To open an item in the info window from the Finder, do any of the following:
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Drag the icon for the item onto the File Buddy icon. |
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Drag an alias for the item onto the File Buddy icon. |
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Drag the icon or alias for the item onto the File Buddy icon while holding the Command key down. Click the Get Info button in the dialog that appears. |
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If the File Buddy CP control panel is installed and turned on, select the items for which you which to view info and press the hot keys you specified in the control panel. |
Note: When File Buddy is installed, it is set to open items dropped on its icon in the info window. This can be changed in the Preferences window. If you have changed the default drop action to something else in the Preferences window, the first two methods listed above will not work. Instead, the action you specified in the Preferences window will be taken.
To open an item in the info window from within File Buddy:
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Open the File menu and choose Get Info. Select the desired item in the dialog that appears, and click Open. |
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Select one or more items in a file list and click the Get Info button in the window, or type Command-I. |
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If you have chosen the preference to Show Open File Dialog when File Buddy opens, you can select a file or folder in the file selection dialog that appears. Select Get Info from the Actions menu in that dialog, then click Open. |