September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 26m
English
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Preparing to Dive
Know who you are. Before you start messing with Mac OS X applications, you need to know how far you’re willing (and able) to go. Are you the kind of person who gets plenty of rest, wears a warm scarf, and doesn’t go swimming for an hour after eating? Or are you the kind of person who hops on a mountain bike, doesn’t wear a helmet, and welcomes bugs in your teeth?
In all likelihood, your Macintosh is probably working properly right now. The applications you’ve installed are functioning and everything is in its correct (or at least its default) place. Once you start playing with applications, this may all change. No matter your comfort level, you’ve got to have a plan in mind for when you truly and utterly mess up.
The following approaches range from cautious explorer to reckless abandon. Despite that span, each has a contingency—a plan for getting out of any fix you might find yourself in.
Just one last point to keep in mind: no matter what customizations you make to your applications, they may very well get overwritten the next time you upgrade that application. So, in addition to backing up your originals, you should probably back up your changes as well.
Full Control (Chinese Take-Out Equivalent: Mild Vegetables in a Tasty Sodium-Controlled Light Wine Sauce)
Despite the fact that applications are bundled and modular, they do generally create, use, and modify other files on your computer. For the highest level of responsible exploration, make a full backup of your ...
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