- Copyright
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- What's Really Required
- About This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook
- Book II: Using Mac OS X with Your MacBook
- Book III: MacBook Customizing and Sharing
- Book IV: Going Mobile with iLife
- Book V: iWork for the Road Warrior
- Book VI: The Typical Internet Stuff
- Book VII: Networking in Mac OS X
- Book VIII: Expanding Your System
- Book IX: Advanced Mac OS X
- Icons Used in This Book
- Book I. Say Hello to Your MacBook
- 1. Exploring MacBook Basics
- 2. MacBook Models Compared
- 3. Setting Up and Taking Care of Your MacBook
- 4. Extra Stuff You'll Likely Want
- Book II. Using Mac OS X with Your MacBook
- 1. Shaking Hands with Mac OS X
- 2. Navigating and Running Programs
- 2.1. Restarting, Sleeping, and Shutting Down
- 2.2. A Window Is Much More Than a Frame
- 2.3. Menu Mysteries Explained
- 2.4. Icons 'R Us
- 2.5. Selecting Icons for Fun and Profit
- 2.6. Keyboard Shortcuts for the True Power User
- 2.7. Houston, We're Go to Launch Programs
- 2.8. Switching 'Twixt Programs with Aplomb
- 2.9. Opening and Saving Your Stuff in an Application
- 2.10. Quitting Programs
- 3. Basic OS X Housekeeping
- 3.1. The Finder: It's the Wind beneath Your Wings
- 3.2. Copying and Moving Files and Folders
- 3.3. Cloning Your Items — It's Happening Now!
- 3.4. Deleting That Which Should Not Be
- 3.5. Emptying That Wastepaper Basket
- 3.6. WAIT! I Need That After All!
- 3.7. Renaming Your Items
- 3.8. Adding a Dash of Color
- 3.9. Displaying the Facts on Files and Folders
- 3.10. Creating an Alias
- 3.11. Using the Apple Menu
- 3.12. Availing Yourself of Mac OS X Services
- 3.13. Get Thee Hence: Using the Go Menu
- 3.14. Monkeying with the Menu Bar
- 3.15. Eject, Tex, Eject!
- 3.16. Common Tasks Aplenty
- 3.17. All You Really Need to Know about Printing
- 4. Searching Everything with Spotlight
- 5. Fun with Photo Booth and Front Row
- 6. Keeping Track with the Address Book
- 7. The Joys of Maintenance
- 7.1. Deleting Applications the Common Sense Way
- 7.2. Popping the Hood: Using the System Profiler
- 7.3. Tracking Performance with Activity Monitor
- 7.4. Fixing Things with the Disk Utility
- 7.5. Updating Mac OS X
- 7.6. I Demand That You Back Up Your Hard Drive
- 7.7. I Further Demand That You Defragment
- 7.8. Special Start-Up Keys for Those Special Times
- 7.9. Crave the Newest Drivers
- 8. Getting Help for the Big X
- 9. Troubleshooting the X
- 9.1. Don't Panic!
- 9.2. The Troubleshooting Process
- 9.2.1. Step 1: Always try a simple shutdown
- 9.2.2. Step 2: Check all cable connections
- 9.2.3. Step 3: Retrace your steps
- 9.2.4. Step 4: Run Disk Utility
- 9.2.5. Step 5: Run antivirus software
- 9.2.6. Step 6: Check the Trash
- 9.2.7. Step 7: Check online connections
- 9.2.8. Step 8: Disable troublesome Login Items
- 9.2.9. Step 9: Turn off your screen saver
- 9.2.10. Step 10: Check for write protection
- 9.2.11. Step 11: Check your System Profiler
- 9.2.12. Step 12: Reboot with the Mac OS X Installation disc
- 9.3. Do I Need to Reinstall Mac OS X?
- 9.4. It's Still Not Moving: Troubleshooting Resources
- Book III. MacBook Customizing and Sharing
- 1. Building the Finder of Your Dreams
- 2. Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch
- 3. Delving under the Hood with System Preferences
- 4. You Mean Others Can Use My MacBook, Too?
- 5. Setting Up Multiuser Accounts
- 6. Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit
- 7. Common-Sense Laptop Security
- Book IV. Going Mobile with iLife
- 1. The World According to Apple
- 2. Jamming with iTunes and iPod
- 2.1. What Can I Play on iTunes?
- 2.2. Playing an Audio CD
- 2.3. Playing Digital Audio and Video
- 2.4. Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists
- 2.5. Know Your Songs
- 2.6. Ripping Audio Files
- 2.7. Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears
- 2.8. A New Kind of Radio Station
- 2.9. iSending iStuff to iPod
- 2.10. Sharing Your Media across Your Network
- 2.11. Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles
- 2.12. Feasting on iTunes Visuals
- 2.13. Buying Digital Media the Apple Way
- 3. Focusing on iPhoto
- 3.1. Delving into iPhoto
- 3.2. Working with Images in iPhoto
- 3.2.1. Import Images 101
- 3.2.2. Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images
- 3.2.3. Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way
- 3.2.3.1. Rotating tipped-over shots
- 3.2.3.2. Crop 'til you drop
- 3.2.3.3. Straightening what's crooked
- 3.2.3.4. Enhancing images to add pizzazz
- 3.2.3.5. Removing rampant red-eye
- 3.2.3.6. Retouching like the stars
- 3.2.3.7. Switching to black-and-white or sepia
- 3.2.3.8. Adjusting photo properties manually
- 3.3. Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece
- 3.4. You'll Love MobileMe Gallery!
- 3.5. Mailing Photos to Aunt Mildred
- 4. Making Magic with iMovie
- 5. Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD
- 6. Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand
- 7. Crafting a Web Site with iWeb
- 8. No, It's Not Called iQuickTime
- 9. Turning Your MacBook into a DVD Theater
- 9.1. The DVD Hardware
- 9.2. The DVD Player: It's Truly Shiny
- 9.3. Taking Advantage of Additional DVD Features
- 9.3.1. Controller extras
- 9.3.2. DVD Player preferences
- 9.3.2.1. Player
- 9.3.2.2. Disc Setup
- 9.3.2.3. Full Screen
- 9.3.2.4. Windows
- 9.3.2.5. Previously Viewed
- 9.3.2.6. High Definition
- Book V. iWork for the Road Warrior
- 1. Desktop Publishing with Pages
- 1.1. Creating a New Pages Document
- 1.2. Open an Existing Pages Document
- 1.3. Saving Your Work
- 1.4. Touring the Pages Window
- 1.5. Entering and Editing Text
- 1.6. Using Text and Graphics Boxes
- 1.7. The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste
- 1.8. Formatting Text the Easy Way
- 1.9. Adding a Spiffy Table
- 1.10. Adding Alluring Photos
- 1.11. Adding a Background Shape
- 1.12. Are You Sure about That Spelling?
- 1.13. Printing Your Pages Documents
- 1.14. Sharing That Poster with Others
- 2. Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers
- 2.1. Before We Launch Numbers ...
- 2.2. Creating a New Numbers Document
- 2.3. Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File
- 2.4. Save Those Spreadsheets!
- 2.5. Exploring the Numbers Window
- 2.6. Navigate and Select Cells in a Spreadsheet
- 2.7. Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet
- 2.8. Selecting the Right Number Format
- 2.9. Aligning Cell Text Just So
- 2.10. Format with Shading
- 2.11. Insert and Delete Rows and Columns
- 2.12. The Formula Is Your Friend
- 2.13. Adding Visual Punch with a Chart
- 3. Building Presentations with Keynote
- 3.1. Creating a New Keynote Project
- 3.2. Opening a Keynote Presentation
- 3.3. Saving Your Presentation
- 3.4. Putting Keynote to Work
- 3.5. Adding Slides
- 3.6. Working with Text and Graphics Boxes
- 3.7. Adding and Editing Slide Text
- 3.8. Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look
- 3.9. Using Presenter's Notes in Your Project
- 3.10. Every Good Presentation Needs Media
- 3.11. Adding a Background Shape
- 3.12. Creating Your Keynote Slideshow
- 3.13. Printing Your Slides and Notes
- 1. Desktop Publishing with Pages
- Book VI. The Typical Internet Stuff
- 1. Getting on the Internet
- 2. Using Apple Mail
- 3. Staying in Touch with iChat
- 4. Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk
- 5. Surfing with Safari
- 5.1. Pretend You've Never Used This Thing
- 5.2. Visiting Web Sites
- 5.3. Navigating the Web
- 5.4. Setting Up Your Home Page
- 5.5. Adding and Using Bookmarks
- 5.6. Downloading Files
- 5.7. Using Subscriptions and History
- 5.8. Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends
- 5.9. Saving Web Pages
- 5.10. Protecting Your Privacy
- 6. Staying Secure Online
- Book VII. Networking in Mac OS X
- 1. Setting Up a Small Network
- 2. Using Your Network
- 3. Going Wireless
- 4. Sharing That Precious Internet Thing
- Book VIII. Expanding Your System
- 1. Hardware That Will Make You Giddy
- 2. Add RAM, Hard Drive Space, and Stir
- 3. Port-o-Rama: Using USB and FireWire
- 4. I'm Okay, You're a Printer
- 5. Applications That You've (Probably) Gotta Have
- 5.1. The Trundling Microsoft Mammoth
- 5.2. Your Mac OS X Toolbox: TechTool Pro
- 5.3. Image Editing for the Masses
- 5.4. The Morass of Digital Video
- 5.5. Yes, It's Really Called "Toast"
- 5.6. If You Positively Have to Run Windows ...
- 5.7. All Hail FileMaker Pro
- 5.8. Utilities That Rock
- 5.9. At Least One Game
- 6. Putting Bluetooth to Work
- Book IX. Advanced Mac OS X
- 1. Using UNIX on Your MacBook
- 2. AppleScript Just Plain Rocks
- 3. Writing and Conversing with Your MacBook
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