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So you are used to that stuffy Microsoft Windows interface. Remember always having to go to My Documents:Folder:After Folder:After Folder until you got to the destination of the file you wanted? Are you stuck in the same rut using your Mac?

Let’s find out how to create some Shortcuts to your favorite folders.

Open Finder and Navigate to a folder you frequently open. For me, that is my Art folder inside the Documents folder. Click, Hold and Drag that folder to the left bar of the Finder and Release (If the bar is not visible, Click and Drag the small dot on the left to the right to open the Shortcuts bar OR Select View:Show Toolbar).

Click the Folder’s Icon inside of the Shortcut bar and you will go directly to that folder in the Finder. Don’t need to quickly navigate to that folder any longer? Just Drag the Folder anywhere outside of the Shortcuts Bar and it will go poof and disappear.

Do you have a folder with a bunch of subfolders? Instead of dragging to Folder to the Finder’s sidebar, Drag the Folder to the right side of the Dock.

Ctrl+Click the Folder’s icon in the Dock. Now you can easily navigate the folder’s subfolders to find the file you need.

More Drag and Drop Quick Tips will be coming soon!

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Written by Steve Blue
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