After you’ve opened all the folders and subfolders, you’ll head to the Edit menu and choose Select All to highlight all the items in this window. With the bottommost folder and all its ensuing subfolders open, you should move up to the next folder, repeat the little -click on the tiny arrow and move your way up to the top of the window. ![]() However, if you hold down the key BEFORE you click on that little arrow, the Mac will open all the subfolders for you automatically-exactly what you want. You’ll want to click on the little arrow next to the bottommost folder to-STOP! Before you click, what will happen? You’ll see the contents of that folder displayed in List view. Now, use the scroll bar to move your view to the bottom of the window. So, you have tiny file icons, tiny folder icons, and tiny arrows. Folders show up as tiny folders with arrows next to them, while files show up as, well, files. ![]() You want the List option because it allows your System Folder window to display its contents alphabetically in list form. You can view the window by icons, by buttons (annoying but useful in certain circumstances), and in a list form. You have several view options, which, coincidentally, you access via the View menu. ![]() First, you have to change how you view the window contents. Even if you know what’s in there, you still need to see things clearly. Now, you’re going to open the Macintosh Hard Drive and the System Folder. Why have I chosen those names and colors? Because I’m a professional, and I’ve done this before-without a net! Actually, I chose those colors because they’re easily identifiable, and the labels make sense to me. To change a label, click in the Label box and type a new name. To change a color, simply click on that color. To assign the colors and names, open the Label dialog box by selecting Preferences from the Edit menu and clicking the Labels tab. So, let’s name our colors-in the same order-System Items, System Extras, Utilities, Applications, Application Extras, Internet, and Data. (Since it’s my column, I get to pick the colors.) You also get to label each color with a name. Let’s say you pick red, orange, bright green, dark blue, light blue, brown, and dark green. You have seven colors from which to choose, plus the absence of color therefore, you have eight choices. But before you commence your coloring, you need to choose some colors and assign names to those colors. Well, smarty-pants, the Mac has the ability to assign colors to icons. Sign up now for a FREE 30-day trial of our TechProGuild service. Among other great benefits, TechProGuild offers in-depth technical articles, e-books, and weekly chats moderated by industry experts on hot topics such as the latest OS developments and career advancement. This article appears courtesy of TechRepublic’s TechProGuild, the subscription Web resource for IT administration and support professionals. You can open some items, like the System, but you can’t open others, like the Finder. Other items in the System Folder include Finder, System, Mac OS ROM, System Resources, and Scrapbook File, among others. In the folders are more items-some folders within folders within folders. ![]() More folders reside in the System Folder: Extensions (Drivers), Preferences, Fonts, Startup Items, Shutdown Items, Scripts, Control Panels, Apple Menu Items, and more. For all intents and purposes, the similarities stop there. Macs have a System Folder, where all the important stuff exists Windows uses the Windows folder. Items on a Mac have an icon, just like Windows items. In this sneak preview piece from TechProGuild, Schoun Regan tells you how. Make your Mac troubleshooting easier with the use of labels.
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