Finder Preferences

The Finder's Preferences window lets you customize many aspects of Finder appearance and operation. There are three categories of options:

  • General (Figure 3) lets you set Simple Finder, Spring-loaded folder, and Grid Spacing options.

    Figure 3. The default settings in the General tab of the Preferences window.

  • Views (Figure 7) lets you set the standard view options for Icon, Button, and List view windows.

    Figure 7. The default settings in the Views tab of the Preferences window.

  • Labels (Figure 9) lets you set the name and color of ...

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