Section 13. Create a New Folder

13. Create a New Folder

SEE ALSO

14 Create a Smart Folder That Contains Certain Types of Items

15 Rename a Folder or Document

17 Change an Icon

18 Set a Color Label

The basic unit of document storage is the folder. A folder can reside in any place in on a disk, and folders (and folders within folders within folders) are what make up the hierarchical organization of any Mac OS X system.

Mac OS X provides you a number of special-purpose folders inside your Home folder for storing certain kinds of documents. You can always create new folders to suit your purposes, and you can keep those new folders anywhere you like. For instance, you might create a folder on your Desktop to hold Word files for a project you're working on, and then move that folder into your Documents folder when you're done with it, so you can easily find it later. The first step in all this organizational wizardry is creating that new folder.

13. Create a New Folder

1.	Open a Finder Window Click the Finder icon at the far left end of the Dock. Alternatively, click anywhere on the Desktop to switch to the Finder, and then press to open a new Finder window.
2.	Navigate to Where You Want the New Folder Using whichever view modes you find most convenient , move through the folders in your Home folder until you're at the position where you want to create the new folder. TIP Press and click the title of the Finder window to see the path to your current location.
3.	Create the Folder Select File , New Folder . Alternatively, press or select New Folder from the Action button menu in the Finder window. A new folder appears in the listing, with the name untitled folder .
4.	Name the Folder The new folder's name is selected as soon as it's created, so you can immediately type a new name for it. You can use any name that doesn't duplicate the name of any other item in the current folder. When you're done typing the name, press Return to commit the change.