OS X Mavericks For Dummies^®

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Beyond the Book

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Getting Started with OS X Mavericks

Chapter 1: OS X Mavericks 101 (Prerequisites: None)

Gnawing to the Core of OS X

A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (Or Any User)

Turning the dang thing on

What you should see on startup

Shutting down properly

A few things you should definitely NOT do with your Mac

Point-and-click boot camp

Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu

Chapter 2: The Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!)

Touring the Finder and Its Desktop

Anatomy of a Window

Top o’ the window to ya!

A scroll new world

(Hyper)Active windows

Dialog Dealie-Boppers

Working with Windows

Opening and closing windows

Resizing windows and window panes

Moving windows

Shuffling windows

Menu Basics

The ever-changing menu bar

Shortcut menus: They’re sooo contextual . . .

Recognizing disabled options

Navigating submenus

Underneath the Apple menu tree

Using keyboard shortcut commands

Chapter 3: Have It Your Way

Introducing System Preferences

Putting a Picture on the Desktop

Setting Up a Screen Saver

Putting Widgets on the Dashboard

Translation

Flight Tracker

Giving Buttons, Menus, and Windows a Makeover

Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware

Keyboard

Mouse

Bluetooth

Trackpad (notebooks and desktops ...