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Teach Yourself Visually™ MacBook®, 2nd Edition
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Teach Yourself Visually™ MacBook®, 2nd Edition

by Brad Miser
January 2010
Beginner
400 pages
19h 37m
English
Visual
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Chapter 3: Using the Dock, Exposé, Spaces, and the Dashboard

Explore the Dock, Exposé, Spaces, and the Dashboard

Mac OS X’s Dock, Exposé, Spaces, and Dashboard help you use your MacBook’s desktop more effectively.

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The Dock is a bar containing many icons you can click to open the related item. Exposé is a feature that helps you manage open windows quickly and efficiently. Spaces allow you to create groups of applications and windows, and switch between them easily. The Dashboard presents mini-applications, called widgets, that you can quickly access and use.

The Dock

Application icons

Application icons can be stored on the Dock for easy access; ...

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