April 2011 Bits'N'Bytes
Training Session 2 - Macintosh Finder Features
Apple
icon: drop down menu.
About This Mac
gives
information about your computer and its
Operating
System
. Click on
Version
to cycle through
Build
and
Serial Number
. Feel free to explore this window (you
will need to be on the Internet to check for
Software
Update...
).
More Info...
takes you to the
System
Profiler
, it is for technical minded folk. Close this
window by clicking on the red button. Note, clicking the
red button always closes the active window.
Similarly,
Software Update...
will need to be on the
Internet. This will check what your computer needs to
update (not someone else's computer).
App Store...
is a new Mac initiative; it allows one to
buy software from Apple; I haven’t tried it yet.
System Preferences...
is similar to the Control Panel
on a PC. It is a Training Session in its own right! Have a
look, but don’t alter anything just now.
Dock
allows you to have the Dock do just you want,
click on the triangle, and explore the options. My dock
is hidden on the RH side.
Location
is to do with your Internet; I haven’t used
this yet.
Recent Items
can be very useful; it lists your recent
Applications
and
Documents
. Note
Clear Menu
.
Force Quit...
allows you to ‘kill’ an application that is
not responding, without affecting anything else on your
computer (the spinning ball of ‘death’). The
Keyboard
Shortcut
is critical as often you have lost control of
your cursor. Hold down
Option+
⌘
+Escape
together.
This will open a
Force Quit Applications
window of
the current applications and allow you to select the ‘not
responding’ application. You then get a second chance
to change your mind, or ‘kill’ the ‘not responding’
application. You can then restart that application (but
you may have lost some of your work).
Sleep
will put your computer to sleep; a choice rather
than shut it down. I rarely shut my computer down - it
takes too long to start up! It also has a
Keyboard
Shortcut
.
Restart
... and
Shut Down
… each give you
60 seconds to change your mind.
Log Out User
will log you out without shutting down.
Useful if there are multiple users.
Finder:
drop down menu.
About Finder
will open a
window to give which
Finder version
. Close this
window by clicking on the red button.
Preferences...
; is a Tutorial in its own right! This
allows you to tailor the
Finder
window the way you
want. Have a look, but don’t alter anything just now.
Note that
Finder Preferences
can be opened by
pressing ⌘
+,
(comma) keys together. This is another
Keyboard Shortcut
. The drop down menus show the
Keyboard Shortcuts
for many of the actions, and can
save a lot of time once they are learned; it can reduce
a lot of mouse/trackpad time.
File: You will now see
Keyboard Shortcuts
in the
Finder
File
drop down menu for
New Finder Window
(⌘
N
) and
New Folder (Shift
⌘
N)
, which are
frequently used.
In
Training Session 1 - Finder
, we opened a
New
Finder
Window
. There are many times we want a
second
Finder
window, (e.g.) to move folders/files
from one folder to another. So we just press ⌘
N
again
to overlay a second
Finder
window on top of the first.
Just click in the
Window Title Bar
and drag the
windows around till you can see what you want in each.
Note only one of the windows will be active; the one
with the red button lit.
Have a look at the other
Finder
options
Training Session 2 - Macintosh Finder Features
© Ian Stringer 3 March 2011
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