Lesson 4 Touring Lion’s Applications

In this lesson, you take a tour of some of the most useful applications that are included with Mac OS X Lion.

Understanding Mac OS Lion’s Applications

Mac OS X Lion is an operating system, which means it provides the software that runs Macintosh computers. However, Lion also includes quite a number of applications that you can use for many things. The following sections provide an overview of some of the applications you might find useful or fun.

Most of Mac OS X’s applications are stored in the Applications folder, which you can access on the Sidebar by pressing Shift+cmd+A or choosing Go, Applications. Some applications are stored within the Utilities folder that is stored within the Applications folder; ...

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