The OSX/Apple support thread

[Tycho]

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

[BlueMR2]

Tycho said:

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

You can use Automator to make an application or quick action etc, that should be able to take whatever files you drop on it and then you can use finder actions to create a archive which will create a zip of those files.

If you find it is moving the files, you can use a finder action to copy the files first.

[craigjm]

With the latest iMacs do they have the capability of taking an input from a laptop and just being used as an external monitor?

[Tycho]

BlueMR2 said:

Tycho said:

mmm-five said:

Speed 3 said:

Never had to do this myself but there is an indirect way:

Search as you have done, select the files you want to group. Then, rather than right clicking, go to File menu in the top toolbar and it will give you an option to create New Folder with Selection. You can then compress/move that folder as you wish.

You can do that 'New Folder with Selection (x items)' directly from the find window, with a right-click (well, I can, in Sonoma).

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

You can use Automator to make an application or quick action etc, that should be able to take whatever files you drop on it and then you can use finder actions to create a archive which will create a zip of those files.

If you find it is moving the files, you can use a finder action to copy the files first.

That sounds like a plan. I'd forgotten about automator, thanks.

[mmm-five]

Tycho said:

Doing this seems to take all the selected files and move them to a new folder rather than give you the option to copy them instead so if I do this then I have to go into the new folder and compress the files and then copy them back to their original folder which is such a pain in the balls.

Thanks everyone for the help. Looks like in this respect it's easier to do in windows. I'll see if there is anything I can do in applescript.

Yes, just tried it myself...and I've now moved various versions of Palatino font from their respective folders to a new folder...and I don't remember where they came from

What I should have done is created the new folder first, and then drag-copied the files from the Find window into that first.

[AstonZagato]

I have a 2018 MacBook Pro running the latest version of Ventura.

The battery is in a poor state but that isn't an issue as I run it permanently plugged in to a docking station and have a seperate monitor and keyboard - so the laptop is always closed.

The last few days it has developed an issue of refusing to wake up. I can open the clamshell and press the power button and nothing happens. Black screen.

I add the power from the official power brick and nothing happens for about 10 minutes. Then I can start it up. Very occasionally, before it boots, the screen will show the low battery symbol. It then boots and the battery is at 100%.


I think it somehow believes the battery is depleted (even though it isn't) so goes into deep hibernation. You then have to trick it into believing it has got some external charge, at which point it finds out it has 100% battery.

Any fix?