It includes the Finder menu bar at the top of the screen and the desktop below that.

It uses windows and icons to show you the contents of your Mac, iCloud Drive, and other storage devices.

Its called the Finder because it helps you to find and organize your files.

Switching to the Finder also reveals any Finder windows that might be hidden behind the windows of other apps.

You can drag to resize windows and use the buttons to close, minimize, or maximize windows.

You can view files as icons, in a list, in columns, or in a gallery.

And for each view, the View menu provides options to change how items are sorted and arranged, such as by kind, date, or size.

Gallery View in macOS Mojave even lets you play videos and scroll through multipage documents.

Earlier versions of macOS have a similar but less powerful gallery view called Cover Flow.

Or press Shift-Command ()-P to quickly show or hide the Preview pane.

This is particularly useful when working with photos and media, because key EXIF data, like camera model and aperture value, are easy to locate.

Quick Actions appear at the bottom of the Preview pane and vary depending on the kind of file selected.

You can even create your own Quick Actions using Automator.

Like items in the Dock, items in the sidebar open with just one click.

To get to this view from Spotlight, choose Show all in Finder from the bottom of the Spotlight search results.

Or select one or more files and choose File Move To Trash (Command-Delete).

In macOS Sierra, you can set up your Mac to empty the trash automatically.

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