When you connect an external storage drive to a Mac, it mounts automatically. You then have to double-click it to open it in Finder. It’s nothing too difficult but if you want to automatically open Finder on disk mount, you can create a folder action with Automator. It will open …
Read More »How to fix iPhone not showing in Finder under locations on macOS Catalina
Catalina has officially been released and that means iTunes is no more. If you own an iPhone, or had one in the past, you know that it’s hard to use it without iTunes. With Catalina, iTunes’ functionality has been broken up and split across different apps. Syncing the iPhone on …
Read More »How to set file grouping for a folder in Finder on macOS
Items in folders in Finder can be sorted and grouped in all sorts of ways. You have the usual date sorting options, the type sort, the size sorting option, sorting by tags, and much more. You may notice though that when you set the default folder group in Finder for …
Read More »How to create Smart Folders on macOS
Regardless of what OS you use, you will inevitably have to search entire folders for other folders or files. Every file manager, regardless of how basic or advanced it is, supports a search feature however macOS’ Finder can save folder searches and proactively update them to include new files that …
Read More »How to find and delete files older than X days on macOS
Files in the Downloads folder tend to build up over time. The same can be said for various other locations e.g., where you save screenshots to. If you can’t be bothered manually cleaning old files, you can use Automator to find and delete files older than X days on macOS. …
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