iCreate - UK (2020-04)

10 ways to...

1

Create a

work folder

If youhavea specificfolder

youwouldlikenewFinder

windowsto opento,suchas

a currentworkprojectsfolder,

goto Finder>Preferences>

Generalandclickonthe‘New

Finderwindowsshow’menu,

select‘Other’andnavigateto

yourchosenfolder.

2

Find

stored files

To find where a file is stored

on your Mac (if you want to

find it again if you close the

folder), hold Ctrl and click

on the file name at the top

of the folder window. This

will display a pathway to the

file location on your Mac in a

step-by-step menu.

Become a

Finder genius

F

inder dates back to the very first Macs and is an

essential system component that is accessible from

your desktop and always on hand to help you find

and organise your documents, media and other files. Finder

is what displays your various file hierarchies whenever you

double-click on folders and it is represented by the smiley

icon to the left or your Dock. Being a Mac system, Finder is

obviously very easy to get to grips with and use – but, being

a Mac system, there is much more to it than meets the eye.

Here we present ten of the best Finder secrets, the little

bits and bobs tucked away that you may not know about.

Once you start experimenting with these hidden features

and incorporate them into your Mac workflow, you can be

classed as a Finder genius!

Master all of the hidden tricks within

Finder to speed up productivity

Customise your Finder toolbar

How to set up your windows, your way...

Display items

The sidebar in your Finder windows is a

great way to access important folders

quickly. If you go to Finder>Preferences>

Sidebar, you’ll be able to tick which options

you want displayed, having as many or

as few as you want displayed. Certainly

having the ‘iCloud Drive’ option ticked is a

good start.

Knowledge base

Customise the toolbar

To start customising the toolbar of your

Finder windows, hold Alt/Option and

click on the toolbar and then select the

‘Customise Toolbar’ option from the

contextual menu.

View options

You can view your tools as icons, text,

or both. Click on this menu and select

one of the options. If you are new to

Mac then we would suggest the ‘Icon

and Text’ option.

Drag and drop

You can add new functions to your

toolbar by dragging them from the

browser up into the toolbar at the top of

the window. You can also drag existing

ones to change the layout.

Revert to defaults

A default set of tools exists permanently

at the bottom of the browser. To replace

your custom set with the originals,

simply drag this setup to the toolbar.