Goals

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1. Navigate to important files and folders more quickly
2. Identify properties of your files.
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The Three Types of Views

🤢 Icon View

❌ No additional file details

❌ No navigation through folders

😀 Column View

✅ Excellent folder navigation

❌ No additional file details

🔥 List View

✅ Excellent folder navigation

✅ Show file details, and sorting options

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Strongly recommend using LIST VIEW or COLUMN VIEW.

CMD + 2: Change the current view to LIST VIEW

CMD + 3: Change the current view to COLUMN VIEW

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✅ To Do: Use Better Finder Settings

1. Change to LIST VIEW [CMD+2]

2. Menubar > View > Show Path Bar [ OPT + CMD + P ]

3. Menubar > View > Show Status Bar [ CMD + / ]

4. Menubar > Customize Toolbar > Add “Show Path”

5. Menubar > Show View Options [ CMD + J]

   1. Always open in list view
   2. Browse in list view
   3. Show Columns:
      1. Date
      2. Size
      3. Kind
   4. Calculate all sizes

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   IMPORTANT: Click on Use as Defaults

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