Wednesday June 18, 2008 at 16:55

marco:

OS X tip: (mostly for Casey’s benefit)

In most OS X applications, you can drag the document icon directly out of the title bar and drop it anywhere — the Desktop, a folder, etc. This moves the file instantly to the new location, while you have it open, without screwing up.

Now that’s cool!,

Also, some Finder navigation shortcuts:

⌘-Backspace: Delete file
⌘O: open file
⌘-up-arrow: Up in the folder hierarchy
⌘-down-arrow: Down in the folder hierarchy (if folder), or open file (if file)
Enter: rename file
Hold ⌘ while dragging a file to force it to align to the grid.

Now this should be on by default, and ⌘-modifier should be used to disable grid snapping. I hate the way Finder creates icon chaos everywhere.


Hold Option while dragging a file to force a copy instead of a move.


Nice hints - gotta remember them.

marco:

OS X tip: (mostly for Casey’s benefit)

In most OS X applications, you can drag the document icon directly out of the title bar and drop it anywhere — the Desktop, a folder, etc. This moves the file instantly to the new location, while you have it open, without screwing up.

Now that’s cool!,

Also, some Finder navigation shortcuts:

  • ⌘-Backspace: Delete file
  • ⌘O: open file
  • ⌘-up-arrow: Up in the folder hierarchy
  • ⌘-down-arrow: Down in the folder hierarchy (if folder), or open file (if file)
  • Enter: rename file
  • Hold ⌘ while dragging a file to force it to align to the grid.

Now this should be on by default, and ⌘-modifier should be used to disable grid snapping. I hate the way Finder creates icon chaos everywhere.

  • Hold Option while dragging a file to force a copy instead of a move.
  • Nice hints - gotta remember them.

    This post was reblogged from Marco's stuff.