Take Advantage of the Sidebar

The lower portion of the Sidebar of every Finder window is customizable—you can add or remove any folder as often as you like.

When you add a folder to the Sidebar, you make the folder easier to get into, not only on the Desktop, but also when you are working in an application and want to open or save a file (Sidebar folders are accessible in Open and Save As dialog boxes).

Remove folders that you don't use to make room for the ones you do. Don't worry—removing the picture of a folder from the Sidebar does not throw away the original folder nor anything in it!

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