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The desktop and Finder windows
The Finder controls the desktop in such a way that it will display any connected devices: hard drives, networked drives, portable drives, iPods, CDs or DVDs and disk images.
You can easily customize the desktop to print the amount of disk space available/used, the number of files in a folder, the size of an image file, etc.
Simply right-click on the desktop, select ‘Show view options’ and check the box next to ‘Show item info’.
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The Mac ManualThe Mac Manual
The Finder windows are what pop up every time you double-click on the hard disk icon on the desktop. These windows let you browse your Mac and view files, folder contents, launch installed applications and gain access into system files and utilities.
On the left of the Finder window lies the sidebar. Generally, the sidebar hosts a list of attached devices, networked drives, a customizable list of places/locations on your Mac and a slew of quick search terms that can easily help you to find your files.
If you are connected to a network with Windows PCs or other Macs, they will appear in your Finder sidebar under ‘Shared’.
The sidebar is customizable. You can drag anything you like onto the sidebar for easy access.
Likewise, you can also remove any of the sidebar items to prevent them from showing up. Just click and hold, then drag them off the sidebar.
Quick Tip
Your Pictures, Movies, Music, Documents and Download folders are located within your Home folder
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Using Finder
Just like Windows Explorer, Finder can be used to inspect file properties i.e. sizes, modified or created dates and so on.
There are several ways to do this.
Get Info
Right-click on the file and choose ‘Get Info’ from the contextual menu.
The Get Info window will appear, showing you the file’s details as well as providing you a chance to label it with a color, lock the file to prevent deletion, select the default application for that particular type of file and control user permissions.
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The Mac Manual
The Mac Manual
You can also accomplish this by clicking the file once and pressing Command + I. Not to mention, you can open an unlimited number of Get Info windows for multiple items, they will automatically align themselves next to each other.
Column view
When in a Finder window, you can easily reveal a file’s basic properties by changing the view mode to ‘Column’.
Quick Tip
To change the view mode within a Finder window, press: •Command + 1 for Icon view •Command + 2 for List view •Command + 3 for Column View
•Command + 4 for Cover Flow view
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The desktop and Finder windows
The Finder controls the desktop in such a way that it will display any connected devices: hard drives, networked drives, portable drives, iPods, CDs or DVDs and disk images.
You can easily customize the desktop to print the amount of disk space available/used, the number of files in a folder, the size of an image file, etc.
Simply right-click on the desktop, select ‘Show view options’ and check the box next to ‘Show item info’.
MakeUseOf.com ! Page 12
The Mac ManualThe Mac Manual
The Finder windows are what pop up every time you double-click on the hard disk icon on the desktop. These windows let you browse your Mac and view files, folder contents, launch installed applications and gain access into system files and utilities.
On the left of the Finder window lies the sidebar. Generally, the sidebar hosts a list of attached devices, networked drives, a customizable list of places/locations on your Mac and a slew of quick search terms that can easily help you to find your files.
If you are connected to a network with Windows PCs or other Macs, they will appear in your Finder sidebar under ‘Shared’.
The sidebar is customizable. You can drag anything you like onto the sidebar for easy access.
Likewise, you can also remove any of the sidebar items to prevent them from showing up. Just click and hold, then drag them off the sidebar.
Quick Tip
Your Pictures, Movies, Music, Documents and Download folders are located within your Home folder
MakeUseOf.com ! Page 13
Using Finder
Just like Windows Explorer, Finder can be used to inspect file properties i.e. sizes, modified or created dates and so on.
There are several ways to do this.
Get Info
Right-click on the file and choose ‘Get Info’ from the contextual menu.
The Get Info window will appear, showing you the file’s details as well as providing you a chance to label it with a color, lock the file to prevent deletion, select the default application for that particular type of file and control user permissions.
MakeUseOf.com ! Page 14
The Mac Manual
The Mac Manual
You can also accomplish this by clicking the file once and pressing Command + I. Not to mention, you can open an unlimited number of Get Info windows for multiple items, they will automatically align themselves next to each other.
Column view
When in a Finder window, you can easily reveal a file’s basic properties by changing the view mode to ‘Column’.
Quick Tip
To change the view mode within a Finder window, press: •Command + 1 for Icon view •Command + 2 for List view •Command + 3 for Column View
•Command + 4 for Cover Flow view