Written by: hexley on Tuesday January 22nd 2008, 6:05 AM
Only two menu’s left in the Finder. We will get to the icons at the top right of the Finder soon enough, for now, relish in the fact that there are only two more little menu’s that you will need to learn about.
The “Go” menu controls what Finder windows you can go to. You will find there are folders and places on your Macintosh that you frequent. Apple has made this a simple process. Whether you need to jump to your Applicaitons folder, or access System Utilities, the Go menu helps you get to these folders and locations.
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Written by: hexley on Monday January 21st 2008, 5:45 AM
The “View” menu in the Finder is one I find myself using often. In short, it controls the view of folders and files. Starting at the top, you have view as Icons, List, Columns, and Cover Flow.
Each of these selections is dependent on the current window you have selected, or in focus. To the best of my memory, the default, and what you are probably most familiar with is icon view. Let’s go through each view mode.
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Written by: hexley on Sunday January 20th 2008, 5:20 AM
In the Finder you can find the “Edit” menu. This menu is carried throughout most applications. You will find it does near the same thing in all applications. Even the most beginner computer user is generally familiar with this menu.
The edit menu provides access to the most widely used commands on any computer. Namely, the copy and paste features.
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Written by: hexley on Wednesday January 16th 2008, 2:23 AM
I know, it seems never-ending. These last few steps in regards to the Finder menus should go rather quick. Let’s just go through the list, an item at a time.
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Written by: hexley on Thursday January 10th 2008, 12:23 PM
In yesterdays post, we covered the Apple menu. Today we will dig into the “Finder” menu.
The Finder menu item is to the right of the Apple menu. If you are in another application, you will not see this menu, which at times can be confusing. Just click on your Desktop, which is the main area of your computer screen, and the Finder menu will show up.
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Written by: hexley on Wednesday January 09th 2008, 4:21 PM
Before you start using any applications or programs, right after you login, OS X will drop you into it’s file manager, known as the Finder.
The Finder is the first place you can start to customize your computer to your liking.
Starting in the upper left corner of your screen is a small Apple logo. Since the inception of OS X, the Apple logo has resided in this location.
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