My name is Jenny and I just got a Mac Mini in June. It came with Snow Leopard and I would like to upgrade to lion. Could someone give me a really basic and step by step way to do that cause I have no idea what I'm doing with this Mac.
Thanks in advance for your help. Jenny and her Goofy Guide Brooks On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:58 AM, Eric Caron wrote: > Dashboard is my friend! > > Once I set up dashboard I really liked it! there was a earlier thread, > I think on this list that gave many tips. here are some I remember. > > First to clean up some of the frustrating keyboard issues go to system > preferences and to Mission Control Uncheck the first group of check boxes. > This will get rid of the control right arrow bringing up dashboard. It does > other things that make the dashboard less intrusive. > now when you press f12 the dashboard appears and press it again and it is > really gone. When in the dashboard use the window chooser to move between > apps, actually called widgets. > > I am using weather widgets, language translation , ical recent event > widget, and many more useful dashboard widgets . > > One very useful tip was how to delete a widget. First when in dashboard go to > the widget bar by going to the window chooser and select widget bar. Then > when on the widget you want permanently deleted press VO Command F2. > > I think of these widgets as being like apps on the iPhone. they are usually > easy to use and preform a specific task quickly. > > I hope this helps turn dashboard from evil to friendly! > > eric Caron > > > > On Sep 4, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have Lion on a Mini. I thought that ctrl-right, in text, would move me >> around, but it (and other odd keystrokes that I don't remember at the >> moment) just keep bringing up the dashboard. I can't move around the >> dashboard because it just jumps into the calculator, the first application >> on there. Worst of all, neither force-quitting, cmd-q, cmd-tab, nor >> anything else I can think of will get rid of it. My only recourse is to >> enter then quit the vo utility, which seems to get rid of the evil >> dashboard. How can I fix all this so I can move around text, since no arrow >> key combos seem to do anything, and some bring up the dashboard which then >> refuses to leave? TIA. >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
