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Apple Interface Mysteries
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Apple Interface Mysteries

by Michael E. Cohen
April 2020
Beginner content levelBeginner
173 pages
4h 1m
English
Take Control Books
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How the Mac Desktop Got Complicated

As we’ve seen, increasing complexity is the leitmotif in the history of the Mac’s mouse and keyboard interfaces, so there’s no reason to suspect that the Mac desktop interface would not sing the same tune.

The Mac desktop was designed as a graphic metaphor for an actual desktop, one where you could open folders, take out documents to work on, or drag them into the Trash, which you could find sitting right on the desktop as was customary…yes, that’s right, even at the beginning the desktop metaphor was a little strained, and that strain only got worse as the years progressed.

The Task Trouble

The original Mac could run only one app at a time—along with itty-bitty-mini apps known as Desk Accessories, like the ...

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ISBN: 9781947282544