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Adding ‘Quit’ option to Finder on a Mac

Mr.W — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:45:06 +0000

Did you know you can add the Quit option to the Finder’s application menu? This allows you to easily quit the application. After quitting you can restart Finder by clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock.

You can enable a the quit option by entering the following command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true; killall Finder

To revert to the original settings:
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool false; killall Finder

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Display the file extensions in Finder

Mr.W — Thu, 17 May 2018 11:11:22 +0000

File extensions (.jpg, .txt, .pdf, etc) are normally hidden by default in OS X. You can either set all extensions to be displayed through the following command:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool false

Restart Finder

killall Finder

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OS X: How to quickly hide the desktop icons

Mr.W — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:00:20 +0000

Do you often have to do a presentation on your Mac and don’t want others to see what’s on your desktop? It’s possible to quickly hide the icons on your desktop. Launch Terminal and enter the following command.

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool FALSE; killall Finder

You still can access your icons (documents) in Finder ▸ Desktop. To unhide the icons, launch Terminal and enter the following command.

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop TRUE; killall Finder

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Disable ‘Preferences’ menu option in OS X Finder

Mr.W — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:27:02 +0000

It is possible to disable the OS X Finder menu option: ‘Finder ▸ Preferences’ (cmd⌘ + ,). This will prohibit setting changes in the OS X Finder application.

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitFinderPreferences -bool true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitFinderPreferences -bool false

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Finder: Disable ‘Go to Folder’ menu option

Mr.R — Sat, 10 May 2014 18:00:42 +0000

Disable the menu option: ‘Go ▸ Go to folder’ in the Mac OS X Finder menubar.

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitGoToFolder -bool true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitGoToFolder -bool false

Screenshot: Default option, Go to folder disabled.

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Activate OS X Finder in Simple mode

Mr.R — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:00:08 +0000

The ‘Simple Finder mode’ hides desktop files, and won’t let anyone open a new Finder window. Only applications in the Dock can be launched. Note that Spotlight can still be used for launching items. This command could be a nice alternative for setting up restrictions without a guest user account. Click Finder ▸ Run Full Finder, and then type in your admin password to start Finder in normal mode.

Enable Simple Finder mode:

defaults write com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel simple

Reverse to standard operation with:

defaults write com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel standard

Screenshot:

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Display full posix path in OS X Finder title Bar

Mr.R — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:00:09 +0000

When browsing into the Finder folders, you may lose your current path. You can enable the path view (like View ▸ Show Pathbar) in the title bar of the Finder window. The command show the complete posix path in the title bar.

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true

Restart Finder to make changes affect

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool false

Screenshot:

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Disable CD/DVD media burning in OS X Finder

Mr.R — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:00:18 +0000

You can prevent users from burning CD/DVD media on your Mac. Enabling this command will result in the following message when trying to burn a CD or DVD: “The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission”.

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitBurn true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Re-enable the media burning with:

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitBurn false

Screenshot:

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Disable window animations in OS X Finder

Mr.W — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:28:16 +0000

Disable all window animations and the animation when opening the info window in Finder. Use the following OS X Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true

To restore the animations in OS X Finder:

defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool false

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Display the Cover Flow frame rate

Mr.W — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:15:27 +0000

The following command will show the cover flow frame rate (as frames per second) within the Finder alongside each filename when flipping through files.

defaults write com.apple.finder IKImageFlowShowFrameRate 1

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults delete com.apple.finder IKImageFlowShowFrameRate

You need to restart the Finder.

Screencast:

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