Additional Ideas for Navigating the Folder Hierarchy
If navigating through the folder hierarchy of your hard disk gets too cumbersome, you can place the folders that you access most often in the sidebar of the Finder window or as a stack on the right side of the Dock.
Placing a Folder in the Finder Sidebar
The Finder sidebar gives you one-click access to folders, and you can add your favorite folders to the sidebar by doing this:
Click the Finder icon on the Dock. The Finder window appears.
Open the folder that contains the folder you want to place in the sidebar. (So, for example, if you want to add the Downloads folder to the sidebar, open the Home folder, which contains the Downloads folder.)
Drag the chosen folder to the sidebar under the Favorites ...
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