Mac OS 9 : The Missing Manual

by Pogue, David

• ISBN13: 9781565928572
• ISBN10: 1565928571
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

The popular system software for the resurgent Macintosh platform is Mac OS 9, which includes over 50 new features. Among them are a searching program that finds not just files, but even web pages and words inside files; a multiple-users feature that stores a separate desktop for each user; and one-click file encryption. Despite its long list of enhancements, however, Apple ships Mac OS 9 without one of the most important features of all: a manual.Pogue Press/O'Reilly comes to the rescue with "Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual. Award-winning author David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to Mac OS 9 for the first time in this lucid, impeccably written guide. The book includes:Getting started. The book's early chapters cover using menus, finding lost files, reducing window clutter, and interior-decorating the screen.Figuring out what's what. A complete guide, "Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual explains the purpose of every single software crumb in the System Folder, the A menu, and even the Apple Extras folder.Mastering networks. Learn how to connect Macs together--and even dial in to your home Mac from the road.Surviving the hordes. The new Multiple Users feature protects the Mac from mischievous (or clueless) kids or coworkers.Flying the Net. If Apple calls Mac OS 9 "your Internet copilot," then this book is the flight manual. It covers Sherlock 2, which searches the Internet; Mac OS 9's self- updating software feature; and Personal Web Sharing.Consultants and home-office workers will enjoy the book's step-by-step guides to setting up small networks. Teachers and administrators will get great mileage from the tutorials on using Mac OS 9's new Multiple Users control panel. Andalmost everyone will benefit from the book's coverage of Mac OS 9's speech-recognition, color printing, digital video, and self-updating software features.Along the way, Pogue communicates the joy of using the little shortcuts, drag-and-drop surprises, and elegant design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.Above all, "Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual offers warm, witty, jargon-free writing, with enough patience for the novice and enough depth for the power user. The book bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
What's New in Mac OS 9	1	(2)
About this Book	3	(2)
The Very Basics	5	(4)
Part One: The Mac OS 9 Desktop
Window Opportunities	9	(22)
Window-Edge Gizmos	9	(4)
Scroll Bars	13	(2)
Additional Finder-Window Controls	15	(2)
Window Views: lcon, List, and Button	17	(8)
Setting Up Standard Views	25	(2)
Pop-Up Windows	27	(4)
lcon Management	31	(22)
lcon Names	31	(2)
Selecting lcons	33	(1)
Moving and Copying lcons	34	(3)
Aliases: lcons in Two Places at Once	37	(3)
Using Labels	40	(3)
The Launcher	43	(3)
The Trash lcon	46	(3)
Password Protection	49	(2)
The Desktop Database: Where lcons Live	51	(2)
Interior Decoration	53	(10)
Desktop Patterns and Pictures	53	(4)
Fonts, Sounds, and Colors	57	(3)
Saving your Schemes as Themes	60	(3)
Controlling Your Desktop	63	(16)
The Menu Bar	63	(1)
Contextual (Control-key) Menus	64	(4)
The Control Strip	68	(11)
Mastering the Apple Menu	79	(20)
How to Modify the A Menu	79	(3)
About This Computer	82	(2)
The Standard A Menu Items	84	(3)
Control Panels	87	(5)
Recent Servers	92	(1)
Remote Access Status	93	(1)
Scrapbook	94	(1)
Sherlock 2	94	(1)
Stickies	95	(4)
Part Two: Applications in Mac OS 9
Using Programs in Mac OS 9	99	(12)
Launching Mac Programs	100	(1)
Switching Programs: the Application Menu	101	(4)
Launching Applications from the Keyboard	105	(2)
Type and Creator Codes	107	(4)
Managing Your Mac's Memory	111	(14)
Where Your Memory Goes	111	(4)
Changing a Program's Memory Allotment	115	(2)
Virtual Memory: Trading Speed for Ram	117	(1)
The Disk Cache: Trading Ram for Speed	118	(2)
RAM Disk: The Ultimate Speed Trick	120	(1)
How Fragile is the Ram Disk?	121	(4)
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes	125	(10)
The Save File Dialog Box	126	(4)
The Open File Dialog Box	130	(1)
Navigation Services	131	(4)
Moving Data	135	(12)
Moving Data Between Documents	135	(6)
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs	141	(6)
An Introduction to AppleScript	147	(26)
Recording in ``Watch-Me'' Mode	148	(5)
Saving a Script	153	(3)
Writing Commands by Hand	156	(7)
Folder, Network, and Internet Scripts	163	(6)
Where to Learn More	169	(4)
Part Three: The Components of Mac OS 9
What's in the System Folder	173	(14)
What's in the System Folder	173	(14)
Control Panels and Extensions	187	(34)
The Mac OS 9 Control Panels	187	(28)
The Extensions: What They're For	215	(6)
Apple Leftovers, Apple Extras	221	(22)
The Apple Extras Folder	221	(5)
The Applications Folder	226	(5)
The Assistants Folder	231	(1)
The Internet Folder	232	(1)
The Utilities Folder	233	(2)
Custom Installation Options	235	(8)
Part Four: Mac OS 9 Online
Web Sharing, itools, and Other Internet Integration	243	(14)
Mac OS 9 Internet Featurettes	243	(5)
itools @ Apple.com	248	(9)
Finding Files and Web Sites with Sherlock 2	257	(24)
Finding Icons	258	(9)
Finding Text in Your Files	267	(4)
Searching the Internet	271	(10)
Part Five: Plugging In to Mac OS 9
Networking in Mac OS 9	281	(26)
Wiring the Network	281	(2)
File Sharing in Mac OS 9	283	(13)
Apple Remote Access (ARA)	296	(5)
The Keychain: Forgettable Passwords	301	(6)
One Mac, Many Users	307	(28)
Introducing Multiple Users	307	(1)
Four Degrees of Freedom	308	(3)
Setting up Accounts	311	(9)
Setting Up the Global Options	320	(3)
Signing In	323	(6)
Technical Underpinnings	329	(6)
Disks, Cables, and Other Insertions	335	(12)
How the Mac Does Disks	335	(7)
Macintosh Cable Crash Course	342	(5)
Printing, Fonts, and ColorSync	347	(24)
Mac Meets Printer	347	(2)
Desktop Printer lcons	349	(6)
Printing Without Desktop lcons	355	(2)
Making the Printout	357	(6)
Fonts	363	(3)
ColorSync	366	(5)
Sound and Digital Movies	371	(22)
Recording Sound	371	(7)
QuickTime Movies	378	(11)
Pasting footage	389	(4)
Speech Recognition and Synthesized Speech	393	(16)
Plain Talk Speech Recognition	393	(8)
Plain Text-to-Speech	401	(8)
Part Six: Appendixes
Appendix A: Mac OS 9, Menu by Menu	409	(14)
Apple Menu	409	(4)
Edit Menu	413	(2)
View	415	(1)
Special	416	(2)
Help	418	(5)
Appendix B: Installing Mac OS 9	423	(16)
Before you Install	424	(1)
The Standard Installation	424	(4)
The Custom Installation	428
The Clean Installation	423	(13)
Mac OS 9 Compatibility Problems	436	(3)
Appendix C: Troubleshooting Cue Card	439	(3)
Freezes, Crashes, and Strange Glitches	439	(3)
Other Common Problems	442	(1)
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help	443