# How to Open Files

The following list describes how you can open files:

- Use the File>Open menu item to select mp3, m4a, mp4, m4v, m4b, FLAC, aiff, dff, dsf and wav files and folders. You can also open m3u, m3u8, csv, tsv and tab files.
- Drag any of the above file types and folders from the Finder to the file list display in the main window.
- Select any of the above file types in the Finder and from the context menu Open With item select Yate.
- Drag tracks from the Finder to Yate's dock icon.
- Drag audio files and folders from Yate's File Browser to the file list display in the main window. Depending on the current Open Mode you can also drag in m3u and m3u8 files.
- From the Yate File Manager select one or more tracks and on the context menu select Load. You can set double click to do this via the View context menu item.
- Drag tracks from iTunes to the file list display in the main window.
- Drag images and artwork files to the file list to add the artwork to the selected tracks.
- Open recently opened items via the File>Open Recent menu item.
- Use the File>Open Path in Clipboard menu item to open one or more files or folders whose paths are in the system clipboard. When batch processing, Yate produces a log file. Folders are identified in the log as: Folder: /path. If you copy the /path specification to the system clipboard, you can load the folder by selecting the File>Open Path in Clipboard menu item. This may by easier than navigating in the Finder to the desired folder.
- In the Database Viewer, when viewing a Track or Album database, select one or more items and do an Open from the context menu. You can also double click on an item in the Folder or File Path columns.

### The Open Recent List

Yate maintains a list of recently open folders and m3u and m3u8 files. These items are available via the File>Open Recent menu item. Items can be made sticky by clicking on an item while holding down the Shift key. Clicking on a sticky item while holding down the Shift key will make it non sticky. Clicking on Clear Menu will remove all of the non sticky items. If you hold down the Option key, Clear Entire Menu will appear. Selecting Clear Entire Menu will remove all items, sticky and non sticky.

The Open Mode

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