In addition to our recent coverage of illogical filename sorting in Mac OS X 10.2.x's Finder, there is also a problem with special characters, like !@#$%^&*()-_=+? (some of these characters may not ...

This is from the OS X Finder thread. I'm tired of the OS X Finder's inability to present a real Mac interface, in other words, what John Siracusa describes as spatial. I make the OS X Finder behave ...

In yet another addition to the OS X Finder in OS X Mavericks, you can now tag your files. This is a wonderful way to keep track of stuff, since unless you’re an obsessive folder and sub-folder maker, ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion reverses a trend toward user interface complexity, delivering a desktop computing environment that not only incorporates graphical elements of iOS, but also copies the intuitive ...

A Better Finder Rename 4.0b1 allows users to quickly rename multiple files. Version 4.0 Preview 1 for Mac OS X is a substantial rewrite of the original Mac OS 9 code. The new version features a ...

Ever end up with a lot of Finder windows floating around your Mac screen? In previous versions of Mac OS X, the choice was to close them all with a keyboard shortcut, Option-Command-W, which will end ...

In the new Finder, Apple is trying to imitate the worst "feature" of Windows Explorer: Finder windows no longer remember their individual view settings by default. This is a disaster for whomever is ...

Looks like Apple has some hidden tricks up its sleeve for OS X. A recent patent shows how the Mac OS X Finder may one day be able to display different-sized icons. So the bigger the icon, the more ...

Apple’s new operating system, Mavericks has been available to download since the end of October 2013. It’s a free upgrade for all versions of Mac OS X going back to 2009 – that’s Snow Leopard and ...

You know, even though the OS X Finder guy has a big smile on his face, I can’t help but think it’s a facade, that he’s actually depressed, or at least bi-polar. Maybe it’s his complexion. These ...