Chapter 12: Working with Notifications and Other Services
In This Chapter
Understanding what system-wide services are
Setting up and acting on notifications
Using data detectors
Using grammar and editing controls
Working with the Fonts and Colors panels
Understanding what application services are
Using the commonly available application services
Options for services preferences
It's amazing just how much software comes with OS X. Chapters 9 through 11 detail the several dozen applications, utilities, and widgets. But there's another kind of software in OS X beyond these: helper applications called services.
A service can be specific to an application or general purpose (meaning it's available for several applications). Application services must be explicitly run, typically via the Services option in an application's menu, whereas system services typically are incorporated into applications as an always-available service or simply run independently (such as the notification service).
