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The Finder Sidebar is the light blue pane at the left of each Finder window. It is divided into DEVICES which shows your connected hard drives, SHARED which shows other computers that you have access to, PLACES which shows common folders on your hard drive, and SEARCH FOR which contains preset searches for items on your hard drive. Each section has a disclosure triangle that you can click to show or hide the items in that section.

It is the PLACES section where you can add your own items. Folders are a good thing to add to PLACES because that makes that folder available in every open and save dialog, but you can also add Applications or Documents that you need quick access to. Once added to the PLACES section, a single click on the item will take you there.

To add to the PLACES section, you can drag any item to it. You can rearrange the items in PLACES by dragging them up or down. To remove items, simply drag them out of the Sidebar panel.

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