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Finder Tricks
  I wanted to explore some options and tricks in Lion's Finder that might help make things more useful
Change New Window Default
  I believe the default in Lion is now for new Finder windows to open to the new 'All My Files' view
  To change that behavior go to Finder-->Preferences… and under the General tab change the 'New Finder Windows Show' setting
  The options are:
    Computer, Hard Drive, iDisk
    Home, Desktop, Documents
    All My Files
    Other… (Allows you to pick any volume, folder, or location)
Organizing the Sidebar
  Click and drag to reorganize items within a group
    Unfortunately there is no way to control the default order of the groupings
      Favorites, Shared, Devices
  Remove items by dragging them out while holding the command key. Should see the smoke puff.
    Can also right click and Choose remove
  Add items by dragging them into the sidebar
    Useful for adding the Library folder in Lion
    Use Go menu to access hidden Library folder by holding down the 'option' key.
    Once visible drag it to the sidebar. You should be able to see it 'greyed out' in column view
  Manage from the Finder-->Preferences Sidebar tab
    Check on or off default items.
Customize the Toolbar
  View-->Customize Toolbar…
  Presents the toolbar customization pane
  You can add additional items to the toolbar, like the 'Path' dropdown, 'Connect', or 'Get Info'
  You can also rearrange items while in this mode by dragging them
  When not in edit mode, you can re-arrange items in the toolbar by holding down the command key and dragging items
  You can also add your own files, folders, or even apps to the toolbar.
  Hold Command and drag item out of the toolbar to remove it
Access UNIX directories
  Use the 'Go--->'Go to Folder' menu
  Can now type any UNIX level path and access the contents of that folder (Directory)
  Examples. '/etc' or '/private'
  Or '~/Library' to access your Users Library folder.
  Be careful access ing hidden directories because you could do damage to your system if you edit or delete the wrong file or folder
Saved Searches and Smart folders
  When doing a Finder search from the toolbar in the results screen there is a 'Save' option
  Can control where the search is being performed from the search bar just above the results
    Default is the entire computer, but you can change it from the Finder-->Preferences Advanced tab.
      "When performing a search:"
      Options are: 'Search This Mac', 'Search Current Folder', 'Use the Previous Search Scope'
  Also from the search bar you can click the "+" icon to add additional search criteria
    The first dropdown is your filter name
      Accessing 'Other…' gives tons of options.
      These can be added to the drop down by clicking the 'In Menu' option
      I like to add at least 'System files' and 'File Visibility'
    The second is usually the criteria, like 'is' or 'contains'
    The last item is the filter value
    If you hold the option key down the "+" becomes an ellipses and you can add boolean criteria. All or Any
  Finally you can save complex searches and add them to the sidebar for later use
    These are saved by default in your ~/Library/Saved Searches folder
Arrange By
  I believe this is a new option in Lion
  Works in all Finder View and allows you to group items by various criteria
  Accessed from the toolbar item or under 'View'-->'Arrange By'
    Name, Kind, Application, Date Last opened, Date Added, Date Modified, Date Created, Size, Label
    The 'Applications' folder has an option of 'Application Category' which replaces the 'Application' option
  I have found setting my 'All My Files' sidebar item to arrange by 'Date Modified' to be much more useful than it's default setting which is arrange by 'Kind'.
    With Date Modified, the documents I worked with most recently are always displayed and this works in 'Open' dialog boxes which is great when moving between apps.
    For example, I prep an image with Acorn and then want to upload that with Transmit. In the open dialog box I select the 'All my Files' location and because it's arranged by 'Date Modified' the file I just worked with is the first item I see.
Spotlight Previews
  If you do a search from the Spotlight menubar item
  Hover over a result and wait a moment to get a preview in Lion
  If you hold down the Command Key while you hover you'll get a status bar at the bottom.
  The Status bar shows the name or contents first and if you wait to will toggle to the path (location) and then back and forth.
  You can now also drag items directly out of the Spotlight search results dropdown pane and a copy will be made of the document
Add multiple items to folder
  If you select multiple items in a folder and then Control+Click (right_click) there is now a 'New folder with Selection' option as the first choice.
  It even drops you right into editing the new folder name, so you can name it and be done quickly.
  You can of course Command+Select items to add multiple different items to the folder
  Also don't forget that you can still also Control+Click after your selection and create an Archive of the selected items. This will copy the items into a ZIP archive. Great for emailing items, especially to PC users.
Keep Both or Skip
  When copying or moving multiple items in the Finder if the destination already has items with the some name you now get a choice
  Keep Both, Stop, or Replace.
  You can toggle the 'Keep Both' option to be 'Skip' if you hold down the option key.
  Likewise, if the default option comes up as 'Skip' then holding the option key will present the 'Keep Both' option.
  When keeping both a number is appended to the filename to make it unique in the destination folder.