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Hello everyone. I'm Jake, the Geek Out Tech.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to
use Finder Tabs in Mavericks.
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because it really helps me out.
I'm sure most of you are familiar with
how Tabs work in general.
especially if you've used a browser
that's come out in the last couple of yeas.
Now with Finder, instead of having a
window for each folder,
you'll have one window with a Tab for each folder.
So let's get this set up and see how it works.
First, we'll need to open a Finr
window by clicking on Finder in the Dock.
On a quick side note...
If you want a new window to open with
something other than All My Files,
Just go to Preferences
and right here you can select
a new location.
I'm going to select the Desktop
because that's the place I most commonly go to.
By default,
Finder in Mavericks has Tabs turned off.
To turn this on,
click on View in the menu bar
and select "Show Tab Bar".
With the Tab bar,
you can add more tabs
by clicking on File
and selecting "New Tab".
You can use the shortcut
Command T
or you can click on the plus
over here on the right side.
Just like in a browser,
you can do a lot of rearranging
with the Tabs. You can
reorder the Tabs by clicking and
dragging them. And you can
drag a Tab outside the window
to open a Tab in a new window.
You can also do the same thing
by clicking on the tab
and then selecting Window,
and "Move Tab to New Window".
You can drag tabs from one
window to another.
And you can merge all your
windows by selecting Window
and "Merge All Windows".
If you have multiple tabs open,
you can move to the next tab
to the right by pressing Control
and Tab on the keyboard.
And you can move to the tab
on the left by pressing Control
Shift and the Tab key.
And to close a tab,
just hover the cursor over
the tab for the X to appear
and click it. Or you can use
the shortcut, Command and W.
Also, several of the options I've
already spoken about are
accessible by right clicking or
Control clicking the tab itself.
Now to open a folder in a new
tab, hold down Command
and double click the folder
or right click on the folder
and select "Open in New Tab".
For me, the best part of having
Tabs in Finder,
is how easy it makes it to move
files or folders around.
Just navigate to a file or folder
you want to move in the first tab.
Then open a second tab
and navigate to where you want
to move or copy the
file or folder.
Now, just click and drag the
file or folder over to the
tab to move it.
Or you can hold down the
Option key and click and drag
the file or folder to copy it.
When the file is being copied
you should see a little
plus symbol.
So if you're the type of person
who uses multiple Finder windows
at the same time,
Tabs is a great way to make
Finder much more manageable.
I'm Jake, the Geek Out Tech.
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