New to Mac? - Tip 1 (from Liz’s personal experience)

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Un-identified Glowing Objects

Did you know?

When you close a screen in an application on your new mac it doesn’t mean you have “Quit” the application.  It could still be running in the background and slowing down your machine as a result.

How can I tell?
You can tell when an Application is open or closed because it will appear in your “Dock” at the bottom of your screen and will always have a little glowing Orb below it to indicate it is open.

How do I make them go away?
If you have finished using the application and want to close it completely you can right click on the icon (hover your mouse over the icon on the dock and press down the right side of your mouse).  A little black menu will appear, select “Quit”.

One Orb is always there in the dock
There is one orb that will always appear in your dock and that is under your Finder icon (little blue face in the bottom left corn of the screen).  That is OK.  It means your computer is alive and well and should always be there.

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Published on May 18, 2010 | Author: Liz Imrie | Last updated on May 18, 2010