Lesson 2. A Bit Beyond the Basics

Goals

Become familiar with the sections of the sidebar

Understand the Library folders

Learn how to select multiple items in the different window views

Use tabs to view multiple Finders in a single window

Take advantage of contextual menus

Save documents into specific folders

Feeling comfortable with the techniques and features described in the previous lesson? Carry on into this lesson where you’ll learn a few more advanced (but still everyday and useful) features. If anything overwhelms you in this advanced lesson (or any lesson), skip it and come back later.

Understand the Sections of the Sidebar

The sidebar is divided into sections, each with a purpose.

Favorites

The Favorites section displays folders ...

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