chapter 0 The New Lion Landscape A s noted in the Introduction, Apple's overarching design philosophy in creating Mac OS X Lion was: "Make it more like an iPad." But what does that mean? Do all the new iPaddish features really add up to a single, flowing, new way of working? The following pages are a tutorial. They walk you through a typical Lionized working session the way Apple intended you to work. If you follow along, you'll wind up with a good sense of how much you like (or don't like) the iPaddified Mac. Note: In this book, you'll see touch gestures provided separately for trackpads (either the one on your laptop, or Apple's external Magic Trackpad) and the Magic Mouse (Apple's latest mouse, whose surface is touch sensitive). Why aren't the gestures identical? Because the Magic Mouse requires at least two fingers to hold, so some of the more multi-fingered gestures aren't practical. And remember, on the trackpad you need a finger just to move the cursor--and on the Magic Mouse, moving the mouse moves the cursor. Launchpad All right. It's Monday morning. Yawn, stretch, fluff your hair (if any). You want to start with a quick Web check. And for that, you'll need Safari, the Mac's Web browser. 1. Put four fingers on the trackpad (thumb and three fingers), and pinch them inward toward the center. If you have a Magic Mouse, just click Launchpad on the Dock. chapter 0: the new lion landscape 9