How to add an alias/shortcut to the Finder sidebar Adding an alias to the Finder sidebar can also come in handy. All you need to do is drag the item into the Favourites section of the Finder's. On your Mac, click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window. Do any of the following: Hide or show the sidebar: Choose View Hide Sidebar or View Show Sidebar. (If Show Sidebar is dimmed, choose View Show Toolbar.) Resize the sidebar: Drag the right side of the divider bar to the right or left. MacOS Finder FAQ: How can I delete a file or directory in the Mac Finder using the keyboard (i.e., a keyboard keystroke)? By now you've probably figured out that you can't just delete a file in the Mac Finder using the delete key. The solution: Select the files and/or folders you want to delete in the Finder, then. From the Finder app. Click on the Finder app in the Dock. In the Sidebar click on Applications, find Calculator and double click. Keyboard shortcut for Calculator. You can also add custom shortcut just for Calculator (or any other application on Mac). Steps to create a keyboard shortcut for Calculator: Start Automator app from Spotlight Search.
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This is great - now I've got the Finder back command set to command + left arrow, just like the OmniWeb and IE 'Back' shortcut. Combined with USB Overdrive, the fourth mouse button of my IntelliMouse Explorer goes 'Back' in the Finder too! Woopah!
How'd you set the back command to 'command + left arrow', please? I can't imagine what to type in the config file to make that happen....
osxpounder
How did you get this to work? I tried changing the hex code from 5B ('[') to 1C (which, I believe, is the proper code for the left arrow), but didn't have any success. The codes for other printing characters worked fine, though.
In IE the back shortcut *is* Command-[, and forward is Command-]. Netscape is the same way.
I was excited to see the Finder uses the same back key, because I'm so used to using Command-[ in IE.
Now if we can just find a way to pull the trash can out of the dock and put it back on the desktop!
Forget the Trash can! Just select the file and press Command-delete. You can do it with one hand too! And empty the Trash with Command-Shift-delete.
Same is true with the IE back and forward keys... pressing Command-[ is easier than the arrow keys because you can use your right hand, thumb on Command and index finger on either [ or ].
Mac Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Pdf
Now if we can just find a way to pull the trash can out of the dock and put it back on the desktop!
Easy - just use the best launching application on the planet, DragThing, at http://www.dragthing.com.
The developer has gone to lots of trouble to enable some really cool features - including placing the Trash back on the desktop, where it belongs...
Combined with customizable shortcut keys for any item in a DragThing dock, and you have a must-have utility. Check it out!
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
I haven't been able to switch the commands for new folder and new finder window. When opening the file, the new finder window shortcut appears to just be an N and the new folder is a null 00.
Swapping the two doesn't work, it just gets rid of the shorcut for new finder window. :(
Any ideas? This is my number one hated thing in the OS X Finder.
Mac Os Finder Keyboard Shortcut
Keyboard Maestro lets me reassign keyboard commands without worrying about making potentially fatal mistakes. What's really nice is that keyboard commands can be assigned to specific application so I can make Command N create a new folder in the Finder without worrying about what trouble that might cause in other applications. This program has so many useful features that it should be part of any OS Xer's toolbox.