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From: cderossi@apple.com (Chris Derossi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Labels in 7.0?
Message-ID: <13341@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 May 91 21:26:21 GMT
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In article <5901@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>, drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Douglas Renze) writes:
> Nyet.  But that's not quite what I had in mind.  Imagine this series of folders
> which exists on my hard drive:  I have a folder in my root directory.  Inside
> that folder are three tiers of subfolders.  The third tier of subfolders con-
> sists of something over 50 folders.  I'd like a way to set absolutely everything
> within the folder in the root directory to the same label.  If it doesn't exist,
> fine.  If there's some sort of shortcut to do it without going through 50 in-
> dividual folders, that's fine too.
> 
> PS, if your next idea is to 'liminate some of the folders, the answer's a "no!"
>     I like my file structure just fine the way it is. =)

HereUs how to do it:

Open your root window and change its view to a list view (by name, date, kind, etc.). Select all. Then press 
command-option-rightarrow. Command-rightarrow causes the selected folders to expand, with the option
key pressed all levels of the selected folders expand.

Now you have your entire hard disk (or some subset) visible in a single window. Select All and set your label.

Check out the Finder Shortcuts under the help menu for a more complete list of the Finder's power features.


Chris Derossi
Blue Meanie
Apple Computer, Inc.