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Mac OS X Lion 101
(Prerequisites: None)
In This Chapter
Understanding what an operating system is and is not
Turning on your Mac
Getting to know the startup process
Turning off your Mac
Avoiding major Mac mistakes
Pointing, clicking, dragging, and other uses for your mouse
Getting help from your Mac
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ongratulate yourself on choosing Mac OS X, which
stands for Macintosh Operating System X — that’s
the Roman numeral ten, not the letter X (pronounced
ten, not ex). You made a smart move because you
scored more than just an operating-system upgrade.
Mac OS X Lion includes several new features that
make using your Mac easier and dozens of improve-
ments that help you do more work in less time.
In this chapter, I start at the very beginning and
talk about Mac OS X in mostly abstract terms; then
I move on to explain what you need to know to use
Mac OS X Lion successfully.
If you’ve been using Mac OS X for a while, some of the
information in this chapter might seem hauntingly familiar;
some features that I describe haven’t changed from earlier ver-
sions of Mac OS X. But if you decide to skip this chapter because you think
you have all the new stuff figured out, I assure you that you’ll miss at least
a couple of things that Apple didn’t bother to tell you (as if you read every
word in Mac OS X Help — the only user manual Apple provides — anyway!).
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