. Getting into Mac OS X When you first turn on a Mac that's running Mac OS X , an Apple logo greets you, soon followed by an animated, rotating "Please wait" gear cursor—and then you're in | . Getting into Mac OS X When you first turn on a Mac that s running Mac OS X an Apple logo greets you soon followed by an animated rotating Please wait gear cursor and then you re in. No progress bar no red tape. Figure 1-1. Left On Macs configured to accommodate different people at different times this is one of the first things you see upon turning on the computer. Click your name. If the list is long you may have to scroll to find your name or just type the first few letters of it. Right At this point you re asked to type in your password. Type it and then click Log In or press Return or Enter pressing these keys usually clicks any blue pulsing button in a dialog box . If you ve typed the wrong password the entire dialog box vibrates in effect shaking its little dialog-box head suggesting that you guess again. See Chapter 12. . Logging In What happens next depends on whether you re the Mac s sole proprietor or have to share it with other people in an office school or household. If it s your own Mac and you ve already been through the Mac OS X setup process described in Appendix A no big deal. You arrive at the Mac OS X desktop. If it s a shared Mac you may encounter the Login dialog box shown in Figure 1-1. Click your name in the list or type it if there s no list . If the Mac asks for your password type it and then click Log In or press Return . You arrive at the desktop. Chapter 12 offers much more on this business of user accounts and logging in. . The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop Thedesktop is the shimmering three-dimensional Mac OS X landscape shown in Figure 1-2. On a new Mac it s covered by a starry galaxy photo that belongs to Leopard s overall outer-space graphic theme. If you ve ever used a computer before most of the objects on your screen are nothing more than updated versions of familiar elements. Here s a quick tour. Figure 1-2. The Mac OS X landscape looks like a more futuristic version of the operating systems you know and .
