This is because it's always running , even if there are no Finder windows open. Some apps in Mountain Lion have a full-screen mode that lets you just focus on one app, with no distractions. These apps have a double-arrow icon in the top-right corner. When you click the icon, the app will zoom to fill the entire screen, and everything else will be hidden. Not all apps currently support this feature. However, it is used by many of the pre-installed apps such as Calendar , Safari , and iPhoto.
The menu bar is located at the top of the screen. It is always visible, except when you're running a full-screen app. The options on the menu bar will vary depending on which app you're currently using. The name of the app will appear in bold near the left side of the menu bar, and the options to the right of the name allow you to perform various tasks within the app. On the left side of the menu bar is the Apple icon , which you can use to access your System Preferences , recent documents , and more.
You'll also use the Apple icon to shut down or restart your computer. On the right side of the menu bar is a magnifying glass icon. When you click it, it will open Spotlight , a tool you can use to search your computer. If you're having trouble finding a file , app , or folder , you can just type the name in Spotlight and it will show you a list of results. The Notification Center icon is located on the far right of the menu bar. When you click it, the Notification Center will appear on your desktop.
It keeps track of all alerts you receive for upcoming calendar appointments, tweets, news feeds, and other application events.
The Notification Center can be customized to show as many or as few app alerts as you desire. Mountain Lion allows you to use many different multi-touch gestures with your mouse or trackpad. These include pinches , taps , double-taps , and swipes. Each gesture performs a specific task, and by learning different gestures you can increase your productivity.
In order to use multi-touch gestures, you will need the right equipment. If you have a laptop, the built-in trackpad can be used. For desktop computers, you can either use the Magic Trackpad or the Magic Mouse. One of these may have been included with your computer; if not, they can be purchased separately. Most mice are not touch-sensitive and cannot be used for multi-touch gestures. From left to right, the images below show a laptop trackpad, a Magic Trackpad, and a Magic Mouse.
Some gestures will vary depending on whether you're using a trackpad or a Magic Mouse, and there are a few that only work with trackpads. Some apps may not support all gestures, but apps made by Apple such as Safari tend to use them more.
Therefore, you may want to practice the following gestures with Safari before you try them with other apps. There are many more gestures you can use. By default, Mountain Lion uses natural scrolling , which means things move in the opposite direction from traditional scrolling. To understand this, let's compare traditional and natural scrolling.
If you've never used Lion before, natural scrolling may seem awkward at first. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.
If there are any other user accounts on your Mac — perhaps for others in your household — each account has its own private Home Directory.
As with many Mac operations, there are various ways to accomplish the same thing, and how to get to your Home Directory is no exception. As I mentioned, the actual name of the Home Directory is the same as what is known as your Account Name when you first set things up. That Account Name becomes the name of your Home directory. At this point, you may be wondering how your Home Directory is set up. Fortunately, OS X does all the Home Directory configuration behind the scenes when new accounts are set up.
During the initial setup, Sal is prompted to create an account. He enters his full name, Sal Monella. During the process, OS X also creates a folder called "salmonella," slaps the house icon to it, and places it inside the Users Folder located in the root directory of the system drive. This folder called "salmonella" is officially designated Sal's Home Directory. Sal's Home Directory contains pre-configured folders for file organization. Additional folders can be created here.
Desktop: If you, like many others, save working files, aliases and folders directly on your desktop, know that they physically reside inside the Desktop Folder. What you see on your desktop, in fact the desktop itself, is an illusion. It's a graphical representation of the file structure underpinning as displayed to you by the Finder application.
Try this: copy or move a file into the Desktop Folder found inside your Home Directory, and watch it appear on your desktop on-screen. Documents: This folder is intended to act as a storage container for all of your, well Some of your applications may allow you to set your Documents Folder as the default save location.
Organize files and folders as you wish within the Documents Folder. For local file storage, it's best to keep all your document files in Documents. In a pinch, you can make a one-click backup of your document files by copying your Documents Folder to external storage. Downloads: This is the folder where, by default, Safari and several other applications that allow downloads, will deposit the downloaded files.
By the way, you should go in here occasionally to clean out the cruft that accumulates over time. You may be surprised at how much storage you can free up on your drive. Movies: iMovie and other movie and video creation and editing software will place their files and folders in here.
Feel free to use this folder for your manual storage of movie and video files. Be aware that, although this folder is called Music and because all of iTunes media files reside here, it will include iTunes movies, TV shows, Books, Apps, Podcasts, iTunes U, and Ringtones; everything handled by iTunes.
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