Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Book I: Getting Started with OS X -- Chapter 1: Shaking Hands with OS X -- Convince Me: Why OS X? -- Pretty to behold -- Stable, stable, stable -- Multitasking and multithreading for normal human beings -- The definition of Internet savvy -- Lots of free goodies -- What Do I Really Need to Run the Big X? -- Upgrading from Mavericks -- Back up! - Please, back up! -- Snuff out disk errors -- Plug it, road warrior -- Personalizing the Big X -- Chapter 2: Navigating and Running Programs -- Restarting, Sleeping, and Shutting Down -- A Window Is Much More Than a Frame: Navigating Windows -- Opening and closing windows -- Scrolling windows -- Minimizing and restoring windows -- Zooming windows -- Those hard-working toolbars -- Moving windows -- Resizing windows -- Switching windows -- Menu Mysteries Explained -- Icons 'R Us -- Hardware -- Programs and applications -- Files -- Folders -- Aliases -- Selecting Icons for Fun and Profit -- Selecting a single icon -- Selecting multiple icons -- Keyboard Shortcuts for the True Power User -- Houston, We're Go to Launch Programs -- Starting applications from your drives -- Running applications from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM -- Switching 'Twixt Programs with Aplomb -- Opening and Saving Your Stuff in an Application -- Opening a document -- Saving a document -- Quitting Applications -- Chapter 3: Basic OS X Housekeeping -- Finder: The Wind beneath Your Wings -- Copying and Moving Files and Folders -- Cloning Your Items - It's Happening Now! -- Deleting That Which Should Not Be -- Dragging unruly files against their will -- Deleting with the menus and the keyboard -- Emptying That Wastepaper Basket.

Wait! I Need That After All! -- Renaming Your Items -- Adding a Dash of Color with Tags -- Displaying the Facts on Files and Folders -- Adding Spotlight comments -- Displaying file extensions -- Choosing the application to launch a file -- Locking files against evildoers -- Creating an Alias -- Using the Apple Menu -- Using Recent Items -- Playing with the Dock -- Bad program! Quit! -- Tracking down your version -- Visiting the App Store -- Specifying a location -- Availing Yourself of OS X Services -- Get Thee Hence: Using the Go Menu -- Monkeying with the Menu Bar -- Using menu bar icons -- Doing timely things with the clock -- Eject, Tex, Eject! -- Common Tasks Aplenty -- Opening and editing text files -- Listening to an audio CD -- Recording - nay, burning - a data CD -- All You Really Need to Know about Printing -- Chapter 4: Searching Everything with Spotlight -- Doing a Basic Search -- How Cool Is That!? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do -- Expanding Your Search Horizons -- Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste -- Chapter 5: Fun with Photo Booth -- Capturing the Moment with FaceTime HD and Photo Booth -- Producing Video on the Spot with iMovie -- Chapter 6: Using Reminders, Notes, and Notifications -- Remind Me to Use Reminders -- Taking Notes the Yosemite Way -- Staying Current with Notification Center -- Chapter 7: Keeping Track with Contacts and Maps -- Hey, Isn't Contacts 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 -- Introducing the Maps Application -- Switching Views in Maps -- Getting Directions Over Yonder -- Chapter 8: Marking Time with Calendar -- Shaking Hands with the Calendar Window -- Entering That Special Event -- Editing Existing Events.

Keeping Track of Multiple Calendars -- Sharing Your Attractive Calendar -- Putting Your Calendar on Paper -- Chapter 9: The Joys of Maintenance -- Deleting Applications the Common-Sense Way -- Popping the Hood: Using the System Information Utility -- Tracking Performance with Activity Monitor -- Fixing Things with Disk Utility -- Displaying the goods on your disks -- Playing doctor with First Aid -- Erasing without seriously screwing up -- Partitioning the right way -- RAID has nothing to do with insects -- Updating OS X -- I Demand That You Back Up Your Hard Drive -- Hitching a ride on Time Machine -- Using other backup solutions -- I Further Demand That You Defragment -- Special Start-Up Keys for Those Special Times -- Crave the Newest Drivers -- Chapter 10: Getting Help for the Big X -- Displaying the Help Center 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 -- Voice support -- Mac publications and resource sites -- Local Mac outlets and user groups -- Chapter 11: Troubleshooting the X -- Don't Panic! -- The Troubleshooting Process -- Step 1: Always try a simple shutdown -- Step 2: Check all cable connections -- Step 3: Retrace your steps -- Step 4: Run Disk Utility -- Step 5: Run antivirus software -- Step 6: Check the Trash -- Step 7: Check online connections -- Step 8: Disable troublesome Login Items -- Step 9: Turn off your screen saver -- Step 10: Check for write protection -- Step 11: Check your System Information -- Step 12: Reboot with the OS X Recovery HD volume -- Do I Need to Reinstall OS X? -- It's Still Not Moving: Troubleshooting Resources -- OS X Help Center -- The Apple OS X Support site -- Your local Apple dealer -- Book II: Customizing and Sharing -- Chapter 1: Building the Finder of Your Dreams.

Will That Be Icons or Lists or Columns . . . or Even a Cover Flow? -- Doing the Toolbar Dance -- Hiding and showing the toolbar -- Hiding and showing the status bar -- Giving your toolbar big tires and a loud exhaust -- Searching for Files from the Toolbar -- Searching for Files with the Find Controls -- Configuring the View Options -- Setting Icon view options -- Setting List view options -- Setting Column view options -- Setting Cover Flow view options -- Setting Finder Preferences -- Chapter 2: Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch -- Changing the Background -- Picking something Apple -- I just gotta have lavender -- Selecting your own photo -- Changing the Screen Saver -- Changing Colors in OS X -- Adding Stickies -- Customizing the Dock -- Adding applications and extras to the Dock -- Keeping track with Stacks -- Resizing the Dock -- Stick It on Dashboard -- Getting Social with Game Center -- Arranging Your Precious Desktop -- Chapter 3: Delving under the Hood with System Preferences -- The Preferred Way to Display the Preferences -- Saving Your Preferences -- Searching for Specific Settings -- Getting Personal -- General preferences -- Desktop and screen saver preferences -- Dock preferences -- Mission Control preferences -- Language & Region preferences -- Security & Privacy preferences -- Spotlight preferences -- Notifications preferences -- It's All about the Hardware -- CDs and DVDs preferences -- Displays preferences -- Energy Saver preferences -- Keyboard preferences -- Mouse preferences -- Trackpad preferences -- Printers & Scanners preferences -- Sound preferences -- Sharing the Joy: Internet and Wireless -- iCloud preferences -- Internet Accounts preferences -- Extensions preferences -- Network preferences -- Bluetooth preferences -- Sharing preferences -- Tweaking the System -- Users & Groups preferences.

Parental Controls preferences -- App Store preferences -- Dictation and speech preferences -- Date and time preferences -- Startup Disk preferences -- Time Machine preferences -- Accessibility preferences -- Chapter 4: You Mean Others Can Use My Mac, Too? -- How Multiuser Works on OS X -- Configuring Your Login Screen -- Locking Down Your Mac -- Starting Applications Automatically after Login -- Chapter 5: Setting Up Multiuser Accounts -- Adding, Editing, and Deleting Users -- Adding a new user account -- Editing an existing account -- Deleting an existing account -- Tightening Your Security Belt -- Setting Parental Controls -- Assigning the Simple Finder -- Using Keychains - Not! -- Chapter 6: Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit -- Sharing over a Network versus Sharing on a Single Mac -- No network is required -- Relying on a guaranteed lock -- Most places are off-limits -- Permissions: Law Enforcement for Your Files -- Permission and Sharing Do's and Don'ts -- Sharing Stuff in Office 2011 -- Document-sharing features -- File-level sharing features -- Book III: The Digital Hub -- Chapter 1: The World According to Apple -- First, Sliced Bread . . . and Now, the Digital Hub -- What Can I Digitize? -- Photographs -- Music -- Video -- DVD -- The Software That Drives the Hub -- iPhoto -- iTunes -- iMovie -- GarageBand -- Can I Use All This Stuff at One Time? -- Chapter 2: Browsing Your Library with iTunes and iBooks -- What Can I Play on iTunes? -- Playing an Audio CD -- Playing Digital Audio -- Browsing the Library -- Finding songs in your Music Library -- Removing old music from the Library -- Watching Video -- Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists -- Know Your Songs -- Setting the song information automatically -- Setting or changing the song information manually -- Ripping Audio Files.

Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears.