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Topics | Info window
The Info window toolbar
The buttons in the Info window toolbar act on the displayed item. Initially, all available items appear in the toolbar, but you can use the Customize item to remove and/or rearrange items.
customize
prefs
actions
print
droplet
open
openin
finder
move
copy
alias
copyclip
list
trash
group
flag
email
delete
Click any toolbar item’s icon for information about that item.
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The Info window toolbar is a standard Mac OS X toolbar. Click this item to add, remove, and rearrange items to create the toolbar layout which works best for you using a standard toolbar customization window. Control-click the toolbar and choose Customize Toolbar from the contexual menu, or choose Customize Toolbar from the Window menu to customize the toolbar if the Customize item is not in the toolbar.
Shows preferences settings related specifically to the Info window.
Click to open a menu of various actions that can be applied to the current window item. For a discussion of available actions visit this page
Print a copy of the current file in its owning application, if possible.
Create a droplet application configured to make the changes made in the current Info window.
Open the displayed item as if it had been double-clicked in Finder.
Press this item to open a menu of applications and choose one to open the current Info window item. Once an application has been selected, its icon will be used for this item and clicking this item will open the current Info window item in the same application.
Open the Finder's Get Info window for the current item.
Asks for a location to move the current item to when clicked, or shows a menu of favorite locations to which the item can be moved.
Asks for a location to copy the current item to when clicked, or shows a menu of favorite locations to which the item can be copied.
Asks for a name and location to create an alias of the current item when clicked, or opens a menu of favorite locations in which an alias can be created with no further interaction.
Choose an command from this menu to copy information displayed in the window to the Clipboard.
Click the List item to open a List window containing the item. Press to open a menu with these commands:
  • Same as clicking the item.
  • Only available for folders, choose this command to open a List window containing the contents of the folder. This is equivalent to double-clicking the icon well.
  • Only available if the window was opened for multiple items, choose this command to open a List window containing every item.
Moves the current item to the Trash. The item can be retrieved from the Trash until the Trash is emptied.
Opens a window containing total count and size information for all window items.
Use this menu to mark unchanged attributes as changed when you want to apply a current attribute to remaining items using the Change All button, or you want to create a Droplet which sets that attribute.
Creates a new e-mail message in your default e-mail program, with the current item attached to it.
The Mail icon displayed here is an example. File Buddy will use the icon of your e-mail application for this item in Info window toolbars.
Click this item to delete the current item. Press this item to open a menu with additional options for deleting individual file forks or erasing the current item.
  • Same as clicking the item.
  • Deletes the resource fork of a file. Only available for files that have a resource fork.
  • Deletes the data fork of a file. Only available for files whose data fork is not empty.
  • Use the this command when you want to delete something and prevent any chance of recovery.
Deleting and erasing items cannot be undone.