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macOS Sonoma For Dummies
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macOS Sonoma For Dummies

by Guy Hart-Davis
November 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
480 pages
12h 13m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!)

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding Finder

Bullet Checking out the parts of a window

Bullet Opening a dialog with your Mac

Bullet Resizing, moving, and closing windows

Bullet Working with menus

This chapter introduces important features of macOS, starting with the first things you see when you log in: Finder and its desktop. After a quick look around the desktop, you dig into two of its most useful features: windows and menus.

Windows are (and have always been) an integral part of using your Mac — in fact, Macs had windows before Microsoft Windows was invented. Windows in Finder show you the contents of different storage containers, such as the SSD (solid-state drive), a flash (thumb) drive, a network drive, a disk image, or a folder. Windows in apps do many things, such as displaying a spreadsheet or an email message.

Menus are another integral part of macOS. The latter part of this chapter starts you out with a few menu basics so that you’re ready to learn more advanced ...

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