The very first thing I do when setting up a new Mac is to go to System Preferences → Trackpad and adjust the trackpad tracking speed. macOS sets the tracking speed to level four by default, which is ...

If you own a MacBook, or any other Apple device that runs MacOS, then you probably know that the Finder is the core experience. It is the home to navigating your files, apps, and other things that you ...

The Finder in macOS is the hub through which we interact with files, folders, and volumes, and while you may have tweaked its appearance with a background image, adjusted icon sizes in windows, views, ...

In Mac OS X, you’ll spend much of your time in the Finder, the part of your operating system that manages files and such. While you might think you know all there is to know about it, the Finder is a ...

Just like File Explorer on Windows, Finder on macOS is your go-to spot for files, folders, and apps. To make it easier to find what you need, the Finder sidebar is the handiest of tools. You can ...

Ever since OS X 10.7 Lion, the Finder has a new sidebar section, called All My Files. It’s a list of, predictably, all the files on your Mac and it can be customized to show them in any style you like ...

In the last Mac 101 column, you finished configuring your new Mac. At long last, it’s up and it’s running OS X Mountain Lion—you’ve arrived! But where exactly are you? And what’s all that stuff on the ...

You can open Finder Preferences by clicking anywhere on the desktop and then clicking Finder on the menu bar. How to Use Finder to Search the Current Folder on Your Mac Instead of This Mac Your email ...

If you do collaborative work on your Mac or otherwise want to share items with people who connect to your Mac over a network or via the Internet, you establish shared folders with the Finder and use ...