Macs Portable Genius -- About the Author -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: How Do I Connect and Configure Devices? -- Using an External Display -- Understanding external display connections -- Setting the external display mode -- Connecting Two Macs Directly -- Connecting two Macs with a network cable -- Connecting two Macs with FireWire -- Connecting two Macs wirelessly -- Connecting and Sharing a Printer -- Connecting a printer manually -- Adding a shared network printer -- Adding a shared Windows network printer -- Sharing your printer with the network -- Connecting and Sharing a Fax -- Connecting a fax modem -- Adding a shared network fax -- Sharing your fax with the network -- Working with Imaging Devices -- Connecting an imaging device -- Connecting to a network imaging device -- Sharing an imaging device -- Configuring a camera as a Webcam -- Chapter 2: How Do I Connect My Mac with Bluetooth Devices? -- Finding Your Bluetooth Connection -- Adding a Bluetooth Adapter -- Connecting Bluetooth Devices -- Connecting a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard -- Configuring your Bluetooth mouse and keyboard -- Connecting a Bluetooth headset -- Making the connection to your Bluetooth phone -- Connecting to the Palm OS PDA -- Exchanging Files Using Bluetooth -- Making sure your Mac is discoverable -- Browsing a Bluetooth device -- Sending files to a Bluetooth device -- Activating Bluetooth sharing -- Chapter 3: How Do I Synchronize My Mac with Other Devices? -- Synchronizing with an iPod -- Synchronizing music and videos -- Synchronizing movies -- Synchronizing TV show episodes -- Synchronizing podcasts -- Synchronizing photos -- Synchronizing your address book and calendars -- Synchronizing games -- Synchronizing with a Cell Phone or Palm PDA -- Adding a cellphone to iSync -- Adding a Palm PDA to iSync.

Configuring sync settings for the device -- Synchronizing the device -- Synchronizing with MobileMe -- Synchronizing your Mac and MobileMe -- Using MobileMe to keep two or more Macs in sync -- Stopping a Mac from syncing with MobileMe -- Resolving sync conflicts -- Chapter 4: How Can I Get More Out of the Web? -- Making Site Navigation Easier -- Opening a site in a new tab -- Using Back and Next to navigate your history -- Using the title bar to navigate a site -- Selecting the address bar text quickly -- Searching for a word or phrase instantly -- Making Safari appear to be another browser -- Shutting off Safari's quit prompt -- Getting More Out of Bookmarks -- Importing Internet Explorer bookmarks -- Creating a Safari startup folder -- Opening a folder's sites with a single click -- Loading sites automatically at startup -- Saving bookmarks as a Web page -- Synchronizing bookmarks with another computer -- Saving Pages for Later Use -- E-mailing a page -- Adding part of a Web page to the Dashboard -- Archiving a Web page -- Enhancing Safari Privacy -- Deleting a site from your history -- Erasing all your browser tracks -- Activating private browsing -- Chapter 5: How Do I Use My Mac to Organize My Real Life? -- Managing Your Contacts -- Saving a person's contact information -- Sending your contact information -- Sending messages to a group of contacts -- Keeping track of birthdays -- Creating a smart group that shows upcoming birthdays -- Sending yourself an e-mail birthday reminder -- Importing contacts from Microsoft Outlook -- Merging duplicate contacts into a single card -- Sharing your Address Book via MobileMe -- Printing an envelope for a contact -- Printing mailing labels for contacts -- Managing Your Appointments -- Setting up a meeting with a contact -- Adding an alarm to an event -- Stopping automatic calendar additions.

Setting up a custom repeat interval -- Creating a calendar of people's birthdays -- Importing a calendar from Microsoft Outlook -- Publishing a calendar to MobileMe -- Subscribing to a published calendar -- Chapter 6: How Do I Use My Mac to Organize My Online Life? -- Getting More Out of MobileMe -- Accessing any e-mail account online -- Forwarding MobileMe messages to another account -- Storing files online -- Backing up your data online -- Accessing your Mac remotely -- Creating Your Own Web Site -- Inserting a Google Map -- Placing ads on your site -- Adding your own HTML to a page -- Placing a My iTunes widget on a page -- Adding YouTube videos to your site -- Publishing your Web site to MobileMe -- Publishing your Web site using your own domain name -- Chapter 7: Can My Mac Help Me Communicate More Effectively? -- Improving Your E-mail Life -- Configuring Mail to not show images in messages -- Moving junk messages to the Junk folder -- Leaving incoming messages on the server -- Skipping really large incoming messages -- Sending e-mail with a different server port -- Sending all messages from the same account -- Setting up rules to process incoming messages -- Creating a smart mailbox -- Bouncing back an unwanted message -- Chatting and Videoconferencing -- Chatting over your network -- Showing your iChat capabilities -- Setting up an audio chat -- Setting up a video chat -- Using iChat and a video camera to set up a security cam -- Sending camcorder video to a video chat -- Chapter 8: How Do I Keep My Mac Running Smoothly? -- Routine Mac Maintenance -- Emptying the Trash -- Cleaning up your desktop -- Watching hard disk free space -- Deleting unneeded files -- Uninstalling unused applications -- Checking hard disk status -- Verifying the hard disk -- Setting the software update schedule -- Updating software by hand.

Cycling your Mac notebook battery -- More Mac Maintenance -- Removing login items -- Erasing your hard disk's free space -- Cleaning your Mac inside and out -- Backing Up Your Mac -- Configuring Time Machine -- Backing up your hard disk to a disk image -- Backing up your files to a DVD -- Restoring files using Time Machine -- Restoring your system -- Chapter 9: Can I Upgrade My Mac? -- Using System Profiler to See Your Current Hardware -- Upgrading Your iMac Memory -- Upgrading Your MacBook Pro -- Replacing your MacBook Pro battery -- Upgrading your MacBook Pro memory -- Upgrading Your MacBook -- Replacing your MacBook battery -- Upgrading your MacBook memory -- Upgrading your MacBook hard disk -- Upgrading Your iBook -- Replacing your iBook battery -- Replacing your iBook AirPort Extreme card -- Upgrading your iBook memory -- Upgrading Your Mac Pro -- Opening the Mac Pro case -- Upgrading your Mac Pro memory -- Replacing a hard disk on the Mac Pro -- Adding an extra hard disk to the Mac Pro -- Replacing your Mac Pro graphics card -- Chapter 10: How Do I Solve Mac Software Problems? -- General Software Troubleshooting Techniques -- Tracking down the problem -- Performing basic troubleshooting steps -- Monitoring Your Mac to Look for Problems -- Monitoring CPU usage -- Monitoring memory usage -- Monitoring hard disk activity -- More Troubleshooting Techniques to Try -- Checking for software updates -- Bypassing your login items -- Deleting a program's preferences file -- Reinstalling Mac OS X -- Mac Software Problems ( and Their Solutions) -- You can't change some options in System Preferences -- A program is stuck -- A process is stuck -- A program crashes -- A program won't start -- You can't empty the Trash -- Chapter 11: How Do I Solve Mac Hardware Problems? -- Before the Fall: Preparing for Trouble -- Creating a secondary user account.

Creating a secondary boot device -- General Hardware Troubleshooting Techniques -- Basic checklist -- Restarting your Mac -- Running the Apple Hardware Test -- Repairing the hard disk -- Repairing disk permissions -- Mac Hardware Problems (and Their Solutions) -- Your Mac won't start -- Your Mac tells you that you don't have enough memory -- Your Mac runs slowly -- Your mouse or keyboard doesn't work -- Your display is garbled -- Chapter 12: How Do I Run Windows on My Mac? -- Why Run Windows? -- Dual-Boot or Virtualization ( or Both!)? -- Dual-Booting with Boot Camp -- Creating a Windows partition -- Installing Windows -- Switching between Mac OS X and Windows -- Renaming the Boot Camp partition -- Sharing files between Mac OS X and Windows -- Running Windows with Parallels Desktop -- Installing Parallels Desktop -- Running Parallels Desktop -- Setting up Parallels Desktop with a Boot Camp virtual machine -- Installing Windows in a new virtual machine -- Configuring the virtual machine -- Sharing files between Mac OS X and Windows -- Appendix A: Official Apple Sites -- Official Apple Sites -- More Mac Sites -- Appendix B: Mac Shortcut Keys -- Glossary -- Index.