OS X Yosemite All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 2

Navigating and Running Programs

In This Chapter

Restarting, sleeping, and shutting down OS X

Using windows

Using menus

Recognizing and selecting icons

Using the keyboard

Running applications

Switching between programs

Opening, saving, and quitting an application

As the folks in Cupertino will tell you, “It’s all about the graphics.” And they’re right, of course. OS X is a highly visual operating system, and using it without a mouse, trackball, or trackpad is like building Hoover Dam with a pocketknife. (And not a particularly sharp pocketknife, either.) Therefore, most of this chapter requires you to firmly grasp the little rodent, roll the ball, or finesse a trackpad. I introduce ...