From: solarpunkenjoyer@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 10/30/25 3:41 PM, Slimes wrote:   
   > You see a lot of people shitting on finder, but they have no idea how   
   > powerful finder is.   
   >   
   > I'm going to make a few hints, others who know, post.   
   >   
   > Proxy Icons.   
   > You can put any item in any place by comand-click the Icon in the   
   > Application, chooser or finder. Also, the reverse, you can drag a folder   
   > or icon into the chooser for it to go to that folder/file.   
   >   
   > for instance, if you open a text file, in an applications, the name and   
   > icon is in the title bar. You can drag the icon to a new location   
   > without saving first, and it will be there when close the program.   
   >   
   > The vice-versa, when you use 'file->open', you can drag an icon into the   
   > chooser and the path/file will be available.   
   >   
   > This is 1980's level file choosing. Still not available in other OS   
   > systems....   
   >   
   > Applies to macOS now, but it took a while.  CMD-Click the icon in any   
   > window for a suprise!  Yeah, this wasn't promoted to 'normie' users.   
   >   
   > Wait til next episode, Folder Actions!   
      
   I use macOS a lot at work and finder is really nice. Not sure why people   
   are shitting on it. Columns, quick look, and being able to search   
   tags/smart folders are all really useful in my day to day.   
      
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