Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-In-One for Dummies -- About the Author -- Dedication -- 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 -- Contents at a Glance -- 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 Frame -- Menu 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 Color -- Displaying 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 iMovie -- Controlling 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 Drive -- I 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 -- Contents at a Glance -- Chapter 1: Building the Finder of Your Dreams -- Will That Be Icons or Lists or Columns . . . or Even a Flow? -- Doing the Toolbar Dance -- Searching for Files from the Toolbar -- Searching for Files from the Find Dialog -- Configuring the View Options -- Setting Finder Preferences -- Chapter 2: Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch -- Changing the Background -- Changing the Screen Saver -- Changing Colors in Mac OS X -- Adding Stickies -- Customizing the Dock -- Stick It on the Dashboard -- 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 -- It's All about the Hardware -- Sharing the Joy: Internet & Network -- Tweaking the System -- Chapter 4: You Mean Others Can Use My Mac, Too? -- How Multiuser Works on Mac OS X -- Configuring Your Login Screen -- Locking Things Down -- Starting Applications Automatically after Login -- Chapter 5: Setting Up Multiuser Accounts -- Adding, Editing, and Deleting Users -- Tightening Your Security Belt -- Using Keychains - NOT -- Chapter 6: Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit -- Sharing over a Network versus Sharing on a Single Mac -- Permissions: Law Enforcement for Your Files -- Permission and Sharing Do's and Don'ts -- Sharing Stuff in Office 2008 -- Book III: The Digital Hub -- Contents at a Glance -- Chapter 1: The World According to Apple -- First, Sliced Bread . . . and Now, the Digital Hub -- What Does Digital Mean, Anyway? -- What Can I Digitize? -- The Software That Drives the Hub -- Can I Use All This Stuff at One Time? -- Chapter 2: Jamming with iTunes and iPod -- What Can I Play on iTunes? -- Playing an Audio CD -- Playing Digital Audio and Video -- Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists -- Know Your Songs -- Ripping Audio Files -- Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears -- A New Kind of Radio Station -- iSending iStuff to iPod -- Sharing Your Media across Your Network -- Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles -- Feasting on iTunes Visuals -- Buying Digital Media the Apple Way -- Chapter 3: Focusing on iPhoto -- Delving into iPhoto -- Working with Images in iPhoto -- Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece -- You'll Love MobileMe Gallery! -- Mailing Photos to Aunt Mildred -- Chapter 4: Making Magic with iMovie -- The iMovie Window -- A Bird's-Eye View of Moviemaking -- Importing the Building Blocks -- Building the Cinematic Basics.

Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others -- Chapter 5: Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD -- Introducing Your Mac to iDVD -- Starting a New DVD Project -- Creating a DVD from Scratch -- Giving Your DVD the Personal Touch -- Previewing Your Masterpiece -- A Word about Automation -- Recording a Finished Project to a Shiny Disc -- Chapter 6: Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand -- Shaking Hands with Your Band -- Composing and Podcasting Made Easy -- Automatic Composition with Magic GarageBand -- Sharing Your Songs and Podcasts -- Chapter 7: Crafting a Web Site with iWeb -- Looking around the iWeb Window -- Planning Your Pages -- Adding a New Site -- Adding a New Page -- Editing a Page -- Tweaking with the Inspector -- Publishing Your Web Site -- Chapter 8: No, It's Not Called iQuickTime -- QuickTime Can Do That? -- Playing Media with QuickTime -- Chapter 9: Turning Your Mac into a DVD Theater -- The DVD Hardware -- The DVD Player: It's Truly Shiny -- Taking Advantage of Additional DVD Features -- Book IV: Using iWork -- Contents at a Glance -- Chapter 1: Desktop Publishing with Pages -- Creating a New Pages Document -- Open an Existing Pages Document -- Saving Your Work -- Touring the Pages Window -- Entering and Editing Text -- Using Text and Graphics Boxes -- The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste -- Formatting Text the Easy Way -- Adding a Spiffy Table -- Adding Alluring Photos -- Adding a Background Shape -- Are You Sure About That Spelling? -- Printing Your Pages Documents -- Sharing That Poster with Others -- Chapter 2: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers -- Before We Launch Numbers . . . -- Creating a New Numbers Document -- Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File -- Save Those Spreadsheets! -- Exploring the Numbers Window -- Navigate and Select Cells in a Spreadsheet -- Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet -- Selecting the Right Number Format.

Aligning Cell Text Just So -- Format with Shading -- Insert and Delete Rows and Columns -- The Formula Is Your Friend -- Adding Visual Punch with a Chart -- Chapter 3: Building Presentations with Keynote -- Creating a New Keynote Project -- Opening a Keynote Presentation -- Saving Your Presentation -- Putting Keynote to Work -- Adding Slides -- Working with Text and Graphics Boxes -- Adding and Editing Slide Text -- Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look -- Using Presenter's Notes in Your Project -- Every Good Presentation Needs Media -- Adding a Background Shape -- Creating Your Keynote Slideshow -- Printing Your Slides and Notes -- Book V: The Typical Internet Stuff -- Contents at a Glance -- Chapter 1: Getting on the Internet -- Shopping for an ISP -- Investigating Various Types of Connections -- Setting Up Your Internet Connection -- Chapter 2: Using Apple Mail -- Know Thy Mail Window -- Setting Up Your Account -- Receiving and Reading E-Mail Wisdom -- Raise the Little Flag: Sending E-Mail -- What? You Get Junk Mail, Too? -- Attachments on Parade -- Fine-Tuning Your Post Office -- Automating Your Mail with Rules -- Chapter 3: Staying in Touch with iChat -- Configuring iChat -- Changing Modes in iChat -- Will You Be My Buddy? -- Chat! Chat, I Say! -- Sharing Screens and iChat Theater -- Sending Files with iChat -- Eliminating the Riffraff -- Adding Visual Effects -- Chapter 4: Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk -- Grabbing Internet Storage for Your Mac -- Understanding What's on Your iDisk -- Opening and Using iDisk -- Chapter 5: Going Places with Safari -- Pretend You've Never Used This Thing -- Visiting Web Sites -- Navigating the Web -- Setting Up Your Home Page -- Adding and Using Bookmarks -- Downloading Files -- Using Subscriptions and History -- Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends -- Saving Web Pages -- Protecting Your Privacy.

Chapter 6: Staying Secure Online.