Table of Contents

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What Mac OS X Gives You; What Mac OS X Takes Away; The Dual-Platform Option; A Word About Intel; About This Book; The Very Basics; Part One: Welcome to Macintosh; Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different; 1.1 Power On, Dude; 1.2 That One-Button Mouse; 1.3 On, Off, and Sleep; 1.4 The Menu Bar; 1.5 Finder = Windows Explorer; 1.6 Dock = Taskbar; 1.7 Menulets = Tray; 1.8 Keyboard Differences; 1.9 Disk Differences; 1.10 Where Your Stuff Is; 1.11 Window Controls; 1.12 Terminology Differences; Chapter 2: Windows and Icons; 2.1 Logging In; 2.2 The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop; 2.3 Icon View; 2.4 List View; 2.5 Column View; 2.6 What's in Your Home Folder; 2.7 File and Folder Icons; 2.8 Moving and Copying Icons; 2.9 Aliases (Shortcuts); 2.10 Color Labels; 2.11 The Trash; 2.12 Get Info (Properties); 2.13 Finding Files 1: Spotlight; 2.14 Finding Files 2: The Find Command; 2.15 Smart Folders; Chapter 3: The Dock, Desktop, Toolbar, and Sidebar; 3.1 The Dock; 3.2 Dock Features; 3.3 The Sidebar; 3.4 The Finder Toolbar; 3.5 Designing Your Desktop; 3.6 Menulets; Chapter 4: Programs and Documents; 4.1 Launching Mac OS X Programs; 4.2 Switching Programs; 4.3 Exposé: The End of Window Clutter; 4.4 Dashboard; 4.5 How Documents Know Their Parents; 4.6 Keyboard Control; 4.7 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes; 4.8 Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic; 4.9 The Cocoa Difference; 4.10 How to Use Classic, If You Must; 4.11 Installing Mac OS X Programs; 4.12 Removing Mac OS X Programs; Part Two: Moving In; Chapter 5: Five Ways to Transfer Your Files; 5.1 Transfers by Disk; 5.2 Transfers by Network; 5.3 Transfers by File-Sending Web Site; 5.4 Transfers by Email; 5.5 Transfers by iDisk; 5.6 Transfers by Bluetooth; 5.7 Where to Put Your Copied Files; 5.8 Document-Conversion Issues; Chapter 6: Transferring Email and Contacts; 6.1 Transferring Your Outlook Mail; 6.2 Transferring Your Outlook Address Book; 6.3 Transferring from Outlook Express; 6.4 Transferring Your Eudora Mail; 6.5 Transferring Your Eudora Address Book; 6.6 Email Settings; Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems; 7.1 ACDSee; 7.2 Acrobat Reader; 7.3 ACT; 7.4 Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper); 7.5 Adobe [your favorite program here]; 7.6 America Online; 7.7 AIM (AOL Instant Messenger); 7.8 Children's Software; 7.9 Earthlink Total Access; 7.10 Easy CD Creator; 7.11 Encarta; 7.12 Eudora; 7.13 Excel; 7.14 Firefox; 7.15 Games; 7.16 Google Desktop Search; 7.17 ICQ; 7.18 Internet Explorer; 7.19 iTunes; 7.20 Kazaa; 7.21 Limewire; 7.22 Macromedia [your favorite program here]; 7.23 MacAfee VirusScan; 7.24 Microsoft Access; 7.25 Microsoft Money; 7.26 Microsoft Office; 7.27 Microsoft Publisher; 7.28 Microsoft Visio; 7.29 Minesweeper; 7.30 MSN Messenger; 7.31 MSN (Service); 7.32 NaturallySpeaking; 7.33 Netscape; 7.34 Newsgroup Readers; 7.35 Norton AntiVirus; 7.36 Norton Utilities; 7.37 Notepad; 7.38 Outlook/Outlook Express; 7.39 Paint Shop Pro; 7.40 Palm Desktop; 7.41 Picasa; 7.42 Pocket PC; 7.43 PowerPoint; 7.44 QuickBooks; 7.45 Quicken; 7.46 RealPlayer; 7.47 RssReader; 7.48 Skype; 7.49 SnagIt; 7.50 Solitaire; 7.51 Street Atlas USA; 7.52 TaxCut, TurboTax; 7.53 WinAmp, MusicMatch; 7.54 Windows Media Player; 7.55 WinZip; 7.56 Word; 7.57 WordPerfect; 7.58 Yahoo Messenger; 7.59 VirtualPC: The Program of Last Resort; Chapter 8: Hardware on the Mac; 8.1 Printers and Printing; 8.2 Faxing; 8.3 Scanning; 8.4 PDF Files; 8.5 Fonts—and Font Book; 8.6 Digital Cameras; 8.7 Disks; 8.8 Burning CDs and DVDs; 8.9 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox; 8.10 DVD Movies; 8.11 Keyboard; 8.12 Mouse; 8.13 Monitors; Part Three: Making Connections; Chapter 9: Getting Online; 9.1 Connecting by Dial-up Modem; 9.2 Broadband Connections; 9.3 The Firewall; 9.4 Switching Locations; 9.5 Multihoming; 9.6 Internet Sharing; Chapter 10: Mail and Address Book; 10.1 Checking Your Mail; 10.2 Writing Messages; 10.3 Reading Email; 10.4 The Junk Mail Filter; 10.5 Address Book; Chapter 11: Safari, iChat, and Sherlock; 11.1 Safari; 11.2 RSS: The Missing Manual; 11.3 iChat; 11.4 Sherlock; Part Four: Putting Down Roots; Chapter 12: Accounts and Security; 12.1 Introducing Accounts; 12.2 Parental Controls; 12.3 Editing Accounts; 12.4 Setting Up the Login Process; 12.5 Signing In, Logging Out; 12.6 Logging Out; 12.7 Fast User Switching; 12.8 The Root Account; 12.9 Six Mac OS X Security Shields; Chapter 13: System Preferences; 13.1 The System Preferences Window; 13.2 .Mac; 13.3 Accounts; 13.4 Appearance; 13.5 Bluetooth; 13.6 CDs & DVDs; 13.7 Classic; 13.8 Dashboard & Exposé; 13.9 Date & Time; 13.10 Desktop & Screen Saver; 13.11 Displays; 13.12 Dock; 13.13 Energy Saver; 13.14 International; 13.15 Keyboard & Mouse; 13.16 Network; 13.17 Print & Fax; 13.18 QuickTime; 13.19 Security; 13.20 Sharing; 13.21 Software Update; 13.22 Sound; 13.23 Speech; 13.24 Spotlight; 13.25 Startup Disk; 13.26 Universal Access; Chapter 14: The Freebie Programs; 14.1 Address Book; 14.2 AppleScript; 14.3 Calculator; 14.4 Chess; 14.5 Dictionary; 14.6 DVD Player; 14.7 Font Book; 14.8 iCal; 14.9 iChat; 14.10 iDVD; 14.11 Image Capture; 14.12 iMovie HD; 14.13 Internet Connect; 14.14 iPhoto; 14.15 iSync; 14.16 iTunes; 14.17 Mail; 14.18 Preview; 14.19 QuickTime Player; 14.20 Sherlock; 14.21 Stickies; 14.22 System Preferences; 14.23 TextEdit; 14.24 Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox; Chapter 15: Installation and Troubleshooting; 15.1 Installing Mac OS X 10.4; 15.2 Troubleshooting; Part Five: Appendix; Appendix A: The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary; A.1 About [This Program]; A.2 Accessibility Options Control Panel; A.3 Active Desktop; A.4 Add Hardware Control Panel; A.5 Add or Remove Programs Control Panel; A.6 All Programs; A.7 Alt Key; A.8 Automatic Update; A.9 Backspace key; A.10 Battery Level; A.11 BIOS; A.12 Briefcase; A.13 Calculator; A.14 Camera and Scanner Wizard; A.15 CDs; A.16 Character Map; A.17 Clean Install; A.18 Clipboard; A.19 Command Line; A.20 Control Panel; A.21 Copy, Cut, Paste; A.22 Ctrl Key; A.23 Date and Time; A.24 Delete Key (Forward Delete); A.25 Desktop; A.26 Directories; A.27 Disk Defragmenter; A.28 Disks; A.29 Display Control Panel; A.30 DLL Files; A.31 DOS Prompt; A.32 Drivers; A.33 End Task Dialog Box; A.34 Exiting Programs; A.35 Explorer; A.36 Favorites; A.37 Faxing; A.38 File Sharing; A.39 Floppy Disks; A.40 Folder Options; A.41 Fonts; A.42 FTP (File Transfer Protocol); A.43 Help and Support; A.44 Hibernation; A.45 Internet Explorer; A.46 Internet Options; A.47 IRQs; A.48 Java; A.49 Keyboard Control Panel; A.50 Logging In; A.51 Mail Control Panel; A.52 Maximize button; A.53 Menus; A.54 Minimize Button; A.55 Mouse Control Panel; A.56 My Computer; A.57 My Documents, My Pictures, My Music; A.58 My Network Places; A.59 Network Neighborhood; A.60 Notepad; A.61 Personal Web Server; A.62 Phone and Modem Options Control Panel; A.63 Power Options; A.64 Printer Sharing; A.65 Printers and Faxes; A.66 PrntScrn Key; A.67 Program Files Folder; A.68 Properties Dialog Box; A.69 Recycle Bin; A.70 Regional and Language Options Control Panel; A.71 Registry; A.72 Run Command; A.73 Safe Mode; A.74 ScanDisk; A.75 Scheduled Tasks; A.76 Scrap Files; A.77 Screen Saver; A.78 Search; A.79 Shortcut Menus; A.80 Shortcuts; A.81 Sounds and Audio Devices; A.82 Speech Control Panel; A.83 Standby Mode; A.84 Start Menu; A.85 StartUp Folder; A.86 System Control Panel; A.87 System Tray; A.88 Taskbar; A.89 Taskbar and Start Menu Control Panel; A.90 "Three-Fingered Salute"; A.91 ToolTips; A.92 TweakUI; A.93 User Accounts Control Panel; A.94 Window Edges; A.95 Windows (or WINNT) Folder; A.96 Windows Logo Key; A.97 Windows Media Player; A.98 Windows Messenger; A.99 WordPad; A.100 Zip Files; Colophon;