Use Finder Back & Forward Buttons to Show Folder History in Mac OS X Lion

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<p>The Back and Forward buttons in Mac OS X Lion’s Finder work much like their respective buttons in Safari or another browser, that is, they now track folder history. </p>

<p>After you’ve visited several folders, <strong>click and hold on the Back button</strong> to display a pull-down menu of the past directories you have recently been at. The Forward button works the same way, with a held click showing the history forward, although the forward directories generally only exist after you have gone backward, again functioning like a web browser. </p>

<p>The folder history doesn’t follow the traditional parent/child hierarchy, if you jumped directly to a single folder deeply embedded in the Finder, the Back button will show nothing. In this case, hitting Command + Up Arrow will always <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/28/quickly-go-to-the-parent-directory-in-mac-os-x/">go to the parent directory</a> of the currently active folder though.</p>

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