Mac OS X Snow Leopard Portable Genius E-Book

Dwight Spivey

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Portable Genius
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 329

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2009

Beschreibung

Hip help on how to make Apple's new Mac OS X Snow Leopardpurr* Full-color, 400 pages, and packed with information, this savvyguide gives readers the essential information they need on Mac OS XSnow Leopard* Whether novices or serious Mac fans, readers will find thatthis book answers the questions they have most, withoutoverwhelming them with detail* Topics include troubleshooting and maintaining Mac OS X,customizing the computer and workspace, automating repetitivetasks, using Unix, manipulating images and multimedia, listening tomusic and podcasts, connecting peripherals, copying music to aniPod, syncing Macs to other devices, and more* As with all books in the Portable Genius series, this book isfun but straightforward; it comes in a handy portable size thatdoesn't skimp on the essentials and is packed with tips, cooltricks, and savvy advice

Leseprobe

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Portable Genius®

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: How Do I Get Started with Snow Leopard?

System Requirements for Installing Snow Leopard

What’s New in Snow Leopard?

Choosing an Installation Method

Upgrading to Snow Leopard

Custom Installations

Advanced Installation Options

Partitioning your hard drive

Installing the Xcode developer tools

Working with Finder

The Snow Leopard Desktop at a glance

Setting the Finder preferences

Moving around in the Finder

Finder viewing options

Getting Information on Files and Folders

Using Quick Look

Working with Removable Media

Utilizing the Dock

Adding and removing items

Setting the Dock’s preferences

Searching for Items

Searching with Spotlight

Searching within a Finder window

Managing Windows with Exposé

Manipulating open windows

Setting Exposé preferences

Taking Screenshots

Capture screenshots manually

Using Grab to capture screenshots

Using Multiple Desktops with Spaces

Setting Spaces preferences

Assigning applications to spaces

Chapter 2: Can I Customize Snow Leopard?

The Appearance Preferences Pane

Color modifications

Scrolling options

Accessing recently used items

Viewing fonts

Changing the Desktop

Choosing a desktop picture

Selecting a screen saver

Customizing the Finder

Finder windows

Changing icons

Adding and removing items in the Dock

Change the Dock’s appearance and placement

Working with Widgets

Snow Leopard widgets

Managing widgets

Setting preferences in widgets

Finding more cool widgets

Create your own widgets using Web Clips

Chapter 3: How Do I Change Snow Leopard’s System Preferences?

Personal

Language & Text

Security

Hardware

CDs & DVDs

Displays

Energy Saver

Keyboard & Mouse

Trackpad

Sound

Internet & Network

MobileMe

Network

System

Date & Time

Software Update

Speech

Startup Disk

Universal Access

Adding a Disk Images preference pane

Other System Preferences

Chapter 4: How Do I Manage User Accounts?

Types of Accounts

Administrator

Standard

Managed with Parental Controls

Sharing Only

Creating New User Accounts

Password assistance

Modify account settings

Logging into Accounts

Login Options

Login Items

Setting Up Simple Finder

Limiting Access

Enabling Parental Controls

Application and function restrictions

Web site restrictions

Mail and iChat limitations

Setting time limits

Keeping account activity logs

Chapter 5: What Can I Do with Applications and Utilities?

Discovering Applications

Calculator

Chess

Dictionary

DVD Player

Font Book

Stickies

Additional applications

Navigating Snow Leopard’s applications

Using Utilities

Working with Documents in TextEdit

Setting TextEdit Preferences

Creating and saving your document

Opening an existing document

A word about file formats

Formatting Your TextEdit Documents

Using fonts

Using the Fonts window

Checking spelling and grammar

Chapter 6: How Can I Print with Snow Leopard?

Set Up a Printer

Installing your printer’s software

Connecting your printer

Create a print queue

Print Documents

Discover Snow Leopard’s print options

Creating your own PDFs

Why and how to create PostScript files

Assigning ICC profiles to a printer

Chapter 7: How Do I Work with PDFs and Images?

File Types Supported by Preview

Open and Save Files in Preview

Set Preview’s Preferences

General

Images

PDF

Bookmarks

View and Edit PDFs

Mark up and annotate PDFs

Delete pages from a PDF

Rearrange pages in a PDF

View and Edit Images

Resizing and rotating images

Adjusting color in images

Chapter 8: How Do I Organize My Life with iCal and Address Book?

Creating Calendars

Adding events to calendars

Editing calendar events

Setting iCal Preferences

Sharing Calendars

Publishing a calendar

Exporting a calendar

Subscribing to calendars

Printing Calendars

Working with Contacts in Address Book

New cards

New groups

Importing contacts

Exporting contacts

Setting Address Book Preferences

General

Accounts

Template

Phone

vCard

Getting Detailed Maps of Addresses

Syncing Contacts and Calendars with Handheld Devices

Connecting a device to your Mac

Syncing with iSync

Syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iTunes

Chapter 9: How Do I Master the Web with Safari?

Setting Safari Preferences

General

Appearance

Bookmarks

Tabs

RSS

AutoFill

Security

Advanced

Using Bookmarks

Organizing bookmarks

Importing and exporting bookmarks

Customizing Safari’s Main Window

Viewing Your Favorite Pages with Top Sites

Private Browsing

Viewing RSS Feeds

Viewing Windows Media Files

Finding Text on a Web Site

Troubleshooting Safari

A Web page won’t open

Unable to download files

Downloaded files won’t open

The AutoFill feature isn’t working

Images aren’t displaying correctly

Chapter 10: How Do I Stay Connected with Mail?

Getting Around in Mail

Customizing the Toolbar

Managing E-mail Accounts

Automatic setup

Manual setup

Composing E-mail

Using Stationery

Adding attachments

Formatting content

Receiving, Replying to, and Forwarding E-mail

Organizing Mailboxes

Mailboxes

Creating custom and Smart Mailboxes

Notes and To Dos

Using RSS Feeds

Troubleshooting Mail

Unable to send messages

Unable to receive messages

Chapter 11: What Are iTunes’ Coolest Features?

Getting Around in iTunes

Understanding the iTunes window layout

Full Screen mode

Setting iTunes Preferences

General

Playback

Sharing

Store

Parental

Apple TV

Devices

Advanced

Organizing and Playing Media

Importing music

Creating playlists

Setting up Genius playlists

Using Smart Playlists

Burning CDs

Managing audio file information

Adding album artwork to your music

Streaming radio

Backing up your audio Library

Converting audio formats

Creating ringtones for your iPhone

Using the iTunes Store

Finding music

Renting or buying movies

Subscribing to podcasts

Educating yourself with iTunes U

Chapter 12: What Can Snow Leopard Do with Digital Photography?

Getting to Know Photo Booth

Taking Snapshots

Single snapshots

Taking four quick snapshots

Creating video

Viewing your snapshots

Using Special Effects

Snapshot effects

Video backdrops

Adding custom backdrops

Using your pictures and videos

Working with Image Capture

Connecting your device

Using a Digital Camera

Transferring images to and from your camera

Deleting images from your camera

Using a Scanner

Scanning images

Chapter 13: How Can I Share Files and Other Items?

Using the Sharing System Preferences

File Sharing

Adding shared folders and users

Enabling file-sharing protocols

Printer Sharing

Sharing with Mac OS X users

Sharing with Windows users

Remote Management

Sharing through Bluetooth

Using Bluetooth File Exchange

Chapter 14: How Can I Automate My Mac?

Getting Around in Automator

Using Workflows

Designing a workflow

Saving your workflows

Recording Your Own Actions

Discovering Time Machine

Why it’s important to back up your files

Hardware requirements for using Time Machine

Setting Up a Backup Disk

Formatting a hard drive

Telling Time Machine about the backup drive

Selecting the Files You Want to Back Up

Working with Backups

Manual backup

Pause and resume a backup

Retrieving Information from Time Machine

Restoring individual files

Restoring an entire drive

Chapter 15: What Can I Do with UNIX Commands in Terminal?

Tinkering with Terminal

Terminal preferences

Tabbed windows

Entering UNIX Commands

Navigating a CLI

Common commands

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s superuser!

Snow Leopard UNIX Tricks

Changing the Dock from 3-D to 2-D

Adding a message to the login window

Changing the format of screenshots

Enable the path view in Finder

Using transparent icons for hidden applications

Enable double scroll arrows

Setting a screen saver as your desktop picture

Finding Additional UNIX Information

Chapter 16: Can I Install Windows on My Mac?

Understanding Boot Camp

Benefits of installing Microsoft Windows

What you need in order to install Windows

Using Boot Camp to Install Windows

Partitioning your hard drive

Windows installation

Choosing a Startup Disk

From Windows

From Snow Leopard

Removing Windows from Your Mac

An Alternative Method for Running Windows on Your Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac

VMWare Fusion

VirtualBox

Chapter 17: Do You Have Any Troubleshooting Tips?

Start Problem Solving

Restarting your Mac

Backing up your Mac

Make Sure You Are Up to Date

Startup Issues

Your Mac won’t power up

Your Mac is hung up at startup

Handy startup keyboard shortcuts

Isolating Software Troubles

Utilizing the root account

Deleting preference files

Killing a process

Correcting permissions issues

When All Else Fails, Reinstall

Appendix A: Mac Online Resources

Appendix B: Mac Shortcut Keys

Glossary

Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Portable Genius

by Dwight Spivey

Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Portable Genius

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About the Author

Dwight Spivey is the author of several Mac books, including Mac Bible and Mac OS X Leopard Portable Genius. He is also a software and support engineer for Konica Minolta, where he specializes in working with Mac operating systems, applications, and hardware, as well as color and monochrome laser printers. He teaches classes on Mac usage, writes training and support materials for Konica Minolta, and is a Mac OS X beta tester for Apple. Dwight lives on the Gulf Coast of Alabama with his wife, Cindy, and their three beautiful children, Victoria, Devyn, and Emi. He studies theology, draws comic strips, and roots for the Auburn Tigers in his ever-decreasing spare time.

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Project Editor

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Indexing

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Acknowledgments

Super thanks to super agent, Carole Jelen McClendon. I’m so glad I fell into your sphere!

Sincere appreciation goes to Cricket Krengel, Sarah Cisco, and Jody Lefevere, my editorial manager, project editor, and acquisitions editor, respectively. Thank you all for being so good to me from start to finish of this book.

Thanks and salutations go to my technical editor, Brian Joseph, for his expertise and keeping me honest.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who helped get this book from my Mac to the store shelves. You are too numerous to mention here, but I extend my heartfelt appreciation to each one of you for your hard work. You’ve all done a fantastic job!

I cannot forget to thank my kids, Victoria, Devyn, and Emi, who are so good to put up with Dad’s absences when he’s writing these tomes. Thanks as well to Mom, Dad, Kelli, Keith, Kelsey, Keaton, Kelen, and Kooper. I love you with all my heart!

To my wife, Cindy: I love you very much. I told you marrying a geek would pay off!

Introduction

Once again you’ve raised the bar for your competitors and knocked the socks off the rest of us. Snow Leopard isn’t only the best-looking operating system around, it’s also the most functional and easy to use.

Some of you may be rolling your eyes right now; all computers use the file and folder concept and some sort of colorful user interface, so there couldn’t be that much difference between Mac OS X and its competitors, right? Wrong! I don’t just say this because of some blind devotion to all things Apple; I’ve actually used different flavors of Windows and Linux for more than 14 years, right alongside my trusty Mac, so experience has been my teacher. If I have any devotion to Apple, there are plenty of good reasons why, the subject of this book being the first.

Readers of this book who are already Mac users understand exactly what I’m talking about. For those of you moving from other computing platforms, it’s my desire that by the end of this book you will have a whole new perspective on computing and see what it means to really have fun while working with your computer.

In Mac OS X Snow Leopard Portable Genius you learn much more than just basics; you learn the subtle nuances and little tips and tricks that make using your Mac that much easier. I’ve covered the gamut, from printing files, surfing the Internet, and using e-mail, to partitioning your hard drive, automating repetitive tasks, and using UNIX commands, with just a little bit of geeky humor thrown in for good measure.

I hope this book will do justice to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which isn’t just a computer operating system; it’s an art form.

Chapter 1: How Do I Get Started with Snow Leopard?

You are about to embark on the world’s most advanced operating system experience, courtesy of Apple Inc. In this chapter, I show you how to get Mac OS X Snow Leopard up and running, as well as how to navigate Snow Leopard using the Finder application, which helps you find just about anything on your Mac.