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You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time.
With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention.
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser.
And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands.
There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.
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Table of contents
- Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. The Mac OS X Desktop
- 1. Folders and Windows
- 2. Organizing Your Stuff
- 3. Spotlight
- 4. Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar
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II. Applications in Mac OS X
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5. Documents, Programs, and Dashboard
- Opening Mac OS X Programs
- The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher
- Exposé: Death to Window Clutter
- Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- How Documents Know Their Parents
- Keyboard Control
- The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
- Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic
- The Cocoa Difference
- Installing Mac OS X Programs
- Dashboard
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6. Mac OS 9 Programs—and Windows Programs
- Two Roads to Mac OS 9
- Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X
- Restarting in Mac OS 9
- Three Tricks for Faster Switching
- Boot Camp: Your Mac as Windows PC
- Parallels: Windows in a Window
- 7. Moving Data
- 8. Automator and AppleScript
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5. Documents, Programs, and Dashboard
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III. The Components of Mac OS X
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9. System Preferences
- The System Preferences Window
- .Mac
- Accounts
- Appearance
- Bluetooth
- CDs & DVDs
- Classic
- Dashboard & Exposé
- Date & Time
- Desktop & Screen Saver
- Displays
- Dock
- Energy Saver
- International
- Keyboard & Mouse
- Network
- Print & Fax
- QuickTime
- Security
- Sharing
- Software Update
- Sound
- Speech
- Spotlight
- Startup Disk
- Universal Access
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10. The Free Programs
- Your Free Mac OS X Programs
- Address Book
- AppleScript
- Calculator
- Chess
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- Font Book
- Front Row
- GarageBand
- iCal
- iChat, iSync
- iDVD
- Image Capture
- iMovie
- Internet Connect
- iPhoto
- iSync
- iTunes
- Photo Booth
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Safari
- Sherlock
- Stickies
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
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Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
- Activity Monitor
- AirPort Admin Utility
- AirPort Setup Assistant(s)
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- DigitalColor Meter
- Directory Access
- Disk Utility
- Grab
- Grapher
- Installer
- Java
- Keychain Access
- Migration Assistant
- NetInfo Manager
- Network Utility
- ODBC Administrator
- Printer Setup Utility
- System Profiler
- Terminal
- VoiceOver Utility
- 11. CDs, DVDs, and iTunes
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9. System Preferences
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IV. The Technologies of Mac OS X
- 12. Accounts, Firewalls, and Security
- 13. Networking
- 14. Graphics, Fonts, Printing, and Faxing
- 15. Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting
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16. Terminal: Doorway to Unix
- Terminal
- Navigating in Unix
- Working with Files and Directories
- Online Help
- Terminal’s Window Preferences
- Terminal Tips and Tricks
- Double-Clickable Unix Tools
- 17. Fun with Terminal
- 18. Hacking Mac OS X
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V. Mac OS X Online
- 19. Internet Setup, .Mac, and iSync
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20. Mail and Address Book
- Setting Up Mail
- Checking Your Mail
- Writing Messages
- Reading Email
- The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- Address Book
- 21. Safari, iChat, and Sherlock
- 22. SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing
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VI. Appendices
- A. Installing Mac OS X 10.4
- B. Troubleshooting
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C. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary (Mac Version)
- ~ATM control panel
- Appearance control panel
- Apple DVD Player
- Apple Extras
- Apple () menu
- Apple Menu Options control panel
- AppleCD Audio Player
- AppleScript
- AppleTalk control panel
- Application menu
- Audio CD AutoPlay
- Balloon Help
- Battery Level
- Button View
- Chooser
- Clean Up command
- Click-and-a-half
- CloseView
- -Drag to scroll an icon-view window
- Shift--3, Shift--4
- Collapse box
- ColorSync control panel
- Contextual Menu Items folder
- Control panels
- Control Strip control panel
- Date & Time control panel
- Desktop clippings
- Desktop printers
- Dial Assist control panel
- Disk First Aid
- Draggable window edges
- Drive Setup
- Edit menu
- Eject
- Empty Trash
- Encrypt
- Energy Saver control panel
- Erase Disk
- Extensions
- Extensions Manager control panel
- Favorites
- File Exchange control panel
- File menu
- File Sharing control panel
- File Synchronization control panel
- Find Similar Files
- Finder (the application)
- Finder Preferences
- Fonts folder
- FontSync
- Force quitting
- General Controls control panel
- Get Info
- Graphing Calculator
- Grid Spacing
- Help menu
- Hide commands
- Info Strip
- Infrared control panel
- Internet control panel
- Internet Utilities
- iTunes
- Key Caps
- Keyboard control panel
- Keychain Access control panel
- Label command
- Launcher control panel
- Location Manager
- Locked
- Mac Help
- Mac OS Runtime for Java
- Map control panel
- Memory control panel
- Modem control panel
- Monitors control panel
- Mouse control panel
- Multiple Users control panel
- New Folder command
- Note Pad
- Numbers control panel
- Open Transport
- Picture 1, Picture 2...
- Pop-up windows
- Preferences folder
- PrintMonitor
- Put Away command
- QuickTime Settings control panel
- Quit command
- Remote Access
- Reset Column Positions
- Restart
- Script Editor
- Scripting Additions
- Search Internet
- Security
- Set to Standard Views
- Sherlock
- Show All
- Show Clipboard
- Show warning before emptying Trash
- Shut Down
- Shutdown Items
- Simple Finder
- SimpleSound
- SimpleText
- Size box
- Sleep
- Smart scrolling
- Software Update control panel
- Sorting triangle
- Sound control panel
- Special menu
- Speech control panel
- Spring-loaded folders
- Startup Disk control panel
- Startup Items
- Stationery Pad
- Stickies
- System file
- System Folder
- TCP/IP control panel
- TCP/IP, AppleTalk
- Text control panel
- Trackpad
- USB Printer Sharing
- View menu
- View Options
- Warn before emptying
- Web Pages folder
- Web Sharing control panel
- Window collapsing
- Zoom box
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D. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary (Windows Version)
- About [This Program]
- Accessibility Options control panel
- Active Desktop
- Add Hardware control panel
- Add or Remove Programs control panel
- All Programs
- Alt key
- Automatic Update
- Backspace key
- Battery Level
- BIOS
- Briefcase
- Calculator
- Camera and Scanner Wizard
- CDs
- Character Map
- Clean Install
- Clipboard
- Command line
- Control Panel
- Copy, Cut, Paste
- Ctrl key
- Date and Time
- Delete Key (Forward Delete)
- Desktop
- Directories
- Disk Defragmenter
- Disks
- Display control panel
- DLL files
- DOS prompt
- Drivers
- End Task dialog box
- Exiting programs
- Explorer
- Favorites
- Faxing
- File Sharing
- Floppy Disks
- Folder Options
- Fonts
- Help and Support
- Hibernation
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Options
- IRQs
- Java
- Keyboard control panel
- Logging in
- Mail control panel
- Maximize button
- Menus
- Minimize button
- Mouse control panel
- My Computer
- My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
- My Network Places
- Network Neighborhood
- Notepad
- Personal Web Server
- Phone and Modem Options control panel
- Power Options
- Printer Sharing
- Printers and Faxes
- PrntScrn key
- Program Files folder
- Properties dialog box
- Recycle Bin
- Regional and Language Options control panel
- Registry
- Run command
- Safe Mode
- ScanDisk
- Scheduled Tasks
- Scrap files
- Screen saver
- Search
- Shortcut menus
- Shortcuts
- Sounds and Audio Devices
- Speech control panel
- Standby mode
- Start menu
- StartUp folder
- System control panel
- System Tray
- Taskbar
- Taskbar and Start Menu control panel
- “Three-fingered salute”
- ToolTips
- TweakUI
- User Accounts control panel
- Window edges
- Windows (or WINNT) folder
- Windows logo key
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- WordPad
- Zip files
- E. Where to Go From Here
- F. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2005
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596009410
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