PC vs. Mac Overview Basic Interfaces
MICROSOFT WINDOWS Operating system is called “Windows” Evolution: Windows XP Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows 2000 Windows 98 Windows Me
APPLE MAC Operating system is called OS X Evolution: OS X Cheetah OS X Puma OS X Jaguar OS X Panther OS X Tiger OS X Leopard OS X Snow Leopard
Icon View List View Windows has an “Explorer” Window “Address” demonstrates “path”
Mac has a “Finder” Window Highlighter demonstrates “path” List Views
Mac Four Finder window views of the same (?) thing. Three Column View Icon View List View Cover Flow View
PC – “My Computer” Explorer Window* Mac – “Macintosh HD” Finder Window* *list view
PCs Have “Programs” Macs have “Applications” To get there
The Computer Filing System & Lightroom Your Computer Filing System Lightroom & an External Drive
LR Cat Tracy's External Hard drive Photos Main Folder Full Sized JPEGs Folder CollectionsAssigment 1picksfor printAssigment 2picksfor print Assignment 3 picksfor printAssigment 4Picksfor print HIERARCHY OF FILING SYSTEMS A “tree root” system that goes wide and shallow. You want to be able to see everything in the upper most level, at a glance, with the more refined files underneath. Collections are the same hierarchy system as folders. Unlike Folders, Collections exist in your Lightroom catalogue. You can see Collections in every module. Folders can only be seen in the Library Module
Two finder windows Starting with the same external drive Showing different paths. The file system, Created by the user, Is shallow and Wide. The entire Lightroom Catalog and picture Folder could be moved All at once.