TECH 1 Mac OS

I have been using computers the majority of my young adult life. My father works in media communications and video editing so I have also had experience with Macs. We actually bought him the new Lion operating system for Christmas.

One interesting feature of Mac OS Lion X that I learned about from atomic learning was about the stacks feature. It functions similarly in my mind as the traditional windows symbol on the Microsoft computer. From the stacks you can access the different applications and documents saved on your computer. This is so user friendly and very simple. It is great for me because I often lose things :)

The second interesting feature that I found was the differing window views that Mac offers. For instance, the list option allows you to see many applications at the same time so if you have several hundred documents or applications you are looking through more can be listed at a time than if you were to use the grid view, however the grid view makes the icons bigger and more visible. Also, the column view allows you to see items that are often hidden. Very good information if you will be using the computer or operating system for several different functions.

The third feature of the Mac OS that I found interesting was the switching between application to application. This allows ease in multitasking and gives you the ability to go between two different documents perhaps in the classroom you may be working on a letter to the parents and need the addresses from a pages document. With the switching between application feature, it remains easy and expedient to have two applications open at the same time and work between the two.

Overall, I have been fascinated by Mac OS for most of my life. The kind of work that my father is able to do on his little Mac Book Pro for editing of his television shows with Final Cut Pro is amazing. I currently am looking at investing in my own mac, but have just not decided which product to buy. So this has been very educational for me. Thank you.