Using the Apple Menu and Dock as opposed to the Windows Start Menu and Taskbar
- The equivalent on a Mac to the Start button on the bottom left in the Windows interface is the small Apple logo in the top left on the toolbar. (snapshot here filename:apple logo.jpg)
- The Dock at the bottom of the screen is an advanced version of the Taskbar on the bottom of the Windows interface. Apple provides a certain number of applications they suggest as most useful already on the bottom. If you wish to remove an Application from the dock, all you have to do is hit Control and click on the Application icon (the equivalent of right clicking on a mouse), choose Options and then hit Remove from Dock. If an Application is open and you would like to add it to the Dock to access it easier later, hit Control and click on the Application icon, hit Options, and then choose Keep in Dock.