What are the options which would be faster than opening Finder and browsing the folder, to open it?
(I like to keep the desktop completely clean so will avoid Desktop shortcuts if other options are available)
Usually what happens with me is that there are a few folders (favorites?) which I need to open very frequently like multiple times a day and almost daily (and get landed to some other folder while browsing through Finder).
Can imagine something like 'pinning' to the Finder icon on the Dock could be of great help, like one can pin favorite folders on the taskbar on Windows.
What do you do to quickly go to your favorite folders?
Best Answer
The Finder sidebar is designed to let you customize quite a few personal folders for rapid access.
This video is great to understand the basics:
There are many guides on the web, but two support articles can get you started as well:
Some people also like to use the dock, but folders saved there don't show up in open and save dialogs so you can have your pick of places to keep useful folders at hand based on your needs. One last option is a third party shortcut tool like Alfred, LaunchBar or QuickSilver. They let you use keyboard shortcuts to find files and folders and many more things as well. If you avoid the pointer and like using the keyboard, these three are worth checking out once you've gotten up to speed on the built in solutions.