One more click

Posted on January 9th, 2008 in Basic OS Functionality Tagged with:
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With the Mac a mouse click in a window selects the window but not the focus. So as has happened to me several times already, I try to click in a text field or box and then start typing. However, my text goes into the previous window that had been selected. You have to click [...]

Manipulating windows

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 in Basic OS Functionality Tagged with:
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Both the MacOS and Windows use graphic symbols or decorations for manipulating windows. They both do pretty much the same things but in different ways. It’s almost like having the steering wheel on the left versus the right. In the upper right of a Windows window are 3 squares: and in the upper left of a Mac [...]

Moving and Resizing Windows

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 in Basic OS Functionality Tagged with:
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Moving Windows Good news here. You move a window the same way in both OS’s: put your mouse in the title bar of the window, hold it down, and drag the window to its new location. Resizing Windows It’s similar but not quite the same with resizing. And I have to give the advantage to Windows in this [...]