Robin Williams9780321502636, 0321502639
The Peachpit Learning Series brings you the best-selling authors you know and love, on the topics that are near and dear to you, in a format that allows you to learn just what you need to know, and at your own pace. With this book, you can learn in your own way—whether it’s working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Macintosh. And with the gentle yet expert hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that Leopard has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you’ll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you’ve been using Mac OS X already, you’ll learn to use the new features in Leopard, like Spaces, Quick Look, and Time Machine, and explore all the enhancements to favorites like Mail and iChat.
Table of contents :
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series……Page 1
Contents……Page 8
MAC OS X BASICS: FOR NEW MAC USERS……Page 22
1 Introduction to the Mac OS X Desktop……Page 24
Get to Know your Desktop and Finder……Page 25
Get to Know your Home and its Folders……Page 27
Get to Know your Finder Window……Page 29
Create your Own Folders……Page 31
Take Advantage of the Sidebar……Page 33
Change the View of the Finder Window……Page 35
Quick Look/Slideshow button……Page 40
Use the Dock……Page 41
Use the Trash……Page 43
Take Advantage of Keyboard Shortcuts……Page 45
Learn More About Mac OS X……Page 47
2 A Bit Beyond the Basics……Page 54
Understand the Various Disk Icons……Page 55
Understand the Various Library Folders……Page 58
Select Multiple Items in the Finder……Page 59
Exposé……Page 61
Look for Contextual Menus……Page 63
Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Dialog Boxes……Page 65
Navigate the Desktop and Finder Windows……Page 67
MAC OS X APPLICATIONS: IN LEOPARD……Page 68
3 Introduction to Mac OS X Applications……Page 70
Know your Applications Folder……Page 71
What I’m not Covering!……Page 72
Know the Common Features of Mac Apps……Page 73
4 TextEdit for Word Processing……Page 78
Read Microsoft Word Files……Page 79
Find and Replace Words or Phrases……Page 81
Use your Favorite Text Styles Easily……Page 82
Complete your Word Automatically……Page 83
Typographer’s Quotes!……Page 84
Tabs and Indents……Page 85
Create Lists that Number Themselves……Page 87
Create Tables……Page 88
Create Live Web Links and Email Links……Page 89
Select Non-Contiguous Text……Page 90
Extra Tips and Notes……Page 91
Other Relevant Lessons for TextEdit……Page 92
5 Mail for Email, Notes, and To Do Lists……Page 94
New Account Setup Assistant……Page 95
Check your Dock Icon……Page 98
Read and Send Email……Page 99
Customize the Message Window……Page 101
Delete Junk Mail Without Ever Seeing It!……Page 102
Use Stationery to Send Fancy Mail……Page 103
Create Mailboxes to Organize your Mail……Page 105
Filter your Incoming Mail with Rules……Page 106
Add Signatures to your Messages……Page 107
Search your Mail……Page 109
Smart Mailboxes……Page 110
To Do Items……Page 113
Notes……Page 119
Attachments……Page 121
Downloads Folder……Page 124
Priority Options……Page 125
Mail is Integrated With……Page 126
6 Address Book for Contact Info……Page 128
How you’ll Use your Address Book……Page 129
Make and Edit New Cards……Page 130
Designate your Own Card……Page 132
Customize One Card or All Cards……Page 133
Map It……Page 134
Create Group Mailing Lists……Page 135
Create Smart Groups in Address Book……Page 136
Search your Address Book……Page 137
Share your Address Book Contact List……Page 139
Print in a Variety of Ways……Page 141
Backup your Entire Digital Database……Page 143
Address Book is Integrated With……Page 144
7 Safari for Web Browsing and News……Page 146
Safari Web Browser……Page 147
Find a Word or Phrase on the Current Page……Page 148
Block Pop-Up Windows!……Page 149
Quickly Enlarge or Reduce Text……Page 150
Tabbed Browsing……Page 151
Bookmarks……Page 152
View PDF Documents……Page 153
Save a Page and Everything on It……Page 154
Make a Web Clip Widget……Page 155
Print Web Pages……Page 156
Private Browsing……Page 157
Parental Controls……Page 158
So What is RSS?……Page 159
Safari is Integrated With……Page 168
8 iCal for Organizing your Life……Page 170
The iCal Window……Page 171
Create a Group of Calendars……Page 172
Automatic Birthdays Calendar……Page 173
Create Events……Page 174
Create To Do Lists……Page 175
Email Notifications……Page 176
Backup the Entire Calendar of Information……Page 177
Subscribe to Calendars……Page 178
Print in a Variety of Ways……Page 179
iCal is Integrated With……Page 180
9 iChat for Text, Audio, and Video Messaging……Page 182
Set up iChat……Page 183
Create a Buddy List……Page 185
Chat with a Group of People……Page 186
Audio Chat with One or More……Page 187
Video Chat with up to Three Other People……Page 189
iChat Effects……Page 191
iChat Theater……Page 193
Bonjour on your Local Network……Page 195
Record Chats……Page 197
iChat is Integrated With……Page 198
10 iTunes for your Listening Pleasure……Page 200
The iTunes Window……Page 201
Download Album Art……Page 202
Create a Playlist……Page 203
Adjust the Sound……Page 204
Watch Movies in iTunes……Page 205
Add a Ringtone to your iPhone……Page 206
Burn a CD of your own Collection……Page 207
Listen to Radio from around the World……Page 208
Print a CD Cover Insert……Page 209
iTunes is Integrated With……Page 210
11 Preview for Viewing Images and PDFs……Page 212
Open an Image or Folder of Images……Page 213
View a Slideshow……Page 214
Display Facing Pages or Continuous Pages……Page 215
Crop a Photograph or Other Image……Page 216
Crop a PDF……Page 217
Search a PDF……Page 219
Create Bookmarks……Page 220
Annotate a PDF……Page 221
Copy Text from a PDF to Paste Elsewhere……Page 225
Edit a Graphic……Page 226
Fill in PDF forms……Page 227
Make Screenshots using Preview……Page 228
Print or Fax from Preview……Page 229
Save as Another Format……Page 230
12 Miscellaneous Tools on your Mac……Page 232
Burn a CD or DVD with a Burn Folder……Page 233
DVD Player……Page 235
Create PDF Files……Page 238
Font Book……Page 241
Stickies……Page 243
Photo Booth……Page 245
13 Common Tools in Mac OS X Applications……Page 250
Spell Checker……Page 251
Fonts Panel……Page 255
Character Palette……Page 257
Colors Panel……Page 259
Speech……Page 260
Make a PDF of a Page or Document……Page 261
Dictionary Panel……Page 262
14 Working between Mac OS X Applications……Page 264
Work with Multiple Applications at Once……Page 265
Spaces……Page 267
Simplify your Work with Drag-and-Drop……Page 270
Take Advantage of System Services……Page 277
MAKE IT: YOUR OWN MAC……Page 278
15 Personalize your Mac to Meet your Needs……Page 280
Customize the Dock……Page 281
Customize the Finder……Page 283
Customize the Inside of Finder Windows……Page 287
Take Advantage of the System Preferences……Page 295
16 Dashboard—Important Information at your Fingertips……Page 302
Take a Look at Dashboard……Page 303
Discover Different Kinds of Widgets……Page 304
Remove Widgets from your Dashboard……Page 305
Work with Widgets……Page 306
Experiment with your Widgets!……Page 307
Display More than One of a Widget……Page 308
Change Dashboard’s Keyboard Shortcut……Page 309
Manage your Widgets……Page 310
17 Set Up Printing and Faxing……Page 312
Set Up your Printers……Page 313
Use the Print & Fax Preferences……Page 315
Access the Special Features of your Printer……Page 317
Access the Special Features of your Software……Page 318
Having Trouble Printing?……Page 319
Share your Printer with Other Macs……Page 320
Fax From and To your Mac……Page 323
18 Share One Mac with Multiple Users……Page 328
Overview of Multiple Users……Page 329
Guest Account Is Already Created……Page 331
Create New Users……Page 332
Create a Group……Page 337
Log Out and Log In……Page 338
Switch Users with a Click……Page 339
Adjust User Settings……Page 340
Let Users Adjust their own Settings……Page 341
Set Up Login Items……Page 342
Share Files with Other Users……Page 343
Set Permissions for Shared Files……Page 344
Apply Parental Controls……Page 345
Delete a User……Page 351
19 Find What You Want, Fast—with Spotlight……Page 354
The Many Faces of Spotlight……Page 355
But Before You Begin……Page 358
Spotlight Menu……Page 363
Spotlight in the Finder……Page 365
Smart Folders……Page 368
System Preferences……Page 370
Spotlight in Text……Page 371
Save As Dialog Box……Page 372
20 Time Machine Backup……Page 374
About Time Machine……Page 375
Create a Time Machine Backup……Page 376
How to Use Time Machine……Page 379
Do a Spotlight Search in Time Machine……Page 381
TECH: STUFF……Page 382
21 Get Connected and Share Files……Page 384
How your Mac Connects to the Internet……Page 385
Troubleshoot your Internet Connection……Page 387
Troubleshoot your Mail Account……Page 390
Share Files on a Local Network……Page 393
Connect to Another Mac……Page 395
Bonjour—Share Files Locally……Page 399
Screen Sharing……Page 401
Disconnect……Page 406
22 Upgrade your Mac and Migrate your Files……Page 408
The Installation Process……Page 409
Customize the Setup Assistant……Page 414
Take Advantage of the Utilities in the Installer……Page 417
Do you Now Own Two Macs? Migrate!……Page 418
Other Ways to Transfer Files from Mac to Mac……Page 421
23 Basic Troubleshooting……Page 424
Force Quit an Application……Page 425
Shut Down……Page 426
Delete the Application Preference File……Page 427
Safe Boot……Page 428
Repair Permissions……Page 429
Verify and Repair Disk……Page 430
Create Another User and Test……Page 431
Report Crashes……Page 432
Use Target Disk Mode……Page 433
Force a CD or DVD to Eject……Page 434
24 Secure your Mac and its Files……Page 436
Know your Security Options……Page 437
Passwords on your Mac……Page 438
Security System Preferences……Page 440
Low-Level Security Features……Page 442
Higher-Level Security Features……Page 444
Use Keychain Access for Protection……Page 445
Consider FileVault for Heavy-Duty Protection……Page 447
Laptop Precautions……Page 449
THE END: MATTERS……Page 450
Mini-Glossary……Page 452
Symbols……Page 454
A……Page 456
C……Page 458
D……Page 459
F……Page 461
H……Page 463
I……Page 464
L……Page 467
M……Page 468
N……Page 469
P……Page 470
R……Page 472
S……Page 473
T……Page 476
U……Page 477
W……Page 478
Z……Page 479
Colophon……Page 481
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