The Desktop and Finder
After you start your computer, the desktop is the space on your screen where you see file, folder, and volume icons. When you connect a hard disk, DVD or SD memory card to your Mac, its corresponding icon shows up on the desktop and Finder window sidebars.
The Finder lets you organize, view, and access practically everything on your Mac, including applications, files, folders, discs, SD memory cards, and shared drives on your network. It is represented by a blue smiling face icon on the Dock, as shown below (clicking the Finder icon in the Dock brings the Finder to the foreground).
- Apple Menu 2. Menu bar 3. Finder window close, minimize and zoom buttons. 4. Finder window View buttons 5. Quick Look button 6. Action Menu 7. Search Field 8.Hide / Show Finder window toolbar & sidebar 9. Spotlight icon 10. Back / Forward buttons 11. The Finder sidebar 12. Cover Flow 13. Finder 14. The Dock 15. Trash
Personalize Your Desktop
One of the things that I have always done is to give my hard drive a name. My previous iMac was Max. My new iMac INTEL desktop is named Serenity (yes, after the spaceship on "Firefly."
So experiment and express your personality by decorating your desktop. The top yellow arrow shows my hard drive with her name, Serenity.
The bottom yellow arrow points to the way that I keep my desktop uncluttered. I create a folder and put all of my desktop files and folders into it.
How do you keep your multitude of files manageable?
