Finding my pics on finder

please just a simple way to find my pictures on Finder please?
Media - Photos does not appear when opening Finder.... stupid
naturally some of my old pics are not under iphoto, but apparently in "Media"
please no more advice on mac db filestructure, unless pointing me how to find them
thanks
-petri

Well you may think that what you wrote was clear, but two of us, both long term posters on the site, were not at all clear what you meant.
when you open "share a picture" on fb or so, finder opens a dialogue window including Devices = Media = Photos => carry on
No, that's not what happens. The Finder does nothing. What happens there is the web browser opens a dialogue window. That allows you access to two different things: a: the file system and b: the iPhoto, Aperture and iTunes libraries.
So, again, that's not the Finder doing anything, that's the app you're using.
Next: The Media heading is not a sub-heading of Devices. That's not Devices -> Media, that's just Media. Devices is a heading for connected devices, Media is a heading for the apps I mention above.
So, you would not look under Devices in the Finder.
There is no Media heading in the Finder. That's because you have chosen to use apps like iPhoto, Aperture or iTunes to manage this media, not the File Manager (the Finder).
So, again, the Finder gives you access to material managed by the File Manager.
But if you use iPhoto. Aperture or iTunes, then you've chosen not to manage this material with the File Manager.
Therefore you access and/or manage this material with the appropriate application - that is iPhoto, Aperture or iTunes as appropriate. In other words, these apps replace the Finder for working with this media.
So, now you have a simple choice:
Do you
1. Want to just manage all this material with the File Manager?
or
2. Learn how to use these apps?
Let me know and I'll point you in the right direction.

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