It is not that different from Windows.
Thanks IP. That looks straight forward enough. I was quessing there would be a home folder by user since that is what I experienced in Unix. But years back some Mac using friends (admittedly not technically knowledgeable) told me they never saw or knew about any folders in their Mac - they just found everything with their finder. It sounds like they just didn't know anything about their file system. I guess my older sister would say the same thing about Windows -- files just go wherever they go. She emails me photos to post to her Facebook page.The Mac OS file system is organized with folders. It is not that different from Windows.
When you plug in the flash drive, an icon for the drive will appear in the finder. Click on the icon and the top level folders and/or files on the drive will appear. Just drag them to your friend's home folder or desktop or wherever. Don't drag them to the Macintosh HD folder; it is above the user's home directory in the hierarchy and should be reserved for system stuff.
Typically, a user's home, pictures, documents, and desktop folders appear in the left sidebar of the finder window and remain there no matter what folder is selected. This is user changeable though, so it might be different.
Here is a pic of my finder with a flash drive attached, and my home directory selected. (I blanked out my home directory name.) The flash drive is named crucial8gb.
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It is important to "eject" the flash drive before removing it. Click on the ⏏ symbol next to the flash drive icon and name to eject it.
I don't know what you mean by not using folders but instead using the finder to find files.
Uh..... What do you think inspired "Windows"?Uh oh. Looks like the billion Apple spent on marketing didn't 'take' on at least one user....
Almost all names, titles, etc. on a Mac can be changed by selecting the name/title once, and then wait a sec to click once again. This causes a blue box to appear around the name/title with text selected in blue, which means you can replace or edit it now. Click outside to be done.Thanks, Ikonomore. Worked like a charm.......I guess if I had been desperate enough I might eventually have discovered that....the sign of a good design....but there are enough non-obvious things, esp for an ex PC person, that I thought I'd ask for help first.
I thought it came to Gates in a dream...Uh..... What do you think inspired "Windows"
Never mind that Apple "borrowed" the original windowed Mac interface from Xerox....Uh oh. Looks like the billion Apple spent on marketing didn't 'take' on at least one user....
Yeah - some dreams after he had been staring at Macs for a couple of years.....I thought it came to Gates in a dream...
Yep - that doesn't matter at all as the Xerox products had very limited commercial availability and were ultimately not commercially successful. I'm glad Apple ran with it and made it available to the masses.Never mind that Apple "borrowed" the original windowed Mac interface from Xerox....
Poor Xerox. They had a working prototype of the future in their hands and didn't know what to do with it. One of the great screw-ups of modern times.Never mind that Apple "borrowed" the original windowed Mac interface from Xerox....
As I posted above:Poor Xerox. They had a working prototype of the future in their hands and didn't know what to do with it. One of the great screw-ups of modern times.
FromMacWrite and MacPaint sofware came bundled with the Macintosh, and PowerPoint was developed by Forethought for the Mac in 1984. (In 1987, Microsoft acquired Forethought and made PowerPoint its own.)