15 Tips to Better Organize and Find Files on Your Mac

Here’s what you’re gonna wanna know.

Click theFindermenu in the menu bar and then selectPreferences.

Under theGeneraltab, you will see that for New Finder windows show, the default is All My Files.

you could change to your Home or Documents folder, or whichever folder you use the most.

This can help you keep your trash from overflowing with files.

Open a new Finder window

Need to open another Finder window.

you could use a keyboard shortcut for that.

HitCommand + Nto open a new Finder window.

you might hitCommand + Ito launch the Get Info panel for any selected file.

HitCommand-Control-Tto add a selected item – a folder, usually – to the sidebar.

you might set different columns to show for different folders in the Finder.

Instead, choose the files or folders in the Finder you’d like to trash and hitCommand + Delete.

In related news, you might hitCommand + Shift + Deleteto empty the trash.

It will sit to the right of the dock’s divider.

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