{"id":25892,"date":"2016-10-03T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=25892"},"modified":"2016-09-26T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:11:03","slug":"add-file-and-folder-sizes-with-the-finders-inspector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/add-file-and-folder-sizes-with-the-finders-inspector\/","title":{"rendered":"Add File and Folder Sizes with the Finder\u2019s Inspector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You undoubtedly know that you can figure out how much disk space a file or folder takes up by selecting it and choosing File &gt; Get Info. But what if you have a bunch of files and\/or folders whose sizes you want to add up, perhaps to see if they\u2019ll fit on a USB drive or can be attached to an email message? Select all these items at once (Command-click them, for instance), hold down the Option key, and choose File &gt; Show Inspector (or press Command-Option-I). Instead of a Get Info window, you see a floating Multiple Item Info Inspector that tells you how large the collection is. Better yet, if you add or remove items from the selection by Command-clicking, or make an entirely different selection, the Inspector adjusts to the new selection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-830 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tip-Finder-Inspector.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tip-Finder-Inspector.png 802x, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tip-Finder-Inspector-300x182.png 300x, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tip-Finder-Inspector-768x465.png 768x\" alt=\"tip-Finder-Inspector\" width=\"355\" height=\"215\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 355px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 355\/215;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You undoubtedly know that you can figure out how much disk space a file or folder takes up by selecting it and choosing File &gt; Get Info. But what if you have a bunch of files and\/or folders whose sizes you want to add up, perhaps to see if they\u2019ll fit on a USB drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,53,86,49,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-mac-blog","category-macos","category-os-x","category-quick-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tip-Finder-Inspector-photo-1080x675.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-6JC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1608,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/taking-screenshots-three-tricks-for-the-mac-and-one-for-ios\/","url_meta":{"origin":25892,"position":0},"title":"Taking Screenshots: Three Tricks for the Mac and One for iOS","author":"computeradv","date":"July 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but the screenshot that captures a confusing error message or funny auto-correct fail is far more valuable. 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