OS X Mavericks The Missing Manual

884 Pages·2013·45.795 MB·English

by  David Pogue

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OS X
Mavericks
C o v e r s
O S X 1 0 . 9
David Pogue

OS X
Mavericks
The book that should have been in the box®

OS X
Mavericks
The book that should have been in the box®
David Pogue
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OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
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Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
The Mac Becomes an iPad ................................................................................................................ 1
What’s New in Mavericks .................................................................................................................. 3
About This Book ................................................................................................................................. 4
The Very Basics ........................................................................................................................... 6
Part One: The OS X Desktop
Chapter 1: Folders & Windows ........................................................... 11
Getting into OS X ................................................................................................................................ 11
Windows and How to Work Them .................................................................................................. 15
The Four Window Views ................................................................................................................... 31
Icon View ............................................................................................................................................. 33
List View ............................................................................................................................................... 42
Column View ....................................................................................................................................... 49
Cover Flow View ................................................................................................................................. 53
Quick Look .......................................................................................................................................... 55
Finder Tabs .......................................................................................................................................... 59
Logging Out, Shutting Down ............................................................................................................ 62
Getting Help in OS X .......................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff ........................................................ 69
The OS X Folder Structure . 69
Icon Names . 74
Selecting Icons . 76
Moving and Copying Icons . 79
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once . 85
Finder Tags . 87
The Trash . 92
Get Info . 95
Shortcut Menus, Action Menus . 98
Chapter 3: Spotlight ............................................................................. 101
The Spotlight Menu ............................................................................................................................ 101
The Spotlight Window ....................................................................................................................... 112
Customizing Spotlight ........................................................................................................................ 125
Smart Folders ...................................................................................................................................... 128
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Chapter 4: Dock, Desktop & Toolbars ................................................. 129
The Dock . 129
Setting Up the Dock . 130
Using the Dock. 138
The Finder Toolbar . 143
Designing Your Desktop . 147
Menulets: The Missing Manual . 148
Part Two: Programs in OS X
Chapter 5: Documents, Programs & Mission Control ....................... 155
The Mac App Store ............................................................................................................................. 155
Other Ways to Get Mac Software..................................................................................................... 158
Opening OS X Programs.................................................................................................................... 161
Launchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 162
Windows That Auto-Reopen ............................................................................................................. 166
The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher ................................................................................................. 170
Full Screen Mode ................................................................................................................................ 170
Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter .................................................................................... 172
Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 181
Exposé .................................................................................................................................................. 195
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way ...................................................................................... 201
How Documents Know Their Parents ............................................................................................. 204
Keyboard Control ............................................................................................................................... 208
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes .................................................................................................... 213
Auto Save and Versions ..................................................................................................................... 218
Documents in the Cloud ................................................................................................................... 222
Cocoa and Carbon ............................................................................................................................. 224
Chapter 6: Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up ............... 231
The Mac Keyboard ............................................................................................................................. 231
Notes on Right-Clicking ..................................................................................................................... 235
Power Typing ...................................................................................................................................... 237
Dictation .............................................................................................................................................. 243
The Many Languages of OS X Text ................................................................................................... 250
Data Detectors .................................................................................................................................... 256
Moving Data Between Documents .................................................................................................. 258
Exchanging Data with Other Macs ................................................................................................... 261
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs ............................................................................................... 266
The Share Button ............................................................................................................................... 267
Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 270
Chapter 7: Automator, AppleScript & Services .................................. 281
Services . 283
Automator . 287
AppleScript . 298
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Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh ..................................................... 303
Boot Camp .......................................................................................................................................... 304
Windows in a Window ...................................................................................................................... 312
Life with Microsoft Exchange ............................................................................................................ 314
Part Three: The Components of OS X
Chapter 9: System Preferences ........................................................... 319
The System Preferences Window..................................................................................................... 319
Accessibility ......................................................................................................................................... 322
App Store ............................................................................................................................................. 328
Bluetooth ............................................................................................................................................. 329
CDs & DVDs ......................................................................................................................................... 331
Date & Time ........................................................................................................................................ 332
Desktop & Screen Saver .................................................................................................................... 334
Dictation & Speech ............................................................................................................................. 340
Displays................................................................................................................................................ 340
Dock ..................................................................................................................................................... 344
Energy Saver ....................................................................................................................................... 344
General ................................................................................................................................................ 348
iCloud ................................................................................................................................................... 351
Internet Accounts ............................................................................................................................... 351
Keyboard ............................................................................................................................................. 351
Language & Region ............................................................................................................................ 352
Mission Control .................................................................................................................................. 353
Mouse .................................................................................................................................................. 353
Network ............................................................................................................................................... 354
Notifications ........................................................................................................................................ 354
Parental Controls ................................................................................................................................ 354
Printers & Scanners ............................................................................................................................ 354
Security & Privacy ............................................................................................................................... 354
Sharing ................................................................................................................................................. 354
Sound ................................................................................................................................................... 355
Spotlight ............................................................................................................................................... 357
Startup Disk ......................................................................................................................................... 357
Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 358
Trackpad .............................................................................................................................................. 358
Users & Groups ................................................................................................................................... 361
Chapter 10: Notifications ..................................................................... 363
Insta-Respond to Bubbles . 364
Shutting Up the Bubbles . 365
The Notification Center . 366
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Chapter 11: The Free Programs of OS X ............................................. 371
Your Free OS X Programs .................................................................................................................. 371
App Store ............................................................................................................................................. 372
Automator ........................................................................................................................................... 372
Calculator ............................................................................................................................................ 372
Calendar .............................................................................................................................................. 374
Chess .................................................................................................................................................... 389
Contacts ............................................................................................................................................... 392
Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 392
Dictionary ............................................................................................................................................ 392
DVD Player .......................................................................................................................................... 394
FaceTime.............................................................................................................................................. 394
Font Book ............................................................................................................................................ 397
Game Center ....................................................................................................................................... 397
GarageBand ........................................................................................................................................ 400
iBooks .................................................................................................................................................. 400
iChat ..................................................................................................................................................... 406
Image Capture .................................................................................................................................... 406
iMovie, iPhoto ..................................................................................................................................... 411
iTunes ................................................................................................................................................... 412
Launchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 412
Mail....................................................................................................................................................... 412
Maps..................................................................................................................................................... 412
Messages ............................................................................................................................................. 418
Mission Control .................................................................................................................................. 418
Notes .................................................................................................................................................... 418
Photo Booth ........................................................................................................................................ 421
Preview ................................................................................................................................................ 425
Reminders ........................................................................................................................................... 435
QuickTime Player ............................................................................................................................... 439
Safari .................................................................................................................................................... 439
Stickies ................................................................................................................................................. 440
System Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 442
TextEdit ................................................................................................................................................. 442
Time Machine ..................................................................................................................................... 450
Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox ............................................................................................................... 451
Chapter 12: CDs, DVDs & iTunes ......................................................... 471
Disks Today ......................................................................................................................................... 471
Disks In, Disks Out.............................................................................................................................. 472
Startup Disks ....................................................................................................................................... 473
Erasing a Disk ...................................................................................................................................... 474
Burning CDs and DVDs ...................................................................................................................... 475
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox ............................................................................................................... 479
DVD Movies ......................................................................................................................................... 491
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