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macOS Finder. It is hard to fathom how bad a file explorer could be if you have used only windows and linux file explorers. Finder is astonishingly bad. Default

macOS Finder. It is hard to fathom how bad a file explorer could be if you have used only windows and linux file explorers. Finder is astonishingly bad. Default search is global, it means searching while you are in a folder will search across all documents. This can be changed, but search is even then far worse compared to windows or linux. Sometimes Finder simply won't show certain files, and you need to do a mv from terminal to another folder, where you can see them in finder.

tornato7 6y ago
This is a very good answer, even getting to your user root directory is a pain in finder, I have usually go to terminal and run 'open .' to get anywhere.
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  ooohh - is that how I do it :-) thanks !
- baggy_trough 6y ago
  Drag your home folder to the finder sidebar.
  - Someone 6y ago
    Or into the toolbar (https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/customize-finder-toolbar-sidebar-mac-mchlp3011/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/customize-finder-to...)
- qppo 6y ago
  cmd + shift + h, to go home cmd + shift + g, to go to any directory. browsing the menu bar for keyboard shortcuts is useful.
- JimDabell 6y ago
  There are plenty of ways to get to your home directory in Finder that are easier than opening Terminal: - If this is where you most commonly want to get to, Finder => Preferences… => General => New Finder windows show <home directory>. All new Finder windows will open there automatically from now on. - If you leave the above setting on its default, new Finder windows open ~/Documents. Hit ⌘↑. Or if you have the path bar switched on (View => Show Path Bar), double-click your home directory in the path bar. - Drag it into the sidebar or go to Finder => Preferences… => Sidebar and tick your home directory. - Drag it into the dock.
EmmEff 6y ago
+1 I am quite comfortable dropping to a terminal to run `ag` but this shouldn’t be necessary. Such wasted potential in a GUI file manager and seemingly no chance it’ll ever be improved.
mindhash 6y ago
+1 I hate it. Probably only thing about my mac

tornato7 6y ago

This is a very good answer, even getting to your user root directory is a pain in finder, I have usually go to terminal and run 'open .' to get anywhere.

lifeisstillgood 6y ago
ooohh - is that how I do it :-) thanks !
baggy_trough 6y ago
Drag your home folder to the finder sidebar.
- Someone 6y ago
  Or into the toolbar (https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/customize-finder-toolbar-sidebar-mac-mchlp3011/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/customize-finder-to...)
qppo 6y ago
cmd + shift + h, to go home cmd + shift + g, to go to any directory. browsing the menu bar for keyboard shortcuts is useful.
JimDabell 6y ago
There are plenty of ways to get to your home directory in Finder that are easier than opening Terminal: - If this is where you most commonly want to get to, Finder => Preferences… => General => New Finder windows show <home directory>. All new Finder windows will open there automatically from now on. - If you leave the above setting on its default, new Finder windows open ~/Documents. Hit ⌘↑. Or if you have the path bar switched on (View => Show Path Bar), double-click your home directory in the path bar. - Drag it into the sidebar or go to Finder => Preferences… => Sidebar and tick your home directory. - Drag it into the dock.

EmmEff 6y ago

+1 I am quite comfortable dropping to a terminal to run `ag` but this shouldn’t be necessary. Such wasted potential in a GUI file manager and seemingly no chance it’ll ever be improved.

mindhash 6y ago

+1 I hate it. Probably only thing about my mac