While tooling around Jaguar, I noticed a feature in the View Options: Show Item Info. When you enable it, it will show a little bit of information under icons. For example, under each drive it shows how large the drive is. Under a folder, it tells how many items there are in the folder. Under MP3s and TIFFs, it shows the song length and picture size, respectively. To turn it on for a window, go to the View menu -> Show View Options. Click "Show Item Info".
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