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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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Understanding the Finder

The Finder lets you view the contents of one folder at a time. The left pane of the Finder window contains the sidebar, which lists four categories, as shown in Figure 7-2:

  • Devices Lists all storage devices attached to your Macintosh, such as hard disks, flash drives, or CDs/DVDs

  • Shared Lists all computers connected to the network; if your Macintosh isn't connected to a network, the Shared category will not appear

  • Places Lists commonly used folders, such as Applications and Documents

  • Search For Lists all files that you used on your Macintosh at a particular time, such as today, yesterday, or last week

    The Finder window lets you switch to a different folder or drive and view the contents of that folder or drive.

    Figure 7-2. The Finder window ...

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