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The Mac will lose power settings, so if you’ve customized those settings, you’ll need to adjust items like sleep again. IMac, Mac Pro, Mac mini. Apple’s desktop Macs use a different process to reset SMC, but it still achieves the same ends: Shut down your Mac; Disconnect the power cord; Press and hold the Mac power button for 5 seconds.

  • Your Mac and OS X have a variety of startup keys and key combinations you can use to affect how the device starts up. Shift key, for instance, starts your Mac in Safe mode, and C (or c) starts up.
  • It won't start up. It's a Mac Book Pro. I push the power button, the gray screen with the apple logo comes on and below it is the horizontal thin box which is 3' long starts filling, left to right; BUT, when it gets right to the end when the computer normally comes on, it stops and nothing comes on.
  • Alt key on Mac is indeed exist. And it’s called Option key. Windows vs Mac—there are so many differences. A lot of our customers have used a PC before and then decide they want to switch to Mac for better performance, nicer design, or for better security.

Push Buttons

A push button appears within a view and initiates an instantaneous app-specific action, such as printing a document or deleting a file. Push buttons contain text—not icons—and often open a separate window, dialog, or app so the user can complete a task.

Configure a push button the user is likely to select as the default. A default push button is prominent in appearance and automatically performs its action when the user presses Return. There can only be a single default button in a view.

Use a push button in a view, not a window frame. Push buttons aren’t intended for use within toolbars and status bars. If you need a button in a toolbar, use a toolbar item. See Toolbars.

Display text rather than an icon in a push button. Users expect push buttons to include descriptive titles. If you want to display an icon in a button, use an image button instead. See Image Buttons.

Adjust a push button’s width to accommodate the title. If you don’t make the button wide enough, its title may be cut off.

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Use title-case for push button titles. Capitalize every word except articles, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions of four or fewer letters.

Use verbs in push button titles. An action-specific title shows that the button is interactive and conveys what happens when clicked. For example, Save, Close, Print, Delete, and Change Password are action-specific titles. Because buttons initiate immediate actions, there’s no need for to include a time descriptor like Now.

Be specific when targeting a single item. A title like Choose Picture is more helpful than Import because it identifies what the user should choose.

Include a trailing ellipsis in the title when a push button opens another window, dialog, or app. For example, the Edit buttons in the AutoFill pane of Safari Preferences include ellipses because they open other dialogs or windows that let the user modify autofill values.

Avoid providing introductory labels. Push button titles should be descriptive enough that a label is unnecessary.

Separate destructive buttons from nondestructive controls. Destructive buttons should be far enough away from other elements that the user has to make an intentional effort to click the button.

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Use a checkbox instead of a button when the user needs to choose between two states. The on and off states of a checkbox are generally clearer to most users than a push button configured as a toggle. See Checkboxes.

Use a pop-up button when you need to present a list of choices. A pop-up button’s appearance informs the user that a list will be presented. See Pop-Up Buttons.

Consider enabling spring loading. Push buttons can be configured to support spring loading on systems with a Force Touch trackpad. Spring loading lets a user activate the button by dragging selected items over it and force clicking—pressing harder—without dropping the selected items. The user can then continue dragging the items, possibly to perform additional actions. For developer guidance, see isSpringLoaded.

For developer guidance, see NSButton, NSButtonCell, and the NSMomentaryPushInButton and NSMomentaryLightButton styles of NSButtonType.

  • In a Finder window, press VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow to move through the window until you hear “toolbar.” Interact with the toolbar.
    • Press VO-Right Arrow until you hear “view radio group” and then interact with that control. Press VO-Right Arrow key until you hear the view you want to use.

    You can choose from icon, list, column, or Cover Flow view. In Cover Flow view, the browser is split horizontally into two sections. The top section is a graphical view of each item, such as folder icons or a preview of the first page of a document. The bottom section is a list view of the items.

  • When you have selected a view, stop interacting with the view radio group and the toolbar, and then press VO-Right Arrow to move through the window until you hear “sidebar.”
    • To move down the list of items in the sidebar, press VO-Down Arrow. When you hear the item you want, jump to it in the view browser; you can interact with it.

    To jump, press VO-J. If you’re using VoiceOver gestures, keep a finger on the trackpad and press the Control key.

  • Move to and select the item you want to open, using the method for the view you’re in:

    • Icon view: Use the arrow keys to move to the item you want.

    List view: To move down the list rows, press VO-Down Arrow. To expand and collapse a folder, press VO-. To move the VoiceOver cursor across a row and hear information about an item, press VO-Right Arrow. Or press VO-R to hear the entire row read at once.

    Column view: To move down the list until you find the folder or file you want, use the Down Arrow key. To move into subfolders, press the Right Arrow key.

    Cover Flow view: To flip through the items in the top section and move automatically through the corresponding list rows in the bottom section, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key.

    When you find the file or folder you want to open, use the Finder shortcut Command-O or Command-Down Arrow to open it.

    VoiceOver announces when you have selected an alias or a file or folder you don’t have permission to open.