Finder tips & tricks

Create your own tags in Finder’s Preferences to make it easy to classify and find related files.

1 Change how your folders are displayed

To change how Finder displays a folder, open any folder in Finder and then click on View > Show View Options. Here you can choose how the contents should be grouped and sorted and also specify if you want the folder to always open in List View. You can also use shortcuts: +1, 2, 3 or 4 displays icon view, list view, column