Every time I reboot, the header (with the time, app, battery WiFi, etc) and the dock disappears. I have to move the cursor in the area for it to appear. I would like them to be there all the time.
I have clicked on everything, and still don’t have them.
Or, move your pointer to the Menu Bar, and then press the “double arrow” icon in the title bar of the window (pre- El Capitan), or press the green dot (El Capitan).
That works, but if I go to another site off the dock and return, there’s just a gray area and no icons. I can get the dock or the search bar but not both. If I get the search bar moving the cursor down doesn’t bring the dock back.
Totally intuitive, just like all Apple products. Why, a six-year-old would know that automatically.
But since I’m not a six-year-old, I found that explanation totally non-explanatory. What does Spaces do that is different from just opening up different applications and alt-tabbing? And how would I have something in a Space when I didn’t know that such a thing existed? Does Apple intuitively create things for me?
Thanks for your help, but you need to treat me like a idiot.
Spaces do multiple things.
You can have a set of applications (1 or more) with windows arranged how you want them, and not have to worry about other application’s windows getting in the way. You can have different window arrangements for different uses, and move between them easily. An obvious use for Spaces is with Virtual Machines, where Windows, OS X, and Linux can all take over their own monitors and let you switch between them.
Spaces let’s individual applications run full-screen - recently Spaces and normal OS X window handling has merged, so running Apps full-screen is actually putting it into it’s own Space.
So, the first thing you need to do is to go to Safari, and find the green button on the title bar of the window and click it, and see what happens.
Checking Automatically hide and show menu bar makes it always show when I move the cursor. That seems to be the best alternative. This didn’t used to happen so some update must have changed settings.