Calculator

The Calculator has finally grown up! You can still use your mouse and pointer to enter numbers, or use your numeric keypad. The asterisk (*) is the multiplication symbol, and the slash (/) is division. And you can copy and paste numbers into and out of the window.

But now you can do lots more. Click the “Advanced” button to display the scientific functions. Click the “Paper Tape” button to see your calculations as you enter them, then hit Command P to print that “tape” for your records, complete with time and date. Press Command Shift S to save the tape as a TextEdit file.

Use the Speech menu (you’ll see it in the menu bar when ...

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