Mac Finder VS File Explorer in Windows & Recover Lost Files - MiniTool

Windows Explorer and Mac Finder: Comparison of File Manager

Windows Explorer (also known as Windows Explorer) and Mac Finder are powerful built-in file management tools in their respective operating systems. This article will compare the similarities and differences between these two tools to help you better understand their functions and how to use them.

Overview of Explorer and Finder

Windows Explorer is an application in the Windows operating system that manages folders and files. You can use it to perform various actions such as opening files and folders, creating new files/folders, searching for files/folders, changing default folders, renaming files, and more.

Finder is a file management tool used by Mac OS users to find and organize documents, media, folders, and other files. Finder's functions are basically the same as Windows Explorer.

Page layout differences

Open Windows Explorer and you will see the Quick Access and This Computer folders in the left panel, and the settings buttons are displayed on the top ribbon (as shown above).

Mac's Finder shows the following categories in the left sidebar: Favorites, iCloud, Location, and Tags. You can customize the Finder's sidebar as you want.

Comparison of common functions

Both Explorer and Finder provide many of the same features:

Select (multiple) files/folders

In both applications, you can easily select files and folders. To select multiple files, you can use Shift and Ctrl (Command on Mac) keys.

In Explorer, hold down the Ctrl key and click on the desired file (not necessarily adjacent) to select multiple files. In Finder, hold down the Command key and click on the required file.

Additionally, in both applications, you can also select multiple files by clicking the first file, then holding down the Shift key, and then clicking the last file. However, this method cannot select non-adjacent files. Therefore, you can use the Ctrl/Command keys in combination with the Shift keys to select a file.

Delete files/folders

To organize files on your computer, you may need to move unwanted files to the Recycle Bin/Trash or permanently delete the files. In both Explorer and Finder, unwanted files can be easily deleted. In Explorer, just right-click the file and click Delete and the selected file will be moved to the Recycle Bin. You can also delete files before a specific date. To delete a file in Finder, you need to press the Command Delete key combination.

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Search for files/folders

When many files are stored in Explorer/Finder, to quickly find the required files, you can use the search function. To search for a specific file or folder, enter the file name in the search box in the upper right corner and press Enter.

Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl F/Command F key combination to run the search box directly.

Which one is better?

Overall, both Explorer and Finder have advantages, both providing basic folder and file management capabilities. Which one to choose depends mainly on your computer system.

Summarize

This article mainly compares Finder and Windows Explorer. Hope this article helps you understand these two file management applications.

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