What is the Macintosh?

The Macintosh or Mac is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984. It is mainly called by a nickname given to it called Mac since 1998. Its current lineup includes two laptops (MacBook Pro and MacBook Air) and four desktops(iMac and iMac Pro, Mac Mini and Mac Pro). 

Apple has developed a series of Mac operating systems. In 2001, it released Mac OS X, which was later rebranded into OS X in 2012, and then MacOS in 2016. The current version is the macOS Big Sur which was released on 12th November 2020. There is a lot of difference between Windows and Mac, and hence articles like these will help you do tasks as simple as possible. 

Purpose of  Folders

A Folder, also called a directory, is a space used to store files, shortcuts, and other folders on a computer. Folders are useful in keeping the files organized and separate. One folder can have particular types of files. 

For example, A folder named “Softwares” can have different setup applications of softwares required by the user. 

You can organise everything on your device much better with the help of folders. All your photos, videos, documents, and PDFs can be separate and organised where they should be. They can be edited separately. The biggest problem people usually face edited various files is due to formats, but it is fairly easy to deal with in Mac, especially with TechyHost. Documenting changes and keeping yourself organised is an important part of life.

Folders can also allow the user to have several files with the same name on the computer, but all the files should be in different folders.

For example, Folder A has a file named “Thailand,” then Folder B can also have a file named ” Thailand,” and there will be no issues. When all the files are together, each file requires a unique name. Therefore, Folders are very useful and make working on computers extremely convenient. 

Creating Folders

A desktop with several files looks so disorganized; therefore, if one wants to have a clean desktop, they need to get used to folders. 

In that way, all the files can be orderly arranged in specific folders. But, before that, one needs to know how to create a new folder. It is quite easy and doesn’t need a person to be extremely technical savvy. There are few different ways to do this task. Let’s start with the first approach. 

● Approach 1 

• Navigate to the desktop on your Mac, and look for the word “Finder” on the top left corner of your monitor, beside the Apple icon. 
• Once you reach there, click on “File” beside “Finder.” 
• Then, all you have to do is click on “New Folder” from the dropdown menu. 

And that’s it; a New Folder is created. Wasn’t it easy? 

● Approach 2 

• Firstly, navigate to the desktop of your Mac. 
• Then, right-click on the mouse, or use two fingers held close together to create a right-click on the trackpad. 
• A menu appears. Now, all you have to do is to click on “New Folder.”

The New Folder created will be named “Untitled Folder” by default. To change the name to one’s own choice, all you have to do is a slow double-click on its name, or right-click on the folder and then choose “Rename” from the menu that appears. In this way, the folder will have a name according to your choice. 

● Approach 3 

• This is a quick way to create a folder with items on the desktop or finder window. 
• On your Mac, select all the desired items that you want to group. 
• Control-click on one of those selected items, then you have to choose “New Folder with Selection.” 
• Then enter a name for the folder and press Return. 

● Approach 4 

This approach is used to create new folders from a Finder Window. 

• The first step is to open “Finder,” and you need to click on it from the dock for that.
• Then, you have to click on “Documents” in the menu bar in the finder window. 
• The next step is the right-click on the space in the finder window. 
• A menu appears; you have to select “New Folder.” 
• Hence, a New Folder is created in the Active Finder window. 

And that’s how easy it is to create a New Folder on Mac. 

Now that a new folder is created, all you have to do is add files to the folder and clean the mess on your desktop. For that, all you have to do is drag the files into the folder by clicking on the file and maneuvering it over to the desired folder. These steps used to create folders on one active window can be used to create folders within folders. And it can go deeper and deeper. 

There may be times when you would want to delete the created folder. For that, all you need to do is drag the folder to the Computer’s Trash icon, or right-click on the Folder and then select “Move to Trash” from the menu that appears. 

This article aims at making it very easy for the readers to understand the steps to Create a New Folder on Mac. It has all the information required, and I hope this article helped all of our readers.