Click the Dashboard icon on the Dock to open the Dashboard. Dashboard Part of Mac OS X that gives you quick access to sticky notes, a calculator, a dictionary, a units and measures converter, weather and stock reports, and other handy tools. Boot Camp A component in OS X Snow Leopard that allows you to install Microsoft Windows on a Macintosh computer with an Intel processor. All new Macs come with built-in Bluetooth radios and software. Bluetooth A technology that allows devices (most commonly cell phones or headsets) to easily connect to each other wirelessly. Apple menu Click the Apple icon in the upperleft corner of the OS X screen to open this menu and access important OS X functions like System Preferences, shutdown commands, and more. An alias is analogous to a shortcut icon in Microsoft Windows. Alias A clickable desktop icon that launches a specific program or file. AirPort Extreme is equivalent to (and compatible with) 802.11g.
Cool Mac OS X Lingo AirPort Apple’s name for 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networking technologies.
