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MAC Notes

This web page has info on the MAC (Macintosh) environment.  I don't work on MAC except for a few small projects.

bulletGeneral notes
bulletCtrl-Click - like windows right mouse click.
bulletEject a CD - Ctrl-Click on the CD icon.
bulletApple-Q - Quits a process.  
bulletBrowsers - Clicking the button in the upper left title bar just closes the window/document, not the process.  If you list the process (click on the finder in the upper right corner of the MAC's desktop title bar) you will see the Browsers process is still running.
bulletCtrl-Option-Apple-ESC (4 keys simultaneously) - Forces a process to quit.  I had trouble determining how to specify the process I wanted to Force to quit.  It seems to randomly choose a process.
bulletCtrl-Apple-Power - Heard about this one.  I think this is like the Force Quit.
bulletApple-N - Creates a new window of the current process that is selected.
bulletApple-W - Closes the selected window.
bulletJava & the MAC
bullethttp://developer.apple.com/java/download.html - Download the MRJ SDK.
bulletLaunching Java Applications (.class or .jar)
bulletYou must have the MRJ SDK (Java SDK) installed.
bulletCreate a file that will launch your Java application.
bulletOpen the folder which contains the Java application want to run.
bulletDouble click on your drive icon.
bulletOpen the following folders (your versions may be different):
MRJSDK2.2\Tools\Applications Builder\JBindery
bulletDrag the Java .class or .jar file onto the JBindery file.
bulletClassname: <leave the default>
bulletOptions: <This is the parameters>
bulletClick on "Save Settings"
bulletType:  <Name of the file that will launch the Java application>
bulletClick "Save"
bulletClick "Run"
bulletFrom now on you may run the Java app by double clicking the new file that was created.
 
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