I’m not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but the column view in OSX has been killing me for a while now. I hate having to resize everything, EVERY TIME I OPEN A WINDOW, but it’s the only way I can really navigate and find files quickly. Until today! I’ve never been aware of any fix, but a friend finally put me out of my misery and showed me this:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1155221/tinker_column_view.html