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The classic Mac OS Finder uses a spatial metaphor quite different from the more browser-like approach of the modern macOS Finder. [1] In the classic Finder, opening a new folder opens the location in a new window: Finder windows are 'locked' so that they would only ever display the contents of one folder.
Quick Look technology is implemented throughout the Apple suite of software starting with Mac OS X 10.5, including iChat Theater, Time Machine, and Finder's Cover Flow. The integration with Time Machine allows users to preview versions of files within the backup system, making it easier to find specific versions before restoring them.
Sherlock, named after fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, was a file and web search tool created by Apple Inc. for the PowerPC-based "classic" Mac OS, introduced in 1998 with Mac OS 8.5 as an extension of the Mac OS Finder's file searching capabilities.
MultiFinder is an extension for the Apple Macintosh's classic Mac OS, introduced on August 11, 1987 [1] and included with System Software 5. [2] It adds cooperative multitasking of several applications at once – a great improvement over the previous Macintosh systems, which can only run one application at a time.
OnyX – a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for macOS; Path Finder – replacement for Apple's Finder; Quicksilver – a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data; SheepShaver – PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs; Sherlock – file searching (version 2), web services ...
This is a list of built-in apps and system components developed by Apple Inc. for macOS that come bundled by default or are installed through a system update. Many of the default programs found on macOS have counterparts on Apple's other operating systems, most often on iOS and iPadOS.
Although primarily used by the Finder, these files were envisioned as a more general-purpose store of metadata about the display options of folders, such as icon positions and view settings. [2] For example, on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and later, the ".DS_Store" files contain the Spotlight comments of the folder's files.
Path Finder (originally SNAX) is a Macintosh file browser developed by Cocoatech. [1] [2] First released in 2001 simultaneously with the public release of Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah), [3] it replicates or integrates most of the features of the Finder, but introduces additional functionality similar to that found in the Windows File Explorer, the defunct Norton Commander, and other third-party file ...