Duplicate files can take up quite a bit of storage space on your hard drive, especially if you happen to download in bulk from the Internet. You may end up wasting hundreds of Megabyte or even Gigabytes of storage space, and while you can go through all the files and folders manually, it is not [...]Show More Summary
It’s become a bit of a tradition for developers to try and remake Apple’s core apps. The mail inbox and maps have seen innovation from outside developers. On desktop, Collections has tried to reinvent the Finder, proving that nothing is sacred. Here’s one more: One Y-Combinator alum is gunning for both iPhoto and iCloud with Loom, a photo...
Typically, when you hit Command-N while you’re in the Finder, you’ll get a window for the folder you have set in the Finder’s Preferences dialogue. But what if you want to open two copies of the same folder on your Mac, to move stuff around in sub-folders when in icon view, for example? If you [...]Show More Summary
By default, the Finder's list view only shows you the size of individual files—not of folders. This small, somewhat hidden setting will calculate the size of entire folders so you can see where all your data is. Read more...
Summer! It's almost here, so I'm officially on the hunt for a new foundation formula and shade that suits my skin best in warmer weather. But...finding a new foundation is like the worst process ever. Whenever I go to a counter theyShow More Summary
Two "finders" were spotted strolling through the crowds at a Dorset beauty spot while each was shouldering a potentially lethal 120 millimetre tank shell which they'd apparently picked up somewhere between Worbarrow Bay and Tyneham in Dorset. Show More Summary
When it comes to how to pictorials I guess no one does it better than Maciej Pietuszynski. (If you don't think so, just check his Tilt-Shift Lens From A Shower Head, How To Instasuqare Your Camera's View Finder and How To Give An Old...Show More Summary
Many of us use Finder labels to mark and more easily differentiate icons and files. There are several 'official' ways of assigning a label to a selected file: from the File menu, from the Action menu on the Finder toolbar, or from the the Finder’s contextual menu. Show More Summary
Boingo Wireless has updated its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch “WiFi Finder” application with the ability to sign up for WiFi hotspot subscriptions with iTunes credentials. Boingo has over 600,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide, and I typically see Boingo hotspots at airports across the country. Being able to sign up via an iTunes-based subcription will make [...]
After being accused of shoplifting from a Derry, New Hampshire thrift store called Finders Keepers, Ruben Pavon is arguing that he was simply confused by the store’s name. ||| After being accused of shoplifting from a Derry, New Hampshire thrift store called Finders Keepers, Ruben Pavon is arguing that he was simply confused by the store’s name. Show More Summary
Mac: iCloud is a handy way to keep your documents synced up across Apple devices, but Apple hides those files so you can't get easy access to them. Cloud Mate takes the simple approach and integrates those files right into Finder. Read more...
When you’re working in a deeply nested folder (a folder within a folder within…), the Finder provides several options for moving back up through the hierarchy. But only one provides both at-a-glance info and powerful shortcuts for working...Show More Summary
First Tunguska Meteorite Fragments Discovered
The Tunguska impact event is one of the great mysteries of modern history. The basic facts are well known. On 30 June 1908, a vast and powerful explosion engulfed an isolated region of Siberia...Show More Summary
Newsflash: A store’s name is not always meant to be taken literally. That’s news to one man who claims he was just abiding by the name of a Massachusetts retailer, Finders Keepers. By his reasoning, he found stuff he wanted on the store’s porch, sitting out there for anyone, and he kept it. Cops and the store’s owner disagree with … [More]
Ruben Pavon swears he didn't mean to steal a grill and a DVD player from a New Hampshire thrift store—he just thought the business's name, Finders Keepers, meant they were free, WCVB reports. "The sign did say 'Finders Keepers.' So I took that DVD player, took it home,...
Turns out finders aren’t always keepers. New Hampshire man Ruben Pavon simply thought that all of the merchandise on the porch of the ‘Finders Keepers’ thrift shop was free. But the Derry resident was accused of stealing when surveillance footage showed him taking a grill, the ABC-affiliate WMUR reports. Show More Summary
PAS Advice to finders: "Export Licences: Do I need one?"All UK archaeological objects found in the ground and at least 50 years old need an Export Licence before they can be exported overseas (for further details see the Arts Council England's guidance). Show More Summary
Living barely an hour and a half from Boston, it was a bit surreal to watch the aftermath of the recent Boston Marathon bombings. I know there are lots of readers from different countries that frequent MUO, and many of those countries are somewhat violent - where bombings are not a rarity. Show More Summary
SOME FIFTEEN YEARS after Carla Speed McNeil announced her presence with top “new talent” awards, she and her sci-fi series Finder continue to impress the judges. Over the weekend, McNeil won two awards — including Best Cartoonist — at the Stumptown Comic Arts Awards in Portland. Show More Summary
In our monthly Ratehacker round-up, Jeremy Cabral from finance comparison site Finder.com.au highlights recent credit card offer changes, plus the best savings accounts and home loans. More »