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Every Finder window now shows all available disks, your iDisk and favorite folders in the left column. This sidebar resembles the navigation you use in iTunes and iPhoto: you’re always just a click away from where you want to go. Other changes in the Finder speed up searches, reduce the need for scrolling and simplify display of file listings. Finding your way The new Finder in Mac OS X Panther makes navigating and organizing files and folders on the Mac easier than ever. The sidebar — visible in the left-hand pane of every open window — lists hard drives, network volumes, your iDisk, optical media and other accessible volumes at the top. The sidebar identifies removable volumes such as CDs, DVDs, FireWire and USB hard drives and flash memory cards with a triangular eject symbol which you can click to dismount the drive — you never need to drag a volume to the Trash.  You can customize the sidebar with your favorite folders by dragging them to the lower section of the sidebar. These favorite folders provide convenient shortcuts to get to current projects and a quick way to copy files. When you select a volume or folder in the sidebar, it becomes the starting point for what you see in Column View, so you rarely need to scroll to get to your destination, even in small Finder windows. And the sidebar doesn’t let you lose your place — when you make a Finder window smaller, the icons and text of the sidebar scale dynamically, so you always see a maximum number of items, without scrolling. 
Open sesameBest of all, this navigation method is available to you when you open and save files in any application. You’ll see that the sidebar can browse files in either list view or column view. That makes it super convenient to open a file on your iDisk or network server without switching to the Finder first to mount the remote disks. Found art Searching for files and folders is faster and more straightforward in Mac OS X Panther. Similar to how searching works in iTunes and Mail, you see results as you type and refine search terms. And you can specify search locations through a convenient popup menu which lets you choose “Everywhere,” “Local Disks,” “Home” or “Selection.” 
Putting it in contextThe Action menu gives you access to contextual Finder commands based on the current selection. Maybe you want to label files, or move items to the trash. The Action menu also gives you a handy way to get more information about a file. If you have a two-button mouse, you can also right-click on an item to bring up the menu, or hold down the control key while clicking on an item with a one-button mouse. |
Top New Panther Features
 Finder Everything you need, just a click away. Exposé Find the window you need. Now. iChat AV Video conferencing for the rest of us. FileVault Safe, secure, and speedy. Fast User Switching Share well with others. Mail Follow the thread of any discussion. iDisk Your online hard drive. Available offline. Preview Tear through PDFs in no time. Font Book Letter-perfect type management. UNIX Mac OS X is based on rock-solid UNIX. Xcode Ground-breaking new approach to developer productivity. See the Video  Visit the Apple Store at the Grove, virtually, to see highlights of Panther’s new features.
Direct Network Access.The network icon in the sidebar provides direct access to available Mac, Windows and Unix servers — you don’t need to use the “Connect to…” menu. 
Securely Delete Files.You can securely delete files — they’re overwritten with the same 7-pass algorithm approved by the Department of Defense — by choosing “Secure Empty Trash” in the Finder preferences. 
File and Folder Labels.The Action menu lets you further organize files and folders by assigning a color that identifies status, such as “Draft,” “Homework,” “Poetry” or “Business.” New features in Finder
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