OS X Mountain Lion

by Pogue, David

• ISBN13: 9781449330279
• ISBN10: 1449330274
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-17
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

With Mountain Lion, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of Mac OS X yet-and once again, David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.8 brings more innovations from the iPad and makes syncing across devices smarter and easier with higher iCloud integration throughout the operating system. Perfect for newcomers. Get crystal-clear, jargon-free introduction to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, Safari, Mail, and iCloud. Go in-depth. Learn how use key new features such as Messages, Reminders, Notification Center, Gatekeeper, AirPlay Mirroring, Share Sheets, and more. Theres something new on practically every page of this new edition, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Apple's brought a new cat to town, and Mac OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual is the best way to tame it.

Author Biography

David Pogue is the New York Times tech columnist, an Emmy-winning host for CBS News and NOVA, and creator of the Missing Manual series.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Mac Becomes an iPad	p. 1
About This Book	p. 3
The Very Basics	p. 5
The OS X Desktop
The Mountain Lion Landscape	p. 9
Launchpad	p. 9
Full-Screen Mode, Safari	p. 11
Full-Screen Apps, Mission Control	p. 12
Folders & Windows	p. 15
Getting into OS X	p. 15
Windows and How to Work Them	p. 19
The Four Window Views	p. 35
Icon View	p. 37
List View	p. 47
Column View	p. 53
Cover Flow View	p. 57
Quick Look	p. 59
Logging Out, Shutting Down	p. 64
Getting Help in OS X	p. 66
Organizing Your Stuff	p. 71
The OS X Folder Structure	p. 71
Icon Names	p. 76
Selecting Icons	p. 78
Moving and Copying Icons	p. 81
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once	p. 87
Color Labels	p. 89
The Trash	p. 92
Get Info	p. 95
Shortcut Menus, Action Menus	p. 98
Spotlight	p. 101
The Spotlight Menu	p. 101
The Spotlight Window	p. 112
Customizing Spotlight	p. 125
Smart Folders	p. 128
Dock, Desktop & Toolbars	p. 131
The Dock	p. 131
Setting Up the Dock	p. 132
Using the Dock	p. 140
The Finder Toolbar	p. 145
Designing Your Desktop	p. 149
Menulets: The Missing Manual	p. 151
Programs in OS X
Documents, Programs & Spaces	p. 157
The Mac App Store	p. 157
Other Ways to Get Mac Software	p. 160
Opening OS X Programs	p. 163
Launchpad	p. 164
Windows that Auto-Reopen	p. 168
The "Heads-UP" Program Switcher	p. 172
Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter	p. 173
Dashboard	p. 182
Exposé	p. 197
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way	p. 203
How Documents Know Their Parents	p. 205
Keyboard Control	p. 210
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes	p. 214
Auto Save and Versions	p. 220
Documents in the Cloud	p. 225
Cocoa and Carbon	p. 227
Data: Typing Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up	p. 233
The Macintosh Keyboard	p. 233
Motes on Right-Clicking	p. 237
Power Typing	p. 239
Dictation	p. 245
The Many Languages of OS X Text	p. 251
Data Detectors	p. 256
Moving Data Between Documents	p. 258
Exchanging Data with other Mac	p. 258
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs	p. 261
The Mountain Lion Share Burton	p. 268
Time Machine	p. 271
Automaton, AppleScript & Services	p. 283
Services	p. 285
Automator	p. 291
Building Your Own Workflow	p. 302
Doing More with Automator	p. 309
AppleScript	p. 312
Windows on Macintosh	p. 317
Boot Camp	p. 319
Windows in a Window	p. 325
Life with Microsoft Exchange	p. 327
The Components of OS X
System Preferences	p. 333
The System Preferences Window	p. 333
Accessibility	p. 336
Bluetooth	p. 341
CDs & DVDs	p. 344
Date & Time	p. 345
Desktop & Screen Saver	p. 347
Dictation & Speech	p. 353
Energy Saver	p. 355
General	p. 360
iCloud	p. 362
Language & Text	p. 363
Mail, Contacts & Calendars	p. 364
Mission Control	p. 364
Network	p. 365
Notifications	p. 365
Parental Controls	p. 366
Print & Scan	p. 366
Security & Privacy	p. 366
Software Update	p. 367
Spotlight	p. 370
Startup Disk	p. 370
Time Machine	p. 370
Users & Groups	p. 373
Reminders, Notes & Notification Center	p. 375
Notification Center	p. 376
Reminders	p. 381
Notes	p. 382
The Other Free Programs	p. 389
Your Free OS X Programs	p. 389
Address Book	p. 390
App Store	p. 390
Automator	p. 390
Calculator	p. 390
Calendar	p. 390
Chess	p. 392
Contacts	p. 407
Dashboard	p. 409
Dictionary	p. 409
DVD Player	p. 411
Face Time	p. 412
Font Book	p. 415
Game Center	p. 415
GarageBand	p. 418
iChat	p. 418
Image Capture	p. 418
iMovie, iPhoto	p. 423
iTunes	p. 423
Launchpad	p. 423
Mail	p. 423
Messages	p. 424
Mission Control	p. 424
Notes	p. 424
Photo Booth	p. 424
Preview	p. 428
Reminders	p. 438
QuickTime Player	p. 439
Safari	p. 439
Stickies	p. 439
System Preferences	p. 442
TextEdit	p. 442
Time Machine	p. 450
Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox	p. 451
CDs, DVDs, iTunes & AirPlay	p. 471
Disks Today	p. 471
Disks In, Disks Out	p. 472
Startup Disks	p. 474
Erasing a Disk	p. 475
Burning CDs and DVDs	p. 476
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox	p. 479
DVD Movies	p. 490
AirPlay	p. 494
The Technologies of OS X
Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper	p. 499
Introducing Accounts	p. 499
Creating an Account	p. 501
Parental Controls	p. 510
Editing Accounts	p. 518
Setting Up the Login Process	p. 519
Signing In, Logging Out	p. 523
Sharing Across Accounts	p. 525
Fast User Switching	p. 527
Six OS X Security Shields	p. 529
And Four Privacy Shields	p. 545
Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop	p. 547
Wiring the Network	p. 547
File Sharing: Three Ways	p. 551
Accessing Shared Files	p. 561
Networking with Windows	p. 569
Screen Sharing	p. 576
More Dialing In from the Road	p. 586
Graphics, Fonts & Printing	p. 587
Mac Meets Printer	p. 587
Making the Printout	p. 591
Managing Printouts	p. 594
Printer Sharing	p. 596
Faxing	p. 597
PDF Files	p. 597
Fonts-and Font Book	p. 599
ColorSync	p. 608
Graphics in OS X	p. 609
Screen-Capture Keystrokes	p. 611
Sound, Movies & Speech	p. 615
Playing Sounds	p. 615
Recording Sounds	p. 617
QuickTime Player	p. 618
The Mac Reads to You	p. 630
VoiceOver	p. 634
Ink: Handwriting Recognition	p. 634
OS X Online
Internet Setup & iCloud	p. 637
The Best News You've Heard All Day	p. 638
Network Central and Multihoming	p. 638
Broadband Connections	p. 640
Cellular Modems	p. 646
Tethering	p. 647
Dial-Up Modem Connections	p. 648
Switching Locations	p. 648
Internet Sharing	p. 650
iCloud	p. 653
Internet Location Files	p. 653
Mail & Contacts	p. 665
Setting Up Mail	p. 665
Checking Your Mail	p. 669
Writing Messages	p. 677
Stationery	p. 683
Reading Email	p. 685
VIPS	p. 703
The Anti-Spam Toolkit	p. 704
Contacts (Address Book)	p. 705
Safari	p. 719
Browsing Basics	p. 719
The New, Unified Address/Search Bar	p. 720
Bookmarks	p. 728
15 Tips for Better Surfing	p. 730
Tabbed Browsing	p. 740
Messages	p. 747
Welcome to Messages	p. 747
iMessages	p. 748
The Traditional Chat Networks	p. 751
Let the Chat Begin	p. 756
Text Chatting	p. 758
Audio Chats	p. 761
Video Chats	p. 762
Juggling Chats and Windows	p. 766
Sharing Your Screen	p. 767
Messages Theater	p. 769
SSH, FTP, VPN & Web Sharing	p. 773
FTP	p. 773
Connecting from the Road	p. 776
Remote Access with SSH	p. 777
Virtual Private Networking	p. 779
Appendixes
Installing OS X Mountain Lion	p. 787
Hardware Requirements	p. 788
Psychological Requirements	p. 789
The Standard Installation	p. 790
The Setup Assistant	p. 792
The Homemade Installer Disk	p. 796
Troubleshooting	p. 799
Minor Eccentric Behavior	p. 799
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)	p. 801
Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks	p. 802
Application Won't Open	p. 806
Startup Problems	p. 806
Fixing the Disk	p. 809
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help	p. 812
The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary	p. 813
The Master OS X Secret Keystroke List	p. 827
Index	p. 837
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