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V. Appendixes
by David Pogue
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
The Missing Credits
About the Author
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
About This Book
About→These→Arrows
About MissingManuals.com
The Very Basics
I. Welcome to Macintosh
1. How the Mac Is Different
Power On, Dude
That One-Button Mouse
On, Off, and Sleep
Sleep Mode
Restart
Shut Down
Log Out
The Menu Bar
Finder = Windows Explorer
Dock = Taskbar
Menulets = Tray
Keyboard Differences
Where the Windows Keys Went
What the Special Mac Keys Do
Disk Differences
Where Your Stuff Is
Applications Folder
Home Folder
System Folder
Window Controls
Title Bar
The Folder Proxy Icon
Close Button
Minimize Button
Zoom Button
The Finder Sidebar
Fine-tuning the Sidebar
Window Management
Scroll Bars
Resize Box
Path Bar
Status Bar
Terminology Differences
2. Folders, Dock, & Windows
Getting into Mac OS X
Logging In
The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop
Disk icons
The Dock
The menu
The menu bar
The Four Window Views
Icon View
Icon View Options
Always open in icon view
Icon size
Grid spacing
Text size
Label position
Show item info
Show icon preview
Arrange by
Background
Use as Defaults
Keeping Icons Neat and Sorted
Grid alignment
Sorted alignment
List View
Sorting the List
Flippy Triangles
Your Choice of Columns
Other View Options
Rearranging Columns
Adjusting Column Widths
Column View
Manipulating the Columns
View Options
Cover Flow View
Quick Look
What Quick Look Knows
Fun with Quick Look
The Quick Look Slideshow
The Dock
Setting Up the Dock
Organizing and Removing Dock Icons
Stacks
Fan vs. grid vs. list
Ready-made stacks
Creating and removing stacks
Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
Auto-hiding the Dock
Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
Moving the Dock to the sides of the screen
Using the Dock
Switch applications
Secret menus
Drag and Drop
Do Your Filing
The Finder Toolbar
Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar
Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons
Getting Help in Mac OS X
3. Files, Icons, & Spotlight
Renaming Icons
Selecting Icons
Selecting by Clicking
Selecting Icons from the Keyboard
Moving and Copying Icons
Copying by Dragging
Copying by Using Copy and Paste
Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders
Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
What’s Good about Aliases
Broken Aliases
Color Labels
What Labels Are Good For
Changing Labels
The Trash
Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash
Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy
Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever
Locked Files: The Next Generation
Get Info
The Get Info Panels
The Spotlight Menu
Spotlight-Menu Tips
Advanced Menu Searches
Use quotes
Limit by kind
Limit by recent date
Limit by metadata
Boolean searches
The Spotlight Window
Spotlight Window from Spotlight Menu
Opening the Spotlight Window Directly
The Basic Search
Power Searches
Where to Look
Search by Name/Search by Contents
Complex Searches
Kind
Last opened date/Last modified date/Created date
Name
Contents
Other
What to Do with Search Results
Customizing Spotlight
Privacy Settings
Smart Folders
4. Documents, Programs, & Spaces
Opening Mac OS X Programs
The Application Menu
Quitting Programs
Force Quitting Programs
The New, Improved “Alt-Tab”
Exposé: Death to Window Clutter
More Ways to Exposé
Find one window in the current program
Return to the desktop
Another way to Exposé
Three Triggers for Exposé
Screen corners
Keystrokes
Multiple-button mouse clicks
Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac
Turning on Spaces
Using Spaces
The big picture
Moving windows among screens
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
Hiding the Program You’re Using
Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows
How Documents Know Their Parents
Reassigning Documents to Programs
Reassigning a certain document—just once
Reassigning a certain document—permanently
Reassigning all documents of one type
Keyboard Control
Control the Menus
Control the Dock
Cycle Through Your Windows
Control the Toolbar
Control Tool Palettes
Control Dialog Boxes
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
Sheets
The Mini Finder
Spotlight
The File Format Pop-up Menu
The Open File Dialog Box
Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon
The Cocoa Difference
The Font Panel
Services
Grab
Mail
Make New Sticky Note
Open URL
Search with Google
Spotlight
Summarize
Toolbar Tricks
Universal Apps (Intel Macs)
Installing Mac OS X Programs
.sit, .zip, .tar, .gz, and .dmg
Disk Images (.dmg files)
Cleaning Up after Decompression
Performing the Installation
Uninstalling Software
Dashboard
Dashboard Tips
Dashboard Preferences
Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets
Creating a Web Clip Widget
II. Moving In
5. Eight Ways to Transfer Your Files
Transfer by Apple Genius
Transfers by iTornado
Transfers by Disk
Transfers by Network
Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
Transfers by Email
Transfers by iDisk
Transfers by Bluetooth
Where to Put Your Copied Files
Desktop Pictures (Wallpaper)
Sound Effects
Bookmarks (Favorites)
Everything Else
Document-Conversion Issues
FireWire Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
6. Transferring Email and Contacts
Ways to Move Your Email
Ways to Move Your Email
Ways to Move Your Address Book
A Reminder That Could Save You Hours
Transferring Your Outlook Mail
O2M Method (Quick, Simple, $10)
Thunderbird Method (Time-Consuming, Free)
Phase 1: Import to Thunderbird
Phase 2: Copy to the Mac
Phase 3: Import into Mail
Phase 4: Import into Entourage (optional)
Alternative Method (Free, to Eudora Only)
Outlook and Exchange
Transferring Your Outlook Address Book
O2M Method (Easy, $10)
Thunderbird Method (Time-Consuming, Free)
CSV Method (Free, to Entourage Only)
Eudora Method (Free)
Transferring from Outlook Express
Moving Your Address Book
Moving Your Mail
To Eudora for Mac
Transferring Your Eudora Mail
Moving Email into Entourage or Mac OS X Mail
Moving Email to Eudora for the Mac
Transferring Your Eudora Address Book
Moving Contacts into Address Book
Moving Contacts into Entourage
Moving Contacts into Eudora on the Mac
Email Settings
Finding the Settings on Windows
Outlook
Outlook Express
Eudora
Thunderbird
Configuring the Settings on Your Mac
Apple Mail
Microsoft Entourage
Eudora for Macintosh
7. Special Software, Special Problems
ACDSee
Acrobat Reader
ACT
Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
Adobe [your favorite program here]
America Online
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
Children’s Software
Earthlink Total Access
Easy CD Creator
Encarta
Eudora
Excel
Firefox
Games
Google Desktop Search
ICQ
Internet Explorer
iTunes
Kazaa
Limewire
MacAfee VirusScan
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Visio
Minesweeper
MSN Messenger
NaturallySpeaking
Netscape
Newsgroup Readers
Norton AntiVirus
Norton Utilities
Notepad
Outlook/Outlook Express
Paint Shop Pro
Palm Desktop
Picasa
Pocket PC
PowerPoint
QuickBooks
Quicken
RealPlayer
RssReader
Skype
SnagIt
Solitaire
Street Atlas USA
TaxCut, TurboTax
WinAmp, MusicMatch
Windows Media Player
WinZip
Word
WordPerfect
Yahoo Messenger
8. Windows on Macintosh
Boot Camp
Installing Boot Camp
Phase 1: Partition your drive
Phase 2: Install Windows
Phase 3: Install the drivers
Forth and Back, Windows/Mac
Keyboard Translation Guide
Boot Camp Tip-O-Rama
Windows in a Window
Virtualization Tip-O-Rama
9. Hardware on the Mac
Printers and Printing
Setting Up a Printer
The Printer List
Making the Printout
Page Setup
The Print Command
Printing
Managing Printouts
Printer Sharing
Faxing
Setting Up Faxing
Sending a Fax
Sending
Checking the log, checking the queue
Receiving a Fax
PDF Files
Opening PDF Files
Creating PDF Files
Fonts—and Font Book
Where Fonts Live
Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts
Looking over your fonts
Printing a reference sheet
Eliminating duplicates
Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
Font libraries
The Fonts Panel
Choosing fonts from the Fonts panel
Digital Cameras
Disks
Startup Disks
Creating a startup disk
Selecting a startup disk
Erasing a Disk
Burning CDs and DVDs
Burn Folders: Without the Disc
Burn Folders: With a Blank Disc On Hand
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
MP3 Files and Company
Audio CDs
The iPod and iPhone
The iTunes Store
Buying music
Restrictions
Playing Music
Playing with Playback
Turning on visuals
Keyboard control
Playing with the graphic equalizer
Preventing ear-blast syndrome
Copying (Ripping) CD Songs to Your Hard Drive
Playlists—and Smart Playlists
Creating playlists
Playing with criteria
iTunes: Burning Music CDs
DVD Movies
Playing a Movie
Full-Screen Playback
Language Fun
The Big Picture
Keyboard
Text-Navigation Keystrokes
Mouse
Monitors
Time Machine
Setting up Time Machine
How the Backups Work
Changing Time Machine Settings
Recovering Lost or Changed Files
Recovering from iPhoto, Address Book, and Mail
Recovering the entire hard drive
Recovering to another Mac
Frequently Asked Questions
.Mac Sync
III. The Mac Online
10. Internet Setup
Network Central—and Multihoming
Multihoming
Broadband Connections
Automatic Configuration
Manual Configuration
Ethernet Connections
Settings from Windows XP, Windows 2000
Settings from Windows 98, Windows Me
Applying the Settings
AirPort (Wi-Fi) Connections
Commercial Hot Spots
Dial-up Modem Connections
Setting Up the Modem
Going Online
Disconnecting
Switching Locations
Creating a New Location
Making the Switch
Internet Sharing
Turning On Internet Sharing
The Software Base Station Effect
.Mac Services
Signing Up for .Mac
iDisk
Pulling it onto your screen
The Public folder
iDisk options
Email
HomePage
Backup
iSync
Internet Location Files
11. Mail & Address Book
Checking Your Mail
The Mailboxes List
Writing Messages
Attaching Files to Messages
Signatures
Stationery
Reading Email
Threading
Adding the Sender to Your Address Book
Data Detectors
Opening Attachments
Replying to a Message
Forwarding Messages
Redirecting Messages
Printing Messages
Filing Messages
Flagging Messages
Finding Messages
Finding messages within a mailbox
Finding text within an open message
Deleting Messages
Method 1: Emptying the Trash folder
Method 2: Deleted mail turns invisible
Message Rules
Setting up message rules
The Anti-Spam Toolkit
Using the Junk Mail Filter
More Anti-Spam Tips
RSS Feeds
Adding RSS Feeds
Notes
To Dos
Creating To Dos
Completing and Deleting To Dos
To Do List: Mail/iCal Joint Custody
Address Book
Creating Address Cards
Editing an address
Adding addresses from Mail
Groups
Removing someone from a group
Pictures
Replacing and removing a picture
Finding an Address
Changing the Address Book Display
Printing Options
Address-Book Backups
12. Safari & iChat
Safari
Browsing Basics and Toolbars
Safari Toolbars
Address bar
Status Bar
Tips for Better Surfing
SnapBack
Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders
Impersonating Internet Explorer
Where am I?
Faster Browsing Without Graphics
Expanding Web forms
Viewing Web Pages Offline
Designate Your Home Page
The History Menu
Finding Text on Web Pages
Zoom in on PDF Pages
Tabbed Browsing
Viewing an RSS Feed
RSS Tricks
Creating RSS summaries
The RSS screen saver
iChat
Three Chat Networks
Signing Up
How to get a free .Mac account
How to get a free Jabber (or Gmail) account
How to get a free AIM account
The Buddy Lists
Making a List
Broadcasting Your Status
Sorting and sizing your friends
Let the Chat Begin
They invite you
You Invite Them
Text Chats
In-chat fun
Audio Chats
Video Chats
Bluescreen Backdrops and Video FX
Sharing Your Screen
iChat Theater
IV. Putting Down Roots
13. Accounts, Parental Controls, & Security
Introducing Accounts
The First Account
Creating an Account
Phase 1: Choose an Account Type
Administrator accounts
Standard accounts
Managed accounts with Parental Controls
Sharing Only
Group
The Guest account
Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
Phase 3: Choose a Picture
Phase 4: Startup Items
Parental Controls
System
Use Simple Finder
Only allow selected applications
Content (Dictionary and Web)
Hide profanity in Dictionary
Web Site Restrictions
Mail & iChat
Time Limits
Logs
Editing Accounts
Deleting Accounts
Setting Up the Login Process
Signing In, Logging Out
Identifying Yourself
Logging Out
Sharing Across Accounts
Fast User Switching
Four Mac OS X Security Shields
The Firewall
FileVault
Logout Options
The Keychain
Locking and unlocking the Keychain
Managing Keychain
14. Networking, File Sharing, & Screen Sharing
Wiring the Network
Ethernet Networks
AirPort Networks
File Sharing
Setup: The Public Folder
Setup: Sharing Any Folder
The Get Info method
The System Preferences method
Accessing Shared Files
Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
Connection Method B: Connect to Server
Disconnecting Yourself
Networking with Windows
Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC
Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac
Screen Sharing
Mac #1: Give Permission in Advance
Mac #2: Take Control
Screen Sharing with Back to My Mac
15. System Preferences
The System Preferences Window
.Mac
Accounts
Appearance
Changing Colors
Tweaking the Scroll Bars
Number of Recent Items
Font Smoothing Style
Turning Off Smoothing on Tiny Fonts
Bluetooth
CDs & DVDs
Date & Time
Date & Time Tab
Time Zone Tab
Clock Tab
Desktop & Screen Saver
Desktop
Using your own pictures
Making the picture fit
Auto picture-changing
Screen Saver
Apple
Pictures
Activating the screen saver
Displays
Display Tab
Arrangement Tab
Color Tab
Dock
Energy Saver
Sleep Tab
Laptop Options
Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
Waking and Other Options
Exposé & Spaces
International
Another Language—Instantly
Formats Tab
Input Menu Tab
Keyboard Viewer
Keyboard & Mouse
Keyboard Tab
Mouse Tab
Trackpad Tab
Trackpad Gestures
Trackpad options
Bluetooth Tab
Keyboard Shortcuts
Network
Parental Controls
Print & Fax
QuickTime
Security
Sharing
Software Update
Sound
Sound Effects Tab
Output Tab
Input Tab
Speech
Speech Recognition
The Mac Reads to You
Spotlight
Startup Disk
Time Machine
Universal Access
Seeing Tab (Magnifying the Screen)
VoiceOver
Zoom
Display (inverted colors)
Hearing Tab (Flashing the Screen)
Keyboard Tab (Typing Assistance)
Mouse & Trackpad Tab (Cursor Control from the Keyboard)
16. The Free Programs
Address Book
AppleScript
Ready-made AppleScripts
Automator
Calculator
Conversions
Conversions
Chess
Playing a Game of Chess
Dashboard
Dictionary
DVD Player
Exposé
Font Book
Front Row
GarageBand
iCal
Working with Views
Making an Appointment
The easy way
The long way
What to Do with an Appointment
Editing events
Rescheduling events
Lengthening or shortening events
Printing events
Deleting events
Searching for Events
The “Calendar” Category Concept
To Do Lists
iChat
iDVD
iMovie, iPhoto
iTunes
Mail
Photo Booth
Still Photos
4-Up Photos
Movies
Exporting Shots and Movies
Preview
Preview as Graphics Viewer
Bunches o’ graphics
Cropping graphics
Fixing up photos
Converting file formats
The Sidebar
Preview as PDF Reader
QuickTime Player
Playing Movies
QuickTime Pro
Safari
Stickies
Creating Sticky Notes
Organizing Stickies
Formatting Notes
Saving Sticky Notes
System Preferences
TextEdit
TextEdit’s Two Personalities
Working in TextEdit
Style Sheets
Tables
TextEdit as Web Designer
Time Machine
Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
Activity Monitor
The Processes table
The System monitor tabs
AirPort Utility
Bluetooth File Exchange
Disk Utility
Disk Utility, the hard drive-repair program
Disk Utility, the disk-image program
Turning an image into a CD
Grab
Grapher
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
System Profiler
Terminal
A Terminal crash course
Unix programs
Navigating in Unix
Getting help
Learning more
V. Appendixes
A. Installation & Troubleshooting
Getting Ready to Install
Three Kinds of Installation
The Basic Installation
Phase 1: The Installer
The Upgrade Installation
The Clean Install (“Archive and Install”)
Erase & Install
The Setup Assistant
Troubleshooting
Minor Eccentric Behavior
First Resort: Repair Permissions
Second Resort: Look for an Update
Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
Fourth Resort: Restart
Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
Can’t Move or Rename an Icon
Application Won’t Open
Startup Problems
Kernel Panic
Safe Mode (Safe Boot)
Gray Screen During Startup
Blue Screen During Startup
Forgotten Password
Fixing the Disk
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
Help Online
Help by Telephone
B. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
About [This Program]
About [This Program]
Accessibility Options Control Panel
Active Desktop
Add Hardware Control Panel
Add or Remove Programs Control Panel
All Programs
Alt Key
Automatic Update
Backspace key
Battery Level
BIOS
Briefcase
Calculator
Camera and Scanner Wizard
CDs
Character Map
Clean Install
Clipboard
Command Line
Control Panel
Copy, Cut, Paste
Ctrl Key
Date and Time
Delete Key (Forward Delete)
Desktop
Directories
Disk Defragmenter
Disks
Display Control Panel
DLL Files
DOS Prompt
Drivers
End Task Dialog Box
Exiting Programs
Explorer
Favorites
Faxing
File Sharing
Floppy Disks
Folder Options
Fonts
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Help and Support
Hibernation
Internet Explorer
Internet Options
IRQs
Java
Keyboard Control Panel
Logging In
Mail Control Panel
Maximize Button
Menus
Minimize Button
Mouse Control Panel
My Computer
My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
My Network Places
Network Neighborhood
Notepad
Personal Web Server
Phone and Modem Options Control Panel
Power Options
Printer Sharing
Printers and Faxes
PrntScrn Key
Program Files Folder
Properties Dialog Box
Recycle Bin
Regional and Language Options Control Panel
Registry
Run Command
Safe Mode
ScanDisk
Scheduled Tasks
Scrap Files
Screen Saver
Search
Shortcut Menus
Shortcuts
Sounds and Audio Devices
Speech Control Panel
Standby Mode
Start Menu
StartUp Folder
System Control Panel
System Tray
Taskbar
Taskbar and Start Menu Control Panel
“Three-Fingered Salute”
ToolTips
TweakUI
User Accounts Control Panel
Window Edges
Windows (or WINNT) Folder
Windows Logo Key
Windows Media Player
Windows Messenger
WordPad
Zip Files
C. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
Startup Keystrokes
Startup Keystrokes
In the Finder
Menu
Finder Menu
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Go Menu
Window Menu
Help Menu
Power Keys
The Dock
Managing Programs
Dialog Boxes
Index
Colophon
Copyright
Search in book...
Toggle Font Controls
Playlists
Add To
Create new playlist
Name your new playlist
Playlist description (optional)
Cancel
Create playlist
Sign In
Email address
Password
Forgot Password?
Create account
Login
or
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Sign Up
Full Name
Email address
Confirm Email Address
Password
Login
Create account
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