Publisher Description

You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual". There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time. With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention. "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition" is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time.Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser. And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands. There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.

Back Cover

Apple says that Mac OS X 10.4 introduces over 200 new features, but that's missing the point. In fact, "Tiger" represents a deep-down rethinking of some of the most important elements of computerdom-but it still comes without a manual. In this expanded, thoroughly revised edition of the #1 bestselling Mac book, David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to topics like these: New technologies. Spotlight is a Find feature that's so fast and thorough, it almost makes your folder structure irrelevant. Dash-board strikes back at software feature bloat. Automator turns Tiger into an obedient butler. This book covers them all. Getting started. If you're new to the Mac, this book is an ideal introduction to the Dock, standard efficiency tricks, and even Mac OS X's Unix chassis. Security. Mac OS X has always been virus-free and spyware-free. But Tiger is better shielded than ever, offering a better fire-wall, an Internet stealth mode, and parental online controls. Bonus software. This book demystifies all 50 of the programs that come with the Mac, including Tiger's revamped editions of Safari, iChat, and Mail-and even iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes. Finding Familiar Features. Two "Where'd It Go?" Dictionaries make it easy for Mac OS 9 and Windows refugees to look up a beloved feature-and find out where it went in Mac OS X 10.4.

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.

Table of Contents

The Missing Credits; About the Auth∨ About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; For Starters;Introduction; What''s New in Tiger; About This Book; About⇒These⇒Arrows; The Very Basics;The Mac OS X Desktop; Chapter 1: Folders and Windows; 1.1 Getting into Mac OS X; 1.2 Windows and How to Work Them; 1.3 The Three Window Views; 1.4 Icon View; 1.5 List View; 1.6 Column View; 1.7 Logging Out, Shutting Down; 1.8 Getting Help in Mac OS X; Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff; 2.1 The Mac OS X Folder Structure; 2.2 Icon Names; 2.3 Selecting Icons; 2.4 Moving and Copying Icons; 2.5 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once; 2.6 Color Labels; 2.7 The Trash; 2.8 Get Info; Chapter 3: Spotlight; 3.1 The Spotlight MeΝ 3.2 The Spotlight Window; 3.3 Customizing Spotlight; 3.4 The Find Comm∧ 3.5 Smart Folders; Chapter 4: Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar; 4.1 The Dock; 4.2 Setting Up the Dock; 4.3 Using the Dock; 4.4 The Finder Toolbar; 4.5 Designing Your Desktop; 4.6 Menulets: The Missing Manual;Applications in Mac OS X; Chapter 5: Documents, Programs, and Dashboard; 5.1 Opening Mac OS X Programs; 5.2 The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher; 5.3 Exposé: Death to Window Clutter; 5.4 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way; 5.5 How Documents Know Their Parents; 5.6 Keyboard Control; 5.7 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes; 5.8 Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic; 5.9 The Cocoa Difference; 5.10 Installing Mac OS X Programs; 5.11 Dashboard; Chapter 6: Mac OS 9 Programs--and Windows Programs; 6.1 Two Roads to Mac OS 9; 6.2 Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X; 6.3 Restarting in Mac OS 9; 6.4 Three Tricks for Faster Switching; 6.5 Boot Camp: Your Mac as Windows PC; 6.6 Parallels: Windows in a Window; Chapter 7: Moving Data; 7.1 Moving Data Between Documents; 7.2 Exchanging Data with Other Macs; 7.3 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs; Chapter 8: Automator and AppleScript; 8.1 Introducing Automat∨ 8.2 Building Your Own Workflow; 8.3 Workflows as Programs and Plug-ins; 8.4 Getting Started with AppleScript;The Components of Mac OS X; Chapter 9: System Preferences; 9.1 The System Preferences Window; 9.2 .Mac; 9.3 Accounts; 9.4 Appearance; 9.5 Bluetooth; 9.6 CDs & DVDs; 9.7 Classic; 9.8 Dashboard & Exposé; 9.9 Date & Time; 9.10 Desktop & Screen Saver; 9.11 Displays; 9.12 Dock; 9.13 Energy Saver; 9.14 International; 9.15 Keyboard & Mouse; 9.16 Network; 9.17 Print & Fax; 9.18 QuickTime; 9.19 Security; 9.20 ShÅ 9.21 Software Update; 9.22 Sound; 9.23 Speech; 9.24 Spotlight; 9.25 Startup Disk; 9.26 Universal Access; Chapter 10: The Free Programs; 10.1 Your Free Mac OS X Programs; 10.2 Address Book; 10.3 AppleScript; 10.4 Calculat∨ 10.5 Chess; 10.6 Dictionary; 10.7 DVD Player; 10.8 Font Book; 10.9 Front Row; 10.10 GarageB∧ 10.11 iCal; 10.12 iChat, iSync; 10.13 iDVD; 10.14 Image Capture; 10.15 iMovie; 10.16 Internet Connect; 10.17 iPhoto; 10.18 iSync; 10.19 iTunes; 10.20 Mail; 10.21 Photo Booth; 10.22 Preview; 10.23 QuickTime Player; 10.24 Safari; 10.25 Sherlock; 10.26 Stickies; 10.27 System Preferences; 10.28 TextEdit; 10.29 Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox; Chapter 11: CDs, DVDs, and iTunes; 11.1 How the Mac Does Disks; 11.2 Burning CDs and DVDs; 11.3 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox; 11.4 DVD Movies;The Technologies of Mac OS X; Chapter 12: Accounts, Firewalls, and Security; 12.1 Introducing Accounts; 12.2 Creating an Account; 12.3 Parental Controls; 12.4 Editing Accounts; 12.5 Setting Up the Login Process; 12.6 Signing In, Logging Out; 12.7 Logging Out; 12.8 Fast User Switching; 12.9 The Root Account; 12.10 Permissions; 12.11 Six Mac OS X Security Shields; Chapter 13: Networking; 13.1 Wiring the Network; 13.2 File ShÅ 13.3 Networking with Windows; 13.4 Dialing In from the Road; Chapter 14: Graphics, Fonts, Printing, and Faxing; 14.1 Mac Meets Printer; 14.2 Making the Printout; 14.3 Managing Printouts; 14.4 Printer ShÅ 14.5 Faxing; 14.6 PDF Files; 14.7 Fonts--and Font Book; 14.8 ColorSync; 14.9 Graphics in Mac OS X; 14.10 Screen-Capture Keystrokes; 14.11 The Finder Slideshow; Chapter 15: Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting; 15.1 Playing Sounds; 15.2 Recording Sound; 15.3 QuickTime Movies; 15.4 Speech Recognition; 15.5 The Mac Reads to You; 15.6 VoiceOver; 15.7 Ink: Handwriting Recognition; Chapter 16: Terminal: Doorway to Unix; 16.1 Terminal; 16.2 Navigating in Unix; 16.3 Working with Files and Directories; 16.4 Online Help; 16.5 Terminal''s Window Preferences; 16.6 Terminal Tips and Tricks; 16.7 Double-Clickable Unix Tools; Chapter 17: Fun with Terminal; 17.1 Changing Permissions with Terminal; 17.2 Enabling the Root Account; 17.3 Nine Useful Unix Utilities; 17.4 Where to Go from Here; 17.5 Putting It Together; Chapter 18: Hacking Mac OS X; 18.1 TinkerTool: Customization 101; 18.2 Redoing Mac OS X''s Graphics; 18.3 Replacing the Finder Icons; 18.4 Rewriting the Words;Mac OS X Onli≠ Chapter 19: Internet Setup, .Mac, and iSync; 19.1 The Best News You''ve Heard All Day; 19.2 Connecting by Dial-up Modem; 19.3 Broadband Connections; 19.4 AirPort Networks; 19.5 Switching Locations; 19.6 Multihoming; 19.7 Internet ShÅ 19.8 .Mac Services; 19.9 iSync; 19.10 Internet Location Files; Chapter 20: Mail and Address Book; 20.1 Setting Up Mail; 20.2 Checking Your Mail; 20.3 Writing Messages; 20.4 Reading Email; 20.5 The Anti-Spam Toolkit; 20.6 Address Book; Chapter 21: Safari, iChat, and Sherlock; 21.1 Safari; 21.2 iChat; 21.3 Sherlock; Chapter 22: SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web ShÅ 22.1 Web ShÅ 22.2 FTP; 22.3 Connecting from the Road; 22.4 Remote Access with SSH; 22.5 Virtual Private Networking;Appendices; Installing Mac OS X 10.4; Getting Ready to Install; Four Kinds of Installation; The Basic Installation; The Upgrade Installation; The Clean Install; Erase & Install; The Setup Assistant; Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.4; Troubleshooting; Problems That Aren''t Problems; Minor Eccentric Behavi∨ Frozen Programs (Force Quitting); The Wrong Program Opens; Can''t Empty the Trash; Can''t Move or Rename an Icon; Application Won''t Open; Startup Problems; Fixing the Disk; Where to Get Troubleshooting Help; The "Where''d It Go?" Dictionary (Mac Version); ~ATM control panel; Appearance control panel; Apple DVD Player; Apple Extras; Apple () meΝ Apple Menu Options control panel; AppleCD Audio Player; AppleScript; AppleTalk control panel; Application meΝ Audio CD AutoPlay; Balloon Help; Battery Level; Button View; Chooser; Clean Up comm∧ Click-and-a-half; CloseView; -Drag to scroll an icon-view window; Shift--3, Shift--4; Collapse box; ColorSync control panel; Contextual Menu Items folder; Control panels; Control Strip control panel; Date & Time control panel; Desktop clippings; Desktop printers; Dial Assist control panel; Disk First Aid; Draggable window edges; Drive Setup; Edit meΝ Eject; Empty Trash; Encrypt; Energy Saver control panel; Erase Disk; Extensions; Extensions Manager control panel; Favorites; File Exchange control panel; File meΝ File Sharing control panel; File Synchronization control panel; Find Similar Files; Finder (the application); Finder Preferences; Fonts folder; FontSync; Force quitting; General Controls control panel; Get Info; Graphing Calculat∨ Grid Spacing; Help meΝ Hide commands; Info Strip; Infrared control panel; Internet control panel; Internet Utilities; iTunes; Key Caps; Keyboard control panel; Keychain Access control panel; Label comm∧ Launcher control panel; Location Manager; Locked; Mac Help; Mac OS Runtime for Java; Map control panel; Memory control panel; Modem control panel; Monitors control panel; Mouse control panel; Multiple Users control panel; New Folder comm∧ Note Pad; Numbers control panel; Open Transport; Picture 1, Picture 2...; Pop-up windows; Preferences folder; PrintMonit∨ Put Away comm∧ QuickTime Settings control panel; Quit comm∧ Remote Access; Reset Column Positions; Restart; Script Edit∨ Scripting Additions; Search Internet; Security; Set to Standard Views; Sherlock; Show All; Show Clipboard; Show warning before emptying Trash; Shut Down; Shutdown Items; Simple Finder; SimpleSound; SimpleText; Size box; Sleep; Smart scrolling; Software Update control panel; Sorting triang≤ Sound control panel; Special meΝ Speech control panel; Spring-loaded folders; Startup Disk control panel; Startup Items; Stationery Pad; Stickies; System fi≤ System Folder; TCP/IP control panel; TCP/IP, AppleTalk; Text control panel; Trackpad; USB Printer ShÅ View meΝ View Options; Warn before emptying; Web Pages folder; Web Sharing control panel; Window collapsing; Zoom box; The "Where''d It Go?" Dictionary (Windows Version); 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; Calculat∨ Camera and Scanner Wizard; CDs; Character Map; Clean Install; Clipboard; Command li≠ 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 ShÅ Floppy Disks; Folder Options; Fonts; 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 ShÅ Printers and Faxes; PrntScrn key; Program Files folder; Properties dialog box; Recycle Bin; Regional and Language Options control panel; Registry; Run comm∧ Safe Mode; ScanDisk; Scheduled Tasks; Scrap files; Screen saver; Search; Shortcut menus; Shortcuts; Sounds and Audio Devices; Speech control panel; Standby mode; Start menu

Long Description

You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time. With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention. "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition" is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser. And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands. There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.

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