The icon you need is the ActivInspire.pkg (it looks like yellow Jell-o in a box or maybe a butter box) Click on it. Once the installer starts, you'll see a box open up like this.To make a dmg file install, double-click it. Before running the update, quit ActiveInspire.Windows users will see an exe file or msi file, not a dmg file. On a Mac, it's going to your downloads folder. If so, you'd see a box like this (although the version will likely be different).Ĭlick OK to download the update. If the Internet is down, your ability to update Inspire is down too, so you can try later.You currently have the latest version.' In this case, you can stop, because you're OK. If there is no update, a box will come up saying something such as, 'The update check was successful.On the Dashboard, click on Configure (on the left side) and then on Check For Updates (on the right).Run ActivInspire and click on the View menu and choose dashboard.(This one only works if you have a Mac with a touchpad - usually a laptop) place two fingers on the touchpad while clicking.Press and hold the Control Key while clicking.To do so, you can do either of the following: You can also 'right click' on a Mac with a single button mouse. The reason is because two-button mice work on Unix and Mac OS is a Unix variant that uses parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix. You can plug a two-button mouse in to a Mac and it will work. On Mac OS, you typically find a single-button mouse. On most computers it's easy, as they come with a two-button mouse.

On Mac OS, you can accomplish the same thing by pressing Command+Option+Escape this invokes the Force Quit menu and you can make applications stop. On Windows, when a program stops behaving properly, you can press Control+Alt+Delete to invoke the Task Manager to make an application stop. On Mac OS, Command+Q will quickly terminate a program. On Windows, Alt+F4 will quickly terminate a program. The Control Key is located near the Command Key and has special funtions on a Mac (see 'Right Clicking' below). This key can frustrate a Windows user, as it doesn't work as a Windows ALT key does (you'll often use the Command Key on Mac where ALT is used in Windows), such as when tabbing through open applications: on Windows it's ALT-Tab, on a Mac it's Command-Tab. The Option Key is located near the Command Key and is sometimes called the ALT key. It is used on a Mac much like the control key is used on Microsoft Windows® example: control-c on Windows copies and on a Mac we use command-c control-v pastes on Windows and command-v pastes on Mac OS.

You probably call this the 'Apple Key', but it's officially called the Command Key and it is located near your spacebar. By MARK WEST 08/18/10 Mac Tips Special Keys

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