Chapter 7. Navigating Through Folders with the Finder
Your Macintosh saves data, such as word processor documents, in files, and each file acts like a box for storing information. You can think of your hard disk as a big attic full of boxes of data.
After storing stuff in the attic, you may have trouble finding it again. The same is true after you store files on your hard disk. To help you look for files on your Macintosh, you can use a program called the Finder.
Project goal: Learn to use the Finder program to look for files stored on your Macintosh hard disk.
What You'll Be Using
To view the contents of your hard disk, you'll use the following:
The Finder
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