4. Window Views

Window Views

A Finder window’s contents can be displayed using four different views:

Icons displays the window’s contents as small or large icons (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Here’s a window in icon view, ...

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List displays the window’s contents as a sorted list (Figure 2).

Figure 2 ...list view, ...

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Columns displays the window’s contents with a multiple-column format that shows the currently selected disk or folder and the items within it (Figure 3).

Figure 3 ...column view, ...

Cover Flow (Figure 4) displays a folder’s contents ...

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