Sonoma Ease of use Settings – Finder

Finder – Clean up your Sidebar: Finder ❯ Settings ❯ Sidebar and check the boxes for wanted items such as Applications, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, iCloud and more. Tip – drag useful folders to the side bar to see them easily and drag them off to remove them

Finder – New Finder windows show Documents not ‘Recents’: Finder ❯ Settings ❯ General – ‘New Finder window show’ click in the box and change to Documents or other folder

Finder see file path in path bar: in menu bar go to View ❯ Path Bar and check it so it is seen

Finder see Status bar: in menu bar go to View ❯ Status Bar and check it so it is seen

Finder Search – set default location: Finder ❯ Settings ❯ Advanced – ‘When performing a search and choose – Search the Current Folder or another option

Finder set List view columns: Right click on a column title and add a different column and hide existing ones. Drag to move columns and adjust width by hovering over the line between and dragging that.