Basics
In reading this book, you may get stuck if you don't know certain facts about the Macintosh, or you don't understand Take Control syntax for things like working with paths or menus. Please note the following:
Macintosh
Path syntax: I occasionally use a path to show the location of a file or folder in your computer's file system. Path text is formatted in special type. For example, Mac OS X stores most utilities in the Utilities folder. The path to the inside of the Utilities folder is:
/Applications/Utilities/.The slash at the start of the path tells you to start from the root level of the disk. You will also encounter paths that begin with
~(tilde), which is a shortcut for any user's home directory. For example, on the Mac, if a person ...
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