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␡In Mac OS and Mac OS X, most windows have widgets on their upper left, upper right, and lower right corners.Each performs a specific task, as follows: Mac OS X. Close button: Located in the upper left corner of the window, the Close button is a red sphere. When you move your mouse over it, it displays an X.When you click the Close button, its window closes.
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Window buttons
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In the upper-left corner of each window are three little buttons: red, yellow, and green. These are in color in the active window (the one in front) and gray in all other windows behind that one.
Close a window (red button)
Use the red button, the Close button, to close a window.
- If you don't have a window open, single-click the Finder icon in the Dock to open one.
- To close the window, single-click the red button. This puts it away, back into the folder or disk it came from.
Zoom a window (green button)
Use the green button, called the Zoom button, to zoom a window larger or smaller. How large or small the window becomes depends on what is in the window and how large or small it was before you clicked the button.
- If you don't have a window open, single-click the Finder icon in the Dock to open one.
- Single-click the green button to zoom the window large enough to see everything, or to zoom it smaller.
Minimize a window (yellow button)
When you minimize a window, you send a tiny icon of that window down to the Dock, to the right side of the dividing line. Whenever you want to see that particular window again, you can open it straight from the Dock.
Exercise 1: Minimize the window and open it again.
- Single-click the yellow button to minimize the window, which sends the window down into the Dock, as shown below.
- To open a minimized window, single-click its icon in the Dock.
Minimize windows into application icon
If you're feeling comfortable with minimizing windows, try this—make minimized windows hide behind the application icon in the Dock so they don't take up space. Just set this preference, below, and then watch the windows minimize behind their Dock icons.
Exercise 2: Minimize windows into application icons.
- From the Apple menu, choose 'System Preferences....'
- Single-click the 'Dock' icon.
- In the pane (shown to the right), check the box to 'Minimize windows into application icon.'
- Close the preferences (click the red button, upper left).
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What you need to install Windows 10 on Mac
- MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
- MacBook Air introduced in 2012 or later
- MacBook Pro introduced in 2012 or later
- Mac mini introduced in 2012 or later
- iMac introduced in 2012 or later1
- iMac Pro (all models)
- Mac Pro introduced in 2013
The latest macOS updates, which can include updates to Boot Camp Assistant. You will use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 10.
64GB or more free storage space on your Mac startup disk:
- You can have as little as 64GB of free storage space, but at least 128GB of free storage space provides the best experience. Automatic Windows updates require that much space or more.
- If your Mac has 128GB of memory (RAM) or more, the Windows installer needs at least as much free storage space as your Mac has memory. For example, if your Mac has 256GB of memory, your startup disk must have at least 256GB of free storage space for Windows.
An external USB flash drive with a storage capacity of 16GB or more, unless you're using a Mac that doesn't need a flash drive to install Windows.
A 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro on a disk image (ISO) or other installation media:
- If installing Windows on your Mac for the first time, use a full version of Windows, not an upgrade.
- If your copy of Windows came on a USB flash drive, or you have a Windows product key and no installation disc, download a Windows 10 disk image from Microsoft.
- If your copy of Windows came on a DVD, you might need to create a disk image of that DVD.
How to install Windows 10 on Mac
To install Windows, use Boot Camp Assistant. It's in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
1. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition
Open Boot Camp Assistant and follow the onscreen instructions:
- If you're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant will use it to create a bootable USB drive for Windows installation.
- When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because you can't change its size later.
2. Format the Windows (BOOTCAMP) partition
When Boot Camp Assistant finishes, your Mac restarts to the Windows installer. If the installer asks where to install Windows, select the BOOTCAMP partition and click Format. In most cases, the installer selects and formats the BOOTCAMP partition automatically.
3. Install Windows
Unplug any external devices, such as additional displays and drives, that aren't necessary during installation. Then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to begin installing Windows.
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4. Use the Boot Camp installer in Windows
After Windows installation completes, your Mac starts up in Windows and opens a ”Welcome to the Boot Camp installer” window. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Boot Camp, including Windows support software (drivers). You will be asked to restart when done.
If the Boot Camp installer doesn't open automatically, your final step should be to open the Boot Camp installer manually and use it to complete installation.
How to switch between Windows and macOS
Restart, then press and hold the Option (or Alt) ⌥ key during startup to switch between Windows and macOS.
Learn more
If you have one of these Mac models using OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later, you don't need a USB flash drive to install Windows:
- MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
- MacBook Air introduced in 2015 or later2
- MacBook Pro introduced in 2015 or later2
- iMac introduced in 2015 or later
- iMac Pro (all models)
- Mac Pro introduced in late 2013
For more information about using Windows on your Mac, open Boot Camp Assistant and click the Open Boot Camp Help button.
1. If you're installing Windows and macOS Mojave on an iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), or iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) and your Mac is configured with a 3TB hard drive, learn about an alert you might see during installation.
2. These Mac models were offered with 128GB hard drives as an option. Apple recommends 256GB or larger hard drives so that you can create a Boot Camp partition of at least 128GB.