![]() ![]() In my defense, I quickly disabled the “Open folders in tabs instead of new windows” checkbox in Finder > Preferences that would seem to control tabbed windows. ![]() So realistically, while the tabbed windows annoyed me, they did so only a few times per year. ![]() That’s mostly because I don’t use the MacBook Air that often-it’s mostly a travel machine-and when I do, I don’t spend much time manipulating files in the Finder. You’re undoubtedly thinking, “And he put up with this for nearly seven years?” Embarrassing, I know. Whenever I double-clicked a drive or Command-double-clicked a folder to get a new Finder window but instead had it open as a tab in the existing window, I’d curse quietly and drag it out to a new window. (That’s just me-if you like them, more power to you.) I’m happy to work in a single window in the Finder most of the time, and if I need to move or copy something, I prefer to use multiple windows so I can see the source and destination at the same time. Much as I like tabs in Web browsers, however, tabbed Finder windows just irritate me. It seemed like it might be a useful way to deal with the MacBook Air’s small screen size, given that I’m accustomed to working on a pair of large screens (currently a 27-inch Retina iMac with a 27-inch Thunderbolt Display, although back then it was probably a Mac Pro with a pair of 24-inch Dell monitors). When Apple introduced support for tabbed Finder windows in OS X 10.9 Mavericks back in 2013, I enabled the feature on my 13-inch MacBook Air to see how it worked. TipBITS: Stop Getting Finder Windows in Tabs #1668: Updated Rapid Security Responses, OS public betas, screen saver bug fixed, “Red Team Blues” book review.#1669: OS security updates, ambiguity of emoji, small business payments with Melio, Twitter now X.#1670: Arc Web browser hits 1.0 release, “Do You Use It?” polls about Apple features.#1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.1672: The hidden power of Google Sheets, Launchpad usage levels, Emergency SOS via satellite in the Maui fires, do you use proxy icons?.The way to do it is very simple and it should not take us long, all we will do is drag the folders that we want to the sidebar and each time we want to use it creating another window, we will only leave CMD pressed while we click on her, this will open in a new window. With a Finder window open we will press the CMD + Arrow up or down keys to locate the directory level we want, once we have the indicated folder we can quickly duplicate it with CTRL + CMD + O or open it directly in the same window with CMD + O.Īnother possibility is to use the Finder sidebar if we use specific locations a lot so that without having to open more windows we can have them available. This is usually a fast and effective process but it will not always be the best method because the folder that we have to open may be buried in the directory system and we have to waste time searching for it.įor these tasks there are third-party programs that can also serve us giving us much more possibilities than the Finder such as Path Finder or Total Finder, even so a couple of keyboard shortcuts and "tricks" that we can use to get more out of the Finder. As a general rule, many times when using the Finder we will have to open several windows to copy or move files and folders from one site to another. ![]()
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