Mac OS X Finder cover flow mode, how to avoid unselecting following file after deleting

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to organize thousands of pictures which involves deleting lots of consecutive files while I am viewing preceding and following picture. I found Finder is the most suitable tool. But one problem I face is that once I deleted a file using Command+Delete key, the next file get unselected and I cannot use the same shortcut key. I remember doing this task without a problem. I don't know what went wrong. Anyone any idea? FYI, I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Answer 1

proximity2007 wrote:
1. I work in the web design field, so I am using Dreamweaver and dealing with images constantly. If I am on a Pc and go file>open and within that dialogue box I still have all the functions of windows explorer. I can see how big a file is by right clicking and going properties. I can the file's full path.I can see when it was modified.I can even open that file (say if it is a jpeg) and edit it.
This is all within the program's open/save/export dialogue box.
On a Mac, I have no right click within a dialogue box, I can't go "apple I" to see the file properties. The only way I know is to find it in the finder. But this is an another step. I certainly can't right click. This is frustrating.
In a Cocoa application (such as TextEdit) in Leopard, the Open dialogue box allows a choice of displaying files as Icons, as line items, or in columns. If you select Columns, then an image such as a jpg or png shows the size (although only as 4KB 8KB etc), the kind, the created date, modified date, last opened, and the dimensions in pixels. Plus there is a More Information box that brings up the usual Inspector (Command I also works).
I suspect it is more a matter of what Dreamweaver is doing than whether that facility is available in OS X. Since I don't have Dreamweaver, I can't comment on how it manages.
2. The other thing regarding this is apple's copying and pasting ability.
I would be looking at Apple's Smart Folders to group items. Apple just seem to be doing things in a different manner. I kept running into trouble when I tried to force things to work the way they did in Windows. This was a particular problem with applications that are basically Windows oriented, so I ended up not using Adobe or Microsoft. On the other hand, I am not a web designer, and hardly use photos on the web at all. So far I haven't found any web application that I feel I could recommend for a web designer.