FINDING THE HIDDEN “GO TO” FIELD

FINDING THE HIDDEN “GO TO” FIELD

In the previous versions Mac OS X, there was a “ Go to” field at the bottom of the Open dialog where you could jump directly to the folder you wanted by typing in its locations.  In Panther, that field no longer appears in the Open dialog, but luckily, it’s not gone forever- it’s just one simple keystroke away.  When you’re in the Open dialog, just press the “/” (slash) key on  your keyboard and the Go to the folder dialog pops down from the top of the Open dialog, ready for you to type in the path of your folder.  Note: this doesn’t work in all applications, so if typing the slash doesn’t bring up the Go to the Folder dialog, Just press Shift-Command-G and that’ll do the trick.

SPEED TIP: TAKE OUT THE PAPERS AND THE TRASH

Want to empty the Trash without making a trip up to the Finder menus first? Just Control –click on the Trash icon in the Dock and choose Empty Trash.  Of course, you could also press Shift-Command- Delete, but how much fun is that? Incidentally, if you want to get something in the Trash in a hurry, just click on it, press Command- Delete, and that file jumps into the Trash lickety-split!

GET INFO’S SECRWT SECOND PERSONALITY

While Command- I brings up the regular Info dialog, pressing Option-Command- I brings up a second version with a special hidden feature (you’ll know it’s the second version because it corners are squared, rather than rounded, and there’s no Minimize or Zoom Button).  This second version stays live when you click on the different files- giving you their file info as well (the regular version just deselect when you click on the different file, so you have to press Command – I all over again get info on that file .)  This is great for quickly comparing things like a file sizes or modified dates, because you can just click from file to file, and the file info is instantly displayed.  Another nice speed benefit is that when you use Option-Command-I to open Get Info, you can also use that same shortcut to close it instead of clicking on the red close button.  (The standard Command-W shortcut closes the “first personality” Command- Get Info window).