The Macintosh bible : Thousands of basic and advanced tips, tricks and shortcuts logically organized and fully indexed

771 Pages·1989·144.029 MB·English

by  Naiman, Arthur

the completely revised & updated
SECOND EDITION
of the best-selling general book on the Mac
acinto&
thousands of basic and advanced
TIPS, TRICKS & SHORTCUTS
logically organized and fully indexed
edited by Arthur Naiman
ATTACII YOUR
SECO!YD FREE
UPDATE IIERE
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after they're pubUshed. But not 'Ifie :Macintosli 'Bi6£e.
To keep the information in it current, we indude two
free updates in the price of the book. And they're not
chintzy little flyers, either, but substantial booklets
the first edition's updates were each 59 pages long!
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More rave reviews
One fantastic book.
Max Vizsla, The MACazine
If I hadn It received a review I
copy~
would have cheerfully paid money to
get it. Bruce Webste~; BYTE magazine
Biblical in proportion ... contains a
wealth of information.
john Barry, Computer Currents
Rating: 95 out of I 00.
Doug Miles, MacGuide magazine
Well organized and well written ... lf
you are new to the Mac, The Macin-
tosh Bible is an excellent reference
to own.
Gordon Firestein, Bay Area Mac Classifieds
No Mac user should be without this
comprehensive survey.
easy--to--use~
The Midwest Book Review
For more reviews, see the back cover
and the last page of the book.
For readers' comments, see pages 752-59.
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Macintosh
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Second f£dition
thousands of basic and advanced
tips, tricks and shortcuts
logically organized and fully indexed
edited by
Arthur Naiman
(jo[cfstein & 13fair
'Bott 7635
'BerkJ_{ey, Ca{ijomia 94 70 7
Design-Arthur Naiman
Illustrations-Sandra Speidel, Esther Travis, WetPaint, Gerry Clement
Index-Arthur Naiman
Margin icons-Thomas Friesch, Esther Travis, WetPaint,
Arthur Naiman, Ken Milburn
This book was written in Microsoft Works and Word, edited in Works on a Mac
II with a Radius Two Page Display and a PCPC internal hard disk drive, and poured
into PageMaker. Final pages were printed on a LaserWriter II NTX in lTC Benguiat
Book, 11/13, with tables in Optima, 11/13, and running heads in 14-point lTC Zapf
Chancery Medium Italic (all three fonts from Adobe). Program listings and Hyper
Card scripts are in 9-point Courier. Color separations were made by Color Media
of Dublin, California. The book was printed by Consolidated Printers of Berkeley,
California.
The Macintosh Bible is distributed to bookstores and book wholesalers
by Publishers Group West, Box 8843, Emeryville CA 94662, 800/982-
8319 (in California, 415/658-3453).
Individual copies are available for $28 (+ $4 for shipping and tax, if any,
to any US address) from Goldstein & Blair, Box 7635, Berkeley CA 94707,
415/524-4000, who also sell in quantity to computer stores and to other
retailers and wholesalers outside the book trade.
Copyright © 1988-89 by Arthur Naiman. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reprinted, or reproduced, or utilized in any form or by any
electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publisher.
Contributions marked TR were adapted from The Macintosh Book of Fonts by
Tim Ryan, which is Copyright© 1988-89 by SourceNet. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America printing# 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Contents
Preface .............................................. 1
Acknowledgements .......................... 2
Introduction ...................................... 4
flow to use this book ....................... 6
o
Notes on contributors .................... 1
1. General principles .......................... 13
2. Basic Mac hardware ....................... 4 7
5. Memory and storage ...................... 79
4. Basic system software ................. 113
5. Fonts ............................................. 14 1
6. Printers .......................................... 221
7. Miscellaneous hardware .............. 271
8. Utility programs (including
most desk accessories) ............... 287
9. HyperCard and other
advanced system software .......... 331
10. Word processing. ........................ 361
11 . Data processing .......................... 463
12. Oraphics ...................................... 509
13. Page layout ................................. 565
14. Communicating with
other computers ......................... 579
15. Integrated programs
and misc. applications ............... 607
16. Where to find good info
& inexpensive software ............. 641
Appendix A: Glossary of
basic Mac terms ......................... 653
Appendix B: List of companies
and products .............................. 697
Index .................................................. 71 3
Readers/ comments .......................... 7 52
Each chapter also has a table of contents of its own.
Trademark notice
Because a major purpose of this book is to describe and
comment on various hardware and software products, many such
products are identified by their tradenames. In most-if not all
cases, these designations are claimed as legally protected trade
marks by the companies that make the products. It is not our intent
to use any of these names generically, and the reader is cautioned
to investigate a claimed trademark before using it for any purpose
except to refer to the product to which it is attached.
In particular: Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc. The Macintosh Bible is a trademark of
Goldstein & Blair, which is not affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc.
Disclaimer
We've got to make a disclaimer that common sense requires:
Although we've tried to check ail the tips, tricks and shortcuts
described in this book to make sure they work as described, we
can'tguarantee that they do. Don't try anything except on a backup
file. Satisfy yourself that the technique you're trying works before
using it on your valuable files.
We can't be-and aren't-responsible for any damage or loss to
your data or your equipment that results directly or indirectly from
your use of this book. We make no warranty, express or implied,
about the contents of this book, its merchantability or its fitness
for any particular purpose. The exclusion of implied warranties is
not permitted by some states. The above exclusion may not apply
to you. This warranty provides you specific legal rights. There may
be other rights that you may have which vary from state to state.
Pre..f ace 1
Preface
Most computer books are out-of-date a few months after they're
published. But not this one. To keep the information in it current,
we include two free updates in the price of the book. And they're
not chintzy little flyers, either, but substantial booklets-in fact,
the frrst edition's updates were each 59 pages long!
To get your free updates to this edition, all you have to do is send
us your name and address. (It's easiest to use the card in the back
of the book, but anything is fine. See the inside front or back cover
for details.)
The Macintosh Bible is a collection of thousands of basic and
advanced tips, tricks, shortcuts and product evaluations that help
you get the most from your Mac. The information is logically organ
ized and fully indexed, so it's easy to find what you're looking for.
This second edition has been completely revised and updated,
and contains hundreds of pages of new material. In fact, there's
more completely new material in this edition than there is in most
books that are published for the first time.
This is a reference book and isn't meant to be read from
beginning to end-although we get letters from readers that say,
"once you start reading it, you can't put it down", "as good as
curling up with a good novel" and "I've read it from cover to
cover-twice!". Naturally, we'll be delighted if you have the same
reaction; if not, use the table of contents and the index to dip into
the book wherever you want (but first read the section called Now
to use this book that begins on page 6).
If you want to try out some of the best shareware and public
domain programs mentioned In the book, as wen as a few things
of our own devising, take a look at The Macintosh Bible Disk
(described in the last chapter).