OS X Mavericks :: Finder - Inconsistent Date Formatting
Aug 21, 2014
I am looking at files with the Finder in "column" format. When I select a file in the list, I see a preview of its content as well as details, like the kind of file, its size and the creation, modification and last access timestamps. The strange thing is that the dates are formatted differently for different files. I have seen the following variants:
Friday, August 15, 2008 at 24:47
Aug 7, 2012, 22:30
14/09/13, 06:23
I can't see any reason why the formatting would be different. Obviously ls and stat show no difference: they consistently show the same formatting. For example, for a file that the finder shows as "14/09/13, 06:23", here is what ls and stat show:
$ ls -l /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 albert staff 82025 Sep 14 2013 /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
Alberts-MacBook-Pro:~ albert$ stat /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
16777222 38276 -rw-rw-rw- 1 albert staff 0 82025 "Aug 21 18:01:35 2014" "Sep 14 06:23:52 2013" "Aug 21 17:43:27 2014" "Aug 21 17:43:27 2014" 4096 168 0 /Volumes/DATA/Photos/2013/57998_1789225293766_1545314_n.jpg
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 10.9.3 actually
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Mar 14, 2010
I'd like to insert the Date in the appropriate space on a letter. It seems that I cannot do this without inserting the day of the week and the time. When I look for a way to change this format, it seems that iPages only instructs me on how to change it when I am using the date/time in a cell in a table. How do I do it for a plain old letter?
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I'd like to copy the filename and the date created (basically, whatever my Finder's List View shows, which is minimal) so that I can paste it into a plain text document. Is there an easy way to do this without a script? As it stands, when I copy and paste to the text document, I just get the filename with its extension.
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No sign, look: Yet, in stacks it's one of the 5 choice views? Am I missing something very obvious, or is this not (one of) the biggest oversights 'ever', on Apple's part?
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03/06/2014 18:10:13.994 launchservicesd[53]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-1c01c pid:277 refs=8 @ 0x7fc8b870d950 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0xeb0eb pid=12980 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100005/0x186a5 queue
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MacBook
Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), Quad core 2.5GHz
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The 'date modified' info was fine when I tried it on window 7 though.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Here are some of the problems I am having:
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2. When I try to connect to my network using the Airport tab in the menu bar, it will either:
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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