttons to the toolbar, removing the buttons you rarely use to make the interface more concise. You can put forward/backward, arrange, share settings and other common functions in the toolbar, and then adjust their position to make it easier for you to use.

Right-click on the Finder Window menu bar and select the "Customize Toolbar" item. Drag and drop some of the buttons you need to the toolbar. I recommend you put the "Show path" and "Connect to the server" to the toolbar.

6. Show full path in Finder title bar

It is well known that the Finder does not display the path, and you enter a folder only to display the name of the current folder. Although you can move the path bar out of the way above, this also increases the height of the Finder window, which is especially detrimental to small screen machines. So, let's take a step further and display the full path of the Finder in the title bar.

Open terminal, type the following command and enter:

Defaults write Com.apple.finder _fxshowposixpathintitle-bool YES

Then turn the Finder window off and open it, and you'll find the path bar looks like this:

In fact, you can quickly access any of the layers in the path by right-clicking on the leftmost small plot of the path:

Pretty cool, huh?

7. Always show user "library"

The user repository is the directory (path: \~/library/) used to store profiles, caches, and user data, and because OS X sets System File Protection, the repository is set to not display by default in the Finder. However, by executing a simple command from the terminal, you can make it always appear.

Open the terminal and run the following command:

Chflags Nohidden ~/library/

You can enter.

8. Show Finder hidden files

Users who like to make hidden files look over, we can have the Finder always show hidden files or folders.

Open the terminal application and enter the following command:

Defaults write Com.apple.finder Appleshowallfiles-boolean true; Killall Finder

You can enter. Now you will see the hidden files and folders in the Finder.

Restore default: Replace the above command with this one.

Defaults write Com.apple.finder Appleshowallfiles-boolean false; Killall Finder

9. Display the file (clip) information

The Finder can tell you some very useful information about files and folders, such as how many files are in the selected folder, the resolution of the photo (which I like the most), and so on. For the author of this heavy party, this is almost a "must-choose" setting.

Right-click on the desktop, select "View display Options", select the "Show Items Concise" Item, now see, your files, folders have changed?

10.3 Shortcut keys you must know 1. Cmd-z: Undo file Copy, move, or delete operation (cmd-z)

Cmd-z is a deep integration shortcut that you can simply interpret as "undo", either by undoing the text entry or by undoing the file delete operation. Pressing CMD-Z will return to the previous state. In particular, the deletion of files, once can be reset, very convenient.

Several files have been deleted in succession? How many files have you moved? It doesn't matter, you just have to press a few more times to cmd-z until you find that you have completely recovered from the previous look.

▲ Note: If you restart the Finder, the shortcut will not be able to.

2. Return (Enter) key: Rename File/Folder

The easiest way to rename a file/folder is to click the Return key after selecting the item. This will instantly select the name of the file/folder and render an editable state. Start typing the new name now??。 Finished naming it? Once again, hit the ENTER key. Simple and convenient.

Of course, this is not the only way to rename files or folders in OS X, you can also use the title bar, or the command line, or click the file name with your mouse. But which one is fast?

3. Space (SPACEBAR) key: Instant preview

The Finder is built with the most handy instant previews (one of my favorite Finder features), and once you do, you can't leave it. Select any item in the Finder and press the SPACEBAR. This will immediately open a special window: PDF, music, video, almost any format can be immediately real-time preview. Press the SPACEBAR again to close the preview window immediately.

How? The 10 Finder tips mentioned above can lead you to "fly"? If you have any good suggestions like this, please leave a message at the end of the article or communicate with Me (@iTumbledsea) on Weibo.

In addition to "cmd+" and "cmd+" to "exit one layer" and "go to a layer/open", "cmd+[" and "cmd+" to "forward" "back" also must be learned.

The backspace for Windows corresponds to cmd+[in OS X. Cmd+ in OS x?? Corresponds to ALT + in Windows?? Entering the hierarchy is different from moving backwards.

10 practical tips to let the Finder take you on a flight