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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hen you turn on a Mac, you hear a startup chime from the Mac’s built-in
speakers. You see the Apple logo as the machine warms up, followed by
an animated, liquidy blue progress bar.
Logging In
What happens next depends on whether you are the Mac’s sole proprietor or have to
share it with other people in an office, school, or household.
• If it’s your own Mac, and you’ve already been through the Mac OS X setup wizard
(the “What’s your time zone? What’s your name?” screens that appear the first time
you turn on a new Mac), no big deal. You arrive at the Mac OS X desktop.
• If it’s a shared Mac, you may encounter the Login dialog box, shown in Figure 2-1.
Click your name in the list, type your password, and then click Log In (or press
Return). You arrive at the desktop. Chapter 12 covers much more of this business
of user accounts and logging in.
The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop
Most of the objects on your screen should seem familiar. They are, in fact, cousins of
elements you already know from Windows. Here’s a quick tour (see Figure 2-2).
Note: If your desktop looks absolutely nothing like this—no menus, no icons, almost nothing on the Dock—then
somebody in charge of your Mac has turned on Simple Finder mode for you. Details on page 330.
Windows and Icons
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Disk Icons
In the Mac world, the icons of ...
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