Applications
OS X v. 10.3
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Applications on your computer include software for creating papers, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics as well as software for email, web browsing, and uploading your web pages.
Your computer's hard drive contains a number of different applications, both Native OS X and Classic. Native OS X applications are programs which were designed to run in OS X v. 10.3. Classic applications are applications designed for OS 9 which still run on your OS X v. 10.3 computer in Classic Mode.
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OS X v. 10.3 Applications How to launch an OS X v. 10.3 application The Applications Folder The Dock How to Quit an Application Classic Applications How to tell when you are working in Classic Classic Mode How to launch a Classic Application How to Quit an Application Setting Classic to start Automatically when OS X v.10.3 starts Frozen Applications - force quitting from a Native OS X v.10.3 or Classic application Working with Desktop Applications in OS X v.10.3 Working with the Wellesley Network in OS X v.10.3 - network applications and sharing files
Programs designed to run in OS X v.10.3 are sometimes called 'Native' OS X applications. These applications can be accessed from the Dock, or from the Applications folder. Not all applications stored on your computer are listed in your Dock, but you can access them by looking in your Applications folder.
To launch an OS X v.10.3 application
Click on the OS X v.10.3 application icon in the Dock. If the icon is not located in the Dock, you will need to launch the application from the Applications folder
The OS X v.10.3 applications and utilities in the Applications folder on the Macintosh HD are accessible by any account on your computer.
To view the Applications folder containing OS X v.10.3 applications:
- Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
- Navigate to the Go menu .
- Select Applications. The other way to get to the folder is to select the Applications icon in the window sidebar, circled below.
The Dock contains aliases to some of the applications installed on your computer. To open an application, click once on the application icon in the Dock. Application icons with small black triangles below them in the Dock are those applications that are currently open.
The Quit command for OS X v.10.3 applications can now be found under the menu with the application name instead of the File menu. To quit out of these applications, go to the application menu and choose Quit. For example, in Microsoft Word, go to Word and select Quit Word.
To quit out of a frozen application (either OS 9 or OS X v.10.3 ), go to the OS X v.10.3 Apple Menu and select Force Quit... Choose the frozen application in the dialog box and click Force Quit. A window will appear confirming you truly want to force quit the application. Click Force Quit. Then close the Force Quit window. You will not need to restart your computer after forcing an application to quit. The OS 9 key command (APPLE + OPTION + ESC) will also bring up the Force Quit dialog box.
One of OS X's most significant new features is the Classic environment where applications run in an OS 9 environment. These applications are known as classic applications. Classic has to be running in order for classic applications to function.Classic will start automatically when you open any OS 9 application; you do not need to open it separately. When Classic loads, which takes some time the first time it is loaded after starting the computer, the Classic icon will appear in the Dock, but that icon will disappear once Classic has completed loading.
How to tell when working in Classic
When using OS 9 applications, you will notice that the menu bars and window properties revert back to the way they looked in OS 9. This is how you know you are working in a classic application.
To launch a classic application:
- Click on the classic application icon in the Dock.
- If it is not located in the Dock, double-click on the Macintosh HD.
- Locate the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder and double-click it.
- Select the classic application from it's appropriate folder.
- If Classic is not running, it will begin.
To quit a classic application, go to File > Quit.
To have Classic start automatically when OS X v.10.3 starts:
- Go to the Classic preferences pane by going to the OS X v.10.3 Apple Menu > System Preferences > Classic.
- The Classic preferences window will appear.
- Check Start up Classic when you log in.
- Quit System Preferences by going to the System Preferences menu > Quit.
You can also start Classic instantly by clicking going to the Classic preferences pane in the System Preferences and choosing Start. If you need to restart Classic, select Restart.
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