Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

906 Pages·12.49 MB·English

by  David Pogue

Table of Contents Page: v
The Missing Credits Page: xiii
Introduction Page: 1
Introduction Page: 1
The Snow Leopard Anomaly Page: 1
About This Book Page: 4
Snow Leopard Spots Page: 5
About the Outline Page: 6
About These Arrows Page: 7
About MissingManuals.com Page: 7
The Very Basics Page: 8
Part One: The Mac OS X Desktop Page: 11
Chapter 1. Folders & Windows Page: 13
Getting into Mac OS X Page: 13
Logging In Page: 14
The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop Page: 14
Windows and How to Work Them Page: 17
The Sidebar Page: 17
Title Bar Page: 21
Close Button Page: 24
Minimize Button Page: 24
Zoom Button Page: 27
The Folder Proxy Icon Page: 27
The Finder Toolbar Page: 28
Two Clicks, One Window Page: 28
Old Finder Mode: The Toolbar Disclosure Button Page: 29
Resize Handle Page: 31
Path Bar Page: 32
Status Bar Page: 32
The Four Window Views Page: 32
Icon View Page: 34
Icon Size Page: 34
Icon Previews Page: 34
Icon View Options Page: 35
Keeping Icons Neat and Sorted Page: 40
List View Page: 42
Sorting the List Page: 42
Flippy Triangles Page: 43
Your Choice of Columns Page: 44
Other View Options Page: 46
Rearranging Columns Page: 47
Adjusting Column Widths Page: 47
Column View Page: 49
Column View by Keyboard Page: 50
Manipulating the Columns Page: 51
View Options Page: 51
Cover Flow View Page: 52
Quick Look Page: 54
What Quick Look Knows Page: 56
Fun with Quick Look Page: 57
The Quick Look Slideshow Page: 57
Logging Out, Shutting Down Page: 58
Sleep Mode Page: 58
Restart Page: 59
Shut Down Page: 59
Log Out Page: 60
Getting Help in Mac OS X Page: 60
Chapter 2. Organizing Your Stuff Page: 63
The Mac OS X Folder Structure Page: 63
Your Home Folder Page: 63
What’s on Your Hard Drive Page: 65
What’s in Your Home Folder Page: 66
Icon Names Page: 68
Selecting Icons Page: 70
Selecting by Clicking Page: 71
Selecting Icons from the Keyboard Page: 73
Moving and Copying Icons Page: 74
Copying by Dragging Page: 74
Copying by Using Copy and Paste Page: 75
Dragging from the Title Bar Page: 76
Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders Page: 77
Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work Page: 78
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once Page: 80
What’s Good about Aliases Page: 81
Broken Aliases Page: 82
Color Labels Page: 82
What Labels Are Good For Page: 82
Changing Labels Page: 84
The Trash Page: 84
Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash Page: 85
Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy Page: 86
Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever Page: 86
Locked Files: The Next Generation Page: 88
Get Info Page: 88
Uni-window vs. Multiwindow Page: 90
The Get Info Panels Page: 90
Chapter 3. Spotlight Page: 93
The Spotlight Menu Page: 93
Spotlight-Menu Tips Page: 95
Advanced Menu Searches Page: 98
The Spotlight Window Page: 103
Spotlight Window from Spotlight Menu Page: 103
Opening the Spotlight Window Directly Page: 103
The Basic Search Page: 105
Power Searches Page: 105
Where to Look Page: 105
Search by Contents/Search by Name Page: 106
Complex Searches Page: 106
What to Do with Search Results Page: 112
Customizing Spotlight Page: 114
Privacy Settings Page: 116
Smart Folders Page: 117
Chapter 4. Dock, Desktop, & Toolbars Page: 119
The Dock Page: 119
Setting Up the Dock Page: 120
Organizing and Removing Dock Icons Page: 122
Pop-up Dock Folders (“Stacks”) Page: 122
The Finer Points of Pop-up Dock Folders Page: 125
Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair Page: 126
Using the Dock Page: 129
Switch Applications Page: 129
Operate the Dock by Keyboard Control Page: 130
Secret Menus Page: 130
Conduct Speed Tests Page: 133
Do Your Filing Page: 133
Great Things to Put in Your Dock Page: 134
The Finder Toolbar Page: 134
Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar Page: 136
Adding Your Own Icons to the Toolbar Page: 136
Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons Page: 139
Designing Your Desktop Page: 139
System Preferences Page: 140
Graphic Designers’ Corner: The Gray Look Page: 140
Desktop Sounds Page: 141
Menulets: The Missing Manual Page: 141
Part Two: Programs in Mac OS X Page: 147
Chapter 5. Documents, Programs & Spaces Page: 149
Opening Mac OS X Programs Page: 150
The Application Menu Page: 152
Force Quitting Programs Page: 153
The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher Page: 154
Exposé: Death to Window Clutter Page: 155
All-Apps Exposé Page: 157
One-App Exposé Page: 158
Desktop Exposé Page: 159
Exposé Tip-O-Rama Page: 160
Exposé Meets Quick Look Page: 162
More Triggers for Exposé Page: 162
Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac Page: 164
Turning On Spaces Page: 165
Using Spaces Page: 167
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way Page: 170
Hiding the Program You’re Using Page: 170
Hiding All Other Programs Page: 171
The Bring-Forward, Hide-All-Others Trick Page: 171
Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows Page: 172
How Documents Know Their Parents Page: 173
Reassigning Documents to Programs Page: 175
Keyboard Control Page: 177
Control the Menus Page: 178
Control the Dock Page: 178
Cycle Through Your Windows Page: 178
Control the Toolbar Page: 179
Control Tool Palettes Page: 179
Control Menulets Page: 179
Control Dialog Boxes Page: 179
Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut Page: 179
Redefining a Snow Leopard Keystroke Page: 181
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes Page: 183
Sheets Page: 184
The Mini Finder Page: 184
Spotlight Page: 186
Insta-Jumping to a Folder Location Page: 186
The File Format Pop-up Menu Page: 187
The Open File Dialog Box Page: 187
Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon Page: 188
The Cocoa Difference Page: 189
The Font Panel Page: 190
Title Bar Tricks Page: 190
Toolbar Tricks Page: 190
Secret Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 191
Cool Text-Selection Tricks Page: 192
Background Window Control Page: 192
Universal Apps (Intel Macs) and Rosetta Page: 193
Installing Mac OS X Programs Page: 195
.sit, .zip, .tar, .gz, and .dmg Page: 195
Disk Images (.dmg files) Page: 197
Cleaning Up after Decompression Page: 198
Performing the Installation Page: 198
Uninstalling Software Page: 199
Dashboard Page: 200
Dashboard Tips Page: 202
Dashboard Preferences Page: 202
Widget Catalog Page: 203
More Widgets Page: 213
Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets Page: 215
Creating a Web Clip Widget Page: 215
Chapter 6. Entering Data, Moving Data, & Time Machine Page: 219
The Macintosh Keyboard Page: 219
The Complicated Story of the Function Keys Page: 223
Notes on Right-Clicking Page: 224
Power Typing in Snow Leopard Page: 226
The Mac OS X Spelling and Grammar Checker Page: 226
Text Substitution (Abbreviation Expansion) Page: 228
Case Swapping Page: 230
The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text Page: 231
Formats Tab Page: 233
Input Menu Tab Page: 234
Keyboard Viewer: The Return of Key Caps Page: 235
Data Detectors Page: 235
Moving Data Between Documents Page: 237
Cut, Copy, and Paste Page: 238
Drag-and-Drop Page: 239
Export/Import Page: 240
Exchanging Data with Other Macs Page: 241
By Email Page: 241
By Network Page: 241
By iDisk Page: 241
By CD or DVD Page: 242
FireWire Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode) Page: 242
Via the iPod Page: 243
Via Flash Drive Page: 244
Via Bluetooth Page: 244
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs Page: 246
Preparing the Document for Transfer Page: 246
Notes on Disk Swapping Page: 247
Network Notes Page: 248
Via the Internet Page: 248
Time Machine Page: 248
Setting up Time Machine Page: 249
How the Backups Work Page: 251
Changing Time Machine Settings Page: 252
Recovering Lost or Changed Files Page: 254
Frequently Asked Questions Page: 259
Chapter 7. Services, Automator, & AppleScript Page: 261
Services Page: 263
Seven Services that Come in Handy Page: 264
More Great Examples from Downloadable Services Page: 266
Turning Them On and Off—and Adding Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 268
Automator Page: 269
Seven Startup Templates Page: 269
Automator Tour Page: 271
Understanding a Workflow Page: 276
Building Your Own Workflow Page: 279
Send a File Attachment from the Desktop Page: 280
Burn an iPhoto Picture CD Page: 282
Doing More with Automator Page: 285
AppleScript Page: 289
Two Sample AppleScripts Page: 289
AppleScript vs. Automator Page: 291
Chapter 8. Windows on Macintosh Page: 293
Boot Camp Page: 295
Installing Boot Camp Page: 295
Forth and Back, Windows/Mac Page: 299
Keyboard Translation Guide Page: 300
Accessing Mac Files from the Dark Side—and Vice Versa Page: 301
Windows in a Window Page: 302
Virtualization Tip-O-Rama Page: 303
Life with Microsoft Exchange Page: 305
Connecting to Exchange Page: 305
Exchange in Mail Page: 307
Exchange in Address Book Page: 307
Exchange in iCal Page: 308
Part Three: The Components of Mac OS X Page: 309
Chapter 9. System Preferences Page: 311
The System Preferences Window Page: 311
Accounts Page: 314
Appearance Page: 314
Changing Colors Page: 314
Tweaking the Scroll Bars Page: 314
Number of Recent Items Page: 315
Font Smoothing Style Page: 315
Turning Off Smoothing on Tiny Fonts Page: 315
Bluetooth Page: 316
Advanced Options Page: 317
CDs & DVDs Page: 318
Date & Time Page: 320
Date & Time Tab Page: 320
Time Zone Tab Page: 320
Clock Tab Page: 321
Desktop & Screen Saver Page: 323
Desktop Pictures Page: 323
Screen Saver Page: 325
Displays Page: 331
Display Tab Page: 331
Geometry Tab Page: 332
Arrangement Tab Page: 332
Color Tab Page: 333
Dock Page: 333
Energy Saver Page: 334
Sleep Sliders Page: 334
Checkbox Options Page: 335
Scheduled Startup and Shutdown Page: 336
Exposé & Spaces Page: 337
Keyboard Page: 337
Keyboard Page: 337
Keyboard Shortcuts Page: 338
Language & Text Page: 338
MobileMe Page: 339
Mouse Page: 339
Tracking Speed, Double-Click Speed Page: 339
The Mighty Mouse Page: 340
Network Page: 340
Parental Controls Page: 340
Print & Fax Page: 340
Security Page: 340
Sharing Page: 340
Software Update Page: 341
Scheduled Check Tab Page: 341
Installed Software Page: 342
Sound Page: 343
Sound Effects Tab Page: 343
Output Tab Page: 344
Input Tab Page: 345
Speech Page: 345
Spotlight Page: 345
Startup Disk Page: 345
Time Machine Page: 345
Trackpad Page: 345
Trackpad Gestures Page: 346
Universal Access Page: 348
Seeing Tab (Magnifying the Screen) Page: 348
Hearing Tab (Flashing the Screen) Page: 350
Keyboard Tab (Typing Assistance) Page: 350
Mouse & Trackpad Tab (Cursor Control from the Keyboard) Page: 351
Chapter 10. The Free Programs Page: 353
Your Free Mac OS X Programs Page: 353
Address Book Page: 354
Automator Page: 354
Calculator Page: 354
Conversions Page: 355
Chess Page: 356
Playing a Game of Chess Page: 356
Chess Prefs Page: 357
Studying Your Games Page: 358
Dashboard Page: 358
Dictionary Page: 358
DVD Player Page: 361
Font Book Page: 361
Front Row Page: 361
GarageBand Page: 361
iCal Page: 361
Working with Views Page: 362
Making an Appointment Page: 363
What to Do with an Appointment Page: 368
Searching for Events Page: 370
The “Calendar” Category Concept Page: 370
“Publishing” Calendars to the Web Page: 371
Google and Yahoo Calendars Page: 373
To Do Lists Page: 374
iChat Page: 375
iDVD Page: 375
Image Capture Page: 375
Import To: Page: 377
Import Some, Import All Page: 378
Downloading from Across the Network Page: 378
Image Capture as Spycam Page: 379
Scanning Page: 379
iMovie, iPhoto Page: 382
iSync Page: 382
iTunes Page: 382
Mail Page: 382
Photo Booth Page: 382
Still Photos Page: 383
4-Up Photos Page: 384
Movies Page: 384
Exporting Shots and Movies Page: 384
Preview Page: 386
Importing Camera Photos Page: 386
Operating Your Scanner Page: 386
Multiple Pages, Multiple Views Page: 386
Preview as Graphics Viewer Page: 388
Preview as PDF Reader Page: 392
The Toolbar Page: 395
QuickTime Player Page: 395
Safari Page: 395
Stickies Page: 396
Creating Sticky Notes Page: 396
Growing and Shrinking Notes Page: 397
Formatting Notes Page: 398
Saving Sticky Notes Page: 398
System Preferences Page: 399
TextEdit Page: 399
TextEdit’s Two Personalities Page: 400
Working in TextEdit Page: 401
Style Sheets Page: 403
Tables Page: 404
TextEdit as Web Designer Page: 405
The TextEdit Preferences Page: 406
TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools Page: 407
Time Machine Page: 407
Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox Page: 408
Activity Monitor Page: 408
AirPort Utility Page: 411
AppleScript Editor Page: 411
Audio MIDI Setup Page: 411
Bluetooth File Exchange Page: 412
Boot Camp Assistant Page: 412
ColorSync Utility Page: 412
Console Page: 412
DigitalColor Meter Page: 412
Disk Utility Page: 413
Grapher Page: 422
Java Preferences Page: 424
Keychain Access Page: 424
Migration Assistant Page: 424
Network Utility Page: 424
Podcast Capture Page: 425
RAID Utility Page: 425
Remote Install Mac OS X Page: 425
Spaces Page: 426
System Profiler Page: 426
Terminal Page: 429
VoiceOver Utility Page: 429
Chapter 11. CDs, DVDs, & iTunes Page: 431
Disks Today Page: 431
Hard Drives, iPods Page: 431
CDs, DVDs Page: 431
Flash Drives Page: 432
Disks In, Disks Out Page: 432
Startup Disks Page: 435
Creating a Startup Disk Page: 435
Selecting a Startup Disk Page: 435
Erasing a Disk Page: 436
Burning CDs and DVDs Page: 436
Burn Folders: Without the Disc Page: 437
When You Have a Blank Disc On Hand Page: 439
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox Page: 441
Library Page: 443
Store Page: 443
Devices Page: 444
Shared Page: 444
Genius Page: 444
Playlists Page: 445
Audio CDs Page: 446
The iPod and iPhone Page: 447
Playing with Playback Page: 448
Burning Music CDs Page: 450
DVD Movies Page: 451
Playing a Movie Page: 452
Language Fun Page: 453
Bookmarks and Video Clips Page: 454
Chapter Thumbnails Page: 455
Parental Controls Page: 457
The Big Picture Page: 458
Part Four: The Technologies of Mac OS X Page: 459
Chapter 12. Accounts, Parental Controls, & Security Page: 461
Introducing Accounts Page: 461
The First Account Page: 463
Creating an Account Page: 463
Phase 1: Choose an Account Type Page: 463
Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status Page: 468
Phase 3: Choose a Picture Page: 470
Phase 4: Startup Items Page: 471
Parental Controls Page: 472
System Page: 472
Content (Dictionary and Web) Page: 475
Mail & iChat Page: 477
Time Limits Page: 478
Logs Page: 480
Editing Accounts Page: 480
Deleting Accounts Page: 481
Setting Up the Login Process Page: 483
Signing In, Logging Out Page: 486
Identifying Yourself Page: 486
Logging Out Page: 488
Sharing Across Accounts Page: 488
Fast User Switching Page: 490
Five Mac OS X Security Shields Page: 492
The Firewall Page: 494
FileVault Page: 497
Logout Options Page: 501
The Password Assistant Page: 503
The Keychain Page: 504
Chapter 13. Networking, File Sharing, & Screen Sharing Page: 509
Wiring the Network Page: 509
Ethernet Networks Page: 509
AirPort Networks Page: 510
FireWire Networks Page: 513
File Sharing Page: 514
Setup: Sharing Through the Public Folder Page: 515
Setup: Sharing Through Any Folder Page: 516
Accessing Shared Files Page: 521
Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar Page: 521
Connection Method B: Connect to Server Page: 525
Disconnecting Yourself Page: 528
Disconnecting Others Page: 529
Networking with Windows Page: 529
Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC Page: 530
Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac Page: 534
More Mac-Windows Connections Page: 536
Screen Sharing Page: 536
Mac #1: Give Permission in Advance Page: 537
Mac #2: Take Control Page: 539
Variations on Screen Sharing Page: 541
More Dialing In from the Road Page: 544
Chapter 14. Printing, Faxing, Fonts, & Graphics Page: 545
Mac Meets Printer Page: 545
Setting Up a Printer Page: 546
The Printer List Page: 548
Making the Printout Page: 549
Page Setup Page: 549
The Print Command Page: 550
Printing Page: 553
Managing Printouts Page: 553
Printer Sharing Page: 555
Faxing Page: 556
Setting Up Faxing Page: 557
Sending a Fax Page: 558
Receiving a Fax Page: 561
PDF Files Page: 561
Opening PDF Files Page: 562
Creating PDF Files Page: 562
Fonts—and Font Book Page: 563
Where Fonts Live Page: 563
Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts Page: 565
The Fonts Panel Page: 569
ColorSync Page: 571
Getting ColorSync Profiles Page: 572
Default Profiles Page: 572
More on ColorSync Page: 573
Graphics in Mac OS X Page: 573
Graphics Formats in Mac OS X Page: 574
Screen-Capture Keystrokes Page: 575
The Whole Screen Page: 575
One Section of the Screen Page: 576
A Dialog Box, Menu, Window, or Icon Page: 576
Chapter 15. Sound, Movies, & Speech Page: 579
Playing Sounds Page: 579
Controlling the Volume Page: 580
Alert Beeps and You Page: 580
Recording Sound Page: 581
Making the Recording Page: 581
QuickTime Movies Page: 582
QuickTime Player Page: 582
Recording Movies with QuickTime Player Page: 586
Recording Screen Movies Page: 587
Internet Streaming QuickTime Page: 588
Trimming Video Page: 589
Four Ways to Export Your Video Page: 590
Speech Recognition Page: 593
Your First Conversation with the Mac Page: 594
Customizing Speech Recognition Page: 596
The Mac Reads to You Page: 600
Setting Up the Mac’s Voice Page: 600
VoiceOver Page: 603
Ink: Handwriting Recognition Page: 603
Front Row Page: 604
Chapter 16. The Unix Crash Course Page: 607
Terminal Page: 609
Unix Programs Page: 611
Navigating in Unix Page: 612
pwd (Print Working Directory, or “Where am I?”) Page: 613
ls (List, or “What’s in here?”) Page: 613
cd (Change Directory, or “Let Me See Another Folder”) Page: 615
.. (Dot-Dot, or “Back Me Out”) Page: 616
Keystroke-Saving Features Page: 617
Directory Switching Page: 620
The ~ Shortcut Page: 620
Working with Files and Directories Page: 620
cp (Copy) Page: 621
mv (Moving and Renaming Files and Directories) Page: 623
mkdir (Create New Directories) Page: 624
touch (Create Empty Files) Page: 624
rm (Remove Files and Directories) Page: 624
srm (Secure Removal) Page: 625
echo (A Final Check) Page: 626
Online Help Page: 626
Using man Page: 627
Other Online Help Page: 628
Terminal Preferences Page: 628
Startup Page: 629
Settings Page: 629
Window Groups Page: 631
Connect to Server Page: 631
Terminal Tips and Tricks Page: 632
Switching Windows Page: 632
Non-Contiguous Selection Page: 632
Double-Clickable Unix Tools Page: 632
Changing Permissions with Terminal Page: 633
Looking at Permissions Page: 635
File-Mode Code Page: 636
Group Detective Work Page: 637
chmod (Change Mode) Page: 638
Permission to Change Permissions Page: 638
sudo Page: 639
chgrp (Change Group) Page: 640
Protecting Files En Masse Page: 641
Making Files Hide Page: 642
20 Useful Unix Utilities Page: 643
bc Page: 643
kill Page: 643
open Page: 644
ps Page: 644
shutdown Page: 644
tar, gzip, zip Page: 645
top (table of processes) Page: 646
xattr (extended attributes) Page: 647
Aliases Page: 648
nano, emacs, vim Page: 649
date Page: 649
grep Page: 650
find Page: 650
mdfind Page: 651
launchd Page: 652
ftp Page: 652
Putting It Together Page: 652
Chapter 17. Hacking Mac OS X Page: 657
TinkerTool: Customization 101 Page: 657
Redoing Mac OS X’s Graphics Page: 659
Editing the Trash, Dashboard, and Finder Icons Page: 660
Replacing the Poof Page: 661
Editing Your Menulets Page: 662
Replacing the Finder Icons Page: 662
Rewriting the Words Page: 663
Renaming the Trash Page: 663
Rewording the Dock Page: 664
Your Bright Hacking Future Page: 664
Part Five: Mac OS Online Page: 665
Chapter 18. Internet Setup & MobileMe Page: 667
The Best News You’ve Heard All Day Page: 668
Network Central—and Multihoming Page: 668
Multihoming Page: 668
Broadband Connections Page: 670
Automatic Configuration Page: 670
Manual Configuration Page: 670
Ethernet Connections Page: 671
AirPort (WiFi) Connections Page: 671
Commercial Hot Spots Page: 674
Cellular Modems Page: 675
Dial-up Modem Connections Page: 676
Setting Up the Modem Page: 677
The Advanced Button Page: 677
Going Online Page: 678
Disconnecting Page: 679
Switching Locations Page: 679
Creating a New Location Page: 680
Making the Switch Page: 681
Internet Sharing Page: 681
MobileMe Page: 684
Signing Up for MobileMe Page: 684
MobileMe Sync Page: 684
The iDisk Page: 687
Email Page: 692
Galleries Page: 692
Web Sites Page: 692
Internet Location Files Page: 693
Chapter 19. Mail & Address Book Page: 695
Setting Up Mail Page: 695
Checking Your Mail Page: 700
The Mailboxes List Page: 700
Writing Messages Page: 702
Attaching Files to Messages Page: 706
Signatures Page: 708
Stationery Page: 710
Reading Email Page: 712
Threading Page: 713
Adding the Sender to Your Address Book Page: 714
Data Detectors Page: 715
Opening Attachments Page: 715
Replying to a Message Page: 716
Forwarding Messages Page: 717
Redirecting Messages Page: 718
Printing Messages Page: 719
Filing Messages Page: 719
Flagging Messages Page: 720
Finding Messages Page: 721
Deleting Messages Page: 722
Archiving Mailboxes Page: 724
Message Rules Page: 725
The Anti-Spam Toolkit Page: 727
Using the Junk Mail Filter Page: 727
More Anti-Spam Tips Page: 728
RSS Feeds Page: 729
Adding RSS Feeds Page: 729
Managing Feeds Page: 730
Notes Page: 731
To Dos Page: 732
Creating To Dos Page: 734
Completing and Deleting To Dos Page: 734
To Do List: Mail/iCal Joint Custody Page: 735
Address Book Page: 735
Creating Address Cards Page: 736
Importing Addresses Page: 738
Groups Page: 739
Adding Pictures Page: 741
Finding an Address Page: 742
Changing the Address Book Display Page: 743
Printing Options Page: 743
Address-Book Backups Page: 744
Chapter 20. Safari Page: 745
Safari Page: 746
Browsing Basics and Toolbars Page: 746
Safari Toolbars Page: 747
Status Bar Page: 754
Tips for Better Surfing Page: 754
SnapBack Page: 755
Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders Page: 755
Three Ways to Magnify Web Text Page: 755
Keyboard Control Page: 756
Impersonating Internet Explorer Page: 756
Faster Browsing Without Graphics Page: 757
Where am I? Page: 757
Viewing Web Pages Offline Page: 757
Expanding Web Forms Page: 758
Sending a Page to a Friend Page: 759
Designate Your Start Page Page: 759
Finding Text on Web Pages Page: 760
The History Menu Page: 760
Zoom in on PDF Pages Page: 761
Tabbed Browsing Page: 762
RSS: The Missing Manual Page: 765
Viewing an RSS Feed Page: 766
RSS Tricks Page: 767
Chapter 21. iChat Page: 769
Welcome to iChat Page: 769
Three Chat Networks Page: 770
Signing Up Page: 771
How to Get a Free MobileMe Account Page: 771
How to Get a Free Jabber (or Gmail) Account Page: 772
How to Get a Free AIM Account Page: 773
The Buddy Lists Page: 773
Making a List Page: 773
Broadcasting Your Status Page: 775
Sorting and Sizing your Friends Page: 775
Let the Chat Begin Page: 776
They Invite You Page: 776
You Invite Them Page: 778
Text Chatting Page: 779
In-chat Fun Page: 780
Popping the Balloons Page: 782
Audio Chats Page: 783
Video Chats Page: 784
Bluescreen Backdrops and Video FX Page: 786
Sharing Your Screen Page: 789
iChat Theater Page: 790
iChat Tweaks Page: 792
Chapter 22. SSH, FTP, VPN, & Web Sharing Page: 795
Web Sharing Page: 795
Firing Up Web Sharing Page: 797
The Mac’s Own Web Site Page: 798
The Easiest Way to Distribute Files Page: 798
More on Apache Page: 799
FTP Page: 800
Uploading and Downloading from FTP Sites Page: 800
Just Downloading from FTP Sites Page: 800
Becoming an FTP Server Page: 801
Connecting from the Road Page: 802
Remote Access with SSH Page: 803
Getting In Page: 803
Remote Control Program Killing Page: 804
Virtual Private Networking Page: 805
Setting Up the VPN Connection Page: 807
Connecting to a VPN Page: 808
The Fine Points of VPN Page: 809
Part Six: Appendixes Page: 811
Appendix A. Installing Mac OS X 10.6 Page: 813
Getting Ready to Install Page: 814
Two Kinds of Installation Page: 815
The Automatic Installation Page: 816
The Erase & Install Option Page: 818
The Setup Assistant Page: 819
Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.6 Page: 822
Appendix B. Troubleshooting Page: 823
Minor Eccentric Behavior Page: 823
First Resort: Repair Permissions Page: 823
Second Resort: Look for an Update Page: 824
Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File Page: 824
Fourth Resort: Restart Page: 825
Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program Page: 825
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) Page: 825
Can’t Move or Rename an Icon Page: 827
Application Won’t Open Page: 827
Startup Problems Page: 827
Kernel Panic Page: 827
Safe Mode (Safe Boot) Page: 828
Gray Screen During Startup Page: 829
Blue Screen During Startup Page: 830
Forgotten Password Page: 830
Fixing the Disk Page: 830
Method 1: Disk Utility Page: 830
Method 2: fsck at the Console Page: 831
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help Page: 834
Help Online Page: 834
Help by Telephone Page: 834
Appendix C. The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary Page: 835
About [this program] Page: 835
Accessibility Options control panel Page: 835
Active Desktop Page: 836
Add Hardware control panel Page: 836
Add or Remove Programs control panel Page: 836
All Programs Page: 836
Alt key Page: 836
Automatic Update Page: 836
Backspace key Page: 836
Battery Level Page: 836
BIOS Page: 836
Briefcase Page: 837
Calculator Page: 837
Camera and Scanner Wizard Page: 837
CDs Page: 837
Character Map Page: 837
Clean Install Page: 837
Clipboard Page: 837
Command line Page: 838
Control Panel Page: 838
Copy, Cut, Paste Page: 838
Ctrl key Page: 838
Date and Time Page: 838
Delete Key (Forward Delete) Page: 838
Desktop Page: 838
Directories Page: 839
Disks Page: 839
Display control panel Page: 839
DLL files Page: 839
DOS prompt Page: 839
Drivers Page: 839
End Task dialog box Page: 839
Exiting programs Page: 839
Explorer Page: 840
Favorites Page: 840
Faxing Page: 840
File Sharing Page: 840
Floppy disks Page: 840
Folder Options Page: 840
Fonts Page: 841
Help and Support Page: 841
Hibernation Page: 841
Internet Explorer Page: 841
Internet Options Page: 841
IRQs Page: 841
Java Page: 841
Keyboard control panel Page: 841
Logging in Page: 841
Mail control panel Page: 842
Maximize button Page: 842
Menus Page: 842
Minimize button Page: 842
Mouse control panel Page: 842
(My) Computer Page: 842
(My) Documents, (My) Pictures, (My) Music Page: 842
(My) Network Places Page: 842
Network Neighborhood Page: 842
Notepad Page: 843
Personal Web Server Page: 843
Phone and Modem Options control panel Page: 843
Power Options Page: 843
Printer Sharing Page: 843
Printers and Faxes Page: 843
PrntScrn key Page: 843
Program Files folder Page: 843
Properties dialog box Page: 843
Recycle Bin Page: 843
Regional and Language Options control panel Page: 844
Registry Page: 844
Run command Page: 844
Safe Mode Page: 844
ScanDisk Page: 844
Scheduled Tasks Page: 844
Scrap files Page: 844
Screen saver Page: 844
Search Page: 845
Shortcut menus Page: 845
Shortcuts Page: 845
Sounds and Audio Devices Page: 845
Speech control panel Page: 845
Standby mode Page: 845
Start menu Page: 845
StartUp folder Page: 845
System control panel Page: 845
System Tray Page: 846
Taskbar Page: 846
Taskbar and Start Menu control panel Page: 846
“Three-fingered salute” Page: 846
ToolTips Page: 846
TweakUI Page: 847
User Accounts control panel Page: 847
Window edges Page: 847
Windows (or WINNT) folder Page: 847
Windows logo key Page: 847
Windows Media Player Page: 847
Windows Messenger Page: 847
WordPad Page: 847
Zip files Page: 848
Appendix D. Where to Go from Here Page: 849
Web Sites Page: 849
Mac OS X Page: 849
Mac OS X–Style Unix Lessons and Reference Page: 850
Free Email Newsletters Page: 850
Advanced Books, Programming Books Page: 851
Mac Essentials Page: 851
Unix Essentials Page: 851
Mac OS X Administration Page: 851
Appendix E. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List Page: 853
Startup Keystrokes Page: 853
In the Finder Page: 854
Apple Menu Page: 855
Finder Menu Page: 855
File Menu Page: 855
Edit Menu Page: 856
View Menu Page: 856
Go Menu Page: 856
Window Menu Page: 856
Help Menu Page: 857
Power Keys Page: 857
The Dock Page: 857
Managing Programs Page: 857
Dialog Boxes Page: 858
Index Page: 861
A Page: 861
B Page: 862
C Page: 863
D Page: 864
E Page: 866
F Page: 866
G Page: 868
H Page: 868
I Page: 869
J Page: 871
K Page: 871
L Page: 872
M Page: 872
N Page: 874
O Page: 874
P Page: 874
Q Page: 876
R Page: 877
S Page: 877
T Page: 880
U Page: 882
V Page: 883
W Page: 883
X Page: 884
Z Page: 885
Colophon Page: 886