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Mac 101: Learn more about your files at a glance
Welcome to another edition of Mac 101, TUAW's series for beginners. Today, we show you how to get more bang for your desktop real-estate buck with Finder icon labels.
Have you ever wanted to know how large a picture on your Desktop was, but didn't want to open it (or even just hit ⌘I to get info)? Or instantly know how many items were in a folder? Mac OS X lets you display that information right under (or next to) the icon itself.
How? Easy! Click on your Desktop, and choose Show View Options from the View menu (or just hit ⌘J.) Then, click the radio button next to Show item info. Voíla! Instant metadata for your Desktop files and folders. For pictures, the Finder will show their width and height in pixels.
You can also adjust the position of the labels associated with the icons on your desktop. Instead of having the file and folder names beneath your icons, why not have a change and put them to the right? Just click either Right (or Bottom, if you prefer the default) under Label position.
For other awesome beginner tips, visit our Mac 101 category.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
vish dhamija said 2:18PM on 5-18-2009
We should be looking at Apple for a TV now
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Cheers
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nickux said 8:21PM on 5-18-2009
Mac 101 is still my favorite series of posts on TUAW.
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TedC said 4:57PM on 7-16-2009
Get Information the easy PC way; plug in 2-button mouse and right click!
Apple knew this feature was too good to leave out of OS X, but they seem a bit ashamed to be copying MS.
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