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Tables of Contents for Mac OS X
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
1
What Mac OS X 10.2 Gives You
2
5
What Mac OS X Takes Away
7
2
Three OSes in One
9
1
About this Book
10
1
About the Outline
10
1
About→These→Arrows
11
1
About MissingManuals.com
12
1
The Very Basics
12
5
Part One: The Mac OS X Desktop
Folders and Windows
17
36
Getting into Mac OS X
17
4
Windows and How to Work Them
21
10
The Three Window Views
31
1
Icon View
32
6
List View
38
7
Column View
45
3
Logging Out, Shutting Down
48
3
Getting Help in Mac OS X
51
2
Organizing Your Stuff
53
36
The Mac OS X folder Structure
53
5
Icon Names
58
2
Selecting Icons
60
3
Moving and Copying Icons
63
5
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
68
3
Favorites
71
1
The Trash
72
2
Get Info
74
3
Finding Files 1: The Search Bar
77
4
Finding Files 2: The Find Program
81
8
Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar
89
22
The Dock
89
1
Setting Up the Dock
90
5
Using the Dock
95
4
The Finder Toolbar
99
7
Designing Your Desktop
106
1
Menulets: The Missing Manual
107
4
Part Two: Applications in Mac OS X
Programs and Documents
111
38
Launching Mac OS X Programs
112
3
Juggling Programs with the Dock
115
6
How Documents Know Their Parents
121
5
Controlling Menus from the Keyboard
126
3
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
129
6
Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic
135
2
The Cocoa Difference
137
8
Installing Mac OS X Programs
145
4
Back to Mac OS 9
149
22
Two Roads to Mac OS 9
149
2
Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X
151
12
Restarting in Mac OS 9
163
2
Four Tricks for Faster Switching
165
6
Moving Data
171
44
Moving Data Between Documents
171
4
Exchanging Data with Other Macs
175
5
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
180
35
Part Three: The Components of Mac OS X
System Preferences
215
36
The System Preferences Window
215
1
Accounts
216
1
CDs & DVDs
217
1
Classic
218
1
ColorSync
218
1
Date & Time
218
3
Desktop
221
3
Displays
224
3
Dock
227
1
Energy Saver
227
3
General
230
3
International
233
3
Internet
236
1
Keyboard
237
1
Login Items
237
1
Mouse
238
1
My Account
239
1
Network
239
1
Quick Time
239
1
Screen Effects
240
3
Sharing
243
1
Software Update
243
1
Sound
244
2
Speech
246
1
Startup Disk
246
1
Universal Access
246
5
The Free Programs
251
50
Your Free Mac OS X Programs
251
27
Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
278
23
CDs, DVDs, and iTunes
301
26
How the Mac Does Disks
301
6
Burning CDs and DVDs
307
3
iTunes 3: The CD and MP3 Jukebox
310
9
Playing DVD Movies
319
8
Part Four: The Technologies of Mac OS X
One Mac, Many Users
327
24
Introducing User Accounts
328
1
Setting Up Accounts
329
8
Setting Up the Login/Logout Process
337
3
Signing In
340
5
Simple Finder and Other ``Rubber Walls''
345
4
Logging Out
349
1
The Root Account
349
2
Networking
351
34
Wiring the Network
352
2
File Sharing
354
16
Networking with Windows
370
7
Managing Groups
377
2
Dialing in from the Road
379
1
Forgettable Passwords: The Keychain
380
5
Graphics, Fonts, and Printing
385
24
Mac Meets Printer
385
3
Making the Printout
388
5
Managing Printouts
393
1
Printer Sharing
394
1
PDF Files
394
3
Fonts in Mac OS X
397
5
Font Fuzziness on the Screen
402
1
ColorSync
403
1
Graphics in Mac OS X
404
3
Screen-Capture Keystrokes
407
2
Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting
409
36
Playing Sounds
409
3
Recording Sound
412
2
QuickTime Movies
414
12
Speech Recognition
426
8
The Mac Talks Back
434
5
Inkwell: Handwriting Recognition
439
6
Terminal: Doorway to Unix
445
26
Terminal
447
3
Navigating in Unix
450
8
Working with Files and Directores
458
5
Online Help
463
2
Terminal Preferences
465
4
Terminal Tips and Tricks
469
2
Fun with Unix
471
24
Moving Unmovable Files and Directories
471
11
Enabling the Root Account
482
1
Eight Useful Unix Utilities
482
5
Where to Go from Here
487
4
Putting it Together
491
4
Hacking Mac OS X
495
14
Tinker Tool: Customization 101
495
2
Redefining Keystrokes
497
1
Redoing Mac OS X's Graphics
498
4
Replacing Your Home-Folder Icon
502
1
Replacing the Finder Icons
503
1
Rewriting the Words
503
6
Part Five: Mac OS X Online
Internet Setup, the Firewall, and .Mac
509
26
The Best News You've Heard All Day
509
1
Connecting by Dial-up Modem
510
4
Broadband Connections
514
2
AirPort Networks
516
1
The Jaguar Firewall
517
2
Switching Locations
519
2
Multihoming
521
1
Internet Sharing
522
3
.Mac Services
525
7
Internet Location Files
532
3
Mail and Address Book
535
34
Setting Up Mail
535
2
Checking Your Mail
537
2
Writing Messages
539
6
Reading Email
545
12
The Spam Filter
557
1
Address Book
558
11
Sherlock 3, iChat, and iCal
569
36
Sherlock 3
569
8
iChat
577
13
iCal and iSync
590
15
SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing
605
Web Sharing
605
FTP
612
Connecting from the Road
613
Remote Access with SSH
614
Virtual Private Networking
617
Part Six: Appendixes
Appendix A: Installing Mac OS X 10.2
623
Getting Ready to Install
623
The Partitioning Question
624
How to Partition
625
Four Kinds of Installation
626
The Basic Installation
627
The Installer
627
The Upgrade Installation
628
The Clean Install
629
The Setup Assistant
630
Uninstalling Mac OS X
632
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
635
Problems That Aren't Problems
635
Minor Eccentric Behavior
636
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
638
Error Messages When Opening
639
The Wrong Program Opens
639
Can't Empty the Trash
641
Can't Move or Rename an Icon
641
Application Won't Open
641
Program Icons Turn to Folders
641
Startup Problems
643
Fixing the Disk
644
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
649
Appendix C: The ``Where'd It Go?'' Dictionary (Mac Version)
651
Appendix D: The ``Where'd It Go?'' Dictionary (Windows Version)
669
Appendix E: Where to Go from Here
683
Web Sites
683
Advanced Books
684
Email Lists
685
Appendix F: The Master OS X Keystroke List
687