Files Hidden or Missing? Mark Spencer Motion 3 Book

hello, i'm working with the Motion 3 book by Mark Spencer.
When I open up my folder Motion 3 Book Files > Media > Ducati.. Then the book has me open a TextElement file, but I can't see any of the Media in the folder. I can see it when I open up the file from my desktop, but not in Motion. How do I view all the files in the Ducati folder?
Thanks.
By the way Lesson 4 seems to be wacky as far as the directions. I got lost and wasn't able to choose "if you get lost open up this project" type of thing. The book seems to be missing some steps, but **** it's a good book to learn motion overall. I just wish Lesson 4 had multiple save points because the work flow can get very confusing. I got lost up to the point where I add the "light" effect.
Thanks again.

Hi Mark
I have your book Motion 3. There are a few problems with the book.
1: page XV Installing the Lesson Files: It reads the disc contains 7GB data. My disc in inspector only contains 2GB.
2: Page 124 Addiing Objects in 3d
I have tried to follow and I cannot get the camera to do anywhere near to what is in the book. The exercise from page 124 to 148 is impossible if there is not a "catchup file" after page 128.
That is as far as I have got.
Many thanks
Justin Howard
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