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How do I work with “Tags” on my iMac MacOS X System?

September 11, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I am curious about tags on my new Mac system running MacOS X 10.15 Catalina. How do I use them to help organize files and folders as Apple suggests? Do YOU use tags, Dave?

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How can I display folder sizes in MacOS X Finder?

August 21, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I’m running out of disk space on my iMac and am confused about how to get the size of folders and directories to be shown in the Finder. Some folders show that information for their contents, but most just show a “–” instead. Help!

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How do I sort files by size in the Mac Finder?

September 23, 2019 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / 2 Comments
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When I open up a Finder window on my Mac, is there a way to sort the files by size, biggest to smallest? And be able to see the size of each file? It usually opens in icon view, which is annoying!

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Can I Clean Up My Mac Context Menus?

February 21, 2019 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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Every time I right-click on something on my Mac, all sorts of weird options appear in the menu that I’ll never use. Is there a way to clean up these MacOS X context menus?

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How do you Calculate Folder Size?

October 14, 2017 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help, Windows 10 Help / 3 Comments
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Help! I need to send a folder of photos to a client but don’t know how to calculate how large it is! How do you figure out how big a folder is?

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How to work with Mac OS X Colored File Tags?

July 16, 2016 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I’m confused. My daughter did something on my iMac and now there’s a green dot next to some of my file names. What does it mean?

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How can I make my Mac Desktop icons bigger?

May 19, 2016 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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The icons on my mom’s Mac are tiny. Is there some way to make the icons and associated text bigger so she can work with the system more easily?

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How do I change the background of a Mac Finder window?

October 26, 2013 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / 3 Comments

On my new MacBook Pro (OS 10.8.5) I can set the background color of my Finder windows (as I have been able to do for years with previous OSs.) However, if I then “clean up” or “arrange by” any of the parameters (name, kind, date, size, etc.), the window background color goes to white and cannot be brought back to the color I want (the Background section of the command-J window becomes non-functional. The only way I can go back to the color I desire is to transfer the contents of the finder window to another window, delete the contents of the original window, change the color of the now-empty window and then copy the original contents back to the original window. However, if I later want to arrange or sort/clean up the contents (as often happens), the window background goes to white again and I have to go through the entire process all over again. Is there a way to stop this unwanted change of color? (It happens even when I designate the desired configuration as “Default.”)

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