Chapter 5
Mac OS X Application Basics
We have already looked at a couple specific applications, but what exactly are applications and how do they work? In this chapter, we will begin to discover what applications are and take a look at some common features found among many standard Mac OS X applications. Some things you will learn about in this chapter are
- Opening, closing, and quitting applications
- Opening and saving documents from an application
- Managing documents with Versions
- Running applications in full-screen
- Using the Services menu
In official Apple nomenclature, an application is “a computer program that performs a specific task, such as word processing, database management, and so on.” We also learn that the use of the word application ...
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