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Read-only indication in Finder

When you are navigating in the Mac Finder, a quick way to tell if a folder or file is locked is to look in the lower left corner of the Finder window. If a folder or file is locked, you'll see a pencil with a slash though it to indicate that what you are looking at is read-only. Here's how it looks.

The Finder indicating that a file or folder is read only The Finder indicating that a file or folder is read only
Rating: 100% positive, 1 Vote
Categories: Mac Finder
Added: on Jul 29, 2008 at 11:57 am
Added By: an anonymous user

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