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Index
OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide
Preface
Conventions Used in This Book
Menu Symbols
Attribution and Permissions
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. What’s New in Mountain Lion?
Improved iCloud Integration
Sharing Everywhere
Twitter Abounds
Notification Center
Reminders
Notes
Updated Updating
Gatekeeper
Messages
Game Center
AirPlay Mirroring
Dictation
But Wait, There’s More!
2. Installing Mountain Lion and Migrating Data
What You Need to Run Mountain Lion
Preparing for the Install
Installing Mountain Lion
After the Install
Moving Data and Applications
Networking Options When Migrating Data
Fine-Tuning Data Migration
3. A Quick Guide to Mountain Lion
What You Need to Know About OS X
User Accounts
Setting up accounts
The Home Folder
Using Mountain Lion
Starting Up
Startup key commands
Logging In
Logging Out, Sleeping, and Shutting Down
Shut down and log out shortcuts
Mountain Lion Basics
The Menu Bar
The Apple menu
The Application menu
Standard Application menus
Menu extras
The Accounts menu
Spotlight
Notification Center
Use the menu bar less
The Desktop
Mastering the Finder
Customizing the Finder toolbar
The sidebar
Finder preferences
Finder views
Common Finder tasks
The Dock
Dock Exposé
Dock menus
Stack view options
Trash
Dock preferences
The Application Switcher
Standard Window Controls
Resizing Windows
Full-Screen Applications
Files and Folders
Regular Folders
Burn Folders
Smart Folders
Nonessential (but Useful) OS X Features
Sharing (Almost) Everywhere
Auto Save and Versions
Searching with Spotlight
Changing the order of Spotlight’s results
Controlling the results Spotlight displays
Controlling what Spotlight indexes
Managing File Info
Resume
4. Troubleshooting OS X
Common Problems
Misbehaving Applications
An application stops responding
The Finder stops responding
Force quitting greedy processes
USB device problems
Battery problems
Display problems
Startup Problems
Your Mac beeps instead of starting
Your hard drive is making noises
Startup troubleshooting
Reset your PRAM
5. System Preferences
Preference Pane Rundown
General
Desktop & Screen Saver
Dock
Mission Control
Language & Text
Security & Privacy
General tab
FileVault tab
Firewall tab
Privacy
Spotlight
Notifications
CDs and DVDs
Displays
Energy Saver
Keyboard
Keyboard tab
Keyboard Shortcuts tab
Mouse
Magic Mouse options
Mighty Mouse options
If you’re using a non-Apple mouse
Trackpad
Multitouch trackpads
Print & Scan
Sound
Sound Effects tab
Output tab
Input tab
iCloud
Contacts
Calendar & Reminders
Notes
Safari
Photo Stream
Documents & Data
Back to My Mac
Find My Mac
Mail, Contacts & Calendars
Network
Bluetooth
Sharing
Users and Groups
Parental Controls
Apps
Web
People
Time Limits
Other
Date & Time
Software Update
Dictation & Speech
Dictation tab
Text to Speech tab
Time Machine
Accessibility
Display
VoiceOver
Zoom
Audio
Mouse & Trackpad
Mouse Keys
Slow Keys
Sticky Keys
Speakable Items
Startup Disk
Non-Apple Preference Panes
6. Built-in Applications and Utilities
Applications Installed with Mountain Lion
App Store
Automator
Calculator
Calendar
Chess
Contacts
Dashboard
Dictionary
DVD Player
FaceTime
Font Book
Game Center
Image Capture
iTunes
Launchpad
Mail
Adding new accounts
Add a signature to outgoing mail
Enable junk mail filtering
Add a mailbox
Quickly delete junk mail
Search your mail
Messages
Mission Control
Notes
Photo Booth
Preview
QuickTime Player
Reminders
Safari
Change the home page
Change the default browser
Control which pages are shown in Top Sites
Find a page you didn’t bookmark
Block pop-up ads
Change where downloaded items are saved
Control cookies
Get rid of Safari’s history
Add a URL to the desktop
Browse privately
Turn off Autofill
Customize Safari’s toolbar
Stickies
System Preferences
TextEdit
Time Machine
Utilities Included with Mountain Lion
Activity Monitor
AirPort Utility
AppleScript Editor
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
Boot Camp Assistant
ColorSync Utility
Console
DigitalColor Meter
Disk Utility
Grab
Grapher
Java Preferences
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
Network Utility
RAID Utility
System Information
Terminal
VoiceOver Utility
X11
7. Managing Passwords in Mountain Lion
Password Management
Recovering a Forgotten Password
Make a Great Password
Storing Secure Notes
Add a Keychain Access Menu Extra
Securing Your Data
8. Keyboard Commands and Special Characters
Key Commands
Customizing Key Commands
Typing Special Characters in OS X
Index
About the Author
Colophon
Copyright
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