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The Status Bar still exists, but it's hidden by default.

If you're a longtime Mac user, you may remember the days of the Status Bar, which would tell you at a glance how many items were in a selected folder along with the amount of free storage space on your Mac. Unlike showing and hiding the Sidebar or Toolbar, showing or hiding the Path Bar applies to all Finder windows. Double-clicking a file in the Path Bar will open it double-clicking a folder in the Path Bar will display the contents of that folder. The bar at the bottom of the window shows the location of the item you've selected in the Finder window. Column View (which we'll discuss later) is one way to trace your path through your Mac's storage, but you can also view a file or folder's location using the Path Bar.ДЇrom the View menu, choose Show Path Bar.

It's easy to get lost in the Finder, particularly if you're trying to navigate your way through a series of nested folders. If the Sidebar is hidden and the Toolbar is visible, then the Hide Sidebar command changes to Show Sidebar. Like hiding the Toolbar, hiding the Sidebar on one window, doesn't hide it on any other open Finder window. Lastly, if you want to hide the Sidebar, that's easy enough to do. Needless to say, you can make the Sidebar narrower by dragging to the left. Place the pointer on the vertical line dividing the Sidebar from the contents of the window and when the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow, drag to the right. Got an item in the Sidebar with a truncated name because the Sidebar is too narrow? Change the width of the Sidebar. If you delete the original folder (and empty the trash), it'll automatically be deleted from the Sidebar. A folder dragged into the Sidebar is merely an alias (or pointer) to the original folder. To remove a folder from Favorites, drag it out of the Sidebar.Дragging a folder into the sidebar or removing it from the sidebar does not affect its actual location on your Mac. You can also drag folders from your iCloud Drive into the iCloud category. To add a folder to the Sidebar, drag a folder to the Favorites category in the Sidebar. In addition to the categories that you can display in Finder Preferences, you can drag individual folders into the Sidebar for quick access. Place the pointer on a category item in Favorites or Tags and drag it to a new location within the category. Place the pointer on the name of a category, and drag it to a new location in the Sidebar. Click Show to reveal the contents of the category. If the contents of a category are hidden, placing the pointer on the category name will display the word 'Show'. Place the pointer on the name of a category to its right the word Hide will appear.

IMore's overview article covers how to display certain items in the sidebar, but you can do even more. The Sidebar and some of its categories (Favorites, Tags, etc.) can be customized. By default it shows some Favorites (both tasks and folders on your Mac), Locations (such as iCloud Drive or devices on your network) and Tags that you can apply to folders and files. The far left side of the Finder window contains a column with a light gray background called the Sidebar. Showing the Toolbar for a Finder window will also show its Sidebar. If the Toolbar is hidden, the Hide Toolbar command changes to Show Toolbar. The Toolbar and Sidebar will still be visible on other open Finder windows. If you do so, the Sidebar (which we will get to in the next section) will also be hidden. You can hide the Toolbar on any Finder window. You can also add, delete, or rearrange individual Toolbar buttons by dragging them into, out of, or within the Toolbar.

In the sheet that appears, from the Show pop-up menu, choose Icon and Text.From the View menu choose Customize Toolbar.

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