Get to Know Your Home and its Folders

When you open a Finder window, it usually opens to the Home window, as shown below. You can tell it's Home because your user name and the little house icon are in the title bar.

  • To open a Finder window, single-click on the Finder icon (shown to the left) in the Dock.

    If the window that opens doesn't display your Home folders, single-click the Home icon you see in the Sidebar.

Your Home window displays a number of special folders. I suggest you do not change the names of these folders or throw them away unless you are very clear on what you're doing and why you're making that choice! For now, just let them ...

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