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Chapter 1: Mac OS X Lion 101 (Prerequisites: None)
I can’t think of any reason why you’d want to disable this useful feature, but I
want you to know that you can if you like.
Figure 1-6: You have questions? Mac has answers.
Although you don’t have to be connected to the Internet to use Mac Help,
you do need an Internet connection to get the most out of it. (Chapter 10
can help you set up an Internet connection, if you don’t have one.) That’s
because OS X installs only certain help articles on your hard drive. If you ask
a question that those articles don’t answer, Mac Help connects to Apple’s
web site and downloads the answer (assuming that you have an active
Internet connection). These answers are the Support Articles, denoted by
a plus sign (as shown at the bottom of the window in Figure 1-6, earlier in
this chapter). Click one of these entries, and Help Viewer retrieves the text
over the Internet. Although this can sometimes be inconvenient, it’s also
quite smart. This way, Apple can update the Help system at any time without
requiring any action from you.
Furthermore, after you’ve asked a question and Mac Help has grabbed the
answer from the Apple web site, the answer remains on your hard drive
forever. If you ask for it again — even at a later date — your computer won’t
have to download it from the Apple web site again.
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