Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using macOS?

Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by GolDDranks on Saturday August 08, 2020 @10:58AM (#24092073)

Cmd-R (R for "reveal") in the open/save file dialog opens the present directory in Finder. This is useful as I commonly want to do some additional janitory tasks in the directory.

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Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by mikehollinger on Saturday August 08, 2020 @11:49AM (#24092528)

A complimentary feature: when you want to “open” a file from some file open dialog box, instead of navigating through the dialog, go find the file some other way and drag-n-drop it onto the dialog. The file won’t open, BUT it’ll pop over to the directory and select the file for you to then open in the context of the application.

I use this all the time when I either have something handy in Finder or can find it more quickly with alfred.

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Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by TaqPolymerase on Monday August 10, 2020 @01:09AM (#24105761)

This works in Spotlight too!

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