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View Long Filename in a Split Second
It isn't so scary to have many long named files when using Mac, as Mac can recognize those long filenames in a very instant. For this case, there are two ways viewing these names in Mac, one is permanent view whereas the other one is temporary view.
Permanent View
The objective for this ways is to make the filenames located at the right side of its icon with the size being shrinked.
Finder Window - Search for Directory
If you want to instantly jump to desired folder while you've already known the exact url, you can do like this :
- Open your Finder Window (of course you have to)
- Press down Command-Shift-G and you will see url bar appear before your eyes.
- Then type in your destination folder. Let's say you want to go to your Applications folder. Type in /Applications and hit Return will bring you there.
- There is also a auto-complete feature. When you want to go to Applications folder, you don't need to type in all, just type /App and hit down Tab, it will appear as /Applications/
- Note that ~/ is the same as your Home directory and pressing Escape will close the url bar.
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10 Most-Famous Dialog Box
You must have seen these dialog box. The most common one and the most useful. Here I will give detail for the order of ⇥ key pressed.
Finder
Shutdown
- Cancel Shutdown
- Confirm Shutdown
Logout
- Cancel Log Out
- Confirm Log Out
Making Up Toolbar and Sidebar
We can drag and drop our folders into sidebar, you already know that right? But have you ever imagined to drop your folder into toolbar?
Folder to Toolbar
It is easy, just drag your folder above the toolbar and wait for rectangle to appear, then drop it..
And some important notes :
- Command-Click on the folder inside toolbar will delete your original folder (the one outside toolbar)
- Command-Drag the folder to remove it from toolbar, but it also delete the folder