Mac Finder Edit App Categories Group Applications By Category

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  1. It will also change the name of the application when looking at the “current application” in network administration tools such as Apple Remote Desktop: How to change the name an application display in the Mac OS X toolbar: Right click on desired application. Click “Display Package Contents“.
  2. Oct 18, 2019  The Finder is the first thing that you see when your Mac finishes starting up. It opens automatically and stays open as you use other apps. It includes the Finder menu bar at the top of the screen and the desktop below that. It uses windows and icons to show you the contents of your Mac, iCloud Drive, and other storage devices. It's called the Finder because it helps you to find and organize.
  3. In the first 'Arrange By' dropdown box, select Application Category. This will automatically sort the entire Applications folder into different types of app, with groups including Music, Social.

To use smart categories, get the latest version on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Mac. You can also use smart categories with Numbers online at iCloud.com.

Jan 03, 2020  The Finder is your gateway to all of the files, apps, and downloads on your Mac. Everything, from your Dropbox folders to your cool new desktop wallpaper, can be located in the Finder. You also have a lot of control over what the Finder will show you, and how different parts of the Finder.

Create a category

A table can have one main category and up to four subcategories. You can create categories based on the data in the table or by selecting rows.

Create a category with existing data

If your table already contains the data that you want to use to organize your table, you can create a category based on the column that contains that data.

  1. Tap or click the table you want to categorize, tap or click the Organize button , then click or tap Categories.
  2. Tap or click the Add a Category pop-up menu.
  3. Choose a column from the list. For example, if your table has store sales data, you might choose the Department column to categorize sales data by department. Numbers automatically creates groups of rows based on shared values in the selected column.
  4. Click or tap the Disclosure triangle next to a group name to collapse or expand the rows in that group.

Create a category from selected rows

If your table doesn’t contain the data that you want to categorize, you can manually create a category on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Use this method when you have a simple list of names that you want to separate into groups.

  1. Select the rows that you want to group together.
  2. On iPad or iPhone, tap Row Actions in the pop-up menu, then tap Create Group. On Mac, choose Organize > Create Group for Selected Rows. Numbers moves the selected rows into a new group, and the remaining rows in the table are moved into another group.
  3. To rename the new group, select the cell with the name.
    • On iPad or iPhone double-tap the cell to open the keyboard, type a new name, then tap Return.
    • On Mac, type a new name.

Add a subcategory

You can add up to four subcategories to a table. For example, if your table of sales is currently categorized by department, you could add a subcategory that organizes data by sales date.

  1. Select the table, click or tap the Organize button , then click or tap Categories.
  2. Click or tap Add a Category, then choose a column for the new subcategory you want to create. You can reorganize categories and subcategories in a table after you've added them.

Edit categories

Once you've created categories, you can change category hierarchies, change how Numbers groups rows by date, and more.

Change category hierarchies

You can change the hierarchy of categories at any time to reveal new insights into your data. For example, if your table shows sales by department per month, you can change the hierarchy of the categories to see each month's sales for every department.

On iPad, iPhone, or Mac, you can change the hierarchy in the Organize inspector: Amazon video app for mac.

  1. Select the table, click or tap the Organize button , then click or tap Categories.
  2. On iPad or iPhone, tap Edit. On Mac, go to the next step.
  3. Drag the Promote or Demote button next to a category up or down. The rows in the table move to reflect the new hierarchy.

On iPad, iPhone, Mac, or on iCloud.com, you can change the hierarchy in the table itself:

  1. Select a row with a group name that's in the category you want to move up or down in the hierarchy.
  2. On iPad or iPhone, tap Row Actions.
    On Mac or online at iCloud.com, move the pointer over the row border (to the left of the first column in the row), then click the arrow that appears.
  3. To move a category up in the hierarchy, choose Promote. Or to move it down in the hierarchy, choose Demote.
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Change how Numbers groups rows by date

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You can change how Numbers groups rows by date. For example, in a table with a date category, the rows might be grouped by month. To see yearly or quarterly trends instead, you can choose to group the data by year, quarter, week, and more.

  1. Select the table.
  2. Click or tap the Organize button .
  3. For the category you want to adjust, click or tap the pop-up menu next to By, then choose an option.

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Summarize your data

You can summarize the data in categories in your table. For example, if your table with sales data is categorized by department, you could calculate subtotals for the sales in each department.

  1. Click or tap a cell in the row with the group name.
  2. On iPad or iPhone, tap the Summary button . On Mac or in Numbers for iCloud, click the Summary Action button .
  3. Choose a calculation. The same calculation is automatically added to all of the groups in that category. You can show different summaries for each category in each column.

View your category as a chart

You can create a chart based on the category you've created for your table. For example, if your table with sales data is categorized by department, and you added a summary that calculates subtotals for the sales in each department, you can quickly create a chart of that summary data. Select the cell with the summary data you want in the chart, click or tap Chart, then choose a chart.*

* When you create a chart, make sure the summary data is in a body column, not a header column.

Learn more

Mac OS is home to so many great features and capabilities, that it’s easy to stumble upon something every day that you might not have known about.

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Today was one of those days for this author. There is a simple trick that allows macOS users to re-organize their applications by category rather than by their name or date modified. It’s not the flashiest trick – it’s completely lacks any flash, actually – but it might help you navigate or search your apps more quickly and conveniently.

Here’s how it’s done:

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1) Open Applications in Finder by typing Shift-Command-a.2) In the Apps window, type Command-j and you will see this window.

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3) Choose to arrange the apps by Application Category as seen above and your apps will now be grouped together as Music, Social Networking, Productivity, etc. as seen in the image below. Have quick tips of your own? Be sure to share them in the comments section. For more tricks and guides, check out the Tech Tips section of the Rocket Yard.

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