macOS Ventura For Dummies

Chapter 8

File and Folder Management Made Easy

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting organized with folders

Moving around files and folders

Introducing the incredible iCloud Drive

You’ll eventually accumulate a lot of files on your disk(s): tens, hundreds, thousands, even millions of files.

In Chapter 7, you can read about Finder and opening and saving files. In this chapter, it’s time to take a look at how to organize all those files so you can find them when you need them.

Organizing Your Stuff in Folders

Organizing your files is as personal as your taste in music; you develop your own style with the Mac. But these sections provide some ideas about how you might want to organize things, plus some suggestions that can make organization easier for you, regardless of how you choose to do it.

The upcoming sections look at the difference between a file and a folder, show you how to set up nested folders, and cover how some special folder features work. After you have a good handle on these things, you’ll almost certainly be a savvier — and better organized — macOS user.

Working with files versus folders

To start, I’ll sort out the difference between a file and a folder. This book uses the word ...