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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone, Jason McIntosh
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Change my Desktop size/resolution, or the color depth of my display?

System PreferencesDisplaysDisplayResolutions

Get a menu extra in the menu bar for changing my display’s settings?

System PreferencesDisplaysselect the checkbox next to “Show displays in menu bar”

Configure the settings for a second monitor?

System PreferencesDisplaysclick on the Detect Displays button

Click on the Displays icon in the menu barDetect Displays

Change the display from color to grayscale?

System PreferencesUniversal AccessSeeingclick on the “Set Display to Grayscale” button

Change the display from color to white on black?

System PreferencesUniversal AccessSeeingclick on the “Switch to White on Black” button

From the Finder, use the keyboard shortcut Control-Option--8.

Change the contrast of the display?

System PreferencesUniversal AccessSeeingmove the Enhance Contrast slider right or left (from Normal to Maximum, respectively)

From the Finder, use the keyboard shortcut Control-Option--, to decrease the contrast or Control-Option--. to increase the contrast.

Enlarge the display?

System PreferencesUniversal AccessTurn On Zoom

From the Finder, use the keyboard shortcut Option--8.

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