Understanding the Parts of the Menu Bar

The menu bar consists of three separate parts, as shown in Figure 3-9:

  • The Apple menu

  • The Application menu

  • Menulets

    The menu bar

    Figure 3-9. The menu bar

The Apple menu always appears on the left edge of the menu bar. It displays commands that provide information, let you customize Macintosh settings, or let you shut down your Macintosh, as shown in Figure 3-10.

The Apple menu always displays these commands.

Figure 3-10. The Apple menu always displays these commands.

The application menu consists of the name of the currently running program along with menus that contain commands ...

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