[tritonus]

I backed up all my data on multiple DVDs with Toast 5.2.1. Then I did a full format on my HD and installed a clean version of Panther.

I copied all the folders and files from the DVD to my HD again. Unfortunately, Toast saved all the icons (in Finder) with icon resulution = 32 x 32 pixels. I had them 48 x 48 before and would like to get that resolution back for all my items.

What's the fastest way to do that? Where is this information archived in Folder? I'm looking for a bulk operation for my entire "Documents" folder, for example.

Thanks for your help!

[tritonus]

Please support a switcher...

[SomeToast]

Open your Documents folder in icon view in the Finder.

Go to the menu "View" -> "Show View Options"

Adjust the Icon size slider to where you want it. If "All windows" is selected, this change will apply to all Finder windows in icon view. "This window only" will make the changes only in the view of your Documents folder.

[tritonus]

Originally posted by SomeToast:
Open your Documents folder in icon view in the Finder.

Go to the menu "View" -> "Show View Options"

Adjust the Icon size slider to where you want it. If "All windows" is selected, this change will apply to all Finder windows in icon view. "This window only" will make the changes only in the view of your Documents folder.

Thanks. I've already found that.

Problem is, all my folders and files from my Toast backup are now set to "This window only". I can change to "All windows", but will have to do this in every single folder. Isn't there a faster way?

[Mithras]

Do this:
in the finder,
File: Find (or command F)

Search in 'Documents' for items whose:
Visibility is 'invisible items'
and Name contains DS_Store

Then throw the DS_Store files in the trash.
The folders should revert to the 'all windows' setting.

[tritonus]

Originally posted by Mithras:
Do this:
in the finder,
File: Find (or command F)

Search in 'Documents' for items whose:
Visibility is 'invisible items'
and Name contains DS_Store

Then throw the DS_Store files in the trash.
The folders should revert to the 'all windows' setting.

That's a GREAT idea, congrats!

I found 149 items. Unfortunately, I can't move them to the trash bin. There is in error that the items can't be moved as they are invisible. How can I delete them? I used command A to mark all and hoped for a flag to make them visible, but no success. Maybe with Terminal.app?

[ZackS]

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/mo...&vid=99812

'Nuff Said.

[tritonus]

Originally posted by ZackS:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/mo...&vid=99812

'Nuff Said.

Thanks for your research. I will only do this once and won't need an app for that. Preferring the manual way.

I found this in user feedback:
"... quick way to get rid of thoose .DS_Store can be done by the terminal by using find . -name .DS_Store -exec rm '{}' ; This will delete all DSStores from the current directory and all his subdirectories."

I tried this terminal command, but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong?

find . -name .DS_Store
lists me all the DS files

exec ... won't run, missing ";"

Terminal/UNIX users, please.

[tritonus]

Originally posted by tritonus:
I found this in user feedback:
"... quick way to get rid of thoose .DS_Store can be done by the terminal by using find . -name .DS_Store -exec rm '{}' ; This will delete all DSStores from the current directory and all his subdirectories."

How do I enter this command line, please?

- one line doesn't work
- two commands in one line doesn't work
- what about the ";" error

Can someone post an example (I'm a switcher)?

[MartiNZ]

This is interesting - while we're at it, is it also possible to set the opening positions of all windows in a similar manner? This has really bugged me since I started using OS X in 10.1.2.

All windows open at the same unexplainably chosen place, sized to fit like 3.5 icons across whereas 4 would have at least been bearable!

And the only way I have found to fix it is to change them 1 by 1 - open a window, change it, close it. Then it usually remembers but it is rather a lot of work, and of course, the Computer window still never remembers.

So, can it be done more easily?

[Chuckit]

Originally posted by tritonus:
How do I enter this command line, please?

- one line doesn't work
- two commands in one line doesn't work
- what about the ";" error

Can someone post an example (I'm a switcher)?

Your problem is that the shell is eating your semicolon. You have to escape it with a backslash, like so:

Code:
find . -name .DS_Store -exec rm '{}' \;

That should work properly.

[tritonus]

Originally posted by Chuckit:
Your problem is that the shell is eating your semicolon. You have to escape it with a backslash, like so:

Code:
find . -name .DS_Store -exec rm '{}' \;

That should work properly.

Thanks a lot, it worked the way you described. The .DS_Store files are gone.

Unfortunately, that didn't solve my original problem. The icons still have the "This window only" flag set. Where is that information stored when not in DS_Store?

[tritonus]

Originally posted by Mithras:
Do this:
in the finder,
File: Find (or command F)

Search in 'Documents' for items whose:
Visibility is 'invisible items'
and Name contains DS_Store

Then throw the DS_Store files in the trash.
The folders should revert to the 'all windows' setting.

I got rid of all the DS_Store files. Didn't help though (see my post above).

[tritonus]

Originally posted by tritonus:
I got rid of all the DS_Store files. Didn't help though (see my post above).

Any other suggestions to this problem? Thanks.