Leo Laporte's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger
Published on 8. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-7897-3393-1 (ISBN)
Description
The ads make it all look so easy, so simple and oh so utterly uncomplicated, don't they? Buy a Mac, live happily ever after. While we'll agree that right-out-of-the-box, Macs are more intrinsically friendly than their PC counterparts, they get difficult in a hurry, especially if you try to do anything useful with them. Setting up wireless networking, troubleshooting network problems, dealing with peripherals run amuck, futzing with security settings and living in a PC-dominated world is enough to make even grizzled Mac veterans turn a little green around the gills. Now that the honeymoon is over and you've realized that just because you have a Mac and an iPod, you most certainly aren't invincible, it's time to make that cheery little Mac of yours do what Apple and the media would lead you to believe it can do right out of the box. Leo Laporte's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger spotlights troubleshooting, problem solving, the latest Tiger features, security and using common gadgets (iPod, smartphones, PDAs) with your Mac. This book leans away from a "describe the menus" and instead focuses on tips and techniques the help you really understand Mac OS X Tiger and how to make it sing. Throughout this book, you'll find dozens of useful tips that will help you get closer to that original Mac-driven nirvana you pictured when you first carried your beloved Mac over the threshold.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7897-3393-1 (9780789733931)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
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Persons
Leo Laporte is a weekend radio host on Los Angeles radio KFI AM 640 and co-hosts Call for Help on Canada's TechTV network. He also appears regularly on other programs including ABC's World News Now and Live with Regis and Kelly as "The Gadget Guy." He is the author of four recent bestsellers: Leo Laporte's 2005 Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte's Mac Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo, and Leo Laporte's 2005 Technology Almanac. Todd Stauffer is the author or co-author of over three dozen computing and technical books, a contributor to various technical magazines, a humor columnist and a travel/automotive reviewer.
Content
Introduction.
Who Should Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
How to Read This Book
Get More Info
1. What Makes Mac OS X Unique?
History of Mac OS X
What's Different About Mac OS X?
The Mac OS X Metaphor
The Mac's Approach to Pointing and Clicking
Windows in Mac OS X
Dialogs and Alert Boxes
Special Selectors and Controllers
Inside Mac Menus
Exploring Toolbars
Setting Preferences
The Apple Menu and Basic Mac Commands
Info, Updates, and Downloads
Recent Items and Force Quit
Sleep, Shut Down, and Log Out
2. The Finder and Your Files.
The Finder and the Home Folder Concept
Introducing the Finder Window
The Sidebar
Browsing Your Files
Icon and List Views
Selecting, Copying, and Moving Items
Creating and Managing Folders
Labeling Folders and Files
Learn More About Items and Understand Permissions
Disks and Discs
Trashy Issues
The True Finder: Spotlight
Using Spotlight
The Spotlight Window
Other Search Tools
3. Applications and the Dock.
The Applications Folder
Launching an Application
Opening, Saving, and Closing Documents
Launching Documents
Saving Documents
Closing Documents
The Dock
Placing Apps on the Dock
Launching and Switching Between Applications
Docs and Folders and Windows on the Dock
Icon Menu on the Dock
Dock Preferences
Getting Help
4. Conquering the Mac OS X Interface.
Cut, Copy, and Paste
The Skinny on Cut, Copy, and Paste
Put Cut, Copy, and Paste into Action
Taking Drag and Drop Seriously
Hidden Powers of the Keyboard
Keyboard Shortcuts 99
Move by Keystroke
Switching Applications
Using Expose and Dashboard
Using Expose
Using Dashboard
Automator: Making Magic Happen
The System Preferences Basics
Meet System Preferences
Exploring the Panes
User Accounts and Fast User Switching
Creating User Accounts
Login Options and Fast User Switching
5. Work Those Peripherals.
Hardware Ports and Support
Checking Out System Profiler
Printing and Faxing
Set Up Your Printer
Page Setup and Printing
Manage Print Jobs
Faxing Documents
Print (and Fax) Sharing
Customizing Your Display
Getting Pictures Off Your Digital Camera
Using FireWire Devices
Working with DV Camcorders
Storing Files on External Hard Disks
Creating CDs and DVDs
6. Manage Your Contacts and Schedule.
Work with Address Book
Create Contacts
Viewing and Sorting Cards
Deleting a Contact
Do Stuff with Your Contacts
Creating Groups
Printing Your Contacts and Groups
Import, Export, and vCard
Share Contacts
Explore iCal
Add Events
Edit and Delete Events
Create To Dos
Working with Multiple Calendars
Publish Your Calendar
Subscribe to Calendars
Sync Address Book and iCal
7. iPods, iTunes, and iSync.
The iPod and iTunes Music
Get Songs into iTunes
Managing Songs in iTunes
iTunes and Your iPod
The iPod As a Hard Drive
What's iSync All About?
Syncing Your Devices
Sync Your iPod
Working with Bluetooth Stuff
8. Get on the Internet.
How Internet Connections Work
Configure for Dial-Up
Configure a DSL Connection
Configure a Cable Modem and Other Connections
Connecting via AirPort
Troubleshooting Connections
Internet Connections at Multiple Locations
Multihoming
Locations
The .Mac Question
Accessing Your iDisk
9. Mail and Chat Basics.
Introducing Mail
Set Up an Account
Reading Messages in Mail
Replying To and Forwarding Messages
New Messages and Sending Attachments
Add Your Signature
Mail and the Address Book
Dealing with Junk Mail
Managing Your Accounts and Mailboxes
Using Rules
Using iChat AV
Setting Up iChat
Chatting by Typing
Sending and Receiving Files
iChat's AV Features
Create a Group Chat
10. Browsing the Web: Safari and Sherlock.
Introducing Safari
Browser Basics
Google Searches
Reliving History
Managing Bookmarks
Reading RSS "Newsfeeds" in Safari
Using Tabs
Digging into Safari's Preferences
QuickTime and Streaming Multimedia
Explore Sherlock
11. Build a Home or Office Network.
How Networks Work
Connecting Your Macs
Connecting via Ethernet
Set Up AirPort Connections
Configuring the Protocols
Set Up TCP/IP
Turn on AppleTalk
Turn On Services and Share Files
Turn On Personal File Sharing
Accessing Networked Macs
User Accounts and File Sharing
Share Your Printer
Enabling Other Sharing Services
Windows Sharing
Personal Web Sharing
Other Services
Internet Access for Your Network
Set Up Router Hardware
Set Up the Software
iChat AV and Bonjour
12. Swiss Army Apps: Mac OS X's Utilities.
Using System Profiler
Digging into Disk Utility
First Aid
Erase
Partition
RAID
Restore
Creating Disk Images
Manage Performance with Activity Monitor
Managing Processes
Checking Activity
It's Terminal, But It Won't Kill You
13. Common Problems and Solutions.
Application Crashing and Freezes
Hangs, Freezes, and Force Quit
Dealing with Errors and Corruption
Kernel Panics
Resetting Passwords
Using Software Update
Viruses and Virus Protection
14. Securing Your Mac.
Using Your User Passwords
Set Your Password
Use Your Password
Storing Items Securely on the Keychain
Using Keychain Access
Keychain Settings and Passwords
Add a Password Item
Add a Secure Note
Securing Your Files
Encrypting Some of Your Files
Encrypting All of Your Documents
Securely Toss the Trash
Set Your Open Firmware Password
Exploring Internet Security
Secure Your Mac from Access
Secure and Private Browsing
Parental Controls
Index.
Who Should Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
How to Read This Book
Get More Info
1. What Makes Mac OS X Unique?
History of Mac OS X
What's Different About Mac OS X?
The Mac OS X Metaphor
The Mac's Approach to Pointing and Clicking
Windows in Mac OS X
Dialogs and Alert Boxes
Special Selectors and Controllers
Inside Mac Menus
Exploring Toolbars
Setting Preferences
The Apple Menu and Basic Mac Commands
Info, Updates, and Downloads
Recent Items and Force Quit
Sleep, Shut Down, and Log Out
2. The Finder and Your Files.
The Finder and the Home Folder Concept
Introducing the Finder Window
The Sidebar
Browsing Your Files
Icon and List Views
Selecting, Copying, and Moving Items
Creating and Managing Folders
Labeling Folders and Files
Learn More About Items and Understand Permissions
Disks and Discs
Trashy Issues
The True Finder: Spotlight
Using Spotlight
The Spotlight Window
Other Search Tools
3. Applications and the Dock.
The Applications Folder
Launching an Application
Opening, Saving, and Closing Documents
Launching Documents
Saving Documents
Closing Documents
The Dock
Placing Apps on the Dock
Launching and Switching Between Applications
Docs and Folders and Windows on the Dock
Icon Menu on the Dock
Dock Preferences
Getting Help
4. Conquering the Mac OS X Interface.
Cut, Copy, and Paste
The Skinny on Cut, Copy, and Paste
Put Cut, Copy, and Paste into Action
Taking Drag and Drop Seriously
Hidden Powers of the Keyboard
Keyboard Shortcuts 99
Move by Keystroke
Switching Applications
Using Expose and Dashboard
Using Expose
Using Dashboard
Automator: Making Magic Happen
The System Preferences Basics
Meet System Preferences
Exploring the Panes
User Accounts and Fast User Switching
Creating User Accounts
Login Options and Fast User Switching
5. Work Those Peripherals.
Hardware Ports and Support
Checking Out System Profiler
Printing and Faxing
Set Up Your Printer
Page Setup and Printing
Manage Print Jobs
Faxing Documents
Print (and Fax) Sharing
Customizing Your Display
Getting Pictures Off Your Digital Camera
Using FireWire Devices
Working with DV Camcorders
Storing Files on External Hard Disks
Creating CDs and DVDs
6. Manage Your Contacts and Schedule.
Work with Address Book
Create Contacts
Viewing and Sorting Cards
Deleting a Contact
Do Stuff with Your Contacts
Creating Groups
Printing Your Contacts and Groups
Import, Export, and vCard
Share Contacts
Explore iCal
Add Events
Edit and Delete Events
Create To Dos
Working with Multiple Calendars
Publish Your Calendar
Subscribe to Calendars
Sync Address Book and iCal
7. iPods, iTunes, and iSync.
The iPod and iTunes Music
Get Songs into iTunes
Managing Songs in iTunes
iTunes and Your iPod
The iPod As a Hard Drive
What's iSync All About?
Syncing Your Devices
Sync Your iPod
Working with Bluetooth Stuff
8. Get on the Internet.
How Internet Connections Work
Configure for Dial-Up
Configure a DSL Connection
Configure a Cable Modem and Other Connections
Connecting via AirPort
Troubleshooting Connections
Internet Connections at Multiple Locations
Multihoming
Locations
The .Mac Question
Accessing Your iDisk
9. Mail and Chat Basics.
Introducing Mail
Set Up an Account
Reading Messages in Mail
Replying To and Forwarding Messages
New Messages and Sending Attachments
Add Your Signature
Mail and the Address Book
Dealing with Junk Mail
Managing Your Accounts and Mailboxes
Using Rules
Using iChat AV
Setting Up iChat
Chatting by Typing
Sending and Receiving Files
iChat's AV Features
Create a Group Chat
10. Browsing the Web: Safari and Sherlock.
Introducing Safari
Browser Basics
Google Searches
Reliving History
Managing Bookmarks
Reading RSS "Newsfeeds" in Safari
Using Tabs
Digging into Safari's Preferences
QuickTime and Streaming Multimedia
Explore Sherlock
11. Build a Home or Office Network.
How Networks Work
Connecting Your Macs
Connecting via Ethernet
Set Up AirPort Connections
Configuring the Protocols
Set Up TCP/IP
Turn on AppleTalk
Turn On Services and Share Files
Turn On Personal File Sharing
Accessing Networked Macs
User Accounts and File Sharing
Share Your Printer
Enabling Other Sharing Services
Windows Sharing
Personal Web Sharing
Other Services
Internet Access for Your Network
Set Up Router Hardware
Set Up the Software
iChat AV and Bonjour
12. Swiss Army Apps: Mac OS X's Utilities.
Using System Profiler
Digging into Disk Utility
First Aid
Erase
Partition
RAID
Restore
Creating Disk Images
Manage Performance with Activity Monitor
Managing Processes
Checking Activity
It's Terminal, But It Won't Kill You
13. Common Problems and Solutions.
Application Crashing and Freezes
Hangs, Freezes, and Force Quit
Dealing with Errors and Corruption
Kernel Panics
Resetting Passwords
Using Software Update
Viruses and Virus Protection
14. Securing Your Mac.
Using Your User Passwords
Set Your Password
Use Your Password
Storing Items Securely on the Keychain
Using Keychain Access
Keychain Settings and Passwords
Add a Password Item
Add a Secure Note
Securing Your Files
Encrypting Some of Your Files
Encrypting All of Your Documents
Securely Toss the Trash
Set Your Open Firmware Password
Exploring Internet Security
Secure Your Mac from Access
Secure and Private Browsing
Parental Controls
Index.