Here’s a simple trick you can use in OS X 10.5’s Open dialog box. Say you’ve decided to open a saved file in a given application. You press Command-O (or select File -> Open if you’re menu-inclined) ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Don’t let any file get away from you. Don’t let any file get away from you. Finding files on your Mac drive can ...

You no doubt know how to copy, move, rename and otherwise manipulate files on your Mac, but with the right power tricks you can get through all this digital admin much more quickly. Here’s our pick of ...

Finder isn't the most exciting thing about OS X, but it's the backbone for how you navigate the operating system. It's your file browser, your search engine, and your management area, but few of us ...

Ever since OS X 10.7 Lion, the Finder has a new sidebar section, called All My Files. It’s a list of, predictably, all the files on your Mac and it can be customized to show them in any style you like ...

There are many ways to organize files in folders within Finder, but possibly one of the handiest is to sort files by the application that will open them. AppleInsider shows how to enable this Finder ...

Documents in Apple's iCloud service are meant to be opened from within programs, but there are ways to access and manage them using the Finder. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user ...