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Using the Multiple Item Info Window

Posted on April 13th, 2007 at 6:15 am ·
Filed in: RSS Mac OS Books   

A quick tip (with video) for Macintosh users.

Suppose you have a bunch of files in a folder and you want to know what the combined size of several files would be.

  1. Select all the files you want to include. You can hold down the Command key to select multiple files.
  2. Multiple Item Info WindowHold down the Option key and choose Show Inspector from the File menu. Or just press Command-Option-I. You’ll see the information you want in the Multiple Item Info window that appears.
  3. When you’re finished, click the window’s close button to dismiss it.

Keep in mind that if you don’t hold down the Option key, a separate window will open for each selected file.

Also, if you want to include items in different folders, view the folders and their contents in list view. You can then select multiple items from different folders.

Want to see this tip in action? Download the full-size video in QuickTime format or the iPod-compatible MPEG-4 video file.

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