5. Getting Help

In This Chapter:

Help Tags

Help Center

Help & Troubleshooting Advice

Mac OS offers two basic ways to get additional information and answers to questions as you work with your computer:

Help Tags identify screen items as you point to them. This help feature is supported by many (but not all) applications.

Help Center provides information about using Mac OS and its applications. This feature, which has been renamed and reworked for OS X Lion, is accessible through commands on the Help menu. A great source of information, it is searchable and includes clickable links to content stored both on your Mac and online.

This chapter explains how to get help with Mac OS and applications when you need it. It also provides some tips for ...

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