The Mac OS 8 book : the ultimate Macintosh user’s guide

524 Pages·1997·96.125 MB·English

by  Bell, Mark R., Danuloff, Craig

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Craig Danuloff
Mark R. Bell
The Mac OS 8 Book
Copyright© 1997 by Craig Danuloff
All rights reserved. This book may not be duplicated in any way without the expressed written
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review. The information contained herein is for the personal use of the reader and may not be
incorporated in any commercial programs, other books, databases, or any kind of software without
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pose other than your own is a violation of United States copyright laws.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Danuloff, Craig, 1963-
The Mac OS 8 Book/ Craig Danuloff.
p. em.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-56604-688-2
1. Mac OS 2. Operating systems (Computers) 3.Macintosh (Computer) I. Bell, Mark R. II. Title
QA76.76.063D347 1997
005.4'469-DC21 97-20919
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About the Authors
Craig Danuloff is a writer, consultant, and lecturer on computer topics. The
author of Up & Running With PageMaker on the Macintosh, he is co-author of
Encyclopedia Macintosh, The PageMaker Companion, and Desktop Publishing Type
& Graphics.
Mark R. Bell is the Webmaster and Macintosh Specialist for the Duke Univer
sity Office of Information Technology. A prolific author, he coauthored
Ventana's The Mac Web Server Book as well as many books and software manuals
for Netscape Press, Ventana Press, Maxum Development Corporation, Bare
Bones Software, and others. Mark holds degrees in English, history, political
science, and theology, and is married to Virginia D. Smith, a writer and editor.
They live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with their faithful canine quadruped,
Bailey and a small network of Macs.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Gregg and Mary Catherine for putting up with my
absence (again!) while I completed another project; Craig & Angelika, for
their hard work raising a family like normal people should; Debbie Suggs, for
contributing Chapters 11 and 16; Alan Benson, for contributing Chapters 18
and 20; Bailey for keeping me company and alerting me when the FedEx
truck pulled up with more page proofs; and my wife Virginia, who continues
to remind me when it's time to beam to the planet surface and commune
with my people.
Finally, I would like to thank the following people who helped make this
book a reality: development editor Martin V. Minner, for guiding the revision
of this book; copy editor Judy Flynn, for ensuring it is grammatically correct;
proofreader Tom Collins, for catching all those little errors that made it past
everyone else (including me); desktop publisher Scott Hosa, for laying it all
out and making it look great; acquisitions editor JJ Holm, for signing me up
for this project; traffic coordinator Becky Steele, for chaperoning me through
the FTP site changeover; CD-ROM specialist Ginny Phelps, for assembling the
Companion CD-ROM; project editor Paul Cory, for keeping it all on track;
and all the other Ventana folks whose hard work makes a complicated
process seem simple.
-MRB
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................ xix
P A R T I
The Operating System
Chapter 1 Operating System Basics ............................................................................. 1
What Does the Operating System Do? ...................................................... 2
Parts of the Operating System .................................................................... 3
Using the Operating System ....................................................................... 6
Basic Macintosh Operations ....................................................................... 7
The Graphical User Interface 8
The Mouse & Cursors 12
Files & Folders 13
Floppy Disks 14
Macintosh Utilities 15
Data Transfer Methods .......... :. .................................................................. 21
Cut & Paste: Using the Clipboard & the Scrapbook 22
Macintosh Drag & Drop 25
Chapter 2 The System Folder ...................................................................................... 29
The Mac OS 8 System Folder .................................................................... 31
The Apple Menu Folder 33
The Control Panels Folder 35
The Extensions Folder 36
The Fonts Folder 40
The Preferences Folder 40
The Startup Items Folder 41
The System File ........................................................................................... 42
System File Access 42
Modifying the System Folder 43
Adding Files to the System Folder 45
Deleting Files From the System Folder 46
Chapter 3 The Finder & Desktop ................................................................................. 49
New Finder Menus .................................................................................... 51
Finder Windows ......................................................................................... 59
Finder Preferences 61
The View Menu 65
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XII The Mac OS 8 Book
Hierarchical List Views 71
Navigating From the Keyboard 73
Dragging Files Between Windows 75
Working With Multiple Files 76
Title Bar Pop-Up Menu 78
Improved Zooming 79
Cleaning Up Windows & Icons 79
The Help Menu ........................................................................................... 81
Mac OS Help & Apple Guide 82
Balloon Help 85
Balloon Help Limitations 85
Contextual Help 86
Trash & Empty Trash ................................................................................. 88
Trash Tips 88
The Get Info Dialog Box ............................................................................ 90
Get Info for the Trash 92
Get Info for Alias Icons 93
Chapter 4 Customizing Your Mac ................................................................................ 95
Changing Appearances ............................................................................. 95
Appearance Settings 96
Apple Menu Options 98
Desktop Pictures 99
General Controls 101
Monitors & Sound 103
Energy Saver 105
Third-Party Utilities ........ .". ....................................................................... 107
Kaleidoscope 108
GoMac 110
AMICO 112
Chapter S Managing Your Hard Drive ...................................................................... 115
Aliasing ...................................................................................................... 116
Basic Aliasing Concepts 116
Creating & Using Aliases 119
Advanced Aliasing Concepts 121
Aliasing Folders or Volumes 124
Using Aliases 126
Aliasing Summary 129
The Find Command ................................................................................. 130
Using the Find Command 131
Tips for Effective Searches 136