Organizing+Files

Got Documents? Are you having a hard time locating your documents, files and pictures on your computer? Is your computer desktop so filled with documents, etc. that you can't see the background picture? Do you wish you had everything organized by topic or student? Let's get organized!

 <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ====How to Create a New Folder on a Mac ==== <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1859px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0074e8; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Bennett Gavrish], eHow Contributor  <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">updated: August 21, 2009    <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In order to organize files on a Mac <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0074e8; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|computer], you will want to add folders to your hard drive and catalog data into each one. Folders <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">are created through the Finder application and can be labeled with any title. When you create a new folder, <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">it will remain empty until you manually drag files into it. <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Difficulty: Moderately Easy ==<span style="border-bottom-color: #3d9bf9; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 7px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructions ==  Read more: <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #003399; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|How to Create a New Folder on a Mac | eHow.com] <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #003399; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[]
 * 1) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Click anywhere on the desktop of your Mac computer to switch to the Finder application.
 * 2) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Go to the "File" menu at the top of the screen and choose "New Folder." A folder icon will now appear on the screen, and the text under the icon will be highlighted.
 * 3) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Type in a name for the folder and hit the enter key to save your selection.
 * 4) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Double-click on the new folder icon to open it and view its empty contents.
 * 5) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/1.3em arial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Organize your files by dragging and dropping them into the new folder.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> ===<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Locating a Missing File ===

<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here's a video on how to search for a file, picture or document that you can't locate. It can be a little fast but you can stop it at any time and replay it.

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