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The Tracker - Get Info

You can bring up a Get Info panel for a file (or folder) by right-clicking on the item in a Tracker window (or on the desktop) and choosing Get Info from the context menu that pops up, or by selecting the item and pressing Alt+i.

The Get Info panel, provides information about the itme, and also lets you do the following:

- Double-click the icon that's displayed in the panel to open (or launch) the file or folder.
- Right-click the icon to pop open a context menu. The contents of the menu depends on the item's type: All menus let you open and rename the item; the folder context menu also provides a submenu that lets you navigate the folder; the volume menu lets you unmount the volume, and so on.
- Drag and drop the icon into a different folder or onto the desktop; this moves the item (or copies it if the destintation is on a different volume). If you're getting info on a folder or volume, you can also drop files (and folders) onto the folder or volume icon that's displayed in the panel. This moves or copies the dropped item into the dropped-on folder or volume.
- Click on the Path: field to open the folder the item lives in.
- If you're getting info on a file, the panel includes an Opens with: menu that lets you open the file with a non-default application.
- If you're getting info on a link, the Link to: field shows the link's target (the file or folder it's linked to). Double-click the Link to: field to open a Tracker window on the target's parent, with the target itself highlighted. You can reset the target through the Set new link target in the item's context menu.

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