Drag Items onto Finder Toolbar

I never knew you could drag items onto the Finder toolbar. So far I’ve been able to drag files, applications and folders.

This turns your finder into a second dock for quickly accessing frequently used items.

To do this, drag any item over the toolbar and hold it there for a second until the plus icon is added. Release and you’re done.

Thanks to Simon Putzke for the tip. Submit a tip and receive some traffic!

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Written by Brad Jasper on March 28, 2008 at 6:00 am - Drag Items onto Finder Toolbar has 9 comments - Categorized in Easy Tips, Finder Tips

9 Responses to “Drag Items onto Finder Toolbar”

1. 
   MacTipper
   A great use for this is Time Machine. When you have TM in the Finder toolbar you can just click the icon on any finder window and have TM open up to that folder.
   
   MacTipper
   http://www.mactipper.com/ - My Mac-Tipping Blog March 28th, 2008 at 8:18 am
   
   
2. 
   Brad Jasper
   Nice point MacTipper. On another note I've seen your blog gaining some momentum lately. Congrats :). March 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
   
   
3. 
   Travis Jeffery
   Open in TextMate: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/10/open-in-textmate-from-leopard-finder and another good one I use it Open Terminal Here: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/10/open-terminal-here-and-glob-select-in-leopard-finder
   
   The Iselect is good as well but I have that bound to a Quicksilver trigger. March 28th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
   
   
4. 
   John Wright
   Is there any way to remove items other than replacing the entire toolbar with the default set? March 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am
   
   
5. 
   Brad Jasper
   John,
   
   Control+Click and "Remove Item"
   
   Thanks,
   Brad March 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
   
   
6. 
   Omer Zach
   Alternatively, you could hold Command and drag them off. March 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
   
   
7. 
   John Wright
   Thanks, I frequently forget how intuitive these commands are.
   
   John March 30th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
   
   
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