Using finder to seperate files

How can i arrange my files to group .jpg's and .cr2's (Canon raw) to easily select them all?
I have tried each and every way, including 'arrange by kind' which only sorts them as images.

You can create "smart folders," which are saved Spotlight searches. See the built-in help for instructions. However, the Finder is no substitute for a photographic asset-management system.

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How do I use Finder to modify file details in multiple files

I am new to the mac (OS10.7.4) having recently transitioned from Windows (and go way back to CPM - for those that remember). I am trying to achieve through finder what I can do in windows explorer by selecting multiple files, selecting properties and then selecting (and then modifying) details. I tried the similar thing on Finder using Get Info instead of Properties but only ended up with multiple windows, one for each file selected (and had to close each one individually! ). Tried 'option-command-I' on multiple selected files, it worked, but the common tags that I wanted to alter where not available for editing. I can simply, but clumsily, achieve the outcome I want by cutting and pasting the files to a usb stick, making the modifications on the windows machine and pasting them back on the mac. This should be a simple basic operating system function regardless of platform - advice on how to find/achieve it appreciated!

I find it best to use small little apps to help modify many files. Just serach for what you want to change and more often then not, you find software that does what you need, often free too.
For Music tags: check out the free program "TriTag" to do what you want:
http://www.feedface.com/projects/tritag.html
For Music conversion (say, from FLAC to Apple Lossless) or MP3 to whatever... Use "XLD" (free)
http://download.cnet.com/X-Lossless-Decoder/3000-2140_4-189505.html
Bonus: VLC (free download) - has the ability to convert wma audio files, which is amazing, it's rare to find mac software that will convert wma to mp3 - http://9thport.net/2010/07/28/using-os-x-to-convert-wma-to-mp3-for-free/
For file renaming in batch, I use "Name Mangler" - 10 bucks, app store.
It has a lot of pro features and is very useful.
good luck.
- James

Using Find in pdf file

I have a .pdf file where I am having trouble searching for a word "rent" or "lease." The procedure seems straight forward but I must be failing in some particular. I cannot figure out how to attach the .pdf file to this message so it can be viewed. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi sburech,
Welcome to the Support Communities! On a Mac, the keyboard shortcut Command-F will bring up a dialogue box to find words in most applications. Type the word you are looking for and click the Next button to see it highlighted in the document.
OS X: Keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
Command-F
Open a Find window or find text in a document
The native software application for viewing .pdf files is Adobe Reader. So you may need to review the Help menu for that application for additional information.
Happy Thanksgiving!
- Judy

HT201302 after downloading many videos and photos from my iPhone to iMac using iPhoto, i would like to access the videos separately to use in iMovie or just the files on their own. this seems impossible. using finder all my files only shows videos from ol

Help

In iPhoto, with the video selected, go to the iPhoto File menu and use the Export command. I use this for photos and don't have any experience with videos but seem to recall that you may have to set the "Kind" in the Export dialog to "Original" -- not sure of that part so you may need to experiment with "Kind."

Trying To Use Find While Filtering Out Unwanted Files Listing In Searches

Hi!
I'm trying to use Find to list files made or created or changed after a certain date, but I can't keep zillions of unwanted files popping up. I want to list all the files created after June 23 and it does that well -- including hundreds of "webbookmark" files too. I used "!" like Help said to supposedly block that term from appearing but then nothing shows up! I'd truly appreciate any help!
Trudi

Hey,
if you know the name(s) of the root folder(s) you want to access (eg. by making a note on the Windows side) then you can make them appear by just doing Shift-Command-G in Finder ("Go to Folder…"), and entering the full path to the required folders. You can then navigate all the contents as normal.
HTH,
S.

How do I find, at-a-glance, the sample size used in several music files?

How do I find, at-a-glance, the sample size used in several music files?
Of all the fields available in a FInder Search, "Sample Size" is not available. Finder does offer a "Bits per Sample" field, but it only recognized graphic files and not music files.
Running 10.8.5 on an iMac i5.
I did search through a couple of communities but came up empty.
Thank you,
Craig

C-squared,
There is no View Option to allow display of a column of sample size.
For WAV or Apple Lossless files, it is available on the Summary tab (one song at a time, as you know). For MP3 and AAC it is not available at all.
You can roughly infer it from the files that are larger than expected for their time.
99% of the music we use is at the CD standard of 16-bit, so I can guess that displaying it has never been a priority. However, if you want to make a suggestion to Apple, use this link:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

My external hard drive is 'seen' by my iMac and I can go into the Finder and open files and folders. I am using the hard drive for Time Machine back up. However Time Machine says it can't find the drive. Same thing has happened with Final Cut Express.

My new LaCie external hard drive is 'seen' by my iMac and I can go into the Finder and open files and folders. I am using the hard drive for Time Machine back up. However Time Machine says it can't find the drive.
The same thing happened recently between Final Cut Express and my other LaCie external hard drive used as the Scratch disk. It fixed itself.
I've run out of ideas. Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

have you done some searches on FCPx and time machine? Is there a known issue with using a TM drive with FCPx? dunno but ...wait...I'll take 60 sec for you cause I'm just that kind of guy.... google...." fcpx time machine problem" Frist page link
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/fcpx-bug-best-practices-for-using-external-hard- drives-and-final-cut-pro-x/
You cannot have time machine backups on your hard drive if you intend to use it in FCPX.
booya!

When I click on a file to view in Finder in the view as columns, Finder stops responding. If I use Finder in any of the other views, I don't have an issue.

When I go to finder and view as columns so that the right column will open a preview of the file, I get the endless spinning graphic and when I go to Force Quit, it shows that Finder has stopped responding. When I use Finder in any other view mode, I don't have that issue. This just started today. As far as I know, I haven't done any updates today that would cause the issue. I've restarted a few times. I'm running 10.10 on iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011). I when to updates in the App Store and saw there was an update for 10.10.1 and tried to run it twice now. It starts to install and says I have 7 minutes left and then at about 3 minutes, it just opens all my windows again and acts normally. When I go to "About this mac", I'm still showing 10.10 as the OS. Also, in the App Store, when I click on updates, it shows me 4 updates that I've already installed as ready to install. Not really sure what's going on nor why all the sudden this is an issue, but I use the preview mode in Finder all the time so I would love a fix for this. I've tried logging out and logging in as another user and the same issue with Finder happens with other users as well. I've emptied my trash bin as well.

Step one is to log into a newly created admin user account and see if the problem persists.
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

Open PDF's in new window in document library when using "Find a file" search

I need to be able to open PDF's in a new window from a document library when using the "Find a file" search built into the document library "All documents" view. I currently have the following javascript on the page:
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setTargetBlank()");
function setTargetBlank()
{ $("a[href$='.pdf']").removeAttr('onclick').attr("target", "_blank");
This works great when going to the document library and navigating through the folders then clicking on a link.
The problem is when someone goes to the document library then uses the "Find a file" search and then they click on a link. The "Find a file" search does not do a postback (reload) of the page, therefore my javascript to find the PDF links
and make them open in a new window does not run for the links on the page.
I have read the following article but this does not seem to offer a solution that will work in this situation for SharePoint 2013 (Office 365): http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/7ad3224c-3165-47ae-95bc-4f3928e2f9a8/opening-document-library-pdf-in-a-new-window-sharepoint-2013?forum=sharepointgeneral
I suppose the idea solution would be to somehow tap into the event that is fired when using "Find a file" search to run my javascript and update the links for the search results.
Can anyone offer any solutions to this issue?

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to open PDF files in a new window from a document library when using the "Find a file" search.
As you said, the "Find a file" search does not do a postback (reload) of the page, therefore JavaScript to find the PDF links and make them open in a new window does not run for the links on the page.
I recommend to use JS link to achieve the goal. Create a JavaScript override file and upload the JavaScript file to the Master Page Gallery, and then set the JS Link property of the document library web part to point to the JavaScript file.
Here are some links about the JS link in SharePoint 2013 for you to take a look:
http://www.idubbs.com/blog/2012/js-link-for-sharepoint-2013-web-partsa-quick-functional-primer/
http://www.learningsharepoint.com/2013/04/13/sharepoint-2013-js-link-tutorial/
http://zimmergren.net/technical/sp-2013-using-the-spfield-jslink-property-to-change-the-way-your-field-is-rendered-in-sharepoint-2013
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Victoria
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How to find number of files in a folder using pl/sql

please someone guide as to how to find number of files in a folder using pl/sql
Regards

The Java option works well.
-- results table that will contain a file list result
create global temporary table directory_list
        directory       varchar2(1000),
        filename        varchar2(1000)
on commit preserve rows
-- allowing public access to this temp table
grant select, update, insert, delete on directory_list to public;
create or replace public synonym directory_list for directory_list;
-- creating the java proc that does the file listing
create or replace and compile java source named "ListFiles" as
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class ListFiles
        public static void getList(String directory, String filter)
        throws SQLException
                File path = new File( directory );
                final String ExpressionFilter = filter;
                FilenameFilter fileFilter = new FilenameFilter() {
                        public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
                                if(name.equalsIgnoreCase(ExpressionFilter))
                                        return true;
                                if(name.matches("." + ExpressionFilter))
                                        return true;
                                return false;
                String[] list = path.list(fileFilter);
                String element;
                for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
                        element = list;
#sql {
insert
into directory_list
( directory, filename )
values
( :directory, :element )
-- creating the PL/SQL wrapper for the java proc
create or replace procedure ListFiles( cDirectory in varchar2, cFilter in varchar2 )
as language java
name 'ListFiles.getList( java.lang.String, java.lang.String )';
-- punching a hole in the Java VM that allows access to the server's file
-- systems from inside the Oracle JVM (these also allows executing command
-- line and external programs)
-- NOTE: this hole MUST be secured using proper Oracle security (e.g. AUTHID
-- DEFINER PL/SQL code that is trusted)
declare
SCHEMA varchar2(30) := USER;
begin
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.io.FilePermission',
'<<ALL FILES>>',
'execute, read, write, delete'
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission',
'writeFileDescriptor',
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission',
'readFileDescriptor',
commit;
end;
To use:
SQL> exec ListFiles('/tmp', '*.log' );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from directory_list;
DIRECTORY FILENAME
/tmp X11_newfonts.log
/tmp ipv6agt.crashlog
/tmp dtappint.log
/tmp Core.sd-log
/tmp core_intg.sd-log
/tmp da.sd-log
/tmp dhcpclient.log
/tmp oracle8.sd-log
/tmp cc.sd-log
/tmp oms.log
/tmp OmniBack.sd-log
/tmp DPISInstall.sd-log
12 rows selected.
SQL>

When i look at how much hard drive space i have available, my mac says i have 250 gigs used up in backup. I can not find this backup file to delete it and free up the space

When i look at how much hard drive space i have available, my mac says i have 250 gigs used up in backup. I can not find this backup file to delete it and free up the space

OmniDiskSweeper is a free utility that checks HD space.
FreeSpace cost $1 or is a free utility that checks HD space.
SpaceControl is a free utility that checks HD space.

My iTunes account sayscould not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it? whenever i click on a song and i didn't move the songs anywhere. I don't know if i saved them to my hard drive so i can't find any songs

I downloaded something that was told to me to get to put some of my itunes songs onto my android phone. I think it synced my account, though. Whenever i click on a song an exclamation point comes up and something pops up and says "could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" and i don't remember ever backing up my songs (this computer is fairly new) and now none of my songs come up. I have no idea what to do but ive spent hundreds of dollars on this account purchasing from the itunes store. Please help me!

Tunes works through a database file which has a list of your tracks. When you click on a track it looks up in the database which file it needs to play, then plays the file. If something breaks this link then you get ! The two main ways to get ! are to move a file from where iTunes expects it to be, or to delete it altogether. I don't know which has happened in your case. You can try using Spotlight to find a file for the one referred to in a broken link. If the files have been moved then they need to be moved back. If they were deleted completely you will have to restore them from a backup or download them again from the iTunes Store and rebuild your library.

Cannot reinstate catalog after returning PC (Windows 7) to factory settings (because of worm infection). Catalog was backed up on external drive but not using PSE backup facility. Cannot find and *.tly file. Is this hopeless?

Cannot reinstate catalog after returning PC (Windows 7) to factory settings (because of worm infection). Catalog was backed up on external drive but not using PSE backup facility. Cannot find and *.tly file. Is this hopeless?

If you made backups of all of your photos and your catalog file using some third-party method (i.e. not using the PSE catalog backup command), then you should be able to restore everything.
Step 1. Put the photos in the EXACT SAME LOCATION as before. For example, if they were in subfolders of C:\Users\<username>\Documents, then they must go into the exact same subfolders of C:\Users\<username>\Documents.
Step 2. Move the catalog file to wherever you want it to be, and then double-click on it.

When I try to listen to a song I purchased last week, I get the message, "could not be used because the original file could not be found. would you like to locate it?" What do I do to find it?

When I try to listen to the songs I purchased from iTunes last week, I get the error message, "could not be used because the original file could not be found. would you like to locate it?" What do I do to fix this problem or locate the song?
Thanks!

I am getting this same message. I recently bought a new Macbook Pro and the geeks transferred my files from my mini-mac. Perhaps they did not transfer something critical? I follow the "locate" option when it asks to find my files and I get a file folder that has a red circle with a white bar in the middle.
I have the same issues with my downloaded movies but my apps all seem to be fine.
Even more confusing - it seems to allow random songs to play and download on my Macbook and other devices. But most of my music - whether downloaded from iTunes or my CD collection comes up with that message about the original file.
Should I get new geeks to locate these files on my old mini-mac?

Can't find files using Finder

MBP running OS X 10.8.4
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Starting about two weeks ago, Finder stopped finding files on my MBP. Previously, if I were to look for a photo named "IMG_1234", I would simply search on "1234" and any and all files containing 1234 in the name would appear. Now, I get no return to my Finder search.
Spotlight still does return a full list of all files though.
I believe that whatever this problem is, it is also impacting other search-related functions (e.g., when looking to attach a file in Hotmail or to upload a photo to Facebook). I'm now unable to find a specific file on my HD using the browse function of those webpages.
This problem seemed to originate on a day when I was uploading photos to Facebook. I was able to find and upload several files without issue, then the ability to find specific photos just stopped working. It was at that point that the Finder search started returning no responses.
Any suggestions regarding causes/solutions to this issue? The files for which I am searching are definitely still on my HD. I'm wondering if I inadvertantly turned off a setting somewhere that impacts where Finder is searching.
Thanks for any help.

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