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Finder Basics
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The Finder is an application that helps you view,
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organize, manage and find everything
on your Mac.
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And is always running
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so you have instant access to discs
and other devices
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that are plugged into the computer.
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To open a Finder window
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just click on its icon in the Dock.
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All Finder windows have
a few things in common.
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On the left side is the sidebar,
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it gives you one click access
to commonly used items.
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The sidebar is divided into four sections,
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Devices like hard drives, CDs and DVDs
and flash drives,
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Shared items like other Macs, PCs
and servers on the network,
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common Places, your Desktop, Home folder,
Applications and Documents,
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and an area containing smart Searches
for recently created items,
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images, movies and documents.
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Across the top of a Finder window
are the view buttons.
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You can view the contents of any folder
as a group of icons
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you can make the icons larger or smaller
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by using the slider at the bottom right.
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It can also display items as a text list
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or in column view
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which lets you navigate through folders and subfolders in an easy-to-follow path.
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Or there's Cover Flow
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which lets you flip through documents
like you flip through albums in iTunes,
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making it easy to spot the items
that you're looking for.
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And if you want a quickly look
at a document before opening it
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just tap the space bar.
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When you do, you'll see a preview of it
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and you don't even have
to open the application.
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If you have questions about the Finder
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check the built-in help on your Mac
by switching to the Finder
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clicking the "Help" menu in the Finder's menubar
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and entering Finder in the search box.
page revision: 1, last edited: 09 Jan 2010 16:38
