Path Finder

When I'm copying a bunch of files to a directory in which some or all already exist, I skip out on the Finder. Go to your friendly neighborhood Terminal, and type cp /path/to/source/files/whatever* /path/to/destination Shazam! No prompting to replace all! :) I know, it's not the best solution, and Apple should add this to the Finder, but at least this is a...

R with a space at the end. Now, drag the Dock application from the Finder onto the Terminal window. The path to the Dock application should automatically appear. Now just press return, type in your password, and press return. ...

Find the file in the Finder, and drag the file onto the Terminal window. You'll get the full path to the file added to the command line. ...

title to show the path of a finder window. ...

Apple to develop a completely new development environment for developers. Why did Apple make the Finder Carbon? ...

Sorry, my last post was made in haste -- I was about to leave, but thought I'd check the boards one more time. ;) There may be a way to do this without the Terminal, but I don't know of one. You can change access permissions in the Get Info box, but I don't see a way to change ownership or force delete. The easiest, safest way I know to do this is as follows (read...

Then in a Finder window, find the folder you want. Drag that folder onto the Terminal window. ...

where you put the new Applications folder. This is where you are going to install new applications. Drag that folder to the Terminal window you made. The UNIX path to your new applications folder should have been inputed into the Terminal. ...

Wait! Wait! I have another suggestion before you go reinstalling! Go here: http://homepage.mac.com/simx/.cv/simx/Public/chkstuff115.sit-binhex.hqx It'll download a command-line utility that will help you set permissions back to what they originally were.

waving flag easter egg that came when you typed "secret about box" in the note pad and dragged it to the Finder to make a text clipping. ...