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Finder

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Description
command 1 View as icons
command 2 View as list
command 3 View as columns
command 4 View as gallery
command Option S Toggle sidebar
command Shift . Toggle hidden files and folders
command option V Move instead of copy and paste

Preferences

Press command , to open Preferences.

  • General
    • Show these items on the desktop deselect all
    • New Finder windows show Documents
    • Sync Desktop & Documents folders ON
    • Open folders in tabs instead of new windows ON
  • Tags
    • Configure according to your needs and preferences. A convenient default set of tags are one for each colour available: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Grey.
  • Sidebar
    • Favourites: Recents, AirDrop, Applications, Downloads, lukejanicke
    • iCloud: select all
    • Locations: select all
    • Tags: Recent tags
  • Advanced
    • Show all filename extensions ON
    • Deselect all other options
    • Keep folders on top: In windows when sorting by name
    • When performing a search: Search this Mac

Toolbar

Right click on the Toolbar and select Customise Toolbar….

  • Back/Forward (to left of folder name)
  • Search (to right of folder name)
  • Show Icon only

View

  • Show sidebar
  • Hide preview
  • Show toolbar
  • Hide path bar
  • Hide status bar

Sidebar

  • iCloud
    • iCloud Drive
    • Desktop
    • Documents
    • Shared
  • Favourites
    • AirDrop
    • Recent
    • lukejanicke
    • Applications
    • Downloads
    • Add other folders for convenience as needed
  • Locations
    • Luke’s MacBook Air
    • Macintosh HD

Collapse (hide) the tags group if you are not actively using them.

View Options

From the View menu, select Show view options or press command J.

  • Always open in icon view ON
  • Browse in icon view ON
  • Group by None
  • Sort by Name
  • Icon size: 128×128
  • Grid spacing: minimum
  • Text size: 13
  • Label position: Bottom
  • Show item info OFF
  • Show icon preview ON
  • Background Default

Click Use as defaults.

From the View menu, select as list or press command 2.

  • Icon size: select larger option
  • Text size: 13
  • Show columns: Date modified, Size
  • Use relative dates ON
  • Calculate all sizes ON
  • Show icon preview ON

Click Use as defaults.

From the File menu, select as columns or press command 3.

  • Show preview column OFF

From the File menu, select as gallery or press command 4.

  • Thumbnail size: select largest option
  • Show preview column OFF
  • Show icon preview ON
  • Show filename OFF

Click Use as defaults.

From the File menu, select as icons or press command 1.

To give a a folder these default settings, press command J to Show view options. Hold Down option and see that Use as defaults changes to Restore to defaults. Click Restore to defaults.

Go to Desktop, Downloads and Applications folders and apply these default settings.

iCloud

[!tip] On my Mac If you are using iCloud, make sure the On my Mac folder is empty. Avoid using it.