My New Mac, Lion Edition

Using Resume and Auto Save

Computers are typically such a pain in the neck because the user wastes most of his time taking care of the computer rather than actually using it. That’s what makes the Macintosh different. Two of the latest Macintosh features to simplify your life are called Resume and Auto Save.

Try this experiment with most computers. Open several programs such as a web browser and a word processor, open two or more documents in that word processor, and now unplug your computer to simulate a sudden power blackout. With other computers, you’ll not only lose any data you didn’t save, but when your computer turns back on again, you’ll have to load each program and open the documents you were working on just to get back to where you were ...