Using Mac OS X Snow Leopard Applications
- Introduction
- Using Mac OS X Applications
- Installing Other Applications
- Launching Applications
- Opening Applications and Files
- Switching Between Applications
- Quitting Applications
- Playing Chess
- Creating an Address Book
- Editing an Address Book
- Managing and Sharing an Address Book
- Adding an Image to an Address Book
- Performing Graph Calculations
- Performing Calculations and Conversions
- Capturing Images with a Digital Camera
- Capturing Screen Shots with Grab
- Previewing Images and PDFs
- Creating Sticky Notes
- Managing Fonts with Font Book
- Activating, Deactivating, and Customizing Fonts
- Working with Dashboard
- Using Dashboard Widgets
- Adding and Removing Dashboard Widgets
- Creating a Web Clip Dashboard Widget
Snow Leopard’s applications are powerful tools for organization, gaming, controlling digital media, and Internet communication, just to name a few. Steve Johnson shows you how to use them to their best advantage.
The following is an excerpt from "Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Demand."
Introduction
Now that you know how to work with the graphical elements that make Mac OS X Snow Leopard work, you’re ready to work with applications. An application is software you use to accomplish a specific task, such as word processing or managing files on your computer. Snow Leopard comes with several small applications and utilities that are extremely useful for completing basic tasks, such as creating a written document or performing basic calculations. Its suite of applications let you organize your workflow and create sticky notes. You can even edit and create digital media for use on the Internet, CD, or burn it onto a DVD. In addition, Snow Leopard makes setting up and communicating over the Internet easier than ever. And, if you happen to own an iSight (Macintosh Web camera), Snow Leopard helps you communicate with other iSight owners using audio and video. If you deal with a lot of fonts, Snow Leopard comes packaged with a font management system second to none. Snow Leopard’s applications are powerful tools for organization, gaming, controlling digital media, and Internet communication, just to name a few.