There is a black box on my screen that is announceing everything i do: ex if i go over file it will say file 22 items. how do i make it go away?

how do i make it go away?
ex: if i move my mouse over file, it will say file 22 items

Hi,
This sounds like a setting needs changing in the Finder's View menu. Choose View>Show View Options or hit Command-J. Uncheck Show Item Info in the resulting dialogue.
Alastair.

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