Finder: Checking Total Size of Files

May 04, 2008 in Tips and Tricks | 6 Comments

When you want to check the size of a single file, highlighting the file followed by pressing Command-I (Get Info) is enough to extract out the file size.

However, if you do the same when you highlight multiple files, a lot of File Info Pane will appear. In order to pretend this to happen and you only get a single pane that display the total size of selected files, you can use Command-Option-I (Show Inspector).

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6 Comments

03:44 AM

Matt Ayers

Awesome I've been looking for just this for a while now, thanks for sharing.

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05:12 AM

Martin

Really cool tip. Thanks

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08:02 AM

VĂ­ctor F. Ruiz

You can do that with the Keyboard. Simply press Cmd + Alt + I. Thanks ;)

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10:45 PM

Pat

Another awesome tip!

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11:15 PM

greg

i HATE the Inspector panel cuz i can't close it with a keyboard shortcut.... another option would b to use Cmd + Control + I

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12:39 PM

jen

greg, alt+cmnd+w to close :)

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