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Expand Finder Columns Quickly

Column view in the Finder is great for navigating through your disk's hierarchy, but the columns often aren't wide enough to show the full names of all the files. To expand a column to a width that will show all file names in their entirety, double-click the handle that you would normally drag to expand or shrink the column. To expand all the visible columns to that width, Option-double-click the handle.

 
 

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/14-May-07

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Skype on MacBook Pro -- A reader encounters poor performance using Skype's Voice-over-IP service, but is the problem in his network connection or audio input source? (11 messages)


Timeslips in Parallels -- Are others encountering a problem running the program Timeslips in virtualization? (1 message)


ICeCoffEE functionality everywhere -- Recent discussion of old Apple Data Detectors technology leads to an awareness of how it's hard to find a solution as easy as Command-clicking a URL to open it in a Web page. (4 messages)


MacBook drive failure? A hard drive is acting up - time to break out DiskWarrior? Yes, but using an old version could prove disastrous. (8 messages)


Encrypted disk image won't close -- Readers offer solutions for a disk image that wants to stick around. (7 messages)


Wired or wireless network for a graphics lab? A computer lab is moving to a new location, which is an excellent time to reevaluate infrastructure. For graphics-focused machines, is it worth stringing cable, or can a wireless network handle the data throughput needs? (5 messages)


Treo 755 Review -- The latest Palm Treo is found to be underwhelming; is a mystery device on the horizon, or will the iPhone knock Palm out of its own market? (2 messages)


Losing Address Book Data -- What's a good solution for automatically backing up Address Book, given that a reader has watched its database implode on several occasions? (2 messages)


Apple TV -- The Apple TV won't stream Internet radio from a computer or over the Internet, which dampens a reader's enthusiasm for the device. (1 message)


Remembering passwords -- Is it a good idea to carry your passwords written in your wallet? Perhaps, but with a little trickery. (2 messages)

 

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