How to Do More Things in OS X

Instead of calling me a bunch of silly names (as most commenters and bloggers would do), ‘Darwin9′ decided to extend the OS X shortcut list. “After watching your video about the 10 or so things that are different in Windows compared to OS X, I thought i would chime in with some information regarding things that you said could not be done in OS X.”

I stand corrected:

• Renaming files – To rename a file in OSX you simply have to select the file and press RETURN… or as you mentioned click – wait a second – and click again.

• Resizing columns – to resize all columns to show the full content (full file names) you simply HOLD OPTION and DOUBLE CLICK… all columns will resize to show the full file names. Also if you hold OPTION and drag a column all columns will resize by the same amount.
• Truncated file names – if a filename is truncated in the finder you can view a tooltip of the full filename by simply hovering your mouse over the file and pressing OPTION
• Copying file information – When copying a file to a location where a file already exists, OS X DOES give you information regarding the target files ’status’. If the file is OLDER or NEWER it will tell you. The dialogs are very similar but it uses the modification date to alert you if the file is older or newer.

Thanks, Scott!

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