Chapter 2: How Can I Customize Mountain Lion?

As attractive as Mountain Lion already is, you can also customize your Mac to match your personality and preferences. Customizing creates a more enjoyable work and play environment. One of the slickest ways to customize Mountain Lion is with Dashboard and its widgets. These miniature applications can help you do a multitude of things, such as keep up with the weather or flight information. This chapter explores the numerous ways you can tweak Mountain Lion so that you feel as comfortable in front of your computer as you do in your living room.

The General Preferences Pane

Changing the Desktop

Customizing the Finder

Working with Widgets