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Making the Backspace key go to the previous folder in Finder

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Mar 15, 202617829 views
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Is there an way of modding OSX so that it behaves a little more like Windows 7. Specifically I really want to be able to press BACKSPACE and for Finder to show the previous folder... just like Windows and Firefox both do. I hope that's clear.

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Fix for: Making the Backspace key go to the previous folder in Finder

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You can press CMD-[ (as shown in the "Go" menu). Using the regular way from there (Keyboard Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts and assign a new shortcut for the "Back" entry) doesn't work since the "Keyboard Shortcut" field does not accept the backsp…

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