Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual By David Pogue Following are the changes made in the 6/01 reprint. Here's the key to the markup: [page-number]: serious technical mistake {page-number}: minor technical mistake : important language/formatting problem (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification (6) The text used to read: 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, Command closes a window, as though by remote control. Command-Shift closes a pop-up window-a great time saver. Command-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. 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. It now reads: Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS 9.2 In January 2001, 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, Command closes a window, as though by remote control. Command-Shift closes a pop-up window-a great time saver. Command-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 you move to Mac OS X. The General Controls, Sound, and Startup Disk control panels have been updated (see Chapter 12). The USB Printer Sharing control panel is all new: It lets you print on a USB printer that's connected elsewhere on your network. Later in 2001, Apple released yet another touch-up: Mac OS 9.2, which offers bug fixes and much better speed as the "Classic" mode in Mac OS X. Both updaters-OS 9.1 and 9.2-are free downloads from the Apple Web site if you already have Mac OS 9-point-anything. {38} The text used to read: And if you use Sherlock (see Chapter 15), you can create an alias of any icon in the Items Found window by Command-dragging it (with no Option key) out of the window. It now reads: And if you use Sherlock (see Chapter 15), you can create an alias of any icon in the Items Found window by Command-Option-dragging it out of the window. (199) called Check Disk in Mac OS 9.1 It now reads: called Check Disk in Mac OS 9.1 and later (200) (Delete the entire Image Control control panel discussion; Apple omitted this control panel from the final release of Mac OS 9.1.) (201) It now reads: (Delete the entire Image Control control panel discussion; Apple omitted this control panel from the final release of Mac OS 9.1.) (203) The text used to read: Tip: Instead of using the keyboard menu, you can rotate through the different keyboard layouts you've selected by pressing Command-Space bar. It now reads: You can rotate through the different keyboard layouts in the script you've selected by pressing Command-Space bar. (211) The text used to read: Using the four control categories listed at the left side of the window, you can configure the sound system of your Mac in the following ways: Alert Sounds It now reads: Using the four control categories listed at the left side of the window (or, in Mac OS 9.1 and later, in tabs across the top), you can configure the sound system of your Mac in the following ways: Alert Sounds (Alerts tab) (213) The text used to read: Speaker Setup It now reads: Speaker Setup (Speakers tab) (250) Insert this tip after 1st paragraph: Tip: If Outlook Express or Entourage is your email program, you need to take an extra step when creating a Mac.com account. Choose Tools®Accounts; click the Mail tab (Entourage only); double-click the Mac.com account. In that window, click the Account Settings tab; enter your mac.com email address in the "E-mail address" Þeld. In the "POP server" box, enter mail.mac.com; in the "SMTP server" box, enter smtp.mac.com. Finally, click where it says "Click here for advanced sending options." In the resulting fold-out panel, turn on "SMTP server requires authentication"; close the fold-out panel, then click OK. Now your Mac.com looks and acts as though it were a bona fide ISP, and that your Mac.com address were a "real" one. (251) (A few words were trimmed to accommodate the new tip on page 250.) (252) The caption used to read: Tip: If you have Mac OS 9.1 It now reads: Tip: If you have Mac OS 9.1 or later (336) The text used to read: Yet some of the most popular Mac add-ons these days are various kinds of CD burners-special CD drives that can record onto specially designed CDs. All of these discs look like normal CDs, but they (and the drives that accommodate them) may fall into any of these categories: It now reads: Yet some of the most popular Mac drives these days are various kinds of CD burners-drives that can record onto specially designed CDs; in fact, CD burners are standard or optional equipment in all current Mac models. All of these discs look like normal CDs, but they (and the drives that accommodate them) may fall into any of these categories: (339) The text used to read: Figure 18-1: In the Startup Disk control panel, the currently selected disk-the one that will be "in force" the next time the machine starts up-is always highlighted. If you click in the white area, so that no disk is selected, be prepared for a very long startup cycle, as the Mac searches its various network, SCSI, and other connections for a working startup disk. It now reads: Figure 18-1: In the Startup Disk control panel, the currently selected disk-the one that will be "in force" the next time the machine starts up-is always highlighted. If you click in the white area, so that no disk is selected, be prepared for a very long startup cycle, as the Mac searches its various network, SCSI, and other connections for a working startup disk. In Mac OS 9.1 and later, the control panel looks slightly different. It offers "flippy triangles" that offer a selection of System Folders on each of your drives-a nod toward making it easier for people who like to switch back and forth between Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. (380) The text 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 text used to read: 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. It now reads: All About Mac OS 9.1-and Later Mac OS 9.0.4 isn't the end of the line for Mac OS 9. In addition to more bug fixes, the Mac OS 9.1 updater gives you two new control panels, updated General Controls and Sound control panels, and a Window menu in the Finder that lists (and lets you manipulate) your open desktop windows. See page 6 for details. As this book went to press, yet another system-software version was in testing, tentatively numbered Mac OS 9.2. The book in your hands is fully 9.2-ready; the Mac OS 9.2 software update offers no new features except bug fixes and-this is the big one-better service as the "Classic" mode in Mac OS X. (453) The text used to read: Mac OS 9 9.1 upgrade, 6, 200, 215, 252, 438 It now reads: Mac OS 9 9.1 upgrade, 6, 200, 215, 252, 438 9.2 upgrade, 438