How To Select Multiple Files On A Mac - MacKeeper

Whether you are trying to clean your desktop, move your pictures, or organize your digital belongings, knowing how to select multiple files on a Mac can be incredibly helpful. Instead of dealing with individual files and wasting time, you can tackle everything at once.

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This article explains how to select multiple items on Mac to make you more productive in 3 ways:

• Select adjacent files
• Select nonadjacent files
• Select all files

How to select multiple files located next to each other

There are two ways to select multiple adjacent files on Mac.

Click and drag

1. Click next to a file
2. Drag the pointer down without releasing the mouse or trackpad button

Shift and select

1. Hold the Shift key and select the first file
2. Without releasing the Shift key, select the last file

How to select multiple separate files

Here’s how to select files that aren’t conveniently located next to each other:

1. Hold the Command key and select a file
2. Without releasing the Command key, select other files

How to select all on Mac

Here’s how to highlight multiple things on Mac:

1. Select a single file
2. Press the Command + A keys

What you can do with multiple selected files

Now that you know how to select more than one file on Mac, let’s see what you can do with them:

• Relocate files by dragging them to a new folder
• Delete files by dragging them to the Trash
• Hold the Option key and drag the files to copy them to a new folder
• Preview files by holding the Spacebar and using the arrow keys for navigation
• Right-click the files and choose among five options: Move to Trash, Duplicate, Quick Look, Show in Finder, and Share

Wrapping up

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Contents

• How to select multiple files located next to each other
• How to select multiple separate files  
• How to select all on Mac
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