Chapter 3: Using the Finder
In This Chapter
Learning the Finder-specific menu options
Addressing a frozen Finder
Working with Finder windows
Changing Finder behavior for folders and files
Modifying Finder preferences and view options
As its name suggests, the Finder is the OS X facility for finding items in your Mac. It's also the mechanism through which you interact with them—opening them, deleting them, renaming them, moving them, copying them, setting permissions for them, and so on.
Chapter 2 explains the major user interface elements the Finder uses to present its contents—the desktop, menus, and the Dock—as well as how to use the keyboard, mouse, and touchpad to interact with those items.
The Finder is an application, one that has its own preferences you can adjust, its own menu bar, and techniques for accessing and working with items in its windows. The Finder runs automatically when your Mac starts up, and you can't really use the Mac for much if it's not running. This chapter explains how to use the Finder.
