Mac OS X Pocket Reference

Applications and Utilities

Apple has included a set of native applications and utilities for Mac OS X. There are applications for such things as viewing and printing PDF files, basic word processing, sending and receiving email, and creating movies, as well as utilities to help you manage your system.

Use the Finder to locate the Applications (Finder → Mac OS X → Applications) and Utilities (Finder → Mac OS X → Applications → Utilities) on your system. You can quickly go to the Applications folder either by clicking on the Applications icon in the toolbar or by using the Option-

-A keyboard shortcut. Since there is no keyboard shortcut to the Utilities, you might consider dragging the Utilities folder icon to the Finder toolbar.

Applications

The following is a list of the programs found in the Applications directory:

Acrobat Reader

This is Adobe Systems’ application for viewing and printing PDF files.

Address Book

The Address Book is a database program that you can use to store contact information for your friends and colleagues. By selecting a name in your address book, you can quickly send that person an email by clicking on the Send Mail button.

AppleScript

This folder contains all of the tools necessary for writing AppleScripts. If you’ve downloaded or installed the Developer Tools (see later in this book), you will also have the ability to build applications using AppleScript ...