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Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition
By David Pogue
 
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: December 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00615-2
Pages: 782
 


   Copyright
   The Missing Credits
      About the Author
      About the Creative Team
      Acknowledgments
   Introduction
      What's New in Panther
      About This Book
      About These Arrows
      The Very Basics
    Part I:  The Mac OS X Desktop
        Chapter 1.  Folders and Windows
      Section 1.1.  Getting into Mac OS X
      Section 1.2.  Windows and How to Work Them
      Section 1.3.  The Three Window Views
      Section 1.4.  Icon View
      Section 1.5.  List View
      Section 1.6.  Column View
      Section 1.7.  Logging Out, Shutting Down
      Section 1.8.  Getting Help in Mac OS X
        Chapter 2.  Organizing Your Stuff
      Section 2.1.  The Mac OS X Folder Structure
      Section 2.2.  Icon Names
      Section 2.3.  Selecting Icons
      Section 2.4.  Moving and Copying Icons
      Section 2.5.  Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
      Section 2.6.  Color Labels
      Section 2.7.  The Trash
      Section 2.8.  Get Info
      Section 2.9.  Finding Files 1: The Search Bar
      Section 2.10.  Finding Files 2: The Find Window
        Chapter 3.  Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar
      Section 3.1.  The Dock
      Section 3.2.  Setting Up the Dock
      Section 3.3.  Using the Dock
      Section 3.4.  The Finder Toolbar
      Section 3.5.  Designing Your Desktop
      Section 3.6.  Menulets: The Missing Manual
    Part II:  Applications in Mac OS X
        Chapter 4.  Programs and Documents
      Section 4.1.  Launching Mac OS X Programs
      Section 4.2.  The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher
      Section 4.3.  Exposé: Death to Window Clutter
      Section 4.4.  Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
      Section 4.5.  How Documents Know Their Parents
      Section 4.6.  Keyboard Control
      Section 4.7.  The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
      Section 4.8.  Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic
      Section 4.9.  The Cocoa Difference
      Section 4.10.  Installing Mac OS X Programs
        Chapter 5.  Back to Mac OS 9
      Section 5.1.  Two Roads to Mac OS 9
      Section 5.2.  Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X
      Section 5.3.  Restarting in Mac OS 9
      Section 5.4.  Three Tricks for Faster Switching
        Chapter 6.  Moving Data
      Section 6.1.  Moving Data Between Documents
      Section 6.2.  Exchanging Data with Other Macs
      Section 6.3.  Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
        Chapter 7.  AppleScript
      Section 7.1.  Running Ready-Made AppleScripts
      Section 7.2.  Creating Your Own AppleScripts
      Section 7.3.  Recording Scripts in "Watch Me" Mode
      Section 7.4.  Saving a Script
      Section 7.5.  Writing Commands by Hand
      Section 7.6.  Folder Actions
      Section 7.7.  Advanced AppleScript
    Part III:  The Components of Mac OS X
        Chapter 8.  System Preferences
      Section 8.1.  The System Preferences Window
      Section 8.2.  .Mac
      Section 8.3.  Accounts
      Section 8.4.  Appearance
      Section 8.5.  Bluetooth
      Section 8.6.  CDs & DVDs
      Section 8.7.  Classic
      Section 8.8.  Date & Time
      Section 8.9.  Desktop & Screen Saver
      Section 8.10.  Displays
      Section 8.11.  Dock
      Section 8.12.  Energy Saver
      Section 8.13.  Exposé
      Section 8.14.  International
      Section 8.15.  Keyboard & Mouse
      Section 8.16.  Network
      Section 8.17.  Print & Fax
      Section 8.18.  QuickTime
      Section 8.19.  Security
      Section 8.20.  Sharing
      Section 8.21.  Software Update
      Section 8.22.  Sound
      Section 8.23.  Speech
      Section 8.24.  Startup Disk
      Section 8.25.  Universal Access
        Chapter 9.  The Free Programs
      Section 9.1.  Your Free Mac OS X Programs
      Section 9.2.  Address Book
      Section 9.3.  AppleScript
      Section 9.4.  Calculator
      Section 9.5.  Chess
      Section 9.6.  DVD Player
      Section 9.7.  Font Book
      Section 9.8.  iCal, iChat, iSync
      Section 9.9.  iDVD 3
      Section 9.10.  Image Capture
      Section 9.11.  iMovie
      Section 9.12.  Internet Connect
      Section 9.13.  Internet Explorer
      Section 9.14.  iPhoto
      Section 9.15.  iSync
      Section 9.16.  iTunes
      Section 9.17.  Mail
      Section 9.18.  Preview
      Section 9.19.  QuickTime Player
      Section 9.20.  Safari
      Section 9.21.  Sherlock
      Section 9.22.  Stickies
      Section 9.23.  System Preferences
      Section 9.24.  TextEdit
      Section 9.25.  Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
        Chapter 10.  CDs, DVDs, and iTunes
      Section 10.1.  How the Mac Does Disks
      Section 10.2.  Burning CDs and DVDs
      Section 10.3.  iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
      Section 10.4.  DVD Movies
    Part IV:  The Technologies of Mac OS X
        Chapter 11.  Security and Accounts
      Section 11.1.  Introducing Accounts
      Section 11.2.  Administrator vs. Standard Accounts
      Section 11.3.  Creating an Account
      Section 11.4.  Setting Up the Login/Logout Process
      Section 11.5.  Signing In
      Section 11.6.  Logging Out
      Section 11.7.  Fast User Switching
      Section 11.8.  The Root Account
        Chapter 12.  Networking
      Section 12.1.  Wiring the Network
      Section 12.2.  File Sharing
      Section 12.3.  Networking with Windows
      Section 12.4.  Managing Groups
      Section 12.5.  Dialing In from the Road
      Section 12.6.  Forgettable Passwords: The Keychain
        Chapter 13.  Printing, Faxing, Fonts, and Graphics
      Section 13.1.  Mac Meets Printer
      Section 13.2.  Making the Printout
      Section 13.3.  Managing Printouts
      Section 13.4.  Printer Sharing
      Section 13.5.  Faxing
      Section 13.6.  PDF Files
      Section 13.7.  Fonts—and Font Book
      Section 13.8.  Font Fuzziness on the Screen
      Section 13.9.  ColorSync
      Section 13.10.  Graphics in Mac OS X
      Section 13.11.  Screen-Capture Keystrokes
        Chapter 14.  Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting
      Section 14.1.  Playing Sounds
      Section 14.2.  Recording Sound
      Section 14.3.  QuickTime Movies
      Section 14.4.  Speech Recognition
      Section 14.5.  The Mac Talks Back
      Section 14.6.  Ink: Handwriting Recognition
        Chapter 15.  Terminal: Doorway to Unix
      Section 15.1.  Terminal
      Section 15.2.  Navigating in Unix
      Section 15.3.  Working with Files and Directories
      Section 15.4.  Online Help
      Section 15.5.  Terminal's Window Preferences
      Section 15.6.  Terminal Tips and Tricks
      Section 15.7.  Double-Clickable Unix Tools
        Chapter 16.  Fun with Unix
      Section 16.1.  Changing Permissions with Terminal
      Section 16.2.  Enabling the Root Account
      Section 16.3.  Nine Useful Unix Utilities
      Section 16.4.  Where to Go from Here
      Section 16.5.  Putting It Together
        Chapter 17.  Hacking Mac OS X
      Section 17.1.  TinkerTool: Customization 101
      Section 17.2.  Redoing Mac OS X's Graphics
      Section 17.3.  Replacing the Finder Icons
      Section 17.4.  Rewriting the Words
    Part V:  Mac OS X Online
        Chapter 18.  Internet Setup, Firewall, and .Mac
      Section 18.1.  The Best News You've Heard All Day
      Section 18.2.  Connecting by Dial-up Modem
      Section 18.3.  Broadband Connections
      Section 18.4.  AirPort Networks
      Section 18.5.  The Firewall
      Section 18.6.  Switching Locations
      Section 18.7.  Multihoming
      Section 18.8.  Internet Sharing
      Section 18.9.  .Mac Services
      Section 18.10.  Internet Location Files
        Chapter 19.  Mail and Address Book
      Section 19.1.  Setting Up Mail
      Section 19.2.  Checking Your Mail
      Section 19.3.  Writing Messages
      Section 19.4.  Reading Email
      Section 19.5.  The Anti-Spam Toolkit
      Section 19.6.  Address Book
        Chapter 20.  Panther's Internet Software Suite
      Section 20.1.  Sherlock
      Section 20.2.  iChat AV
      Section 20.3.  iCal
      Section 20.4.  iSync
      Section 20.5.  Safari
        Chapter 21.  SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing
      Section 21.1.  Web Sharing
      Section 21.2.  FTP
      Section 21.3.  Connecting from the Road
      Section 21.4.  Remote Access with SSH
      Section 21.5.  Virtual Private Networking
    Part VI:  Appendices
        Appendix A.  Installing Mac OS X 10.3
      Section A.1.  Getting Ready to Install
      Section A.2.  Four Kinds of Installation
      Section A.3.  The Basic Installation
      Section A.4.  The Upgrade Installation
      Section A.5.  The Clean Install
      Section A.6.  The Setup Assistant
      Section A.7.  Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.3
        Appendix B.  Troubleshooting
      Section B.1.  Problems That Aren't Problems
      Section B.2.  Minor Eccentric Behavior
      Section B.3.  Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
      Section B.4.  The Wrong Program Opens
      Section B.5.  Can't Empty the Trash
      Section B.6.  Can't Move or Rename an Icon
      Section B.7.  Application Won't Open
      Section B.8.  Startup Problems
      Section B.9.  Fixing the Disk
      Section B.10.  Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
        Appendix C.  The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary (Mac Version)
      Section C.1.  ~ATM control panel
      Section C.2.  Appearance control panel
      Section C.3.  Apple DVD Player
      Section C.4.  Apple Extras
      Section C.5.  Apple ( ) menu
      Section C.6.  Apple Menu Options control panel
      Section C.7.  AppleCD Audio Player
      Section C.8.  AppleScript
      Section C.9.  AppleTalk control panel
      Section C.10.  Application menu
      Section C.11.  Audio CD AutoPlay
      Section C.12.  Balloon Help
      Section C.13.  Battery Level
      Section C.14.  Button View
      Section C.15.  Chooser
      Section C.16.  Clean Up command
      Section C.17.  Click-and-a-half
      Section C.18.  CloseView
      Section C.19.  -Drag to scroll an icon-view window
      Section C.20.  Shift- -3, Shift- -4
      Section C.21.  Collapse box
      Section C.22.  ColorSync control panel
      Section C.23.  Contextual Menu Items folder
      Section C.24.  Control panels
      Section C.25.  Control Strip control panel
      Section C.26.  Date & Time control panel
      Section C.27.  Desktop clippings
      Section C.28.  Desktop printers
      Section C.29.  Dial Assist control panel
      Section C.30.  Disk First Aid
      Section C.31.  Disk icons
      Section C.32.  Draggable window edges
      Section C.33.  Drive Setup
      Section C.34.  Edit menu
      Section C.35.  Eject
      Section C.36.  Empty Trash
      Section C.37.  Encrypt
      Section C.38.  Energy Saver control panel
      Section C.39.  Erase Disk
      Section C.40.  Extensions
      Section C.41.  Extensions Manager control panel
      Section C.42.  Favorites
      Section C.43.  File Exchange control panel
      Section C.44.  File menu
      Section C.45.  File Sharing control panel
      Section C.46.  File Synchronization control panel
      Section C.47.  Find Similar Files
      Section C.48.  Finder (the application)
      Section C.49.  Finder Preferences
      Section C.50.  Fonts folder
      Section C.51.  FontSync
      Section C.52.  Force quitting
      Section C.53.  General Controls control panel
      Section C.54.  Get Info
      Section C.55.  Graphing Calculator
      Section C.56.  Grid Spacing
      Section C.57.  Help menu
      Section C.58.  Hide commands
      Section C.59.  Info Strip
      Section C.60.  Infrared control panel
      Section C.61.  Internet control panel
      Section C.62.  Internet Utilities
      Section C.63.  iTunes
      Section C.64.  Key Caps
      Section C.65.  Keyboard control panel
      Section C.66.  Keychain Access control panel
      Section C.67.  Label command
      Section C.68.  Launcher control panel
      Section C.69.  Location Manager
      Section C.70.  Locked
      Section C.71.  Mac Help
      Section C.72.  Mac OS Runtime for Java
      Section C.73.  Map control panel
      Section C.74.  Memory control panel
      Section C.75.  Modem control panel
      Section C.76.  Monitors control panel
      Section C.77.  Mouse control panel
      Section C.78.  Multiple Users control panel
      Section C.79.  New Folder command
      Section C.80.  Note Pad
      Section C.81.  Numbers control panel
      Section C.82.  Open Transport
      Section C.83.  Picture 1, Picture 2...
      Section C.84.  Pop-up windows
      Section C.85.  Preferences folder
      Section C.86.  PrintMonitor
      Section C.87.  Put Away command
      Section C.88.  QuickTime Settings control panel
      Section C.89.  Quit command
      Section C.90.  Remote Access
      Section C.91.  Reset Column Positions
      Section C.92.  Restart
      Section C.93.  Script Editor
      Section C.94.  Scripting Additions
      Section C.95.  Search Internet
      Section C.96.  Security
      Section C.97.  Select New Original
      Section C.98.  Set to Standard Views
      Section C.99.  Sherlock
      Section C.100.  Show All
      Section C.101.  Show Clipboard
      Section C.102.  Show warning before emptying Trash
      Section C.103.  Shut Down
      Section C.104.  Shutdown Items
      Section C.105.  Simple Finder
      Section C.106.  SimpleSound
      Section C.107.  SimpleText
      Section C.108.  Size box
      Section C.109.  Sleep
      Section C.110.  Smart scrolling
      Section C.111.  Software Update control panel
      Section C.112.  Sorting triangle
      Section C.113.  Sound control panel
      Section C.114.  Special menu
      Section C.115.  Speech control panel
      Section C.116.  Spring-loaded folders
      Section C.117.  Startup Disk control panel
      Section C.118.  Startup Items
      Section C.119.  Stationery Pad
      Section C.120.  Stickies
      Section C.121.  Systemfile
      Section C.122.  System Folder
      Section C.123.  TCP/IP control panel
      Section C.124.  TCP/IP, AppleTalk
      Section C.125.  Text control panel
      Section C.126.  Trackpad
      Section C.127.  USB Printer Sharing
      Section C.128.  View menu
      Section C.129.  View Options
      Section C.130.  Warn before emptying
      Section C.131.  Web Pages folder
      Section C.132.  Web Sharing control panel
      Section C.133.  Window collapsing
      Section C.134.  Zoom box
        Appendix D.  The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary (Windows Version)
      Section D.1.  About [This Program]
      Section D.2.  Accessibility Options control panel
      Section D.3.  Active Desktop
      Section D.4.  Add Hardware control panel
      Section D.5.  Add or Remove Programs control panel
      Section D.6.  All Programs
      Section D.7.  Alt key
      Section D.8.  Automatic Update
      Section D.9.  Backspace key
      Section D.10.  Battery Level
      Section D.11.  BIOS
      Section D.12.  Briefcase
      Section D.13.  Calculator
      Section D.14.  Camera and Scanner Wizard
      Section D.15.  CDs
      Section D.16.  Character Map
      Section D.17.  Clean Install
      Section D.18.  Clipboard
      Section D.19.  Command line
      Section D.20.  Control Panel
      Section D.21.  Copy, Cut, Paste
      Section D.22.  Ctrl key
      Section D.23.  Date and Time
      Section D.24.  Delete Key (Forward Delete
      Section D.25.  Desktop
      Section D.26.  Directories
      Section D.27.  Disk Defragmenter
      Section D.28.  Disks
      Section D.29.  Display control panel
      Section D.30.  DLL files
      Section D.31.  DOS prompt
      Section D.32.  Drivers
      Section D.33.  End Task dialog box
      Section D.34.  Exiting programs
      Section D.35.  Explorer
      Section D.36.  Favorites
      Section D.37.  Faxing
      Section D.38.  File Sharing
      Section D.39.  Floppy Disks
      Section D.40.  Folder Options
      Section D.41.  Fonts
      Section D.42.  Help and Support
      Section D.43.  Hibernation
      Section D.44.  Internet Explorer
      Section D.45.  Internet Options
      Section D.46.  IRQs
      Section D.47.  Java
      Section D.48.  Keyboard control panel
      Section D.49.  Logging in
      Section D.50.  Mail control panel
      Section D.51.  Maximize button
      Section D.52.  Menus
      Section D.53.  Minimize button
      Section D.54.  Mouse control panel
      Section D.55.  My Computer
      Section D.56.  My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
      Section D.57.  My Network Places
      Section D.58.  Network Neighborhood
      Section D.59.  Notepad
      Section D.60.  Personal Web Server
      Section D.61.  Phone and Modem Options control panel
      Section D.62.  Power Options
      Section D.63.  Printer Sharing
      Section D.64.  Printers and Faxes
      Section D.65.  PrntScrn key
      Section D.66.  Program Files folder
      Section D.67.  Properties dialog box
      Section D.68.  Recycle Bin
      Section D.69.  Regional and Language Options control panel
      Section D.70.  Registry
      Section D.71.  Run command
      Section D.72.  Safe Mode
      Section D.73.  ScanDisk
      Section D.74.  Scheduled Tasks
      Section D.75.  Scrap files
      Section D.76.  Screen saver
      Section D.77.  Search
      Section D.78.  Shortcut menus
      Section D.79.  Shortcuts
      Section D.80.  Sounds and Audio Devices
      Section D.81.  Speech control panel
      Section D.82.  Standby mode
      Section D.83.  Start menu
      Section D.84.  StartUp folder
      Section D.85.  System control panel
      Section D.86.  System Tray
      Section D.87.  Taskbar
      Section D.88.  Taskbar and Start Menu control panel
      Section D.89.  "Three-fingered salute"
      Section D.90.  ToolTips
      Section D.91.  TweakUI
      Section D.92.  User Accounts control panel
      Section D.93.  Window edges
      Section D.94.  Windows (or WINNT) folder
      Section D.95.  Windows logo key
      Section D.96.  Windows Media Player
      Section D.97.  Windows Messenger
      Section D.98.  WordPad
      Section D.99.  Zip files
        Appendix E.  Where to Go From Here
      Section E.1.  Web Sites
      Section E.2.  Free Email Newsletters
      Section E.3.  Advanced Books, Programming Books
        Appendix F.  The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
      Section F.1.  Startup Keystrokes
      Section F.2.  In the Finder
      Section F.3.  Power Keys
      Section F.4.  Managing Programs
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