Ernst Roelofs

In PC-Active 330 you can already read about a number of options Finder to your own liking, so you can quickly and easily find your way around your Mac. In the second part of macOS tips and tricks we happily continue where we left off.

Of Archive you can take a number of actions, such as creating a new Finder window. If you find shortcuts useful, you will see the keyboard combination on the far right to quickly perform a function (image 1):

Of Open with you can choose a program other than the default to open a file, in this case a .png file (image 2).

Of Change you can undo an action (other than cutting and pasting) (image 3).

Also the function Display speaks for itself. This allows you to set things up in more detail. (image 4)

You can enter using the function below View > Show view options (image 5) choose which columns you want to have or not appear in the Finderwindow (Figure 6).

And whether, for example, you want to see the size of a folder or a file displayed.
The Display-option is also possible with the icon

Through the Displaymenu you can also choose to make a button bar (in)visible or to customize it. Also others DisplayOptions, indispensable for one user, but a distraction for another, can be made visible or not, such as the Path bar below (image 7):

Also the Gofunction is self-explanatory. This allows you to quickly go to a specific ‘place’ (image 8).

The Windowfunction offers a number of functions to further customize the screen to your liking (image 9).

The Helpfunction is also bright. Apple has it on their site extensive instructions and manuals.	Finally, you can use Finder through Institutions Furthermore personalize. Via the menu bar (at the top) you can go via Institutions a number of things (also) Set up:

To start with, imagine General in what you see on the desktop Macwants to have displayed. I find it useful to have the data to be able to approach carriers directly and so I checked that. Someone else may prefer a tidy desk (image 12)	Through Tags you can create labels, attach a name and a color to it and you can then use the search function on search (image 13).

The Navigation-column is the on column the right side in it Finder-window. You can indicate here with a check mark what you may or may not want to see again- given in that column (image 14).	Remains the Advanced institutions from Finder. With this you can set a number of options such as displaying the extension, the type of file (image 15).

At the Search-function you can indicate what the default search method is. This way you can search the entire Mac or the current folder (image 16).

Through Services you can make further adjustments. The choices depend on the type of window open/file selected (Figure 17).

Finally, one last tip. Double-clicking on a window adjusts its size. Double-click again and you will return to the previous window.

In short, there are plenty of options to customize Finder, so you can quickly and easily find your way around your Mac. Of course, there are also several roads on the Mac that lead to Rome. I advise especially novice Mac users to try out the different functions and display options and then make a choice.

And… for those who want to check it all, see for all the possibilities of MacOS Ventura: https://www.apple.com/nl/macos/ventura/ and for all the possibilities of Finder: https://www.apple. com/nl/search/Finder?src=globalnav