Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 8
MAC OS X BASICS FOR NEW MAC USERS......Page 22
 1 Introduction to the Mac OS X Desktop......Page 24
  Get to Know your Desktop and Finder......Page 25
  Get to Know your Home and its Folders......Page 27
  Get to Know your Finder Window......Page 29
  Create your Own Folders......Page 31
  Take Advantage of the Sidebar......Page 33
  Change the View of the Finder Window......Page 35
  Quick Look/Slideshow button......Page 40
  Use the Dock......Page 41
  Use the Trash......Page 45
  Take Advantage of Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 47
  Learn More About Mac OS X......Page 49
 2 A Bit Beyond the Basics......Page 56
  Understand the Various Disk Icons......Page 57
  Understand the Various Library Folders......Page 60
  Select Multiple Items in the Finder......Page 61
  Exposé......Page 63
  Dock Exposé......Page 65
  Look for Contextual Menus......Page 67
  Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Dialog Boxes......Page 69
  Navigate the Desktop and Finder Windows......Page 71
MAC OS X APPLICATIONS IN SNOW LEOPARD......Page 72
 3 Introduction to Mac OS X Applications......Page 74
  Know your Applications Folder......Page 75
  What We’re Not Covering!......Page 76
  Know the Common Features of Mac Apps......Page 77
 4 TextEdit for Word Processing......Page 82
  Read Microsoft Word Files......Page 83
  Find and Replace Words or Phrases......Page 85
  Use your Favorite Text Styles Easily......Page 86
  Complete your Word Automatically......Page 87
  Use Typographer’s Quotes!......Page 88
  Tabs and Indents......Page 89
  Create Lists that Number Themselves......Page 91
  Create Tables......Page 92
  Create Live Web Links and Email Links......Page 93
  Select Non-Contiguous Text......Page 94
  Print Automatic Page Numbers......Page 95
  Use Data Detectors......Page 96
  Show Substitutions......Page 97
  Other Relevant Lessons for TextEdit......Page 98
 5 Mail for Email, Notes, and To Do Lists......Page 100
  New Account Setup Assistant......Page 101
  Check your Dock Icon......Page 104
  Read and Send Email......Page 105
  Customize the Message Window......Page 107
  Delete Junk Mail Without Ever Seeing It!......Page 108
  Use Stationery to Send Fancy Email......Page 109
  Create Mailboxes to Organize your Mail......Page 111
  Filter your Incoming Mail with Rules......Page 112
  Add Signatures to your Messages......Page 113
  Search your Mail......Page 115
  Smart Mailboxes......Page 116
  Amazing Data Detectors......Page 118
  To Do Items......Page 119
  Notes......Page 125
  Attachments......Page 127
  Downloads Folder......Page 130
  Priority Options......Page 131
  Mail is Integrated With......Page 132
 6 Address Book for Contact Info......Page 134
  How you’ll Use your Address Book......Page 135
  Make and Edit New Cards......Page 136
  Designate your Own Card......Page 138
  Customize One Card or All Cards......Page 139
  Map It......Page 140
  Create Group Mailing Lists......Page 141
  Create Smart Groups in Address Book......Page 142
  Search your Address Book......Page 143
  Send your Address Book card to others......Page 144
  Share your Address Book Contact List......Page 145
  Print in a Variety of Ways......Page 147
  Backup your Entire Digital Database......Page 149
  Address Book is Integrated With......Page 150
 7 Safari for Web Browsing and News......Page 152
  Safari Web Browser......Page 153
  Quickly Access your Top Sites......Page 154
  Bookmarks in Cover Flow View......Page 155
  Bookmarks......Page 156
  Block Pop-Up Windows!......Page 157
  Quickly Enlarge or Reduce a Web Page......Page 158
  Tabbed Browsing......Page 159
  Find a Word or Phrase on the Current Page......Page 160
  View PDF Documents......Page 161
  Save a Page and Everything on It......Page 162
  Make a Web Clip Widget......Page 163
  Print Web Pages......Page 164
  Private Browsing......Page 165
  Parental Controls......Page 166
  So What is RSS?......Page 167
  Safari is Integrated With......Page 174
 8 iCal for Organizing your Life......Page 176
  The iCal Window......Page 177
  Create a Group of Calendars......Page 178
  Automatic Birthdays Calendar......Page 179
  Create Events......Page 180
  Create To Do Lists......Page 181
  Email Notifications......Page 182
  Preview Files Attached to Events......Page 183
  Subscribe to Calendars......Page 184
  Print in a Variety of Ways......Page 185
  iCal is Integrated With......Page 186
 9 iChat for Text, Audio, and Video Messaging......Page 188
  Set up iChat......Page 189
  Create a Buddy List......Page 191
  Chat with a Group of People......Page 192
  Audio Chat with One or More......Page 193
  Video Chat with up to Three Other People......Page 195
  iChat Effects......Page 197
  iChat Theater......Page 199
  Bonjour on your Local Network......Page 201
  Record Chats......Page 203
  iChat is Integrated With......Page 204
 10 iTunes for your Listening Pleasure......Page 206
  The iTunes Window......Page 207
  Download Album Art......Page 208
  Create a Playlist......Page 209
  Adjust the Sound......Page 210
  Watch Movies in iTunes......Page 211
  Add a Ringtone to your iPhone......Page 212
  Burn a CD of your own Collection......Page 213
  Listen to Radio from around the World......Page 214
  iTunes DJ, Genius Playlist, and Genius Sidebar......Page 215
  iTunes is Integrated With......Page 216
 11 Preview for Viewing Images and PDFs......Page 218
  Open an Image or Folder of Images......Page 219
  View a Slideshow......Page 220
  Display Facing Pages or Continuous Pages......Page 221
  Crop a Photograph or Other Image......Page 222
  Crop a PDF......Page 223
  Search a PDF......Page 225
  Create Bookmarks......Page 226
  Annotate a PDF......Page 227
  Copy Text from a PDF to Paste Elsewhere......Page 231
  Adjust the Colors in Images or Photographs......Page 232
  Import Images from a Camera or Scanner......Page 233
  Make Screenshots using Preview......Page 234
  Print or Fax from Preview......Page 235
  Save as Another Format......Page 236
 12 Miscellaneous Tools on your Mac......Page 238
  Burn a CD or DVD with a Burn Folder......Page 239
  DVD Player......Page 241
  Create PDF Files......Page 244
  Font Book......Page 247
  Stickies......Page 249
  Photo Booth......Page 251
  QuickTime Player......Page 255
 13 Common Tools in Mac OS X Applications......Page 262
  Spell Checker......Page 263
  Fonts Panel......Page 267
  Character Palette......Page 269
  Colors Panel......Page 271
  Speech......Page 272
  Make a PDF of a Page or Document......Page 273
  Dictionary Panel......Page 274
 14 Working between Mac OS X Applications......Page 276
  Work with Multiple Applications at Once......Page 277
  Spaces......Page 279
  Simplify your Work with Drag-and-Drop......Page 282
  Take Advantage of System Services......Page 289
MAKE IT YOUR OWN MAC......Page 290
 15 Personalize your Mac to Meet your Needs......Page 292
  Customize the Dock......Page 293
  Customize the Finder......Page 295
  Customize the Inside of Finder Windows......Page 299
  Take Advantage of the System Preferences......Page 307
 16 Dashboard–Important Information at your Fingertips......Page 314
  Take a Look at Dashboard......Page 315
  Discover Different Kinds of Widgets......Page 316
  Remove Widgets from Your Dashboard......Page 317
  Work with Widgets......Page 318
  Experiment with Your Widgets!......Page 319
  Display More than One of a Widget......Page 320
  Change Dashboard’s Keyboard Shortcut......Page 321
  Manage your Widgets......Page 322
 17 Set Up Printing and Faxing......Page 324
  Set Up your Printers......Page 325
  Use the Print & Fax Preferences......Page 327
  Access the Special Features of your Printer......Page 329
  Access the Special Features of your Software......Page 330
  Having Trouble Printing?......Page 331
  Share your Printer with Other Macs......Page 332
  Fax From and To your Mac......Page 335
 18 Share One Mac with Multiple Users......Page 340
  Overview of Multiple Users......Page 341
  Guest Account Is Already Created......Page 343
  Create New Users......Page 344
  Create a Group......Page 349
  Log Out and Log In......Page 350
  Switch Users with a Click......Page 351
  Adjust User Settings......Page 352
  Let Users Adjust their own Settings......Page 353
  Set Up Login Items......Page 354
  Share Files with Other Users......Page 355
  Set Permissions for Shared Files......Page 356
  Apply Parental Controls......Page 357
  Delete a User......Page 363
 19 Find What You Want, Fast—with Spotlight......Page 366
  The Many Faces of Spotlight......Page 367
  But Before You Begin......Page 370
  Spotlight Menu......Page 375
  Spotlight in the Finder......Page 377
  Smart Folders......Page 380
  Spotlight Search in Time Machine......Page 382
  Spotlight Search in Mail......Page 383
  Spotlight Search in a “Save As” Dialog......Page 384
 20 Time Machine Backup......Page 386
  About Time Machine......Page 387
  Create a Time Machine Backup......Page 388
  How to Use Time Machine......Page 391
  Do a Spotlight Search in Time Machine......Page 393
TECH STUFF......Page 394
 21 Get Connected and Share Files......Page 396
  How your Mac Connects to the Internet......Page 397
  Troubleshoot your Internet Connection......Page 399
  Troubleshoot your Mail Account......Page 402
  Share Files on a Local Network......Page 405
  Connect to Another Mac......Page 407
  Bonjour—Share Files Locally......Page 411
  Screen Sharing......Page 413
  Disconnect......Page 418
  Robin and John’s Personal Troubleshooting......Page 420
  Force Quit an Application......Page 421
  Shut Down......Page 422
  Delete the Application Preference File......Page 423
  Safe Boot......Page 424
  Repair Permissions......Page 425
  Verify and Repair Disk......Page 426
  Create Another User and Test......Page 427
  Report Crashes......Page 428
  Use Target Disk Mode......Page 429
  Force a CD or DVD to Eject......Page 430
 23 Secure your Mac and its Files......Page 432
  Know your Security Options......Page 433
  Passwords on your Mac......Page 434
  Security System Preferences......Page 436
  Low-Level Security Features......Page 438
  Higher-Level Security Features......Page 440
  Use Keychain Access for Protection......Page 441
  Consider FileVault for Heavy-Duty Protection......Page 443
  Laptop Precautions......Page 444
 24 Upgrade your Mac and Migrate your Files......Page 446
  Upgrade to Snow Leopard......Page 447
  Take Advantage of the Utilities in the Installer......Page 449
  Do you Now Own Two Macs? Migrate!......Page 450
  Other Ways to Transfer Files from Mac to Mac......Page 453
  Remote Install......Page 454
THE END MATTERS......Page 455
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 Colophon......Page 480