3 Tips for Mastering Finder in Macs

As one of the most commonly used Mac applications, it is worth taking some time to get to grips with the Finder. These tips mainly address the basics of working with Finder windows, but hopefully there will be something new to everyone. 1. Normally you just double click to open an item, but if you hold option while doing it, the current window will close as the new one opens. 2. To close every single Finder window, hold option while clicking the red X in the corner. Alternatively press Command-Option-W. 3. You can use the Go menu to quickly navigate to common places such as Home, Applications and your 10 most recent folders. Most of these places have keyboard shortcuts associated with them.