NOTE: at 8:51, the shortcut displayed on screen is incorrect. It's ⌥⌘V and NOT ⌥⌘C I'm back from Christmas break and ready to rumble for 2019. Moved into a slightly larger studio, am in the process of finding a full-time employee, and am going to start pumping out more frequent and higher quality content than ever before! This year is going to be the best one yet!
Snazzy Labs have you thought about making some videos about automator? :) for example, I made one that speaks whatever I write and saves it to a wave file.
I normally don’t watch these kind of videos because I consider myself a “power user” but yours was really good and I knew almost none of these things. Great job!
Ow, I was 10 in 1988. I noticed they have made the later releases more difficult to do boolean searched in. I find macos degrading, still the best out there from a user perspective.
Holy shit the conditional logic is amazing! Never thought I'd learn anything from this video since I've been a power user for quite some time, but you sure proved me wrong! Wow!
@@atom6_ I was trying to get to multiple and and an or in one find, I wound up nesting them to achieve what I was looking for would have been easier with the logic options displayed in Snazzy's video.
I agree wholeheartedly. Been using a Mac since 1984 and was not expecting anything I didn't already know. However, since each new iteration of the MacOS often includes new features and keyboard shortcuts, it is not surprising that I learned something new from this video.
shift+command+. and here I thought I knew most everything about Finder keyboard commands but that one is a game changer for me, I've hated going to different utilities or Terminal to toggle back and forth when necessary. Thanks!
You’re the Doug Murano of Macs! (A similar attitude - snarky!). Great tips. Back before you were a gleam in your parent’s eyes, they had something called paperback User Manuals. A single, reliable reference point for everything you needed to know about your computer. Locating such info now is difficult, which is why these kinds of videos are INVALUABLE. Thanks, Mr. Snazzy, for the tips and keep them coming!
A power user here and I have seen tons of these videos, they never teach me anything new, this one actually had 3-4 new things for me, that’s very rare. Big thumbs up!
Don't know if anybody mentioned it, but you can drag-and-drop a file onto an application's Dock icon or its icon in the Applications folder, and if the app can open the file, it will open it. If not, it will tell you it can't. Nice for when you're not sure what app to use to open a file. If you're trying to save to a certain folder, you can drag that folder's icon to the location selector ("Where") and drop it and it will change to the the folder you dragged. Also, if you highlight a file's icon and then press SPACE, you get a nice preview of that file if a preview is available. I find this incredibly useful for Pages or Word files, photos, videos, etc. Great video!
Buddy, I have not been blown away by any video for a pretty long time but this video...man!!!! I honestly feel so stupid for not watching it earlier and wasting so much time on my previous projects. This is gonna save me a lot of time. Really really appreciate you sharing this knowledge. Cheers
Being a FCP editor who spends nearly 10 to 12 hours everyday, the most useful videos that i have seen so far which is surly gonna help my daily needs. Thank you so much
I'm using a Mac for over ten years now and compared to the average user, I know a lot about macOS. But I learn new things in your videos every time! So great!
THIS MADE MY DAY! I switched from Windows to macOS and since then ALWAYS was annoyed with the whole mixup of files and folders alphabetically, which makes no sense in structuring data. Now I can live in peace!
A few more: Use a Window in Icon view and drag the icon size slider bottom left to view the file Icon Previews at maximum size. You can now use the Window like you would Bridge in the Adobe Suite to grade and sort your files. You can either right click on selected files (as groups) > Tags/Labels or add a suffix on the file so the name can be searched on. I use a unique •, ••, ••• (bullet = option 8). So one bullet can mean usable, two = good, three = best. You can make unique backgrounds to specific windows in Icon view which helps identify them on sight or gives you very useful ways of organising that folder. Menu > Finder > View > as Icons / View Options > Background > Color/Picture > Drag image onto panel If you chose distinctive color backgrounds you can divide your screen up into windows, one which has files you wish to sort and then quickly drag selected files to the red, yellow, green (traffic lights) background colored windows to sort them. A good precursor to btch rating them using Tags as above. Because Icon view allows you to free drag images around which you can resize to truly see their previews (or use QuickView), a background image is a great way to mark up areas within the window and drag files into piles on those areas. I use labelled background areas in one particular window to drag/pile the images and then move those to other folders as above. Many people do not know that you can drag whatever frequently used files/folders/Apps up onto the Toolbar of your window for quick use. I have folders which I color coded* as another sort method, common Apps like my 2 versions of Pages, Archiver, Renamer and XLD plus many more. You command drag them On/Off or to reorder them. Put the most frequent icons to the left, the ones to the right are only visible when the window is larger. * Get Info on a Folder > click on the folder Icon > Copy/Paste it into an image editor (I used Preview) > change its color > Copy/Paste it back into the Folder Info.
Combining ideas, make the colored folders smart folders to tag files automatically when you drag files into them. Or use smart folders like a Hogwart's Sorting Hat to move files according to criteria of your own making into other folders or archives. For archiving I have premade compressed .dmg files which I open and add info snippets or Text files and drag in my archive material. It puts all my files for particular jobs in one place, securing them as finished and compacts the contents for storage. Later I can mount the .dmg and start where I left it off, complete with all the resources.
⌘ and ⌥ are standard 'modifier' keys in Macs. This should be clear to anyone using Macs for even a little bit of time (just as when using Windoze, one should be aware of the Start/Win and Alt keys). In which case, it would ALWAYS make sense to hold down either or both of those keys together in any window, app, action to see what other options come up. Similar is the case with ⌃ which is the modifier for 'right click'.
Yes, it’s off topic but, I’ve got a great question regarding a previous video... See: The best 2017 iMac apple doesn’t sell... I’ve got a question I hope you can answer: I have, what seems to be a dead gpu in a mid 2011 iMac... do you know if the case will support a fresh rebuild utilizing new components like shown in this video? Actually, I don’t need a unit with fancy specs like the top line one you have here but, an mild update would be nice. Please try to answer & Thanks for looking!
Excellent video! I was surprised how many of these useful tricks I didn't know. I've used one Smart Folder for many years... all files over 100 MB in the past 30 days, largest on top. Makes it easy to figure out where your disk space went when it mysteriously disappears.
Thank you so much for enlighting the unknown capabilities of the finder's extended search functionality. Question is ; Is there any trick or specific method to make finder search and display/smart folder the hidden items?... Seems it does not as far as I have tested.
I like how finally there are proper explanatory videos for the macOS GUI (ie to say by individual content creators in high quality). I wish there were more of these when first got started with my mac about 5 years ago
Kudos. I came into this skeptical that I'd learn anything new. I had no idea about the boolean search capability on the Finder search. Thank you for that!
I was a PC user from 92 to the summer of 18. Bought a MBP last year and I’m still learning Mac OS. I didn’t know ANY of them. I sincerely thank you for creating and uploading this video.
I always pick up at least one thing from these macOS tip videos. 👍 oh, not sure if you have covered this one before that I think is quite handy is (command + control) spacebar for emoji window (you know what, it probably was you that gave me that tip and I've just forgotten you had). I have a question though that annoys me about the finder. For work, I connect to a server, I work and create shortcuts in the favorites area of the finder. That all works fine. But I take my laptop home and use personally which means the server disconnects. I come back to work the next day connect back up to the server and all my favorites folders dont work any more. I know the issue kind of, I believe that every time I connect up to the server it will be detecting/connecting to a different version/instance of the server DataX.... DataX-1, DataX-2 and that throws out all the favorites. Any idea how I can fix this? The server usually has really long paths and its so annoying clicking soooo many folders to reach where I need to be.
I really enjoyed this Snazzy! In my humble opinion, I think you're one of the smartest RUclipsrs around. Your knowledge is awesome and you have the gift of being able to convey your knowledge in layman's terms. I had subscribed a long time ago, but this video reiterates that I made a wise choice.
I don't own a Mac or Macbook but you make me want one with each Mac video you upload. I watch these just so when I'm asked to help someone troubleshoot something I can school them with shortcuts and tips 😂 love the videos!
Shift + Command + Period is the one shortcut I never knew existed and needed ever since I started using MacOS. I kept finding all these articles where you needed to alter some system settings through scripts, but those were never a good idea or handy. So thanks a million for this tip!
Fine job. Meaty, precise, fast, useful, well-explained, audible and intelligent, great visuals to support the monologue. I can literally make zero recommendations for how this would be any better. Subscribing to you NOW, and hoping your other videos are as useful. (I am Mac-centric now, having abandoned Windows years back, but a few of these finder items were new tweaks for me...). Good job.
The search stuff seems to have been lifted from the BeOS. The guy who wrote BFS works on the file system team now at Apple. Dominic Giampaolo. Smart folders are live queries, and all of the search functions based on criteria are the same idea as the BeOS’ Finder equivalent “Tracker’s” is search criteria. BFS used attributes (metadata) to catalogue files, and enable the database like searches - just like this.
Awesomeness. I have used macs exclusively for the last 10 years and had no idea I could do a simple move with keyboard shortcuts. I used to curse every time I had to do that. Thanks dude, and stay snazzy!
Whilst there are a few details incorrect, I found this to be hugely helpful and I really appreciate such content. Nobody likes their computer fighting them, and this will make our lives easier.
I've been using Mac OS since 2003, and I think I'm a pro user, but I realized I didn't know many of this tips. Thank you Quinn, I can always learn something with your videos. Cheers!
The one thing I really want to know how to fix with finder is when in column view and you are several tiers of folders deep, how do you stop it shooting you back to the initial folder when you drag a file from another window over. It's so annoying when you are moving several files individually over to the same destination! Have to keep scrolling sideways back to the final destination. Also another thing that used to be a feature with the dock but has been missing for years, when you are in show desktop view and open a stack (like downloads) it brings all your windows back on screen. It used to stay showing the desktop which was really handy when dragging recently downloaded files to the desktop.
A lot of these I didn't already know (though not all work in Mavericks). However, I use the Finder replacement Pathfinder, and nearly all of these are either defaults, or can be easily set in Preferences.
Awesome vid. Thank you! Do you use Automator at all or have you switched to an alternative like Hazel or Alfred? Have you made videos on any of these? Thanks again for the great videos.
Tip #5: double click on the column under column view will automatically adjust the width which accordingly to the longest file/folder name. Holding option applies to all columns. Tip #9: Shift+CMD+H goes to Home folder. BOOM!
Another tip I recently just realised is that: when you use multiple tabs within a finder window, you can press ⌘ + ⇧ + \ to trigger bird view, which is quite handy if you have a lot of tabs within one window and you wanna navigate between each. :)
Wow!!! I though I knew how to use Finder, you showed that today was another learning day. There are several things I did not know, wish I did and now I do. Thanks for sharing.
Snazzy, if you type those same search parameters in spotlight it does the same thing. Type “screen shot” kind: jpeg then click show in finder. You can even type your Boolean parameters to spotlight.
Awesome video, learnt so much, although option+command+v is really not easy to press, still use drag and drop or simply copy and delete. For window management though, I still recommend Moom, it is amazing.
Thanks for this great video!! 😀 Do you know how can I keep a Finder window open once I've opened a file? Becasue every time I double click on a file, picture etc, the finder window closes automatically. then you have to reopen it again
In reference to the window size thing, I made a quick action for the touch bar to resize and move the top finder window to my preferred size and position. It uses automator with a apple script. Down side is that it doesn't work when you change the screen resolution. And about the folder shortcuts, you can do the same for chosen folders with an apple script and automator. For my school files I do Shift+CMD+S. If you use notes a lot you can use the method from the last video of adding keyboard shortcuts to add shortcuts for strike through, checklist, etc.
Hi and thank you very much for this video. I am using mac for a year and there are still thing I don’t understand. The clip helped a lot. But there is one (or two) thing about the finder that annoy me. In windows I can use windows-key + e to open the explorer. Is there a shortcut to open the finder? And I really like the function to hide a window with command + h. But it seems it’s not working with the finder window? Thanks
Never stop making these videos! Top shelf work, as always. Thank you to the ends of the earth for the smart folder tip. This revolutionizes the way I am going to organize my photos-of which there are hundreds of thousands. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Quinn, I have a French keyboard because, well, I live in a French country, but I work a lot in English. The keyboard shortcuts like Shift-Command-period don't work. Is there a Snazzy way to reprogram those shortcuts without losing other standard keyboard functionality and software hotkeys?
Always love you videos. Knew 85% if what you showed, so it was definitely worth the watch, thank-you. I love Finder, it's always my go to, I feel limited and slowed down when on windows explorer and need to customize file managers in Linux to feel at home. Only thing use Path Finder for is operations in a cue. I know it's a lot more powerful then that, but I find Finder meets my everyday work and play needs.
Thanks a lot, this was really helpful, Smartfolders and the thing for sorting the folders different is great! Just a question, what do you use for file sync? I have to sync 5 to 6 tb of files (millions) through the network. Finder and Rsync is awfully slow. Carbon Copy Cloner gets the job done better. But I'm looking for a robocopy replacement from windows. This does a sync in 10 Minutes (with no changes). rsync takes 2 Days, Carbon Copy Cloner does it in about an hour or a little more. Any suggestions?
How would you enable the extra search refinements when you use the search bar in the finder? My finder only has the standard search bar when pressing cmd F 😊 Thank you!!
Sweet. Definitely learned some new stuff. The conditional logic was one I didn't know about. I never use Spotlight, but now Finder's find is actually useful. Thanks.
Hey, Quinn I recently found your channel and I really enjoy your content. I've been a PC guy all my life but I've grown to love macOs over the last few months. I guess what am trying to say thanks for showcasing this OS and also your videos are so good, keep making them!!!
at 11:00 Also if you hold Option + Double click on the edges of the viewer to resize each pane individually to it's own MINIMUM length. (At least on MacOS 10.12)
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!! I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE COMMANDS but thankfully macs retain their memory unlike windows ... Question though. On the finder window, how can I make EVERY SINGLE FILE KNOWN TO MAN IN MY MAC, sort? I consistently have to go through certain folders and sort and then I get a memorized set of folders... some scattered all over the place, some sorted.
CMD +/- Works great when using quick view as well (Mojave). I believe apple has either removed or changed the shortcut in various other versions of MacOS.
Great video Snazzy Labs. Question for you if you can help: my Finder window size will not lengthen (resize)vertically, it only expands horizontally. Happened after recent upgrade to 10.13.6. What's the solution?
Even better: when resizing a window, if you press the Shift key, the window will keep its aspect ratio. If you also keep the Alt key pressed together with the Shift key, you can resize the window from its center and maintain the original aspect ratio at the same time. Your videos are amazing, though. Thank you!
11:00 hey I already knew and holding command that would drag all finder columns. by in my biology teacher send powerpoint with huge names and I can not change it, otherwise I won't know what they are. Is is a way that I can resize a single column in finder? great video btw
Thanks very much Mr Snazzy. I have had a mac along side my Windows workstation for five years and use both all day but I really couldn't ever figure out how to use search.
Great video - I learned that I can show/hide hidden files and shift between views with short cuts! Had no idea. If I may add one short cut that I use constantly: Cmd + Option + L for the Downloads folder.
Absolutely awesome tips, keep up the good work :) I have a quick question: what app do you use to monitor your system activity (it's placed in window bar near to calendar)? Sorry 4 my bad English :/
There are more than 600 comments, so probably this has already been pointed out, but another nice thing about smart folders is that they keep updating when more files fitting their search criteria are added to the Mac. I know it sounds obvious, but when doing a bit of tech support I've found that it wasn't THAT obvious for many people. And thanks for explaining the part when you Option-click the '+' icon to add conditionals to the Finder Search window. I'm a power user and I had completely forgotten about it! Cheers!
Another great tip video with a list that I thought I might already know - but you got me again with 2 I had no idea about and one I had completely forgotten. Thanks!
Hey man! Love your videos, I have learned so much in just a couple of days! Question (s)!, What kind of keyboard do you use? A "normal" cherry mx keyboard? And do you bind your command key to a specific key? Cheers from Denmark!
Also, Shift-Command-U for Utilities (sub-folder of Applications). Just found that one, after using OS X for about as long as you have (Kodiak). You'd think there'd be a Help | Keyboard Shortcuts menu item for Finder (and standard in the HIG).
Hey, Thank you for the video, it was really helpful! However I don't know why I don't have the "iCloud" in my sidebar... So I am struggling to save my documents... Do you know how to fix it?
Great tips on this video. I also use Shift+Cmd+U (for Utilities) all the time. The hidden files shortcut was great, normally I go to the terminal. Big thumbs up.
Question, the tip when using cmd + to increase the size of the thumbnails, only stays when you stay in that folder. When you go to another folder it goes back to the old size. Is there a way to keep the thumbnails in the bigger size? Thanks!
I FEEL like I was always able to call myself a power user because I’m a Network/Sys Admin. I’ve also been using a Mac for more than 10 years. But, I knew about none of these! This video was literally an “AHA” moment at least 9 times. So many of the things you mentioned have frustrated me Mac OS for years but I just got over it. I just took the OS as it was “knowing” that there are some things were that way by design not thinking you could customize that function. Thank you for this video!
Quinn your tips and tricks videos are awesome. I have learned a lot from you. I'll have to compile these into a series for me to gather all the knowledge I am getting from them. Happy New Year sir!
Great video, thanks! How do you find hidden system files such as a preferences files that have no name : ".jshintrc", ".babelrc" etc? Or just by extension?
At some point back in time the finder was able to place together the icons in the icon view at a closer distance, it was great at least for me to navigate my photos and pictures collections do you know a way to mod the recent OSX versions to do that?
This one is one of your best. Websites offer automator scripts, software links for showing and hiding hidden files on mac, but never have I ever seen listing the shortcut. Thanks. But I don't think the move shortcut is unknown to anyone who uses the mac for his/her main computer.
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NOTE: at 8:51, the shortcut displayed on screen is incorrect. It's ⌥⌘V and NOT ⌥⌘C
I'm back from Christmas break and ready to rumble for 2019. Moved into a slightly larger studio, am in the process of finding a full-time employee, and am going to start pumping out more frequent and higher quality content than ever before! This year is going to be the best one yet!
Part 2 plz
Does your employee need to be local or can they be remote?
Snazzy Labs have you thought about making some videos about automator? :) for example, I made one that speaks whatever I write and saves it to a wave file.
Can't you just hold ⌘ and drag then drop to move files? Or is this function not able to be done in newer versions of Mac as I still use 10.9...
More like this please!
I normally don’t watch these kind of videos because I consider myself a “power user” but yours was really good and I knew almost none of these things.
Great job!
Thanks!!
Whatch his other videos with Mac tips. I guarantee there will be several tips you’ve never heard before.
Same. I’ve been a macOS “power user” since it was called System 7, and I didn’t know about that smart search trick.
@@OtherTheDave Mac OS 9 forever! :)
Same.
I consider myself a Mac expert, going back to 1984 and you managed to teach me two new things I will use. Nice!!
Ow, I was 10 in 1988. I noticed they have made the later releases more difficult to do boolean searched in. I find macos degrading, still the best out there from a user perspective.
Great tips! I suck at Mac functions and these always help
Holy shit the conditional logic is amazing! Never thought I'd learn anything from this video since I've been a power user for quite some time, but you sure proved me wrong! Wow!
ThinkCleverAndSmart Thanks!!
@@snazzy Is there a way to do the conditional logic in the Mail smart folders? Option doesn't work...tks!
@@rob.granger you set the behaviour - "Contain messages that match - any or all of the following conditions"
@@atom6_ I was trying to get to multiple and and an or in one find, I wound up nesting them to achieve what I was looking for would have been easier with the logic options displayed in Snazzy's video.
I agree wholeheartedly. Been using a Mac since 1984 and was not expecting anything I didn't already know. However, since each new iteration of the MacOS often includes new features and keyboard shortcuts, it is not surprising that I learned something new from this video.
shift+command+. and here I thought I knew most everything about Finder keyboard commands but that one is a game changer for me, I've hated going to different utilities or Terminal to toggle back and forth when necessary. Thanks!
You’re the Doug Murano of Macs! (A similar attitude - snarky!). Great tips. Back before you were a gleam in your parent’s eyes, they had something called paperback User Manuals. A single, reliable reference point for everything you needed to know about your computer. Locating such info now is difficult, which is why these kinds of videos are INVALUABLE. Thanks, Mr. Snazzy, for the tips and keep them coming!
What’s a paper? 😏 Thanks for watching!
A power user here and I have seen tons of these videos, they never teach me anything new, this one actually had 3-4 new things for me, that’s very rare. Big thumbs up!
Don't know if anybody mentioned it, but you can drag-and-drop a file onto an application's Dock icon or its icon in the Applications folder, and if the app can open the file, it will open it. If not, it will tell you it can't. Nice for when you're not sure what app to use to open a file. If you're trying to save to a certain folder, you can drag that folder's icon to the location selector ("Where") and drop it and it will change to the the folder you dragged. Also, if you highlight a file's icon and then press SPACE, you get a nice preview of that file if a preview is available. I find this incredibly useful for Pages or Word files, photos, videos, etc. Great video!
Buddy, I have not been blown away by any video for a pretty long time but this video...man!!!! I honestly feel so stupid for not watching it earlier and wasting so much time on my previous projects. This is gonna save me a lot of time. Really really appreciate you sharing this knowledge. Cheers
Being a FCP editor who spends nearly 10 to 12 hours everyday, the most useful videos that i have seen so far which is surly gonna help my daily needs. Thank you so much
Cheers!
I'm using a Mac for over ten years now and compared to the average user, I know a lot about macOS. But I learn new things in your videos every time! So great!
Finally a "You didn't know" video that actually has worthwhile content!
THIS MADE MY DAY!
I switched from Windows to macOS and since then ALWAYS was annoyed with the whole mixup of files and folders alphabetically, which makes no sense in structuring data. Now I can live in peace!
A few more:
Use a Window in Icon view and drag the icon size slider bottom left to view the file Icon Previews at maximum size. You can now use the Window like you would Bridge in the Adobe Suite to grade and sort your files. You can either right click on selected files (as groups) > Tags/Labels or add a suffix on the file so the name can be searched on. I use a unique •, ••, ••• (bullet = option 8). So one bullet can mean usable, two = good, three = best.
You can make unique backgrounds to specific windows in Icon view which helps identify them on sight or gives you very useful ways of organising that folder.
Menu > Finder > View > as Icons / View Options > Background > Color/Picture > Drag image onto panel
If you chose distinctive color backgrounds you can divide your screen up into windows, one which has files you wish to sort and then quickly drag selected files to the red, yellow, green (traffic lights) background colored windows to sort them. A good precursor to btch rating them using Tags as above.
Because Icon view allows you to free drag images around which you can resize to truly see their previews (or use QuickView), a background image is a great way to mark up areas within the window and drag files into piles on those areas. I use labelled background areas in one particular window to drag/pile the images and then move those to other folders as above.
Many people do not know that you can drag whatever frequently used files/folders/Apps up onto the Toolbar of your window for quick use. I have folders which I color coded* as another sort method, common Apps like my 2 versions of Pages, Archiver, Renamer and XLD plus many more. You command drag them On/Off or to reorder them. Put the most frequent icons to the left, the ones to the right are only visible when the window is larger.
* Get Info on a Folder > click on the folder Icon > Copy/Paste it into an image editor (I used Preview) > change its color > Copy/Paste it back into the Folder Info.
Combining ideas, make the colored folders smart folders to tag files automatically when you drag files into them.
Or use smart folders like a Hogwart's Sorting Hat to move files according to criteria of your own making into other folders or archives.
For archiving I have premade compressed .dmg files which I open and add info snippets or Text files and drag in my archive material. It puts all my files for particular jobs in one place, securing them as finished and compacts the contents for storage. Later I can mount the .dmg and start where I left it off, complete with all the resources.
Just a few ideas. I am sure posters can come up with plenty of their own and maybe add to the list.
⌘ and ⌥ are standard 'modifier' keys in Macs. This should be clear to anyone using Macs for even a little bit of time (just as when using Windoze, one should be aware of the Start/Win and Alt keys). In which case, it would ALWAYS make sense to hold down either or both of those keys together in any window, app, action to see what other options come up.
Similar is the case with ⌃ which is the modifier for 'right click'.
Yes, it’s off topic but, I’ve got a great question regarding a previous video...
See: The best 2017 iMac apple doesn’t sell...
I’ve got a question I hope you can answer:
I have, what seems to be a dead gpu in a mid 2011 iMac... do you know if the case will support a fresh rebuild utilizing new components like shown in this video?
Actually, I don’t need a unit with fancy specs like the top line one you have here but, an mild update would be nice.
Please try to answer & Thanks for looking!
Very helpful! The path bar is useful.
Excellent video! I was surprised how many of these useful tricks I didn't know.
I've used one Smart Folder for many years... all files over 100 MB in the past 30 days, largest on top. Makes it easy to figure out where your disk space went when it mysteriously disappears.
Who disliked this so well presented and so nicely done video?!! It is nothing but helpful and done in such super-friendly style.
Thank you so much for enlighting the unknown capabilities of the finder's extended search functionality. Question is ; Is there any trick or specific method to make finder search and display/smart folder the hidden items?... Seems it does not as far as I have tested.
I like how finally there are proper explanatory videos for the macOS GUI (ie to say by individual content creators in high quality). I wish there were more of these when first got started with my mac about 5 years ago
Kudos. I came into this skeptical that I'd learn anything new. I had no idea about the boolean search capability on the Finder search. Thank you for that!
I was a PC user from 92 to the summer of 18. Bought a MBP last year and I’m still learning Mac OS. I didn’t know ANY of them. I sincerely thank you for creating and uploading this video.
I always pick up at least one thing from these macOS tip videos. 👍 oh, not sure if you have covered this one before that I think is quite handy is (command + control) spacebar for emoji window (you know what, it probably was you that gave me that tip and I've just forgotten you had).
I have a question though that annoys me about the finder.
For work, I connect to a server, I work and create shortcuts in the favorites area of the finder. That all works fine. But I take my laptop home and use personally which means the server disconnects. I come back to work the next day connect back up to the server and all my favorites folders dont work any more. I know the issue kind of, I believe that every time I connect up to the server it will be detecting/connecting to a different version/instance of the server DataX.... DataX-1, DataX-2 and that throws out all the favorites. Any idea how I can fix this? The server usually has really long paths and its so annoying clicking soooo many folders to reach where I need to be.
I really enjoyed this Snazzy! In my humble opinion, I think you're one of the smartest RUclipsrs around. Your knowledge is awesome and you have the gift of being able to convey your knowledge in layman's terms. I had subscribed a long time ago, but this video reiterates that I made a wise choice.
Thanks so much, Jose!
I don't own a Mac or Macbook but you make me want one with each Mac video you upload. I watch these just so when I'm asked to help someone troubleshoot something I can school them with shortcuts and tips 😂 love the videos!
Shift + Command + Period is the one shortcut I never knew existed and needed ever since I started using MacOS. I kept finding all these articles where you needed to alter some system settings through scripts, but those were never a good idea or handy. So thanks a million for this tip!
Fine job. Meaty, precise, fast, useful, well-explained, audible and intelligent, great visuals to support the monologue. I can literally make zero recommendations for how this would be any better. Subscribing to you NOW, and hoping your other videos are as useful. (I am Mac-centric now, having abandoned Windows years back, but a few of these finder items were new tweaks for me...). Good job.
Snazzy 2k19 with the best tips!
The search stuff seems to have been lifted from the BeOS. The guy who wrote BFS works on the file system team now at Apple. Dominic Giampaolo. Smart folders are live queries, and all of the search functions based on criteria are the same idea as the BeOS’ Finder equivalent “Tracker’s” is search criteria. BFS used attributes (metadata) to catalogue files, and enable the database like searches - just like this.
Awesomeness.
I have used macs exclusively for the last 10 years and had no idea I could do a simple move with keyboard shortcuts. I used to curse every time I had to do that.
Thanks dude, and stay snazzy!
Whilst there are a few details incorrect, I found this to be hugely helpful and I really appreciate such content. Nobody likes their computer fighting them, and this will make our lives easier.
Hey, thanks.
I've been using Mac OS since 2003, and I think I'm a pro user, but I realized I didn't know many of this tips. Thank you Quinn, I can always learn something with your videos. Cheers!
Never fail to learn something new whenever you post these mac os tips videos. It's amazing how you seem to keep discovering these hidden gems
The one thing I really want to know how to fix with finder is when in column view and you are several tiers of folders deep, how do you stop it shooting you back to the initial folder when you drag a file from another window over. It's so annoying when you are moving several files individually over to the same destination! Have to keep scrolling sideways back to the final destination. Also another thing that used to be a feature with the dock but has been missing for years, when you are in show desktop view and open a stack (like downloads) it brings all your windows back on screen. It used to stay showing the desktop which was really handy when dragging recently downloaded files to the desktop.
you are the only channel where I'll watch mac tips videos. Always learns something new.
Great tips :) 10:51 to scroll horizontally, hold down the "shift" key and scroll up/down.
A lot of these I didn't already know (though not all work in Mavericks). However, I use the Finder replacement Pathfinder, and nearly all of these are either defaults, or can be easily set in Preferences.
Awesome vid. Thank you! Do you use Automator at all or have you switched to an alternative like Hazel or Alfred? Have you made videos on any of these? Thanks again for the great videos.
Tip #5: double click on the column under column view will automatically adjust the width which accordingly to the longest file/folder name. Holding option applies to all columns.
Tip #9: Shift+CMD+H goes to Home folder.
BOOM!
Don't forget Shift+CMD+U for the Utilities folder :)
暖能量 thanks for that extra tip helps with my photography files after coming of the card in there raw form. 👍🤷♂️🇦🇺
Another tip I recently just realised is that: when you use multiple tabs within a finder window, you can press ⌘ + ⇧ + \ to trigger bird view, which is quite handy if you have a lot of tabs within one window and you wanna navigate between each. :)
Wow!!! I though I knew how to use Finder, you showed that today was another learning day. There are several things I did not know, wish I did and now I do. Thanks for sharing.
Snazzy, if you type those same search parameters in spotlight it does the same thing. Type “screen shot” kind: jpeg then click show in finder. You can even type your Boolean parameters to spotlight.
Awesome video, learnt so much, although option+command+v is really not easy to press, still use drag and drop or simply copy and delete.
For window management though, I still recommend Moom, it is amazing.
Option key in Mac is a king!
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Yes. If only it wasn't printed as, alt.
My mac has it as option
Thanks for this great video!! 😀 Do you know how can I keep a Finder window open once I've opened a file? Becasue every time I double click on a file, picture etc, the finder window closes automatically. then you have to reopen it again
In reference to the window size thing, I made a quick action for the touch bar to resize and move the top finder window to my preferred size and position. It uses automator with a apple script. Down side is that it doesn't work when you change the screen resolution.
And about the folder shortcuts, you can do the same for chosen folders with an apple script and automator. For my school files I do Shift+CMD+S.
If you use notes a lot you can use the method from the last video of adding keyboard shortcuts to add shortcuts for strike through, checklist, etc.
Hi and thank you very much for this video.
I am using mac for a year and there are still thing I don’t understand. The clip helped a lot.
But there is one (or two) thing about the finder that annoy me.
In windows I can use windows-key + e to open the explorer. Is there a shortcut to open the finder?
And I really like the function to hide a window with command + h. But it seems it’s not working with the finder window?
Thanks
Never stop making these videos! Top shelf work, as always. Thank you to the ends of the earth for the smart folder tip. This revolutionizes the way I am going to organize my photos-of which there are hundreds of thousands. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Quinn, I have a French keyboard because, well, I live in a French country, but I work a lot in English.
The keyboard shortcuts like Shift-Command-period don't work. Is there a Snazzy way to reprogram those shortcuts without losing other standard keyboard functionality and software hotkeys?
Always love you videos. Knew 85% if what you showed, so it was definitely worth the watch, thank-you. I love Finder, it's always my go to, I feel limited and slowed down when on windows explorer and need to customize file managers in Linux to feel at home. Only thing use Path Finder for is operations in a cue. I know it's a lot more powerful then that, but I find Finder meets my everyday work and play needs.
This video made my Finder experience so much better. Didn't know any of these tips
I'm getting a macbook pro for the first time! I'm excited and can't wait to use all of your videos to learn the in/outs of mac!
Excited for you! You're going to love it.
I still do not understand people who dislike such videos... man, thank you for all your videos cheers from Europe :)
Thanks a lot, this was really helpful, Smartfolders and the thing for sorting the folders different is great! Just a question, what do you use for file sync? I have to sync 5 to 6 tb of files (millions) through the network. Finder and Rsync is awfully slow. Carbon Copy Cloner gets the job done better. But I'm looking for a robocopy replacement from windows. This does a sync in 10 Minutes (with no changes). rsync takes 2 Days, Carbon Copy Cloner does it in about an hour or a little more. Any suggestions?
Brilliant, awesome or just brilliantly awesome. I’ve now found at least four tips that have continually frustrated me with Finder. Magic, thank you.
Wow! I’m new to Mac, and especially those tips about the Smart Folders and hidden folders are so good.
How would you enable the extra search refinements when you use the search bar in the finder? My finder only has the standard search bar when pressing cmd F 😊 Thank you!!
Sweet. Definitely learned some new stuff. The conditional logic was one I didn't know about. I never use Spotlight, but now Finder's find is actually useful. Thanks.
Hey, Quinn I recently found your channel and I really enjoy your content. I've been a PC guy all my life but I've grown to love macOs over the last few months. I guess what am trying to say thanks for showcasing this OS and also your videos are so good, keep making them!!!
at 11:00 Also if you hold Option + Double click on the edges of the viewer to resize each pane individually to it's own MINIMUM length. (At least on MacOS 10.12)
When you were talking about moving a folder, why not use command-X (cut), then command-V (paste) in the new-desired location?
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!! I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE COMMANDS but thankfully macs retain their memory unlike windows ... Question though. On the finder window, how can I make EVERY SINGLE FILE KNOWN TO MAN IN MY MAC, sort? I consistently have to go through certain folders and sort and then I get a memorized set of folders... some scattered all over the place, some sorted.
It's been five years since I came into contact with a useful video that taught me a lot of new things about the Mac and Finder… Thank you!
The tip @11:34 is non available in MacOSX El Capitain. I guess it's been added in later versions...
CMD +/- Works great when using quick view as well (Mojave). I believe apple has either removed or changed the shortcut in various other versions of MacOS.
Great video Snazzy Labs. Question for you if you can help: my Finder window size will not lengthen (resize)vertically, it only expands horizontally. Happened after recent upgrade to 10.13.6. What's the solution?
Great tips video Quinn! I just need to find that older video you had that was how to remap the shortcuts to have a cut command for cmd+x.
Even better: when resizing a window, if you press the Shift key, the window will keep its aspect ratio.
If you also keep the Alt key pressed together with the Shift key, you can resize the window from its center and maintain the original aspect ratio at the same time.
Your videos are amazing, though.
Thank you!
I recently switched from Windows 8.1 to MacOS Mojave. I’m definitely going to use most of the tips, excellent stuff!
11:00 hey I already knew and holding command that would drag all finder columns. by in my biology teacher send powerpoint with huge names and I can not change it, otherwise I won't know what they are. Is is a way that I can resize a single column in finder?
great video btw
Thanks very much Mr Snazzy. I have had a mac along side my Windows workstation for five years and use both all day but I really couldn't ever figure out how to use search.
i really love your advise and your insight when coming to technology.just wondering what kind of audio software do u use to play audio files?
Great video - I learned that I can show/hide hidden files and shift between views with short cuts! Had no idea.
If I may add one short cut that I use constantly: Cmd + Option + L for the Downloads folder.
Absolutely awesome tips, keep up the good work :) I have a quick question: what app do you use to monitor your system activity (it's placed in window bar near to calendar)? Sorry 4 my bad English :/
There are more than 600 comments, so probably this has already been pointed out, but another nice thing about smart folders is that they keep updating when more files fitting their search criteria are added to the Mac. I know it sounds obvious, but when doing a bit of tech support I've found that it wasn't THAT obvious for many people.
And thanks for explaining the part when you Option-click the '+' icon to add conditionals to the Finder Search window. I'm a power user and I had completely forgotten about it! Cheers!
Great tips. How do I use smart folders to find duplicates? Will it search external drives?
Another great tip video with a list that I thought I might already know - but you got me again with 2 I had no idea about and one I had completely forgotten. Thanks!
Does the re-sizing panes tip (holding down the option key) work in Numbers?
Hey man!
Love your videos, I have learned so much in just a couple of days!
Question (s)!, What kind of keyboard do you use? A "normal" cherry mx keyboard?
And do you bind your command key to a specific key?
Cheers from Denmark!
Good work. More than one tip here that I haven't seen anywhere else and that I find genuinely useful. Thanks!
Do you recommend updating a MacBook pro 2015 to macos Mojave?
Regarding speed and barrier life?
Thank,,
Also, Shift-Command-U for Utilities (sub-folder of Applications). Just found that one, after using OS X for about as long as you have (Kodiak). You'd think there'd be a Help | Keyboard Shortcuts menu item for Finder (and standard in the HIG).
Hey, Thank you for the video, it was really helpful! However I don't know why I don't have the "iCloud" in my sidebar... So I am struggling to save my documents... Do you know how to fix it?
Great tips on this video. I also use Shift+Cmd+U (for Utilities) all the time. The hidden files shortcut was great, normally I go to the terminal. Big thumbs up.
I've been using Macs since the 80's, and you are teaching me stuff I never knew!
THANK YOU !!! number 6 was an amzing tip, I was really frustrated moving from PC to a Mac a couple of years ago and never figuring it out!
You've improved my brain and Mac life today. Please write a book. We need lots of this.
Question, the tip when using cmd + to increase the size of the thumbnails, only stays when you stay in that folder. When you go to another folder it goes back to the old size. Is there a way to keep the thumbnails in the bigger size? Thanks!
I FEEL like I was always able to call myself a power user because I’m a Network/Sys Admin. I’ve also been using a Mac for more than 10 years.
But, I knew about none of these! This video was literally an “AHA” moment at least 9 times. So many of the things you mentioned have frustrated me Mac OS for years but I just got over it. I just took the OS as it was “knowing” that there are some things were that way by design not thinking you could customize that function.
Thank you for this video!
Quinn your tips and tricks videos are awesome. I have learned a lot from you. I'll have to compile these into a series for me to gather all the knowledge I am getting from them. Happy New Year sir!
Great video, thanks!
How do you find hidden system files such as a preferences files that have no name : ".jshintrc", ".babelrc" etc? Or just by extension?
Nice Video!! Can i know what software you use for Screen Recording??
Probably the best videos I ever saw on Tips n Tricks....Thanks a ton for these...
The best Mac channel on RUclips.
At some point back in time the finder was able to place together the icons in the icon view at a closer distance, it was great at least for me to navigate my photos and pictures collections do you know a way to mod the recent OSX versions to do that?
Used OSX for around 10 years now... learned a few tricks from this video. Thank you!
This one is one of your best. Websites offer automator scripts, software links for showing and hiding hidden files on mac, but never have I ever seen listing the shortcut. Thanks. But I don't think the move shortcut is unknown to anyone who uses the mac for his/her main computer.
Your video says Option + command + c, not Option + Command + V for cut > paste, though your voice over says it correctly.
Drat. Good catch. Whoops!
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