August 2009
Beginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
While using your Macintosh, you may suddenly need to look at a calendar, a clock, a weather forecast, or a calculator. Rather than reach for a paper calendar, a clock, a newspaper weather forecast, or a pocket calculator, you can use your Macintosh to display these items using a program called Dashboard that comes with every new Macintosh.
Dashboard provides a variety of simple programs, called widgets, that you can pop on the screen at any time and make disappear at a moment's notice. You can be typing in a word processor, run Dashboard to view a calendar or sport score, and then shove Dashboard out of the way again to keep working in your word processor. If you need information ...