On 7/10/09, RJay Hansen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I've been working on a script to copy tiff files from our RIPs to our > Platesetters. I've got it working correctly with a "choose folder" > command, but I want to add an option to choose multiple files rather than > just a folder of files. The problem I'm having with this is that as soon > as you select the first file, the Finder temporarily locks up while it > works on drawing a preview of the tiff file. These are huge 1-bit tiff > files and it's taking a good 30+ seconds to show the preview before the > user can select the rest of the files and let the script continue. > > Is it possible to disable the preview so the user can choose the files > they need without waiting for a preview they don't need to be displayed? Only if they've elected to open a Finder window, selected hit CMD+J, cylcled through the three views (icon, list, and column), deselected Show icon preview in each view, and clicked on Use as Defaults for their favored view. I use Always open in list view, with Show icon view deselected, as the default for all Finder windows.