Chapter 5

Making the Mac Your Own

In This Chapter

arrow Creating user accounts

arrow Entering Photo Booth

arrow Implementing parental controls

arrow Logging in and out

arrow Choosing a Desktop picture and screen saver

arrow Exposing Mission Control

arrow Setting priorities

You adore your family and friends to death but have to admit that they get under your skin from time to time. They know how to push your buttons, and you sure know how to push theirs. People are fussy about certain things, and that includes you (and me).

So it goes with your Macintosh. The presumption is that you and your Mac are going to cohabit well into the future. Still, it can’t hurt to get off on the right foot and set up the machine so that it matches your preferences and expectations, not some programmer’s at Apple. The software you load on your ...

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