Using folder shortcuts and file aliases

- [Instructor] Here's a quick pop quiz.…Do you remember how I can get…to the Pictures folder on my computer in Finder?…Well, you should know that I could open up a Finder window,…go into the root of my Hard Drive,…then go into the Users folder,…to the Home folder, and then to Pictures.…Pretty easy, right?…Well, it may be easy, but it certainly is not fast.…You have to remember that whole path,…and it took way too much time to get to that folder.…What if this is a folder that you use every day?…Part of me wants to say that you should know…where all of your folders are,…and you should be completely aware…of the full path to get to the folders that you want,…but the much more practical part of me recognizes…that you wanna get to your folders much faster.…

And the way to do that is to use shortcuts,…also known as favorites.…So let's close this window…and I'm gonna open up a new window…just to sort of start from a fresh, clean slate.…And let's talk about how we can set up shortcuts.…I wanna start in the sidebar here, on the left,…