Book description
New York Times computer columnist David Pogue has just updated his bestselling Mac OS X:The Missing Manual! And once again, he applies his scrupulous objectivity to this exciting new operating system, revealing which new features work well and which do not. With new material on almost every page, this second edition offers a wealth of detail on the myriad changes in OS X 10.2. Apple says that 10.2 introduces 150 new features to Mac OS X, but for once it undercounted. "Jaguar" is a different animal entirely. It's faster, more powerful, and much more customizable -- but it still comes without a manual. The first edition of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual was the #1 bestselling computer book of 2002, selling 100,000 copies in six months. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. It covers: Getting started. The early chapters demystify the Dock, the Finder toolbar, and the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure. New technologies. Mac OS X 10.2 includes dramatic enhancements in Internet integration (Sherlock 3, iCal, iSync, .Mac, a built-in firewall, Internet sharing), networking (Rendezvous, Windows compatibility, virtual private networking), and entertainment (iTunes 3, DVD Player, Inkwell, iChat). Basics of Unix. You can sail along in Mac OS X without ever realizing that you're using Unix. But if you're tempted by the power of the command line, this book contains a gentle, intelligent introduction. Finding familiar features. This second edition includes two of the popular "Where'd It Go?" Appendixes: one for veteran Mac fans, and one for Windows refugees. Look up any traditional feature -- and find out precisely where Apple put it in Mac OS X 10.2. As always, Mac OS X:The Missing Manual offers warm, witty writing, and bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.
Table of contents
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Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. The Mac OS X Desktop
- 1. Folders and Windows
- 2. Organizing Your Stuff
- 3. Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar
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II. Applications in Mac OS X
- 4. Programs and Documents
- 5. Back to Mac OS 9
- 6. Moving Data
- 7. An Introduction to AppleScript
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III. The Components of Mac OS X
- 8. System Preferences
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9. The Free Programs
- Your Free Mac OS X Programs
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Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
- AirPort Admin Utility
- AirPort Setup Assistant
- Apple System Profiler
- Asia Text Extras
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- CPU Monitor
- DigitalColor Meter
- Directory Access
- Disk Copy
- Disk Utility
- Display Calibrator
- Grab
- Installer
- Java Folder
- Key Caps
- Keychain Access
- NetInfo Manager
- Network Utility
- ODBC Administrator
- Print Center
- Process Viewer
- StuffIt Expander
- Terminal
- 10. CDs, DVDs, and iTunes
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IV. The Technologies of Mac OS X
- 11. One Mac, Many Users
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12. Networking
- Wiring the Network
- File Sharing
- Networking with Windows
- Managing Groups
- Dialing in from the Road
- Forgettable Passwords: The Keychain
- 13. Graphics, Fonts, and Printing
- 14. Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting
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15. Terminal: Doorway to Unix
- Terminal
- Navigating in Unix
- Working with Files and Directories
- Online Help
- Terminal Preferences
- Terminal Tips and Tricks
- 16. Fun with Unix
- 17. Hacking Mac OS X
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V. Mac OS X Online
- 18. Internet Setup, the Firewall, and .Mac
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19. Mail and Address Book
- Setting Up Mail
- Checking Your Mail
- Writing Messages
- Reading Email
- The Spam Filter
- Address Book
- 20. Sherlock 3, iChat, and iCal
- 21. SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing
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VI. Appendixes
- A. Installing Mac OS X 10.2
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B. Troubleshooting
- Problems That Aren’t Problems
- Minor Eccentric Behavior
- Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
- Error Messages When Opening
- The Wrong Program Opens
- Can’t Empty the Trash
- Can’t Move or Rename an Icon
- Application Won’t Open
- Program Icons Turn to Folders
- Startup Problems
- Fixing the Disk
- Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
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C. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary (Mac Version)
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Classic Mac Features
- ~ATM control panel
- Appearance control panel
- Apple DVD Player
- Apple Extras
- Apple menu
- Apple Menu Options control panel
- AppleCD Audio Player
- AppleScript
- AppleTalk control panel
- Application menu
- Audio CD AutoPlay
- Balloon Help
- Battery Level
- Button View
- Chooser
- Clean Up command
- Click-and-a-half
- CloseView
- -Drag to scroll an icon-view window
- -Shift-3, -Shift-4
- Collapse box
- ColorSync control panel
- Contextual Menu Items folder
- Control panels
- Control Strip control panel
- Date & Time control panel
- Desktop clippings
- Desktop printers
- Dial Assist control panel
- Disk First Aid
- Disk icons
- Draggable window edges
- Drive Setup
- Edit menu
- Eject
- Empty Trash
- Encrypt
- Energy Saver control panel
- Erase Disk
- Extensions
- Extensions Manager control panel
- Favorites
- File Exchange control panel
- File menu
- File Sharing control panel
- File Synchronization control panel
- Find Similar Files
- Finder (the application)
- Finder Preferences
- Fonts folder
- FontSync
- Force quitting
- General Controls control panel
- Get Info
- Graphing Calculator
- Grid Spacing
- Help menu
- Hide commands
- Info Strip
- Infrared control panel
- Internet control panel
- Internet Utilities
- iTunes
- Key Caps
- Keyboard control panel
- Keychain Access control panel
- Label command
- Launcher control panel
- Location Manager
- Locked
- Mac Help
- Mac OS Runtime for Java
- Map control panel
- Memory control panel
- Modem control panel
- Monitors control panel
- Mouse control panel
- Multiple Users control panel
- New Folder command
- Note Pad
- Numbers control panel
- Open Transport
- Picture 1, Picture 2...
- Pop-up windows
- Preferences folder
- PrintMonitor
- Put Away command
- QuickTime Settings control panel
- Quit command
- Remote Access
- Reset Column Positions
- Restart
- Script Editor
- Scripting Additions
- Search Internet
- Security
- Select New Original
- Set to Standard Views
- Sherlock
- Show All
- Show Clipboard
- Show warning before emptying Trash
- Shut Down
- Shutdown Items
- Simple Finder
- SimpleSound
- SimpleText
- Size box
- Sleep
- Smart scrolling
- Software Update control panel
- Sorting triangle
- Sound control panel
- Special menu
- Speech control panel
- Spring-loaded folders
- Stationery Pad
- Startup Disk control panel
- Startup Items
- Stickies
- System file
- System Folder
- TCP/IP control panel
- TCP/IP, AppleTalk
- Text control panel
- Trackpad
- USB Printer Sharing
- View menu
- View Options
- Warn before emptying
- Web Pages folder
- Web Sharing control panel
- Window collapsing
- Zoom box
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Classic Mac Features
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D. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary (Windows Version)
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Common Windows Functions
- About [This Program]
- Accessibility Options control panel
- Active Desktop
- Add Hardware control panel
- Add or Remove Programs control panel
- All Programs
- Alt key
- Automatic Update
- Backspace key
- Battery Level
- BIOS
- Briefcase
- Calculator
- Camera and Scanner Wizard
- CDs
- Character Map
- Clean Install
- Clipboard
- Command line
- Control Panel
- Copy, Cut, Paste
- Ctrl key
- Date and Time
- Delete Key (Forward Delete)
- Desktop
- Directories
- Disk Defragmenter
- Disks
- Display control panel
- DLL files
- DOS prompt
- Drivers
- End Task dialog box
- Exiting programs
- Explorer
- Favorites
- Faxing
- File Sharing
- Floppy Disks
- Folder Options
- Fonts
- Help and Support
- Hibernation
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Options
- IRQs
- Java
- Keyboard control panel
- Logging in
- Mail control panel
- Maximize button
- Menus
- Minimize button
- Mouse control panel
- My Computer
- My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
- My Network Places
- Network Neighborhood
- Notepad
- Personal Web Server
- Phone and Modem Options control panel
- Power Options
- Printer Sharing
- Printers and Faxes
- PrntScrn key
- Program Files folder
- Properties dialog box
- Recycle Bin
- Regional and Language Options control panel
- Registry
- Run command
- Safe Mode
- ScanDisk
- Scheduled Tasks
- Scrap files
- Screen saver
- Search
- Shortcut menus
- Shortcuts
- Sounds and Audio Devices
- Speech control panel
- Standby mode
- Start menu
- StartUp folder
- System control panel
- System Tray
- Taskbar
- Taskbar and Start Menu control panel
- “Three-fingered salute”
- ToolTips
- TweakUI
- User Accounts control panel
- Window edges
- Windows (or WINNT) folder
- Windows logo key
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- WordPad
- Zip files
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Common Windows Functions
- E. Where to Go From Here
- F. The Master Mac OS X Keystroke List
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2002
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596004507
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