Save Multiple Finder Window Arrangements?

Is it possible to save Finder Window arrangements?
I would like to save different sets of Finder Window layouts and switch between them?
(Mavericks)
thx

Try dragging this file to the desktop and reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

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If I remember way back when, when I saved a document with the "Save as" command, one would get a drop down window and when one clicked Save, the file would appear in the appropriate folder in the window. One could see the file was filed in the appropriate place. Since OS X, when Save is selected, the window disappears without any hint your filing has been completed properly. I find myself reopening a the Finder to confirm my filing. Am I one of a very few who feel compelled to verify a filing after a "Save as" command by having to reopen the Finder? Just a comment on something that bugs me!

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Am I one of a very few who feel compelled to verify a filing after a "Save as" command by having >reopen the Finder?
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Thanks, but that doesn't do what I want. I would like to be able to somehow save a combination of tabs so I could close it (while keeping the Finder open) and then reopen it. I think the only way to effectively do what I want is to minimize the window instead of closing it.
Thanks again for your response.
With peace,
Henry

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In my case there are no other major application running when I see the moving multiple objects bug in the Finder. And (as for econupmac) the problem is intermittent.
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clean up Finder window 1 by name
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set bounds of Finder window 1 to {30, 55, 400, 625}
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Hello
Here is a script that I use daily.
The code used to force the Finder to "remember" the window position seems a bit tricky. If I remember well I found it on MacScripter.
As far as the Finder is not corrected, we must use this kind of trickery.
--[SCRIPT]
my commun(choose folder)
on open (sel)
my commun(sel's item 1)
end open
(* set bounds to {10, 50, 800, 600} *)
on commun(F)
set F to F as Unicode text
tell application "Finder"
if class of item F is document file then set F to (container of item F) as Unicode text
if ((class of item F) is folder) then my set_bounds(F, {10, 50, 800, 600}, false)
end tell
end commun
on set_bounds(F, b, toolbar)
local ao, i, lesFichiers, fichier
tell application "Finder" to tell folder F
set lesFichiers to every file
repeat with fichier in lesFichiers
my saveImageWithItselfAsIcon(fichier as alias)
end repeat
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open
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{arrangement:arranged by name, icon size:128}
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set toolbar visible to not toolbar
set toolbar visible to toolbar
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on saveImageWithItselfAsIcon(F)
tell application "Image Events"
launch
try
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try
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close
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end try
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end saveImageWithItselfAsIcon
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 13 mars 2007 20:51:14)

Multiple drag emails from Mail to a finder window and for it to name the files as the subject heading

Hi
I have been using Mac's now for about 10 years and this is my first problem.
I have recently moved into an office that use PC's with a Windows server.
I have set up the network to transfer files and view the windows server and it works fine.
I have a problem in that my colleagues on PC need to be able to view my emails which I send and receive using Mail. They therefore need to have logical title names and the date sent and ideally who to or from. I view them and archive them using Mail which is fine for me.
I understand about the archiving and copying of mailboxes but this gives every email the un-fathomable title name 9944847 etc.
I can get round the problem by dragging and dropping every email I send and receive individually and it will automatically give it a more logical title of the subject heading however the date is when it was dragged not when sent. This is a pain if I am away or forget to save an email for a day or two and then the date is inconsistent.
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Terence Devlin It was not my intention to step on your tone, Sorry for that.
But.
+Pathfinder is not a System Add-on. It's an application.+
That is right it's an addition to the finder with different graphics and so it's not a modification to the standard window. What I like is a basic Finder window with just added tabs.
+Sweeping generalisation there... and you've tried them all? Really?+
Yes, I do think I tried them all and I still think they all miss the simplicity and elegance of the Finder windows. But if you know a good alternative (not pathfinder) I really would like that.
+Pathfinder brings many very useful functions to the table - that's why one might consider it.+
You are right. I do totally agree on that. But I rather work with the standard Finder window/info window , etc.
+On the contrary it "do leaving the finder as it is" - it makes not a whit of a difference to the Finder, you can even run the two side by side if you want. Changes made in the filesystem with one will be instantly available in the other. Perhaps, in trying "all those system add-ons" you didn't try them very carefully.+
That is exactly my point you end up using them side by side. Two different windows with things on different places. But I think on this point you really did not try to see what I was talking about.
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When I open the "Save Page As" window, the drop-down box for the file name shows files that were saved long ago. This is not cleared by any "clear history" function that I can find. How do I clear this?

# Question
When I open the "Save Page As" window, the drop-down box for the file name shows files that were saved long ago. This is not cleared by any "clear history" function that I can find. How do I clear this?

Hello.
I believe this is a Windows related issue, since it's the windows Save File manager we're talking about here (right?). You should contact Microsoft for help on that one, I believe. You'd expect to be able to delete the entries by simply tapping ''Delete'' on your keyboard when they are focused (that's how it goes for deleting specific form autocomplete entries in Firefox), but I haven't tried that.
I'm sorry I can't be of more help.

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