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Help, Guides, and News on making the Switch To Apple Macintosh Computers
Mimic the Windows Start Menu
A great tip for switchers is that you can mimic the behavior of the Windows Start Menu in OS X by simply adding the Applications folder on the Dock. The upside to this is that you will be able to launch applications from the Dock in a manner that will simulate the Windows Start menu.
- Open Macintosh HD
- Drag the Applications folder to the Dock and place it anywhere to the left of the Trash icon
- This will place a shortcut to the Applications folder in the Dock (you are not actually moving the Applications folder to the Dock, just pointing to it)
- Once there press and hold the Applications folder to bring up a Menu that will allow you to configure the behavior when the Applications folder is clicked. You can configure the following behaviors:
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- February 27, 2009 - content revision
- April 30, 209 - content revision, added image
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