Basics

In reading this book, you may get stuck if you don't know certain basic facts about MobileMe or Mac OS X, or if you don't understand Take Control syntax for things like working with menus or finding items in the Finder.

Please note the following:

  • Menus: Where I describe choosing a command from a menu, I use an abbreviated description. For example, my description of the menu command to create a new folder in the Finder would be "File > New Folder," that is, "choose New Folder from the File menu."

  • Multiple ways to perform an action: You can perform many actions in more than one way—for example, using a button, a menu command, or a keyboard shortcut. In this book, for the sake of brevity, I usually mention only one way to perform each action. ...

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