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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Maria Langer
April 2005
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
24h 28m
English
Peachpit Press
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File Management

In Mac OS, you use the Finder to organize and manage your files. You can:

  • View the contents of your disks in windows in a variety of ways.

  • Automatically sort items by name, kind, creation date, or other criteria in ascending or descending order.

  • Rename items.

  • Create folders to store related items.

  • Move items stored on disk to organize them so they’re easy to find and back up.

  • Copy items to other disks to back them up or share them with others.

  • Delete items you no longer need.

  • Mount and eject disks.

  • Write to, or “burn,” data CDs.

✓ Tip

  • If you’re brand new to Mac OS, be sure to read the information in Chapter 2 before working with this chapter. That chapter contains information and instructions about techniques that are used throughout ...

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