How To Customize OS X Mavericks Finder Window, From This...To This
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Hi I'm Serge Siou and welcome to MacStudioA.
In this episode I'll be demonstrating some cool customization options that you can apply
to OS X Mavericks Finder Window.
Let' Get Started...
Here is the Default Finder Window Before applying any customization and Some Afters:
So what has changed?
From the Before and After views of the Sidebar, you will notice that the Home and Hard Drives
Icons have been added.
On the Toolbar area, Customized Toolbar, Application and Folder Icons with Text have been added
and also the Tab Bar has been activated.
To the Bottom area of the Finder Window, the Path and Status Bar with slider to re-size
the Icons has also been activated.
And finally, a Background Picture has been added to the Finder Window.
Now for a Demo...
We'll customize the Default Finder Window from start to finish.
To customize the Sidebar simply press the keyboard shortcut command+, (command + comma)
or from the Finder menubar, click Finder then
Choose Preferences...
If not already selected, click on the Sidebar Tab and now select or deselect which items
to show in the Finder Sidebar.
I'll just select the MacStudioA Home Icon and the internal and external Hard Drives
to be shown.
Next we'll activate the Tab Bar, Path and Status Indicators to the Finder Window.
Either use the mouse to select the indicators from the Finder menubar by selecting View
and select the Indicators to be activated or the
following keyboard shortcut:
To Show the Tab Bar: Shift-Command-T
To Show the Path Bar: Option-Command-P
And, To Show the Status Bar: Command-forward Slash /
To Customize the Finder Toolbar, press the keyboard shortcut control + click or right+click
on Finder Toolbar area and Select Customize
Toolbar...
From here we'll just choose to show Icon and Text, plus the Get Info and Quick Preview
buttons.
If you find that you have particular Apps, files or folders that you open or
use on a regular basis, you can add them to the Toolbar, simply Drag them by holding down
the Command Key then click and Drag the files
to the Finder Toolbar or Sidebar Area.
Incidentally, To remove icons or folders from the Toolbar, Hold down the Command Key then
Click and Drag the Icon onto the Desktop.
To remove Icon from the sidebar, just click and drag the Icon from the sidebar onto the
desktop.
To change the background of the Finder Window from white with a particular color or picture,
just click View from the Finder menubar and select Show View Options or use the keyboard
shortcut command+J.
Now, from the Pop View Options window, and where it says Background, select the Color
Radio Button and click on the Box to select a color
to add or select the Picture Radio Button and Drag a Picture into the Box as shown.
Note: Colors and Pictures are only visible when in the Icon View Mode.
Top Tip: These days most Pictures are taken in High-Res mode, like most of the Wallpapers
included in Mavericks, typically between 300 to
240 pixel per inch or ppi.
When adding a Hi-Res Wallpaper or Image to the background of the Finder Window, it may
not fill the entire Window as shown here.
If that's the case, you will need to reduce it's Resolution.
Briefly; to do so, first make a copy of the Image that you wish to use, then open the
copy of the image using your favorite image editor
or you can use Preview, which allows you to change the resolution.
From the Preview menubar, go to Tools and choose Adjust Size, now change only the Resolution
of the Image, in my case I used a value of
130 ppi, experiment with different values that works best for you, then save the file
and simply drag the image into the box as shown.
And That's All There Is To it, customizing the Finder Window could not be more simple...now
it's your turn...go ahead...give it a try.
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