Mac OS X Leopard All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Mark L.

Series:

For Dummies

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mac OS.

Macintosh (Computer).

Operating systems (Computers).

Local Subjects:

Macintosh (Computer).

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (746 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Your new Mac with OS X Leopard is so cool! You have digital media, including iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, and iMovie, at your fingertips, as well as everything the Internet has to offer. Where do you start to make the most of it? With Mac OS X Leopard All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, of course! Here are seven handy minibooks, each devoted to one aspect of your Mac OS X Leopard. One section is devoted to the digital media you love, another to the Internet, others to networking, customizing, sharing, and expanding your Mac. There's even a minibook for you geeky types who want to tweak th

Contents:

Mac OS X Leopard All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; What's Really Required; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Book I Introducing Mac OS X; Chapter 1: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X; Convince Me: Why Mac OS X?; What Do I Really Need to Run the Big X?; Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Mac OS; Personalizing the Big X; Chapter 2: Navigating and Running Programs; Restarting, Sleeping, and Shutting Down

A Window Is Much More Than a FrameMenu Mysteries Explained; Icons 'R Us; Selecting Icons for Fun and Profit; Keyboard Shortcuts for the True Power User; Houston, We're Go to Launch Programs; Switching ' Twixt Programs with Aplomb; Opening and Saving Your Stuff in an Application; Quitting Programs; Chapter 3: Basic OS X Housekeeping; The Finder: It's the Wind beneath Your Wings; Copying and Moving Files and Folders; Cloning Your Items - It's Happening Now!; Deleting That Which Should Not Be; Emptying That Wastepaper Basket; WAIT! I Need That After All!; Renaming Your Items

Adding a Dash of ColorDisplaying the Facts on Files and Folders; Creating an Alias; Using the Apple Menu; Availing Yourself of Mac OS X Services; Get Thee Hence: Using the Go Menu; Monkeying with the Menu Bar; Eject, Tex, Eject!; Common Tasks Aplenty; All You Really Need to Know about Printing; Chapter 4: Searching Everything with Spotlight; Basic Searching 101; Is Spotlight Really That Cool?; Expanding Your Search Horizons; Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste; Chapter 5: Fun with Photo Booth and Front Row; Capturing the Moment with iSight and Photo Booth

Producing Video on the Spot with iMovieControlling Your Mac Remotely with Front Row; Chapter 6: Keeping Track with the Address Book; Hey, Isn't the Address Book Just a Part of Mail?; Entering Contact Information; Using Contact Information; Arranging Your Contact Cards; Using Network Directories; Printing Contacts with Flair; Swapping Bytes with vCards; Chapter 7: The Joys of Maintenance; Deleting Applications the Common Sense Way; Popping the Hood: Using the System Profiler; Tracking Performance with Activity Monitor; Fixing Things with the Disk Utility; Updating Mac OS X

I Demand That You Back Up Your Hard DriveI Further Demand That You Defragment; Special Start-Up Keys for Those Special Times; Crave the Newest Drivers; Chapter 8: Getting Help for the Big X; Displaying the Help Viewer Window; Searching for Specific Stuff; Prodding Apple for the Latest Gossip; Calling for Help Deep in the Heart of X; Other Resources to Chew On; Chapter 9: Troubleshooting the X; Don't Panic!; The Troubleshooting Process; Do I Need to Reinstall Mac OS X?; It's Still Not Moving: Troubleshooting Resources; Book II : Customizing and Sharing

Chapter 1: Building the Finder of Your Dreams

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780470190296

0470190299

OCLC:

649011776