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Table of Contents Page: v The Missing Credits Page: xiii Introduction Page: 1 Introduction Page: 1 The Snow Leopard Anomaly Page: 1 About This Book Page: 4 Snow Leopard Spots Page: 5 About the Outline Page: 6 About These Arrows Page: 7 About MissingManuals.com Page: 7 The Very Basics Page: 8 Part One: The Mac OS X Desktop Page: 11 Chapter 1. Folders & Windows Page: 13 Getting into Mac OS X Page: 13 Logging In Page: 14 The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop Page: 14 Windows and How to Work Them Page: 17 The Sidebar Page: 17 Title Bar Page: 21 Close Button Page: 24 Minimize Button Page: 24 Zoom Button Page: 27 The Folder Proxy Icon Page: 27 The Finder Toolbar Page: 28 Two Clicks, One Window Page: 28 Old Finder Mode: The Toolbar Disclosure Button Page: 29 Resize Handle Page: 31 Path Bar Page: 32 Status Bar Page: 32 The Four Window Views Page: 32 Icon View Page: 34 Icon Size Page: 34 Icon Previews Page: 34 Icon View Options Page: 35 Keeping Icons Neat and Sorted Page: 40 List View Page: 42 Sorting the List Page: 42 Flippy Triangles Page: 43 Your Choice of Columns Page: 44 Other View Options Page: 46 Rearranging Columns Page: 47 Adjusting Column Widths Page: 47 Column View Page: 49 Column View by Keyboard Page: 50 Manipulating the Columns Page: 51 View Options Page: 51 Cover Flow View Page: 52 Quick Look Page: 54 What Quick Look Knows Page: 56 Fun with Quick Look Page: 57 The Quick Look Slideshow Page: 57 Logging Out, Shutting Down Page: 58 Sleep Mode Page: 58 Restart Page: 59 Shut Down Page: 59 Log Out Page: 60 Getting Help in Mac OS X Page: 60 Chapter 2. Organizing Your Stuff Page: 63 The Mac OS X Folder Structure Page: 63 Your Home Folder Page: 63 What’s on Your Hard Drive Page: 65 What’s in Your Home Folder Page: 66 Icon Names Page: 68 Selecting Icons Page: 70 Selecting by Clicking Page: 71 Selecting Icons from the Keyboard Page: 73 Moving and Copying Icons Page: 74 Copying by Dragging Page: 74 Copying by Using Copy and Paste Page: 75 Dragging from the Title Bar Page: 76 Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders Page: 77 Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work Page: 78 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once Page: 80 What’s Good about Aliases Page: 81 Broken Aliases Page: 82 Color Labels Page: 82 What Labels Are Good For Page: 82 Changing Labels Page: 84 The Trash Page: 84 Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash Page: 85 Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy Page: 86 Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever Page: 86 Locked Files: The Next Generation Page: 88 Get Info Page: 88 Uni-window vs. Multiwindow Page: 90 The Get Info Panels Page: 90 Chapter 3. Spotlight Page: 93 The Spotlight Menu Page: 93 Spotlight-Menu Tips Page: 95 Advanced Menu Searches Page: 98 The Spotlight Window Page: 103 Spotlight Window from Spotlight Menu Page: 103 Opening the Spotlight Window Directly Page: 103 The Basic Search Page: 105 Power Searches Page: 105 Where to Look Page: 105 Search by Contents/Search by Name Page: 106 Complex Searches Page: 106 What to Do with Search Results Page: 112 Customizing Spotlight Page: 114 Privacy Settings Page: 116 Smart Folders Page: 117 Chapter 4. Dock, Desktop, & Toolbars Page: 119 The Dock Page: 119 Setting Up the Dock Page: 120 Organizing and Removing Dock Icons Page: 122 Pop-up Dock Folders (“Stacks”) Page: 122 The Finer Points of Pop-up Dock Folders Page: 125 Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair Page: 126 Using the Dock Page: 129 Switch Applications Page: 129 Operate the Dock by Keyboard Control Page: 130 Secret Menus Page: 130 Conduct Speed Tests Page: 133 Do Your Filing Page: 133 Great Things to Put in Your Dock Page: 134 The Finder Toolbar Page: 134 Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar Page: 136 Adding Your Own Icons to the Toolbar Page: 136 Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons Page: 139 Designing Your Desktop Page: 139 System Preferences Page: 140 Graphic Designers’ Corner: The Gray Look Page: 140 Desktop Sounds Page: 141 Menulets: The Missing Manual Page: 141 Part Two: Programs in Mac OS X Page: 147 Chapter 5. Documents, Programs & Spaces Page: 149 Opening Mac OS X Programs Page: 150 The Application Menu Page: 152 Force Quitting Programs Page: 153 The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher Page: 154 Exposé: Death to Window Clutter Page: 155 All-Apps Exposé Page: 157 One-App Exposé Page: 158 Desktop Exposé Page: 159 Exposé Tip-O-Rama Page: 160 Exposé Meets Quick Look Page: 162 More Triggers for Exposé Page: 162 Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac Page: 164 Turning On Spaces Page: 165 Using Spaces Page: 167 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way Page: 170 Hiding the Program You’re Using Page: 170 Hiding All Other Programs Page: 171 The Bring-Forward, Hide-All-Others Trick Page: 171 Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows Page: 172 How Documents Know Their Parents Page: 173 Reassigning Documents to Programs Page: 175 Keyboard Control Page: 177 Control the Menus Page: 178 Control the Dock Page: 178 Cycle Through Your Windows Page: 178 Control the Toolbar Page: 179 Control Tool Palettes Page: 179 Control Menulets Page: 179 Control Dialog Boxes Page: 179 Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut Page: 179 Redefining a Snow Leopard Keystroke Page: 181 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes Page: 183 Sheets Page: 184 The Mini Finder Page: 184 Spotlight Page: 186 Insta-Jumping to a Folder Location Page: 186 The File Format Pop-up Menu Page: 187 The Open File Dialog Box Page: 187 Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon Page: 188 The Cocoa Difference Page: 189 The Font Panel Page: 190 Title Bar Tricks Page: 190 Toolbar Tricks Page: 190 Secret Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 191 Cool Text-Selection Tricks Page: 192 Background Window Control Page: 192 Universal Apps (Intel Macs) and Rosetta Page: 193 Installing Mac OS X Programs Page: 195 .sit, .zip, .tar, .gz, and .dmg Page: 195 Disk Images (.dmg files) Page: 197 Cleaning Up after Decompression Page: 198 Performing the Installation Page: 198 Uninstalling Software Page: 199 Dashboard Page: 200 Dashboard Tips Page: 202 Dashboard Preferences Page: 202 Widget Catalog Page: 203 More Widgets Page: 213 Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets Page: 215 Creating a Web Clip Widget Page: 215 Chapter 6. Entering Data, Moving Data, & Time Machine Page: 219 The Macintosh Keyboard Page: 219 The Complicated Story of the Function Keys Page: 223 Notes on Right-Clicking Page: 224 Power Typing in Snow Leopard Page: 226 The Mac OS X Spelling and Grammar Checker Page: 226 Text Substitution (Abbreviation Expansion) Page: 228 Case Swapping Page: 230 The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text Page: 231 Formats Tab Page: 233 Input Menu Tab Page: 234 Keyboard Viewer: The Return of Key Caps Page: 235 Data Detectors Page: 235 Moving Data Between Documents Page: 237 Cut, Copy, and Paste Page: 238 Drag-and-Drop Page: 239 Export/Import Page: 240 Exchanging Data with Other Macs Page: 241 By Email Page: 241 By Network Page: 241 By iDisk Page: 241 By CD or DVD Page: 242 FireWire Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode) Page: 242 Via the iPod Page: 243 Via Flash Drive Page: 244 Via Bluetooth Page: 244 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs Page: 246 Preparing the Document for Transfer Page: 246 Notes on Disk Swapping Page: 247 Network Notes Page: 248 Via the Internet Page: 248 Time Machine Page: 248 Setting up Time Machine Page: 249 How the Backups Work Page: 251 Changing Time Machine Settings Page: 252 Recovering Lost or Changed Files Page: 254 Frequently Asked Questions Page: 259 Chapter 7. Services, Automator, & AppleScript Page: 261 Services Page: 263 Seven Services that Come in Handy Page: 264 More Great Examples from Downloadable Services Page: 266 Turning Them On and Off—and Adding Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 268 Automator Page: 269 Seven Startup Templates Page: 269 Automator Tour Page: 271 Understanding a Workflow Page: 276 Building Your Own Workflow Page: 279 Send a File Attachment from the Desktop Page: 280 Burn an iPhoto Picture CD Page: 282 Doing More with Automator Page: 285 AppleScript Page: 289 Two Sample AppleScripts Page: 289 AppleScript vs. Automator Page: 291 Chapter 8. Windows on Macintosh Page: 293 Boot Camp Page: 295 Installing Boot Camp Page: 295 Forth and Back, Windows/Mac Page: 299 Keyboard Translation Guide Page: 300 Accessing Mac Files from the Dark Side—and Vice Versa Page: 301 Windows in a Window Page: 302 Virtualization Tip-O-Rama Page: 303 Life with Microsoft Exchange Page: 305 Connecting to Exchange Page: 305 Exchange in Mail Page: 307 Exchange in Address Book Page: 307 Exchange in iCal Page: 308 Part Three: The Components of Mac OS X Page: 309 Chapter 9. System Preferences Page: 311 The System Preferences Window Page: 311 Accounts Page: 314 Appearance Page: 314 Changing Colors Page: 314 Tweaking the Scroll Bars Page: 314 Number of Recent Items Page: 315 Font Smoothing Style Page: 315 Turning Off Smoothing on Tiny Fonts Page: 315 Bluetooth Page: 316 Advanced Options Page: 317 CDs & DVDs Page: 318 Date & Time Page: 320 Date & Time Tab Page: 320 Time Zone Tab Page: 320 Clock Tab Page: 321 Desktop & Screen Saver Page: 323 Desktop Pictures Page: 323 Screen Saver Page: 325 Displays Page: 331 Display Tab Page: 331 Geometry Tab Page: 332 Arrangement Tab Page: 332 Color Tab Page: 333 Dock Page: 333 Energy Saver Page: 334 Sleep Sliders Page: 334 Checkbox Options Page: 335 Scheduled Startup and Shutdown Page: 336 Exposé & Spaces Page: 337 Keyboard Page: 337 Keyboard Page: 337 Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 338 Language & Text Page: 338 MobileMe Page: 339 Mouse Page: 339 Tracking Speed, Double-Click Speed Page: 339 The Mighty Mouse Page: 340 Network Page: 340 Parental Controls Page: 340 Print & Fax Page: 340 Security Page: 340 Sharing Page: 340 Software Update Page: 341 Scheduled Check Tab Page: 341 Installed Software Page: 342 Sound Page: 343 Sound Effects Tab Page: 343 Output Tab Page: 344 Input Tab Page: 345 Speech Page: 345 Spotlight Page: 345 Startup Disk Page: 345 Time Machine Page: 345 Trackpad Page: 345 Trackpad Gestures Page: 346 Universal Access Page: 348 Seeing Tab (Magnifying the Screen) Page: 348 Hearing Tab (Flashing the Screen) Page: 350 Keyboard Tab (Typing Assistance) Page: 350 Mouse & Trackpad Tab (Cursor Control from the Keyboard) Page: 351 Chapter 10. The Free Programs Page: 353 Your Free Mac OS X Programs Page: 353 Address Book Page: 354 Automator Page: 354 Calculator Page: 354 Conversions Page: 355 Chess Page: 356 Playing a Game of Chess Page: 356 Chess Prefs Page: 357 Studying Your Games Page: 358 Dashboard Page: 358 Dictionary Page: 358 DVD Player Page: 361 Font Book Page: 361 Front Row Page: 361 GarageBand Page: 361 iCal Page: 361 Working with Views Page: 362 Making an Appointment Page: 363 What to Do with an Appointment Page: 368 Searching for Events Page: 370 The “Calendar” Category Concept Page: 370 “Publishing” Calendars to the Web Page: 371 Google and Yahoo Calendars Page: 373 To Do Lists Page: 374 iChat Page: 375 iDVD Page: 375 Image Capture Page: 375 Import To: Page: 377 Import Some, Import All Page: 378 Downloading from Across the Network Page: 378 Image Capture as Spycam Page: 379 Scanning Page: 379 iMovie, iPhoto Page: 382 iSync Page: 382 iTunes Page: 382 Mail Page: 382 Photo Booth Page: 382 Still Photos Page: 383 4-Up Photos Page: 384 Movies Page: 384 Exporting Shots and Movies Page: 384 Preview Page: 386 Importing Camera Photos Page: 386 Operating Your Scanner Page: 386 Multiple Pages, Multiple Views Page: 386 Preview as Graphics Viewer Page: 388 Preview as PDF Reader Page: 392 The Toolbar Page: 395 QuickTime Player Page: 395 Safari Page: 395 Stickies Page: 396 Creating Sticky Notes Page: 396 Growing and Shrinking Notes Page: 397 Formatting Notes Page: 398 Saving Sticky Notes Page: 398 System Preferences Page: 399 TextEdit Page: 399 TextEdit’s Two Personalities Page: 400 Working in TextEdit Page: 401 Style Sheets Page: 403 Tables Page: 404 TextEdit as Web Designer Page: 405 The TextEdit Preferences Page: 406 TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools Page: 407 Time Machine Page: 407 Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox Page: 408 Activity Monitor Page: 408 AirPort Utility Page: 411 AppleScript Editor Page: 411 Audio MIDI Setup Page: 411 Bluetooth File Exchange Page: 412 Boot Camp Assistant Page: 412 ColorSync Utility Page: 412 Console Page: 412 DigitalColor Meter Page: 412 Disk Utility Page: 413 Grapher Page: 422 Java Preferences Page: 424 Keychain Access Page: 424 Migration Assistant Page: 424 Network Utility Page: 424 Podcast Capture Page: 425 RAID Utility Page: 425 Remote Install Mac OS X Page: 425 Spaces Page: 426 System Profiler Page: 426 Terminal Page: 429 VoiceOver Utility Page: 429 Chapter 11. CDs, DVDs, & iTunes Page: 431 Disks Today Page: 431 Hard Drives, iPods Page: 431 CDs, DVDs Page: 431 Flash Drives Page: 432 Disks In, Disks Out Page: 432 Startup Disks Page: 435 Creating a Startup Disk Page: 435 Selecting a Startup Disk Page: 435 Erasing a Disk Page: 436 Burning CDs and DVDs Page: 436 Burn Folders: Without the Disc Page: 437 When You Have a Blank Disc On Hand Page: 439 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox Page: 441 Library Page: 443 Store Page: 443 Devices Page: 444 Shared Page: 444 Genius Page: 444 Playlists Page: 445 Audio CDs Page: 446 The iPod and iPhone Page: 447 Playing with Playback Page: 448 Burning Music CDs Page: 450 DVD Movies Page: 451 Playing a Movie Page: 452 Language Fun Page: 453 Bookmarks and Video Clips Page: 454 Chapter Thumbnails Page: 455 Parental Controls Page: 457 The Big Picture Page: 458 Part Four: The Technologies of Mac OS X Page: 459 Chapter 12. Accounts, Parental Controls, & Security Page: 461 Introducing Accounts Page: 461 The First Account Page: 463 Creating an Account Page: 463 Phase 1: Choose an Account Type Page: 463 Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status Page: 468 Phase 3: Choose a Picture Page: 470 Phase 4: Startup Items Page: 471 Parental Controls Page: 472 System Page: 472 Content (Dictionary and Web) Page: 475 Mail & iChat Page: 477 Time Limits Page: 478 Logs Page: 480 Editing Accounts Page: 480 Deleting Accounts Page: 481 Setting Up the Login Process Page: 483 Signing In, Logging Out Page: 486 Identifying Yourself Page: 486 Logging Out Page: 488 Sharing Across Accounts Page: 488 Fast User Switching Page: 490 Five Mac OS X Security Shields Page: 492 The Firewall Page: 494 FileVault Page: 497 Logout Options Page: 501 The Password Assistant Page: 503 The Keychain Page: 504 Chapter 13. Networking, File Sharing, & Screen Sharing Page: 509 Wiring the Network Page: 509 Ethernet Networks Page: 509 AirPort Networks Page: 510 FireWire Networks Page: 513 File Sharing Page: 514 Setup: Sharing Through the Public Folder Page: 515 Setup: Sharing Through Any Folder Page: 516 Accessing Shared Files Page: 521 Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar Page: 521 Connection Method B: Connect to Server Page: 525 Disconnecting Yourself Page: 528 Disconnecting Others Page: 529 Networking with Windows Page: 529 Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC Page: 530 Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac Page: 534 More Mac-Windows Connections Page: 536 Screen Sharing Page: 536 Mac #1: Give Permission in Advance Page: 537 Mac #2: Take Control Page: 539 Variations on Screen Sharing Page: 541 More Dialing In from the Road Page: 544 Chapter 14. Printing, Faxing, Fonts, & Graphics Page: 545 Mac Meets Printer Page: 545 Setting Up a Printer Page: 546 The Printer List Page: 548 Making the Printout Page: 549 Page Setup Page: 549 The Print Command Page: 550 Printing Page: 553 Managing Printouts Page: 553 Printer Sharing Page: 555 Faxing Page: 556 Setting Up Faxing Page: 557 Sending a Fax Page: 558 Receiving a Fax Page: 561 PDF Files Page: 561 Opening PDF Files Page: 562 Creating PDF Files Page: 562 Fonts—and Font Book Page: 563 Where Fonts Live Page: 563 Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts Page: 565 The Fonts Panel Page: 569 ColorSync Page: 571 Getting ColorSync Profiles Page: 572 Default Profiles Page: 572 More on ColorSync Page: 573 Graphics in Mac OS X Page: 573 Graphics Formats in Mac OS X Page: 574 Screen-Capture Keystrokes Page: 575 The Whole Screen Page: 575 One Section of the Screen Page: 576 A Dialog Box, Menu, Window, or Icon Page: 576 Chapter 15. Sound, Movies, & Speech Page: 579 Playing Sounds Page: 579 Controlling the Volume Page: 580 Alert Beeps and You Page: 580 Recording Sound Page: 581 Making the Recording Page: 581 QuickTime Movies Page: 582 QuickTime Player Page: 582 Recording Movies with QuickTime Player Page: 586 Recording Screen Movies Page: 587 Internet Streaming QuickTime Page: 588 Trimming Video Page: 589 Four Ways to Export Your Video Page: 590 Speech Recognition Page: 593 Your First Conversation with the Mac Page: 594 Customizing Speech Recognition Page: 596 The Mac Reads to You Page: 600 Setting Up the Mac’s Voice Page: 600 VoiceOver Page: 603 Ink: Handwriting Recognition Page: 603 Front Row Page: 604 Chapter 16. The Unix Crash Course Page: 607 Terminal Page: 609 Unix Programs Page: 611 Navigating in Unix Page: 612 pwd (Print Working Directory, or “Where am I?”) Page: 613 ls (List, or “What’s in here?”) Page: 613 cd (Change Directory, or “Let Me See Another Folder”) Page: 615 .. (Dot-Dot, or “Back Me Out”) Page: 616 Keystroke-Saving Features Page: 617 Directory Switching Page: 620 The ~ Shortcut Page: 620 Working with Files and Directories Page: 620 cp (Copy) Page: 621 mv (Moving and Renaming Files and Directories) Page: 623 mkdir (Create New Directories) Page: 624 touch (Create Empty Files) Page: 624 rm (Remove Files and Directories) Page: 624 srm (Secure Removal) Page: 625 echo (A Final Check) Page: 626 Online Help Page: 626 Using man Page: 627 Other Online Help Page: 628 Terminal Preferences Page: 628 Startup Page: 629 Settings Page: 629 Window Groups Page: 631 Connect to Server Page: 631 Terminal Tips and Tricks Page: 632 Switching Windows Page: 632 Non-Contiguous Selection Page: 632 Double-Clickable Unix Tools Page: 632 Changing Permissions with Terminal Page: 633 Looking at Permissions Page: 635 File-Mode Code Page: 636 Group Detective Work Page: 637 chmod (Change Mode) Page: 638 Permission to Change Permissions Page: 638 sudo Page: 639 chgrp (Change Group) Page: 640 Protecting Files En Masse Page: 641 Making Files Hide Page: 642 20 Useful Unix Utilities Page: 643 bc Page: 643 kill Page: 643 open Page: 644 ps Page: 644 shutdown Page: 644 tar, gzip, zip Page: 645 top (table of processes) Page: 646 xattr (extended attributes) Page: 647 Aliases Page: 648 nano, emacs, vim Page: 649 date Page: 649 grep Page: 650 find Page: 650 mdfind Page: 651 launchd Page: 652 ftp Page: 652 Putting It Together Page: 652 Chapter 17. Hacking Mac OS X Page: 657 TinkerTool: Customization 101 Page: 657 Redoing Mac OS X’s Graphics Page: 659 Editing the Trash, Dashboard, and Finder Icons Page: 660 Replacing the Poof Page: 661 Editing Your Menulets Page: 662 Replacing the Finder Icons Page: 662 Rewriting the Words Page: 663 Renaming the Trash Page: 663 Rewording the Dock Page: 664 Your Bright Hacking Future Page: 664 Part Five: Mac OS Online Page: 665 Chapter 18. Internet Setup & MobileMe Page: 667 The Best News You’ve Heard All Day Page: 668 Network Central—and Multihoming Page: 668 Multihoming Page: 668 Broadband Connections Page: 670 Automatic Configuration Page: 670 Manual Configuration Page: 670 Ethernet Connections Page: 671 AirPort (WiFi) Connections Page: 671 Commercial Hot Spots Page: 674 Cellular Modems Page: 675 Dial-up Modem Connections Page: 676 Setting Up the Modem Page: 677 The Advanced Button Page: 677 Going Online Page: 678 Disconnecting Page: 679 Switching Locations Page: 679 Creating a New Location Page: 680 Making the Switch Page: 681 Internet Sharing Page: 681 MobileMe Page: 684 Signing Up for MobileMe Page: 684 MobileMe Sync Page: 684 The iDisk Page: 687 Email Page: 692 Galleries Page: 692 Web Sites Page: 692 Internet Location Files Page: 693 Chapter 19. Mail & Address Book Page: 695 Setting Up Mail Page: 695 Checking Your Mail Page: 700 The Mailboxes List Page: 700 Writing Messages Page: 702 Attaching Files to Messages Page: 706 Signatures Page: 708 Stationery Page: 710 Reading Email Page: 712 Threading Page: 713 Adding the Sender to Your Address Book Page: 714 Data Detectors Page: 715 Opening Attachments Page: 715 Replying to a Message Page: 716 Forwarding Messages Page: 717 Redirecting Messages Page: 718 Printing Messages Page: 719 Filing Messages Page: 719 Flagging Messages Page: 720 Finding Messages Page: 721 Deleting Messages Page: 722 Archiving Mailboxes Page: 724 Message Rules Page: 725 The Anti-Spam Toolkit Page: 727 Using the Junk Mail Filter Page: 727 More Anti-Spam Tips Page: 728 RSS Feeds Page: 729 Adding RSS Feeds Page: 729 Managing Feeds Page: 730 Notes Page: 731 To Dos Page: 732 Creating To Dos Page: 734 Completing and Deleting To Dos Page: 734 To Do List: Mail/iCal Joint Custody Page: 735 Address Book Page: 735 Creating Address Cards Page: 736 Importing Addresses Page: 738 Groups Page: 739 Adding Pictures Page: 741 Finding an Address Page: 742 Changing the Address Book Display Page: 743 Printing Options Page: 743 Address-Book Backups Page: 744 Chapter 20. Safari Page: 745 Safari Page: 746 Browsing Basics and Toolbars Page: 746 Safari Toolbars Page: 747 Status Bar Page: 754 Tips for Better Surfing Page: 754 SnapBack Page: 755 Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders Page: 755 Three Ways to Magnify Web Text Page: 755 Keyboard Control Page: 756 Impersonating Internet Explorer Page: 756 Faster Browsing Without Graphics Page: 757 Where am I? Page: 757 Viewing Web Pages Offline Page: 757 Expanding Web Forms Page: 758 Sending a Page to a Friend Page: 759 Designate Your Start Page Page: 759 Finding Text on Web Pages Page: 760 The History Menu Page: 760 Zoom in on PDF Pages Page: 761 Tabbed Browsing Page: 762 RSS: The Missing Manual Page: 765 Viewing an RSS Feed Page: 766 RSS Tricks Page: 767 Chapter 21. iChat Page: 769 Welcome to iChat Page: 769 Three Chat Networks Page: 770 Signing Up Page: 771 How to Get a Free MobileMe Account Page: 771 How to Get a Free Jabber (or Gmail) Account Page: 772 How to Get a Free AIM Account Page: 773 The Buddy Lists Page: 773 Making a List Page: 773 Broadcasting Your Status Page: 775 Sorting and Sizing your Friends Page: 775 Let the Chat Begin Page: 776 They Invite You Page: 776 You Invite Them Page: 778 Text Chatting Page: 779 In-chat Fun Page: 780 Popping the Balloons Page: 782 Audio Chats Page: 783 Video Chats Page: 784 Bluescreen Backdrops and Video FX Page: 786 Sharing Your Screen Page: 789 iChat Theater Page: 790 iChat Tweaks Page: 792 Chapter 22. SSH, FTP, VPN, & Web Sharing Page: 795 Web Sharing Page: 795 Firing Up Web Sharing Page: 797 The Mac’s Own Web Site Page: 798 The Easiest Way to Distribute Files Page: 798 More on Apache Page: 799 FTP Page: 800 Uploading and Downloading from FTP Sites Page: 800 Just Downloading from FTP Sites Page: 800 Becoming an FTP Server Page: 801 Connecting from the Road Page: 802 Remote Access with SSH Page: 803 Getting In Page: 803 Remote Control Program Killing Page: 804 Virtual Private Networking Page: 805 Setting Up the VPN Connection Page: 807 Connecting to a VPN Page: 808 The Fine Points of VPN Page: 809 Part Six: Appendixes Page: 811 Appendix A. Installing Mac OS X 10.6 Page: 813 Getting Ready to Install Page: 814 Two Kinds of Installation Page: 815 The Automatic Installation Page: 816 The Erase & Install Option Page: 818 The Setup Assistant Page: 819 Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.6 Page: 822 Appendix B. Troubleshooting Page: 823 Minor Eccentric Behavior Page: 823 First Resort: Repair Permissions Page: 823 Second Resort: Look for an Update Page: 824 Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File Page: 824 Fourth Resort: Restart Page: 825 Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program Page: 825 Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) Page: 825 Can’t Move or Rename an Icon Page: 827 Application Won’t Open Page: 827 Startup Problems Page: 827 Kernel Panic Page: 827 Safe Mode (Safe Boot) Page: 828 Gray Screen During Startup Page: 829 Blue Screen During Startup Page: 830 Forgotten Password Page: 830 Fixing the Disk Page: 830 Method 1: Disk Utility Page: 830 Method 2: fsck at the Console Page: 831 Where to Get Troubleshooting Help Page: 834 Help Online Page: 834 Help by Telephone Page: 834 Appendix C. The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary Page: 835 About [this program] Page: 835 Accessibility Options control panel Page: 835 Active Desktop Page: 836 Add Hardware control panel Page: 836 Add or Remove Programs control panel Page: 836 All Programs Page: 836 Alt key Page: 836 Automatic Update Page: 836 Backspace key Page: 836 Battery Level Page: 836 BIOS Page: 836 Briefcase Page: 837 Calculator Page: 837 Camera and Scanner Wizard Page: 837 CDs Page: 837 Character Map Page: 837 Clean Install Page: 837 Clipboard Page: 837 Command line Page: 838 Control Panel Page: 838 Copy, Cut, Paste Page: 838 Ctrl key Page: 838 Date and Time Page: 838 Delete Key (Forward Delete) Page: 838 Desktop Page: 838 Directories Page: 839 Disks Page: 839 Display control panel Page: 839 DLL files Page: 839 DOS prompt Page: 839 Drivers Page: 839 End Task dialog box Page: 839 Exiting programs Page: 839 Explorer Page: 840 Favorites Page: 840 Faxing Page: 840 File Sharing Page: 840 Floppy disks Page: 840 Folder Options Page: 840 Fonts Page: 841 Help and Support Page: 841 Hibernation Page: 841 Internet Explorer Page: 841 Internet Options Page: 841 IRQs Page: 841 Java Page: 841 Keyboard control panel Page: 841 Logging in Page: 841 Mail control panel Page: 842 Maximize button Page: 842 Menus Page: 842 Minimize button Page: 842 Mouse control panel Page: 842 (My) Computer Page: 842 (My) Documents, (My) Pictures, (My) Music Page: 842 (My) Network Places Page: 842 Network Neighborhood Page: 842 Notepad Page: 843 Personal Web Server Page: 843 Phone and Modem Options control panel Page: 843 Power Options Page: 843 Printer Sharing Page: 843 Printers and Faxes Page: 843 PrntScrn key Page: 843 Program Files folder Page: 843 Properties dialog box Page: 843 Recycle Bin Page: 843 Regional and Language Options control panel Page: 844 Registry Page: 844 Run command Page: 844 Safe Mode Page: 844 ScanDisk Page: 844 Scheduled Tasks Page: 844 Scrap files Page: 844 Screen saver Page: 844 Search Page: 845 Shortcut menus Page: 845 Shortcuts Page: 845 Sounds and Audio Devices Page: 845 Speech control panel Page: 845 Standby mode Page: 845 Start menu Page: 845 StartUp folder Page: 845 System control panel Page: 845 System Tray Page: 846 Taskbar Page: 846 Taskbar and Start Menu control panel Page: 846 “Three-fingered salute” Page: 846 ToolTips Page: 846 TweakUI Page: 847 User Accounts control panel Page: 847 Window edges Page: 847 Windows (or WINNT) folder Page: 847 Windows logo key Page: 847 Windows Media Player Page: 847 Windows Messenger Page: 847 WordPad Page: 847 Zip files Page: 848 Appendix D. Where to Go from Here Page: 849 Web Sites Page: 849 Mac OS X Page: 849 Mac OS X–Style Unix Lessons and Reference Page: 850 Free Email Newsletters Page: 850 Advanced Books, Programming Books Page: 851 Mac Essentials Page: 851 Unix Essentials Page: 851 Mac OS X Administration Page: 851 Appendix E. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List Page: 853 Startup Keystrokes Page: 853 In the Finder Page: 854 Apple Menu Page: 855 Finder Menu Page: 855 File Menu Page: 855 Edit Menu Page: 856 View Menu Page: 856 Go Menu Page: 856 Window Menu Page: 856 Help Menu Page: 857 Power Keys Page: 857 The Dock Page: 857 Managing Programs Page: 857 Dialog Boxes Page: 858 Index Page: 861 A Page: 861 B Page: 862 C Page: 863 D Page: 864 E Page: 866 F Page: 866 G Page: 868 H Page: 868 I Page: 869 J Page: 871 K Page: 871 L Page: 872 M Page: 872 N Page: 874 O Page: 874 P Page: 874 Q Page: 876 R Page: 877 S Page: 877 T Page: 880 U Page: 882 V Page: 883 W Page: 883 X Page: 884 Z Page: 885 Colophon Page: 886

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For a company that promised to "put a pause on new features," Apple sure has been busy-there's barely a feature left untouched in Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard." There's more speed, more polish, more refinement-but still no manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the humor and expertise that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for eight years straight. You get all the answers with jargon-free introductions to: Big-ticket changes. A 64-bit overhaul. Faster everything. A rewritten Finder. Microsoft Exchange compatibility. All-new QuickTime Player. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it. Snow Leopard Spots. This book demystifies the hundreds of smaller enhancements, too, in all 50 programs that come with the Mac: Safari, Mail, iChat, Preview, Time Machine. Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page. Power usage. Security, networking, build-your-own Services, file sharing with Windows, even Mac OS X's Unix chassis-this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear.
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