Your Mac can do it. Windows users have been wanting this for a long time. Maybe Vista has it?
You want to print a list of the files in a folder. It’s easy. Watch the screencast to see how. If you don’t have a printer in your Sidebar you should watch Stupid Sidebar Tricks.
There’s also a MurphyMac screencast about generating a list of files in the Terminal. From there you can simply print the text file.
Click Watch Now to see the screencast on making a pdf.
Murphy stumbled into this feature by accident. And still forgets it’s there from time to time. Instead of using it for the slideshow, you might want to use it for the grid view. You can even take a screenshot of the grid for a quick and dirty (very dirty) contact sheet.
If you’ve got some photos to look through and don’t want to launch iPhoto or one of the glacial photo editing applications, this could be useful. Though CS3 is a pretty snappy launch on my MBP.
Here’s another use: You’ve got a sloppy desktop with photos strewn about. A quick grid display based on the Desktop lets you see what’s in inventory.
Remember, we save Mondays for the beginners and Switchers among us.
You already know you can open Spotlight with Command+Spacebar. Right? But do you know the next step in efficient application launching? You’re not fumbling with the arrow keys - are you?
Of course, Murphy prefers to use Terminal as an application launcher. One or two letters and bang, the app opens right up. But Terminal isn’t for everyone, is it?
So watch the Snippet and see Spotlight launch an application without an arrow key struggle.
Or break out of the Beginner Pool and start using Terminal!
Part I. Surely someone will mention others for a Part II. Like the Mac’s built-in screen shot capabilities.
In the meantime, click on for some keyboard shortcuts to get you started. Murphy’s a switcher. It took a while to get used to using the return key to rename files. Murphy’s cool with it now.
Random: Anyone remember older versions of Windows where you had to turn on Alt-Tab? Anyone remember what the feature was called?!
If you already know how to open the Apple menu with the keyboard you probably know everything in this Snippet. Otherwise click below to watch the screencast.
Yes, it’s true. Murphy answers reader requests. Details. This one is for donrodrigo in Italy.
But the news isn’t all good. While Smart Folders can be quite useful, they might not be exactly what you’re looking for. One shortcoming: You can’t do certain kinds of advanced searches using a simple “or” criteria. iPhoto and iTunes and Mail users might be used to capabilities they might not find in Smart Folders.
Murphy uses Smart Folders to find the biggest files on his disk. Things he should delete or archive. Click Watch Now to see the Snippet. Murphy is searching for movie files on his disk and running into some issues.
You have a particularly creative use for Smart Folders? Post it in the comments!