Switching to the Mac

by Pogue, David

Edition: 2nd

ISBN13: 9780596006600

ISBN10: 0596006608

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2005-10-30

Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc

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Summary

Covering the latest in Mac OS X v.10.4 "Tiger," Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition explains the hundreds of innovative new features to the Mac OS and how you can understand and make the very most of each. Whether you're a novice or a power user, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition, teaches you how to smoothly and seamlessly replace (or supplement) your Windows machine - in a refreshingly funny and down-to- earth style - with a mighty Mac.

Author Biography

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year"). Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series of complete, funny computer books, a joint venture with O'Reilly & Associates. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows XP, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie 2, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

Adam Goldstein runs GoldfishSoft, a shareware company that makes games and utilities for Mac OS X. Adam is the author of AppleScript: The Missing Manual and was a technical editor for O'Reilly's best-selling Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, and an editor for Mac OS X Panther Power User. When he's not writing books or code, Adam attends high school in New Jersey, where he is captain of the Debate and Quizbowl teams and an editor of the school paper.

Introduction

(12)

What Mac OS X Gives You

(3)

What Mac OS X Takes Away

(1)

The Dual-Platform Option

(1)

A Word About Intel

(1)

About This Book

(1)

The Very Basics

(5)

Part One: Welcome to Macintosh

Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different

(22)

Power On, Dude

(1)

That One-Button Mouse

(1)

On, Off, and Sleep

(2)

The Menu Bar

(1)

Finder = Windows Explorer

(1)

Dock = Taskbar

(1)

Menulets = Tray

(4)

Keyboard Differences

(2)

Disk Differences

(1)

Where Your Stuff Is

(2)

Window Controls

(7)

Terminology Differences

(1)

Chapter 2: Windows and Icons

(46)

Logging In

(1)

The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop

(3)

Icon View

(6)

List View

(4)

Column View

(4)

What's in Your Home Folder

(1)

File and Folder Icons

(2)

Moving and Copying Icons

(2)

Aliases (Shortcuts)

(2)

Color Labels

(1)

The Trash

(2)

Get Info (Properties)

(3)

Finding Files 1: Spotlight

(9)

Finding Files 2: The Find Command

(6)

Smart Folders

(1)

Chapter 3: The Dock, Desktop, Toolbar, and Sidebar

(16)

The Dock

(5)

Dock Features

(2)

The Sidebar

(3)

The Finder Toolbar

(4)

Designing Your Desktop

(1)

Menulets

(1)

Chapter 4: Programs and Documents

(38)

Launching Mac OS X Programs

(3)

Switching Programs

100

(4)

Exposé: The End of Window Clutter

104

(4)

Dashboard

108

(2)

How Documents Know Their Parents

110

(4)

Keyboard Control

114

(2)

The Save and Open Dialog Boxes

116

(4)

Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic

120

(1)

The Cocoa Difference

121

(3)

How to Use Classic, If You Must

124

(4)

Installing Mac OS X Programs

128

(3)

Removing Mac OS X Programs

131

(4)

Part Two: Welcome to Macintosh

Chapter 5: Five Ways to Transfer Your Files

135

(24)

Transfers by Disk

135

(3)

Transfers by Network

138

(7)

Transfers by File-Sending Web Site

145

(1)

Transfers by Email

146

(1)

Transfers by iDisk

147

(4)

Transfers by Bluetooth

151

(1)

Where to Put Your Copied Files

151

(5)

Document-Conversion Issues

156

(3)

Chapter 6: Transferring Email and Contacts

159

(22)

Transferring Your Outlook Mail

160

(8)

Transferring Your Outlook Address Book

168

(5)

Transferring from Outlook Express

173

(1)

Transferring Your Eudora Mail

173

(3)

Transferring Your Eudora Address Book

176

(1)

Email Settings

177

(4)

Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems

181

(22)

ACDSee

181

(1)

Acrobat Reader

182

(1)

ACT

182

(1)

Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)

183

(1)

Adobe [your favorite program here]

184

(1)

America Online

184

(1)

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

185

(1)

Children's Software

185

(1)

Earthlink Total Access

186

(1)

Easy CD Creator

186

(1)

Encarta

186

(1)

Eudora

187

(1)

Excel

187

(1)

Firefox

187

(1)

Games

187

(1)

Google Desktop Search

187

(1)

ICQ

188

(1)

Internet Explorer

188

(1)

iTunes

188

(1)

Kazaa

188

(1)

Limewire

188

(1)

Macromedia [your favorite program here]

188

(1)

MacAfee VirusScan

189

(1)

Microsoft Access

189

(1)

Microsoft Money

190

(2)

Microsoft Office

192

(1)

Microsoft Publisher

192

(1)

Microsoft Visio

193

(1)

Minesweeper

193

(1)

MSN Messenger

194

(1)

MSN (Service)

194

(1)

NaturallySpeaking

194

(1)

Netscape

194

(1)

Newsgroup Readers

195

(1)

Norton AntiVirus

195

(1)

Norton Utilities

195

(1)

Notepad

195

(1)

Outlook/Outlook Express

195

(1)

Paint Shop Pro

195

(1)

Palm Desktop

196

(1)

Picasa

196

(1)

Pocket PC

196

(1)

PowerPoint

196

(1)

QuickBooks

197

(1)

Quicken

197

(1)

RealPlayer

198

(1)

RssReader

198

(1)

Skype

199

(1)

Snaglt

199

(1)

Solitaire

200

(1)

Street Atlas USA

200

(1)

TaxCut, TurboTax

200

(1)

WinAmp, MusicMatch

201

(1)

Windows Media Player

201

(1)

WinZip

201

(1)

Word

201

(1)

WordPerfect

201

(1)

Yahoo Messenger

202

(1)

VirtualPC: The Program of Last Resort

202

(1)

Chapter 8: Hardware on the Mac

203

(40)

Printers and Printing

203

(8)

Faxing

211

(4)

Scanning

215

(1)

PDF Files

215

(2)

Fonts—and Font Book

217

(3)

Digital Cameras

220

(1)

Disks

220

(3)

Burning CDs and DVDs

223

(4)

iTunes: The Digital Jukebox

227

(7)

DVD Movies

234

(1)

Keyboard

235

(3)

Mouse

238

(1)

Monitors

238

(5)

Part Three: Making Connections

Chapter 9: Getting Online

243

(14)

Connecting by Dial-up Modem

243

(4)

Broadband Connections

247

(3)

The Firewall

250

(1)

Switching Locations

251

(1)

Multihoming

252

(2)

Internet Sharing

254

(3)

Chapter 10: Mail and Address Book

257

(32)

Checking Your Mail

257

(3)

Writing Messages

260

(5)

Reading Email

265

(13)

The Junk Mail Filter

278

(1)

Address Book

279

(10)

Chapter 11: Safari, iChat, and Sherlock

289

(32)

Safari

289

(11)

RSS: The Missing Manual

300

(4)

iChat

304

(11)

Sherlock

315

(6)

Part Four: Putting Down Roots

Chapter 12: Accounts and Security

321

(28)

Introducing Accounts

321

(7)

Parental Controls

328

(4)

Editing Accounts

332

(1)

Setting Up the Login Process

333

(2)

Signing In, Logging Out

335

(3)

Logging Out

338

(1)

Fast User Switching

338

(1)

The Root Account

339

(1)

Six Mac OS X Security Shields

340

(9)

Chapter 13: System Preferences

349

(38)

The System Preferences Window

349

(2)

.Mac

351

(1)

Accounts

352

(1)

Appearance

352

(2)

Bluetooth

354

(2)

CDs & DVDs

356

(1)

Classic

357

(1)

Dashboard & Exposé

357

(1)

Date & Time

357

(2)

Desktop & Screen Saver

359

(4)

Displays

363

(2)

Dock

365

(1)

Energy Saver

365

(3)

International

368

(3)

Keyboard & Mouse

371

(3)

Network

374

(1)

Print & Fax

374

(1)

QuickTime

375

(1)

Security

375

(1)

Sharing

375

(2)

Software Update

377

(1)

Sound

377

(1)

Speech

378

(3)

Spotlight

381

(1)

Startup Disk

381

(1)

Universal Access

381

(6)

Chapter 14: The Freebie Programs

387

(76)

Address Book

388

(1)

AppleScript

388

(2)

Calculator

390

(2)

Chess

392

(1)

Dictionary

393

(1)

DVD Player

394

(1)

Font Book

394

(1)

iCal

394

(9)

iChat

403

(1)

iDVD

403

(4)

Image Capture

407

(2)

iMovie HD

409

(9)

Internet Connect

418

(1)

iPhoto

419

(6)

iSync

425

(2)

iTunes

427

(1)

Mail

427

(1)

Preview

427

(4)

QuickTime Player

431

(2)

Sherlock

433

(1)

Stickies

433

(2)

System Preferences

435

(1)

TextEd it

435

(6)

Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox

441

(22)

Chapter 15: Installation and Troubleshooting

463

(18)

Installing Mac OS X 10.4

463

(6)

Troubleshooting

469

Part Five: Appendix

The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary

481

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