Information Technology Reference
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finger off the mouse button, move it up into the Stack listing. Note that you'll
instantly select the item your mouse is hovering over when you release the
mouse button.
You can also simply click to activate a stack in the usual way and then start
to type the filename of any entry within the list. OS X will automatically
highlight the file that matches what you type. Hit
RETURN
to open the file/folder
that's highlighted.
Tip 149
Always See File Info
Click a blank spot on the desktop, and hit
COMMAND
+
J
. This will bring up the
View dialog box. Check Show Item Info. You'll then see useful details beneath
each file. For example, documents will have their file size listed beneath.
Images will show their physical dimensions. MP3 songs will show how long
they are. Folders will show how many files they contain.
This works inside folders, too, provided icon mode is active (hit
COMMAND
+
1
)
—just open the folder in Finder, hit
COMMAND
+
J
, and check Show Item Info.
Each folder will remember the individual settings.
Tip 150
Create One-Click Shortcuts
With the title bar of any program that's able to edit files (that is, an app like
TextEdit rather than one like iTunes), you'll see the name of the file currently
being worked on—assuming you've saved it, of course!
To the left of this will be an icon representing the file. This is known as the
proxy icon
. Click and hold it for a few seconds without moving the mouse,
and then drag the icon to the desktop or to a Finder window to instantly
create an alias to that file. Aliases are essentially shortcuts pointing to a
particular file that, when double-clicked, open the file. By holding down
OPTION
before releasing the mouse button, you'll create a copy of the file instead.
