First, we're going to take a look at the desktop, which is the screen you see here.

It includes a desktop background, also known as your wallpaper, the menu bar at the top and the doc at the bottom.

The dock is where you'll find shortcuts to some of the folders and applications on your computer.

For example, Safari Calendar and find her to open any of the items on your dock.

Just click the icon.

They're actually several different ways to navigate, to files, folders and APS in Mac OS.

The Finder feature is one of them.

We'll talk more about how to use the finder later, though for now, I'm going to close the window by clicking the red button in the upper left corner.

Let's check out launchpad instead.

As you can see, Launchpad gives you access to all of your applications at once, making it easier to find and access the programs on your computer To open a program, click.

The one you want exiting applications is just Azizi in the upper left corner.

Click the name of the APP, then choose quit from the menu.

Also on the menu bar is the Apple Icahn.

This gives you access to your system preferences, recent files, folders, APS and much more.

You also use the apple Icahn.

Whenever you want to restart or shut down your computer on the right side of the menu bar, you'll find an icon that looks like a magnifying glass.

This opens a feature called Spotlight.

It's a quick way to search for anything on your computer, from files and applications to calendar events.

You can even do Web searches.

Just type what you're looking for and you'll get a list of search results.

The last icon in the menu bar opens the notification center here.

You can keep track of the alerts you received for different applications, including events on your calendar, reminders and more.

The notification center can be customized to show as few or as many alerts as you want.

The desktop is one more place that you can store files, folders and even shortcuts for easy access.

This time, however, to open an item, you'll need to double click your mouse.

Some maps have a full screen mode that you can activate by clicking the green circle.

This causes the window to expand so you can focus on the application without any distractions to return to normal view.

Press control Command F on your keyboard Not all app support this feature, but it's available in several of the APS that come pre installed on your computer.

Finally, let's talk about using your mouse in Mac OS.

Specifically a feature called Natural Scrolling.

You can learn more about how it works by going to system preferences, then choosing mouse or track pad depending on what you have in this case, will choose mouse.

As you can see from the demo, natural scrolling is the reverse of traditional scrolling.

It's almost like you're pushing the content up and down on the page.

This may seem awkward at first, but it's how many touch screen devices work.

Natural scrolling is the default setting, but you could always disable it by checking the box.

Here we recommend trying it both ways to see which one you prefer.

While you're in this window, you can also take a look at multi touch gestures.

For example, here's one that lets you go back and forth between pages using a simple swipe.

Mac OS supports many different types of gestures, including pinches taps, double taps, depending on what your mouse or track pad is capable of.

Each gesture performs a specific task.

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You may want to visit this resource again once you become more familiar with Mac OS.

Now that you know your way around the desktop, we invite you to explore its features.

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