do you want to become more efficient
with managing your files and folders in
Mac OS we have some time-saving tips to
help you organize your files do tasks
more quickly with keyboard shortcuts and
customize your finder options first
let's go to the dock to open the finder
Finder is designed to work very well
with just your keyboard so you don't
need to use your mouse unless you want
to you can use the arrows on your
keyboard to move between files and
folders to open a file or folder hold
down the command key and press the down
arrow to go up to the enclosing folder
press command up arrow QuickLook is a
great feature that lets you take a look
at a file without having to open it just
select the desired file and hit the
spacebar to activate it now we can use
the up and down arrows to take a quick
look at the other files in this folder
let's hit the spacebar again to close it
now I'd like to move one of these files
to one of this folder subfolders Mac OS
has a convenient feature that allows you
to move a file and open a folder at the
same time just click and drag the file
hover over the folder for a second and
the folder will open automatically now I
can just drop it in this subfolder don't
worry if you start to move a file and
then change your mind just drop it on
the toolbar to keep it where it is to
quickly get to your frequently used
folders you can customize the Finder
sidebar you have the option to move any
folder to the sidebar if you want to get
rid of clutter remove folders by
right-clicking and selecting remove from
sidebar if you want to see more
information about the files and sort
them ListView is a great option below
the toolbar you will see several
headings including name size and kind if
you right click on one you'll see more
options let's add the heading date last
opened then let's resize this window to
see the new heading you can use the
headings to get information about a file
or use it for sorting I'm going to sort
by kind to get my excel files together
by clicking the heading now that the
files are sorted let's move them to the
appropriate subfolder if you hold down
the command key you can select several
at the same time and move them to a
folder together next let's check out
this folder in column view this is a
good option for viewing the contents of
multiple folders and subfolders and it
gives you wide flexibility to move files
across folders to make content easier to
view you can resize the columns by
dragging them if you hold down the
option key while dragging one of the
borders all the columns will resize at
the same time if you want to better
visualize your Finder contents you may
want to use icon view it shows each file
as an image along with its name if you
are working with image files this allows
you to quickly identify them to make
changes to your finder settings you can
go to the Preferences from the finder
menu select preferences here you may
change the items displayed on your
desktop if you have connected a flash
drive or external hard drive and it's
not showing on your desktop check the
box for external discs you might
consider changing your default folder so
you can go straight to this folder each
time you open the finder finally if the
finder stops working or your folders
disappear you can restart it by using
the shortcut keys option command escape
you can use this anytime one of your
apps stops working in this case we'll
select the finder and click relaunch
then click relaunch again we hope these
tips
to get more from the Mac OS finder we
invite you to try them out for yourself
to see how they work for you
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