Introduction 1
What's New in Snow Leopard 1
About This Book 4
The Very Basics 8
Part One:The Mac OS X DesktopChapter 1:Folders ＆ Windows 13
Getting into Mac OS X 13
Windows and How to Work Them 17
The Four Window Views 32
Icon View 34
List View 42
Column View 49
Cover Flow View 52
Quick Look 54
Logging Out,Shutting Down 58
Getting Help in Mac OS X 60
Chapter 2:Organizing Your Stuff 63
The Mac OS X Folder Structure 63
Icon Names 68
Selecting Icons 70
Moving and Copying Icons 74
Aliases:Icons in Two Places at Once 80
Color Labels 82
The Trash 84
Get Info 88
Chapter 3:Spotlight 93
The Spotlight Menu 93
The Spotlight Window 103
Customizing Spotlight 114
Smart Folders 117
Chapter 4:Dock,Desktop,＆ Toolbars 119
The Dock 119
Setting Up the Dock 120
Using the Dock 129
The Finder Toolbar 134
Designing Your Desktop 139
Menulets:The Missing Manual 141
Part Two:Programs in Mac OS XChapter 5:Documents,Programs,＆ Spaces 149
Opening Mac OS X Programs 150
The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher 154
Exposé:Death to Window Clutter 155
Spaces:Your Free Quad-Display Mac 164
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way 170
How Documents Know Their Parents 173
Keyboard Control 177
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes 183
Two Kinds of Programs:Cocoa and Carbon 188
The Cocoa Difference 189
Universal Apps(Intel Macs)and Rosetta 193
Installing Mac OS X Programs 195
Dashboard 200
Web Clips:Make Your Own Widgets 215
Chapter 6:Entering Data,Moving Data,＆ Time Machine 219
The Macintosh Keyboard 219
Notes on Right-Clicking 224
Power Typing in Snow Leopard 226
The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text 231
Data Detectors 235
Moving Data Between Documents 237
Exchanging Data with Other Macs 241
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs 246
Time Machine 248
Chapter 7:Services,Automator,＆ AppleScript 261
Services 263
Automator 269
Building Your Own Workflow 280
Doing More with Automator 285
AppleScript 289
Chapter 8:Windows on Macintosh 293
Boot Camp 295
Windows in a Window 302
Life with Microsoft Exchange 305
Part Three:The Components of Mac OS XChapter 9:System Preferences 311
The System Preferences Window 311
Accounts 314
Appearance 314
Bluetooth 316
CDs ＆ DVDs 318
Date ＆ Time 320
Desktop ＆ Screen Saver 323
Displays 331
Dock 333
Energy Saver 334
Exposé ＆ Spaces 337
Keyboard 337
Language ＆ Text 338
MobileMe 339
Mouse 339
Network 340
Parental Controls 340
Print ＆ Fax 340
Security 340
Sharing 340
Software Update 341
Sound 343
Speech 345
Spotlight 345
Startup Disk 345
Time Machine 345
Trackpad 346
Universal Access 348
Chapter 10:The Free Programs 353
Your Free Mac OS X Programs 353
Address Book 354
Automator 354
Calculator 354
Chess 356
Dashboard 358
Dictionary 358
DVD Player 361
Font Book 361
Front Row 361
GarageBand 361
iCal 361
iChat 375
iDVD 375
Image Capture 375
iMovie,iPhoto 382
iSync 382
iTunes 382
Mail 382
Photo Booth 382
Preview 386
QuickTime Player 395
Safari 395
Stickies 396
System Preferences 399
TextEdit 399
Time Machine 407
Utilities:Your Mac OS X Toolbox 408
Chapter 11:CDs,DVDs,＆ iTunes 431
Disks Today 431
Disks In,Disks Out 432
Startup Disks 435
Burning CDs and DVDs 436
iTunes:The Digital Jukebox 441
DVD Movies 451
Part Four:The Technologies of Mac OS XChapter 12:Accounts,Parental Controls,＆ Security 461
Introducing Accounts 461
Creating an Account 463
Parental Controls 472
Editing Accounts 480
Setting Up the Login Process 483
Signing In,Logging Out 486
Sharing Across Accounts 488
Fast User Switching 490
Five Mac OS X Security Shields 492
Chapter 13:Networking,File Sharing,＆ Screen Sharing 509
Wiring the Network 509
File Sharing 514
Accessing Shared Files 521
Networking with Windows 529
Screen Sharing 536
More Dialing In from the Road 544
Chapter 14:Printing,Faxing,Fonts,＆ Graphics 545
Mac Meets Printer 545
Making the Printout 549
Managing Printouts 553
Printer Sharing 555
Faxing 556
PDF Files 561
Fonts-and Font Book 563
ColorSync 571
Graphics in Mac OS X 573
Screen-Capture Keystrokes 575
Chapter 15:Sound,Movies,＆ Speech 579
Playing Sounds 579
Recording Sound 581
QuickTime Movies 582
Speech Recognition 593
The Mac Reads to You 600
VoiceOver 603
Ink:Handwriting Recognition 603
Front Row 604
Chapter 16:The Unix Crash Course 607
Terminal 609
Navigating in Unix 612
Working with Files and Directories 620
Online Help 626
Terminal Preferences 628
Terminal Tips and Tricks 632
Changing Permissions with Terminal 633
20 Useful Unix Utilities 643
Putting It Together 652
Chapter 17:Hacking Mac OS X 657
TinkerTool:Customization 101 657
Redoing Mac OS X's Graphics 659
Replacing the Finder Icons 662
Rewriting the Words 663
Your Bright Hacking Future 664
Part Five:Mac OS Online 667
Chapter 18:Internet setup ＆ MobileMe 667
The Best News You've Heard All Day 668
Network Central-and Multihoming 668
Broadband Connections 670
Cellular Modems 675
Dial-up Modem Connections 676
Switching Locations 679
Internet Sharing 681
MobileMe 684
Internet Location Files 693
Chapter 19:Mail ＆ Address Book 695
Setting Up Mail 695
Checking Your Mail 700
Writing Messages 702
Stationery 710
Reading Email 712
The Anti-Spam Toolkit 727
RSS Feeds 729
Notes 731
To Dos 732
Address Book 735
Chapter 20:Safari 745
Safari 746
Tips for Better Surfing 754
Tabbed Browsing 762
RSS:The Missing Manual 765
Chapter 21:iChat 769
Welcome to iChat 769
Three Chat Networks 770
Signing Up 771
The Buddy Lists 773
Making a List 773
Let the Chat Begin 776
Text Chatting 779
Audio Chats 783
Video Chats 784
Sharing Your Screen 789
iChat Theater 790
iChat Tweaks 792
Chapter 22:SSH,FTP,VPN,＆ Web Sharing 795
Web Sharing 795
FTP 800
Connecting from the Road 802
Remote Access with SSH 803
Virtual Private Networking 805
Part Six:Appendixes 813
Appendix A:Installing Mac OS X 10.6 813
Getting Ready to Install 814
Two Kinds of Installation 815
The Automatic installation 816
The Erase ＆ Install Option 818
The Setup Assistant 819
Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.6 822
Appendix B:Troubleshooting 823
Minor Eccentric Behavior 823
Frozen Programs(Force Quitting) 825
Can't Move or Rename an Icon 827
Application Won't Open 827
Startup Problems 827
Fixing the Disk 830
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help 834
Appendix C:The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary 835
Appendix D:Where to Go from Here 849
Web Sites 849
Free Email Newsletters 850
Advanced Books,Programming Books 851
Appendix E:The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List 853
Index 859