Files, Folders and Finder on the Mac - Catalina Edition 2020 (PDF Download)
Learn about managing all your files on your Mac - how to organise them into folders, find them when you need them, and save new files to new or existing folders. Understand all the main storage areas on your Mac and the grea features of your file manager, Finder. Here's what we cover in this latest 2020 edition, for macOS Catalina.
INTRODUCING FILES, FOLDERS AND FINDER
BEFORE WE START
- Click, Double-click and Right-Click
- Scrolling
UNDERSTANDING FOLDERS AND FILES
OPENING FINDER
EXPLORING FINDER - THE SIDEBAR
Favourites
iCloud
Locations
Tags
But I don’t see my Finder Sidebar
EXPLORING FINDER – MAIN FOLDERS
Recents (previously All My Files)
AirDrop
Applications
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies, Music, Pictures
EXPLORING FINDER – VIEW OPTIONS
Icon View
List View
Column View
Gallery View
Arrange viewed files by different categories
A LOOK AT THE FINDER TOOLBAR
FINDER PREFERENCES
General Preferences
Tags Preferences
Advanced Preferences
NAVIGATING FINDER
Viewing the contents of a Folder
Opening a file
Where am I?
Return to a folder you were previously viewing
SHARING A FILE FROM FINDER
PREVIEWING FILES
Quick Look
Choose big icons
Preview Pane
SELECTING MULTIPLE FILES
Select all files in the current folder
Selecting multiple files – consecutive files in list
Selecting multiple files – Random selection
CREATING FOLDERS
Make sure you are in the right spot!
Creating a new, empty folder
Creating a folder from a set of existing files or folders
RENAMING A FILE OR FOLDER
COPYING AND MOVING
Command key
Drag and drop
Menu options
SEARCHING FOR A FILE/DOCUMENT
SMART FOLDERS
What is a Smart Folder?
Create a Smart Folder
Save your Smart Folder
Changing a Smart Folder
OPENING AND SAVING WITHIN APPS
An important warning
Saving from an App
Creating a New Folder as you Save
Opening from within an App
MANAGING FINDER WINDOWS
Close all Finder Windows at once
Open additional Finder Windows
Resizing Windows
Moving Windows
GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT A FILE
Get Info
Change‘Open With’ App
