Creating Folders on Macs

Creating Folders on Macs

A Folder (also known as a Directory or Sub-Directory) is a way of organizing files and other folders. Here's how to create a folder.

Activity: Creating a Folder

1) Make sure you're in the Finder by pulling down the Application menu.

2) Arrange any open document windows (like the one you use to see this document!) so that you can see the right side of the desktop. (Click here if you're not sure how to arrange windows. Clicking on this link will cause another browser window to open. Read through / practice that and then close that window and you'll be back here.)

3) Call down the File menu and select and click on the New Folder item in the File menu which will look like this:

4) When you execute that menu command, the system will create a new, untitled folder icon on the desktop. It will appear over on the right and look like this:

5) By default, the name is selected (see that the text is black / highlighted / selected and the name has a box around it). Whatever you type now will replace that text. Edit the name as you will and hit the return key so the system knows you're done naming it.

You can now drag this folder onto another folder, drag files and folder onto this icon, etc.

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