August 2009
Beginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
The point of owning a computer is to be able to run programs that make the computer perform something useful or fun. The types of programs you run determine what your computer can do. If you want to write letters or balance your budget, you can run a word processor or a spreadsheet program. If you want to do something a bit more fun, you can run astrology programs, horse-handicapping programs, or lottery-number-choosing programs. With the right program, you can make your Macintosh do practically anything that doesn't involve manual labor.
Your Macintosh can store literally thousands of different programs. You can make it easy to find and run programs by adding icons for each program to the Dock—the ...