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I'd like to reset an old ipod nano my brother used to use and I'm wondering if there was a way I could get finder on my Windows computer. I heard that they switched it so you need to reset it in Finders instead of iTunes, but I can't find a download for Finders. Is it a software you can only get if you buy a Mac w/ it built in or are you able to download it somewhere on the apple website?



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When I click my Finder windows, they come to the front, but aren't active. Meaning I can't close or minimize them. I also can't click on anything inside them. When I right-click on a desktop icon & select "Reveal in Finder", nothing happens. When I do a spotlight search, and select "Show All in Finder", it opens a new Finder window which works for a few seconds and then stops working (can't close, can't click, can only move window around). My other programs work ok. I haven't downloaded any mods for Finder.


By default, new Finder windows open to Recents, but we wanted new Finder windows to open to the user's OneDrive folder instead. You can set this by hand in Finder > Preferences > General, but I wanted a way to scrip it to deploy it to all of our Mac users. The script I ultimately arrived at is fairly simple, but figuring out exactly how to put it together took quite a bit of trial and error, so I wanted to share this in case anyone else is interested in doing this. In addition to trial and error I'm indebted to the Jamf Nation community. Looking through other threads where people were looking to modify NewWindowTarget was very helpful. Also worth mentioning that users can still modify this in Finder > Preferences if they prefer their new Finder windows to open in a different folder. Here's the script:


Note the last line. Where it says "OneDrive folder name here" you'll have to specify the actual folder name. OneDrive creates a folder that includes the organization name (at least as we've configured it via Office 365), so it'll be different for each organization. It's also possible that your OneDrive folder is in a different location than the Home folder, though the Home folder is the default location. In our organization the vast majority of users have their OneDrive folder in their Home folder. If a user's OneDrive folder is in a different location (like Desktop) then the user's new Finder windows will open to their Home folder instead.






What was tricky about this is that there are the two keys: NewWindowTarget and NewWindowTargetPath. NewWindowTarget has custom values for pre-defined folders. So Home is PfHm, Desktop is PfDe, etc. But if you're wanting to have new Finder windows open to a custom location, you need to have the top line that directs NewWindowTarget to PfLo and then your second line points NewWindowTargetPath to the specific directory that you want your new Finder windows to open to. So while I've focused on pointing this to the user's OneDrive folder, this could potentially be used to have any folder be the target of new Finder windows.


For example, when I open any folder in desktop four, this folder appears in the others desktops too. Not only in desktop four. When I'm moving through all desktops that finder window is always there, which is quite annoying. Whichever folder I open, it's always there. Not in one desktop.


If I choose (in the dock) finder > options > This desktop (for example desktop one) the problem seems to solve. But in the others desktops there's nothing. Just de picture. Neither folders, nor hard drives... any content.


I'm using automator with applescript (no text, in finder) to toggle hidden folders on/off. I'm trying to do this without relaunching finder, so I just want to refresh every finder window. I want to apply the refresh to the entire finder/every window, NOT just the top-most window.


With the script as it currently is, I have to manually go to a different folder and return to show hidden files. I want to automate the refresh. Right now I have it asking for permission > if yes, then toggle hidden files > (And here's where I want to refresh all finder.)


I am doing this on ML which I just realised you do not need to relaunch the finder for the changes to take place. You just need to make the window redraw. Like if you have a finder window in list view and make the change to show hidden files.


Man, was I pleasantly surprised! It's been since running smoothly on my system and does much more than just resizing and repositioning those recalcitrant Finder windows. I'll let you discover its other features ;)


How do I set the default size of my finder window to a size of my choice? Currently each time I open a finder window, it opens up in a very small size and I have to adjust it before I can start looking for my files. I'm running Yosemite.


Open a folder in list or cover flow view. Then press cmd+J. Now hold option key and press Return to default button at the bottom. New finder windows will be opened normally.You can try deleting .DS_Store file in folders with false view.


You need to get to the directory so you can type cd and then drag in the folder that needs clearing. (Navigate one folder up in path view or using the title bar of the finder window) and drag the folder in to the terminal window after you type cd and space


Previous solutions seem to have stopped working with recent macOS releases. Yesterday, I answered a very similar question related to both size and position of Finder windows. I am reflecting it here for completeness.


I tried it, and it works as advertised. It also comes with some of the essential features of TotalFinder such as the option of opening all windows in tabbed mode or activating Cut & Paste with Cmd+X / Cmd+V, without compromising the System Integrity Protection (SIP).


You can simply click Close All and all open Finder windows will be exited. Alternatively, you can also press CMD+OPTION+W on the keyboard and all your Finder windows will be closed.


Finder Windows is a floating panel which gives you instant access to the list of open Finder windows at any time. It solves the daily struggle of trying to reach the desired folders among the ever changing mess of open windows.


After a reboot (not sure if the same thing happens after logging out?) the items in the left sidebar of finder windows reset to be the default arrangement (All My Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, Applications, Desktop etc etc). Little bug which is super annoying. Anyone else suffering the same issue?


But here's something interesting... Today's "update all my drives" day, so I'm moving drives from computer to computer as some things are on this computer, some are on that. If I take a drive that was connected to a computer with the "collapsed" sidebar (about 1/2" wide - very annoying) and connect it to a computer running 10.10... the drive opens with the same 1/2" window bar. It's like it "tagged" it that way to always do it that size If I leave that window open and open a new finder window double clicking the Mac HD icon - all other windows are fine. If I save that window to where I can read everything, then it stays, until I go to a computer with "beta 3" installed.


The trouble I had was that Restart would break the Finder window with four tabs into two windows, one with three tabs and one with one tab. After too much fumbling around, I noticed that the breaking into two windows occurred if the original window was minimized at Restart. If the original window was displayed at Restart, then it reappeared with four tabs intact.


I wonder if column view users might prefer tabs while icon or list view folks prefer two windows. I know after OS X came out I completely migrated to column view (always admired NeXT for that) and I find tabs works great for me.


Thank you. That has been bugging me for several weeks. I think it came on without my having done anything but no matter. With a 27" screen, I have plenty of space to have two windows at once. I frequently have to copy data from my bank online display to Moneydance. Having only one or the other of the two windows open has be a real pain.


Well, I found a fix, not a solution. I had gone to Dock and made the setting Prefer tabs when opening documents Manually and it had not fixed the unwanted tabbing. So, in desperation, I rebooted the computer and now I can have two application windows open at the same time. Is this really the solution?


I just installed Archicad on my MacBook Pro. One odd bug that is immediately apparent is that finder windows are comically wide. I've attached a video showing the window, and how I cannot adjust its width. The height can be adjusted, just not the width. Is this a bug?


The Finder uses a view of the file system that is rendered using a desktop metaphor; that is, the files and folders are represented as appropriate icons. It uses a similar interface to Apple's Safari browser, where the user can click on a folder to move to it and move between locations using "back" and "forward" arrow buttons. Like Safari, the Finder uses tabs to allow the user to view multiple folders; these tabs can be pulled off the window to make them separate windows. There is a "favorites" sidebar of commonly used and important folders on the left of the Finder window.


The classic Mac OS Finder uses a spatial metaphor quite different from the more browser-like approach of the modern macOS Finder.[1] In the classic Finder, opening a new folder opens the location in a new window: Finder windows are 'locked' so that they would only ever display the contents of one folder. It also allows extensive customization, with the user being able to give folders custom icons matching their content. This approach emphasizes the different locations of files within the operating system, but navigating to a folder nested inside multiple other folders fills the desktop with a large number of windows that the user may not wish to have open.[2] These must then be closed individually. Holding down the option key when opening a folder would also close its parent, but this trick was not discoverable and remained under the purview of power users.

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