


If Seer is unable to preview a type of file you use often, such as Microsoft Office formats, you might be able to install a plugin for that application. You can even listen to audio or watch a video in the preview windows or scroll long text files. Seer works with images, video and audio files, plain text, PDFs, and more. Click the Spacebar again to quickly close the preview window. Click on the icons in the preview window to see the file details, open it in the default program for that file type, or show the file in Explorer.Ħ.

A new window will open with either a preview, if you selected an image, for example, or details of the file.ĥ. In Explorer, select the file to view and press the Spacebar. Log off root, login as your normal user again, and now, every user will benefit from the much more productive column view as the default. Once logged in, open Finder: Preferences: General, and check the "Open new window in column view" item. Log off and back on as username 'root' (with the new root password). Make sure that the the "Display Login Window as" option is set to "Name and password." Now switch over to System Preferences: Accounts, and select the Login Options button at the bottom of the account list. Open Applications: Utilities: Netinfo Manager, then choose Security: Authenticate, enter your admin user password, then choose Security: Enable Root User, and provide the root user its own password. Since permissions are an issue, nothing outside of it will adhere to your preference.Įnter root. A relatively trivial annoyance for several years, I've hated the fact my preference to change the Finder's windows to column view never seemed to "stick." I finally discovered that this apparent bug is actually a feature: The only folders your preferences will "stick" on are the folders in your own home folder.
