Where's Safari's Back Arrow?

         Ben, at Heresthethingblog.com answered my question.  I hadn’t expected an answer, actually.  But his website invited queries, and I was puzzled about the grayed out Back Arrow at the top of Safari, now that I’m using Mountain Lion.  I was used to clicking that arrow to return to one of the sites I’d looked at earlier.  
        He wrote right back and mentioned the browser tabs at the top of the page in Safari.  Yes!  That solves the question.  I had not been using Tabs to go back to earlier sites.  When the Back Arrow is grayed out, I can click on a previous Tab.  

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5364  tells more. 

To close a Tab click the button that appears in the left of the tab when the cursor hovers over it.  The + sign means add new webpage Tab, click to open a new tab.  The black box means show all tabs, click to show tabs in Tab View.
        More to learn, but having fun!  

Mac 101: All About Windows

        "Here's another chapter in the Mac 101 series," Jim Hamm informs us. Tell your PC friends to look at this info on Windows. 

Mac 101: Dictation

         Starting off with, “People have been talking (occasionally with expletives) to their computers since way before they could listen,”  the latest Smart Dog Tech Tails #841 brings Speech-to-Text dictation to our attention with “You Don’t Say…”  

        The writer goes on to pronounce this thoughtful observation, “Dictating to your technological artifact is almost exactly like speaking to humanoid interlocutors, except for a few key differences.” And he explains, and recommends this article with nifty chart of dictation commands from Mac 101: Dictation using ML or an OS X app.  

Mac 101, Second Lesson: Finder

     Jim Hamm writes, " Here's Mac 101, second lesson."  You'll get acquainted with Finder and its features. 

Are You New to the Mac Computer? Mac 101

        "Here is the start of a new series of instructions for the new Mac user," writes Jim Hamm.  
        Yesterday, (10-4) Macworld started a new series of How-To for the new Mac user.  Go there, bookmark it, and watch for that weekly posting.  That’s if you want to hear about everybody else’s problems!  You’ll have to sort that out.      
        HOWEVER,  in the Prescott area you have PMUG and you have the PMUG monthly SIGs (Special Interest Groups.)  

        Sometimes asking a smiling person at our meetings can be more helpful than reading a whole book!  You'll find people at PMUG who previously used PC, you'll find people who just got their first Mac or iPhone or iPad, you'll find people who have used Mac since 1984.  And here on this blog you'll find all sorts of help.  Scan through the Labels on the right hand side to get an idea.   

        See you on the 20?  Ginger Carlson will give you a cookie!