September 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
23h 55m
English
Content preview from Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
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emember the Control Panel on the PC? On the Mac, it’s called System Prefer-
ences, but it’s still the same thing: a collection of little icons that open various
preference panes. Some are extremely important, because their settings deter-
mine whether or not you can connect to a network or go online to exchange email.
Others handle the more cosmetic aspects of customizing Mac OS X. This chapter
guides you through the entire System Preferences program, panel by panel.
Tip: Only someone with an Administrator account (page 323) can change settings that affect everyone who
shares a certain machine: its Internet settings, Energy Saver settings, and so on. If you see a bunch of controls
that are dimmed and unavailable, now you know why.
A tiny padlock in the lower-left corner of a pane is the other telltale sign. If you, a nonadministrator, would
like to edit some settings, call an administrator over to your Mac and ask him to click the lock, input his
password, and supervise your tweaks.
The System Preferences Window
You can open System Preferences by choosing its name from the a menu, clicking its
“light-switch” icon in the Dock, or double-clicking its icon in the Applications folder.
At first, the rows of icons are grouped according to function: Personal, Hardware,
and so on.
But you can also view them in tidy alphabetical order, as shown at ...
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