Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide

The Dock

The Dock (Figure 62) offers easy access to often-used applications and documents, as well as minimized windows.

Figure 62. The Dock displays often-used applications and documents.

✓ Tip

• The Dock can be customized; Chapter 6 explains how.

To identify items in the Dock

Point to the item. The name of the item appears above the Dock (Figure 63).

Figure 63. Point to an icon to see what it represents.

To identify items in the Dock that are running

Look at the Dock. A triangle appears beneath each item that is running, such as the Finder ...