Finder ‘fresher

In: Geek Finds

18 Apr 2007

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Found this on LifeHacker this morning, made me think of when Brian lamented the lack of a refresh in Finder.

Mac OS X only: Freeware tool Refresh Finder lets you add a Safari-like refresh button to your Finder window.

Die-hard Mac owners might think Tiger’s automatic refresh should render this irrelevant, but there are times when Finder’s auto-refresh just doesn’t do the trick – especially with mounted networked drives. Rather than having to hit back and forward, or worse yet, rather than requiring you to unmount and remount a network drive, you should be able to just click the Refresh Finder button, which runs a very simple Applescript and refreshes the folder you’re looking at. Refresh Finder is freeware, Mac OS X only. To install, move to your Applications folder, then just drag the refresh icon directly onto your Finder toolbar.

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4 Responses to Finder ‘fresher

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Brian

April 19th, 2007 at 10:00 am

Dude, that’s wicked!

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Brian

April 19th, 2007 at 10:03 am

Can’t seem to get it to work, is it power-pc only?

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JoeG

April 19th, 2007 at 11:13 am

Nope, works on my Intel MacBook. Download, mount .dmg, and copy to your Applications folder. Then drag to your Finder toolbar.

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Brian

April 19th, 2007 at 12:19 pm

Sorry, just needed to read the directions

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