Mac OS X Leopard All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by Chambers, Mark L.

• ISBN13: 9780470054345
• ISBN10: 0470054344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-12
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Your new Mac with OS X Leopard is so cool! You have digital media, including iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, and iMovie, at your fingertips, as well as everything the Internet has to offer. Where do you start to make the most of it? With Mac OS X Leopard All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, of course! Here are seven handy minibooks, each devoted to one aspect of your Mac OS X Leopard.One section is devoted to the digital media you love, another to the Internet, others to networking, customizing, sharing, and expanding your Mac. There's even a minibook for you geeky types who want to tweak the system with AppleScript. You'll find information on: Locating anything with Spotlight and Sherlock Personalizing your desktop Creating movies and burning DVDs Jamming with iTunes and your iPod Making your own music with GarageBand Collecting, editing, and sharing photos with iPhoto Browsing the Web with Safari and staying safe online Setting up a wireless network Adding RAM, hard drive space, and cool extra applications Using AppleScript to program even more customizations With Mac OS X Leopard All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, you can find what you need in a hurry and get on with the fun your Mac makes possible. It just may be the best friend a Leopard can have!

Author Biography

Mark L. Chambers is an author, a tech editor, and an unabashed Mac fan. He is the author of more than 30 computer books including MacBook For Dummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introducing Mac OS X

Shaking Hands with Mac OS X

Navigating and Running Programs

Basic OS X Housekeeping

Searching Everything with Spotlight

Fun with Photo Booth and Front Row

Keeping Track with the Address Book

The Joys of Maintenance

Getting Help for the Big X

Troubleshooting the X

Customizing and Sharing

Building the Finder of Your Dreams

Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch

Delving under the Hood with System Preferences

You Mean Others Can Use My Mac, Too?

Setting Up Multi-User Accounts

Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit

The Digital Hub

The World According to Apple

Jamming with iTunes and iPod

Focusing on iPhoto

Making Magic with iMovie

Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD

Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand

Crafting a Web Site with iWeb

No, It's Not Called iQuickTime

Turning Your Mac into a DVD Theater

The Typical Internet Stuff

Getting on the Internet

Using Apple Mail

Staying in Touch with iChat

Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk

Going Places with Safari

Staying Secure Online

Networking in Mac OS X

Setting Up a Small Network

Using Your Network

You May Even Need AppleTalk

Going Wireless

Sharing That Precious Internet Thing

Expanding Your System

Hardware That Will Make you Giddy

Add RAM, Hard Drive Space, and Stir

Port-o-rama Using USB and FireWire

I'm Okay, You're a Printer

Applications That You've (Probably) Gotta Have

Advanced Mac OS X

And UNIX Lurks Beneath

AppleScript Just Plain Rocks

Talking and Writing to Your Macintosh

Hosting a Web Site with Mac OS X

Index

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