In OS X, to get information on the file, or files, currently selected just hit ‘apple-i’, ‘ctrl-left click’ or ‘right-click’ for more information. However if you have up to ten items selected you will get 10 info windows, rather than just one summary window.

To get a summary of the selected files, ‘ctrl-left click’ or ‘right-click’ to bring up the contextural menu. Now pressing and releasing the ‘ctrl’ key will toggle ‘get info’ and ‘get summary info’ .

Likewise, the ‘option’ key will toggle between ‘get info’ and ‘show inspector’. ‘option’ also toggles the ‘open with’ command to ‘always open with’.

Try this on application menus for more choices, eg the Finder > file menu.

The summary window shows a summary of the selected files and folders. The inspector is an active version of the summary window. It stays open and shows live information on the currently selected files.

Me? A geek? Pah!

wp:pic src=”summary.png” cap=”Summary Information (ctrl)” -> wp:pic src=”inspector.png” cap=”Inspector (alt)” ->

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