In the Canadian province of Alberta, the epicenter of a boom in the production of bitumen from oil sands, senior geoscientists saw a 14.5% rise in salary this year, to $231,000. When you include overtime, truck drivers in the province are earning up to $170,000.
The System Preferences application is found in your Applications folder and is also available at any time from the Apple menu at the top-left of the screen (click the Apple logo). It may also be in your Dock at the bottom of the screen - the icon is a set of interlinked cogs, like the image above.
1 If you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock. 2  Click Desktop & Screen Saver, and then click Desktop. 3  To select the kind of desktop picture you want to use, do one of the following: 4  To use an image that come with your Mac, select a folder under the Apple section. Desktop-This is where your applications' windows will appear. 2  You can add more desktops using Mission Control. 3  If you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, you can use Spaces. 4  The Dock-Quick access to your most frequently used applications, folders, and files. 5  With a single click the application, folder, or file opens.