I've recently gone back to using Finder after a very brief dalliance with PathFinder [terrible processor and memory hog] and a fairly longer dalliance with Fork

I've recently gone back to using Finder after a very brief dalliance with PathFinder [terrible processor and memory hog] and a fairly longer dalliance with ForkLift3. Although I like a lot about ForkLift3, I had to ditch it eventually because its inability to set different view settings for different windows drove me insane. Finder does allow this so, for example, I can have my ~/Downloads and ~/Pictures/Screengrabs folders set to always display in list view sorted by most recent [so the latest download or screengrab ia always at the top] whilst displaying other folders, such as /Applications in column view and alphabetically because I look for things in there by name. My favourite Finder tip: when saving a file and you want to base its name on an existing one, eg: myimage01.jpg, myimage02.jpg, myimage03.jpg... etc. Click on one of the existing files in the save dialogue and the untitled one you're about to save will adopt that name. Then you just change the last digit [or whatever] and save. Favourite not particularly OSX specific tip: When including a date in your filenames, put it at the start in YYYY-MM-DD somefilename format. that way, sorting the column of files by name, also correctly sorts them by date. Favourite not yet mentioned OSX utility: A Better Finder Rename [0] --bulk file renaming with more options and combinations than you can shake a stick at. Favourite not yet mentioned OSX app: TextMate [1] --what Sublime Text hopes to be when it grows up! [0] https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename [1] https://macromates.com https://macromates.com