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It's not that Windows Explorer is much better, though. I hate how it prefers to display everything as icons instead of details. How it hides files and directori

by mcv 5y ago

It's not that Windows Explorer is much better, though. I hate how it prefers to display everything as icons instead of details. How it hides files and directories, doesn't show extensions, etc. But there's one thing it gets right: it shows you where you are, and you can edit that to go anywhere. Finder can do that too, but it doesn't show you it can do that. You have to know. I recently got a Macbook from work, partially because a Mac-fan coworker had been bugging me to switch from Windows to Mac. At some point I was showing something and typed a path straight into Finder, which blew his mind! He'd been using Macs for ages, and he just wasn't aware that Finder could do that. He learned something useful and new, but it's also quite telling that even some experienced Mac users aren't aware of the existence of such a vital feature.

throwaddzuzxd 5y ago
>How it hides files and directories, doesn't show extensions, etc. Finder does that too. I didn't list it because it can be configured, which is IMO a sensible default for standard users. >But there's one thing it gets right: it shows you where you are, and you can edit that to go anywhere. YES! Finder allows to display a breadcrumb at the bottom, but the simplest way to go anywhere is Cmd+Shift+G. It sucks as a shortcut, and even then it's inferior to Explorer.
vmladenov 5y ago
If you right click on your pwd in Finder (top middle) you can see and jump to any point up to root.
rashil2000 5y ago
> I hate how it prefers to display everything as icons instead of details. It's actually the opposite. The view for each folder is dependent on what's inside, and if Explorer is unable to decide, it defaults to Details view.
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  And even then it's easy to change the defaults for each media type (documents, music, photos, etc.).
qubitcoder 5y ago
You can also drag and drop files/folders from Finder into a Terminal/iTerm window. That'll expand to the full path in the terminal. For example, dragging the Documents folder into a terminal pane becomes: /Users/<username>/Documents
- mcv 5y ago
  I haven't used this yet, but I do remember it as a really cool feature of my previous macbook. But dragging a file doesn't seem to be so easy anymore; half the time, it wants to rename the file instead. No idea why. I also thought it used to be possible to drag a pdf or other document that I have open in an app, to an email and attach it that way. That doesn't seem to work anymore.

by mcv 5y ago

throwaddzuzxd 5y ago

>How it hides files and directories, doesn't show extensions, etc. Finder does that too. I didn't list it because it can be configured, which is IMO a sensible default for standard users. >But there's one thing it gets right: it shows you where you are, and you can edit that to go anywhere. YES! Finder allows to display a breadcrumb at the bottom, but the simplest way to go anywhere is Cmd+Shift+G. It sucks as a shortcut, and even then it's inferior to Explorer.

vmladenov 5y ago

If you right click on your pwd in Finder (top middle) you can see and jump to any point up to root.

rashil2000 5y ago

> I hate how it prefers to display everything as icons instead of details. It's actually the opposite. The view for each folder is dependent on what's inside, and if Explorer is unable to decide, it defaults to Details view.

frosted-flakes 5y ago
And even then it's easy to change the defaults for each media type (documents, music, photos, etc.).

qubitcoder 5y ago

You can also drag and drop files/folders from Finder into a Terminal/iTerm window. That'll expand to the full path in the terminal. For example, dragging the Documents folder into a terminal pane becomes: /Users/<username>/Documents

mcv 5y ago
I haven't used this yet, but I do remember it as a really cool feature of my previous macbook. But dragging a file doesn't seem to be so easy anymore; half the time, it wants to rename the file instead. No idea why. I also thought it used to be possible to drag a pdf or other document that I have open in an app, to an email and attach it that way. That doesn't seem to work anymore.