Mac OS X Leopard Bible

Mac OS
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X Leopard
™
Bible
Samuel A. Litt,
Thomas Clancy, Jr.,
Warren Gottlieb,
Douglas Heyman,
Elizabeth Costa-Woods,
Seth B. Zuckerman
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Mac OS
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X Leopard
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Bible
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Mac OS
®
X Leopard
™
Bible
Samuel A. Litt,
Thomas Clancy, Jr.,

Warren Gottlieb,
Douglas Heyman,
Elizabeth Costa-Woods,
Seth B. Zuckerman
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Mac OS
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X Leopard
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Bible
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About the Authors
Samuel A. Litt is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator as well as a certified member of the
Apple Consultants Network. He is a certified SonicWall security administrator, a Qlogic certified
systems administrator, and is certified in Xsan and Avid Unity Storage Area Networks as well. He
currently serves as the manager of Macintosh support for the Department of Information
Technology and Telecommunications for the City of New York. His works published to date
include the
Mac OS X Administration Basics Exam Cram Study Guide, the Mac OS X Bible Panther and
Leopard Editions, as well as several articles for Element K’s

Mac Administrator Journal and Quark’s
X-RAY magazine.
Elizabeth Costa-Woods has been working with Macs for over 10 years and is an Apple certified
technical coordinator. She is currently a Macintosh systems administrator for the City of New York.
Before working for the City, she worked for the City Volunteer Corp., Cause Effective, and the
Nathan Cummings Foundation. Elizabeth currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and two
children.
Thomas Clancy, Jr. is one of the four co-owners of Valiant Technology Inc., a consulting and sup-
port company in New York City, along with Douglas Heyman, Gene McMurray, and Georg J.
Dauterman. Tom attended Queens College (CUNY) and received his bachelor’s degree in European
history and secondary education. Tom currently lives in Putnam County, New York (aka Ice Station
Zebra) with his wife, Alice, and their two sons, Jack and Theodore. Tom would like to point out
that he is not related to “the” Tom Clancy, although he is proud to be related to another Tom
Clancy: his dad, a retired veteran of the FDNY (which is a more important job than “World
Famous Author” no matter how you slice it, although the pay isn’t as good, sadly).
Douglas Heyman is a longtime Mac user, having cut his teeth on the venerable System 6 on an SE
with two 800K floppies and 1MB of memory. Early in his career, he worked as a writer and manag-
ing editor of numerous literary projects. Shifting his professional focus to one of his main loves,
technology, he spent the next few years as in-house IT staff for a major New York advertising
agency. He currently works as a founding partner and vice president of Valiant Technology, a New
York-based technology solutions provider. Born and raised in New Jersey, he resides in Hoboken
with his loving wife, Suzanne, and his wondrous son, Marcus.
Warren Gottlieb is a professional Mac IT consultant who has transformed a deeply rooted passion
and hobby into his profession. He has worked with a number of the top Macintosh tech firms in
New York City, and currently works with DeepTech, Inc., home to Manhattan’s finest Mac special-
ists. Warren is pursuing his studies at the City University of New York’s Hunter College. Despite
many solitary Mac-hours, Warren most enjoys interacting with people, and loves to aid in their
comfort and enjoyment of technology. Warren resides in Queens, New York, in a home where the
ratio of Macs to humans is 3:1, and where AirTunes plays well into the early hours of the morning.
Seth B. Zuckerman is founder and president of Expert CC, LLC, a premier full-service Macintosh

consulting firm based in sunny Long Beach, NY, servicing the Tri-State area. Expert CC’s focus is
the support and service of industries tasked with multimedia and digital arts content creation. Seth
is an Apple certified technical coordinator as well as a certified SonicWall security administrator,
holding Apple XSAN, Apple Desktop repair, and Apple Portable repair certifications.
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Credits
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Ryan Spence
Project Editor
Martin V. Minner
Technical Editor
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Copy Editor
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Editorial Manager
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Business Manager
Amy Knies
Sr. Marketing Manager
Sandy Smith
Vice President and Executive Group
Publisher
Richard Swadley
Vice President and Executive Publisher
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Vice President and Publisher
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Project Coordinator
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Joyce Haughey
For Mom & Dad
Sam
For Lewis, Vivi, and Java for bringing me to life.
Thanks very much!
To Jack and Ted Clancy.
You are my inspiration.
—Tom “Papa” Clancy Jr.
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Samuel A. Litt: First and foremost, I would like to thank my wife Jodi, and my daughters, Peri
and Shana, for their love and devotion. I would like to thank Mom and Dad for their unwavering
support. I would also like to thank my colleagues at the City of New York; Paul Cosgrave, Ronald
Bergaman, Michael Lebow, Michael Bimonte, Christopher Ianniello, Marcos Merced, Arick
Wierson, Jonathon Werbell and Kevin Sheekey as well as countless others for
thinking different and

providing a fertile and stimulating work environment and enabling me to do the job. I would like
to thank Kevin Boland, Tommy Milanak, Gary Slobin, Ken Klein, Matt Rosencrans, and Jon
Rubinstein for their friendship! Many, many thanks to my super smart and talented coauthors —
Lisa, Warren, Tom, Doug, and Seth — without whose participation this project would be naught.
A special thanks to the folks at Wiley; the Super Kim Spilker and the Mighty Marty Minner.
Elizabeth Costa-Woods: I’d like to thank my husband, Lewis Woods, for caring for our children
while I chased my Mac dreams. It takes a BIG man to do what you’ve done and I will never forget
it. I adore you. Vivianne and Tristan Woods, I am so proud to be your mother. The two of you will
always be the biggest accomplishment of my life. To my parental units, you’ve taught me perfection
and hard work and it’s gotten me farther than I ever dreamed. I love you both very much. To my
siblings, nephews, niece and godchildren, thank you for keeping me laughing. I love you all. To
my girls, Rosie and Chantel, thank you for keeping it real and having my back.
Ed Abrahams, thank you for taking a chance on a girl perched atop a pile of coats; in one way or
another, you have been the source of every job that I have ever had. Lauren Goldstein, you are an
inspiration. I’ll never forget you. To my sister, my friend, my advocate, Zanetta Addams-Pilgrim,
thank you for your contributions to my career and my life. What would I do without you? To the
board and staff of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, thank you for giving me the support and
resources to discover my inner-tech. To Sam Litt, I’m your biggest fan. You will always be my men-
tor and friend.
Thomas Clancy, Jr.: I would like to thank my amazing wife Alice for all the support and the regu-
lar brownie donations to my writing sessions. I’d also like to thank my sons Jack and Ted for mak-
ing my bad days disappear. I’d also like to acknowledge the daily contributions of every one of my
team at Valiant: (in order of seniority) Doug Heyman, Gene McMurray, Georg Dauterman, Nick
Nightingale, Stephen Zielinski, Andrew Yu, Eric deRuiter, and Andy Rodriguez. You all make going
to work every day a joy, and your passion for technology keeps me going!
Douglas Heyman: I would like to thank my beautiful wife for putting up with me while I wrote
this book, all of my family for being so supportive, the software developers who granted permis-
sion to reproduce their works, and the folks at Valiant Technology not directly represented here:
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Gene McMurray, Georg Dauterman, Nick Nightingale, Andrew Yu, Nicole Carpino, Stephen
Zielinski, and many more I’ve surely forgotten. A special thanks to Sam for continuously getting
this book together.
Warren Gottlieb: To my twin sister Shari, who has been an unwavering force of support, kind-
ness, and patience, as I tread old ground that is at times frustratingly familiar, yet new and differ-
ent. From one published author to another, thank you for your immense help! Thank you Mom
and Dad, for your unconditional love and attentiveness: Mom, for always making sure that I know,
and for your emotional intelligence; Dad, for teaching me the fundamentals that lead to a new
world of discovery — “Remember, no matter what happens, you can never break it.” And to all
those with whom I have had the pleasure of sharing that mantra. Thank you, also, to my friends —
your level of support is both awesome and essential. I so very much appreciate those who in my
absence pursue me, which is when I need them the most.
Seth B. Zuckerman: I would like to thank Jackie, Manny, Maddy, Maggie, and Minnie for their
support throughout the growth of myself and my business. I would like to thank David Salav,
Vincent DiSpigno, Ronald Ebner, Scott Schaeffer, Matthew Tannenbaum, and Sam Litt for their
technical and industry guidance. I would like to thank Roy Morris for his insistence on my pur-
chasing my first Macintosh computer. I would like to thank my friends, Kenneth Gerber, Michael
Damelio, Andrew Sitzer, the Burton’s, Anthony Chou, Mindie Schwartz, Sandra Zic, Kim Scharoff,
Adam Lilling, Aly Davis, Randy Lerner, The Money Shots, and The Baby Batters. Other random
thanks to Nick Manello, Birthright Israel, Irv Gordon, the Bubbamobile, Point Blank, Volvo, and
anyone I have forgotten.
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About the Authors ..........................................................................................................................v
Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................vii
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................xxix
Part I: Getting to Know Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: Introduction and Installation of Mac OS X ....................................................................3

Chapter 2: Exploring the GUI and Personalizing your Workspace ................................................19
Chapter 3: Searching with Spotlight............................................................................................127
Chapter 4: Transitioning to Intel Architecture and Universal/Binary Apps ..................................157
Chapter 5: Working with Applications and Documents ..............................................................163
Chapter 6: Working with Included Applications ........................................................................193
Chapter 7: Working with QuickTime and Included Media Applications......................................241
Part II: At Work with Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chapter 8: Getting Help..............................................................................................................279
Chapter 9: Utilizing Services ......................................................................................................289
Chapter 10: Getting on the Internet ............................................................................................303
Chapter 11: Setting Up a Local Network ....................................................................................363
Chapter 12: Sharing Files and Network Services ........................................................................417
Chapter 13: Deploying More Network Services ..........................................................................453
Chapter 14: Harnessing .Mac ......................................................................................................481
Chapter 15: Managing Fonts ......................................................................................................573
Part III: Beyond the Basics of Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Chapter 16: Printing and Faxing ................................................................................................607
Chapter 17: Managing System Preferences ..................................................................................623
Chapter 18: Managing User Accounts and Privileges ..................................................................679
Chapter 19: Integrating in a Windows World..............................................................................715
Part IV: Making the Most of Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
Chapter 20: Enhancing with Utilities ..........................................................................................741
Chapter 21: Maintaining Mac OS X ............................................................................................759
Chapter 22: Automating and AppleScript....................................................................................781
Chapter 23: Commanding Unix..................................................................................................815
Chapter 24: Securing Mac OS X..................................................................................................867
Glossary ......................................................................................................................................889
Index ..........................................................................................................................................911
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About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Part I: Getting to Know Mac OS X 1
Chapter 1: Introduction and Installation of Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Is Mac OS X? ..............................................................................................................3
Core Technologies of Mac OS X ............................................................................................4
Darwin ........................................................................................................................4
Graphics technologies in Mac OS X ............................................................................5
Mac OS X’s application environments ..........................................................................6
Installation Considerations for Mac OS X ..............................................................................8
Hardware requirements of OS 10.5 ............................................................................8
Preparing for the installation of OS X ..........................................................................9
Volume preparation for OS X ......................................................................................9
Gathering setup information......................................................................................10
Hard drive backup ....................................................................................................10
Preparing the destination volume ..............................................................................10
Running the Mac OS X installer ................................................................................11
Using the Setup Assistant ..........................................................................................14
Running Software Update....................................................................................................16
Summary ............................................................................................................................17
Chapter 2: Exploring the GUI and Personalizing Your Workspace . . . . . . 19
Starting Up and Logging In ................................................................................................20
Starting up your computer ........................................................................................20
Logging in to Mac OS X ............................................................................................20
Meeting Your Environment..................................................................................................23
Investigating menus ..................................................................................................23
Using the menu bar ..................................................................................................23
Understanding standard Mac OS X menus ................................................................25
Using pop-up menus ................................................................................................27

Using contextual menus ............................................................................................27
Menu symbols ..........................................................................................................28
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Recognizing the Desktop ....................................................................................................29
Customizing the desktop ..........................................................................................30
Setting the desktop background ................................................................................31
Saving the Screen ................................................................................................................32
Optimizing screen saver settings................................................................................35
Setting screen saver options ......................................................................................36
Peeking into Windows ........................................................................................................38
Recognizing different window types ..........................................................................38
Window controls ......................................................................................................40
Buttons and other controls ........................................................................................42
Working with Windows ......................................................................................................45
New window, please ..................................................................................................45
Active and inactive windows ....................................................................................45
Using the Window menu ..........................................................................................47
Worshipping Icons ..............................................................................................................49
Identifying application icons......................................................................................50
Identifying document icons ......................................................................................50
Identifying folder icons..............................................................................................50
Identifying volume icons ..........................................................................................50
Identifying alias icons ................................................................................................51
Identifying restricted folders......................................................................................51
Interacting with icons................................................................................................52
Selecting icons ..........................................................................................................52
Moving icons ............................................................................................................55
Replicating your files ................................................................................................56
Renaming files ..........................................................................................................57

Get Info ....................................................................................................................60
Locking or unlocking an item....................................................................................63
Finding Out About the Finder ............................................................................................63
Finder-specific menus................................................................................................63
Finder windows ........................................................................................................67
Finder window views ................................................................................................71
Setting Finder Preferences ........................................................................................76
Modifying Finder windows........................................................................................78
Customizing the toolbar ............................................................................................79
Additional toolbar buttons ........................................................................................80
Setting View Options ..........................................................................................................81
Setting Icon view options ..........................................................................................82
Setting List view options............................................................................................84
Setting Column view options ....................................................................................85
Setting Cover Flow view options ..............................................................................85
Using Custom Icons ............................................................................................................85
Attaching a custom icon ............................................................................................86
Removing a custom icon............................................................................................87
Working with Labels ..........................................................................................................87
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Setting Appearance Preferences ..........................................................................................88
Using the Color Picker ........................................................................................................89
Working with Folders..........................................................................................................91
Creating folders ........................................................................................................91
Opening folders and disks ........................................................................................91
Folder actions............................................................................................................92
Working with Disks and Other Volumes..............................................................................96
Looking at drives, partitions, and volumes ................................................................96

Ejecting disks ............................................................................................................96
Erasing volumes ........................................................................................................97
Burning discs ............................................................................................................97
Discovering Your Inner Hard Drive ..................................................................................100
Living at Home..................................................................................................................101
Working with Aliases ........................................................................................................102
Using aliases ............................................................................................................102
Making an alias........................................................................................................103
Renaming an alias....................................................................................................104
Dragging items to an alias........................................................................................104
Moving, copying, and deleting an alias ....................................................................104
Finding an original item ..........................................................................................104
Fixing broken aliases ..............................................................................................104
Selecting a new original for an alias ........................................................................105
Taking Out the Trash ........................................................................................................105
Moving items to the Trash ......................................................................................106
Viewing and removing Trash contents ....................................................................106
Emptying the Trash ................................................................................................106
Secure Empty Trash ................................................................................................107
Looking At the Dock ........................................................................................................107
Appreciating Dock niceties ......................................................................................108
Identifying Dock icons ............................................................................................109
Customizing the Dock ............................................................................................109
Resizing the Dock....................................................................................................109
Setting the Dock position and hiding ......................................................................110
Setting Dock magnification......................................................................................110
Choosing a visual effect ..........................................................................................111
Adding items to the Dock........................................................................................111
Removing Dock icons..............................................................................................111
Moving icons in the Dock........................................................................................111

Using Dock folder navigation ..................................................................................111
Applications in the Dock ........................................................................................113
Minimizing windows in the Dock............................................................................114
Exposing Exposé ..............................................................................................................114
Show all windows....................................................................................................116
Show active application’s windows ..........................................................................117
Show desktop..........................................................................................................117
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Using Dashboard ..............................................................................................................117
Activating Dashboard ..............................................................................................117
Available widgets ....................................................................................................118
Activating more widgets ..........................................................................................119
Modifying widgets ..................................................................................................120
Spaces ..............................................................................................................................120
Everything in its Space ............................................................................................121
Jumping from Space to Space ..................................................................................121
Sleeping, Shutting Down, Restarting, or Logging Out........................................................123
Making the computer sleep (and wake up)..............................................................123
Logging out of Mac OS X ........................................................................................124
Restarting the computer ..........................................................................................125
Shutting down the computer ..................................................................................125
Summary ..........................................................................................................................126
Chapter 3: Searching with Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
What Spotlight Can Do for You ........................................................................................127
Behind the Scenes with Spotlight ......................................................................................128
Metadata..................................................................................................................128
The Spotlight Store..................................................................................................130
Supported file types ................................................................................................131

Using Spotlight..................................................................................................................132
The magnifying glass in the menu bar ....................................................................132
Working with your Spotlight results ........................................................................134
Performing more complex searches ........................................................................139
Spotlight volume indexing ......................................................................................149
Spotlight System Preferences ..................................................................................150
System-wide integration ..........................................................................................152
Third-party utilities ................................................................................................154
Summary ..........................................................................................................................155
Chapter 4: Transitioning to Intel Architecture
and Universal/Binary Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
PowerPC versus Intel ........................................................................................................158
Migration Considerations ..................................................................................................159
Rosetta ....................................................................................................................159
Universal applications ............................................................................................160
Classic caveat ..........................................................................................................161
Drive formatting issues ............................................................................................161
Summary ..........................................................................................................................162
Chapter 5: Working with Applications and Documents . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Working with Mac OS X Applications ..............................................................................163
Preinstalled applications ..........................................................................................164
Installing applications..............................................................................................168
Removing applications ............................................................................................170
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Opening Applications and Documents ..............................................................................170
Opening items from the Finder ..............................................................................171
Opening documents with an application ................................................................171
Mac OS X Open dialog box ....................................................................................171

Opening a document with another compatible application......................................173
Setting a new default application ............................................................................174
Opening items in the Dock......................................................................................176
Opening items with the Apple menu ......................................................................176
Viewing items with the Finder ................................................................................177
Managing Multiple Open Applications ..............................................................................178
Switching programs ................................................................................................179
Where’d it go? ........................................................................................................180
Attending to background applications ....................................................................180
Pimping Your Document’s Contents ..................................................................................181
Copy, Cut, and Paste................................................................................................181
Drag-and-drop ........................................................................................................182
Clipping files ..........................................................................................................184
Creating Documents..........................................................................................................184
Creating copies of documents..................................................................................184
Creating documents with stationery pads ................................................................184
Saving Documents ............................................................................................................186
Saving a Stationery Pad ....................................................................................................188
Moving Documents ..........................................................................................................188
Playing Well with Others ..................................................................................................189
Quitting Applications ........................................................................................................189
Using an application’s Quit command ....................................................................189
Quitting with a pop-up Dock menu ........................................................................190
Quitting by logging out, shutting down, or restarting..............................................190
Forcing an application to quit..................................................................................190
Summary ..........................................................................................................................191
Chapter 6: Working with Included Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
The Applications Folder ....................................................................................................193
Address Book ..........................................................................................................194
AppleScript folder ..................................................................................................195

Automator ..............................................................................................................196
Calculator................................................................................................................196
Chess ......................................................................................................................197
Dashboard ..............................................................................................................197
Dictionary ..............................................................................................................198
DVD Player..............................................................................................................199
Exposé ....................................................................................................................200
Font Book................................................................................................................200
Front Row ..............................................................................................................200
iCal..........................................................................................................................201
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iChat ......................................................................................................................202
Image Capture ........................................................................................................204
iSync ......................................................................................................................205
iTunes......................................................................................................................206
Mail ........................................................................................................................207
Photo Booth ............................................................................................................209
Preview....................................................................................................................210
QuickTime Player....................................................................................................214
Safari ......................................................................................................................214
Spaces ....................................................................................................................215
Stickies ....................................................................................................................216
System Preferences ..................................................................................................216
TextEdit ..................................................................................................................218
Time Machine..........................................................................................................218
A Tour of Mac OS X Utilities ............................................................................................220
Activity Monitor ......................................................................................................220
AirPort Utility..........................................................................................................221

Audio MIDI Setup ..................................................................................................222
Bluetooth file exchange............................................................................................223
Boot Camp Assistant................................................................................................224
ColorSync Utility ....................................................................................................224
Console ..................................................................................................................225
DigitalColor Meter ..................................................................................................225
Directory ................................................................................................................225
Directory Utility ......................................................................................................225
Disk Utility..............................................................................................................227
Grab ........................................................................................................................230
Grapher ..................................................................................................................230
The Java folder ........................................................................................................231
Keychain Access ......................................................................................................232
Migration Assistant ..................................................................................................232
Network Utility ......................................................................................................233
ODBC Administrator ..............................................................................................235
Podcast Capture ......................................................................................................235
RAID Utility ............................................................................................................236
System Profiler ........................................................................................................236
Terminal ..................................................................................................................237
VoiceOver Utility ....................................................................................................238
X11 ........................................................................................................................239
Summary ..........................................................................................................................239
Chapter 7: Working with QuickTime and Included Media Applications . . . 241
About QuickTime..............................................................................................................242
What’s in a movie ....................................................................................................243
Getting QuickTime software....................................................................................244
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Playing QuickTime Movies................................................................................................244
Using the QuickTime movie controller ....................................................................244
Playing movies without controllers..........................................................................246
Viewing with QuickTime Player ..............................................................................247
Saving QuickTime Movies from a Web Browser ................................................................251
Configuring and Updating QuickTime ..............................................................................251
QuickTime System Preferences................................................................................251
QuickTime Player Preferences ................................................................................254
Watching Streaming QuickTime Media ............................................................................256
Interacting with QuickTime VR Images ............................................................................256
Exploring VR panoramas ........................................................................................257
Investigating VR objects ..........................................................................................257
Revealing the VR controller ....................................................................................258
Zooming in and out ................................................................................................258
Interacting with hot spots........................................................................................259
Making a QuickTime Slide Show ......................................................................................260
Basic QuickTime Movie Editing ........................................................................................260
Fine-tuning a selection ............................................................................................261
Working with selections ..........................................................................................261
Adding a Sound Track to Your Movie ................................................................................262
Adding QuickTime Text Tracks ........................................................................................262
Applying QuickTime Effects..............................................................................................262
Using iTunes......................................................................................................................263
Playing MP3 and CD audio with iTunes ..................................................................263
Working with iTunes song and album information ..................................................269
Watching iTunes visual effects..................................................................................270
Using Shared Music Libraries ............................................................................................272
The iTunes Store................................................................................................................273
Album Covers and iTunes Views ......................................................................................274
iTunes Views............................................................................................................274

Front Row ........................................................................................................................275
Summary ..........................................................................................................................276
Part II: At Work with Mac OS X 277
Chapter 8: Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using the Help Viewer Application....................................................................................279
Getting help within Mac OS X ................................................................................280
Browsing Mac OS Help............................................................................................280
Getting help for the active application ....................................................................281
Browsing Help Viewer links ....................................................................................282
Using Help Viewer Quick Clicks ............................................................................284
Navigating using the Help Viewer buttons ..............................................................285
Searching within the Help Viewer............................................................................285
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Displaying Help Tags ........................................................................................................286
Getting Command-Line Help ............................................................................................286
Exploring Other Avenues of Help......................................................................................287
Summary ..........................................................................................................................287
Chapter 9: Utilizing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
About Services ..................................................................................................................289
The Finder ........................................................................................................................291
Grab..................................................................................................................................292
Mail ..................................................................................................................................293
Using Stickies....................................................................................................................295
Speech ..............................................................................................................................296
Summarize ........................................................................................................................297
TextEdit ............................................................................................................................299
Other Services ..................................................................................................................300
Summary ..........................................................................................................................301

Chapter 10: Getting on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Why You Need the Internet ..............................................................................................303
Connecting to the Internet ................................................................................................304
Making the connection ............................................................................................307
Internet configuration via the Network Setup Assistant ..........................................309
Making and breaking the connection ......................................................................316
Browsing the World Wide Web ........................................................................................319
Safari in the Web jungle ..........................................................................................319
Other browsers for your toolkit ..............................................................................319
Taking a Safari Through the Wild Web..............................................................................320
Navigation basics ....................................................................................................320
More features, and customization ............................................................................323
Advanced navigation ..............................................................................................328
Further Safari enhancements ..................................................................................337
Searching the Internet ......................................................................................................341
Sending and Receiving E-mail ..........................................................................................343
Setting up e-mail information and preferences ........................................................343
Using Mail’s viewer window ....................................................................................346
Receiving e-mail ......................................................................................................350
Composing messages ..............................................................................................350
Using the Address Book ..........................................................................................354
Sending e-mail attachments ....................................................................................357
Receiving attachments ............................................................................................357
Junk mail ................................................................................................................358
Threading................................................................................................................360
Smart Mailboxes ......................................................................................................360
Summary ..........................................................................................................................362
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Chapter 11: Setting Up a Local Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
The Networking Concept ..................................................................................................364
Understanding a computer network ........................................................................364
Understanding layered networks ............................................................................364
The Physical Layer ............................................................................................................365
Ethernet protocol ....................................................................................................366
Making the Ethernet connection..............................................................................367
The Communications Layer ..............................................................................................371
AppleTalk ................................................................................................................372
TCP/IP ....................................................................................................................372
The Application Layer ......................................................................................................381
The Network Preference Pane............................................................................................382
Understanding ports and locations ..........................................................................383
Network status display ............................................................................................383
Configuring the port settings ..................................................................................385
Configuring network ports ......................................................................................399
Working with network locations..............................................................................402
Getting assistance ....................................................................................................403
Other roads for help ................................................................................................404
AirPort ..............................................................................................................................406
Installing AirPort cards ............................................................................................406
Creating a computer-to-computer AirPort network..................................................407
Setting Up an AirPort Base Station ....................................................................................408
Setting up an AirPort Base Station ..........................................................................409
Bluetooth Networking ......................................................................................................412
Settings panel ..........................................................................................................412
Sharing....................................................................................................................413
Setting up Bluetooth devices....................................................................................413
Bluetooth menu bar icon ........................................................................................414
Bluetooth file exchange............................................................................................414

Summary ..........................................................................................................................416
Chapter 12: Sharing Files and Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Accessing Files ..................................................................................................................417
Connecting to a file server ......................................................................................418
Connecting to Microsoft Windows file servers ........................................................424
Connecting to an FTP server ..................................................................................425
Connecting locally ..................................................................................................426
Connecting with a favorite ......................................................................................428
Recognizing your access privileges ..........................................................................428
Transferring network files ........................................................................................429
Opening network files ............................................................................................430
Disconnecting from network volumes and servers ..................................................430
Using the Keychain ..........................................................................................................431
The Keychain Access application ............................................................................432
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Sharing Your Files ............................................................................................................437
Planning for file sharing ..........................................................................................437
Identifying your computer ......................................................................................439
Turning file sharing on and off ................................................................................440
Identifying who can connect for file sharing ............................................................445
Designating your shared items ................................................................................445
Setting specific access privileges ..............................................................................446
Dealing with Security Risks ..............................................................................................448
Assessing the risks of guest access............................................................................448
Assessing the risks of administrator access ..............................................................448
Assessing the risk of your Internet connection ........................................................448
Improving file-sharing security................................................................................449
Using a personal firewall to improve security ..........................................................449

Sharing Your Internet Connection ....................................................................................451
Summary ..........................................................................................................................452
Chapter 13: Deploying More Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Making Network Services Available ..................................................................................453
Your computer’s IP addresses ..................................................................................454
Getting your computer a name ................................................................................456
Hosting Your Own Web Site ..............................................................................................457
Starting Web sharing ..............................................................................................458
Loading Web site files..............................................................................................459
Visiting your Web site..............................................................................................462
Allowing FTP Access ........................................................................................................463
Turning FTP access on or off....................................................................................463
Avoiding file damage ..............................................................................................464
Considering security................................................................................................465
Allowing anonymous guest access ..........................................................................467
Connecting to your FTP server ................................................................................467
Allowing Remote Login ....................................................................................................469
Turning remote login on or off ................................................................................470
Connecting for remote login....................................................................................471
Remote Control ................................................................................................................473
Turning on Remote Control ....................................................................................473
Controlling a computer ..........................................................................................476
Summary ..........................................................................................................................480
Chapter 14: Harnessing .Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
About the .Mac Service......................................................................................................481
Requirements to use .Mac........................................................................................482
Signing up for a .Mac account ................................................................................483
Updating or upgrading your .Mac membership ......................................................486
Configuring Mac OS X for your .Mac account using the .Mac
System preference pane ......................................................................................488

Using the Mac.com e-mail service............................................................................488
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Using the .Mac Address Book ..................................................................................497
Using iDisk..............................................................................................................498
HomePage ........................................................................................................................509
Creating a Web page with HomePage ......................................................................509
Updating a Web page ..............................................................................................513
Creating another Web site........................................................................................514
Deleting a page or site ............................................................................................514
.Mac Slides Publisher ........................................................................................................516
iChat AV............................................................................................................................518
Setting up iChat ......................................................................................................519
Checking the status of iChat buddies ......................................................................523
Reviewing Buddy List features ................................................................................524
Sending instant messages ........................................................................................525
Chatting on a local network ....................................................................................525
Video and audio chats ............................................................................................527
Video Effects............................................................................................................528
Have it multi-way ....................................................................................................529
Screen Sharing ........................................................................................................529
iChat Theater ..........................................................................................................530
The Address Book Application ..........................................................................................531
Setting up the Address Book....................................................................................532
Working with Address Book contacts ......................................................................534
Groups..............................................................................................................................542
Adding a group........................................................................................................543
Modifying a group ..................................................................................................543
Neat group features ................................................................................................543

iCal ..................................................................................................................................544
Working with calendars ..........................................................................................544
iSync and .Mac Sync..........................................................................................................555
Setting .Mac preferences ..........................................................................................556
Using the iSync application ....................................................................................558
Using the Backup Application ..........................................................................................561
Backing up ..............................................................................................................561
iCards................................................................................................................................568
Summary ..........................................................................................................................571
Chapter 15: Managing Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Understanding Fonts ........................................................................................................573
Understanding Mac Font Formats ....................................................................................575
Bitmap fonts ............................................................................................................575
PostScript fonts ......................................................................................................577
Multiple Master fonts ..............................................................................................579
TrueType fonts ........................................................................................................579
OpenType fonts ......................................................................................................581
Mac OS X system dfonts..........................................................................................582
Mapping Mac OS X Font Locations ..................................................................................584
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Managing Fonts in Mac OS X ............................................................................................587
Font Book................................................................................................................587
The Font panel ........................................................................................................596
The Character Palette ..............................................................................................598
The Keyboard Viewer ..............................................................................................600
Third-party font management utilities ....................................................................601
Summary ..........................................................................................................................604
Part III: Beyond the Basics of Mac OS X 605

Chapter 16: Printing and Faxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Overview of Mac OS X Printing ........................................................................................607
Configuring Page Setup ....................................................................................................609
Printing and Faxing Options ............................................................................................610
Adding a printer ......................................................................................................610
Setting print options................................................................................................612
Using the Print & Fax preference pane ....................................................................615
Receiving a fax ........................................................................................................616
Sending a fax ..........................................................................................................617
Administering Print and Modem Queues ..........................................................................618
Maximizing OS X Printing ................................................................................................620
Using printer shortcuts............................................................................................620
Pooling printer ........................................................................................................621
Summary ..........................................................................................................................622
Chapter 17: Managing System Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Using the System Preferences Application ........................................................................625
Opening System Preferences....................................................................................625
Harnessing Spotlight ..............................................................................................626
Unlocking preference settings..................................................................................626
Configuring CDs & DVDs Preferences ..............................................................................628
Configuring Date & Time Preferences ..............................................................................629
Date & Time panel ..................................................................................................629
Time Zone panel......................................................................................................630
Clock panel ............................................................................................................631
Configuring Display Preferences........................................................................................631
Display panel ..........................................................................................................632
Geometry panel ......................................................................................................634
Color panel..............................................................................................................635
Display Calibrator assistant......................................................................................635
Arrangement panel ..................................................................................................637

Configuring Energy Saver Preferences ..............................................................................638
Sleep panel ..............................................................................................................638
Options panel..........................................................................................................639
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Starting sleep manually............................................................................................641
Waking up your computer ......................................................................................641
Configuring Ink Preferences ..............................................................................................641
Ink preference pane ................................................................................................642
Ink window ............................................................................................................644
Configuring International Preferences ..............................................................................645
Language panel........................................................................................................645
Customize Sorting sheet ..........................................................................................647
Formats panel..........................................................................................................648
Input Menu panel....................................................................................................648
Character palettes ....................................................................................................650
Configuring Keyboard and Mouse Preferences ..................................................................651
Keyboard panel ......................................................................................................651
Mouse and Trackpad panels ....................................................................................652
Bluetooth panel ......................................................................................................653
Keyboard Shortcuts panel........................................................................................653
Configuring Parental Controls ..........................................................................................656
Adjusting the System ..............................................................................................656
Restricting Content..................................................................................................658
Limiting Email & Chat ............................................................................................660
Managing Time Limits ............................................................................................660
Checking Logs ........................................................................................................661
Adding additional restricted users ..........................................................................662
Configuring Sound Preferences ........................................................................................663

Sound Effects panel ................................................................................................664
Output panel ..........................................................................................................665
Input panel..............................................................................................................665
Configuring Speech Preferences ........................................................................................665
Getting a speech recognition microphone................................................................665
Configuring speech recognition ..............................................................................666
Using the feedback window ....................................................................................667
Looking at the Speech Commands window ............................................................669
Setting the listening method ....................................................................................669
Specifying what commands to listen for ..................................................................671
Specifying which microphone to use ......................................................................672
Specifying the spoken user interface ........................................................................672
Choosing a voice for Mac OS X ..............................................................................672
Reading documents aloud ......................................................................................674
Configuring Startup Disk Preferences................................................................................674
Configuring Universal Access Preferences..........................................................................675
Seeing panel ............................................................................................................675
Hearing panel ..........................................................................................................676
Keyboard panel ......................................................................................................676
Mouse & Trackpad panel ........................................................................................676
Summary ..........................................................................................................................677
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