Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

658 Pages·2009·8.79 MB·english

by  David Pogue

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David Pogue
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................... 1
What Mac OS X Gives You ................................................................................................................. 3
What Mac OS X Takes Away ............................................................................................................. 5
About This Book ................................................................................................................................. 6
The Very Basics ................................................................................................................................... 8
Part One: Welcome to Macintosh
Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different .................................................. 11
Power On, Dude ................................................................................................................................. 11
That One-Button Mouse .................................................................................................................... 12
On, Off, and Sleep .............................................................................................................................. 14
The Menu Bar ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Finder = Windows Explorer .............................................................................................................. 17
Dock = Taskbar ................................................................................................................................... 17
Menulets = Tray .................................................................................................................................. 18
Keyboard Differences ........................................................................................................................ 20
Disk Differences .................................................................................................................................. 26
Where Your Stuff Is ............................................................................................................................ 27
Window Controls................................................................................................................................ 29
Terminology Differences ................................................................................................................... 37
Chapter 2: Folders, Dock, & Windows ................................................ 39
Getting into Mac OS X........................................................................................................................ 39
The Four Window Views ................................................................................................................... 41
Icon View ............................................................................................................................................. 43
List View ............................................................................................................................................... 50
Column View ....................................................................................................................................... 54
Cover Flow View ................................................................................................................................. 57
Quick Look .......................................................................................................................................... 59
The Dock .............................................................................................................................................. 62
The Finder Toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 73
Getting Help in Mac OS X .................................................................................................................. 75
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Chapter 3: Files, Icons, & Spotlight ..................................................... 79
Renaming Icons .................................................................................................................................. 79
Selecting Icons .................................................................................................................................... 81
Moving and Copying Icons ............................................................................................................... 83
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once ............................................................................................... 88
Color Labels ........................................................................................................................................ 89
The Trash ............................................................................................................................................. 92
Get Info ................................................................................................................................................ 95
The Spotlight Menu ............................................................................................................................ 98
The Spotlight Window ....................................................................................................................... 104
Customizing Spotlight ........................................................................................................................ 113
Smart Folders ...................................................................................................................................... 114
Chapter 4: Documents, Programs, & Spaces ...................................... 117
Opening Mac OS X Programs ........................................................................................................... 117
The New, Improved “Alt-Tab” ........................................................................................................... 120
Exposé: Death to Window Clutter .................................................................................................... 121
Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac .............................................................................................. 129
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way ...................................................................................... 134
How Documents Know Their Parents ............................................................................................. 136
Keyboard Control ............................................................................................................................... 141
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes .................................................................................................... 146
Universal Apps (Intel Macs) .............................................................................................................. 149
Installing Mac OS X Programs .......................................................................................................... 151
Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 155
Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets ............................................................................................... 160
Power Typing in Snow Leopard ...................................................................................................... 162
The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text .......................................................................................... 166
Data Detectors .................................................................................................................................... 171
Part Two: Making the Move
Chapter 5: Seven Ways to Transfer Your Files ................................... 175
Transfers by Apple Genius ................................................................................................................ 176
Transfers by Network ......................................................................................................................... 177
Transfers by Disk ................................................................................................................................ 177
Transfers by File-Sending Web Site .................................................................................................. 179
Transfers by Email .............................................................................................................................. 179
Transfers by iDisk ............................................................................................................................... 179
Transfers by Bluetooth ....................................................................................................................... 180
Where to Put Your Copied Files ....................................................................................................... 180
Document Conversion Issues ........................................................................................................... 183
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Chapter 6: Transferring Email & Contacts .......................................... 185
A Reminder That Could Save You Hours ........................................................................................ 186
Transferring Your Outlook Mail ........................................................................................................ 187
Transferring Your Outlook Addresses .............................................................................................. 193
Transferring from Outlook Express (Windows Mail) ..................................................................... 197
Email Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 198
Life with Microsoft Exchange ............................................................................................................ 200
Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems ................................. 205
ACDSee ................................................................................................................................................ 205
Acrobat Reader ................................................................................................................................... 206
ACT ....................................................................................................................................................... 206
Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper) .......................................................................................................... 207
Adobe [your favorite program here] ............................................................................................... 208
America Online ................................................................................................................................... 208
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) .......................................................................................................... 209
Children’s Software ............................................................................................................................ 209
Easy CD Creator.................................................................................................................................. 209
Encarta ................................................................................................................................................. 210
Eudora .................................................................................................................................................. 210
Excel ..................................................................................................................................................... 210
Firefox .................................................................................................................................................. 210
Games .................................................................................................................................................. 211
Google Desktop Search ..................................................................................................................... 211
ICQ ........................................................................................................................................................ 211
Internet Explorer ................................................................................................................................. 211
iTunes ................................................................................................................................................... 211
Limewire .............................................................................................................................................. 212
McAfee VirusScan ............................................................................................................................... 212
Microsoft Access ................................................................................................................................. 212
Microsoft Money ................................................................................................................................ 213
Microsoft Office .................................................................................................................................. 215
Microsoft Publisher ............................................................................................................................ 215
Microsoft Visio .................................................................................................................................... 216
Minesweeper ...................................................................................................................................... 216
MSN Messenger ................................................................................................................................. 217
NaturallySpeaking .............................................................................................................................. 217
Netscape .............................................................................................................................................. 217
Newsgroup Readers ........................................................................................................................... 217
Norton AntiVirus ................................................................................................................................. 217
Norton Utilities.................................................................................................................................... 217
Notepad ............................................................................................................................................... 218
Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail ....................................................................................... 218
Paint Shop Pro .................................................................................................................................... 218
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Palm Desktop ...................................................................................................................................... 218
Picasa ................................................................................................................................................... 219
PowerPoint .......................................................................................................................................... 219
QuickBooks ......................................................................................................................................... 219
Quicken ................................................................................................................................................ 219
RealPlayer ............................................................................................................................................ 220
RssReader ............................................................................................................................................ 220
Skype .................................................................................................................................................... 220
SnagIt ................................................................................................................................................... 221
Solitaire ................................................................................................................................................ 221
Street Atlas USA .................................................................................................................................. 222
TaxCut, TurboTax ................................................................................................................................ 222
WinAmp, MusicMatch ....................................................................................................................... 222
Windows Media Player ...................................................................................................................... 222
WinZip .................................................................................................................................................. 223
Word .................................................................................................................................................... 223
WordPerfect ........................................................................................................................................ 223
Yahoo Messenger ............................................................................................................................... 223
Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh ..................................................... 225
Boot Camp .......................................................................................................................................... 226
Windows in a Window ...................................................................................................................... 234
Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac ........................................................ 237
Printers and Printing .......................................................................................................................... 237
When all your settings look good, click Print (or press Return) to send your printout to the
printer. ................................................................................................................................................ 244
Faxing ................................................................................................................................................... 247
PDF Files .............................................................................................................................................. 250
Fonts—and Font Book ........................................................................................................................ 252
Digital Cameras .................................................................................................................................. 256
Disks ..................................................................................................................................................... 256
Burning CDs and DVDs ...................................................................................................................... 259
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox ............................................................................................................... 263
DVD Movies ......................................................................................................................................... 273
Keyboard ............................................................................................................................................. 276
Mouse .................................................................................................................................................. 276
Monitors .............................................................................................................................................. 277
Time Machine Backups ..................................................................................................................... 277
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