I love how on #macOS when you intend to move a bunch of files to a folder, and when one file with the same name already exists in the destination, you're only given the option to stop the entire thing, to replace the existing file, or move anyway under a different name. Not a single option that just... idk... skip moving that one (or however many affected) file maybe? The best thing is, that stop option, the dialog that asks you gives you a checkmark option to "Apply to all" (unchecked by default) - bcos of this, a user unfamiliar with #Finder's brilliance might assume that "stop" simply means "skip" commonly found on other OS-es including #Windows and #Linux for file operations such as moving/copying, 'cept not, "stop" literally just stops doing anything.
Oh, also, you can't even enjoy what you have found to be so common such as doing a shift-click selection on Finder... unless you happen to be in the right "view" mode. That simple thing couldn't even just... work. I honestly can go on and on about how slow that piece of shit is at performing searches or copying/moving files, or how modifying all the ridiculous preferences take forever bcos they hide in multiple, nonsensical places when on #Dolphin for example, you get one nice menu with sensible tabs and options where you could do wtv needs doing in ~1 minute. Heck, even setting the default app to be used to open a certain file type requires a hidden shortcut that then opens up a stupid looking window at the edge of your screen with tiny af buttons and GOSH I CAN GO ON FOREVER.
Fuck Finder, honestly. I'd take that ugly ass #FileExplorer anyday of the week if it means I don't have to deal with Finder. Thank god I'm a Linux user, blessed with #KDE's Dolphin. I'm almost certain #Apple only hires interns for anything software over there.
I was Today Many Years Old when I learned that typing Option-Space with a file selected in finder did a full screen preview, not just a preview (like Space does).
I hope this is the year #Apple realizes the #iPad Pro line is a mature enough product to finally drop #iPadOS in favor of #macOS with robust touch input support. Sure, #Finder might need to be modified to adapt to a touch first device. The issue here is, #iOS on which iPadOS is based is significantly holding back the devices full potential and it seems intentional at this point.
Just found out that you can hold down the option key (⌥) in open/save dialogs, and in Finder windows, to show the entire path you’re currently in. Neat. #macOS#ux#ui#finder
It is a sad commentary for #iCloud and #Apple and its #cloudservice when I store a couple images in iCloud files on my #iPhone, then go to my #Mac to use them and discover they aren't there. The Mac has no way of telling #Finder, "Hey, stupid. Refresh. Look for my new files that I need NOW!"
No button. No clickable icon. No menu item.
So what did I do?
On the iPhone, I moved (copied) the image files to #Dropbox. The files instantly up/downloaded to my Mac. Literally, less than 5 seconds.
How much am I paying Apple for 2 TB of storage? Well, too embarrassing; look it up. What I am paying for Dropbox is zilch, nothing, nada, bupkis.
Couple years ago I recreated Classic Mac OS progress and indeterminate progress bars with Core Animation. I really need to find a project to use them in! 😁
Also, the barber pole style indeterminate progress bars were just sooooo “Macintosh.”
I hope everyone has a great day except the person who decided to remove them from modern macOS. Ugh.
The #AppleScript dictionary in #NeoFinder has been expanded to give you read and write access to the #Finder#Tags (aka Finder keywords) and the color labels of NeoFinder.
The Finder feature that keeps track of Email attachments and lets one reply directly by right clicking on a file or open the thread back in Mail is just amazing 🤩. I love it!
Is there any way to actually manually sync a ringtone from a #Mac to an #iphone with #VoiceOver? I'm trying to do it through #Finder, but the process seems to require dragging and dropping, with literally no keyboard equivalent! Of course, VoiceOver is just not dropping where I want it to. Is my only option to use #GarageBand on the #iOSDevice itself?
#Linux and #KDEPlasma is a massive boost to the desktop productivity experience. Instead of requiring a ton of third party, proprietary apps, a lot of the "regular" or even "not so regular" things I might need/want to do can be done directly from #Dolphin, the file manager (equivalent to #FileExplorer on #Windows, #Finder on #macOS).
From Dolphin, I could:
Convert documents and slides to pdf.
Convert annoying image (jpeg/png) receipts to pdf.
Convert images into any other image formats you'd need.
Resize images.
Combine multiple pdfs into one, or break one big pdf into multiple.
Rotate any images.
Combine any images (into a collage).
Convert pdfs into images.
Combine multiple images into a gif or video.
Access and use your Google Drive (or most other cloud drives) directly from Dolphin.
Compare the difference between multiple text-based files.
Many more other things really on top of all of the other, more basic things you could do built into Dolphin like its amazing search feature, and the ability to compress/uncompress any formats including rar. I thought macOS was better at this vs Windows, but even then what macOS is able to do (from Finder) isn't even 10% of what Dolphin could. Also, Finder's insanely freaking slow, I'd actually take the ancient File Explorer any day.
Apple #MacOS with multiple #users. My 2Tb disk was getting #full for unknown reason. #Finder does not show file sizes.
Tried using #MacPaw#cleanmymac to clean disk. No change.
Massive 'system data' shown in storage menu 'about my mac'.
Only #daisyDisk installed as free standing app NOT from (Apple Store!) using scan as administrator was able to find the 1) users with large video files 2) delete 'purgable space' presumably containing #timemachine junk.
Can anyone justify Apple #macOS design?
So I spent a little over a week exploring what might be possible if #macOS#Finder and #Terminal were just one app, and I think I ended up with something interesting to play with.
So this is probably a really obvious thing in hindsight, but I only just realized the following. When you're in a list of search results in #Finder on #MacOS, you can press CMD+R to jump to the original location of the file. The cursor is even over the exact file you found in search, so you can directly see it in context. Just a really satisfying feature IMO!
About 90,000 years ago, an interesting child walked the Earth. This individual was a young human hybrid. Nicknamed Denny by scientists, the ancient girl is the only known individual whose parents were from two different human species!
Mysterious Denny - 90,000-Year-Old Child Whose Parents Were Two Different Human Species - Ancient Pages (www.ancientpages.com)
About 90,000 years ago, an interesting child walked the Earth. This individual was a young human hybrid. Nicknamed Denny by scientists, the ancient girl is the only known individual whose parents were from two different human species!