macOS Sonoma For Dummies

Chapter 7

Opening and Saving Files

IN THIS CHAPTER

Finding files

Checking out the macOS folder structure

Saving your files

Opening files

This chapter shows you how to open and save files and how to use the file and folder system, vital knowledge for getting things done on macOS. The chapter starts by showing you how to find files and folders, then moves on to exploring the macOS folder structure. After that, you learn how to save files and how to open files, including how to search for files and folders within the Open dialog.

Where Did That File Go?

Given the number of files most of us create, it’s all too easy to lose track of particular files if you don’t keep your filesystem organized.

macOS provides two powerful tools that can help you track down files:

• Spotlight: This search feature maintains an index of files in your Mac’s filesystem, enabling you to locate files by their names or contents. Such searching is handy unless you have files with the same name stored in different folders — in which case you’ll need to work out which file is the one you want.
• Recents folder: ...