New to Mac and Finder Paths - Page 2

Curiosity · #9 July 22nd, 2007, 02:16 AM

There is a Path toolbar button which can be added to the Finder's toolbar. I find it very handy. You can put it on the toolbar by pulling down the Finder view menu > customize toolbar and dragging it out of that window.

DeltaMac · #10 July 22nd, 2007, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lbj

Generally lots of ways to accomplish a desired task on a Mac.

That's another one...

**chevy** · #11 July 22nd, 2007, 06:26 AM

I agree with jimbridger first remark, even if we have many different ways to surf our data, the hierarchy is underused. I'm not a fan of the XP Explorer (slow and badly adapted to remote disks), but the Finder is not much better. I muss the good old way I used to manager my files on the VTI tools 20 years ago ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLSI_Technology ): with windows that were shared into several panes, each one with complete hierarchical path. But apparently this does not exist anymore anywhere.

jimbridger · #12 July 22nd, 2007, 11:10 AM

Glad to hear I'm not the only one disappointed with how the finder is set up by default. However, the trick of adding new options to the tool bar is fabulous. Exactly what I was looking for and thanks everyone for all the great feedback.

jbarley · #13 July 22nd, 2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbridger

the trick of adding new options to the tool bar is fabulous. Exactly what I was looking for and thanks everyone for all the great feedback.

Funny, I've never considered the "Customize" ablility of OS X's Toolbar to be a "trick".
More like a standard feature.

jb.

Satcomer · #14 July 22nd, 2007, 03:32 PM

Am I the only one to think the original poster should have been told to click on the desktop, go the the Finder menu item->Preferences and put a check mark in " Open new windows in column view"? I think this would help him in his quest.

DeltaMac · #15 July 22nd, 2007, 09:52 PM

rereading the first post -

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The three options of viewing Finder including List, columns and Icons is maddening. I can't find anyway for the finder view to keep track of a folder as I progress into it and then back out of it again. The closest option is to use the columns view. This does show the path of a folder system from where you started and ended. The down side is that when you get to the end of the path, say a folder of images, you can only see one image at a time. I want to be able to see all of the images as icons but that's only possible in Icon view.

jimbridger stated at the start of this thread that Column view didn't seem to provide a good answer. I think the answers to help show the file path more simply is better help.