Apple 145 manual Look at the contents of a window

Look at the contents of a window

Every window has several features that help you view the window’s contents. But before you can work with the contents of a window, you need to make that window the active window.

Make a window the active window

You can have several windows open on your screen at one time, but only one window can be the active window. An active window is one in which you can select objects and choose actions to perform on those objects.

The Macintosh HD window is currently on your Macintosh desktop. (The window appeared when you opened the Macintosh HD icon.) You’re going to open another window now.

1.Click the Trash icon near the lower-right corner of the screen to select it.

Make sure that the icon is highlighted, which means that it’s selected to be the object you’ll act upon next.

2.Point to the File menu title in the menu bar.

3.Press to pull down the File menu.

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