Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition

714 Pages·2012·38.51 MB·English

by  David Pogue

Switching Mac
to the Lion Edition
THE MISSING MANUAL
The book that
should have been
in the box®ˇ

“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently.
While some may see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.”
Dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs

Switching Mac
to the Lion Edition
David Pogue
Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition
by David Pogue
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ISBN: 978-1449-39853-8 [03/12]
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
The Lion Difference: iPad Techniques ............................................................................................. 9
Part One: Welcome to Macintosh
Chapter.1:.How.the.Mac.Is.Different.................................................... 17
Power On, Dude ................................................................................................................................. 17
That One-Button Mouse .................................................................................................................... 18
On, Off, and Sleep .............................................................................................................................. 20
The Menu Bar ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Finder = Windows Explorer .............................................................................................................. 23
Dock = Taskbar ................................................................................................................................... 23
Menulets = Tray .................................................................................................................................. 24
Keyboard Differences ........................................................................................................................ 26
Disk Differences .................................................................................................................................. 31
Where Your Stuff Is ............................................................................................................................ 32
Window Controls................................................................................................................................ 35
Terminology Differences ................................................................................................................... 44
Chapter.2:.Folders,.Dock.&.Windows................................................... 45
Getting into Mac OS X........................................................................................................................ 45
The Four Window Views ................................................................................................................... 47
Icon View ............................................................................................................................................. 49
List View ............................................................................................................................................... 58
Column View ....................................................................................................................................... 63
Cover Flow View ................................................................................................................................. 66
Quick Look .......................................................................................................................................... 67
The Dock .............................................................................................................................................. 71
The Finder Toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 81
Getting Help in Mac OS X .................................................................................................................. 83
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Chapter.3:.Files,.Icons.&.Spotlight........................................................ 87
Renaming Icons .................................................................................................................................. 87
Selecting Icons .................................................................................................................................... 89
Moving and Copying Icons ............................................................................................................... 91
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once ............................................................................................... 96
Color Labels ........................................................................................................................................ 98
The Trash ............................................................................................................................................. 100
Get Info ................................................................................................................................................ 103
The Spotlight Menu ............................................................................................................................ 106
The Spotlight Window ....................................................................................................................... 112
Customizing Spotlight ........................................................................................................................ 123
Smart Folders ...................................................................................................................................... 125
Chapter.4:.Documents,.Programs.&.Mission.Control.........................127
A Word About Lion Apps .................................................................................................................. 127
The Mac App Store ............................................................................................................................. 128
Other Ways to Get Mac Software..................................................................................................... 130
Opening Mac OS X Programs ........................................................................................................... 133
Launchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 134
Windows that Auto-Reopen .............................................................................................................. 138
The Application Menu ....................................................................................................................... 139
Quitting Programs .............................................................................................................................. 139
The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher ................................................................................................. 140
Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter .................................................................................... 141
Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 149
Exposé .................................................................................................................................................. 155
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way ...................................................................................... 160
How Documents Know Their Parents ............................................................................................. 162
Keyboard Control ............................................................................................................................... 166
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes .................................................................................................... 171
Auto Save and Versions ..................................................................................................................... 176
Chapter.5:.Entering,.Moving.&.Backing.Up.Data.................................181
Power Typing ...................................................................................................................................... 181
The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text .......................................................................................... 187
Data Detectors .................................................................................................................................... 190
Moving Data Between Documents .................................................................................................. 192
Exchanging Data with Other Macs ................................................................................................... 196
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs ............................................................................................... 201
Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 201
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