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5 unusual facts about Finder


Disk Expert

Also it allows the user to use Apple's QuickLook to display the file's content, as well as reveal file in Finder.

File association

Within Finder each file will be identified with a UTI and open with the default application for that type.

Finder

Finder Wyvernspur, a fictional deity of the Forgotten Realms universe

Space Gremlin

Along with showing selected files in Finder, it provides the ability to compress or delete files directly within the application.

Visi On

Although the Mac was seriously lacking software, notably a spreadsheet, it was faster, cheaper, included a graphical file manager (the Finder), and simply looked much better.


A. F. Kidd

She collaborated with Australian writer Rick Kennett on the collection No. 427 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki, the Untold Stories which continues the adventures of occult investigator Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, originated by William Hope Hodgson.

Armored Trooper Votoms

Armored Trooperoid Votoms Finder (ボトムズファインダー), an "alternate universe" OAV that centers around Aki Tesuno, a Bottoms guard for scrap salvagers and a pilot of a robotic mecha called an At or Altro (as opposed to VOTOMS' trademark Armored Trooper mecha).

Boxer, Beetle

The finder of the note, “Fishy”, so called because of a rare medical condition that causes the sufferer’s sweat to smell of rotten fish, appeals to the users of a Nazi memorabilia message board to help in solving the mystery.

Carla Speed McNeil

Carla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.

Dennis Booth

Dennis Booth (born 9 April 1949 in Stanley Common, England) is an English footballer and coach currently working with the UK Football Finder team.

Easy Finder

On August 22, 2006, Hong Kong tabloid magazine Easy Finder published a series of photos of Gillian Chung inside a changing room after a Twins concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting, Malaysia.

Electric Pentacle

The "electric pentacle" is a fictional electronic device invented by author William Hope Hodgson and used in several of his short stories about Carnacki the Ghost-Finder.

Height finder

In World War II, a height finder was an optical rangefinder used to determine the altitude of an aircraft (actually the slant range from the emplacement which was combined with the angle of sight, in a mechanical computer, to produce altitude), used to direct anti-aircraft guns.

IRS tax forms

Additionally, requests may be made via the IRS using Form 4506-A, and PDF copies can often be found online on sites such as Foundation Center's 990 Finder, Guidestar.org and the National Center for Charitable Statistics.

Joseph Finder

Finder published Red Carpet: The Connection Between the Kremlin and America's Most Powerful Businessmen (1983), about Dr. Armand Hammer's ties to Soviet intelligence.

Martine Leavitt

Leavitt's books have won many awards, including winner of the 2003 Mr. Christie Award for Tom Finder, finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Keturah and Lord Death, finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Heck Superhero, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award for My Book of Life by Angel in 2013.

Packard Bell Navigator

This is similar to the design of Microsoft Bob, which ran on top of Windows, and At Ease, which ran on top of Mac OS Finder.

Sedgeford Torc

The torc was then acquired for the British Museum through the Duchy of Lancaster and with the assistance of the Christy Trust, and the finder, landowner A. E. Middleton was awarded the full market value of £3,300.

Shareware Industry Awards

The Software Industry Conference website notes: "The Shareware Industry Awards were conceived by Michael Callahan aka Dr. File Finder at the time of the first shareware conference - as a means to focus attention on the shareware industry. Michael felt that while the conference would help shareware authors in general, an awards ceremony "like the Academy Awards" would benefit the shareware industry as a whole."

Steve Capps

In 1981, Capps started working for Apple on the Lisa project and he continued his work on the Macintosh, principally writing the Finder (along with Bruce Horn) and Macintosh system utilities—such as ResEdit.

System 1

The features of the operating system included a total lack of a command line interface (which was included in Microsoft's Windows 1.0 introduced in 1985), Finder, and the menu bar.

The Da Vinci Treasure

The film centres on Michael Archer (C. Thomas Howell), a forensic anthropologist who inadvertently discovers a set of subtle clues within the works of Leonardo da Vinci, that, when interpreted correctly, will lead the finder to "enlightenment".


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