[aryayush]

Hello!
I have recently bought an Apple MacBook Pro 17" and there are a few problems that I am facing with the operating system I need solved. Please help me out!
1. Isn't there any setting to make the Finder always show thumbnail previews of images? By default, it only shows the thumbnail previews of images that I have edited in Adobe Photoshop CS2.
2. When I have edited an image in Photoshop and saved it; the next time I open it, it opens with Adobe Photoshop by default. Why is it so and how to prevent that? The problem wouldn't have been too bad had it not been for the third problem...
3. ... that I cannot change the default application a particular file type opens with. I right click on it, select 'Open With >> Other...', click on the application I want to set as default, enable 'Always Open With' and hit Return, but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
4. Is there any straightforward way to hide files and/or folders like on Windows?
Thank you!

[Tuoder]

1. I have noticed this as well, but I don't know how to fix it.
2. Click on the file. Type Command+i. Click pn the triangle next to the words Open with. Select the application you want to open that file. If you want all files of that type to do the same, click on the button that says change all.
3.I am not sure what you are talking about.
4. Fiddling with ownership and permissions can do this, I think. I have always regarded hidden files as kind of useless. It doesn't take any tinkering to get around it. OS X handles it a little better, but it can still be circumvented.

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by tuoder

2. Click on the file. Type Command+i. Click pn the triangle next to the words Open with. Select the application you want to open that file. If you want all files of that type to do the same, click on the button that says change all.
3.I am not sure what you are talking about.

You answered the third query in your second point. Thanks for that, will save me a lot of hassle.
There is another question:
5. Where can I get a list of ALL the keyboard/mouse shortcuts for OS X and Apple applications? The 'Keyboard Shortcuts' list in 'System Preferences' is rather limited, is it not?

[Tuoder]

Originally Posted by aryayush 

You answered the third query in your second point. Thanks for that, will save me a lot of hassle.
There is another question:
5. Where can I get a list of ALL the keyboard/mouse shortcuts for OS X and Apple applications? The 'Keyboard Shortcuts' list in 'System Preferences' is rather limited, is it not?

Open system preferences through the apple menu. then click on keyboard and mouse. Then click keyboard shortcuts. I believe that that is a more or less comprehensive list.

[JKT]

Originally Posted by aryayush 

You answered the third query in your second point. Thanks for that, will save me a lot of hassle.
There is another question:
5. Where can I get a list of ALL the keyboard/mouse shortcuts for OS X and Apple applications? The 'Keyboard Shortcuts' list in 'System Preferences' is rather limited, is it not?

For the OS, you can find a more comprehensive listing of keyboard shortcuts in the Mac Help (when in Finder, select the Help menu>Mac Help) - just run a search for keyboard shortcuts.

Each application will list its own keyboard shortcuts in their own Help file.

[goMac]

1) Go to any Finder window, switch it to icon view. View: Show View options. Make sure it is set to All Windows. Check "Show Icon Preview".

[JKT]

Originally Posted by aryayush 

1. Isn't there any setting to make the Finder always show thumbnail previews of images? By default, it only shows the thumbnail previews of images that I have edited in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

In the Finder, when in icon view, go to the View Menu>Show View options and select Show preview icon. You can select to have it apply only to that Window (by default it is All Windows, so it is best to make that choice before changing any other options).

4. Is there any straightforward way to hide files and/or folders like on Windows?

Putting a full stop . as the first character of the name will cause the file or folder to become hidden, but I would not recommend this unless you only intend to do it for personal files - doing it for application files and folders etc. will cause problems. If it is a matter of security, doing this is not a practical way of doing things (anyone with the remotest bit of nous can see invisible files with ease) and you are better off creating an encrypted disk image using Disk Utility for storage of your files.

Note, if you aren't comfortable with using the Terminal, to show hidden files in the Finder download the freeware app called Tinkertool. One of the options it has is to show all hidden files.

[aryayush]

Thanks a lot!

BTW, why do the previews of photoshopped images have a nice shadow under them and the default previews of Finder are bland? See screenshot:


The one on the left is the default preview of an image in Finder and the one on the right is the preview of a file that has been edited in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

[Curiosity]

Go to any Finder window, switch it to icon view. View: Show View options. Make sure it is set to All Windows. Check "Show Icon Preview".

An icon is not the same as a thumbnail. A thunbnail is a miniature versiion of the image itself.

[dougfm]

Originally Posted by aryayush 

Thanks a lot!

BTW, why do the previews of photoshopped images have a nice shadow under them and the default previews of Finder are bland? See screenshot:


The one on the left is the default preview of an image in Finder and the one on the right is the preview of a file that has been edited in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

The previews on Photoshop files are custom icons PS adds to the files when they are saved. This is why the PS files had previews when the Finder wasn't set to display icon previews.

Doug

[chabig]

Originally Posted by Curiosity 

An icon is not the same as a thumbnail. A thunbnail is a miniature versiion of the image itself.

..which is exactly what you get when you select "Show Icon Preview".

[JKT]

I'm guessing that Curiosity's point here is that Apple's language for that option is not accurate.

[aryayush]

No, he was just telling me that while Photoshop generated a custom icon for every image it saves, Mac OS X shows thumbnails of images.