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The Finder uses a view of the file system that is rendered using a desktop metaphor; that is, the files and folders are represented as appropriate icons. It uses a similar interface to Apple's Safari browser, where the user can click on a folder to move to it and move between locations using "back" and "forward" arrow buttons.
Although primarily used by the Finder, these files were envisioned as a more general-purpose store of metadata about the display options of folders, such as icon positions and view settings. [2] For example, on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and later, the ".DS_Store" files contain the Spotlight comments of the folder's files.
MultiFinder is an extension for the Apple Macintosh's classic Mac OS, introduced on August 11, 1987 [1] and included with System Software 5. [2] It adds cooperative multitasking of several applications at once – a great improvement over the previous Macintosh systems, which can only run one application at a time.
In classic Mac OS System 7 and later, and in macOS, an alias is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable [1] file system and provides a dynamic link to it; the target object may be moved or renamed, and the alias will still link to it (unless the original file is recreated; such an alias is ambiguous and how it is resolved depends on the version of macOS).
Path Finder (originally SNAX) is a Macintosh file browser developed by Cocoatech. [1] [2] First released in 2001 simultaneously with the public release of Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah), [3] it replicates or integrates most of the features of the Finder, but introduces additional functionality similar to that found in the Windows File Explorer, the defunct Norton Commander, and other third-party file ...
Archive Utility (BOMArchiveHelper until Mac OS X 10.5) is the default archive file handler in macOS. It is usually invoked automatically when opening a file in one of its supported formats. [82] It can be used to create compressed ZIP archives by choosing "Create archive of 'file '" (Leopard: "Compress") in the Finder's File or contextual menu.
File copying is a fundamental operation for data storage. [citation needed] Most popular operating systems such as Windows, macOS and Linux as well as smartphone operating systems such as Android contain built-in file copying functions as well as command line (CLI) and graphical (GUI) interfaces to filing system copy and move functions. In some ...
Windows Linux MacOS Live OS CLI GUI Sector by sector [a] File based [b] Hot transfer [c] Standalone ... Part of macOS: Carbon Copy Cloner: No ? Yes No No