Book description
The latest update of Robin Williams's bestselling guide will have you working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever. With this book, you can learn in your own way, whether it's working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Macintosh. And with the gentle, yet expert, hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that Snow Leopard has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you'll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you've been using Mac OS X already, you'll learn to use all of the new features in Snow Leopard.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Mac OS X Basics for New Mac Users
- Lesson 1. Introduction to the Mac OS X Desktop
- Lesson 2. A Bit Beyond the Basics
- Mac OS X Applications in Snow Leopard
- Lesson 3. Introduction to Mac OS X Applications
- Lesson 4. TextEdit for Word Processing
- Lesson 5. Mail for Email, Notes, and To Do Lists
- Lesson 6. Address Book for Contact Info
- Lesson 7. Safari for Web Browsing and News
- Lesson 8. iCal for Organizing your Life
- Lesson 9. iChat for Text, Audio, and Video Messaging
- Lesson 10. iTunes for your Listening Pleasure
- Lesson 11. Preview for Viewing Images and PDFs
- Lesson 12. Miscellaneous Tools on your Mac
- Lesson 13. Common Tools in Mac OS X Applications
- Lesson 14. Working between Mac OS X Applications
- Make it Your Own Mac
- Lesson 15. Personalize your Mac to Meet your Needs
- Lesson 16. Dashboard—Important Information at your Fingertips
- Lesson 17. Set Up Printing and Faxing
- Lesson 18. Share One Mac with Multiple Users
- Lesson 19. Find What You Want, Fast—with Spotlight
- Lesson 20. Time Machine Backup
- Tech Stuff
- Lesson 21. Get Connected and Share Files
- Lesson 22. Basic Troubleshooting
- Lesson 23. Secure your Mac and its Files
- Lesson 24. Upgrade your Mac and Migrate your Files
- The End Matters
- Mini-Glossary
- Symbols
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2009
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780321679079
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