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February 10, 2004
Unimplemented Preferences

I was checking out a problem with Menu Master keys not working in some applications and I noticed the following preferences in the Finder

defaults write com.apple.Finder AllowCutForItems true You can cut, but not paste so it is completely worthless. Just places the items in the trash.
Something called NewWindowTargetIsHome. But I have no idea what data it wants.
defaults write com.apple.Finder ShowCustomIconsForRemovableVolumes true (or false, I guess)
defaults write com.apple.Finder AnimateSnapToGrid true. Defaults to true.
defaults write com.apple.Finder DisableAllAnimations true. Defaults to nothing.

That's all I could find so far. Neat huh? Should I look for more?

 Posted by rosyna at 12:41 AM | Comments (10) | TrackBack (0)
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'NewWindowTargetIsHome'

i suspect this is the:

"New Finder window opens: Home / Computer"

toggle in the finder prefs window.
nothing too magical, sorry.

Posted by: Alex Kent on February 10, 2004 4:50 AM

But I soo want copy and paste to work in Finder!

SirG3

Posted by: on February 10, 2004 4:55 AM

Er... copy and paste DO work in the Finder.

Posted by: on February 10, 2004 6:55 AM

i think he means Cut and Paste !

which despite being a interface design usability no-no, is actually a pretty useful feature.

its a pity apple took out a lot of the old hidden features in osx finder. i loved the individual icon sizing in finder 10.2.

Posted by: Alex Kent on February 10, 2004 7:10 AM

This DisableAllAnimations is horrible. When you open a window, it takes so long! It would have been great if the speed to open the window would have been enhanced with this option on, like in OS 9...

Posted by: Ced on February 10, 2004 9:40 AM

Are you sure it actually takes longer? I suspect that with animations enabled you simply have something to distract you while the Finder actually does work vs without it just does nothing until the information is available.

Posted by: Rincewind on February 10, 2004 3:23 PM

Yeah, it speeds things up for me, my old iMac is pretty slow with animations sometimes. It definitely doesn't slow things down, I can't see why Ced thinks it's horrible...

Posted by: Reilly on February 10, 2004 4:30 PM

strings /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

reveals most of these preferences...

DesktopViewOptions
ShowMountedServersOnDesktop
ShowRemovableMediaOnDesktop
ShowHardDrivesOnDesktop
FileViewer.LastWindowLocation
TargetID
Target
SingleWindowMode
DisableAllAnimations
AnimateWindowZoom
ShowToolbar
WindowBounds
ViewHeight
ViewStyle
AlwaysOpenWindowsInColumnView
NewWindowTarget
NewWindowTargetIsHome
NewWindowTargetPath
FinderSpawnWindow
ScrollPosition
EntryPoint
FileViewer.Statusbar
Binding Override
ZoomRects
AnimateSnapToGrid

...
com.apple.finder.columnview.ax
MaximumLabelLines
IconSize
ArrangeBy
PropertiesLocation
ViewMoreInfo
ShowPreviewIcon
BackgroundType
BackgroundColor
BackgroundPictureURL
BackgroundFlags
com.apple.finder.iconbrowser.ax

...
ColumnFlags
SortColumn
Columns
ColumnPropertyID
ColumnAlignment
ColumnSortOrder
ColumnVisible
com.apple.Labels

(and much, much more)

Also cool stuff like:
/SourceCache/Finder_FE/Finder_FE-442/Extractors/FileIdentifier.h

Posted by: Ben Hines on February 10, 2004 7:38 PM

While you're at it, can you go looking for a preference to set the default sidebar width? Huge sidebars (I'd prefer width-40 -- just icons) drive me mad.

Posted by: andfarm on February 18, 2004 2:48 PM

So, if not NewWindowTargetIsHome (which requires no additional data), NewWindowTargetPath (which is probably followed by the patch to the folder one desires as such). Test by setting another folder as the New Window Target in Finder prefs and check the string for its language.

Posted by: Ben Rosenthal on February 18, 2004 3:06 PM