About [this program]
About [this program]
To find out the version number of the program you’re using, don’t look in the Help menu. Instead, look in the application menu next to the 
menu—the one that bears the name of the program you’re in. That’s where you find the About command for Macintosh programs.
Active Desktop
The Mac never displays Web pages directly on the desktop—and knowing Apple, that’s probably a point of pride. But Dashboard (Chapter 4) keeps Internet data only a keystroke away.
All Programs
There’s no Programs menu built into OS X, like the one on the Windows Start menu. If you’d like one, drag your Applications folder into the end of the Dock. Now its icon is a tidy pop-up menu of every program on your machine.
Alt key
On the Mac, it’s the Option key, although the key usually says “Alt” on it, too. (In some countries, it says only Alt.) You can substitute Option for Alt in any keystroke in most popular programs. The Option key has a number of secondary features on the Mac, too: It hides the windows of one program when you click into another, and so on.
Automatic Update
The App Store’s automatic updates feature does exactly the same thing (App Store).
Backspace key
It’s in the same place on the Macintosh keyboard, but it’s called the Delete key.
Battery level
The battery-level graph () for your Mac laptop appears in the menu bar, rather than in the system tray. (If you don’t see ...
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