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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chapter 13: system preferences 357
• Open (iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, DVD Player...). The Mac can open a certain program
automatically when you insert the disc. When the day comes that somebody writes
a better music player than iTunes, or a better digital shoebox than iPhoto, you can
use the “Open other application” option.
• Run script. If you become handy writing AppleScripts (little automated software
robots, described on page 388), you can schedule one of your own scripts to take
over when you insert a disc. For example, you can set things up so that inserting
a blank CD automatically copies your Home folder onto it for backup purposes.
• Ignore. The Mac won’t do anything when you insert a disc except to display its
icon on the desktop.
Classic
Pre–Mac OS X programs can still run under Mac OS X, thanks to a feature called Clas-
sic (page 123). This pane lets you start, stop, and restart Classic. And, in the unlikely
event that you have more than one Mac OS 9 System Folder installed, it lets you choose
which one you want to fire up whenever you open a pre–Mac OS X program.
Dashboard & Exposé
Here’s where you specify how you want to trigger Dashboard (page 108) and Exposé
(page 104): by pressing certain keys, or by shoving your cursor into a corner of the
screen. Full details on changing these keystrokes or corners appear on page 110.
Date & Time
Your Mac’s conception of what time ...
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