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[MUSIC]
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Hi, my name is Megan.
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In this workshop, I'll be going over
some basic computer skills to make sure
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you're ready for
your learning journey here at Treehouse.
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This workshop will cover
these fundamentals on a Mac.
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If you're on a Windows computer,
please check the teachers notes below for
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a link to the appropriate workshop.
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Currently, my Mac is on
MacOS Big Sur Version 11.6.3.
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You can find what your version
is by going up to your Apple
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in the top left corner and
clicking on About this Mac.
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Typically, what we will be
learning doesn't change, but
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the overall look of the system might.
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So if you notice your version is
different, you can still follow along,
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just be aware that things
may look a bit different.
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With all that out of the way,
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let's get into some skills you'll
need as a developer or designer.
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First, we'll dive into
your Mac's file structure.
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At the bottom of the screen,
you can find this menu bar.
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On the far left,
is this kind of smiley face icon and
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when I hover over it you
can see it says Finder.
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This is how you'll access your files
Clicking on Finder will pop up this box.
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On the left are some favorites,
things like AirDrop, Recents,
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different things that you
might use more frequently.
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The one we'll be focusing
on the most is Documents.
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This is where your files will be stored.
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Here in my Documents folder you
can see I have a single file, and
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we'll also be working
on adding some folders.
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To open a file, you can either right
click on the file and choose Open.
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Or you can double click on a file,
which means you click in the same spot
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twice in quick succession, so click click,
and it will open up the file.
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It's opened up here on a different screen,
let me bring that over.
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Now, if you move your mouse,
so if I go click and
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then I move in click,
it's not going to work.
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Or if I click too slow by doing click,
click, neither one will open the file.
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So if you're having trouble with your
double clicking right now, pause me and
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give that some practice.
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Unpause me when you're ready.
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Besides files, you'll also find folders.
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Folders are a great way
to organize your files.
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You can create a new one by coming up to
these three dots up here in the right
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corner and going to new folder or
you can right click and do new folder.
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I'm just gonna name it Folder for
right now.
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Now, to open a folder,
it works the same as a file,
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you can double click on
it to open up the folder.
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Coming back to the main page, you'll also
notice the other icons in this top bar.
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For instance, if I click on this version,
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it'll list out the items as bullet
points instead of as icons.
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If I come to this third,
you'll see it as columns.
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And this last one shows you this highly
detailed view of a single item and
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then kind of shows what else is in
the folder down here at the bottom.
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So you can choose whichever one
you think works the best for you.
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One quick note for
everyone learning to code,
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I would highly suggest getting
used to naming folders and
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files with either camel case or
snake case, and it looks like this.
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So I'll do the folder in camel case,
I'm gonna rename it.
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And camel case looks like this, my, and
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then when you start a new word,
you start it with a capital letter.
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And if I was gonna add on another word,
it would just continue on like this.
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Now, snake case looks like this.
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Where you put this little underscore
symbol in between each word in your file.
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Spaces in folder and
file names can be tricky and
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annoying to deal with.
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So if you start making a habit
now of using either camel case or
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snake case when naming your folders and
files,
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you'll save yourself some
headaches later on, I promise you.
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In the next video, we'll look into more
how you can interact with your files.
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See you there.
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