Spotlight "Size" Column

Sorting by 'Size' is no longer present in Spotlight. This was the feature of Spotlight I used most frequently - by far. It was invaluable for getting a quick picture of my disk use and clearing out old, large files.
Also: this is an Internet world. Tabs in the Finder are a natural UI metaphor. I'd add in the option to have them in the 10.5.1 release. Though the underlying technology of the Finder has improved markedly, without this usability option I am unhappily stuck with PathFinder.

Here! Here!
I not only use the 'Size' Column, I need it. I had to go back to Tiger.
I hope 10.5.2 Fixes this.

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Hi All,
Is there a way to get the 'Size' column to appear in a spotlight search window?
Maybe a terminal hack or something?
Why didn't Steve include it?

Yes there is a hack to get it to appear, but it is buggy as all get out--which is undoubtedly why it didn't get turned on. Evidently finding out why it ain't working is not a priority, so it still hasn't been enabled in the OS updates (I would guess it is not likely it ever will be fixed). See this old MacOSXHints tip:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2009083113534843
For little more information, including some screen captures, see my article here:
http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/mods.html
Its about half way down the page, in the section on "Brute Force Edit of the Plist"--did I mention it is really buggy?
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

Cannot auto size columns in iTunes 10.4. Columns are all mixed up with headings I have never seen. Cannot change by right clicking on columns.

Cannot auto size columns in iTunes 10.4. Columns are all mixed up with headings I have never seen. Cannot change by right clicking on columns. Cannot order albums alphabetically by double clicking on heading.

Very many thanks to you, Putaro! Your answer provided the solution. It was a buggy plug-in that turned out to be the culprit.
You're off the hook, Apple, and my apologies for stating that you let a dog run loose. You skated by this time, Apple. But I'm watching you.
But again, Putaro's reference to the plugins I had installed over the years turned out to illuminate the problem. I have several plugins in my iTunes plugins folder, pretty much all designed to add more visualizer functionality. I removed all of them, and ALL of the problems I noted in my post went away, with full iTunes functionality restored.
I began adding the plugins back to hopefully single out the culprit. Among the ones I had been using included fielder, G-Force, Timestrech, volcanokit, QuartzComposer, and Jax. I hadn't used any of them in a while - probably at least a verison or more back in iTunes updates, but iTunes continued to work with all of them installed. Currently, only QuartzComposer continues to work in iTunes 10.4. The rest no longer even show up as visualizer opitons, with one exception. Jax does show up, but does not work. AND THE PRESENCE OF JAX IS WHAT KILLED MY ITUNES.
I looked into it and went back to the developer, and it appears that they discontinued developing Jax some time ago - evidently, it was buggy and crash prone. I remember after buying it, having problems with it - having never worked to its touted potential, but I didn't pursue it, and never uninstalled it. Leaving it in there caused all iTunes functionality to cease with the iTunes 10.4 update.
If you've got Jax installed, consider removing it before updating to iTunes 10.4.
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Finder won't display folder size in "Size" column or Info window

Normally, the Finder window will display a folder's size in the Size column. However, I have one folder which shows as "Zero KB" in the Size column. When I open the General Info window, the Size reads as "Zero KB on disk (Zero bytes) for 0 items."
In order to get the folder size I have to go into the folder, select all folders (there's many), then with either the Summary Info or Inspector window, it'll show the folder size ("185.32 GB on disk").
Why is this occurring in only this folder? Is it because it's a large folder or a folder with many subfolders?
I'm running Snow Lep 10.6.2. The folder is on an external drive in FAT32 format. I've already tried deleting the "com.apple.finder.plist" file and rebooting.
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go to view menu->show view options and check the box 'calculate all sizes". then click "use as defaults".

When I quit itunes it restarts again with the dot under the itunes logo but the iTunes window doesn't open until I click the icon on the dock. Also in the middle of the size vale in the size column the value starts with a number then a ? then a number.

When I quit itunes it restarts again with the dot under the itunes logo but the iTunes window doesn't open until I click the icon on the dock. Also in the middle of the size vale in the size column the value starts with a number then a ? then a number.

This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes for Mac forums.
Regards.

How to Hide Size Column in List View

My default setting for the Finder is to have folders display in list view with the size column turned off. This works like a charm for every folder except the Applications folder which always displays a size column whenever the finder is re-launched (it's always scrolled to the bottom of the list too, which is weird). It wouldn't bother me if the size values were cached somehow and just updated quietly in the background but it takes quite a while to calculate each value and actually slows down the finder.
I've tried deleting finder preferences but to no avail.
Does anyone know what's going on here?
[The above was originally posted here [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9524102#9524102] but I was asked to move along by a surly faced police officer]

OK. Problem fixed but unfortunately not completely solved.
Talking about permissions and administrator issues made me wonder, so I logged in using my admin account and seemed to be having exactly the same issue. I was unable to set a default permamantly for the Applications folder. Except that when I tried to set a default in another folder (Documents I think) and restarted the Finder the setting held for all directories. When I logged back in under my regular user account it also held.
I have finally eliminated that pesky size column -- for good! (Of course I may want it occasionally, but that's at my discretion). The window also maintains a correct scroll point, corresponding to where it was last positioned.
I wish I knew exactly what has happened. All I really know is that fiddling (as usual) has fixed it and that it probably has something to do with Administrator privileges.
Thanks again for your suggestions and especially for being a sounding board.
Josh

Can I add/show a size column for smart folders?

I've created a set of smart folders to filter the files on my system by size (e.g. <10megs, 10-499megs, 500-999megs and >1Gig.
What I'd like to do is sort the files by size, so having the folder show a size column would be great... however it doesn't seem to be possible (or the how is not publicized). It just shows name, kind and last opened. If I change the view to ICON, I can get the size for some files, but others, like movies or music, show their duration, not size.
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Gary

If you want to report this to Apple, send a bug report (or enhancement request) via its Bug Reporter system. Join the Apple Developer Connection (ADC)—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report/enhancement request. You'll get a get a Bug or ER ID number; thus, starting a dialog directly with engineering.

Auto Right-Size Columns in Finder!

So if I had a nickel for all the times I have to grab the stupid little double pipe (||) at the bottom of every single column veiw just to see the full file names, or double clicking it, or command clicking it, or right clicking and choosing RightSize options... I'd be a billionaire!
For crying out loud, PLEASE add an AUTO RIGHT-SIZE COLUMNS VIEW OPTION so I can just always see the entire filename, always, all the time, forever, always. Puhleeeeze.
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J

Yes, a year later with upgrade to Lion and many updates. Still no option. The selection is possible, it's just not "sticky." Seems a super easy fix.

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same is the case with me. Earlier it was working fine. i have gone to the extent of not enabling access to outlook express so that it doesn't run on the computer still it is giving problems

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In my Applications folder on mac it takes a long time to populate the size column with file sizes when the applications are being displayed in list view.
So I have 2 questions:
1. How do I hide the size column for just applications folder?
Also how do I have different views on different folders?
2. I seems when I select list view it changes it globally for all folders.
Why?

I'm having a related problem and have been for a long time.
By default I have folders display in list view with the size column turned off. This works like a charm for every folder except the Applications folder which always has displays a size column whenever the finder is re-launched (it's always scrolled to the bottom of the list too, which is weird). It wouldn't bother me if the size values were cached somehow and just updated quietly in the background but as erugalatha mentioned it takes quite a while to calculate each value and actually slows down the finder.
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Horizontal scrolling in a JTable with fixed-size columns

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I have a JTable with three fixed-size columns. I implemented a JScrollPane with vertical and horizontal scrolling. However, the text inserted into the last column is too long to fit in the specified column width. I would like to be able to scroll the table so that I can view all of the text in the last column. Right now, the text cuts off and ends with three dots (...). Is there a way in which a horizontal scroll bar can be implemented to view all the text in the last column?
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Hi, I hava a similar problem than yours - can you tell me how you sorted out yer's?

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jere7my wrote:
Control-click on the column headers. Put a checkbox next to "Size".
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When I get results from a Spotlight search there doesn't seem to be any way to sort them by size. I frequently use size as a way of recognising the file I am looking for. The View Menu doesn't seem to present any options either.

If you want to report this to Apple, either send Feedback or send bug reports and enhancement requests via its Bug Reporter system. To do the latter, join the Mac Developer Program—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report/enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure over submitting feedback is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering. Good computing.

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