You can change the sorting from ascending order to descending order and back again by clicking on the attribute column title. Choose Show View Options from the View menu to add / remove attribute columns. You can easily sort by file name, date modified, and so forth. Each folder can be expanded by clicking on the disclosure triangle just to the left of the folder. List view - Similar to Windows Details view mode, used to display your folder in a spreadsheetstyle manner. Also you can 'hover' over icons for multipage documents or QuickTime movies to get a thumb nail preview of its content. Icon view - Similar to Windows Icons view mode, used to display the contents of your folder as a series of icons. Finder window View buttons Equivalent to the options contained in the View menu of Windows Explorer.

In Mac OS X every application menu has a Quit option that can also be invoked by using the Command-Q key combination. Note: Closing all application windows in Mac OS X does not always quit the application as it does in Windows. Finder window close, minimize and zoom buttons just like in Windows but on the left. The Finder menu has items such as Finder Preferences, Services, and Secure Empty Trash.

It contains the Apple menu, active application menu, menu bar extras and the Spotlight icon. Menu bar - This is always at the top of your screen. Apple () menu - Similar to the Start menu in Windows used to access functions such as Software Update (equivalent to Windows Update), System Preferences (equivalent to Control Panel), Sleep, Log Out, and Shut Down. Some of the following Mac OS X features may not be available in Windows.Ģ 1. Elements of the Mac OS X desktop and Finder, and their Windows Explorer equivalents Here is a sample Mac desktop and Finder window (in Cover Flow view mode), labeled so we can compare it to Windows. You can also see file server connections, inserted DVDs, and USB thumb drives. You can search for files, copy files, move files, or delete files. In Mac OS X, you use the Finder to manage your files. In Windows you used Windows Explorer to manage your files. For example, you still have a desktop and windows, you still access many functions from menus, you can still use keyboard shortcuts to accomplish tasks quickly, and more. 1 MAC SWITCH 101 Although it may feel like you're entering a brand new world with your Mac, you'll be happy to know that Finder has some familiar similarities to Windows Explorer.

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