Contents in Detail Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 Understanding Computer Terms ...................................................................................................... 2 Telling the Computer What to Do ..................................................................................................... 2 Finding a Command ........................................................................................................................... 3 Using the Keyboard ............................................................................................................................. 5 How This Book Is Organized .............................................................................................................. 5 Part 1: Basic Training Project 1: Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically......................................................................................................................... 9 What You’ll Be Using ........................................................................................................................... 9 Turning a Macintosh Off the Normal Way...................................................................................... 10 Forcing Your Macintosh to Shut Down ........................................................................................... 11 Restarting a Macintosh ..................................................................................................................... 11 Scheduling a Time to Turn Your Macintosh On or Off ................................................................. 11 Starting Programs When Your Macintosh Turns On ..................................................................... 14 Project 2: Learning to Use the Mouse ....................................................................... 15 What You’ll Be Using ......................................................................................................................... 16 How to Point and Click the Mouse .................................................................................................. 16 Dragging the Mouse......................................................................................................................... 17 Double-Clicking the Mouse............................................................................................................. 19 Right-Clicking the Mouse................................................................................................................. 19 Using the Scroll Ball .......................................................................................................................... 20 Using the Side Buttons ..................................................................................................................... 20 Additional Ideas for Using the Mouse ............................................................................................ 21 Project 3: Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar ............................................. 23 What You’ll Be Using ......................................................................................................................... 23 Understanding the Menu Bar .......................................................................................................... 24 Understanding Dialogs .................................................................................................................... 28 Understanding the Parts of the Menu Bar ..................................................................................... 30 Additional Ideas for Using the Menu Bar ....................................................................................... 32 Project 4: Controlling Programs with the Dock.................................................. 35 What You’ll Be Using ......................................................................................................................... 35 Understanding Program Icons ........................................................................................................ 36 Understanding the Dock .................................................................................................................. 37 Removing an Icon from the Dock .................................................................................................... 37 Adding an Icon to the Dock ............................................................................................................. 38 Hiding or Moving the Dock .............................................................................................................. 38 Magnifying the Dock......................................................................................................................... 40 Switching Programs from the Dock ................................................................................................ 40 Quitting Programs from the Dock .................................................................................................. 42 Additional Ideas for Using the Dock............................................................................................... 43 MY NEW MAC (C) 2008 by Wallace Wang
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Contents in DetailIntroduction ..................................................................................................................................1
Telling the Computer What to Do .....................................................................................................2Finding a Command ...........................................................................................................................3Using the Keyboard .............................................................................................................................5How This Book Is Organized ..............................................................................................................5
Part 1: Basic Training
Project 1: Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically.........................................................................................................................9
What You’ll Be Using ...........................................................................................................................9
Turning a Macintosh Off the Normal Way......................................................................................10
Forcing Your Macintosh to Shut Down ........................................................................................... 11
Restarting a Macintosh ..................................................................................................................... 11
Scheduling a Time to Turn Your Macintosh On or Off ................................................................. 11
Starting Programs When Your Macintosh Turns On ..................................................................... 14
Project 2: Learning to Use the Mouse ....................................................................... 15
What You’ll Be Using ......................................................................................................................... 16
How to Point and Click the Mouse .................................................................................................. 16
Dragging the Mouse ......................................................................................................................... 17
Double-Clicking the Mouse ............................................................................................................. 19
Right-Clicking the Mouse ................................................................................................................. 19
Using the Scroll Ball ..........................................................................................................................20
Using the Side Buttons .....................................................................................................................20
Additional Ideas for Using the Mouse ............................................................................................21
Project 3: Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar .............................................23
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................23
Understanding the Menu Bar ..........................................................................................................24
Understanding the Parts of the Menu Bar .....................................................................................30
Additional Ideas for Using the Menu Bar .......................................................................................32
Project 4: Controlling Programs with the Dock ..................................................35
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................35
Understanding Program Icons ........................................................................................................36
Understanding the Dock ..................................................................................................................37
Removing an Icon from the Dock ....................................................................................................37
Adding an Icon to the Dock .............................................................................................................38
Hiding or Moving the Dock ..............................................................................................................38
Magnifying the Dock.........................................................................................................................40
Switching Programs from the Dock ................................................................................................40
Quitting Programs from the Dock ..................................................................................................42
Additional Ideas for Using the Dock ...............................................................................................43
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Project 5: Manipulating Windows ................................................................................45
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................45
Arranging Windows ..........................................................................................................................46
Closing a Window .............................................................................................................................46
Moving a Window..............................................................................................................................47
Resizing a Window ............................................................................................................................47
Scrolling a Window ...........................................................................................................................47
Minimizing a Window........................................................................................................................48
Zooming a Window ...........................................................................................................................49
Hiding the Toolbar of a Window .....................................................................................................49
Hiding and Displaying Windows with Exposé ...............................................................................50
Hiding All Windows out of Sight .....................................................................................................50
Displaying Only Windows from a Single Program ........................................................................ 51
Viewing All Windows as Thumbnail Images ..................................................................................52
Working with Multiple Desktops with Spaces ...............................................................................53
Setting Up Spaces .............................................................................................................................53
Switching Between Desktops ..........................................................................................................55
Moving Windows Between Desktops .............................................................................................56
Additional Ideas for Manipulating Windows .................................................................................57
Project 6: Navigating Through Folders with the Finder ...............................59
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................59
Understanding Drives, Folders, and Files ......................................................................................59
Understanding the Finder ................................................................................................................ 61
Viewing the Contents of a Drive ......................................................................................................62
Viewing a Folder Hierarchy ..............................................................................................................62
Opening a Folder ..............................................................................................................................63
Identifying Your Location in the Folder Hierarchy .........................................................................64
Navigating Back and Forth Through Folders .................................................................................65
Shortcuts to Viewing Folders ...........................................................................................................66
Additional Ideas for Navigating the Folder Hierarchy .................................................................67
Placing a Folder in the Sidebar ........................................................................................................67
Placing a Folder as a Stack on the Dock .........................................................................................67
Project 7: Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders ............................................................................................................................................69
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................69
Creating Files and Folders ...............................................................................................................70
Creating a Folder in the Save Dialog ..............................................................................................70
Creating a Folder in the Finder Window ........................................................................................71
Changing the View of Folders ......................................................................................................... 71
Peeking Inside a File .........................................................................................................................73
Renaming a File or Folder ................................................................................................................ 74
Deleting a File or Folder .................................................................................................................. 74
Copying a File or Folder ................................................................................................................... 74
Moving a File or Folder ....................................................................................................................75
Additional Ideas for Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders ................ 76
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Project 8: Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh .......................77
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................77
The Parts of Your Macintosh That Will Go to Sleep ......................................................................78
Forcing Your Macintosh to Sleep ....................................................................................................79
Making Your Macintosh Sleep on a Schedule ...............................................................................81
Additional Ideas for Conserving Energy ........................................................................................82
Part 2: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts
Project 9: Working Faster with Shortcut Commands ......................................85
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................85
Using Keyboard Shortcuts ...............................................................................................................86
Using Buttons ....................................................................................................................................87
Using Shortcut Menus ......................................................................................................................88
Additional Ideas for Using Shortcuts ..............................................................................................90
Project 10: Learning to Drag and Drop ....................................................................91
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................91
Dragging and Dropping Text ..........................................................................................................92
Dragging and Dropping Website Addresses in Safari .................................................................92
Dragging and Dropping Graphics ..................................................................................................94
Dragging and Dropping Files into Programs ................................................................................94
Additional Ideas for Dragging and Dropping ...............................................................................96
Project 11: Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners ..........................97
What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................97
Defining a Hot Corner ......................................................................................................................98
Using a Hot Corner ...........................................................................................................................99
Additional Ideas for Using Hot Corners .......................................................................................100
Project 12: Finding Files Fast ........................................................................................101
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................102
Finding Specific Files with Spotlight ............................................................................................102
Using Spotlight Through the Finder .............................................................................................102
Using Spotlight from the Menu Bar ..............................................................................................104
Using Smart Folders........................................................................................................................104
Placing Folders on the Sidebar .....................................................................................................107
Placing Folders on the Dock ..........................................................................................................107
Peeking at Files Without Opening Them .....................................................................................109
Additional Ideas for Finding Files ................................................................................................. 110
Project 13: Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words ............................................................................................................................. 111
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 112
Labeling Files and Folders by Color ............................................................................................. 112
Searching Files and Folders by Color ........................................................................................... 113
Additional Ideas for Labeling Files and Folders with Colors and Comments......................... 116
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Project 14: Putting Information at Your Fingertips with Dashboard .................................................................................................................................. 117
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 117
Additional Ideas for Using Dashboard ......................................................................................... 124
Project 15: Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts ...................................................................................................................................... 127
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 127
Understanding User Accounts ...................................................................................................... 128
Creating User Accounts..................................................................................................................129
Logging Out of and In to an Account ........................................................................................... 131
Fast Switching Between Accounts ................................................................................................ 132
Turning on Fast User Switching .....................................................................................................132
Changing Accounts with Fast User Switching..............................................................................134
Deleting an Account .......................................................................................................................134
Additional Ideas for Using Accounts ............................................................................................136
Project 16: Slapping Parental Controls on Your Kids .................................... 137
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 137
Creating a Managed with Parental Controls Account ................................................................138
Color Coding Notes ........................................................................................................................165
Keeping Notes Floating Around ...................................................................................................165
Deleting a Note ...............................................................................................................................166
Storing Notes in the Stickies Dashboard Widget ....................................................................... 167
Creating a Blank Stickies Widget in Dashboard .......................................................................... 167
Color Coding a Stickies Widget ....................................................................................................168
Deleting a Stickies Widget .............................................................................................................168
Additional Ideas for Jotting Down Notes .................................................................................... 169
Project 19: Turning Your Mac into an Electronic Reminder ....................... 171
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 171
Scheduling Events in iCal ............................................................................................................... 171
Displaying a Reminder on the Screen .......................................................................................... 173
Creating a Reminder ....................................................................................................................... 173
Viewing a Reminder ........................................................................................................................ 175
Opening a File ................................................................................................................................. 176
Sending an Email Reminder ........................................................................................................... 177
Additional Ideas for Setting Reminders ....................................................................................... 178
Project 20: Never Forget a Birthday Again ......................................................... 179
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 179
Storing Names and Birthdays in the Address Book ...................................................................180
Automatically Creating a Birthdays Calendar .............................................................................182
Additional Ideas for Tracking Important Dates ...........................................................................183
Project 21: Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh .......................................................................................................................185
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................185
Playing Audio CDs ..........................................................................................................................185
Importing Digital Audio Files ........................................................................................................186
Deleting Digital Audio Files in iTunes .......................................................................................... 187
Playing Music ...................................................................................................................................188
Rewinding (and Skipping) a Song .................................................................................................188
Adjusting the Volume .....................................................................................................................189
Using Playlists .................................................................................................................................. 191
Creating a Playlist ............................................................................................................................191
Adding (and Removing) Songs from a Playlist .............................................................................192
Creating a Smart Playlist .................................................................................................................192
Editing a Smart Playlist ................................................................................................................... 194
Deleting a Playlist ............................................................................................................................ 194
Tagging Your Songs ........................................................................................................................195
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Identifying all Playlists in which a Song Appears .........................................................................196
Additional Ideas for Playing Music on a Macintosh .................................................................... 197
Project 22: Ripping and Burning an Audio CD ...................................................199
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................199
Picking an Audio File Format .........................................................................................................200
Ripping Songs from a CD ...............................................................................................................201
Choosing a CD Format ...................................................................................................................202
Burning a Custom Audio CD .........................................................................................................204
Additional Ideas for Ripping and Burning CDs ...........................................................................205
Project 23: Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD ...........................................207
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................207
Switching Between Full Screen and Window Mode ...................................................................208
Viewing DVD Movie Chapters .......................................................................................................209
Playing Specific DVD Chapters ......................................................................................................209
Using Bookmarks.............................................................................................................................210
Creating a Bookmark ......................................................................................................................210
Viewing a Bookmark ........................................................................................................................210
Deleting a Bookmark ...................................................................................................................... 212
Using Video Clips ............................................................................................................................ 212
Defining a Video Clip ...................................................................................................................... 212
Viewing a Video Clip ....................................................................................................................... 214
Deleting a Video Clip ...................................................................................................................... 214
Additional Ideas for Viewing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD ....................................................... 215
Project 24: Storing Files on a CD or DVD .............................................................. 217
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 217
Identifying the Discs Your Macintosh Can Use ........................................................................... 218
Erasing a Read/Write (RW) Disc .................................................................................................... 219
Choosing Files to Burn to a CD or DVD .......................................................................................220
Creating a Burn Folder ...................................................................................................................221
Burning Files Directly to Disc .........................................................................................................222
Additional Ideas for Burning CDs and DVDs ...............................................................................223
Project 25: Transferring Images to a Macintosh ...............................................225
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................225
Transferring Photos from a Digital Camera .................................................................................226
Transferring Images from a Scanner .............................................................................................227
Copying Images from a Web Page ...............................................................................................229
Saving an Image as a File ...............................................................................................................229
Copying and Pasting an Image into Another Program ...............................................................229
Adjust a Photo Manually................................................................................................................. 251
Additional Ideas for Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto ......................................................252
Project 29: Turning Your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame.............................................................................................................................................253
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................253
Creating a Slideshow Folder ..........................................................................................................254
Storing Pictures in Your Slideshow Folder ...................................................................................254
Copying Existing Pictures into Your Slideshow Folder ...............................................................254
Copying Existing Pictures from iPhoto into Your Slideshow Folder ..........................................255
Capturing Pictures with iSight and Photo Booth ........................................................................255
Creating a Slideshow ......................................................................................................................257
Displaying a Desktop Slideshow ...................................................................................................257
Displaying a Screensaver Slideshow ............................................................................................. 261
More Ideas for Displaying Slideshows .........................................................................................263
Project 30: Sharing Files Without Connecting Cables ..................................265
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................265
Checking for Bluetooth Capability ...............................................................................................266
Turning on Bluetooth ......................................................................................................................266
Sharing Files with Bluetooth ..........................................................................................................267
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Sharing Files Between Macintosh Computers .............................................................................267
Additional Ideas for Transferring Files Wirelessly .......................................................................269
Project 31: Retrieving Files Back in Time ..............................................................271
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................271
Retrieving Files from the Trash ......................................................................................................271
Backing Up and Retrieving Files with Time Machine..................................................................272
Setting Up Time Machine ...............................................................................................................272
Retrieving Files with Time Machine...............................................................................................273
Additional Ideas for Backing Up Files .......................................................................................... 274
Project 32: Typing Foreign Languages ....................................................................275
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................275
Clicking to Choose Foreign Characters .......................................................................................277
Adding the Character Palette to the International Menulet ......................................................277
Viewing the Character Palette on the International Menulet ....................................................278
Typing on a Foreign Language Keyboard Layout .......................................................................279
Choosing a Foreign Language ......................................................................................................279
Typing in a Foreign Language .......................................................................................................281
Typing in Foreign (Non-Roman) Characters ................................................................................281
Choosing an Input Method ............................................................................................................282
Typing Using a Foreign Language Input Method .......................................................................282
Additional Ideas for Typing Foreign Characters .........................................................................283
Part 4: Touching the World Through the Internet
Project 33: Remembering Your Favorite Websites .........................................287
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................287
Using Bookmarks.............................................................................................................................288
Bookmarking a Favorite Website ..................................................................................................288
Moving and Copying a Bookmark .................................................................................................289
Editing a Bookmark .........................................................................................................................289
Deleting a Bookmark ......................................................................................................................290
Organizing Bookmarks in Folders .................................................................................................291
Creating a Bookmark Folder ..........................................................................................................291
Adding Bookmarks to a Folder ......................................................................................................293
Moving a Bookmark Folder ............................................................................................................293
Rearranging Bookmarks and Folders ............................................................................................294
Saving and Sharing Bookmarks .....................................................................................................294
Using the History Menu ..................................................................................................................295
Additional Ideas for Using Bookmarks and the History Menu ..................................................296
Project 34: Reading the Latest Updates on Your Favorite Websites ......................................................................................................................................297
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................297
Using RSS Feeds ..............................................................................................................................298
Clearing Your Internet Tracks ........................................................................................................306
Avoiding Fraudulent Websites and Phishing Scams ..................................................................308
Hiding Your Browsing from Others ...............................................................................................308
Project 36: Saving Research Information from a Web Page .....................309
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................310
Saving a Web Page as a File ..........................................................................................................310
Saving a Web Page in Page Source (HTML) or Web Archive Format ........................................310
Saving a Web Page as a PDF File .................................................................................................. 312
Emailing a Web Page ...................................................................................................................... 313
Emailing an Entire Web Page......................................................................................................... 314
Emailing a Link to a Web Page ...................................................................................................... 314
Saving the Text of a Web Page ...................................................................................................... 315
Saving a Web Page as a Text File .................................................................................................. 315
Saving a Condensed Version of a Web Page as a Text File ....................................................... 316
Saving Web Page Text as a Sticky Note........................................................................................318
Listening to Text on a Web Page ..................................................................................................320
Additional Ideas for Researching on the Internet .......................................................................320
Project 37: Creating an Electronic Clipping Service for Web Pages .................................................................................................................................321
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................322
Clipping a Web Page ......................................................................................................................322
Viewing a Web Clip .........................................................................................................................324
Changing the Appearance of a Web Clip ....................................................................................325
Deleting a Web Clip ........................................................................................................................325
Additional Ideas for Web Clips .....................................................................................................326
Project 38: Watching Video on Any Website ......................................................329
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................329
Downloading and Installing RealPlayer ........................................................................................330
Downloading and Installing Flip4Mac ..........................................................................................331
Downloading and Installing Windows Media Player for Mac ....................................................331
Additional Ideas for Watching Videos on the Internet ...............................................................332
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Project 39: Expanding Your Mind by Listening to Free College Lectures ................................................................................................................................. 335
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................336
Choosing a College in iTunes U ....................................................................................................336
Listening to Downloaded Lectures ...............................................................................................338
Additional Ideas for Listening to Lectures ...................................................................................339
Project 40: Listening to News, Music, and Talk Shows over the Internet ........................................................................................................................................341
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................342
Finding and Listening to an Internet Radio Station ....................................................................342
Saving Internet Radio Stations in a Playlist ...................................................................................343
Listening to Internet Radio Stations in a Playlist ..........................................................................344
Deleting an Internet Radio Station from a Playlist .......................................................................344
Using Junk Mail Filtering ................................................................................................................384
Configuring the Junk Mail Filter ....................................................................................................384
Identifying Junk Mail .......................................................................................................................385
Deleting Junk Mail ..........................................................................................................................385
Additional Ideas for Dealing with Junk Email .............................................................................386
Part 5: Maintaining Your Macintosh
Project 46: Learning About Your Macintosh .......................................................389
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................390
Identifying Your Operating System Version, Processor Type, and Memory ...........................390
Identifying the Types of CD and DVD Discs Your Mac Can Use ...............................................391
Additional Ideas for Identifying the Parts of Your Macintosh ...................................................393
Project 47: Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh .......................................................................................................................397
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................398
Installing Software from a CD or DVD ..........................................................................................398
Installing Software Over the Internet ...........................................................................................400
Additional Ideas for Installing Software on Your Macintosh .....................................................405
Project 48: Performing Preventative Maintenance on Your Macintosh ...................................................................................................................................407
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................408
Caring for Your Hard Disk...............................................................................................................408
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Running Operating System Maintenance Tasks .......................................................................... 410
Additional Ideas for Maintaining Your Macintosh....................................................................... 412
Project 49: Ejecting Stuck CDs or DVDs ................................................................ 413
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 413
How to Eject a CD or DVD Normally ............................................................................................ 414
How to Eject a Stuck CD or DVD ................................................................................................... 414
Restart and Hold Down the Left Mouse Button .......................................................................... 415
Restart and Hold Down the C Key ................................................................................................. 415
Eject from the Disk Utility Program ............................................................................................... 415
Eject from the Terminal Program ................................................................................................... 416
Place an Eject Button on the Menu Bar ........................................................................................ 417
Additional Ideas for Ejecting and Preventing Stuck CDs or DVDs ............................................. 418
Project 50: Password Protecting Your Macintosh ........................................... 419
What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 419
Password Protecting Screensaver and Sleep Mode ...................................................................420
Password Protecting System Preferences ....................................................................................421
Turning Automatic Login Back On ................................................................................................422
Logging Out Automatically ...........................................................................................................423
Choosing and Changing Your Passwords ....................................................................................423
Additional Ideas for Password Protecting Your Macintosh .......................................................424
Project 51: Encrypting Your Data ...............................................................................425
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................425
Encrypting Your Home Folder .......................................................................................................426
Setting a Master Password .............................................................................................................426
Securely Erasing Files and Virtual Memory ..................................................................................427
Turning On FileVault .......................................................................................................................428
Turning Off FileVault .......................................................................................................................429
Additional Ideas for Encrypting Your Data ..................................................................................429
Project 52: Troubleshooting Your Printers ...........................................................431
What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................431
Adding a Printer ..............................................................................................................................432
Stopping and Canceling Print Jobs ..............................................................................................434
Changing the Settings on a Printer...............................................................................................435
Deleting a Printer from Your Macintosh .......................................................................................437
Additional Ideas for Controlling Printers on Your Macintosh ....................................................437
The Next Step ..........................................................................................................................439
Index ..............................................................................................................................................441