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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 7. Navigating Through Folders with the Finder

Your Macintosh saves data, such as word processor documents, in files, and each file acts like a box for storing information. You can think of your hard disk as a big attic full of boxes of data.

After storing stuff in the attic, you may have trouble finding it again. The same is true after you store files on your hard disk. To help you look for files on your Macintosh, you can use a program called the Finder.

Project goal: Learn to use the Finder program to look for files stored on your Macintosh hard disk.

What You'll Be Using

To view the contents of your hard disk, you'll use the following:

  • The Finder

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