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The #1 beSTSelling Mac guide fOr Over 10 yearS “Pogue, the New York Times computer columnist, is among the world’s best explainers.” —Kevin Kelly, co-founDer of Wired OS X Mavericks C o v e r s O S X 1 0 . 9 David Pogue OS X Mavericks The book that should have been in the box® OS X Mavericks The book that should have been in the box® David Pogue Beijing | Cambridge | Farnham | Köln | Sebastopol | Tokyo OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual by David Pogue Copyright © 2013 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles: safari@oreilly. com. For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or [email protected]. December 2013: First Edition. The Missing Manual is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. The Missing Manual logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media is aware of a trademark claim, the designa- tions are capitalized. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in it. ISBN: 978-1-449-36224-9 [M] [12/13] Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................... 1 The Mac Becomes an iPad ................................................................................................................ 1 What’s New in Mavericks .................................................................................................................. 3 About This Book ................................................................................................................................. 4 The Very Basics ........................................................................................................................... 6 Part One: The OS X Desktop Chapter 1: Folders & Windows ........................................................... 11 Getting into OS X ................................................................................................................................ 11 Windows and How to Work Them .................................................................................................. 15 The Four Window Views ................................................................................................................... 31 Icon View ............................................................................................................................................. 33 List View ............................................................................................................................................... 42 Column View ....................................................................................................................................... 49 Cover Flow View ................................................................................................................................. 53 Quick Look .......................................................................................................................................... 55 Finder Tabs .......................................................................................................................................... 59 Logging Out, Shutting Down ............................................................................................................ 62 Getting Help in OS X .......................................................................................................................... 64 Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff ........................................................ 69 The OS X Folder Structure . 69 Icon Names . 74 Selecting Icons . 76 Moving and Copying Icons . 79 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once . 85 Finder Tags . 87 The Trash . 92 Get Info . 95 Shortcut Menus, Action Menus . 98 Chapter 3: Spotlight ............................................................................. 101 The Spotlight Menu ............................................................................................................................ 101 The Spotlight Window ....................................................................................................................... 112 Customizing Spotlight ........................................................................................................................ 125 Smart Folders ...................................................................................................................................... 128 table of contents v Chapter 4: Dock, Desktop & Toolbars ................................................. 129 The Dock . 129 Setting Up the Dock . 130 Using the Dock. 138 The Finder Toolbar . 143 Designing Your Desktop . 147 Menulets: The Missing Manual . 148 Part Two: Programs in OS X Chapter 5: Documents, Programs & Mission Control ....................... 155 The Mac App Store ............................................................................................................................. 155 Other Ways to Get Mac Software..................................................................................................... 158 Opening OS X Programs.................................................................................................................... 161 Launchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 162 Windows That Auto-Reopen ............................................................................................................. 166 The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher ................................................................................................. 170 Full Screen Mode ................................................................................................................................ 170 Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter .................................................................................... 172 Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 181 Exposé .................................................................................................................................................. 195 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way ...................................................................................... 201 How Documents Know Their Parents ............................................................................................. 204 Keyboard Control ............................................................................................................................... 208 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes .................................................................................................... 213 Auto Save and Versions ..................................................................................................................... 218 Documents in the Cloud ................................................................................................................... 222 Cocoa and Carbon ............................................................................................................................. 224 Chapter 6: Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up ............... 231 The Mac Keyboard ............................................................................................................................. 231 Notes on Right-Clicking ..................................................................................................................... 235 Power Typing ...................................................................................................................................... 237 Dictation .............................................................................................................................................. 243 The Many Languages of OS X Text ................................................................................................... 250 Data Detectors .................................................................................................................................... 256 Moving Data Between Documents .................................................................................................. 258 Exchanging Data with Other Macs ................................................................................................... 261 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs ............................................................................................... 266 The Share Button ............................................................................................................................... 267 Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 270 Chapter 7: Automator, AppleScript & Services .................................. 281 Services . 283 Automator . 287 AppleScript . 298 vi table of contents Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh ..................................................... 303 Boot Camp .......................................................................................................................................... 304 Windows in a Window ...................................................................................................................... 312 Life with Microsoft Exchange ............................................................................................................ 314 Part Three: The Components of OS X Chapter 9: System Preferences ........................................................... 319 The System Preferences Window..................................................................................................... 319 Accessibility ......................................................................................................................................... 322 App Store ............................................................................................................................................. 328 Bluetooth ............................................................................................................................................. 329 CDs & DVDs ......................................................................................................................................... 331 Date & Time ........................................................................................................................................ 332 Desktop & Screen Saver .................................................................................................................... 334 Dictation & Speech ............................................................................................................................. 340 Displays................................................................................................................................................ 340 Dock ..................................................................................................................................................... 344 Energy Saver ....................................................................................................................................... 344 General ................................................................................................................................................ 348 iCloud ................................................................................................................................................... 351 Internet Accounts ............................................................................................................................... 351 Keyboard ............................................................................................................................................. 351 Language & Region ............................................................................................................................ 352 Mission Control .................................................................................................................................. 353 Mouse .................................................................................................................................................. 353 Network ............................................................................................................................................... 354 Notifications ........................................................................................................................................ 354 Parental Controls ................................................................................................................................ 354 Printers & Scanners ............................................................................................................................ 354 Security & Privacy ............................................................................................................................... 354 Sharing ................................................................................................................................................. 354 Sound ................................................................................................................................................... 355 Spotlight ............................................................................................................................................... 357 Startup Disk ......................................................................................................................................... 357 Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 358 Trackpad .............................................................................................................................................. 358 Users & Groups ................................................................................................................................... 361 Chapter 10: Notifications ..................................................................... 363 Insta-Respond to Bubbles . 364 Shutting Up the Bubbles . 365 The Notification Center . 366 table of contents vii Chapter 11: The Free Programs of OS X ............................................. 371 Your Free OS X Programs .................................................................................................................. 371 App Store ............................................................................................................................................. 372 Automator ........................................................................................................................................... 372 Calculator ............................................................................................................................................ 372 Calendar .............................................................................................................................................. 374 Chess .................................................................................................................................................... 389 Contacts ............................................................................................................................................... 392 Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 392 Dictionary ............................................................................................................................................ 392 DVD Player .......................................................................................................................................... 394 FaceTime.............................................................................................................................................. 394 Font Book ............................................................................................................................................ 397 Game Center ....................................................................................................................................... 397 GarageBand ........................................................................................................................................ 400 iBooks .................................................................................................................................................. 400 iChat ..................................................................................................................................................... 406 Image Capture .................................................................................................................................... 406 iMovie, iPhoto ..................................................................................................................................... 411 iTunes ................................................................................................................................................... 412 Launchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 412 Mail....................................................................................................................................................... 412 Maps..................................................................................................................................................... 412 Messages ............................................................................................................................................. 418 Mission Control .................................................................................................................................. 418 Notes .................................................................................................................................................... 418 Photo Booth ........................................................................................................................................ 421 Preview ................................................................................................................................................ 425 Reminders ........................................................................................................................................... 435 QuickTime Player ............................................................................................................................... 439 Safari .................................................................................................................................................... 439 Stickies ................................................................................................................................................. 440 System Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 442 TextEdit ................................................................................................................................................. 442 Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 450 Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox ............................................................................................................... 451 Chapter 12: CDs, DVDs & iTunes ......................................................... 471 Disks Today ......................................................................................................................................... 471 Disks In, Disks Out.............................................................................................................................. 472 Startup Disks ....................................................................................................................................... 473 Erasing a Disk ...................................................................................................................................... 474 Burning CDs and DVDs ...................................................................................................................... 475 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox ............................................................................................................... 479 DVD Movies ......................................................................................................................................... 491 viii table of contents

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