Thanks to iCloud Drive, Apple's cloud-based file sharing system, we can share files between Mac and iOS seamlessly. On iOS, you can find all of your files under the iCloud Drive app. On your Mac, everything can be found in the Finder window. Click on the Finder icon in your Mac dock. When a zip file contains multiple items, the unzipped files will be stored in a folder that has the same name as the zip file. For example, if you unzip a file called Archive.zip, the files will be placed in a folder called Archive. This folder will be placed in the same folder as the Archive.zip file.
+ How to Navigate the OS X Finder from the Keyboard Posted on November 7th, 2014 by When you work on your Mac, you probably spend a lot of time mousing and clicking, opening and closing folders and windows as you search for files, work with them, move them and send them to colleagues. But you can work with the Finder much more efficiently from the keyboard: you can navigate the Finder, copy and paste files, move folders and much more. If you keep your hands on your keyboard, you can save time, and, especially, keep your hands in one place, which can help avoid repetitive stress injuries. Here's how you can save time and work with the OS X Finder from the keyboard. Getting to the Finder If you don't already know this, the first thing to learn is that you can get to the Finder very quickly by pressing a couple of keys on your keyboard.
Instead of clicking the Finder icon in the Dock, or clicking on a window, just press Command-Tab to bring up the OS X application switcher. Keep holding the Command key, and press Tab repeatedly to cycle through the apps you see in the bezel that displays on-screen. When you see the Finder icon—or the icon for any app you want to use—release the keys to switch to that app.
Finder Views The OS X Finder offers four different ways for you to view your content. You can view items in Finder windows by Icons, List, Columns or Cover Flow.
You can switch to one of these views from the Finder's View menu, or you can click on of the View buttons in the Finder's toolbar. Most people stick with just one view, but if you want to change views quickly, you can use that show in the View menu: Command-1 for Icons view, Command-2 for List view, Command-3 for Columns view, and Command-4 for Cover Flow.
Once you're in a specific view, you can move around using the arrow keys, sometimes in combination with modifiers keys (mainly the Command key). Here's how this works for the different views. Icons View When you're in Icons view, you can quickly move around, enter folders, select files and more, just from the keyboard. Open a folder with some files, and you'll see that none of them are selected. If you press the right-arrow key, or the down-arrow key, the top-left item is selected.
To select a different file, just use the arrow keys: you can arrow up or down, right or left, and select any item. To open a file, press Command-down-arrow. Or to open a folder, use the same shortcut.
Once you're inside a folder, you can move around in the same way, but you can also go back up to the enclosing folder; the one you came from. To do this, press Command-up-arrow. So, in the screenshot above, I could press Command-down-arrow to enter the Archives folder, browse for something, then press Command-up-arrow to get back where I started. It's important to know that there are lots of available once you've selected an item. You can copy it by pressing Command-C; you may then want to move into a folder and paste the file, using Command-V, or paste it into an email message using the same keyboard shortcut.
You can duplicate an item with Command-D; print it with Command-P; make an alias with Command-L; or see information about the item with Command-I. List View If you use List view, the arrow-key shortcuts work a bit differently. Lists are simple, and you navigate essentially using the up- and down-arrow keys.
You can enter a folder and view its contents (press Command-down-arrow), but you can also expand a folder, showing its contents along with the rest of the items in the current folder. For example, lets say I'm in List view, and I want to see the contents of the Financial Documents folder without opening that folder. I can just arrow down to the folder, then press the right-arrow key; the folder expands. To collapse the folder, press the left-arrow key. Column View Column view is designed to be navigated using the keyboard. When you're in this view, you navigate up and down using the arrow keys, and to enter a folder, or open a file, press the right-arrow key; to go back up a level, press the left-arrow key. While you move horizontally, remember that you're actually moving up and down in the Finder hierarchy as you move left and right.
One useful aspect of Column view is the preview pane. This shows you a thumbnail, or some text, of a selected document. (If you don't see this, press Command-J and check Show Preview Column.) Cover Flow View Cover Flow view is a combination view.
On the one hand, it shows large previews of documents in a pane in the top half of the Finder window. Below that, files and folders display in List view. However, there is a difference in the way the List view section works. Earlier, when describing List view, I explained that you can expand and collapse folders by pressing the right-arrow or left-arrow keys. In Cover Flow view, this doesn't work; those arrow keys only select different documents and display their previews in the top section of the window. To collapse or expand folders in Cover Flow view, you need to add the Command key; in other words, press Command-right-arrow or Command-left-arrow.
You can still enter folders by pressing Command-down-arrow, and go up a level with Command-up-arrow. With these different Finder views and, you can save lots of time working on your Mac and move around your files and folders more quickly. Try them out and see if they change your workflow.
Are you new to Mac? Want to get the most out of your new MacBook, iMac or other Apple computer?
Whether this is your first laptop or you’ve just switched from Windows, there are a few things you should know about your new Mac, like basic keyboard shortcuts or how to use the various features macOS has to offer. Learn more about what your Mac computer can do for you at the Intego New Mac User Center: About Kirk McElhearn Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iTunes, books, music and more on his blog.
He is co-host of the, The Next Track, and PhotoActive, and a regular contributor to The Mac Security Blog, TidBITS, and several other websites and publications. Kirk has written more than twenty books, including Take Control books about iTunes, LaunchBar, and Scrivener.
Follow him on Twitter at. This entry was posted in, and tagged,. Bookmark the.
If you’ve ever looked over the shoulder of a Mac power user, you may have noted how rarely such users reach for the mouse or trackpad: Moving your hands off the keyboard slows you down. Here are some tips on navigating files, folders, and menus with only the keyboard. Format: MPEG-4/H.264. Resolution: 1252 x 636 (iPhone & iPod compatible). Size: 5.7MB.
Length: 2 minutes, 30 seconds Show Notes To subscribe to the Macworld Video stream via iTunes,. You can also see a complete archive of all our videos on. Subscribe to that channels and you will be notified whenever we post a new video. Or just point your favorite podcast-savvy RSS reader to:. Show transcript There’s nothing wrong with the mouse or trackpad. But you’ll note that some of the speediest Mac users out there prefer to do as much with the keyboard as they can: Keeping your hands on the keyboard saves time compared to moving your hands back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard. You already know about major keyboard shortcuts, like Command-C and -V for copy and paste, or Command-Tab for switching between apps.
In this video, we’ll focus on some slightly less well-known keyboard shortcuts for navigating around your Mac more efficiently. When you’re in the Finder, whether you’re on the desktop or looking at the contents of a folder like this one, the keyboard can help you navigate.
Start typing the name of a file you’re after, and it should highlight automatically; here I typed the letter J, and the appropriate file gets selected immediately. (Now, I can press Command-O to open that file, if desired.) Suppose you have more than one file starting with the same letter. Here, I have four items starting with the letter P; if I’m after the Pudding photo, I type P-U to select the one I’m after. These tricks work—and are even more useful—when you’re looking at icons that aren’t already sorted. In this view, for example, I can type P for Podcast to select the first Podcast entry, and then switch to pressing Tab to cycle through the other P options alphabetically—and continue on through the alphabet.
Oh, and if see a file I need to rename, I simply hit Return with that file selected, make my corrections, and hit Return once more. If you select a folder and need to dive into it, you can press Command-O to open it. To move back up a level, try Command-Up Arrow.
(You can use Command-Down Arrow as a synonym for Command-O for opening folders, if you prefer that arrow key symmetry.) You can even access the menubar from your keyboard. Press Control-F2 (on a laptop, make that Control-Fn-F2) to select the Apple menu. Then you can use the arrow keys to move among menus and into them. M ove left or right to select different menus, and hit the down arrow to open a menu. And, as when navigating files, start typing the first letters of a menu option’s name to highlight it—pressing return to select it.
Practice these keyboard shortcuts, and in time you’ll end up controlling your Mac without reaching for the mouse or trackpad nearly as often.
Comments are closed.
|
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |