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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 14 APPLE APPS INCLUDED WITH LEOPARD<br />

Table 14-1. Other Applications Installed with <strong>Leopard</strong><br />

Application Description<br />

Calculator This application provides not only a simple calculator mode, but also advanced<br />

scientific and programming modes. It also provides conversions to and from many<br />

systems of measurement.<br />

Chess This application provides a 3D chess set that puts you against the computer. It also<br />

supports voice recognition, which makes it interesting to play around with.<br />

Dictionary This is a handy application that provides dictionary, thesaurus, and Wikipedia<br />

references for a word or term either individually or together.<br />

DVD Player With a new, slick interface for <strong>Leopard</strong>, this application provides a great experience for<br />

watching DVDs on your <strong>Mac</strong>.<br />

Front Row Coupled with an Apple remote, this application provides a nice interface for controlling<br />

and viewing media on your computer from across the room.<br />

Stickies This application allows you to create sticky notes that will appear on your desktop.<br />

TextEdit This is a simple text editor with some basic word processing features.<br />

Summary<br />

Besides these basic applications, which range from indispensable to at least sort of interesting,<br />

Apple provides a number of other common applications, which we’ll talk about in a bit. But<br />

first, we’ll talk a bit about .<strong>Mac</strong>.

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