September 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
23h 55m
English
Content preview from Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
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you’re not using—the ones in the background—to get out of your face. They hide
themselves instantly.
Note: Once you’ve hidden a program’s windows, this command changes to say Show, which is how you
make them reappear.
• Quit. You can quit any program—besides the Finder and Dashboard—directly
from its Dock shortcut menu. You don’t have to switch into a program in order
to access its Quit command. (Troubleshooting moment: If you get nothing but a
beep when you use this Quit command, it’s because you’ve hidden the windows
of that program, and one of them has unsaved changes. Click the program’s icon,
save your document, and then try to quit again.)
Tip: If you hold down the Option key—even after you’ve opened the pop-up menu—the Quit command
changes to say Force Quit. That’s your emergency hatch for jettisoning a locked-up program.
Great Things to Put on Your Dock
Now that you know what the Dock’s about, it’s time to set up shop. Install the pro-
grams, folders, and disks you’ll be using most often.
They can be whatever you want, of course, but don’t miss these opportunities:
• Your Home folder. Many Mac fans immediately drag their hard drive icons onto
the right side of the Dock—or, perhaps more practically, their Home folders (see
page 26). Now they have quick access to every single file in every single folder
they’ll ever use.
• The Ap ...
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