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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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Labeling Files and Folders by Color

Normally when you look for files in the Finder window, all files appear as icons and a name. Trying to find the one file you want out of a dozen or more files can be like trying to find a single airline flight on a screen full of a dozen other airline flight listings.

To make visually browsing for a file much easier, you can identify it by one of seven color labels: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or gray.

Here's how to label a file or folder with a color:

  1. Click the Finder icon on the Dock. A Finder window appears.

  2. Open the drive and folder that contain the file or folder you want to label with a color.

  3. Click the file or folder you want to label with a color.

  4. Select FileGet Info, or press -I. A Get Info ...

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