In this project, you examine the Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard menu bar menus on the...

In this project, you examine the Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard menu bar menus on the desktop.

To view the Mac OS X desktop and menu bar options:

1. Start up Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard and observe the desktop. What features are on the desktop?

2. Click Finder in the menu bar to display the Finder menu selections. Finder enables you to manage features in the desktop as well as to empty the trash (deleted files and folders) or secure emptied trash. Click Preferences in the Finder menu. The Finder Preferences window enables you to set up preferences for desktop features, such as to specify items to display on the desktop including disk drives (see Figure 2-35).

3. Click each of the buttons in the Finder Preferences window as listed below:

? General: used to specify items to display on the desktop, such as hard drives as well as to determine where to open windows and to set folder properties

? Labels: used to color code labels used in windows so that windows can be sorted by color

? Sidebar: used to designate what appears in the Sidebar shown in open windows, such as links for quick access to devices, documents, and shared resources (Sidebar is displayed in Finder windows, such as the window that displays the contents of the Macintosh HD; Mac OS X Sidebar is a different feature than the Sidebar in Windows)

? Advanced: used to configure options relating to file extensions, emptying the trash (deleted files), and where to perform searches

4. Close the Finder Preferences window.

5. Click File in the menu bar and review the options in the File menu. What option would you use to create a new folder?

6. Point to Edit in the menu bar and notice the options that can be used while editing, such as cut and copy (these will likely be deactivated because you are not currently editing).

7. Point to View in the menu bar. Notice the options that can be used to manage the presentation of items in a window, such as displaying items as icons or a list.

8. Point to Go in the menu bar and notice its options. How would you view items contained in your Home folder?

9. Point to Window in the menu bar and review the menu options.

10. Point to Help in the menu bar to see the Spotlight capability for searching.

11. Move the pointer to a blank area of the desktop and click to close the Help menu.