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Mac OS X: The Missing Manual


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About the Book

For personal computer users of every stripe, Mac OS X is a whole new ballgame. It combines Apple's trademark visual elegance with the underlying stability of UNIX, which adds up to a rock-solid, gorgeous operating system. Unfortunately, learning Mac OS X is also whole new ballgame. As author David Pogue notes in his introduction, "Mac OS X" is a misnomer--it isn't really the Mac OS at all; there's scarcely a single line of code in common with the tangled, ancient code of the older Mac OS. Hundreds of features have been removed, added, or moved around. Few in the world are more qualified to guide Mac users through the undocumented jungle of Mac OS X than David Pogue, triple-award-winning former Macworld columnist and author of the best-selling Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual. His new book shines light on both the broad strokes and the fine points of Mac OS X version 10.1, including understanding its UNIX-like folder structure, setting up an office network, capitalizing on its rich Internet features, and even hacking the real power of the UNIX underbelly by summoning the command-line interface. Mac OS X: The Missing Manual also covers each of the control panels and bonus programs that comes with Mac OS X, including iTunes, Mail, Sherlock, and Apache, the built-in Web-server. For Mac users who have become accustomed to the older Mac OS, Appendix A, the "Where'd It Go?" dictionary, may be worth the price of the book all by itself. It's an alphabetical listing of every feature that was once in Mac OS 9, complete with an explanation of what became of it in Mac OS X. Through it all, Pogue shows off the refreshing humor, technical insight, and crystal-clear, plain-English prose that made number one best-sellers out of his other books in the Missing Manual series, including Mac OS 9, Windows Me, and iMovie 2.

Table of Contents:
Introduction What Mac OS X Gives You What Mac OS X Takes Away Three OSes in One About this Book The Very Basics Part One: The Mac OS X Desktop Chapter 1: Folders and Windows Getting into Mac OS X Windows and How to Work Them Icon View, List View, and Column View Logging Out, Shutting Down Getting Help in Mac OS X Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff The Mac OS X Folder Structure Icon Names Selecting Icons Moving and Copying Icons Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once Favorites The Trash The New "Get Info" Chapter 3: Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar The Dock Setting Up the Dock Using the Dock The Finder Toolbar Designing Your Desktop vi table of contents Part Two: Applications in Mac OS X Chapter 4: Programs and Documents Launching Mac OS X Programs Juggling Programs with the Dock How Documents Know Their Parents Controlling Menus from the Keyboard The Save and Open Dialog Boxes Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic The Cocoa Difference Installing Mac OS X programs Chapter 5: Back to Mac OS 9 Two Roads to Mac OS 9 Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X Restarting in Mac OS 9 Chapter 6: Exchanging Data Moving Data Between Documents Exchanging Data with Windows PCs Chapter 7: An Introduction to AppleScript Running Ready-Made AppleScripts Writing Your Own AppleScripts Recording Scripts in "Watch Me" Mode Saving a Script Writing Commands by Hand Where to Learn More Part Three: The Components of Mac OS X Chapter 8: System Preferences The System Preferences Window Personal Settings Hardware Settings Internet & Network System Settings Chapter 9: The Free Programs of Mac OS X Your Free Mac OS X Programs Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox Chapter 10: CDs, DVDs, and iTunes 2 How the Mac Does Disks Burning CDs and DVDs iTunes 2: The CD and MP3 Jukebox Playing DVD Movies table of contents vii Part Four: The Technologies of Mac OS X Chapter 11: One Mac, Many Users Introducing User Accounts Setting up Accounts Setting Up the Login/Logout Process Signing In Logging Out The Root Account Chapter 12: Networking in Mac OS X Wiring the Network File Sharing Networking with Windows Managing Groups Dialing in from the Road Forgettable Passwords: The Keychain Chapter 13: Graphics, Fonts, and Printing Mac Meets Printer Making the Printout Managing Printouts PDF Files Fonts in Mac OS X Font Fuzziness on the Screen ColorSync Graphics in Mac OS X Screen-Capture Keystrokes Chapter 14: Sound, Movies, and Speech Playing Sounds Recording Sound QuickTime Movies Speech Recognition The Mac Talks Back Chapter 15: Terminal: The Unix Window Terminal Navigating in Unix Working with Files and Directories Online Help Terminal Preferences Terminal Tips and Tricks viii table of contents Chapter 16: Fun with Terminal Moving Unmovable Files and Directories Enabling the Root Account Eight Useful Unix Utilities Where to Go from Here Putting It Together Chapter 17: Hacking Mac OS X TinkerTool: Customization 101 Redefining Keystrokes Redoing Mac OS X's Graphics Rewriting the Words Part Five: Mac OS X Online Chapter 18: Internet Setup, iDisk, and iTools The Best News You've Heard All Day Connecting by Dial-up Modem Switching Locations Multihoming iTools @ Apple.com Internet Location Files Chapter 19: Mail Setting Up Mail Checking Your Mail Writing Messages Reading Email Address Book Chapter 20: Sherlock Finding Icons Finding Text in Your Files Searching the Internet Chapter 21: Web Sharing, FTP, and Remote Access Web Sharing FTP Connecting from the Road Remote Access with SSH Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary Appendix B: Mac OS X, Menu by Menu Apple (a) Menu Finder File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Go Menu Window Menu Help Menu Appendix C: Installing Mac OS X Getting Ready to Install The OS X Installer, Step by Step Uninstalling Mac OS X Reinstalling Mac OS X-and the Clean Install Appendix D: Troubleshooting Mac OS X Five Problems That Aren't Problems Minor Eccentric Behavior Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) The Wrong Program Opens Can't Empty the Trash Can't Move or Rename an Icon Application Won't Open Program Icons Turn to Folders Startup Problems Fixing the Disk Where to Get Troubleshooting Help Appendix E: Where to Go From Here Web Sites Advanced Books Books

About the Author :
With nearly 2.5 million books in print, David Pogue is one of America's bestselling how-to authors. His bestsellers include O'Reilly's PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, the number one book on the topic; the "Bible" of Macintosh, Macworld Mac Secrets; and six books in the "For DummiesTM" series (Macs, iMac, iBook, Opera, Magic, and Classical Music). He's the creator of the Missing Manual series and the weekly computer columnist for the New York Times.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780596000820
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media
  • Publisher Imprint: O'Reilly Media
  • Height: 233 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 920 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0596000820
  • Publisher Date: 25 Dec 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Missing Manual
  • Width: 178 mm


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