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Mac OS X Power User's Guide.
Title:
Mac OS X Power User's Guide.
Author:
Proffitt, Brian.
ISBN:
9781435458062
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (615 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I Basic Mac OS X -- Chapter 1 Upgrading to Mac OS X -- Upgrade or Trade Up? -- Software Compatibility -- Backing Up Data -- Hard Drive -- Internet Settings -- Prepping Your Hard Drive -- Installing Mac OS X version 10.1 -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Exploring the Desktop -- The Classic Finder Is Now the Desktop -- The Dock -- Managing Applications -- Customizing Dock Contents -- Customizing Dock Appearance -- The Menu Bar -- The Apple Menu -- System Status Menus -- Working with Windows -- Working with Icons -- Ejecting Disks -- Start Up and Shut Down -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Setting Preferences -- Desktop Preferences -- Setting Up Your Monitor -- Making a Resolution -- Color by Numbers -- The Geometry of a Monitor -- Setting Up Sounds -- Personal System Preferences -- Você Fala O Português? -- QWERTY Isn't the Only Keyboard -- Getting the Date and Time -- Managing Numbers and Currency -- Setting Desktop Appearance -- Saving Energy -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Connecting with OS X -- User Connections -- Creating a New User Account -- Updating a User Account -- Password Connections -- Setting Up a Keychain -- Editing a Keychain -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Exploring the New Finder -- The New File-Storage Concept -- Applications Folder -- Library Folder -- System Folder -- Users Folder -- Working with the Finder -- Icon, List, and Column Views -- Working with the Finder's List View -- Working with the Finder's Column View -- Using the Finder's Toolbar -- Common Finder Tasks -- Summary -- Chapter 6 What's under the Hood? -- From Past to Present -- The Core: Darwin -- FreeBSD and Mach -- Open Source -- What Darwin Can Do -- Multitasking and Multiprocessing -- Memory Management -- Interprocess Communications -- A Picture is Worth….

Quartz -- OpenGL -- QuickTime -- The API Framework -- Mac Classic -- Compromising with Carbon -- Cocoa: The Native X Environment -- Java: Applications to Go -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Working with Applications -- Package or Bundle? -- Installing and Removing Applications -- Using Software Update -- Classic and Carbon Applications -- The Application Menu -- Using Services -- Setting Preferences -- Force-Quitting Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Sherlock -- Performing Searches -- Searching Locally -- Searching the Internet -- Configuring Sherlock -- Saving Search Criteria -- Adding Plug-Ins -- Editing Channels -- Summary -- PART II Printing, Graphics, and Multimedia -- Chapter 9 Fonts and Printing -- A Short History of Fonts -- Working with Fonts -- Managing Fonts -- Obtaining and Viewing Fonts -- Printing Basics -- Using the Print Center -- Printing a Document -- Changing Print Settings -- Printing to a File -- Previewing a Print Job -- Setting Printer Preferences -- Mobile Printing -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Multimedia -- What is QuickTime? -- Using QuickTime -- QuickTime TV -- QuickTime VR -- Configuring QuickTime -- Using Preview -- Creating Digital Movies with iMovie 2 -- Working with FireWire and Digital Cameras -- Importing a Movie -- Editing Your Work -- Presenting Your Work -- Summary -- Chapter 11 The Mac Sound Machine -- A Sound Primer -- Sound Hardware and Mac OS X -- Easy Expandability Using USB -- MIDI Hardware and OS X -- MP3 and the Mac -- Introducing iTunes -- Starting iTunes for the First Time -- Playing CDs Using iTunes -- Recording from CDs Using iTunes -- Creating Playlists in iTunes -- Adding Existing MP3 Files to Your Library -- Creating CDs in iTunes -- Playing Internet Radio in iTunes -- Playing Music From an Internet Audio Source -- Saving Internet Audio Sources -- Talking Things Over with Your System.

Letting OS X Read to You -- Speaking to OS X -- Summary -- PART III Networks and Internet -- Chapter 12 File Sharing -- Getting Started -- Wiring Everything Together -- Protocols and Cabling-What's the Difference? -- What about AppleTalk? -- Background: Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server File Sharing -- Connecting to Networked File Servers -- Connecting to Unix Servers -- Connecting to Windows Servers -- Connecting to AppleShare Servers -- Connecting to WebDAV Servers -- Unmounting Shared Volumes and Directories -- Sharing Files, Folders, and Volumes -- Sharing Data versus Sharing Documents -- Activating File Sharing -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Network Administration -- Using NetInfo -- How NetInfo Is Organized -- Graphical Tools for Managing NetInfo -- Command-Line NetInfo Utilities -- Connecting to Mac OS X over the Network -- Activating and Using SSH -- Setting Up and Using Telnet -- Running the Apache Web Server -- Apache Configuration Files -- Apache Log Files -- The Apache Server's "Home Directory" -- Personal Web Site Folders -- Summary -- Chapter 14 E-mail -- Setting Up Mail -- Starting OS X Mail for the First Time -- Importing Existing E-mail into OS X Mail -- Customizing or Creating E-mail Accounts -- Composing a Message -- Attaching a File to a Message -- Managing Messages -- Managing E-mail Addresses -- Creating a New Card -- Editing Existing Cards -- Importing Cards from Other Programs -- Summary -- Chapter 15 The Personal Web Server -- Setting Up Personal Web Sharing -- Activating Personal Web Sharing -- Working with Domain Name Services -- Serving Web Pages -- Creating Shared Folders -- Creating Protected Folders -- Upward Mobility with the Apache Web Server -- Using iDisk to Share Files and Web Pages -- iDisk and WebDAV Overview -- Accessing Your iDisk -- Summary -- Chapter 16 The Internet -- Underlying Architecture -- What Is TCP/IP?.

How AppleShare IP Works -- What Is PPP? -- Configuring the Mac for the Internet -- Using the Network System Preferences Panel -- Using the Internet Panel -- Browsers for Mac OS X -- iCab for Mac OS X -- Microsoft Internet Explorer -- Mozilla -- Netscape Communicator -- OmniWeb -- Opera -- Exploring Internet Services -- The World Wide Web -- Chat Rooms and IRC -- Usenet -- FTP -- Telnet and SSH -- Summary -- PART IV Looking More Deeply at Mac OS X -- Chapter 17 Mobile Computing -- Using PowerBook and iBook Hardware -- Battery Life and Power Management -- Tips for Travelers -- Using Software on Laptops -- Memory Management on Laptops -- Managing Screen Space on Laptops -- Launching and Managing Applications -- Working with PDAs -- Communicating with Other Computers -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Automating Your Mac with AppleScript -- What Is AppleScript? -- Scripting Fundamentals -- Using the Script Editor -- Generating a Script -- Saving and Compiling Your Script -- Writing a Sample AppleScript -- Debugging AppleScript Applications -- AppleScript Language Basics -- Extending the Language -- Advanced Tools and Scripting Resources -- Summary -- Chapter 19 Working with Unix -- Unix and Macs: A Match Made in Heaven? -- The Philosophy of Unix: Small, Specialized Utilities -- Interacting with Unix -- Accessing the Command-Line Interface -- Using Unix Utilities -- Using the tcsh Shell -- Listing Files and Directories -- Creating and Using Directories -- Editing Text Under Unix -- Getting Information about Unix Commands -- Installing Other Unix Software -- Compatibility Issues with Other Unix Software -- Mac OS X and Open Source Software -- Summary -- PART V Appendixes -- Appendix A This Is a Mac-What Could Go Wrong? -- Counting the Ways -- Pilot Error -- Bugs! -- Configuration Errors -- Viruses and Worms -- Hardware Failure -- Diagnostic Tools.

Using the Apple System Profiler -- Anti-Virus Software for Mac OS X -- Disk Repair/Recovery Utilities for Mac OS X -- Troubleshooting -- Troubleshooting Internet Connections -- Analyzing PPP problems -- Analyzing Network Connectivity Problems -- Resolving Application Problems -- Terminating Applications -- Mapping Files to Applications -- Deleting Locked Files -- Restarting Applications After They Crash -- Mac OS X Compatibility Issues -- Appendix B Where to Go for More Information -- Mac OS X General Information Sites -- Mac OS X Applications, Tips, and Support Sites -- Mac OS X Developer Sites -- Unix and Linux Utilities for Mac OS X -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J-K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X-Y-Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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