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.. .Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques ® ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques ® ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage Mac OS ... you the most In Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, you can find out how to ߜ Tame time-consuming tasks: Because we demystify the inner workings of Mac OS X Panther for you, letting... Preferences 329 331 331 333 xiv Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies Making the iTunes Window Look the Way You Want Managing Your Music Editing song information Searching for tracks Creating

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  • Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques for Dummies

    • Cover

  • Table of Contents

  • Introduction

    • Saving Time with This Book

    • Foolish Assumptions

    • How This Book Is Organized

      • Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Running Your Mac Faster

      • Part II: Optimizing Your Interface

      • Part III: Handling Files (And Other Stuff) Quickly

      • Part IV: Improving Application Performance

      • Part V: Cranking Up Your Internet Activities

      • Part VI: Optimizing Your Network

      • Part VII: Fast and Furious Multimedia

      • Part VIII: Security and Maintenance

      • Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff

    • Conventions Used in This Book

    • Icons Used in This Book

    • Comments and Questions

  • Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Running Your Mac Faster

    • Technique 1: Installing Panther without the Hassle

      • What Panther Can Do for You

      • Choosing an Installation Method

      • Managing Your Disk Drives

        • Formatting a volume

        • Partitioning a disk drive

      • Installing Panther

      • Working with Setup Assistant

      • Transferring Files Flawlessly

    • Technique 2: Starting Up with Speed

      • Faster Startups: Never Shut Down

      • Booting into a Different Mac OS

      • Speeding Up Login

      • Starting Applications Automatically

    • Technique 3: Running Panther Faster

      • Optimizing Your System with Shareware

      • Disabling Unnecessary Features

      • Longer Battery Life

      • Improving Performance through Hardware

    • Technique 4: When Good Applications Go Bad

      • Slaying Stalled Apps with the Dock

      • Gaining Better Performance through Activity Monitoring

    • Technique 5: Logging Out and Shutting Down

      • Logging Out

      • Securing Your System with a Screen Saver

      • Fast User Switching

      • Making the Quick Exit

  • Part II: Optimizing Your Interface

    • Technique 6: Working with Displays

      • Managing Your Display Resolution

      • Adjusting the Colors

      • Handling Fonts

      • Using Multiple Displays

    • Technique 7: Speedy Keyboard Navigation

      • Keyboard Characters

      • Moving Around in a Finder Window

        • Navigating in any view mode

        • Navigating in icon view

        • Navigating in list view

        • Navigating in column view

      • Navigating the Desktop

      • Getting Places

    • Technique 8: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

      • The Most Essential of the Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

      • Application Shortcuts

      • Function Keys

      • Programming Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

    • Technique 9: A Faster Finder

      • Finder Preferences

        • General

        • Labels

        • Sidebar

        • Advanced

      • Show View Options

      • Menus

      • Using Your Input Device

      • Freeware and Shareware

        • TinkerTool

        • wClock

        • Menu tools

    • Technique 10: Customizing Windows for Your Convenience

      • Understanding the Different View Modes

        • Icon view

        • List view

        • Column view

      • Customizing Windows

        • Toolbar

        • Sidebar

        • Scroll bars

      • Using Actions

      • Moving Windows Around

    • Technique 11: Establishing an Efficient Dock

      • Customizing the Dock

      • Organizing the Dock

      • Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for the Dock

      • Shareware for the Dock

    • Technique 12: Saving Steps with Contextual Menus

      • Grasping the Basics of Contextual Menus

      • Using CMs with Third-Party Applications

      • AppleScript, Contextual Menus, and You

        • Folder Actions

        • Big Cat

    • Technique 13: Easily Managing Windows with Expos¨¦

      • Introducing Expos¨¦

      • How to Get the Most out of Expos¨¦

        • Dragging and dropping with Expos¨¦

        • Using Expos¨¦ without the mouse

  • Part III: Handling Files (And Other Stuff) Quickly

    • Technique 14: Organizing Your Home Directory

      • Your Stuff, Your Home Directory, and You

      • Checking Out Your Library

      • A Cluttered Desktop Is a Sign of a Cluttered Mind

      • Revisiting Our Friend, the Dock

    • Technique 15: Managing Aliases, Favorites, and Icons

      • Also Known As: Working with Aliases

        • These are a few of my Favorites things

        • If you can, icon

    • Technique 16: Managing Information Effectively

      • Getting to Know the Address Book

      • Customizing the Template

      • Creating Your Own vCard

      • Creating and Using Groups

        • Using the New Group From Selection tool

        • Creating a group manually

        • Duplicating an existing group

      • Other Cool Address Book Tricks

      • Organizing and Prioritizing Information

        • Storing random bits of data as Stickies

        • Prioritizing with to-do lists

        • Getting organized with outlining applications

    • Technique 17: Working with Files

      • Understanding a File's Properties

        • The General panel

        • The Name & Extension panel

        • The Open With panel

        • The Preview panel

        • The Ownership & Permissions panel

        • The Comments panel

      • Solving Common File Problems

        • Deleting locked files

        • Ejecting stuck disk images

        • Finding the original for an alias

        • Sharing files with another OS

    • Technique 18: Finding Files in the Finder

      • Finder Window Searches

      • Using the Find Window

      • Incorporating Better Search Techniques

    • Technique 19: Slimming Down Your Hard Drive

      • Avoiding Unnecessary Installations

      • Weeding Your Hard Drive: Manually Deleting Files

        • Pruning your Home directory

        • Thinning out no-longer-required applications

        • Cleaning out your System and Library folders

        • Cleaning other volumes

      • Diet Tools: Third-Party Applications

      • Hands-Off: What Not to Trash

  • Part IV: Improving Application Performance

    • Technique 20: Managing Applications

      • Installing Applications

      • Tracking Installed Applications

      • Moving Installed Applications

        • Organizing the Applications folder

      • Uninstalling Applications

    • Technique 21: Launching Applications Fast

      • Auto-launching with the Accounts Panel

      • Launching with the Finder

      • Launching with the Dock

      • Other Ways to Launch Applications

        • Favorites and aliases

        • Recent Items

      • Launching with Shareware Tools

      • Using LaunchBar

    • Technique 22: Switching, Hiding, and Quitting Applications

      • Switching among Open Applications

        • Switching apps with Panther

        • Switching apps with shareware

      • Hiding Applications

      • Quitting Applications

      • Logging Out and Shutting Down

    • Technique 23: Opening Files Faster

      • Opening Files with the Finder

      • Opening Files with Specific Applications

        • Using the Window navigational bar to open files

        • Using the Dock to open files

        • Using Favorites to open files

        • Opening files with a contextual menu

      • Using LaunchBar

      • Opening Files within an Application

      • Recalling Recent Items

        • Recalling files from the Apple menu

        • Recalling files from application menus

      • Setting the Default Application for Files

    • Technique 24: Saving and Printing Files

      • Saving Files

        • Marc's cool trick for navigating in Save dialogs

        • Overwriting existing files

      • Printing

        • Customizing print settings

        • Previewing your documents

        • Desktop printing

      • Creating PDFs

    • Technique 25: Cut, Copy, Paste

      • Copying and Pasting with the Keyboard and Mouse

      • Understanding the Clipboard

      • Copy and Paste Tips and Tricks

        • Clipboard shareware options

        • Copying items within the Finder

        • Using the Find Clipboard

    • Technique 26: Managing Fonts

      • Fonts Support in Panther

      • Installing Fonts

      • Viewing Fonts

        • Character Palette

        • Font panel

        • Font Book

      • Managing Fonts

    • Technique 27: Getting to Know Services

      • What Are Services?

      • Grasping the Best Services Techniques

      • Adding On Services

  • Part V: Cranking Up Your Internet Activities

    • Technique 28: Surfing with Safari

      • Navigation Shortcuts

      • Standard Shortcuts

      • Other Shortcuts

      • Setting Preferences

        • Setting General preferences

        • Working with tabbed browsing

        • Blocking pop-up windows

      • Saving Time with AutoFill Forms

      • Managing Usernames and Passwords

      • Marking Pages with SnapBack

      • Customizing Safari

    • Technique 29: Surfing with Other Browsers

      • Internet Explorer

        • Keyboard shortcuts

        • Favorites

        • Explorer bar

        • Other features

      • Netscape, Mozilla, and Camino

      • Commercial Web Browsers

    • Technique 30: Managing Bookmarks Better

      • Managing Bookmarks in Safari

        • Bookmarking a page

        • Using the Bookmarks window

        • Using the Bookmarks menu

        • Working with the Bookmarks Bar

        • Setting bookmark preferences in Safari

      • Accessing Safari Bookmarks

      • Sharing Bookmarks across Browsers

      • Bookmark Tips and Tricks

    • Technique 31: Speedy Searches with Google

      • Doing Basic Google Searches

      • Doing Advanced Google Searches

      • Doing Specialized Google Searches

      • Searching Google with Safari

      • Google Tips and Tricks

        • Google, the dictionary

        • Google, the mathematician

        • Google, the unit converter

        • Google, the linguist

        • Google, the investor

        • Google, the cartographer

        • Google, the (fill in the blank)

    • Technique 32: Searching the Internet with Other Tools

      • Searching Swiftly with Sherlock

      • Searching with Watson

      • Other Search Tools

        • CleverKeys

        • iSeek

        • Huevos

    • Technique 33: Mastering Mail

      • Keyboard Shortcuts

        • Navigation shortcuts

        • Other shortcuts

      • Customizing Mail's Appearance and Behavior

        • General preferences

        • Composing

        • Customizing the Mail toolbar

        • Customizing the messages window

      • Organizing Your Mailboxes

      • Performing Searches

      • Creating and Using Signatures

      • The Best Mail Tips and Tricks

        • Using the Dock icon

        • Sending attachments

    • Technique 34: Stopping Spam in Its Tracks

      • Fighting Spam with the Junk Mail Button

      • Creating and Using Rules

      • Stopping Spam before It Gets to You

        • Bouncing spam

        • Other spam tools

    • Technique 35: Innovative iChat

      • Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

      • Customizing iChat

      • Transferring Files with iChat

      • Using the Videoconference

      • Creating URLs

      • Chatting with Multiple People at Once

      • Other Instant Messenger Tools

  • Part VI: Optimizing Your Network

    • Technique 36: Getting Your Mac Online

      • Defining a Location

      • Using a Modem

      • Networking Tips and Tricks

        • Switching locations on the fly

        • Ordering connections

        • Dialing with a calling card

        • Using FireWire over IP

    • Technique 37: The Wonderful World of Wireless Networking

      • What to Look for in a Wireless Network

      • Creating an AirPort Network

      • Understanding Encryption

      • Finding Networks

    • Technique 38: Sharing the Wealth with Rendezvous

      • Why You Should Use Rendezvous

      • Setting Up Rendezvous

      • Using Rendezvous with Software

        • Using Rendezvous with iChat

        • Using Rendezvous with iTunes

      • Using Rendezvous with Hardware

    • Technique 39: Share the Love: Sharing Files, Printers, and More

      • Safe Sharing

      • Sharing a Web Page

      • What's in a Name (Or URL)?

      • Fun with File Sharing

      • Personal File Sharing

      • Print Sharing

      • Sharing Your Internet Connection

    • Technique 40: Network Security

      • Keeping Your Mac Secure

      • Using a Firewall

        • Software firewalls

        • Hardware firewalls

      • Checking for Security Problems

    • Technique 41: Your Guide to .Mac: $100 Well Spent

      • Top Ten Reasons to Use .Mac

      • I Like My iDisk: Storing Stuff Online

        • Making your iDisk secure

        • Using another .Mac member's iDisk

      • Working with Your .Mac Web Page

      • Using iSync with .Mac

  • Part VII: Fast and Furious Multimedia

    • Technique 42: iTunes: Rockin' in the (Partially) Free World

      • Setting Up iTunes

      • Tweaking Your Preferences

      • Making the iTunes Window Look the Way You Want

      • Managing Your Music

        • Editing song information

        • Searching for tracks

        • Creating playlists

        • Adding album covers

      • Blowing Your Paycheck at the iTunes Music Store

    • Technique 43: Working with iPhoto

      • Best iPhoto Practices

        • Preferences

        • Creating a new Photo Album quickly

        • Editing images with ease

      • Working with Your Digital Library

        • Importing images

        • Managing your images more efficiently

        • Storing your images to save space and time

      • Creating an Online Photo Album

    • Technique 44: Staying on Schedule with iCal

      • Creating Calendars and Events

      • iCal's Main Keyboard Shortcuts

      • Best iCal Practices

      • Subscribing and Publishing

        • Where to find subscriptions

        • Publishing your Calendar with .Mac

        • Publish your Calendar without .Mac

      • iCal Tips and Tricks

        • iCal and Mail

        • AppleScript

      • Exploring Alternatives to iCal

    • Technique 45: Snapping Screenshots Fast

      • Taking Screenshots with Screen Capture

      • Taking Screenshots with Grab

      • Using Snapz Pro X

      • More Screenshot Utilities

    • Technique 46: Working with CDs and DVDs

      • Setting Your System Preferences

      • Burning CDs

        • Making CDs in the Finder

        • Making an audio CD in iTunes

        • Making picture CDs in iPhoto

        • Making data CDs in Disk Utility

      • Making Labels and Covers

      • Managing a Disc Collection

    • Technique 47: Getting More Than Music out of Your iPod

      • Using the iPod for Data Storage and Transfer

      • Secure, Encrypted Storage on the iPod

      • Backing Up Your Data to an iPod

        • Using .Mac and Backup

        • Using Carbon Copy Cloner

      • Emergency Rescue iPod

      • Synchronizing with iSync

      • Keeping Notes on Your iPod

        • Using Notes on older iPods

        • OmniOutliner

        • Driving directions

      • Housekeeping on the iPod

      • Useful Hardware You Might Consider

  • Part VIII: Security and Maintenance

    • Technique 48: Better Backups with rsync and .Mac

      • Smart Backups

      • rsync: Using the Command Line to Back Up

        • rsync syntax options

        • Backing up Home to an external hard drive

      • Backup for .Mac Users

        • Getting started with Backup

        • Deciding what to back up

        • Finalizing the backup

      • Other Backup Options

    • Technique 49: Battling Viruses

      • What You Should Know about Viruses

      • Things You Can Do to Limit Viruses

      • Using Virex

      • Other Antivirus Software

    • Technique 50: Keeping Your Software Up-to-Date

      • Using Software Update

      • Updating Other Applications

      • Staying Informed about Updates

    • Technique 51: Securing Files

      • Making the Most of FileVault

      • Other Encryption Tools

        • Disk Utility

        • StuffIt

        • Mac GNU Privacy Guard

        • PGP

        • SubRosaSoft and CodeTek Studios

      • Using the Finder's Secure Empty Trash

    • Technique 52: Proper Password Policy

      • Creating a Good Password

      • Working with Apple's Keychain Access

      • Changing Login Passwords

    • Technique 53: Useful Utilities

      • Working with TinkerTool

      • Automating Tasks with cron

      • Other Useful Utilities

  • Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff

    • Technique 54: Controlling Cellphones with Bluetooth

      • What Is Bluetooth?

      • Getting Started with Bluetooth

      • Setting Up Your Connection

      • Working with Your Address Book

        • Dialing from within Address Book

        • Display incoming call alerts

        • Sending and receiving SMS messages

      • Dialing Your Phone from a Text Selection

      • Synchronizing with iSync

        • Setting up iSync

      • Your Cellphone as a Remote Control

      • Storing Notes and Pictures on a Cellphone

    • Technique 55: The Terminal, the Finder, and You

      • Navigating within the Terminal

        • Getting around in the Terminal

        • Tab completion

        • Viewing directory contents

        • Navigating among open Terminal windows

        • Other commands

      • Terminal Tips and Tricks

        • Getting help

        • A command of history, or a history of commands

        • Role playing: Executing commands as another user

      • Making the Terminal and the Finder Play Together Nicely

        • Using the open command

        • Drag and drop with the Finder

      • Editing between the Terminal and the Finder

    • Technique 56: Managing and Finding Files Fast

      • Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files

      • Creating and Listing Directories

      • Using Wildcards

      • Using the find Command

      • Using the locate Command

    • Technique 57: Piping and Redirecting Output with the Terminal

      • Handy Commands to Use with Piping

      • Combining Commands with Pipes

      • Redirecting Output

    • Technique 58: Viewing and Editing Text Files

      • Viewing Files

        • cat

        • more or less

      • Viewing Parts of Files

      • Editing Files

    • Technique 59: Customizing Your Terminal

      • Adjusting Terminal's Preferences

      • Creating Terminal Preferences Files

      • Choosing Your Shell

      • Customizing Your Shell

      • Shareware Tools for Working with the Terminal

    • Technique 60: AppleScript and You

      • The Easiest Way to Write Scripts

      • Four Fabulous Reasons to Use AppleScripts

      • AppleScript Resources

    • Technique 61: Entertaining Yourself with Screen Savers

      • Configuring Screen Savers in Panther

      • Adding to Your Screen Saver Library

      • Using the Desktop as a Screen Saver

  • Index

  • Team DDU

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