The Finder & Desktop
The Finder (Figure 1) is a program that is part of Mac OS. It launches automatically when you start your computer.
Figure 1. The Finder is the program that provides a graphic user interface for working with files.
The Finder provides a graphic user interface called theDesktop (Figure 2) that you can use to open, copy, delete, list, organize, and perform other operations on computer files.
Figure 2. Basic Desktop elements.
This chapter provides important instructions for using the Finder and items that appear on the ...
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