On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to make Finder show you the SIZE of a file when you have a >>> search results window open? >>> >>> I would love to be able to use it to find overly-large ISO or ZIP files >>> from my downloads and various other sources... but I can't see the file >>> sizes until I open a NEW finder window in whatever folder contains the file. >> >> There are two ways to obtain additional information about files >> included in a Finder search window: >> >> - If you want to find and compare a few files at a time, select those >> files and use the "File->Get Info.." command (command-i). This will >> open a static information window for each file selected which allows >> you to compare them easily. >> >> - If you want to look at size information one at a time, select one >> file, hold the Option key down, and use the "File->Show Inspector" >> command. The inspector window which opens is dynamic ... as you click >> through the files in the search window it will change to show the Get >> Info detail on each file. If you Shift- or Command-Select a group of >> files, it will display the number of files and the aggregate of their >> sizes. >> > > Or in Windows Explorer, set the view in the Search Window to Details, > click on the column header bar, select Size (if it isn't already), > click the size column to sort by file size. Displays file sizes for > all found files, no need to select them to see it. > > -Adam >
opps, should be right-click the colour header bar, not click on it. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
