Save yourself the trouble of dragging a file to the trash can in your dock. Just like on your desktop, you can use the Command + Shift + N keyboard shortcut to create a new folder in the Finder. If you hold down Option + spacebar, you can open a full-screen slide of the file. If you click on a file once, to highlight it, and then hit the spacebar, you can check out a preview of it. You can always double-click a file to view it, obviously, but there is a way to simply preview it. You can set different columns to show for different folders in the Finder. This lets you choose, among other things, the types of columns - Date Modified, Size, Tags and so on - that you want to see for the Finder's column view. Hit Command + J to open the View Options panel. Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts: You can change the view of the Finder by clicking the four buttons in the menu bar at the top of a Finder window. If you want to hide or show it, hit Command + Option + P. It's the narrow bar along the bottom edge of the Finder, which shows you the folder path to the file you currently have selected. The Finder has another information bar in addition to the sidebar: the path bar. Hit Command-Control-T to add a selected item - a folder, usually - to the sidebar. If you need a cleaner view, use Command + Option + S to show or hide the Finder's sidebar. Need more information about a file or folder, such as file kind, folder size, date created or last modified? You can hit Command + I to open the Get Info panel for any selected file. Get info about a file or folder in the Finder Quickly search for a file or folder in the FinderĪlthough you can click on the magnifying glass in the top-right corner of any Finder window to search for a file folder, you can also use the keyboard shortcut Command + F to open the Finder with the search bar already activated. Command + Shift + I: iCloud Drive folder.Command + Shift + H: Home folder for your account.Command + Shift + G: Go to Folder window.Command + Shift + C: Top-level Computer folder.Instead of looking for a folder, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to open a specific folder: You can also use Command + T to open a new Finder tab, which allows you to view various folders within a single Finder window.

Hit Command + N to open a new Finder window. You can use a keyboard shortcut for that. This can help you keep your trash from overflowing with files. If you click the Advanced tab in Preferences, you'll see a number of boxes to check, including Remove items from the Trash after 30 days. Automatically remove items from the Trash

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