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Wallace Wang, Mac OS X for Absolute Beginners, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1913-3_10

10. Customizing the Screen

Wallace Wang

(1)San Diego, California, USA

You’re going to spend most of your time looking at the screen of your Mac, so why not customize its appearance to make your computer uniquely yours? Customization can be for fun, such as displaying pictures of your family or pets on the screen, or practical, such as creating shortcuts to make your tasks easier and faster.

The following are some of the ways that you customize your screen:

  • Change the desktop wallpaper

  • Choose screen savers

  • Create shortcuts

Note

When you customize the way that your Mac looks and behaves, it won’t look or behave like any other Mac. If you use multiple Mac computers, ...

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