Buggy finder in OX 10.5.8 Recently my finder has gotten really buggy - even though I have disabled spaces and expose they will spontaneously launch. Also when I open folders in the finder they will flash repeatedly before stopping and letting me click into them. I also have a hard time renaming files by clicking into the file name on the finder. Does anyone have any ideas??? Thanks!!
posted by cg2 on Oct 8, 2009 - 4 answers

Why does Apple's Finder bypass some group permissions? [more inside]
posted by jeffburdges on Aug 30, 2009 - 15 answers

Does anyone know of a Google Maps equivalent for bicycle route-finding in the greater Los Angeles area? You type in starting and ends points, and it gives you a bike-safe route, off busy streets? Thanks
posted by holdenjordahl on May 2, 2009 - 8 answers

OS X Spotlight annoyance question: how to get Spotlight to stick to the folder it's in? [more inside]
posted by Kosh on Mar 15, 2009 - 4 answers

I am using Mail on OS 10.5.2. I have several mailboxes as well as subfolders. If I put messages in a mailbox that has subfolders, these messages do not appear when I look for them in the Finder. I'll try to be clearer inside. [more inside]
posted by ddaavviidd on Feb 8, 2009 - 2 answers

How do I make my mac recognize an already plugged in usb device? [more inside]
posted by alitorbati on Dec 10, 2008 - 5 answers

Where does mac store thumbnails of photos and videos? e.g. Finder thumbnails an SD disk I have plugged in that I pulled out of my digital camera. (where are those thumbnails?) e.g. A folder of movies are thumbnailed.
posted by guptaxpn on Nov 23, 2008 - 10 answers

A few of us work off a local OS X Fileserver. We often need to point each other to files deep with it by email. I am looking for an automated way to create clickable local links in the mail.app friendly format of "file:///Volumes/Server%20Portal/". Any solutions? [more inside]
posted by Raff on Jul 7, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I find the cheapest gas along a route? [more inside]
posted by kidsleepy on Jun 26, 2008 - 7 answers

How can I get my iMac running Leopard to show the current wallpaper in Finder? I'm using Leopard's built-in wallpaper-switching function to randomly display a wallpaper from my collection of over 1,000, but when I get one I don't like, it gives me no way to easily find the file and delete it. [more inside]
posted by XSteveMurphy on Apr 22, 2008 - 14 answers

Does anyone have any experience with Chicago Apartment Finders? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Apr 1, 2008 - 12 answers

Drag and drop sporadically stops working in my new install of Leopard. Anyone know of a workaround/bugfix?
posted by Hat Maui on Nov 15, 2007 - 4 answers

MacFilter: Just learned how to connect to a shared drive on a server...how do I leave it in the Finder sidebar even after it's been ejected? [more inside]
posted by sjuhawk31 on Sep 6, 2007 - 9 answers

I hate the OS X Finder. Is there anything free and better for my Mac Powerbook? [more inside]
posted by Area Control on Jul 2, 2007 - 16 answers

I didn't realise that the green sphere top-left on a Finder window was to Zoom - now I have zoomed in too far on my Applications window so I have a long, thin, single-icon wide strip of a Finder window and I cannot reach the resize control handle in the bottom right. How do I permanently resize this window to a more normal size? I have a MacBook.
posted by mooders on Nov 16, 2006 - 9 answers

Why are files in OS X taking so darn long to place themselves alphabetically after being named? [more inside]
posted by quadog on Feb 23, 2006 - 6 answers

ParisFi: Looking for an apartment finder service to find me a high-end place in central Paris this spring (2 weeks). Its a gift for elderly relatives and I don't have time or expertise enough to do it myself and its got to be a special place. [more inside]
posted by johoney on Feb 9, 2006 - 5 answers

How do I find a long-lost friend who served in the military? Is this like looking for a needle in a haystack? [more inside]
posted by zooropa on Feb 8, 2006 - 3 answers

I use OSX Tiger, and I want (ideally) to see a sorted list (by size) of all files in a folder, including all files in nested folders. Right now, using the Finder, I can only sort-by-size for files in the same level of a folder. But I want to see a sorted list of all of them on or below that level in the hierarchy. Any tips or shareware to help? [more inside]
posted by mark7570 on Feb 3, 2006 - 12 answers

I'm looking for a way to find out what keywords/keyphrases are being used on all search engines for my website. My stats program shows a few but there must be loads that I haven't found yet. Thanks for reading.
posted by spinko on Jan 20, 2006 - 5 answers

Samba and the Mac OS X Finder are driving me crazy. [more inside]
posted by eschatfische on Aug 19, 2005 - 8 answers

Help a computer moron & first time poster. Ibook; OSX: every time I open my CD drawer, the finder relaunches.
posted by dame on Apr 2, 2004 - 10 answers

Mac question: How do I get my .htaccess files to show up in OS X Finder? (I use OS X 10.2.8, will be upgrading to Panther before summer.)
posted by brownpau on Feb 3, 2004 - 9 answers

Applescript help... [more inside]
posted by machaus on Jan 2, 2004 - 3 answers