![]() The first and last icons on the dock i.e. The dock is divided into two part by a seperator – the part left to the seperator holds application icons and the part to the right holds folders, files, the Trash and any minimized app windows. It provides quick access the to your apps. The next important aspect of the Mac OS X interface is the Dock. The Dock is the bar of icons that sits at the bottom of the screen (by default). It’s simply brilliant! Go ahead, give it a shot. On highlighting one of the results, Mac will actually show you where the menu item lives. You can simply type the name of the menu item you’re looking for and it’ll show up in the results. There are a number of times when you just can’t remember where a particular menu item was, it is then when this come real handy. You can simply search through the app’s help documentation using this, but the real brilliance comes in what I’ll tell you now. The other important thing is the Help menu – every app has a Search functionality in its Help menu. the Hide Others button (hides everything else but the active app).This is the menu that opens by clicking on the app’s name, or the app menu, always contains some common options: This is because the Desktop is a part of the Finder. Tip: When you don’t have any application open – and you are at the Desktop – you are basically in the Finder app. Everything after that is all the other menus that the application offers, and you’ll see that changing based on the active app you are using. The first word after the Apple logo, that only one that is in bold, is the name of the active application. Next, the Menu Bar contains all the menus for the Active application. And, the Sleep, Restart, Shutdown & Log Out functionality.All the Recent Items you accessed – both apps and documents.Quick access to the System Preferences and the Mac App Store.The ‘About This Mac’ which provides you an overview of your system.It provides access to important functions such as: This always remains here – no matter what application you are in. The Menu Bar provides a number of important functions that help you get things done.įirstly, it contains the Apple Menu. They are probably the only two things that remain constant while you work on your mac. That said, these two are one the most important aspects of the Mac OS X interface. The Desktop in Mac is just two simple things – the Menu Bar and the Dock. ![]() New to Mac OS X? Well lets get you started and help you understand what’s where. ![]()
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