Utilities

So, you're newly switched to the Mac platform and you need something like the Task Manager in Windows or you want to set up Boot Camp or you want to do some maintenance on your hard drive or general hardware.

 

Well, friends, look no further than the Utilities folder found inside your Applications folder. You can also get to it by clicking on the "Go" button in the menu of the Finder, as you can see in the Pic above.

 

Inside you'll find such important utilities such as:

 

System Profiler

An equivalent of the System interface in Windows, it gives you a detailed profile of every component on your Mac (graphic cards, RAM, etc).

 

Boot Camp Assistant

Allows you to create a partition for a Windows installation.

 

Disk Utility

Allows you to create clones of CDs and clean up disk permissions on your various hard drives. If you're having hard drive problems, this is where you go.

 

Terminal

Allows you to input Unix commands in a command line interface.

 

Grab

A screenshot utility that allows you to capture a marquee section, whole window, whole screen or timed screen.

 

 

Other utilities likely in your Utility folder?

 

AirPort Utility

Bluetooth File Exchange

Bluetooth Firmware Update

ColorSync Utility

Console

DigitalColor Meter

Directory

Directory Utility

Grapher

Java Preferences

Keychain Access

Migration Assistant

Network Utility

ODBC Administrator

Podcast Capture

RAID Utility

Remote Install

VoiceOver Utility

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Done