All Finder windows don't necessarily have to be created equally; you can have certain windows look different from others. For example, when you double-click your hard disk, you might want the Finder window to show you all the contents on your Mac in column view. But maybe you want another folder's Finder window to display its contents in icon view—and you want to hang a nice picture of your cat as the backdrop. There are plenty of things you can do to make your Finder windows more efficient or more entertaining—the choice is yours. Here are a few ways that you can modify a Finder window.
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