Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual
By David Pogue 


This page contains errors corrected in the 12/00 reprint.


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<6> Insert this sidebar:

	As this book went to press, Apple unveiled Mac OS 9.1, which offers one
	big-ticket new feature: a Window menu in the Finder. It lists every 
	open desktop window, making it easy to summon a buried window by 
	choosing its name.

	If you press certain keys as you choose a window's name, you get all
	kinds of nifty extra features. For example, the Command key closes a
	window, as though by remote control.  Cmd-Shift closes a pop-up window
	- a great time saver. Cmd-Option brings a window to the front and 
	closes all other windows. Control brings a window to the front and 
	"windowshades" all other windows; and Control-Option brings a window 
	to the front and un-windowshades all others.

	Other changes are minor, but welcome: Mac OS 9.1's Applications folder
	is now called "Applications (Mac OS 9)," to help you find your programs
	when, one day, you install Mac OS X. The General Controls control panel
	has been updated (see page 199). Two new control panels are available,
	too: Image Capture, for grabbing pictures directly from USB digital
	cameras, and USB Printer Sharing, which lets you print on a USB printer
	that's connected elsewhere on your network. [Editor's note 1/31/01: The
	Image Capture control panel was cut from the final release of Mac OS
	9.1.]

	At this writing, the price and final version number of Mac OS 9.1
	haven't been nailed down; but if history is any guide, you can download
	a free updater from www.apple.com.


<15> The third sentence in the paragraph under the heading "Folder Proxy Icon" 
used to read:

	"By dragging this tiny icon..."

It now reads:

	"By clicking this tiny icon (until it darkens) and then dragging..."


<199> The second-to-last paragraph used to read:

	"There they sit, dimmed and unavailable. Just remember: It's not you.
	It's Apple."

It now reads:
 
	"There they sat, dimmed and unavailable, until they disappeared in 
	Mac OS 9.1's  redesigned, Multiple Users-compatible General Controls 
	panel."


<215> Insert this material:

	USB Printer Sharing

	New in Mac OS 9.1, this control panel lets every Mac on the network use
	the same USB printer (such as a color inkjet). Getting all this working
	may require a bit of Þddling on big networks (see the Mac Help topic
	"USB Printer Sharing"); but if the technology gods are smiling, all you
	have to do is click the Start button, click the My Printers tab, and
	turn on the Share checkbox for the printer to be shared.

	Thereafter, you can use that shared printer from another Mac on the
	network like this: First, install the printer's driver software. 
	Second, open USB Printer Sharing, click the Network Printers tab, and 
	turn on the printer's checkbox. Finally, select the shared printer in 
	the Chooser, just as you would any printer.

	Web Sharing

	See page xx for details on this control panel.


<252> The caption for Figure 14-6 used to read:

	On the Apple Web page, click Open My iDisk (top left). Now wait - even
	with a high-speed Internet connection, it takes about a minute for your
	iDisk icon to appear on your desktop. At last, however, it does, 
	bearing your member name (top right). Double-click it - and wait - to 
	see its contents (bottom). Note that you can't create your own folders 
	on this special disk-you must drag your Þles directly into one of the 
	folders shown here.

It now reads:

	On the Apple Web page, click Open My iDisk (top left). Now wait - even
	with a high-speed Internet connection, it takes about a minute for your
	iDisk icon to appear on your desktop. At last, however, it does, 
	bearing your member name (top right). Double-click it - and wait - to 
	see its contents (bottom). Note that you can't create your own folders 
	on this special disk - you must drag your Þles directly into one of the
	folders shown here.

	Tip: If you have Mac OS 9.1 and use a program that offers Navigation
	Services (see page 131), you can save documents directly to, or open
	them directly from, your iDisk. The "pointing hand" icon/menu lists 
	your iDisk just as though it's another disk drive on your Mac.


<380> The last paragraph in the FAQ used to read:

	Since Mac OS 9 debuted, a new version of QuickTime, 4.1, has already
	arrived, and subsequent versions are in the works.

It now reads:

	Since Mac OS 9 debuted, a new version of QuickTime, 4.1, has already
	arrived, and 5.0 is available in free preview form.


<438> The last section now reads:

	All About Mac OS 9.1

	Mac OS 9.0.4 isn't the end of the line for Mac OS 9. In addition to
	still more bug fixes, the Mac OS 9.1 updater gives you two new control
	panels, an updated General Controls control panel, and a Window menu in
	the Finder that lists (and lets you manipulate) your open desktop
	windows. See page 6 for details.


(453) Add this index item:

Mac OS 9
    9.1 upgrade, 6, 200, 215, 252, 438