Getting information about documents

In the Get Info drawer, you can view various information concerning your document.

  1. Choose File > Get Info.
  2. To close the drawer, click the Close button, or choose File > Get Info again.

Clicking the Get Info icon on the toolbar also opens the same drawer.

The information displayed in the drawer is as follows:

CreatorThe code identifying the application which created the file.
TypeThe code identifying the file type.
CreatedThe file creation date and time.
ModifiedThe file modification date and time.
OwnerThe user name of the owner of the file.
PermissionThe file privilege (in UNIX-style).
Finder's Lock“ON” indicates the file is locked, “-” indicates not.
LineThe line number of the line containing the caret.
CharThe caret-position described in the number of characters.
(Selected)The number of characters in the selection, if any.
UnicodeThe Unicode hexadecimal code (UTF-16) for the character (displayed only when one character is selected).