Section 4 - File Structure Views

Icon View

Before learning how to navigate and manage data in the Macintosh OS, it is important to understand how the file structure can be viewed and what information is presented in each view. The views available under the View Menu are the "as Icons," "as List," and “as Columns”. These views are also located as buttons in the Tool bars of the Finder windows.

The "as Icons" view presents the file structure as icons with their name underneath. No other information about the icons is presented.

With the as Icons view, the window can be cleaned up by selecting Clean Up from the View Menu. This option arranges the icons and the buttons for you.

The window can also be arranged by name, date modified, date created, size, and kind. Just select the Arrange sub-menu under the View Menu.