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Contains tools you use to work with files and folders.
Enables you display the Search box for finding files, folders, and other information.
Enables you to quickly access devices, folders, files, and tags, as well as searches you have saved.
Shows the contents of a location within a window; this example shows the Icon view.
Shows information about the current location, such as the amount of free space when you are viewing the MacBook’s drive.
Drag a border or a corner to change the size of a window.
Shows the path to the location of the folder displayed in the window.
Enables you to open multiple tabs containing different Finder locations within the same Finder window and quickly switch among them.
Work with the Dock and Sidebar
Contains files, folders, searches, and other items that you can open by clicking them.
Shows the folders you have stored in your space on iCloud Drive, such as Desktop and Documents.
Contains your MacBook’s internal drive or drives, any DVD or CD in an external optical drive, external drives, network drives, and other devices that your MacBook can access.
Shows the list of tags you can apply to files and folders to help you identify and sort them easily.
Shows apps, files, and folders you can access with a single click, along with apps currently running.
Divides the left side of the Dock from the right side. You can press
Icons on the left side of the Dock are for apps; each open app has a dark dot under its icon unless you turn off this preference.
Icons on the right side of the Dock are for files, folders, and minimized windows. The default Dock includes the Downloads folder for files you download from the Internet.
macOS puts items you delete in the Trash; to get rid of them, you empty the Trash. When you select an ejectable device, such as a DVD, the Trash icon changes to the Eject icon.
Point and Click with the Trackpad
To tell the MacBook what you want to do, slide your finger across the trackpad to move the on-screen pointer over the object with which you want to work. After you point to an object, you press the trackpad down to click, telling the computer what you want to do with the object. The number of times you click, and the manner in which you click, determine what happens to the object you point at.
Point and Click with the Trackpad
Point and Click
Double-Click
Your selection opens.
Point, Click, and Drag
The object at which you were pointing becomes attached to the arrow and remains so until you release the trackpad.
