the os x tips thread

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
Post Reply
ThrowAway
Posts: 1614
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:13 pm

the os x tips thread

Post by ThrowAway » Fri May 29, 2009 4:10 am

I was hoping some one here could help me with my little annoying problem. I have a folder of maybe 60-70 pdfs I need to study and they all have long names: same beginning and very similar if not the same ending. I need to be able to see the whole name of the file so I can differentiate them with out opening/closing needless ones and I was wondering if one of you guys know how to do this. thanks in advance.


edit: Im on 10.4
Last edited by ThrowAway on Sat May 30, 2009 3:30 pm, edited 3 times in total.

fishmonkey
Posts: 4478
Joined: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:50 am

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by fishmonkey » Fri May 29, 2009 5:43 am

ThrowAway wrote:I was hoping some one here could help me with my little annoying problem. I have a folder of maybe 60-70 pdfs I need to study and they all have long names: same beginning and very similar if not the same ending. I need to be able to see the whole name of the file so I can differentiate them with out opening/closing needless ones and I was wondering if one of you guys know how to do this. thanks in advance.


edit: Im on 10.4
change the Finder window to list view and resize the name column...

porfiry
Posts: 343
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:02 am
Location: Lincoln, NE
Contact:

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by porfiry » Fri May 29, 2009 6:28 am

actually either list or column view. there's a grippy slider at the bottom right of the column; just move it over.

timothyallan
Posts: 5788
Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:05 pm
Location: Melbourne Australia
Contact:

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by timothyallan » Fri May 29, 2009 7:27 am

if you double click the grippy thing it expands to fit your longest file name...

oblique strategies
Posts: 3593
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:57 pm
Location: Another Green World

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by oblique strategies » Fri May 29, 2009 9:09 am

timothyallan wrote:if you double click the grippy thing it expands to fit your longest file name...
Great tip! This makes column view a whole lot more useful. Thanks. :D

ThrowAway
Posts: 1614
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:13 pm

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by ThrowAway » Fri May 29, 2009 11:25 am

thank you all.

Tarekith
Posts: 19072
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:46 pm
Location: Ableton Forum Administrator
Contact:

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by Tarekith » Fri May 29, 2009 12:32 pm

Hold ALT while dragging and it'll expand all columns and leave that width as your default next time you open Finder.
Tarekith
Ableton Forum Administrator
https://tarekith.com

porfiry
Posts: 343
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:02 am
Location: Lincoln, NE
Contact:

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by porfiry » Fri May 29, 2009 2:13 pm

Wow, as long as I've been using it now, there's always stuff to learn. Sw33t tipz.

ThrowAway
Posts: 1614
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:13 pm

Re: Non-audio Os-X help needed

Post by ThrowAway » Fri May 29, 2009 11:14 pm

Tarekith wrote:Hold ALT while dragging and it'll expand all columns and leave that width as your default next time you open Finder.
thanks a million. Im thinking I should buy one of those secrets of os x or dummy's guide to os x

porfiry
Posts: 343
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:02 am
Location: Lincoln, NE
Contact:

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by porfiry » Fri May 29, 2009 11:39 pm

The one that's reputed to be the best is "The Missing Manual."

Tarekith
Posts: 19072
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:46 pm
Location: Ableton Forum Administrator
Contact:

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by Tarekith » Fri May 29, 2009 11:47 pm

+1 for Missing Manual, I learned a TON of time saving tips from that.
Tarekith
Ableton Forum Administrator
https://tarekith.com

stringtapper
Posts: 6302
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:21 pm

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by stringtapper » Sat May 30, 2009 12:06 am

Getting eye strain during a long session?

control+option+command+8
Unsound Designer

ThrowAway
Posts: 1614
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:13 pm

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by ThrowAway » Sat May 30, 2009 12:38 am

^^^^ that could have been useful so many times over the past year in a half...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 more key commands

oblique strategies
Posts: 3593
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:57 pm
Location: Another Green World

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by oblique strategies » Sat May 30, 2009 1:01 am

stringtapper wrote:Getting eye strain during a long session?

control+option+command+8
Dig this an an alternative to the tip mentioned above:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24898/nocturne

Nocturne:
A simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It does, however, add a few things:

Proper color correction in monochrome modes - you don't lose all your blues or reds when you tint the screen.

Window shadow toggling - if glowing windows aren’t your thing.

Background removal - hide the desktop picture so you don’t see a inverted version.

porfiry
Posts: 343
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:02 am
Location: Lincoln, NE
Contact:

Re: changed: Put all your awesome non audio os x tips here.

Post by porfiry » Sat May 30, 2009 1:15 am

I use a dark skin on Live, which is turned blinding beige by the negative effect. Agh!

Post Reply