Why doesn't Finder show folder structure clearly
Hi All,
A slight frustrated rant first
I'm new to the OS operating system.
I've been Windows all my life. I never thought it particularly brilliant but at least it was straight forward.
I am totally baffled by the logic used in Apple OS X.
Maybe you experienced users think nothing of it but I think it's bordering on nuts.
Simple things are very hard to do for a new user.
I used Mac's back in the late 80's and 90's and what was wonderful about them was their ease of use.
Same with the iPhone and the iPad.
What is OS X so obtuse.
I have a mouse with no left click (I have to hold down a control key to left click-???)
It reminds me of iTunes.
The hardest thing in iTunes is to put the songs you want on your phone - surely it should be the easiest thing to do.
Anyway apologies for the rant but its been totally unexpected how unwieldy OS X is.
To my question
I can use finder to find my pictures but it doesn't bring me to the folder that its in. It just brings me the file.
Macintosh HD/Users/fergalocallaghan/Pictures/2016/2016-05-07
Why can't I find the folder itself?
I can find it with applications no problem but not directly in Finder.
Why doesn't pictures appear as one of the options on the left of the screen
Maybe it's a simple thing to do but any instruction I try to follow seem to make assumptions you already know what you are doing.
This is a common one
To change the items in your sidebar, choose Finder > Preferences from the Finder menu bar, then click Sidebar at the top of the preferences window
I can't find any "Preferences" on the Finder Screen to go to. If it exists it looks hidden on my current set up.
All I want to do is copy all the pictures from the folder 2016-05-07 to a memory stick.
In windows this takes all of 5 seconds. A three year old could work it out.
On this OS its hidden somewhere and totally unintuitive to find.
Can anyone give me some simple advice?
I want to love it but it's so hard - its a magnificent machine but totally let down by its OS.
