Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies

529 Pages·2005·38.442 MB·English

by  Larry Ullman, Marc Liyanage

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Mac OS® X Tiger™
T i m e s a v i n g
Te c h n i q u e s
FOR
DUMmIES
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MacOS® X Tiger™
T i m e s a v i n g
Te c h n i q u e s
FOR
DUMmIES
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by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
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Mac OS® X Tiger™ Timesaving Techniques For Dummies®
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About the Authors
Larry Ullmanis the Director of Digital Media Technologies at DMC Insights, Inc., and the
author of several computer books. In addition to writing, Larry develops dynamic Web
applications, conducts training seminars, and is an Extension Instructor for the
University of California at Berkeley. He’s been working with Apple computers for more
than 20 years, starting with the Apple IIe back in the dark (or monochrome) ages.
When he’s not tinkering on his Mac, Larry spends his time reading, remodeling his
house, and, given the time, napping in front of the fireplace. Larry currently lives outside
of Washington, D.C., with his wife of nine years, Jessica.
Marc Liyanageis a senior software engineer at futureLAB AG, a research and develop-
ment company focusing on emerging Internet, telecommunications, and wireless
technologies.
He’s been using and programming Macintosh computers professionally for 15 years for
desktop publishing, video and TV screen design, and software development. He’s been a
UNIX user and software engineer for the past ten years in the Internet/ISP industry,
doing commercial Web application work and large-scale ISP systems design and imple-
mentation using open source software packages. He has also taught classes on XML and
trained junior software engineers.
He’s been a Mac OS X user and developer since the first beta versions, and he’s very
excited about this OS because it brings together the elegance of the Macintosh with the
power of UNIX. In his spare time, he runs the developer-oriented Mac OS X Web site
www.entropy.ch, writes Cocoa software, and tinkers with his Mac.
His other spare-time interests include graphic design, typography, and digital photogra-
phy. He enjoys watching and reading science fiction movies and books. Marc lives in
Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dedication
We dedicate this book to the good people at Apple. Thanks for designing wicked hard-
ware, putting out the best operating system we’ve ever used (that’d be OS X), giving
away some top-notch software, and demonstrating that there’s nothing wrong with a
computer that’s cool, feature-rich, secure, and stable.
Marc would like to also dedicate this book to his mother, Martina.
Authors’ Acknowledgments
As always, thanks to Jessica for her support.
Our thanks to everyone at Wiley and at Waterside.
A special shout-out to David at Apple, for being such a swell guy.
Thanks to my excellent co-author, Marc, both for his much-needed assistance with this
book as well as for the copious amount of work and support he has done for the Mac OS X
platform over the years.
Last but not least, my sincerest gratitude goes out to you, the reader. Thanks for having
such good taste in both computers and books!
—Larry Ullman
First and foremost, big thanks to Larry Ullman for inviting me to join him on this book
project and for being a great guy to work with. I enjoyed every minute and learned a lot
on the way.
Thanks to my friends at futureLAB for making this the best work place in the world!
Finally, thanks to my brother Andy for being a great friend.
—Marc Liyanage
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1 Technique19: Managing Information
Effectively 151
Part I: Starting, Stopping, and
Technique20: Working with Files 155
Running Your Mac Faster 7
Technique21: Finding Things in Tiger 164
Technique1: Installing Tiger
without the Hassle 9 Technique22: Slimming Down
Your Hard Drive 172
Technique2: Starting Up with Speed 20
Technique3: Running Tiger Faster 26 Part IV: Improving Application
Technique4: When Good Applications Go Bad 34 Performance 177
Technique23: Launching Applications Fast 179
Technique5: Logging Out and Shutting Down 39
Technique24: Switching, Hiding,
Technique6: Goodbye Microsoft, Hello Mac! 45
and Quitting Applications 186
Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 51 Technique25: Opening Files Faster 191
Technique7: Making Your Mac Technique26: Saving and Printing Files 197
More Accessible 53
Technique27: Cut, Copy, Paste 204
Technique8: Working with Displays 61
Technique28: Managing Fonts 209
Technique9: Speedy Keyboard Navigation 69
Technique29: Getting to Know Services 217
Technique10: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts 78
Technique11: A Faster Finder 84 Part V: Cranking Up Your
Internet Activities 223
Technique12: Customizing Windows
for Your Convenience 93 Technique30: Surfing with Safari 225
Technique13: Establishing an Efficient Dock 102 Technique31: Customizing Safari 237
Technique14: Saving Steps Technique32: Managing Bookmarks Better 243
with Contextual Menus 108
Technique33: Speedy Searches with Google 251
Technique15: Easily Managing
Technique34: Mastering Mail 258
Windows with Exposé 114
Technique35: Stopping Spam in Its Tracks 271
Part III: Handling Files
Technique36: Innovative iChat 278
(And Other Stuff) Quickly 121
Technique16: Organizing Your Part VI: Optimizing Your Network 287
Home Directory 123
Technique37: Getting Your Mac Online 289
Technique17: Managing Aliases,
Technique38: The Wonderful World
Favorites, and Icons 132
of Wireless Networking 297
Technique18: Addressing Your Addresses 141
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