Book description
Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Advanced Capabilities and Techniques is for Mac OS X users who want to go beyond the obvious, the standard, and the easy. If want to dig deeper into Mac OS X and maximize your skills and productivity using the world's slickest and most elegant operating system, then this is the book for you.
Written by Scott Granneman, an experienced teacher, developer, and consultant, Mac OS X for Power Users helps you push Mac OS X to the max, unveiling advanced techniques and options that you may have not known even existed. Create custom workflows and apps with Automator, run Windows programs and even Windows itself without dual-booting, and sync data on your hard drive, on your phone, and in the cloud—learn all of these techniques and more.
This is not a book that talks down to you; Mac OS X for Power Users is an essential book for experienced Mac users who are smart enough to know there is more to be known, and are ready to become power users.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Advanced Secrets of Mac OS X
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2. Maintaining Your Mac
- 2.1. Managing & Upgrading Your Apps
- 2.2. Deleting Apps
- 2.3. Keeping Your Mac Running Well
- 2.4. Upgrading Mac OS X Point Releases
- 2.5. Summary
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3. Expanding Upon the Basic Tools
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3.1. Improving the Dock
- 3.1.1. Navigating the Dock
- 3.1.2. A 2D Dock
- 3.1.3. Faster Force Quit
- 3.1.4. Adding Spacers to Your Dock
- 3.1.5. Lock the Dock
- 3.1.6. Hiding Instead of Minimizing Apps on Your Dock
- 3.1.7. Calling Out Hidden Dock Items
- 3.1.8. Making an App Dockless
- 3.1.9. Hovering and Highlighting Stacks
- 3.1.10. A Nicer List View for Stacks
- 3.1.11. Creating New & Useful Stacks
- 3.1.12. Further Resources
- 3.2. Fixing the Finder by Improving Open and Save
- 3.3. Replacing the Finder
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3.4. Spotlight
- 3.4.1. Spotlight via the Command Line
- 3.4.2. Search for Files
- 3.4.3. Search for Files by Name
- 3.4.4. Search for Files in Specific Folders
- 3.4.5. Search for Files in the Current Folder
- 3.4.6. Search for Files by the Kind of File
- 3.4.7. Search for Files by Date
- 3.4.8. Learn About the Metadata Spotlight Knows About Files
- 3.4.9. Learn About Search Operators
- 3.4.10. Search for Files by Type (Kind)
- 3.4.11. Search for Images Taken with a Particular Camera
- 3.4.12. Search for Images of a Particular Size
- 3.4.13. Search for MP3s of a Particular Length and Bitrate
- 3.4.14. Construct Complex Queries Using Smart Folders
- 3.4.15. Use Complex Queries in Smart Folders
- 3.4.16. Further Resources
- 3.5. Summary
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3.1. Improving the Dock
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4. Using Safari to Its Fullest
- 4.1. Speeding Up Safari
- 4.2. Enabling the Develop Menu
- 4.3. Picking the Best Add-ons
- 4.4. Working with the Bookmarks Bar
- 4.5. Adding the Best Bookmarklets
- 4.6. Further Resources
- 4.7. Summary
- 5. Stepping Beyond Safari
- 6. Using the Internet to Its Fullest
- 7. Securing Your Mac & Networks
- 8. Backing Up Your Mac
- 9. Manipulating and Sharing Pictures
- 10. Having More Fun With Audio & Video
- 11. Key Utility Tools for Text & Archives
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12. Digging Deep as an Admin
- 12.1. Monitoring & Notifying
- 12.2. Automating
- 12.3. Switching Your DNS
- 12.4. Hardware
- 12.5. Summary
Product information
- Title: Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2010
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430230304
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