Mac OS X Leopard Edition

by Pogue, David

• ISBN13: 9780596529529
• ISBN10: 059652952X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

With Leopard, Apple has unleashed the greatest version of Mac OS X yet, and David Pogue is back with another meticulous "Missing Manual" to cover the operating system with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and this "Missing Manual". It's just one of reasons this is the most popular computer book of all time. "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition" is the authoritative book for Mac users of all technical levels and experience. If you're new to the Mac, this book gives you a crystal-clear, jargon-free introduction to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, and the Mail application.

Author Biography

David Pogue is one of America's best-selling how-to authors, with nearly 3 million books in print. David is the creator of the Missing Manual series and the weekly computer columnist for The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual

The Missing Credits

About the Author

About the Creative Team

Acknowledgments

The Missing Manual Series

For Starters

What's New in Leopard

About This Book

The Very Basics

The Mac OS X Desktop

Folders and Windows

Getting into Mac OS X

Windows and How to Work Them

The Four Window Views

Icon View

List View

Column View

Cover Flow View

Quick Look

Logging Out, Shutting Down

Getting Help in Mac OS X

Organizing Your Stuff

The Mac OS X Folder Structure

Icon Names

Selecting Icons

Moving and Copying Icons

Color Labels

The Trash

Get Info

Spotlight

The Spotlight Menu

The Spotlight Window

Customizing Spotlight

Smart Folders

Dock, Desktop, and Toolbars

The Dock

Setting Up the Dock

Using the Dock

The Finder Toolbar

Designing Your Desktop

Menulets: The Missing Manual

Programs in Mac OS X

Documents, Programs, and Spaces

Opening Mac OS X Programs

The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher

Expos(c): Death to Window Clutter

Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac

Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way

How Documents Know Their Parents

Keyboard Control

The Save and Open Dialog Boxes

Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon

The Cocoa Difference

Universal Apps (Intel Macs)

Installing Mac OS X Programs

Dashboard

Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets

Time Machine, Syncing, and Moving Data

Moving Data Between Documents

Exchanging Data with Other Macs

Exchanging Data with Windows PCs

Time Machine

iSync

.Mac Sync

Automator and AppleScript

Introducing Automator

Building Your Own Workflow

Doing More with Automator

Workflows as Programs and Plug-ins

Getting Started with AppleScript

Windows on Macintosh

Boot Camp

Windows in a Window

The Components of Mac OS X

System Preferences

The System Preferences Window

.Mac

Accounts

Appearance

Bluetooth

CDs & DVDs

Date & Time

Desktop & Screen Saver

Displays

Dock

Energy Saver

Expos (c) & Spaces

International

Keyboard & Mouse

Network

Parental Controls

Print & Fax

QuickTime

Security

Sharing

Software Update

Sound

Speech

Spotlight

Startup Disk

Time Machine

Universal Access

The Free Programs

Your Free Mac OS X Programs

Address Book

AppleScript

Automator

Calculator

Chess

Dashboard

Dictionary

DVD Player

Expos (c)

Font Book

Front Row

GarageBand

iCal

iChat

iDVD

Image Capture

iMovie, iPhoto

iSync

iTunes

Mail

Photo Booth

Preview

QuickTime Player

Safari

Stickies

System Preferences

TextEdit

Time Machine

Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox

CDs, DVDs, and iTunes

How the Mac Does Disks

Burning CDs and DVDs

iTunes: The Digital Jukebox

DVD Movies

The Technologies of Mac OS X

Accounts, Parental Controls, and Security

Introducing Accounts

Creating an Account

Parental Controls

Editing Accounts

Setting Up the Login Process

Signing In, Logging Out

Sharing Across Accounts

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