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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appendix a: the “where’d it go?” dictionary 489
Personal Web Server
If you’re technically proficient, you can turn your Mac into a Web site. On the Sharing
pane of System Preferences, turn on Personal Web Sharing. Any HTML documents you
put into your HomeÆSites folder are now available on your network or the Web.
Phone and Modem Options Control Panel
To find the modem settings for your Mac, open System Preferences. Click Network,
choose Internal Modem from the Show pop-up menu, and click the Modem tab.
Power Options
To control when your Mac goes to sleep and (if it’s a laptop) how much power it uses,
use the Energy Saver panel of System Preferences (Chapter 13).
Printer Sharing
To share a USB inkjet printer with other Macs on the network, open the Sharing panel
of System Preferences on the Mac with the printer. Turn on Printer Sharing.
To use the shared printer from across the network, open the document you want to
print, choose FileÆPrint, and choose the name of the shared printer from the first
pop-up menu.
Printers and Faxes
For a list of your printers, open the Printer Setup Utility in your AplicationsÆUtilities
folder. For details on faxing, see “Faxing.”
PrntScrn Key
You capture pictures of your Mac screen by pressing Shift-c-3 (for a full-screen grab)
or Shift-c-4 (to grab a selected portion of the screen). Details on page 199.
Program Files Folder
The Applications folder (GoÆAppli ...
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