macOS Finder Tips and Resources

View Tagged Files and Folders on a Mac: Finder/Spotlight

You carefully tagged your files and folders, lured by the promise of better productivity — so why can’t you find them...

Think folders are just too one-dimensional for organizing files? Want a flat hierarchy and one document to show up in...

One folder per year and an “Attic” for good measure? Even with ubiquitous search, having files and documents somewhat...

Downloaded a ZIP file, and now it just sits there in your Downloads folder? Should you double-click it, drag it or use...

Wish Adobe Acrobat, Edge or Safari didn't hijack your PDFs every time you’re just trying to take a quick look? It’s...

Wish you could find Finder faster? Want to switch to macOS Finder without taking the hands off the keyboard? Find out...

Folders everywhere on your Mac and no privacy when guests peek from behind your back? Tired of nesting folders inside...

Does your Mac seem to love multiplying windows, in particular when you’re trying to open more than one image in...

Stuck in Terminal wishing you could just open Finder to see the current folder’s files? Want to jump from a...

Edited or, worse, accidentally deleted an important document, and now you wonder if there’s a way to make sure this...

Tired of opening folders side by side in Finder just to move or copy files? What if folders could magically spring...

Wish you had a Terminal window and could open a Terminal window to work on files — but you’re only staring at them in...