The apple menu is a rainbow colored apple, located the upper left hand side on the menu bar of your screen. The apple menu is used for quick access to your documents and tools you use most. You also can access the control panels and Sherlock from here. Sherlock, which is your searching tool and is also considered a desk accessory. Most desk accessories are located under the apple menu.
Desk accessories are small tools like a calculator, stickies, and the note pad.
You can tell the difference between the a desk accessory and a application by closing the window box. The desk accessory will quit where the application wont. Use it to acess the stuff you use most. All rights reserved.