Instead, use an app like Spectacle (opens new window) or Moom (opens new window) so you can put those windows in their place.Ī couple of the items below you will find by trawling the Finder menus, but most you will not.
#A better finder rename alternative mac os#
I like to have both open side by side (on a separate desktop) so I can grab paths from the Finder and use them in Terminal (see below for specific Developer tips).Īlthough Mac OS has gained some tiling tools of late, it uses the somewhat clumsy full screen mode. Go View > Show View Options (or Cmd + J)Īs a developer, the Terminal is the yang to the Finder’s yin.The Finder’s “List” view is the closest thing the Mac has to Windows Explorer, so it’s easiest to set it as the default view. See the tips below on managing windows if you end up with too many tabs in multiple windows! Hit Cmd + T to open a new tab, and use one per project / task / domain rather than going forward and back within the same tab. Without Window’s excellent window management, Mac OS’s tabs are the next best thing. Note that if you rename the original folder, or the item in the sidebar, its counterpart will be renamed too. You can add your must-access folders to the sidebar, by simply dragging them in. If you’re using the Finder all day, keep a window open and don’t close it (use Cmd + Tab to return to it quickly). TacticsĬoming from Windows with its File Explorer, to Mac with its Finder, was especially galling it took me years to accept Apple’s way of doing things and develop strategies to make managing files on the Mac not a bit of a shit show. However, there are some hidden gems which make it bearable, so read on and I’ll share this buried treasure with you.
The Mac Finder is strangely named, as to actually find things Apple invented Spotlight, perhaps acknowledging that as a piece of software, it has its shortcomings (ironically, as too does Spotlight!).
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