I really like Quick Look but one of its failings is that when you press the Space Bar to Quick Look at a folder, all you get is a big folder icon. Now, that’s not much use, is it?

Well, there are two free plugins that you can add into a QuickLook folder in your Library folder and when you then restart your Finder you’ll get the additional functionality of being able to see what files are within a folder or a zipped file.

written by Mike Bradbrook \\ tags: Finder, QuickLook

The new Leopard Finder automatically shows all the images on your machine using the Smart folder “All Images”.

Now, doesn’t that sound just lovely? Well, it does unless there are images on your machine that you really don’t want friends or family seeing. I’m sure you have immediately thought of an example and I bet that what you’re thinking of rhymes with corn!

Well, there is a solution that is something you probably should do with sensitive data anyway - put these files into an encrypted disk image.

Let’s work with an example - I’ll use Smurfs, which obviously I’d be really embarrassed if my wife saw on my machine while she scrolled through Cover Flow. Let’s put these little beauties into an encrypted disk image!

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written by Mike Bradbrook \\ tags: Finder, How To, Security

Some very cool retro/vintage pics of the Finder. A very special thanks to mymac and Folklore for this!

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Finder, Vintage Mac