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Ok, So I posted this question in apple/discussions and I had no real results. I'll try macosx.com/forums because an issue previously unresolved inspight of posting to apple/discussions, was magically explained to me in this post, tar will not pipe | to log file. The Problem I have been...

how can get the full filepath (user/documents/projects/etc) PERMANENTLY displayed in the finder windows?

Hi there, I was wondering if the Finder Sidebar icons were changeable. I mean, it has an iMac as the icon for "Mo Moosa's Computer". I don't want an iMac icon (no offense), I'd rather have a powerbook icon. Any ideas? Thanks, Mo Moosa.

. I'm finding that bar-none, Finder is eating up all my spare CPU cycles. With no other user-launched applications, Finder creeps near 90% CPU usage (4 threads, only 14.91MB of Real Memory as reported by Activity Monitor). Didn't always have this as the case, and don't really know what triggered...

Hello, the Finder on my computer seems to no longer remember how I have the layout I setup for the different windows (ie, List, Icons, Column View, etc.). When I open the Macintosh HD, all the icons are strewn about, and I have to click Column View (which is what I normally have it at). I...

I know how to set a Finder window's preferences: you open the folder, set the window like you want it (list view, size, position, etc), then close the winddow. The next time you open that folder, it will appear just the way it was before you closed it. However, if you move that folder...

when trying to access an ftp-server trough finder, it just stops responding, and i have to (force-)quit the finder. next time same issue, and no connection to server.. i type in mye adress in safari, and it switches to finder(as normal..) but it takes longer time than normal. it prompts my...

I've just accidentally gotten rid of the Network shortcut in the finder sidebar (above Macintosh HD) and I cannot find how to get it back there. If I search for Network it brings it up under Recent Servers and I can use it from there, but it won't let me drag it back to the sidebar, nor does the...

is it normal? im running os x 10.3.5 but when i select about finder its says version 10.3.2

I'd like to find a way to have my program get notified when a user moves a file in the Finder to another folder, so that I could find the original path before the file gets copied to its new location. I'm guessing that this really isn't possible. Since I'm using Cocoa, I've been looking into...

Hmm... I noticed that on my Mac, the items I drag onto a Finder window's sidebar (on the left-hand side, where you can have shortcut icons/aliases) all default to the regular blue folder icon. I first noticed this because the Desktop icon on the Finder window's sidebar was a folder, whereas on...

I don't know when or how this developed, but whenever I bring up the contextual menu in the finder (OSX vers 10.3.5), the finder seems to restart (like it crash-quits and relaunches). What are the files associated with the contextual menu and can those files be reinstalled? This behavior...

I finally purchased a FireWire harddrive due to lack of space I've got on my internal 40 gig. Thinking a 160 GB Lacie harddrive for $130 was a smoking deal, I went for it. While transferring my iTunes and iPhoto folders, the Finder hung up and I couldn't get the system to "un-crash" so I had...

This is driving me up a wall: When you create a new folder on the desktop, it appears with the name "untitled folder," highlighted and ready for you to type in its new name. And typically, it will *sit* there, quietly, until you type the new name and hit Return/Enter. But on my PowerBook, for...

I am a big fan of columns. Finder usually remembers that i like this, unless I connect to a network share or do a Go > Go to Folder, has anyone found a way to fix this, I did a little searching, didnt quite find anyone with the exact same problem.

I am trying to mount a specific share via Finder > Go > Connect To Server > afp://"server"/share Everytime i try and connect directly to the share I get an error message saying that "The finder cannot complete the operation because some data may not be read or writen error code -36. Now if...

I just recently made the big switch from PC to Mac and I am loving it. However, there is just one thing I can't figure out that is driving me nuts. How do you view picture files (e.g. .jpg, .gif) in the finder as Thumbnails. In OS 9 you can do it easily but in 10.3.4 it just doesn't seem...

I wonder if anyone can help me with this problem. i have a G4 867Mhz Quicksilver machine running OSX 10.3.4 and when I click on the Network Icon in the sidebar of the finder I get the servers icon and nothing else. it shows up none of the computers on my network but I can manually log in to them...

two questions here. is it possible to lock the desktop to stop files being put on it. i ask this because is have a lot of trouble telling kids to save all their work in the document folder and they leave their work everywhere. a solution to this would be to use the simple finder but does this...

New to OS X and finding this quite irritating. I'm sure it's something simple but it's driving me nuts. I do a Get Info on even an empty folder and I get the beachball for minutes at a time. What's up with that? And how do I fix it? Sorry if this is a newb question but nothing in the FAQs...