My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition by Wang, Wallace -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition

Acknowledgments Introduction

Understanding Computer Terms

Telling the Computer What to Do Finding a Command Using the Keyboard

How This Book Is Organized

I. Basic Training

1. Turning Your Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically

What You'll Be Using Turning Your Macintosh Off the Normal Way Forcing Your Macintosh to Shut Down Restarting Your Macintosh Scheduling a Time to Turn Your Macintosh On or Off Starting Programs When Your Macintosh Turns On

2. Learning to Use the Mouse

What You'll Be Using How to Point and Click the Mouse Dragging the Mouse Double-Clicking the Mouse Right-Clicking the Mouse Using the Scroll Ball Using the Side Buttons Customizing the Mouse Customizing the Trackpad Additional Ideas for Using the Mouse

3. Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar

What You'll Be Using Understanding the Menu Bar Understanding Dialogs Understanding the Parts of the Menu Bar Additional Ideas for Using the Menu Bar

4. Loading Programs and Files from the Dock

What You'll Be Using Understanding Program Icons

Starting a Program Through the Finder Starting a Program Through the Applications Folder on the Dock Starting a Program Through the Dock

Switching Programs and Windows from the Dock Quitting Programs from the Dock Accessing the Documents and Downloads Folders on the Dock

Browsing Through the Documents Folder Browsing Through the Downloads Folder

Additional Ideas for Using the Dock

5. Customizing the Dock

What You'll Be Using Hiding (and Showing) the Dock Moving the Dock Making the Dock Easier to See

Changing the Size of the Dock Turning Magnification On or Off

Rearranging Icons on the Dock Adding and Removing Icons on the Dock

Dragging an Icon to the Dock Opening a Program and Keeping It on the Dock Removing an Icon from the Dock by Dragging Choosing the Remove from Dock Command

Adding and Removing Files and Folders on the Dock

Adding a File or Folder to the Dock Removing a File or Folder from the Dock

Additional Ideas for Customizing the Dock

6. Manipulating Windows

What You'll Be Using Arranging Windows

Closing a Window Moving a Window Resizing a Window Scrolling a Window Minimizing a Window Zooming a Window Hiding the Toolbar of a Window

Hiding and Displaying Windows with Exposé

Hiding All Windows out of Sight Displaying Only Windows from a Single Program Viewing All Windows as Thumbnail Images

Working with Multiple Desktops with Spaces

Setting Up Spaces Switching Between Desktops Moving Windows Between Desktops

Additional Ideas for Manipulating Windows

7. Navigating Through Folders with the Finder

What You'll Be Using Understanding Drives, Folders, and Files Understanding the Finder Viewing the Contents of a Drive Viewing a Folder Hierarchy

Opening a Folder Identifying Your Location in the Folder Hierarchy Navigating Back and Forth Through Folders Shortcuts to Viewing Folders

Additional Ideas for Navigating the Folder Hierarchy

Placing a Folder in the Finder Sidebar Placing a Folder as a Stack on the Dock

8. Managing and Viewing Your Files and Folders

What You'll Be Using Creating Files and Folders

Creating a Folder in the Save Dialog Creating a Folder in the Finder Window

Changing the View of Folders Peeking Inside a File Renaming a File or Folder Deleting a File or Folder Copying a File or Folder Moving a File or Folder Additional Ideas for Managing and Viewing Files and Folders

9. Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh

What You'll Be Using The Parts of Your Macintosh That Will Go to Sleep Forcing Your Macintosh to Sleep Making Your Macintosh Sleep on a Schedule Additional Ideas for Conserving Energy

II. Making Life Easier with Shortcuts

10. Working Faster with Shortcut Commands

What You'll Be Using Using Keyboard Shortcuts Using Buttons Using Shortcut Menus Additional Ideas for Using Shortcuts

11. Learning to Drag and Drop

What You'll Be Using Dragging and Dropping Text Dragging and Dropping Website Addresses in Safari Dragging and Dropping Graphics Dragging and Dropping Files into Programs Additional Ideas for Dragging and Dropping

12. Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners

What You'll Be Using Defining a Hot Corner Using a Hot Corner Additional Ideas for Using Hot Corners

13. Finding Files Fast

What You'll Be Using Finding Specific Files with Spotlight

Using Spotlight Through the Finder Using Spotlight from the Menu Bar

Using Smart Folders Placing Folders on the Sidebar Placing Folders on the Dock Peeking at Files Without Opening Them Additional Ideas for Finding Files

14. Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words

What You'll Be Using Labeling Files and Folders by Color Searching Files and Folders by Color Adding Spotlight Comments Additional Ideas for Labeling Files and Folders with Colors and Comments

15. Putting Information at Your Fingertips with Dashboard

What You'll Be Using Starting Dashboard Adding and Removing Dashboard Widgets

Adding Widgets to Dashboard Removing Widgets from Dashboard Rearranging Widgets on Dashboard Customizing Widgets

Finding More Widgets Erasing Widgets Additional Ideas for Using Dashboard

16. Giving Your Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts

What You'll Be Using Understanding User Accounts Creating User Accounts Logging Out of and In to an Account Fast Switching Between Accounts

Turning On Fast User Switching Changing Accounts with Fast User Switching

Deleting an Account Additional Ideas for Using Accounts

17. Slapping Parental Controls on Your Kids

What You'll Be Using Creating a Managed with Parental Controls Account Setting Parental Controls

Restricting Programs Restricting Content Restricting Email and iChat Contact Setting Time Limits for Using the Macintosh Viewing Account Usage

Additional Ideas for Using Managed Parental Controls Accounts

18. Making Your Mac Easier to See, Hear, and Control

What You'll Be Using Enlarging Text on the Screen

Increasing the Font Size Changing the Screen Resolution Magnifying Parts of a Screen

Replacing Beeps with Screen Flashing Turning On Sticky Keys Using the Keyboard to Control the Mouse Pointer Additional Ideas for Using Universal Access Features

III. Putting Your Macintosh to Work

19. Jotting Down Notes

What You'll Be Using Storing Notes in the Stickies Program

Creating Notes Color Coding Notes Keeping Notes Floating Around Deleting a Note

Storing Notes in the Stickies Dashboard Widget

Creating a Blank Stickies Widget in Dashboard Color Coding a Stickies Widget Deleting a Stickies Widget

Additional Ideas for Jotting Down Notes

20. Turning Your Mac into an Electronic Reminder

What You'll Be Using Scheduling Events in iCal Displaying a Reminder on the Screen

Creating a Reminder Viewing a Reminder

Opening a File Sending an Email Reminder Additional Ideas for Setting Reminders

21. Never Forget a Birthday Again

What You'll Be Using Storing Names and Birthdays in the Address Book Automatically Creating a Birthdays Calendar Additional Ideas for Tracking Important Dates

22. Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh

What You'll Be Using Playing Audio CDs Importing Digital Audio Files Deleting Digital Audio Files in iTunes Playing Music

Rewinding (and Skipping) a Song Adjusting the Volume

Using Playlists

Creating a Playlist Adding (and Removing) Songs from a Playlist Creating a Smart Playlist Editing a Smart Playlist Deleting a Playlist Tagging Your Songs Identifying All Playlists in Which a Song Appears

Using the Genius Feature Additional Ideas for Playing Music on Your Macintosh

23. Ripping and Burning an Audio CD

What You'll Be Using Picking an Audio File Format Ripping Songs from a CD Burning a Custom Audio CD Additional Ideas for Ripping and Burning CDs

24. Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD

What You'll Be Using Switching Between Full Screen and Window Mode Viewing DVD Movie Chapters Playing Specific DVD Chapters Using Bookmarks

Creating a Bookmark Viewing a Bookmark Deleting a Bookmark

Using Video Clips

Defining a Video Clip Viewing a Video Clip Deleting a Video Clip

Additional Ideas for Viewing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD

25. Storing Files on a CD or DVD

What You'll Be Using Identifying the Discs Your Macintosh Can Use Erasing a Read/Write (RW) Disc Choosing Files to Burn to a CD or DVD

Creating a Burn Folder Burning Files Directly to Disc

Additional Ideas for Burning CDs and DVDs

26. Transferring Images to Your Macintosh

What You'll Be Using Transferring Photos from a Digital Camera Transferring Images from a Scanner Copying Images from a Web Page

Saving an Image as a File Copying and Pasting an Image into Another Program

Capturing Screen Images Additional Ideas for Storing Images

27. Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

What You'll Be Using How iPhoto Works Working with Events

Viewing the Photos in an Event Naming an Event

Viewing All Your Photos Working with Albums

Creating an Album Copying Photos to an Album Removing Photos from an Album

Deleting Photos and Albums

Deleting Photos from iPhoto Deleting an Album

Working with Faces

Naming Faces in a Picture Finding Pictures Organized by Faces

Working with Places Editing Photo Locations Additional Ideas for Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

28. Tagging and Sorting Digital Photographs in iPhoto

What You'll Be Using Tagging Photos

Renaming a Photo Rating a Photo Adding Keywords to a Photo Making Your Own Keywords

Sorting Photos Additional Ideas for Sorting Digital Photographs in iPhoto

29. Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

What You'll Be Using Rotating and Straightening Photos Cropping a Photo Touching Up a Photo Creating Unusual Visual Effects Adjust a Photo Manually Additional Ideas for Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

30. Turning Your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame

What You'll Be Using Creating a Slideshow Folder Storing Pictures in Your Slideshow Folder

Copying Existing Pictures into Your Slideshow Folder Copying Existing Pictures from iPhoto into Your Slideshow Folder

Capturing Pictures with iSight and Photo Booth Creating a Slideshow

Displaying a Desktop Slideshow Displaying a Screensaver Slideshow