Tips From DMA Pros: Finder in OS X

added on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pm by Ben

Here’s a recap of the keyboard shortcuts I cover in this movie.

Navigation:

Cmd-N: New Finder Window

Cmd-Down: Navigate Into Selected Folder / Open Selected Item

Cmd-Up: Navigate Out of Current Folder

Cmd-Click Folder Icon: Display Folder Hierarchy (Ctrl-Click also works)

Click-Drag Folder Icon: Move Current Folder

Create/Delete:

Cmd-Shift-N: New Folder

Cmd-Delete: Delete Items

Cmd-Shift-Delete: Empty Trash

Cmd-Opt-Shift-Delete: Empty Trash Without Prompting

Info/Customization

Cmd-I: Open Info Window for Folder/File

Cmd-Opt-I: Open Info Window for Currently Selected Folder(s)/File(s)

Cmd-J: Folder View Preferences

Cmd-1: Change View to Icon View

Cmd-2: Change View to List View

Cmd-3: Change View to Column View

Cmd-4: Change View to Cover Flow View

Quicklook:

Press Spacebar in Finder to QuickLook Files and Folders



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