May 2002
Intermediate to advanced
646 pages
18h 57m
English
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Working with the Filesystem,Step by Step
The Mac OS X Finder is primarily used for managing files stored on your computer’s hard and floppy disks, and over the network. This section discusses many of the Finder’s operations and menu commands for managing files and folders.
Log into your account on a computer running Mac OS X. Make sure that the Finder is the active application and that only one of its windows is open.
Open your Home folder (directory) by selecting (with a single-click) the Home icon toward the center of the toolbar in the Finder window.
Switch to icon view in the Finder.
Working with Folders
Create a new folder in your Home folder by choosing File → New Folder from the menu bar. The new folder will be named “untitled folder”.
Make sure the text “untitled folder” is selected (in your highlight color). If it isn’t, double-click the text “untitled folder” to select it.
Rename the new folder
stuffby entering “stuff” on the keyboard.Make your
stufffolder easily accessible by dragging its icon from your Finder view pane and dropping it on your Finder toolbar (widen the Finder window if necessary). Whenever you need to access thestufffolder, all you need to do is click its icon in the Finder toolbar.Switch to column view in the Finder.
Open the
/System/Library/Soundsfolder in the Finder window by:Clicking the Computer icon in the Finder’s toolbar
Clicking the Macintosh HD icon (or wherever your Mac OS X operating system is located)
Clicking the
Systemfolder, then ...
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