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Displaying film-related metadata columns in non-"Movies" folders in the Finder
This is cool! I wasn't aware of the extra columns.
Well, in addition to the renaming explained in the hint, there is also a more complicated way of getting the same result. More complicated, but maybe interesting to some readers, so I'll explain it. The short version: take advantage of the automatic file/folder name localization system built in Mac OS X. The long version: rename your folder Movies.localized (or Pictures.localized or Music.localized, etc., to get the other special columns). Then, in the folder, create a subfolder named .localized, in which you will then create a UTF8-encoded text file name en.strings (or fr.strings, or de.strings, etc., based on your preferred language). In the file, just type one line as below, including quotes and semi-colon:
What are the advantages over the simple method displayed in the hint? I'm not sure, honestly. In my case, the multilingual aspect is an advantage, since I live in a multilingual family sharing one computer. But it's not a very common case, of course. Another (small) advantage may be found: if and when new specific columns get added to the Movies folder in a future OS version, it will be available right away for the folders named using this method. |
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