My drive is filled so I want to search for files over 5meg, no problem. But the results does not have a size column in finder which is pretty useless. Any ideas? Skitch - > http://skitch.com/leedryburgh/bj84q/5meg-z.savedsearch
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Why does Finder not show file sizes?
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I thought of that but it says there are no view options on a search, see http://skitch.com/leedryburgh/bj8hm/view-options
In the last year of having a Mac i find it sucks with displaying file sizes and to get the "Details" that you get on XP which shows the filesizes you need:
http://lifehacker.com/software/feat...ize-displays-folder-and-file-sizes-270878.php
In the last year of having a Mac i find it sucks with displaying file sizes and to get the "Details" that you get on XP which shows the filesizes you need:
http://lifehacker.com/software/feat...ize-displays-folder-and-file-sizes-270878.php
Yeah thanks but I am not into using CLI. I want something GUI based and it was partly the eye candy which made me switch to a Mac.
We are not asking for a search attribute even though I had to enable that for the search and thought how dumb it's not a default.
My conclusion at end of day after one year of the Mac is that Finder sucks and you need to buy ForkLift+WhatSize just to get anything approaching DOPUS on the PC.
My conclusion at end of day after one year of the Mac is that Finder sucks and you need to buy ForkLift+WhatSize just to get anything approaching DOPUS on the PC.
Eye candy means pretty, but less than useless. I hope you didn't switch to the Mac with that expectation.
Anyway, what you are seeking can be done in at least two ways. Begin your search in a Finder window (or by invoking Spotlight). When the search window appears, click the plus sign on the right side of the Search bar. You will now be able to enter Boolean search criteria, including file size, greater than, less than, etc. The second way is to create a Smart Folder in the Finder. The same search criteria can be specified. Using the second method, the Smart Folder can be saved somewhere on your hard drive so you can search it as often as you like for files meeting the criteria.
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You didn't even help him. You only told him what you know even though it's irrelevant. Let me guess- you were trained by Microsoft.
You didn't even help him. You only told him what you know even though it's irrelevant. Let me guess- you were trained by Microsoft.
I hope you never come along asking for help. With that attitude you'd be lucky if someone gave you the time of day.