Questions tagged [osx-finder]
The Finder in OS X provides access to your files, folders, and drives, and helps you to keep them organized.
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(Mac) How to create keyboard shortcuts to move individual photos to a particular folder
I have tens of thousands of photos I would like to sort efficiently. I want to scroll through the photos and individually make a decision as to whether they belong in, say, one of 3 folders: family, ...
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Create folder based on filename
I have a folder with a number of .png files, for example:
Jeff Smith 1.png
Jeff Donald 1.png
Jeff Donald 2.png
Jeff Smith 2.png
Jeff Roberts.png
Kyle Reds.png
Kyle Reds 1.png
Kyle Blues 1.png
Kyle ...
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File name character encoding gets confused when called with find -exec
I'd like to simplify the example, but any further simplification removes the problem … I already stripped my script down to this:
#!/bin/sh
echo "$1" | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]//g'
This does what I ...
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How to remove nth character from set of filenames?
Hi I am looking for a bash solution to batch file renaming. I have files acquired from a digital camera I am importing as time-lapse footage.
Every 1000 images the JPG file renaming jumps as such:
./...
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Is there any equivalent to Mac OS X's “Date Added” file attribute?
OS X keeps the date and time a file was added to the folder it's currently in, which is useful for sorting. Does any Unix/Linux filesystem or program offer similar functionality?
This is not a ...
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On MAC OS X 10.11.4 - Loss of extended file attribute when copying a file
I have a file with a comment as extended attribute. This is how
I can see the attribute from the Terminal:
mdls -name kMDItemFinderComment path_to_file
I get the answer
kMDItemFinderComment = "...
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Unix command equivalent for OS X Finder's Duplicate Exactly
What command can reproduce this function in bash?
In Finder select File then press ⇧⌥ to make the command visible (⇧⌥⌘D).
In AppleScript it's available as
tell application "Finder" to duplicate ...
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Customize Top Panel / Global Menu / Super-Wingpanel in Elementary OS Luna
How on ElementaryOS change Wingpanel on Top Panel / Global Menu / Super-Wingpanel like OS X ?
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Hide a file extension using Terminal
I have about 40 files in my folder. I selected all the files and pressed command+I. Instead of opening one Get Info window, my Mac shows up 40 windows! Is there a terminal command to hide the file ...
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How to set the path OSX applications use
I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.4, and have my environment all customized through ~/.profile so that when I run GUI apps like Sublime Text or Eclipse from the command line
open /Applications/Sublime\ ...
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mlbackup / rsync / hard links data size
I am new to mlbackup/rsync and the concept of hard links, so I am a little confused after creating a backup data set via mlbackup.
So here's the scenario:
I am backing up "folder A" to "folder B". ...
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Bash script to hide/show files
I prepared a little bash script to toggle the visibility of my hidden OS X files.
if (defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE); then
defaults write com.apple.finder ...
