an internal (built-in) hard disk.
If you see no icon like this, you have no hard disk.
Startup disk
To start up, your Macintosh needs instructions to tell it what to do. These
instructions are included on special disks called startup disks. The disk you
inserted before you turned on the computer (the System Startup disk) is a
startup disk. It contains the instructions your Macintosh needs to get
running.
That's why you heard that whirring sound after you pressed the on/off switch.
The computer was reading the information on the disk. When it recognized the
disk as a startup disk, it displayed the smiling Macintosh to tell you it had
the information it needed. When it finished reading its instructions, it
displayed the desktop screen you see now. The computer is ready to use.
Exploring the Macintosh desktop
The Macintosh desktop is what you see on the screen each time you turn on the
computer. It's your working area.
The desktop is sometimes called the Finder because the program (which is a
set of instructions to the computer) that displays the desktop is named the
Finder.
Don't worry if your desktop doesn't look exactly like the one shown. If you
see an Apple in the upper-left corner and a trash can in the lower-right
corner, you're on track.
Practicing mouse techniques
As you saw in the Macintosh Basics tour, you can do all your work on the
Macintosh (except typing text and numbers) by using just a few mouse
techniques. If you're not comfortable with the mouse yet, use this review of
the basic mouse skills to practice mouse techniques on your Macintosh
desktop.
Point
You point to an object on the desktop by moving the arrow pointer until the
tip of the arrow is on that object.
Practice pointing to the System Startup disk icon, the Trash icon, and the
Apple icon in the menu bar.
You need to be able to point before you can perform other mouse actions.
Click
You click by first pointing to an object and then pressing and quickly
releasing the mouse button once. Don't move the mouse while you click.
Practice clicking the Trash icon and then the System Startup disk icon.
When you click an icon, it becomes highlighted to show it has been selected.
Highlighted icons are black or other solid colors.
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