Some users have reported an issue where the Finder repeatedly crashes then re-launches (its default behavior in the case of a crash) after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.9. MacFixIt reader Vernon Haley ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion reverses a trend toward user interface complexity, delivering a desktop computing environment that not only incorporates graphical elements of iOS, but also copies the intuitive ...

In the new Finder, Apple is trying to imitate the worst "feature" of Windows Explorer: Finder windows no longer remember their individual view settings by default. This is a disaster for whomever is ...

There appears to be a bug in Mac OS X 10.2.x causes files with unrecognized name extensions to be improperly labeled when duplicated or otherwise modified in the Finder. To duplicate the bug, make ...

Ever end up with a lot of Finder windows floating around your Mac screen? In previous versions of Mac OS X, the choice was to close them all with a keyboard shortcut, Option-Command-W, which will end ...

Ten years ago Apple bestowed a new operating system unto the world, Mac OS X. A merger of NeXTStep and the Classic Mac OS, OS X finally delivered Apple’s first major evolution in OS design after a ...

If Mac OS X has a secret shame, it's the Finder. Once the crown jewel of the Mac operating system, the Finder is now the merely tolerated. The dissatisfaction with the Mac OS X Finder takes many forms ...

Reader Judy Agid asks very reasonably: I would like the Finder windows to allow me to always have folders on top and all files within the folders to be in alphabetical order. Is there any way to do ...