Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition

by David Pogue, Adam Goldstein
Released September 2005
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9780596006600

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Book description

It's little wonder that longtime Windows users are migrating in droves to the new Mac. They're fed up with the virus-prone Windows way of life, and they're lured by Apple's well-deserved reputation for producing great all-around computers that are reliable, user-friendly, well designed, and now--with the $500 Mac mini--extremely affordable, too.

Whether you're drawn to the Mac's stability, its stunning digital media suite, or the fact that a whole computer can look and feel as slick as your iPod, you can quickly and easily become a Mac convert. But consider yourself warned: a Mac isn't just a Windows machine in a prettier box; it's a whole different animal and a whole new computing experience.

If you're contemplating--or have already made--the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac, you need Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition. This incomparable guide delivers what Apple doesn't: everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move to a Mac.

The latest reprint of this book has been updated to reflect the new generation of Mac models that run on Intel chips. There's even a new appendix that guides you through the installation of Windows XP on your Macintosh (using adapter software like Boot Camp or Parallels), so that you have the best of all worlds: a single, beautiful machine that can run 100 percent of the world's desktop software. (Note to people who've already bought the book: This appendix is available as a free PDF download from missingmanuals.com.)

Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author David Pogue teams up with 17-year-old whiz kid and founder of GoldfishSoft (www.goldfishsoft.com) Adam Goldstein to cover every aspect of switching to a Mac--things like transferring email, files, and addresses from a PC to a Mac; getting acquainted with the Mac's interface; adapting to Mac versions of familiar programs (including Microsoft Office); setting up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and using the printers, scanners, and other peripherals you already own.

Covering the latest in Mac OS X v.10.4 "Tiger," Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition explains the hundreds of innovative new features to the Mac OS and how you can understand and make the very most of each.

Whether you're a novice or a power user, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition, teaches you how to smoothly and seamlessly replace (or supplement) your Windows machine--in a refreshingly funny and down-to-earth style--with a mighty Mac.

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents (1/2)
  2. Table of Contents (2/2)
  3. The Missing Credits
    1. About the Author
    2. About the Creative Team
    3. Acknowledgments
    4. The Missing Manual Series
  4. Introduction
    1. What Mac OS X Gives You
    2. What Mac OS X Takes Away
    3. The Dual-Platform Option
    4. About This Book
      1. About These Arrows
      2. About MissingManuals.com
    5. The Very Basics
  5. Part One: Welcome to Macintosh
    1. Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different
      1. Power On, Dude
      2. That One-Button Mouse
      3. On, Off, and Sleep
        1. Sleep Mode
        2. Restart
        3. Shut Down
        4. Log Out
      4. The Menu Bar
      5. Finder = Windows Explorer
      6. Dock = Taskbar
      7. Menulets = Tray
      8. Keyboard Differences
        1. Where the Windows Keys Went
        2. What the Special Mac Keys Do
      9. Disk Differences
      10. Where Your Stuff Is
        1. Applications Folder
        2. Home Folder
        3. System Folder
      11. Window Controls (1/2)
      12. Window Controls (2/2)
        1. Title Bar
        2. Close Button
        3. Minimize Button
        4. Zoom Button
        5. The Folder Proxy Icon
        6. The Finder Sidebar and Toolbar
        7. Toolbar Button
        8. Scroll Bars
        9. Resize Box
        10. Status Bar
      13. Terminology Differences
    2. Chapter 2: Windows and Icons
      1. Logging In
      2. The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop
        1. Disk Icons
        2. The Dock
        3. The a Menu
        4. The Menu Bar
      3. Icon View (1/2)
      4. Icon View (2/2)
        1. Icon Sizes
        2. Text Size
        3. Windows XP–style Labeling
        4. “Show icon preview”
        5. “Show item info”
        6. Window Backgrounds
        7. Keeping Icons Neat and Sorted
      5. List View
        1. Sorting the List
        2. Flippy Triangles
        3. Which Columns Appear
        4. Other View Options
        5. Rearranging Columns
        6. Adjusting Column Widths
      6. Column View
        1. Column View by Keyboard
        2. Manipulating the Columns
        3. View Options
      7. What’s in Your Home Folder
      8. File and Folder Icons
        1. File Names
        2. Selecting Icons
      9. Moving and Copying Icons
        1. Copying by Dragging
        2. Copying by Using Copy and Paste
        3. Spring-Loaded Folders
      10. Aliases (Shortcuts)
      11. Color Labels
        1. What Labels are Good For
        2. Changing Labels
      12. The Trash
        1. Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash
        2. Emptying the Trash
      13. Get Info (Properties)
        1. Uni-window vs. Multi-window
        2. The Get Info Panels
      14. Finding Files 1: Spotlight (1/2)
      15. Finding Files 1: Spotlight (2/2)
        1. The Spotlight Menu
        2. The Spotlight Window
          1. Spotlight window from the Spotlight menu
          2. Opening the Spotlight window directly
          3. Expand or collapse the list
          4. See the pretty pictures
          5. Get more info
          6. Filter the list
          7. Work with results
        3. Customizing Spotlight
          1. Privacy settings
      16. Finding Files 2: The Find Command (1/2)
      17. Finding Files 2: The Find Command (2/2)
        1. Where to Look
        2. What to Look For
        3. What to Do with Search Results
      18. Smart Folders
    3. Chapter 3: The Dock, Desktop, Toolbar, and Sidebar
      1. The Dock
        1. Organizing and Removing Dock Icons
        2. Three Ways to Get the Dock out of Your Hair
          1. Auto-hiding the Dock
          2. Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
          3. Moving the Dock to the sides of the screen
      2. Dock Features
        1. Switch Applications
        2. Use Secret Menus
        3. Great Things to Put on Your Dock
      3. The Sidebar
        1. Fine-tuning the Sidebar
      4. The Finder Toolbar
        1. Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar
        2. Adding New Icons to the Toolbar
          1. Apple’s toolbar icon collection
          2. Adding your own stuff
        3. Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons
      5. Designing Your Desktop
        1. System Preferences
        2. Desktop Sounds
      6. Menulets
    4. Chapter 4: Programs and Documents
      1. Launching Mac OS X Programs
        1. The Application Menu
        2. Quitting Programs
        3. Force Quitting Programs
      2. Switching Programs
        1. Switching Programs
        2. Hiding Programs
        3. Hiding All Other Programs
        4. The Bring-Program-Forward, Hide-All-Others Trick
        5. Minimizing Individual Windows
        6. Using the Dock for Drag-and-Drop
        7. The New, Improved “Alt+Tab”
      3. Exposé: The End of Window Clutter
        1. Three Ways to Exposé
        2. Three Triggers for Exposé
      4. Dashboard
        1. Dashboard Tips
        2. Dashboard Preferences
      5. How Documents Know Their Parents
        1. Type and Creator Codes
        2. File Name Extensions
        3. Hiding and Showing File Name Extensions
        4. Reassigning Documents to Programs
          1. Reassigning a certain document—just once
          2. Reassigning a certain document—permanently
      6. Keyboard Control
      7. The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
        1. Simplified Navigation
        2. Column-View/List-View Navigation
        3. The Open File Dialog Box
      8. Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic
      9. The Cocoa Difference
        1. The Fonts Panel
        2. Services
          1. Grab
          2. Mail
          3. Open URL
          4. Speech
          5. Summarize
      10. How to Use Classic, If You Must
        1. Running Classic
      11. Installing Mac OS X Programs
        1. .sit, .tar, .zip, and .gz
        2. Disk Images (.dmg files)
        3. Cleaning Up After Decompression
        4. Performing the Installation
      12. Removing Mac OS X Programs
  6. Part Two: Making the Move
    1. Chapter 5: Five Ways to Transfer Your Files
      1. Transfers by Disk
      2. Transfers by Network (1/2)
      3. Transfers by Network (2/2)
        1. Ethernet Networks
        2. Wireless Networks
        3. Seated at the Mac: Seeing the PC
        4. Seated at the PC: Seeing the Mac
      4. Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
      5. Transfers by Email
        1. File Compression and Encoding
        2. Problems Receiving Windows Files
      6. Transfers by iDisk
        1. The iDisk from Windows
        2. The iDisk on the Mac
      7. Transfers by Bluetooth
      8. Where to Put Your Copied Files
        1. Desktop Pictures (Wallpaper)
        2. Sound Effects
        3. Web Browser Favorites
        4. Everything Else
      9. Document-Conversion Issues
        1. FireWire Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
    2. Chapter 6: Transferring Email and Contacts
      1. Ways to Move Your Email
      2. Ways to Move Your Address Book
      3. Transferring Your Outlook Mail
        1. Outlook2Mac Method (Quick, Simple, $10)
        2. Netscape Method (Time-Consuming, Free)
          1. Phase 1: Import to Netscape
          2. Phase 2: Copy to the Mac
          3. Phase 3: Import into Apple Mail
          4. Phase 4: Import into Entourage (optional)
        3. Alternative Method (Free, to Eudora Only)
        4. Outlook and Exchange
      4. Transferring Your Outlook Address Book
        1. Outlook2Mac Method (Easy, $10)
        2. Netscape 7 Method (Lengthy, Free)
        3. CSV Method (Free, to Entourage Only)
        4. Eudora Method (Free)
      5. Transferring from Outlook Express
        1. Moving Your Mail
        2. To Eudora for Mac
      6. Transferring Your Eudora Mail
        1. Moving Email into Entourage or Mac OS X Mail
        2. Moving Email to Eudora for the Mac
      7. Transferring Your Eudora Address Book
        1. Moving Contacts into Address Book
        2. Moving Contacts into Entourage
        3. Moving Contacts into Eudora on the Mac
      8. Email Settings
        1. Finding the Settings on Windows
          1. Outlook Express
          2. Outlook
          3. Eudora
          4. Netscape 7
        2. Configuring the Settings on Your Mac
          1. Apple Mail
          2. Microsoft Entourage
          3. Eudora for Macintosh
    3. Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems
      1. ACDSee
      2. Acrobat Reader
      3. ACT
      4. Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
      5. Adobe [your favorite program here]
      6. America Online
      7. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
      8. Children’s Software
      9. Earthlink Total Access
      10. Easy CD Creator
      11. Encarta
      12. Eudora
      13. Excel
      14. Firefox
      15. Games
      16. Google Desktop Search
      17. ICQ
      18. Internet Explorer
      19. iTunes
      20. Kazaa
      21. Limewire
      22. Macromedia [your favorite program here]
      23. MacAfee VirusScan
      24. Microsoft Access
      25. Microsoft Money
      26. Microsoft Office
      27. Microsoft Publisher
      28. Microsoft Visio
      29. Minesweeper
      30. MSN Messenger
      31. MSN (Service)
      32. NaturallySpeaking
      33. Netscape
      34. Newsgroup Readers
      35. Norton AntiVirus
      36. Norton Utilities
      37. Notepad
      38. Outlook/Outlook Express
      39. Paint Shop Pro
      40. Palm Desktop
      41. Picasa
      42. Pocket PC
      43. PowerPoint
      44. QuickBooks
      45. Quicken
      46. RealPlayer
      47. RssReader
      48. Skype
      49. SnagIt
      50. Solitaire
      51. Street Atlas USA
      52. TaxCut, TurboTax
      53. WinAmp, MusicMatch
      54. Windows Media Player
      55. WinZip
      56. Word
      57. WordPerfect
      58. Yahoo Messenger
      59. VirtualPC: The Program of Last Resort
    4. Chapter 8: Hardware on the Mac
      1. Printers and Printing
        1. Introducing the Printer
        2. Making the Printout
          1. Page Setup
          2. The Print command
        3. Managing Printouts
      2. Faxing
        1. Setting Up Faxing
        2. Sending a Fax
        3. Sending
          1. Checking the log, checking the queue
        4. Receiving a Fax
      3. Scanning
      4. PDF Files
        1. Opening PDF files
        2. Creating PDF files
      5. Fonts—and Font Book
        1. Where Fonts Live
        2. Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts
          1. Looking over your fonts
          2. Eliminating duplicates
          3. Adding fonts
          4. Removing and hiding fonts
      6. Digital Cameras
      7. Disks
        1. Startup Disks
          1. Selecting a startup disk
        2. Erasing, Formatting, and Initializing
      8. Burning CDs and DVDs
        1. Burn Folders: Without the Disc
        2. Burn Folders: With a Blank Disc on Hand
      9. iTunes: The Digital Jukebox (1/2)
      10. iTunes: The Digital Jukebox (2/2)
        1. MP3 Files and Company
        2. Audio CDs
        3. The iPod
        4. The iTunes Music Store
          1. Buying music
          2. Restrictions
          3. Podcasts
        5. Playing Music
        6. Visuals
        7. Copying (Ripping) CD Songs to Your Hard Drive
        8. Playlists—and Smart Playlists
          1. Creating playlists
          2. Playing with criteria
        9. iTunes: Burning Music CDs
      11. DVD Movies
      12. Keyboard
        1. Text-Navigation Keystrokes
      13. Mouse
      14. Monitors
  7. Part Three: Making Connections
    1. Chapter 9: Getting Online
      1. Connecting by Dial-up Modem
        1. Phase 1: The TCP/IP Tab
        2. Phase 2: The PPP Tab
          1. Service Provider
          2. Account Name, Password, Telephone Number
          3. Alternate Number
        3. Phase 3: The Modem Tab
        4. Going Online
        5. Disconnecting
      2. Broadband Connections
        1. Settings from Windows XP, Windows 2000
        2. Settings from Windows 98, Windows Me
        3. Applying the Settings
      3. The Firewall
      4. Switching Locations
        1. Creating a New Location
        2. Making the Switch
      5. Multihoming
      6. Internet Sharing
        1. Turning on Internet Sharing
        2. The Software Base Station Effect
    2. Chapter 10: Mail and Address Book
      1. Checking Your Mail
        1. The Mailboxes Column
      2. Writing Messages
        1. Sending File Attachments
        2. Signatures
      3. Reading Email (1/3)
      4. Reading Email (2/3)
      5. Reading Email (3/3)
        1. Threading
        2. Adding the Sender to Your Address Book
        3. Opening Attachments
          1. When attachments don’t open
        4. Replying to a Message
        5. Forwarding Messages
        6. Redirecting Messages
        7. Printing Messages
        8. Filing Messages
        9. Flagging Messages
        10. Finding Messages
          1. Finding messages within a mailbox
          2. Finding text within an open message
        11. Deleting Messages
          1. Method 1: Emptying the Trash folder
          2. Method 2: Deleted mail turns invisible
        12. Using Message Rules
          1. Setting up message rules
      6. The Junk Mail Filter
      7. Address Book (1/2)
      8. Address Book (2/2)
        1. Creating Address Cards
          1. Editing an address
          2. Adding addresses from Mail
        2. Groups
          1. Removing someone from a group
        3. Pictures
        4. Finding an Address
        5. Changing the Address Book Display
        6. Printing Options
        7. Address Book Backups
        8. Address Book and Bluetooth
          1. Getting Bluetooth-enabled
          2. Dialing with Address Book
          3. Texting from Address Book
          4. Receiving calls
    3. Chapter 11: Safari, iChat, and Sherlock
      1. Safari
        1. Browsing Basics
          1. Saving graphics
          2. Scrolling
        2. Safari Toolbars
          1. Address bar
          2. Bookmarks bar
        3. Status Bar
        4. Tips for Better Surfing
          1. SnapBack
          2. Stifle pop-ups and pop-unders
          3. Impersonating Internet Explorer
          4. Where am I?
          5. Faster browsing without graphics
          6. Viewing Web pages offline
          7. Sending a page to a friend
          8. Designate your home page
          9. Return to the past
        5. Tabbed Browsing
      2. RSS: The Missing Manual
        1. Viewing an RSS Feed
        2. RSS Tricks
          1. Creating RSS summaries
          2. The personal clipping service
          3. The RSS screen saver
          4. Make feeds open automatically
      3. iChat (1/3)
      4. iChat (2/3)
      5. iChat (3/3)
        1. Three Chat Networks
        2. Signing Up
          1. How to get a free .Mac account
          2. How to get a free Jabber account
          3. How to get a free AIM account
        3. The Buddy List
          1. Making a list
        4. Let the Chat Begin
          1. They invite you
          2. You invite them
        5. Text Chatting
          1. In-chat fun
          2. Popping the balloons
        6. Audio Chats
        7. Video Chats
        8. iChat Tweaks
      6. Sherlock
        1. Pictures
        2. Movies
        3. AppleCare
  8. Part Four: Putting Down Roots
    1. Chapter 12: Accounts and Security
      1. Introducing Accounts
        1. The First Account
        2. Administrator vs. Standard Accounts
        3. Administrator Accounts
        4. Standard Accounts
        5. Creating an Account
          1. Phase 1: Name, password, and status
          2. Phase 2: Choose a picture
          3. Phase 3: Login Items
      2. Parental Controls
      3. Editing Accounts
        1. Deleting User Accounts
      4. Setting Up the Login Process
      5. Signing In, Logging Out
        1. Identifying Yourself
        2. The Shared Folder
      6. Logging Out
      7. Fast User Switching
      8. The Root Account
      9. Six Mac OS X Security Shields (1/2)
      10. Six Mac OS X Security Shields (2/2)
        1. The Firewall
        2. FileVault
        3. Logout Options
        4. The Password Assistant
        5. The Keychain
          1. Locking and unlocking the Keychain
          2. Managing Keychains
        6. Secure Virtual Memory
    2. Chapter 13: System Preferences
      1. The System Preferences Window
      2. .Mac
      3. Accounts
      4. Appearance
        1. Changing Colors
        2. Tweaking the Scroll Bars
        3. Number of Recent Items
        4. Font Smoothing Style
        5. Turning Off Smoothing on Tiny Fonts
      5. Bluetooth
        1. Settings
        2. Devices
        3. Sharing
      6. CDs & DVDs
      7. Classic
      8. Dashboard & Exposé
      9. Date & Time
        1. Date & Time tab
        2. Time Zone tab
        3. Clock tab
      10. Desktop & Screen Saver
        1. Desktop
          1. Using your own pictures
          2. Making the picture fit
          3. Auto-picture changing
        2. Screen Saver
          1. Activating the screen saver
      11. Displays
        1. Display Tab
        2. Geometry Tab
        3. Arrange Tab (Multiple Monitors)
        4. Color Tab
      12. Dock
      13. Energy Saver
        1. Sleep Tab
        2. Laptop Options
        3. Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
        4. Waking and Other Options
      14. International
        1. Another Language—Instantly
        2. Input Menu Tab
        3. Keyboard Viewer
          1. Change the Keyboard Viewer font
      15. Keyboard & Mouse
        1. Keyboard Tab
        2. Mouse Tab
        3. Trackpad Tab
          1. Trackpad gestures
          2. Trackpad options
        4. Bluetooth Tab
        5. Keyboard Shortcuts
      16. Network
      17. Print & Fax
      18. QuickTime
      19. Security
      20. Sharing
      21. Software Update
      22. Sound
        1. Sound Effects
        2. Output Tab
        3. Input Tab
      23. Speech
        1. Speech Recognition
          1. The Feedback window
          2. The Speakable Commands window
          3. Speaking to the Mac
          4. Improving the PlainTalk vocabulary
        2. The Mac Talks Back
      24. Spotlight
      25. Startup Disk
      26. Universal Access
        1. Seeing Tab (Magnifying the Screen)
          1. VoiceOver
          2. Magnify the screen
          3. Inverted colors
        2. Hearing Tab (Flashing the Screen)
        3. Keyboard Tab (Typing Assistance)
        4. Mouse & Trackpad Tab (Cursor Control from the Keyboard)
    3. Chapter 14: The Freebie Programs
      1. Address Book
      2. AppleScript
        1. Ready-made AppleScripts
        2. Writing Your Own AppleScripts
      3. Calculator
        1. Conversions
      4. Chess
      5. Dictionary
      6. DVD Player
      7. Font Book
      8. iCal
        1. Making an Appointment
        2. What to Do with an Appointment
        3. The “Calendar” Calendar Concept
        4. “Publishing” Calendars to the Web
          1. Publishing
          2. Subscribing
        5. To-Do Lists
      9. iChat
      10. iDVD
        1. Phase 1: Insert Chapter Markers
        2. Phase 2: Hand Off to iDVD
        3. Phase 3: Design the Menu Screen
        4. Phase 4: Edit Titles and Buttons
          1. Button images and button videos
        5. Phase 5: Burning Your DVD
      11. Image Capture
      12. iMovie HD (1/2)
      13. iMovie HD (2/2)
        1. Phase 1: Set Up iMovie
        2. Phase 2: Import Camcorder Footage
        3. Phase 3: Arrange the Clips
        4. Phase 4: Assemble the Movie
        5. Phase 5: Transitions, Effects, Titles, Audio, and Photos
          1. Effects
          2. Titles and credits
          3. Audio
          4. Photos
        6. Phase 6: Meet Your Public
      14. Internet Connect
      15. iPhoto (1/2)
      16. iPhoto (2/2)
        1. Organizing Photos
        2. Albums
        3. Editing Photos
        4. Presenting Your Photos
      17. iSync
      18. iTunes
      19. Mail
      20. Preview
        1. Preview as Graphics Viewer
          1. Cropping graphics
          2. Converting file formats
          3. The Thumbnails drawer
        2. Preview as PDF Reader
        3. The toolbar
      21. QuickTime Player
        1. Playing Movies
        2. QuickTime Pro
      22. Sherlock
      23. Stickies
        1. Creating Sticky Notes
        2. Organizing Stickies
        3. Formatting Notes
        4. Saving Sticky Notes
      24. System Preferences
      25. TextEdit
        1. TextEdit’s Two Personalities
        2. Working in TextEdit
        3. Style Sheets
        4. Tables
        5. Spell Checking
        6. AutoComplete
      26. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (1/5)
      27. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (2/5)
      28. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (3/5)
      29. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (4/5)
      30. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (5/5)
        1. Activity Monitor
          1. The Processes table
          2. The System monitor tabs
        2. AirPort Admin Utility
        3. AirPort Setup Assistant
        4. Audio MIDI Setup
        5. Bluetooth File Exchange
        6. ColorSync Utility
        7. Console
        8. DigitalColor Meter
        9. Directory Access
        10. Disk Utility
          1. Disk Utility, the hard drive-repair program
          2. Disk Utility, the disk-image program
          3. Turning an image into a CD
        11. Grab
        12. Grapher
        13. Installer
        14. Java Folder
        15. Keychain Access
        16. Migration Assistant
        17. NetInfo Manager
        18. Network Utility
        19. ODBC Administrator
        20. Print Center
        21. System Profiler
        22. Terminal
          1. A Terminal crash course
          2. Unix programs
          3. Navigating in Unix
          4. Getting help
          5. Learning more
    4. Chapter 15: Installation and Troubleshooting
      1. Installing Mac OS X 10.4
        1. Four Kinds of Installation
        2. The Basic Installation
        3. The Upgrade Installation
        4. The Clean Install
        5. Erase & Install
        6. The Setup Assistant
      2. Troubleshooting (1/2)
      3. Troubleshooting (2/2)
        1. Problems That Aren’t Problems
        2. Minor Eccentric Behavior
          1. First resort: Repair permissions
          2. Second resort: Look for an update
          3. Third resort: Toss the Prefs file
          4. Fourth resort: Restart
          5. Last resort: Trash and reinstall the program
        3. Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
        4. The Wrong Program Opens
        5. Can’t Empty the Trash
        6. Can’t Move or Rename an Icon
        7. Application Won’t Open
        8. Startup Problems
          1. Kernel panic
          2. Safe Mode (Safe Boot)
          3. Gray screen during startup
          4. Blue screen during startup
          5. Forgotten password
        9. Fixing the Disk
        10. Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
          1. Help Online
          2. Help by telephone
  9. Part Five: Appendixes
    1. Appendix A: The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
      1. About [This Program]
      2. Accessibility Options Control Panel
      3. Active Desktop
      4. Add Hardware Control Panel
      5. Add or Remove Programs Control Panel
      6. All Programs
      7. Alt Key
      8. Automatic Update
      9. Backspace key
      10. Battery Level
      11. BIOS
      12. Briefcase
      13. Calculator
      14. Camera and Scanner Wizard
      15. CDs
      16. Character Map
      17. Clean Install
      18. Clipboard
      19. Command Line
      20. Control Panel
      21. Copy, Cut, Paste
      22. Ctrl Key
      23. Date and Time
      24. Delete Key (Forward Delete)
      25. Desktop
      26. Directories
      27. Disk Defragmenter
      28. Disks
      29. Display Control Panel
      30. DLL Files
      31. DOS Prompt
      32. Drivers
      33. End Task Dialog Box
      34. Exiting Programs
      35. Explorer
      36. Favorites
      37. Faxing
      38. File Sharing
      39. Floppy Disks
      40. Folder Options
      41. Fonts
      42. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
      43. Help and Support
      44. Hibernation
      45. Internet Explorer
      46. Internet Options
      47. IRQs
      48. Java
      49. Keyboard Control Panel
      50. Logging In
      51. Mail Control Panel
      52. Maximize Button
      53. Menus
      54. Minimize Button
      55. Mouse Control Panel
      56. My Computer
      57. My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
      58. My Network Places
      59. Network Neighborhood
      60. Notepad
      61. Personal Web Server
      62. Phone and Modem Options Control Panel
      63. Power Options
      64. Printer Sharing
      65. Printers and Faxes
      66. PrntScrn Key
      67. Program Files Folder
      68. Properties Dialog Box
      69. Recycle Bin
      70. Regional and Language Options Control Panel
      71. Registry
      72. Run Command
      73. Safe Mode
      74. ScanDisk
      75. Scheduled Tasks
      76. Scrap Files
      77. Screen Saver
      78. Search
      79. Shortcut Menus
      80. Shortcuts
      81. Sounds and Audio Devices
      82. Speech Control Panel
      83. Standby Mode
      84. Start Menu
      85. StartUp Folder
      86. System Control Panel
      87. System Tray
      88. Taskbar
      89. Taskbar and Start Menu Control Panel
      90. “Three-Fingered Salute”
      91. ToolTips
      92. TweakUI
      93. User Accounts Control Panel
      94. Window Edges
      95. Windows (or WINNT) Folder
      96. Windows Logo Key
      97. Windows Media Player
      98. Windows Messenger
      99. WordPad
      100. Zip Files
    2. Appendix B: Running Windows on Macintosh
      1. Boot Camp: Your Mac as Windows PC
      2. Parallels: Windows in a Window
  10. Index (1/3)
  11. Index (2/3)
  12. Index (3/3)
  13. Colophon

Product information

  • Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
  • Author(s): David Pogue, Adam Goldstein
  • Release date: September 2005
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780596006600