Get Info for multiple files

OS X 10.9.4, 27”, late 2013
Seems to be a beginner’s problem, sorry …
I have a folder on my HD with 250 mp3 files (1.25GB) and want to copy some to a SD card (512MB).
So I (shift) select say 95 files in Finder:
It lists “95 of 250 selected, 723.39 GB available”
- Thanks, but at the moment I’m not interested in the space available on my HD (@AppleDevelopers: Check the Win Explorer for some ideas of usability … and what you should not do …).
To get the size I try the right click at the selected files (blue) with “Get Info” (or the top menu icon) - but now 95 windows pop up with the size of each file, I can’t stop it (fascinating to watch, indeed) and don’t know how to close all “Get Info” windows at once.
1) 95 x Cmd+W or “Quit” Finder from Activity Monitor?
2) How to “Find” the size of a bunch of files?
(I bet it was working before, selecting multiple files with one “Get Info” summary?)

Thanks for your response(s).
2. The option, Command and I key works, great.
I did not understand the “or press Option when the File menu is open …” instruction, always returns the folder size.
The slow moving shift + Get Info is cool.
I am sure I did not use any of these combinations before, but ... +

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