Quick tip: Access application functions from the Dock
We already had a post on the Dock and how you can use it to see what’s going on. We also used the contextual menu of the Dock icons a bit.
But there is more to the icons in the Dock, as it might seem. When an application is running, try control-clicking its icon. This will reveal a set of basic commands for this application.
Let’s look at Safari’s contextual menu:
For Safari the choice is not big, you see all currently open windows and the command to create a new one.
However, the set of commands is different from application to application. Look at the iTunes menu:
This is just another nice example, how Mac OS X makes life a little bit easier and a little more convenient.
Hint: You can control iTunes without making it the the active application, so quickly pause, skip or set a rating right from the Dock.
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