Access Folders from Finder Windows with a Custom Toolbar
May 4, 2011 - 6 Comments
This is a neat trick I accidentally discovered: you can drag folders into any Mac OS X Finder window toolbar and it will stick allowing for easy access.
Additionally, if you drag some of your core ~/ directories into the toolbar they’ll stay in place with custom icons like you can see in the screenshot above: music note for your ~/Music, a camera for ~/Pictures, and a movie reel for ~/Movies.
If you don’t want folders in the Finder window toolbar anymore, just drag them off while holding the Command key.
CMD+T will put a link of your file or folder to a left sidebar “Places” for quick access as well. I use it a lot for temporary and quickly accessing files and folders; delete it after I am done.
This is a great idea, I am going to post a separate tip about it.
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This is an amazing trick!! Thanks for sharing.
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