Getting Help

You will always have a Help menu in the menu bar, no matter which application you are using. Below are several examples of what the Help menu might display, depending on what is “active” on your screen. When you choose one of these items, you will get Apple’s Help files, as shown further below. This is a great place to check for immediate information about almost every feature on your Mac.

When you’re at the Desktop, this is what you’ll see in the Help menu.

When you’re working in most applications, the Help menu will offer you help for that application. Non-Apple applications will have different sorts of Help files, not the ...

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