{"id":38350,"date":"2023-02-01T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38350"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:46:07","slug":"pausing-finder-copies-and-dragging-to-the-app-switcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/pausing-finder-copies-and-dragging-to-the-app-switcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Pausing Finder Copies and Dragging to the App Switcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/10-macos-tips-boost-productivity\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/10-macos-tips-boost-productivity\/\"><p>When you copy a large file or folder to another location in Finder using the Copy and Paste options, a pie chart progress indicator next to the copying item&rsquo;s name gives you an idea of how long the copy will take to complete. If it looks like it&rsquo;s going to take longer than you&rsquo;d like, you can always pause the copy and resume it later.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>An oft-overlooked function of the App Switcher is its ability to open files. Simply begin to drag a file from a Finder window, then invoke the App Switcher and drag the file onto the relevant app icon in the overlay. Let go of the file and it should open in the selected app.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a good list of some less commonly mentioned tips.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Hardwick: When you copy a large file or folder to another location in Finder using the Copy and Paste options, a pie chart progress indicator next to the copying item&rsquo;s name gives you an idea of how long the copy will take to complete. If it looks like it&rsquo;s going to take longer than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-02-01T20:46:19Z","apple_news_api_id":"150cedb6-56d4-4368-ab54-5343249bab48","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-02-01T20:46:19Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AFQzttlbUQ2irVFNDJJurSA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[458,30,2223],"class_list":["post-38350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-finder","tag-mac","tag-macos-13-ventura"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38351,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350\/revisions\/38351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}