MacMundi

Mac OS X's file manager is called Finder, and it's quite similar to Windows Explorer. To open a Finder window you must click on its icon on the dock, or double-click the icon of any storage device (hard disk, CD, DVD, USB drive, etc).

The Finder icon is the first from left to right.

Once opened, the Finder window shows a list of folders and discs on the left, and the contents of the selected folder on the right.

The "home" folder, containing private folders from the current user. It is represented by a house icon.

Any folder can be placed on the list on the left, simply by clicking and dragging, but you should keep to the most frequently used (i.e. Applications, Documents, Images, etc). One of them, specifically, should always be there: it's the "home" folder, which securely stores all things owned by the current logged user, including the folders referred above (Documents, Applications, etc). This "home" folder's name is a nickname chosen by the user, and its icon is the figure of a house.

Each registered user on the computer owns a "home" folder, and its contents can only be accessed by the user it belongs to, so his privacy is guaranteed. The only exception is the "Public" sub-folder, which as the name says, has unrestricted access. Use it to share files with other users on the same computer.