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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 2. Learning to Use the Mouse

To control your Macintosh, you use the mouse (or trackpad if you have a laptop). Both the mouse and the trackpad control an arrow on your screen called a pointer. When you move the mouse or slide a fingertip across the trackpad, you move the pointer on the screen. The pointer lets you choose commands on menus, items in folders, the point where you want to start typing text in a document, and more. Think of the pointer as a virtual finger that tells your Macintosh what to select.

If you have a desktop Macintosh (such as an iMac), you'll be using a mouse called the Mighty Mouse, which has one button on each side and a scroll ball on top. If you use an older laptop Macintosh, you'll have a trackpad and a single ...

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