Switching to the Mac by Pogue, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Yosemite Edition A Note Regarding Supplemental Files The Missing Credits

About the Author About the Creative Team Acknowledgments The Missing Manual Series

For the Mac For Windows Electronics Web Technologies Life

Introduction

What OS X Gives You What OS X Takes Away About This Book

About→These→Arrows About MissingManuals.com

The Very Basics

One. Welcome to Macintosh

1. How the Mac Is Different

Power On, Dude Right-Clicking and Shortcut Menus Logging Out, Shutting Down

Sleep Mode Restart Shut Down The “Reopen windows” Option Log Out

The Menu Bar Finder = Windows Explorer Dock = Taskbar Menulets = Tray Keyboard Differences

Where the Windows Keys Went What the Special Mac Keys Do The Complicated Story of the Function Keys

Disk Differences Where Your Stuff Is

Applications Folder Home Folder System Folder

Window Controls

Title Bar The Folder Proxy Icon Close Button Minimize Button Full Screen Button The Finder Sidebar

Fine-tuning the Sidebar

Window Management Scroll Bars Resizable Edges Path Bar Status Bar

Terminology Differences

2. Folders, Dock & Windows

Getting into OS X

Logging In The Elements of the OS X Desktop

Disk icons The Dock The menu The menu bar

The Four Window Views Icon View

Icon Size Icon Previews Icon View Options

Always open in icon view Browse in icon view Arrange By, Sort By Icon size Grid spacing Text size Label position Show item info Show icon preview Background Use as Defaults

Arrange By and Sort By

Arranging Sorting Free dragging—and grid spacing

List View

Sorting the List Arranging the List Flippy Triangles Your Choice of Columns Other View Options Rearranging Columns Adjusting Column Widths

Column View

Column View by Keyboard Manipulating the Columns Grouping the Column Contents View Options

Cover Flow View The Preview Pane Quick Look

What Quick Look Knows Fun with Quick Look The Quick Look Slideshow

Finder Tabs

Creating Tabs Using Tabs Tab Management

The Dock Setting Up the Dock

Organizing and Removing Dock Icons Pop-Up Dock Folders (“Stacks”)

Fan vs. grid vs. list

The Finer Points of Pop-Up Dock Folders Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair

Auto-hiding the Dock Shrinking and enlarging the Dock Moving the Dock to the sides of the screen

Using the Dock

Switch Applications Secret Menus Drag and Drop Great Things to Put in Your Dock

The Finder Toolbar

Hiding or Shrinking the Toolbar Rearranging, Customizing, or Removing Toolbar Icons

Getting Help in OS X

3. Files, Icons & Spotlight

Renaming Icons

Renaming Batches of Files

Selecting Icons

Selecting by Clicking Selecting Icons from the Keyboard

Moving and Copying Icons

Copying by Dragging Copying or Moving with Copy and Paste Dragging from the Title Bar Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work

Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once

What’s Good about Aliases Broken Aliases

Finder Tags

Creating Tags Editing Tag Names and Colors Two Sets of Favorite Tags Applying Tags Using Tags Detagging Files

The Trash

Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever Locked Files

Get Info

The Get Info Panes

Shortcut Menus, Action Menus

New Folder with Selection Share

Spotlight

The Preview Pane Opening a Result Spotlight Results Tips Times You Might Not Think of Spotlight Advanced Menu Searches

Use quotes Limit by kind Limit by recent date Limit by tag Limit by metadata

The Searching Window

From Spotlight From the Finder

The Basic Search

Where to look The suggestions list

Power Searches with Tokens Power Searching the Old Way

Kind Last opened date/Last modified date/Created date Name Contents Other

What to Do with Search Results

Customizing Spotlight

Privacy Settings

Smart Folders

4. Documents, Programs & Mission Control

The Mac App Store Other Ways to Get Mac Software

Downloading Compressed Files

Disk images (.dmg files) Performing the installation

Uninstalling Software

Cocoa and Carbon Opening OS X Programs Launchpad

Redesigning the Launchpad Screens Folders Deleting App Store Programs

Windows That Auto-Reopen The Application Menu

Quitting Programs Force Quitting Programs

The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher Full Screen Mode Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter

Starting and Stopping Mission Control

Mission Control keystrokes Screen corners

Managing Windows in Mission Control Spaces in Mission Control Creating a Desktop Switching Spaces Rearranging Spaces Spaces and Multiple Monitors Two Eccentric Spaces Settings Pictures for Every Desktop Deleting a Desktop

Dashboard

The Widget Browser Dashboard Tips Dashboard Preferences Widget Catalog

Calculator Calendar Contacts Dictionary ESPN Flight Tracker Movies Stickies Stocks Tile Game Translation Unit Converter Weather Web Clip World Clock

More Widgets

Installing a widget

Web Clips

Creating a Web Clip widget

Exposé

One-App Exposé Desktop Exposé Exposé Tip-O-Rama

Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way

Hiding the Program You’re Using Hiding All Other Programs The Bring-Forward, Hide-All-Others Trick Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows

How Documents Know Their Parents

Reassigning Documents to Programs

Reassigning a certain document—just once Reassigning a certain document—permanently Reassigning all documents of one type

Keyboard Control

Control the Menus Control the Dock Cycle Through Your Windows Control the Toolbar Control Tool Palettes Control Menulets Control Dialog Boxes Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut Redefining a Keystroke

The Save and Open Dialog Boxes

Sheets The Mini Finder Spotlight Insta-Jumping to a Folder Location The File Format Pop-Up Menu The Open File Dialog Box

Auto Save and Versions

Versions

Rewinding to an earlier version Revert

iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive Defined Putting Files onto the iCloud Drive iCloud Drive on Other Devices

5. Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up

Power Typing

The OS X Spelling and Grammar Checker Text Substitution (Abbreviation Expansion)

Insert the proper typographical symbols Replace abbreviations with much longer phrases

Case Swapping

Dictation

Dictation Step by Step Punctuation Capitalization Enhanced Dictation Speech Settings

The Many Languages of OS X Text

Formats Input Sources The Character Viewer Keyboard Viewer

Data Detectors Moving Data Between Documents

Cut, Copy, and Paste Drag-and-Drop

When to use drag-and-drop Drag-and-drop to the desktop

Export/Import

Exchanging Data with Other Macs

By Network By Email Using Dropbox Via iCloud Drive By CD or DVD FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode) Via Flash Drive Via Bluetooth

Sending a file Fetching a file

Exchanging Data with Windows PCs The Share Button ()

Editing the Share Menu

Time Machine

Setting Up Time Machine How the Backups Work Local Snapshots Changing Time Machine Settings Recovering Lost or Changed Files

Recovering from Contacts and Mail Recovering the entire hard drive Recovering to another Mac

Frequently Asked Questions

Two. Making the Move

6. Transferring Your Files to the Mac

Transfers by Apple Genius The Windows Migration Assistant Manual Network Transfers Transfers by Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or OneDrive Transfers by Disk Transfers by File-Sending Web Site Transfers by Email Where to Put Your Copied Files

Desktop Pictures (Wallpaper) Sound Effects Bookmarks (Favorites) iTunes Music

Document Conversion Issues

7. Special Software, Special Problems

ACDSee Acrobat Reader Act Ad Subtract (Pop-Up Stopper) Adobe [your favorite program here] AOL AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) Children’s Software Chrome Easy CD Creator Encarta Eudora Excel Firefox Games Google Desktop Search Google Earth Google Chrome ICQ Internet Explorer iTunes McAfee VirusScan Microsoft Access Microsoft Money Microsoft Office Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Visio Minesweeper NaturallySpeaking Netscape Newsgroup Readers Norton AntiVirus Norton Utilities Notepad Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail PaintShop Pro Picasa PowerPoint QuickBooks Quicken RealPlayer RssReader Skype Snagit (Screenshots) Solitaire Street Atlas USA TaxCut, TurboTax Winamp, MusicMatch Windows Media Player WinZip Word WordPerfect Yahoo Messenger

8. Windows on the Mac

Boot Camp

Installing Boot Camp

Phase 1: Build the drivers drive Phase 2: Create the Windows partition on your Mac Phase 3: Install Windows Phase 4: Install the Mac drivers

Forth and Back, Windows/Mac Keyboard Translation Guide Accessing Mac Files from the Dark Side—and Vice Versa

Windows in a Window

Virtualization Tip-O-Rama

Life with Microsoft Exchange

Connecting to Exchange Exchange in Mail

9. Hardware on the Mac

Mac Meets Printer

Setting Up a Printer Printer Preferences

Making the Printout

Printing

Managing Printouts Printer Sharing Faxing PDF Files

Opening PDF Files Creating PDF Files

Fonts—and Font Book

Where Fonts Live Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts

Looking over your fonts Printing a reference sheet Eliminating duplicates Adding, removing, and hiding fonts Font collections Smart collections Font libraries Exporting fonts

The Fonts Pane

Choosing fonts from the Fonts pane Designing collections and favorites

Digital Cameras Disks

Erasing a Disk Burning CDs and DVDs

Startup Disks

Selecting a Startup Disk

DVD Movies

Playing a Movie Language Fun Chapter Thumbnails The Big Picture

iTunes: The Digital Jukebox

Your Stuff Three Ways to Fill Your Library Playlists

Smart playlists Editing and deleting playlists

iTunes Store

Music () TV (), movies (), and movie rentals Podcasts () iTunes U () Audiobooks () Apps () Internet Radio () Authorizing computers

Syncing an iPad or iPhone

Connecting the phone with a cable Connecting over WiFi

iTunes Radio

Playing iTunes Radio Make your own station Deleting or editing a station

Playing with Playback

Turning on visuals Keyboard control Sound Check: Preventing ear-blast syndrome Playing with the graphic equalizer

AirPlay

System Preferences

Keyboards

Text-Navigation Keystrokes

Mouse Monitors

Display Tab Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors) Color Tab

Scanners

More Power to You

Three. Yosemite Online

10. Internet Setup & iCloud

Network Central and Multihoming

Multihoming

Broadband Connections

Automatic Configuration Manual Configuration

Settings from Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Settings from Windows 98, Windows Me Applying the settings

Ethernet Connections WiFi Connections

Commercial Hotspots

Cellular Modems Tethering (Personal Hotspot) Dial-Up Modem Connections Switching Locations

Creating a New Location Making the Switch

Internet Sharing

Turning On Internet Sharing

Meet iCloud

iCloud Drive Photos

My Photo Stream iCloud Photo Sharing iCloud Photo Library

Mail Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Safari, Notes, Keychain Back to My Mac Find My Mac (or iPhone, or iPad)

Family Sharing

Setting Up Family Sharing Life in Family Sharing

More iCloud Features

Automatic backup Continuity Books, Music, Apps, Movies: The Locker in the Sky

11. Mail & Contacts

Setting Up Your Accounts Checking Your Mail

The Mailboxes List

Tailoring the Look of Mail

Tweaking the Three-Column Layout The Toolbar

Writing Messages

Attaching Files to Messages Mail Drop: Sending Huge Attachments Marking Up, Signing, and Drawing on Attachments Signatures

Stationery Reading Email

Conversation View Adding the Sender to Contacts Data Detectors Opening File Attachments Replying to a Message Forwarding Messages Redirecting Messages Printing Messages Filing Messages Flagging Messages Finding Messages Deleting Messages

Emptying the Trash folder Turning deleted mail invisible Archiving messages

Exporting Mailboxes Message Rules

Setting up message rules

VIPs The Anti-Spam Toolkit

Using the Junk Mail Filter More Anti-Spam Tips

Contacts

Importing Addresses

Importing from Yahoo, Google, Exchange, or another Internet service Importing from another address-book program About vCards

Creating Address Cards

Editing an address Adding addresses from Mail

Groups

Smart groups Removing someone from a group

Adding Pictures

Replacing and removing a picture Free headshots from Facebook

Finding an Address Changing the Contacts Display Printing Options Contacts Backups

12. Safari

Browsing Basics The Unified Address/Search Bar

Searching the Web Address/Search Bar Tips

Bookmarks, Favorites, Top Sites

Adding a Bookmark Organizing Bookmarks in the Sidebar Organizing Bookmarks in the Editor Favorites View Favorites Bar Top Sites

Full Screen and Gestures

Scrolling Five Ways to Magnify a Page

Customizing the Toolbar Saved Passwords: The iCloud Keychain

Memorized Contact Information Memorized Passwords Auto-Filled-In Credit Cards Synchronized Passwords Setting Up iCloud Keychain

Set up the first Mac Adding another Mac to your iCloud Keychain Adding an iOS gadget to your iCloud Keychain

Auto-Generated Passwords

Tips for Better Surfing

The Reading List The Download Manager Reader Status Bar Keyboard Control Graphics Worth Saving Saving Web Pages to Disk Sending a Page to a Friend Expanding Web Forms Designate Your Start Page Finding Text on Web Pages The History Menu PDF Pages Online Shared Links and RSS Feeds

RSS subscriptions

Tabbed Browsing

Tab View

iCloud tabs

Privacy and Security Features

Erasing Your History Private Browsing Cookie Control—and Privacy Control Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders

13. Messages

Welcome to Messages

More on iMessages

Setting Up Messages

The Buddy List

Filling your buddy list Broadcasting your status Sorting and sizing your friends Bonjour buddies

Let the Chat Begin

If This Is an iMessage Chat They Invite You

Text Chats

In-Chat Fun Group Chats

Audio Chats Video Chats

Equipment Requirements Starting the Video Call Bluescreen Backdrops and Video FX

Sharing Your Screen

iCloud Screen Sharing Screen Sharing with Non-iCloud Accounts

Four. Putting Down Roots

14. Mac+iPhone: Handoff, AirDrop & Continuity

Mac as Speakerphone

And if It’s Not Working

Texting from the Mac Instant Hotspot Handoff AirDrop

From iPhone to Mac

15. Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper

Introducing Accounts

The First Account

Creating an Account

Phase 1: Choose an Account Type

Administrator accounts Standard accounts Managed accounts with Parental Controls Sharing Only account Group The Guest account

Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status Phase 3: Choose a Picture Phase 4: Login Items (Startup Items)

Parental Controls

Apps Tab

Use Simple Finder Limit Applications

Web Tab People Tab Time Limits Other Tab

Editing Accounts

Deleting Accounts

Setting Up the Login Process Signing In, Logging Out

Identifying Yourself Logging Out Logout Options

Sharing Across Accounts Fast User Switching OS X and Security

Gatekeeper FileVault The Firewall The Password Assistant The Keychain

Locking and unlocking the Keychain Managing Keychain Multiple Keychains Keychain files

Privacy Shields

Location Services Contacts, Calendars, Reminders Twitter, Facebook Accessibility Diagnostic and Usage Data

16. Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop

Wiring the Network

Ethernet Networks WiFi Networks Cell Networks FireWire Networks

File Sharing: Three Ways AirDrop

Sending by AirDrop Eight Reasons AirDrop Might Seem Not to Work Receiving a File by AirDrop

Sharing Your Public Folder Sharing Any Folder

The Get Info Method The System Preferences Method

Accessing Shared Files

Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar Connection Method B: Connect to Server Disconnecting Yourself Disconnecting Others

Networking with Windows

Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac More Mac-Windows Connections

Screen Sharing

Other Mac: Give Permission in Advance Your Mac: Take Control The Toolbar Variations on Screen Sharing

Screen sharing through Messages Screen sharing the manual way Screen sharing with Back to My Mac

17. System Preferences

The System Preferences Window Accessibility

Display Zoom VoiceOver Descriptions Captions Audio Keyboard Mouse & Trackpad Switch Control Dictation

App Store Bluetooth

Pairing Advanced Options The Bluetooth Menulet

CDs & DVDs Date & Time

Date & Time Tab Time Zone Tab Clock Tab

Desktop & Screen Saver

Desktop Pictures

Using your own pictures Making the picture fit Auto picture changing

Screen Saver

Slideshows Nonphotographic displays Activating the screensaver

Dictation & Speech Displays Dock Energy Saver

Sleep Sliders Checkbox Options Scheduled Startup and Shutdown

Extensions General

Changing Colors Sidebar Icon Size Tweaking the Scroll Bars Default Web Browser Ask to Keep Changes When Closing Documents Close Windows When Quitting an App Number of Recent Items Allow Handoff Between This Mac and Your iCloud Devices Use LCD Font Smoothing When Available

iCloud Internet Accounts Keyboard

Keyboard Tab Text Tab Shortcuts Tab Input Sources

Language & Region Mission Control Mouse

Tracking Speed, Double-Click Speed The Mighty Mouse and Magic Mouse

Network Notifications Parental Controls Printers & Scanners Security & Privacy Sharing Sound

Sound Effects Tab Output Tab Input Tab

Spotlight Startup Disk Time Machine Trackpad

Point & Click Scroll & Zoom More Gestures

Users & Groups

18. Notifications

Insta-Respond to Bubbles Shutting Up the Bubbles

Dismiss One Bubble Do Not Disturb (Manual) Do Not Disturb (Automatic)

The Notification Center

Notifications Tab Today Tab Messaging, Tweeting, or Facebooking Customizing the Notification Center

19. The Free Programs

Your Free OS X Programs App Store Automator, AppleScript Calculator

Conversions

Calendar

Working with Views Making an Appointment

The mousy way The Quick Event way Location, alarms, travel time, and other details

What to Do with an Appointment

Editing events Rescheduling events Lengthening or shortening events Printing events Searching for events Deleting events

The “calendar” Category Concept “Publishing” Calendars to the Web

Publishing Subscribing

Google, Yahoo, and Facebook Calendars Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers

Chess

Playing a Game of Chess Chess Prefs Studying Your Games

Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player FaceTime

Placing a Call FaceTime Audio Calls Receiving Calls

Font Book Game Center

Getting Started Points and Achievements Making Friends Finding Games Managing Game Center

GarageBand iBooks

Downloading Books ePub Files PDF Files Your Library Reading Notes, Bookmarks, Highlighting, Dictionary iBooks Settings

General tab Store tab Parental tab

Image Capture

Import To: Import Some, Import All Scanning

iMovie iPhoto/Photos iTunes Launchpad Mail Maps

Meet Maps Finding Yourself Searching the Maps The Details Screen Bookmarks, Recents, Contacts Finding Friends and Businesses Directions Traffic Flyover Flyover Tours

Messages Mission Control Notes

Interior Design Pinning Notes Notes Folders Syncing Notes Notes Accounts

Numbers, Pages Photo Booth

Still Photos 4-Up Photos Movies Exporting Shots and Movies

Preview

Importing Camera Photos Operating Your Scanner Multiple Pages, Multiple Views Preview as Graphics Viewer

Bunches o’ graphics Cropping graphics Fixing up photos Cutting backgrounds out Converting file formats

Preview as PDF Reader Annotations and Drawing Tools Signing PDF Documents with Your Real Signature Fill in PDF Forms The Toolbar

QuickTime Player Reminders

The Details Bubble The Calendar of Deadline Hell Lists Syncing Reminders

Safari Stickies

Creating Sticky Notes Growing and Shrinking Notes Formatting Notes Saving Sticky Notes

System Preferences TextEdit

TextEdit’s Two Personalities Working in TextEdit Style Sheets Tables TextEdit as Web Designer

Time Machine Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox

Activity Monitor

The Processes table The System monitor tabs

AirPort Utility Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange Boot Camp Assistant ColorSync Utility Console DigitalColor Meter Disk Utility

Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program Disk Utility, the disk-image program Turning an image into a CD

Grab Grapher Keychain Access Migration Assistant Network Utility Script Editor System Information Terminal VoiceOver Utility

Five. Appendixes

A. Installing OS X Yosemite

Hardware Requirements Psychological Requirements The Standard Installation The Setup Assistant

After Installing over Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks After Installing onto a Blank Drive

The Homemade Installer Disk

Phase 1: Format the Drive Phase 2: Build Your Installer Phase 3: Replace the “Packages” Alias How to Use Your Emergency Disk

B. Troubleshooting

Minor Eccentric Behavior

First Resort: Repair Permissions Second Resort: Look for an Update Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File Fourth Resort: Restart Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program

Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks

The Recovery HD Yosemite Internet Recovery Physical Recovery Disks

Application Won’t Open Startup Problems

Kernel Panic Safe Mode (Safe Boot) Gray Screen During Startup Blue Screen During Startup Forgotten Password

Fixing the Disk

Method 1: Disk Utility Method 2: fsck at the Console

Single-user mode (⌘-S at startup)

Where to Get Troubleshooting Help

Help Online Help by Telephone

C. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary

About [this program]

About [this program] Active Desktop All Programs Alt key Automatic Update Backspace key Battery level BIOS Briefcase Calculator Camera and Scanner Installation Wizard CDs and DVDs Character Map Clean install Clipboard Command prompt Control Panel Copy, Cut, Paste Ctrl key Date and Time Delete Key (Forward Delete) Desktop Device Stage Directories Disk Defragmenter Disks Display control panel DLL files DOS prompt Drivers Ease of Access Center End Task dialog box Exiting programs Explorer Favorites Faxing File Sharing Folder Options Fonts Help and Support Hibernation Installing and uninstalling software Internet Explorer Internet Options IRQs Java Keyboard control panel Logging in Mail control panel Maximize button Menus Minimize button Mouse control panel (My) Computer (My) Documents, (My) Pictures, (My) Music (My) Network Places Network Notepad Phone and Modem control panel Power Options Printer Sharing Printers and Faxes PrntScrn key Program Files folder Properties dialog box Recycle Bin Regional and Language control panel Registry Run command Safe Mode ScanDisk Scheduled Tasks Scrap files Screen saver Search Shortcut menus Shortcuts Sounds and Audio Devices Speech control panel Standby mode Start menu StartUp folder Sync Center System Properties control panel System Tray Taskbar Taskbar and Start Menu control panel “Three-fingered salute” ToolTips Tweak UI User Accounts control panel Windows (or WINNT) folder Windows logo key Windows Media Player Windows Messenger WordPad Zip files

D. The Master Secret Keystroke List

Startup Keystrokes

Startup Keystrokes In the Finder Menu Finder Menu File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Go Menu Window Menu Help Menu Power Keys The Dock Managing Programs Dialog Boxes Trackpad Gestures Magic Mouse Gestures

E. Colophon

Index About the Author Copyright

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