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• Internet Connect keeps a neat log of your connection activity (choose WindowÆ

Connection Log). Reading this log is about as exciting as reading random entries

from the White Pages. Nonetheless, if you’re having serious connection problems,

it can be a useful troubleshooting tool.

• The “Show modem status in menu bar” checkbox lets you use a menu-bar icon to

dial and observe your connections—without using Internet Connect at all.

• Internet Connect is your gateway to Virtual Private Networking, a feature that lets

you tunnel into corporate networks from the road. Ask your network administrator

for the settings you need.

• Click the AirPort tab to see your wireless network’s strength, pick a new network,

or turn off AirPort altogether to save power.

Of course, even in these cases, you don’t really need Internet Connect to get online.

If your Internet settings are configured correctly (see page 246), your Mac will au-

tomatically connect whenever you launch a program that needs to get online (such

as Safari).

iPhoto

iPhoto is a rich, flexible, “digital shoebox” for your digital photos. It’s a glorious pro-

gram that could easily be the topic of its own book. In fact, it is a book—iPhoto 5 (or

whatever the current version number is): The Missing Manual.

Figure 14-20:

Here’s what iPhoto looks like

when you first open it. The

large photo-viewing ...