Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition

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Is Windows giving you pause? Ready to make the leap to the Mac instead? There has never been a better time to switch from Windows to Mac, and this incomparable guide will help you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac OS X.

Why is this such a good time to switch? Upgrading from one version of Windows to another used to be simple. But now there's Windows Vista, a veritable resource hog that forces you to relearn everything. Learning a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. No viruses, worms or spyware. No questionable firewalls, inefficient permissions, or other strange features. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. And if you're still using Windows XP, we've got you covered, too.

If you're ready to take on Mac OS X Leopard, the latest edition of this bestselling guide tells you everything you need to know:

  • Transferring your stuff -- Moving photos, MP3s, and Microsoft Office documents is the easy part. This book gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.


  • Re-creating your software suite -- Big-name programs (Word, Photoshop, Firefox, Dreamweaver, and so on) are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are available only for Windows. This guide identifies the Mac equivalents and explains how to move your data to them.


  • Learning Leopard -- Once you've moved into the Mac, a final task awaits: Learning your way around. Fortunately, you're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to the Macintosh.
Moving from Windows to a Mac successfully and painlessly is the one thing Apple does not deliver. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition is your ticket to a new computing experience.

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Table of contents

  1. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
  2. The Missing Credits
      1. About the Author
      2. About the Creative Team
      3. Acknowledgments
      4. The Missing Manual Series
  3. Introduction
    1. What Mac OS X Gives You
    2. What Mac OS X Takes Away
    3. About This Book
      1. About→These→Arrows
      2. About MissingManuals.com
    4. The Very Basics
  4. I. Welcome to Macintosh
    1. 1. How the Mac Is Different
      1. Power On, Dude
      2. That One-Button Mouse
      3. On, Off, and Sleep
        1. Sleep Mode
        2. Restart
        3. Shut Down
        4. Log Out
      4. The Menu Bar
      5. Finder = Windows Explorer
      6. Dock = Taskbar
      7. Menulets = Tray
      8. Keyboard Differences
        1. Where the Windows Keys Went
        2. What the Special Mac Keys Do
      9. Disk Differences
      10. Where Your Stuff Is
        1. Applications Folder
        2. Home Folder
        3. System Folder
      11. Window Controls
        1. Title Bar
        2. The Folder Proxy Icon
        3. Close Button
        4. Minimize Button
        5. Zoom Button
        6. The Finder Sidebar
          1. Fine-tuning the Sidebar
        7. Window Management
        8. Scroll Bars
        9. Resize Box
        10. Path Bar
        11. Status Bar
      12. Terminology Differences
    2. 2. Folders, Dock, & Windows
      1. Getting into Mac OS X
        1. Logging In
        2. The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop
          1. Disk icons
          2. The Dock
          3. The menu
          4. The menu bar
      2. The Four Window Views
      3. Icon View
        1. Icon View Options
          1. Always open in icon view
          2. Icon size
          3. Grid spacing
          4. Text size
          5. Label position
          6. Show item info
          7. Show icon preview
          8. Arrange by
          9. Background
          10. Use as Defaults
        2. Keeping Icons Neat and Sorted
          1. Grid alignment
          2. Sorted alignment
      4. List View
        1. Sorting the List
        2. Flippy Triangles
        3. Your Choice of Columns
        4. Other View Options
        5. Rearranging Columns
        6. Adjusting Column Widths
      5. Column View
        1. Manipulating the Columns
        2. View Options
      6. Cover Flow View
      7. Quick Look
        1. What Quick Look Knows
        2. Fun with Quick Look
        3. The Quick Look Slideshow
      8. The Dock
        1. Setting Up the Dock
        2. Organizing and Removing Dock Icons
        3. Stacks
          1. Fan vs. grid vs. list
          2. Ready-made stacks
          3. Creating and removing stacks
        4. Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
          1. Auto-hiding the Dock
          2. Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
          3. Moving the Dock to the sides of the screen
        5. Using the Dock
          1. Switch applications
          2. Secret menus
          3. Drag and Drop
        6. Do Your Filing
      9. The Finder Toolbar
        1. Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar
        2. Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons
      10. Getting Help in Mac OS X
    3. 3. Files, Icons, & Spotlight
      1. Renaming Icons
      2. Selecting Icons
        1. Selecting by Clicking
        2. Selecting Icons from the Keyboard
      3. Moving and Copying Icons
        1. Copying by Dragging
        2. Copying by Using Copy and Paste
        3. Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders
        4. Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
      4. Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
        1. What’s Good about Aliases
        2. Broken Aliases
      5. Color Labels
        1. What Labels Are Good For
        2. Changing Labels
      6. The Trash
        1. Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash
        2. Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy
        3. Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever
        4. Locked Files: The Next Generation
      7. Get Info
        1. The Get Info Panels
      8. The Spotlight Menu
        1. Spotlight-Menu Tips
        2. Advanced Menu Searches
          1. Use quotes
          2. Limit by kind
          3. Limit by recent date
          4. Limit by metadata
          5. Boolean searches
      9. The Spotlight Window
        1. Spotlight Window from Spotlight Menu
        2. Opening the Spotlight Window Directly
        3. The Basic Search
        4. Power Searches
        5. Where to Look
        6. Search by Name/Search by Contents
        7. Complex Searches
          1. Kind
          2. Last opened date/Last modified date/Created date
          3. Name
          4. Contents
          5. Other
        8. What to Do with Search Results
      10. Customizing Spotlight
        1. Privacy Settings
      11. Smart Folders
    4. 4. Documents, Programs, & Spaces
      1. Opening Mac OS X Programs
        1. The Application Menu
        2. Quitting Programs
        3. Force Quitting Programs
      2. The New, Improved “Alt-Tab”
      3. Exposé: Death to Window Clutter
        1. More Ways to Exposé
          1. Find one window in the current program
          2. Return to the desktop
          3. Another way to Exposé
        2. Three Triggers for Exposé
          1. Screen corners
          2. Keystrokes
          3. Multiple-button mouse clicks
      4. Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac
        1. Turning on Spaces
        2. Using Spaces
          1. The big picture
          2. Moving windows among screens
      5. Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
        1. Hiding the Program You’re Using
        2. Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows
      6. How Documents Know Their Parents
        1. Reassigning Documents to Programs
          1. Reassigning a certain document—just once
          2. Reassigning a certain document—permanently
          3. Reassigning all documents of one type
      7. Keyboard Control
        1. Control the Menus
        2. Control the Dock
        3. Cycle Through Your Windows
        4. Control the Toolbar
        5. Control Tool Palettes
        6. Control Dialog Boxes
      8. The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
        1. Sheets
        2. The Mini Finder
        3. Spotlight
        4. The File Format Pop-up Menu
        5. The Open File Dialog Box
      9. Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon
      10. The Cocoa Difference
        1. The Font Panel
        2. Services
          1. Grab
          2. Mail
          3. Make New Sticky Note
          4. Open URL
          5. Search with Google
          6. Spotlight
          7. Summarize
        3. Toolbar Tricks
      11. Universal Apps (Intel Macs)
      12. Installing Mac OS X Programs
        1. .sit, .zip, .tar, .gz, and .dmg
        2. Disk Images (.dmg files)
        3. Cleaning Up after Decompression
        4. Performing the Installation
        5. Uninstalling Software
      13. Dashboard
        1. Dashboard Tips
        2. Dashboard Preferences
      14. Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets
        1. Creating a Web Clip Widget
  5. II. Moving In
    1. 5. Eight Ways to Transfer Your Files
      1. Transfer by Apple Genius
      2. Transfers by iTornado
      3. Transfers by Disk
      4. Transfers by Network
      5. Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
      6. Transfers by Email
      7. Transfers by iDisk
      8. Transfers by Bluetooth
      9. Where to Put Your Copied Files
        1. Desktop Pictures (Wallpaper)
        2. Sound Effects
        3. Bookmarks (Favorites)
        4. Everything Else
      10. Document-Conversion Issues
        1. FireWire Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
    2. 6. Transferring Email and Contacts
        1. Ways to Move Your Email
        2. Ways to Move Your Address Book
      1. A Reminder That Could Save You Hours
      2. Transferring Your Outlook Mail
        1. O2M Method (Quick, Simple, $10)
        2. Thunderbird Method (Time-Consuming, Free)
          1. Phase 1: Import to Thunderbird
          2. Phase 2: Copy to the Mac
          3. Phase 3: Import into Mail
          4. Phase 4: Import into Entourage (optional)
        3. Alternative Method (Free, to Eudora Only)
        4. Outlook and Exchange
      3. Transferring Your Outlook Address Book
        1. O2M Method (Easy, $10)
        2. Thunderbird Method (Time-Consuming, Free)
        3. CSV Method (Free, to Entourage Only)
        4. Eudora Method (Free)
      4. Transferring from Outlook Express
        1. Moving Your Address Book
        2. Moving Your Mail
        3. To Eudora for Mac
      5. Transferring Your Eudora Mail
        1. Moving Email into Entourage or Mac OS X Mail
        2. Moving Email to Eudora for the Mac
      6. Transferring Your Eudora Address Book
        1. Moving Contacts into Address Book
        2. Moving Contacts into Entourage
        3. Moving Contacts into Eudora on the Mac
      7. Email Settings
        1. Finding the Settings on Windows
          1. Outlook
          2. Outlook Express
          3. Eudora
          4. Thunderbird
        2. Configuring the Settings on Your Mac
          1. Apple Mail
          2. Microsoft Entourage
          3. Eudora for Macintosh
    3. 7. Special Software, Special Problems
      1. ACDSee
      2. Acrobat Reader
      3. ACT
      4. Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
      5. Adobe [your favorite program here]
      6. America Online
      7. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
      8. Children’s Software
      9. Earthlink Total Access
      10. Easy CD Creator
      11. Encarta
      12. Eudora
      13. Excel
      14. Firefox
      15. Games
      16. Google Desktop Search
      17. ICQ
      18. Internet Explorer
      19. iTunes
      20. Kazaa
      21. Limewire
      22. MacAfee VirusScan
      23. Microsoft Access
      24. Microsoft Money
      25. Microsoft Office
      26. Microsoft Publisher
      27. Microsoft Visio
      28. Minesweeper
      29. MSN Messenger
      30. NaturallySpeaking
      31. Netscape
      32. Newsgroup Readers
      33. Norton AntiVirus
      34. Norton Utilities
      35. Notepad
      36. Outlook/Outlook Express
      37. Paint Shop Pro
      38. Palm Desktop
      39. Picasa
      40. Pocket PC
      41. PowerPoint
      42. QuickBooks
      43. Quicken
      44. RealPlayer
      45. RssReader
      46. Skype
      47. SnagIt
      48. Solitaire
      49. Street Atlas USA
      50. TaxCut, TurboTax
      51. WinAmp, MusicMatch
      52. Windows Media Player
      53. WinZip
      54. Word
      55. WordPerfect
      56. Yahoo Messenger
    4. 8. Windows on Macintosh
      1. Boot Camp
        1. Installing Boot Camp
          1. Phase 1: Partition your drive
          2. Phase 2: Install Windows
          3. Phase 3: Install the drivers
        2. Forth and Back, Windows/Mac
        3. Keyboard Translation Guide
        4. Boot Camp Tip-O-Rama
      2. Windows in a Window
        1. Virtualization Tip-O-Rama
    5. 9. Hardware on the Mac
      1. Printers and Printing
        1. Setting Up a Printer
        2. The Printer List
        3. Making the Printout
          1. Page Setup
          2. The Print Command
        4. Printing
      2. Managing Printouts
        1. Printer Sharing
      3. Faxing
        1. Setting Up Faxing
        2. Sending a Fax
          1. Sending
          2. Checking the log, checking the queue
        3. Receiving a Fax
      4. PDF Files
        1. Opening PDF Files
        2. Creating PDF Files
      5. Fonts—and Font Book
        1. Where Fonts Live
        2. Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts
          1. Looking over your fonts
          2. Printing a reference sheet
          3. Eliminating duplicates
          4. Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
          5. Font libraries
        3. The Fonts Panel
          1. Choosing fonts from the Fonts panel
      6. Digital Cameras
      7. Disks
        1. Startup Disks
          1. Creating a startup disk
          2. Selecting a startup disk
        2. Erasing a Disk
      8. Burning CDs and DVDs
        1. Burn Folders: Without the Disc
        2. Burn Folders: With a Blank Disc On Hand
      9. iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
        1. MP3 Files and Company
        2. Audio CDs
        3. The iPod and iPhone
        4. The iTunes Store
          1. Buying music
          2. Restrictions
        5. Playing Music
        6. Playing with Playback
          1. Turning on visuals
          2. Keyboard control
          3. Playing with the graphic equalizer
          4. Preventing ear-blast syndrome
        7. Copying (Ripping) CD Songs to Your Hard Drive
        8. Playlists—and Smart Playlists
          1. Creating playlists
          2. Playing with criteria
        9. iTunes: Burning Music CDs
      10. DVD Movies
        1. Playing a Movie
        2. Full-Screen Playback
        3. Language Fun
        4. The Big Picture
      11. Keyboard
        1. Text-Navigation Keystrokes
      12. Mouse
      13. Monitors
      14. Time Machine
        1. Setting up Time Machine
        2. How the Backups Work
        3. Changing Time Machine Settings
        4. Recovering Lost or Changed Files
          1. Recovering from iPhoto, Address Book, and Mail
          2. Recovering the entire hard drive
          3. Recovering to another Mac
        5. Frequently Asked Questions
      15. .Mac Sync
  6. III. The Mac Online
    1. 10. Internet Setup
      1. Network Central—and Multihoming
        1. Multihoming
      2. Broadband Connections
        1. Automatic Configuration
        2. Manual Configuration
        3. Ethernet Connections
          1. Settings from Windows XP, Windows 2000
          2. Settings from Windows 98, Windows Me
          3. Applying the Settings
        4. AirPort (Wi-Fi) Connections
        5. Commercial Hot Spots
      3. Dial-up Modem Connections
        1. Setting Up the Modem
        2. Going Online
        3. Disconnecting
      4. Switching Locations
        1. Creating a New Location
        2. Making the Switch
      5. Internet Sharing
        1. Turning On Internet Sharing
        2. The Software Base Station Effect
      6. .Mac Services
        1. Signing Up for .Mac
        2. iDisk
          1. Pulling it onto your screen
          2. The Public folder
          3. iDisk options
        3. Email
        4. HomePage
        5. Backup
        6. iSync
      7. Internet Location Files
    2. 11. Mail & Address Book
      1. Checking Your Mail
        1. The Mailboxes List
      2. Writing Messages
        1. Attaching Files to Messages
        2. Signatures
      3. Stationery
      4. Reading Email
        1. Threading
        2. Adding the Sender to Your Address Book
        3. Data Detectors
        4. Opening Attachments
        5. Replying to a Message
        6. Forwarding Messages
        7. Redirecting Messages
        8. Printing Messages
        9. Filing Messages
        10. Flagging Messages
        11. Finding Messages
          1. Finding messages within a mailbox
          2. Finding text within an open message
        12. Deleting Messages
          1. Method 1: Emptying the Trash folder
          2. Method 2: Deleted mail turns invisible
        13. Message Rules
          1. Setting up message rules
      5. The Anti-Spam Toolkit
        1. Using the Junk Mail Filter
        2. More Anti-Spam Tips
      6. RSS Feeds
        1. Adding RSS Feeds
      7. Notes
      8. To Dos
        1. Creating To Dos
        2. Completing and Deleting To Dos
        3. To Do List: Mail/iCal Joint Custody
      9. Address Book
        1. Creating Address Cards
          1. Editing an address
          2. Adding addresses from Mail
        2. Groups
          1. Removing someone from a group
        3. Pictures
          1. Replacing and removing a picture
        4. Finding an Address
        5. Changing the Address Book Display
        6. Printing Options
        7. Address-Book Backups
    3. 12. Safari & iChat
      1. Safari
        1. Browsing Basics and Toolbars
        2. Safari Toolbars
          1. Address bar
        3. Status Bar
      2. Tips for Better Surfing
        1. SnapBack
        2. Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders
        3. Impersonating Internet Explorer
        4. Where am I?
        5. Faster Browsing Without Graphics
        6. Expanding Web forms
        7. Viewing Web Pages Offline
        8. Designate Your Home Page
        9. The History Menu
        10. Finding Text on Web Pages
        11. Zoom in on PDF Pages
      3. Tabbed Browsing
        1. Viewing an RSS Feed
        2. RSS Tricks
          1. Creating RSS summaries
          2. The RSS screen saver
      4. iChat
        1. Three Chat Networks
        2. Signing Up
          1. How to get a free .Mac account
          2. How to get a free Jabber (or Gmail) account
          3. How to get a free AIM account
        3. The Buddy Lists
        4. Making a List
        5. Broadcasting Your Status
        6. Sorting and sizing your friends
        7. Let the Chat Begin
          1. They invite you
        8. You Invite Them
      5. Text Chats
        1. In-chat fun
      6. Audio Chats
      7. Video Chats
        1. Bluescreen Backdrops and Video FX
      8. Sharing Your Screen
      9. iChat Theater
  7. IV. Putting Down Roots
    1. 13. Accounts, Parental Controls, & Security
      1. Introducing Accounts
        1. The First Account
      2. Creating an Account
        1. Phase 1: Choose an Account Type
          1. Administrator accounts
          2. Standard accounts
          3. Managed accounts with Parental Controls
          4. Sharing Only
          5. Group
          6. The Guest account
        2. Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
        3. Phase 3: Choose a Picture
        4. Phase 4: Startup Items
      3. Parental Controls
        1. System
          1. Use Simple Finder
          2. Only allow selected applications
        2. Content (Dictionary and Web)
          1. Hide profanity in Dictionary
          2. Web Site Restrictions
        3. Mail & iChat
        4. Time Limits
        5. Logs
      4. Editing Accounts
        1. Deleting Accounts
      5. Setting Up the Login Process
      6. Signing In, Logging Out
        1. Identifying Yourself
        2. Logging Out
      7. Sharing Across Accounts
      8. Fast User Switching
      9. Four Mac OS X Security Shields
        1. The Firewall
        2. FileVault
        3. Logout Options
        4. The Keychain
          1. Locking and unlocking the Keychain
          2. Managing Keychain
    2. 14. Networking, File Sharing, & Screen Sharing
      1. Wiring the Network
        1. Ethernet Networks
        2. AirPort Networks
      2. File Sharing
        1. Setup: The Public Folder
        2. Setup: Sharing Any Folder
          1. The Get Info method
          2. The System Preferences method
      3. Accessing Shared Files
        1. Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
        2. Connection Method B: Connect to Server
        3. Disconnecting Yourself
      4. Networking with Windows
        1. Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC
        2. Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac
      5. Screen Sharing
        1. Mac #1: Give Permission in Advance
        2. Mac #2: Take Control
          1. Screen Sharing with Back to My Mac
    3. 15. System Preferences
      1. The System Preferences Window
      2. .Mac
      3. Accounts
      4. Appearance
        1. Changing Colors
        2. Tweaking the Scroll Bars
        3. Number of Recent Items
        4. Font Smoothing Style
        5. Turning Off Smoothing on Tiny Fonts
      5. Bluetooth
      6. CDs & DVDs
      7. Date & Time
        1. Date & Time Tab
        2. Time Zone Tab
        3. Clock Tab
      8. Desktop & Screen Saver
        1. Desktop
          1. Using your own pictures
          2. Making the picture fit
          3. Auto picture-changing
        2. Screen Saver
          1. Apple
          2. Pictures
          3. Activating the screen saver
      9. Displays
        1. Display Tab
        2. Arrangement Tab
        3. Color Tab
      10. Dock
      11. Energy Saver
        1. Sleep Tab
        2. Laptop Options
        3. Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
        4. Waking and Other Options
      12. Exposé & Spaces
      13. International
        1. Another Language—Instantly
        2. Formats Tab
        3. Input Menu Tab
        4. Keyboard Viewer
      14. Keyboard & Mouse
        1. Keyboard Tab
        2. Mouse Tab
        3. Trackpad Tab
          1. Trackpad Gestures
          2. Trackpad options
        4. Bluetooth Tab
        5. Keyboard Shortcuts
      15. Network
      16. Parental Controls
      17. Print & Fax
      18. QuickTime
      19. Security
      20. Sharing
      21. Software Update
      22. Sound
        1. Sound Effects Tab
        2. Output Tab
        3. Input Tab
      23. Speech
        1. Speech Recognition
        2. The Mac Reads to You
      24. Spotlight
      25. Startup Disk
      26. Time Machine
      27. Universal Access
        1. Seeing Tab (Magnifying the Screen)
          1. VoiceOver
          2. Zoom
          3. Display (inverted colors)
        2. Hearing Tab (Flashing the Screen)
        3. Keyboard Tab (Typing Assistance)
        4. Mouse & Trackpad Tab (Cursor Control from the Keyboard)
    4. 16. The Free Programs
      1. Address Book
      2. AppleScript
        1. Ready-made AppleScripts
      3. Automator
      4. Calculator
          1. Conversions
      5. Chess
        1. Playing a Game of Chess
      6. Dashboard
      7. Dictionary
      8. DVD Player
      9. Exposé
      10. Font Book
      11. Front Row
      12. GarageBand
      13. iCal
        1. Working with Views
        2. Making an Appointment
          1. The easy way
          2. The long way
        3. What to Do with an Appointment
          1. Editing events
          2. Rescheduling events
          3. Lengthening or shortening events
          4. Printing events
          5. Deleting events
        4. Searching for Events
        5. The “Calendar” Category Concept
        6. To Do Lists
      14. iChat
      15. iDVD
      16. iMovie, iPhoto
      17. iTunes
      18. Mail
      19. Photo Booth
        1. Still Photos
        2. 4-Up Photos
        3. Movies
        4. Exporting Shots and Movies
      20. Preview
        1. Preview as Graphics Viewer
          1. Bunches o’ graphics
          2. Cropping graphics
          3. Fixing up photos
          4. Converting file formats
        2. The Sidebar
        3. Preview as PDF Reader
      21. QuickTime Player
        1. Playing Movies
        2. QuickTime Pro
      22. Safari
      23. Stickies
        1. Creating Sticky Notes
        2. Organizing Stickies
        3. Formatting Notes
        4. Saving Sticky Notes
      24. System Preferences
      25. TextEdit
        1. TextEdit’s Two Personalities
        2. Working in TextEdit
        3. Style Sheets
        4. Tables
        5. TextEdit as Web Designer
      26. Time Machine
      27. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
        1. Activity Monitor
          1. The Processes table
          2. The System monitor tabs
        2. AirPort Utility
        3. Bluetooth File Exchange
        4. Disk Utility
          1. Disk Utility, the hard drive-repair program
          2. Disk Utility, the disk-image program
          3. Turning an image into a CD
        5. Grab
        6. Grapher
        7. Keychain Access
        8. Migration Assistant
        9. System Profiler
        10. Terminal
          1. A Terminal crash course
          2. Unix programs
          3. Navigating in Unix
          4. Getting help
          5. Learning more
  8. V. Appendixes
    1. A. Installation & Troubleshooting
      1. Getting Ready to Install
      2. Three Kinds of Installation
      3. The Basic Installation
        1. Phase 1: The Installer
      4. The Upgrade Installation
      5. The Clean Install (“Archive and Install”)
      6. Erase & Install
      7. The Setup Assistant
      8. Troubleshooting
        1. Minor Eccentric Behavior
          1. First Resort: Repair Permissions
          2. Second Resort: Look for an Update
          3. Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
          4. Fourth Resort: Restart
          5. Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program
        2. Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
        3. Can’t Move or Rename an Icon
        4. Application Won’t Open
        5. Startup Problems
          1. Kernel Panic
          2. Safe Mode (Safe Boot)
          3. Gray Screen During Startup
          4. Blue Screen During Startup
          5. Forgotten Password
        6. Fixing the Disk
        7. Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
          1. Help Online
          2. Help by Telephone
    2. B. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
        1. About [This Program]
        2. Accessibility Options Control Panel
        3. Active Desktop
        4. Add Hardware Control Panel
        5. Add or Remove Programs Control Panel
        6. All Programs
        7. Alt Key
        8. Automatic Update
        9. Backspace key
        10. Battery Level
        11. BIOS
        12. Briefcase
        13. Calculator
        14. Camera and Scanner Wizard
        15. CDs
        16. Character Map
        17. Clean Install
        18. Clipboard
        19. Command Line
        20. Control Panel
        21. Copy, Cut, Paste
        22. Ctrl Key
        23. Date and Time
        24. Delete Key (Forward Delete)
        25. Desktop
        26. Directories
        27. Disk Defragmenter
        28. Disks
        29. Display Control Panel
        30. DLL Files
        31. DOS Prompt
        32. Drivers
        33. End Task Dialog Box
        34. Exiting Programs
        35. Explorer
        36. Favorites
        37. Faxing
        38. File Sharing
        39. Floppy Disks
        40. Folder Options
        41. Fonts
        42. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
        43. Help and Support
        44. Hibernation
        45. Internet Explorer
        46. Internet Options
        47. IRQs
        48. Java
        49. Keyboard Control Panel
        50. Logging In
        51. Mail Control Panel
        52. Maximize Button
        53. Menus
        54. Minimize Button
        55. Mouse Control Panel
        56. My Computer
        57. My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
        58. My Network Places
        59. Network Neighborhood
        60. Notepad
        61. Personal Web Server
        62. Phone and Modem Options Control Panel
        63. Power Options
        64. Printer Sharing
        65. Printers and Faxes
        66. PrntScrn Key
        67. Program Files Folder
        68. Properties Dialog Box
        69. Recycle Bin
        70. Regional and Language Options Control Panel
        71. Registry
        72. Run Command
        73. Safe Mode
        74. ScanDisk
        75. Scheduled Tasks
        76. Scrap Files
        77. Screen Saver
        78. Search
        79. Shortcut Menus
        80. Shortcuts
        81. Sounds and Audio Devices
        82. Speech Control Panel
        83. Standby Mode
        84. Start Menu
        85. StartUp Folder
        86. System Control Panel
        87. System Tray
        88. Taskbar
        89. Taskbar and Start Menu Control Panel
        90. “Three-Fingered Salute”
        91. ToolTips
        92. TweakUI
        93. User Accounts Control Panel
        94. Window Edges
        95. Windows (or WINNT) Folder
        96. Windows Logo Key
        97. Windows Media Player
        98. Windows Messenger
        99. WordPad
        100. Zip Files
    3. C. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
        1. Startup Keystrokes
        2. In the Finder
        3. Menu
        4. Finder Menu
        5. File Menu
        6. Edit Menu
        7. View Menu
        8. Go Menu
        9. Window Menu
        10. Help Menu
        11. Power Keys
        12. The Dock
        13. Managing Programs
        14. Dialog Boxes
  9. Index
  10. Colophon
  11. Copyright

Product information

  • Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
  • Author(s): David Pogue
  • Release date: February 2008
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780596514129