You can also ascend the hierarchy by apple-left-clicking the little icon in the center.

However, I love this hint and will immediately incorporate it. I'd also love to know how to find these hidden gems.

I find it much easier to use Command-Up Arrow to move up one folder in the Finder.

Or, if I need something to click on, I add the Path button to the Finder window; this lets you go more than one level at a time, if need be.

Ditto... you don't even need the path button if you command-click on the window title.

I also Command-Up Arrow. Much faster than using the mouse. :)

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nice tip,
i'd love to try that one too. sadly, i'm absolute incompetent when it comes to photoshop.
would you care to share the icon you designed?
that would be fantastic.

Interesting. I tried your

<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

in another app and it didn't seem to work. Thanks for the hint though.

The values in the Info.plist file are cached, so if you've opened the application before it is remembering the old value. Once you change the value, try logging out and then logging back in, and it should work.

Actually, it's LSUIElement

You can let the system know you've made the change by dragging the app to the Desktop then back to the Applications folder. You don't have to logout.

--Bryan

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This sounds handy 3mors.
What do we do with the download?

put it in your Applications folder and then drag it to the finder toolbar. the only problem is that 'cause to an icon autoresize problem of the finder window, you have to keep the toolbar view in "large icons" mode

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Excellent, thanks a lot.

<blockquote> the only problem is that 'cause to an icon autoresize problem of the finder window, you have to keep the toolbar view in "large icons" mode</blockquote>

You have to create an "icon family" to get the different sizes. I use Iconographer X.

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It is ugly in that it is possible to switch windows before the keystroke takes effect so that it doesn't go to the intended window, but you almost have to try to do it on purpose. Some of its ugliness is mitigated by the fact that, as a toolbar button, the keystroke implicitly would go to the front window (Finder toolbar buttons don't support Cocoa Cmd-click through behaviour).

Despite these drawbacks, the reason why I prefer the keystroke way is the behaviour in "Icon" and "List" view. Both methods will "go to parent", but unlike the container of window approach, a keystroke also leaves the previous folder selected so you can see where you came from.

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This hardly seems necessary. Just add the Path button to the Finder using "Customize Toolbar." Click and hold on the resulting new Path button in the Finder toolbar and all parent folders appear, from which you can then simply pick any of these in a snap.

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i think that it is useful mostly for switchers, who have get used for windows explorer, which have similar button.

Or press the command key and click the titlebar. Does the same as adding the show path button. I use it allot.

This also works in Safari. I find it's the best way to get back to the start of a site.

Why are so many Apple users unwilling to accept that MacOX usability can be improved? Why use 2 or 3 actions to do something that can be done with one?

I think the real hint hear is the slick way to extend features into Finder. I don't particularly need the 'up one folder' feature due to the nature of how I work. But I can see how it would be cool to add an Automator app as a "button" that would, say, upload selected files to a server. Right now, I do that via an Automator workflow in a context menu. This would save at least one click.

By the way, this avoids the error when you get to the top of the hierarchy:

tell application "Finder" to set p to target of window 1 as string

set x to POSIX path of file p
set z to do shell script "cd " & x & "; cd .. ; pwd"

tell application "Finder" to set target of window 1 to POSIX file z

How can I get that "iTunes 7"-like interface in the Finder?

control-click in the folder's toolbar area.

if you don't see it, try clicking the lozenge-shaped button in the upper right corner first.

if that still doesn't give you what you want, click and drag on that little dot in the middle of the left edge of the window.

try cmd-opt-T or View->Show Toolbar

I am sorry that I didn't make myself clear.

What I actually meant to ask about was how to get the "smooth" grey interface (as in iTunes) as oposed to the default with the "Brushed Metal"-texture. It was not about how to show the sidebar and toolbar.

Very Cool. I am definitely going to try that :-)

Oops, that comment was in reply to another comment above. Re-posted it in the proper subthread.

i always use key kombinations, its far more faster way for me, so one level up its cmd + arrow up

This emulates the command up without sending keys in applescript

try
tell application "Finder" to set the source_folder to target of window 1 as alias
tell application "Finder" to set target of window 1 to the container of target of window 1
tell application "Finder" to select source_folder
end try


it selects the source folder after its navigated to its parent