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Show the size columns in finder search results

In Snow Leopard, you can customize things so that when you get search results in the finder, it includes a column to indicate the file size of the result. To get this column added to your search results, open a terminal window and run this command:

defaults write com.apple.finder SearchViewSettings.ListViewSettings.columns.size.visible TRUE

You don't need to restart the Finder, the change will take effect at once. If you want to remove the Size column from the results, you can re-run the command and change the TRUE to FALSE.
Rating: 50% positive, 2 total Votes
Categories: Finder customization hack Mac Snow Leopard
Added: on Oct 25, 2009 at 6:34 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: finder result snow column leopard

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this didn't work for me on 10.6.2. I used another tip that requires editing com.apple.finder plist file.
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