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you can set Finder to show the pics in your pics folders as um... small pics

have other folder alphabetical or by date

I keep 4-5 folders "homed in on" in Finder all the time; don't use Spotlight much as I want to search my files not all sorts of stuff

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Apple Notes is very worthwhile and automatically syncs across iPhone, laptop, desktop anywhere you are as long as you are near cell towers or log onto the internet with WiFi for a computer