Set preferences, manage folders, and check out iTools
Pounce on cool features like the all-new Finder, iChat videoconferencing, and more
The doctor is in! Let Dr. Mac help you put Panther through its paces and see what a cool cat it really is. Discover how to customize your desktop, wander down the Dock, get online with new mail features, jump into iLife™, share your Mac, do all that Classic stuff, and make your Panther purr.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* Get in, get out information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
Discover how to:
* Brush up on OS X basics
* Find your way around the Dock
* Open, resize, and move Finder windows
* Use Open dialog boxes and Save sheets
* Work with removable media

Mac OS X PantherTM For Dummies

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus

by Bob LeVitus

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Hungry Minds, Incorporated

Hungry Minds ; John Wiley

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub.

For Dummies

United States, United States of America

New York, Chichester, 2003

New York, 2004

3, PT, 2003

Includes index.

topic: Mac OS; Operating systems (Computers); Macintosh (Computer)

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Introduction
1.1. (p2) About This Book
1.2. (p3) Conventions Used in This Book
1.3. (p4) What You're Not to Read
1.4. (p5) Foolish Assumptions
1.5. (p6) How This Book Is Organized
1.5.1. (p7) Part I: Desktop Madness: Navigating Mac OS X
1.5.2. (p8) Part II: Rounding Out Your Basic Training
1.5.3. (p9) Part III: Doing Stuff with Your Mac
1.5.4. (p10) Part IV: U 2 Can B a Guru
1.5.5. (p11) Part V: The Part of Tens
1.5.6. (p12) Part VI: Appendix
1.6. (p13) Icons Used in This Book
1.7. (p14) Where to Go from Here
2. (p15) Part I: Desktop Madness: Navigating Mac OS X
2.1. (p16) Chapter 1: Mac OS X Panther 101 (Prerequisites: None)
2.1.1. (p17) Gnawing to the Core of OS X
2.1.2. (p18) A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (Or Any User)
2.2. (p19) Chapter 2: Meet the Desktop
2.2.1. (p20) Clearing Off the Desktop
2.3. (p21) Chapter 3: "What's Up, Dock?"
2.3.1. (p22) Running Down the Dock
2.3.2. (p23) Workin' the Dock
2.4. (p24) Chapter 4:1 Think Icon! I Think Icon!
2.4.1. (p25) Introducing . Icons!
2.4.2. (p26) Aliases: The Greatest Invention Since Sliced Bread
2.4.3. (p27) Playing with Icons
2.4.4. (p28) Info-mation
2.5. (p29) Chapter 5: Looking through Finder Windows
2.5.1. (p30) Anatomy of a Window
2.5.2. (p31) Dialog Dealie-Boppers
2.5.3. (p32) Working with Windows
2.6. (p33) Chapter 6: A Bevy of Delectable Menus
3. (p43) Part II: Rounding Out l/our Basic Training
3.1. (p44) Chapter 7: New-Fangled Finder
3.1.1. (p45) Getting to Know the Finder
3.1.2. (p46) Belly Up to the Toolbar
3.1.3. (p47) Navigating the Finder: Up, Down, and Backwards
3.1.4. (p48) Customizing Finder Windows with Views
3.1.5. (p49) Getting Some Action in Your Folders
3.2. (p50) Chapter 8: Mastering the Save Sheet and the Open Dialog
3.2.1. (p51) Saving Your Document Before It's Too Late
3.2.2. (p52) Open Sez Me
3.3. (p53) Chapter 9: Haggling with Removable Media
3.3.1. (p54) Comprehending Disks
3.3.2. (p55) Making Sure Your Disks are Mac Disks
3.3.3. (p56) Moving and Copying Disks
3.3.4. (p57) Surprise: Your PC Disks Work, Too!
3.3.5. (p58) Burning CDs and DVDs
3.3.6. (p59) Getting Disks out of Your Mac
3.4. (p60) Chapter 10: File Management without Tearing Your Hair Out
4. (p64) Part III: Doing Stuff with your Mac
4.1. (p65) Chapter 11: Internet-Working
4.1.1. (p66) A Brief Internet Overview
4.1.2. (p67) Setting Up for Surfing
4.1.3. (p68) Browsing the Web with Safari
4.1.4. (p69) Searching with Sherlock
4.1.5. (p70) Getting Your E-Mail with Mail
4.1.6. (p71) A Quick Overview of .Mac
4.1.7. (p72) Communicating via iChat AV
4.2. (p73) Chapter 12: Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing
4.2.1. (p74) Before Diving In
4.2.2. (p75) Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer
4.2.3. (p76) Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup
4.2.4. (p77) Go: Printing with the Print Sheet
4.2.5. (p78) Previewing Your Documents
4.2.6. (p79) Font Mania
4.3. (p80) Chapter 13: Applying Yourself to the Applications Folder
4.3.1. (p81) Folder Full of Apps
4.4. (p82) Chapter 14: The Classic Environment: Like Mac OS 9f Only Better
4.4.1. (p83) You Can Call It Classic
4.4.2. (p84) Working with Classic
4.5. (p85) Chapter 15: What Your Mac Prefers
5. (p89) Part IV: U 2 Can 13 a Guru
5.1. (p90) Chapter 16: "Mine! Miiiiine!": Sharing Your Mac and Liking It
5.1.1. (p91) Introducing File Sharing
5.1.2. (p92) Setting Up File Sharing
5.1.3. (p93) Access and Privileges: Who Can Do What
5.1.4. (p94) Consummating the Act of Sharing
5.2. (p95) Chapter 17: Back Up Now or Regret It Later
5.2.1. (p96) Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do
5.2.2. (p97) Why You Need Two Sets of Back-Up Disks
5.3. (p98) Chapter 18: Troubleshooting Mac OS X
6. (p102) Part V: The Part of Tens
6.1. (p103) Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience
6.1.1. (p104) Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts
6.1.2. (p105) Learn to Type Better
6.1.3. (p106) Resolution: It's Not Just for New Year's Anymore
6.1.4. (p107) A Mac with a View-and Preferences, Too
6.1.5. (p108) Get a New, Faster Model or Upgrade Yours
6.1.6. (p109) Get a G4 Accelerator
6.1.7. (p110) Get an Accelerated Graphics Card
6.1.8. (p111) Get a New Hard Drive
6.1.9. (p112) Fire Up Your Mac with FireWire
6.2. (p113) Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your Mac Better by Throwing Money at It
6.2.1. (p114) RAM
6.2.2. (p115) Back-up Software
6.2.3. (p116) A Better Monitor (Or a Second One)
6.2.4. (p117) A Fast Internet Connection
6.2.5. (p118) Additional Hard/Removable/Optical Drive(s)
6.2.6. (p119) Games
6.2.7. (p120) Multimedia Titles
6.2.8. (p121) Some Big Honking Speakers with a Subwoofer
6.2.9. (p122) A New Mouse and/or Keyboard
6.2.10. (p123) A PowerBook or an iBook
6.2.11. (p124) A New Mac
6.3. (p125) Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Great Web Sites for Mac Freaks
6.3.1. (p126) MacFixIt
6.3.2. (p127) VersionTracker com
6.3.3. (p128) MacInTouch
6.3.4. (p129) MacMinute
6.3.5. (p130) Apple Knowledge Base
6.3.6. (p131) The Mac OS X Home Page
6.3.7. (p132) Ramseeker
6.3.8. (p133) Outpost.com
6.3.9. (p134) EveryMac.com
6.3.10. (p135) Inside Mac Games
6.3.11. (p136) dealmac
6.4. (p137) Chapter 22: Ten Mac OS X Apps That You Might Need Someday
7. (p147) Part VI: Appendix
8. (p148) Appendix: Installing Mac OS X Panther (Only If You Have To)
8.1. (p149) How to Install (or Reinstall) Mac OS X
8.2. (p150) Getting Set Up with Setup Assistant
9. (p151) Index

theme: Mac OS; Operating systems (Computers); Macintosh (Computer)

Set preferences, manage folders, and check out iTools
Pounce on cool features like the all-new Finder, iChat videoconferencing, and more
The doctor is in! Let "Dr. Mac" help you put Panther through its paces and see what a cool cat it really is. Discover how to customize your desktop, wander down the Dock, get online with new mail features, jump into iLife?TM, share your Mac, do all that Classic stuff, and make your Panther purr.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
Discover how
* Brush up on OS X basics
* Find your way around the Dock
* Open, resize, and move Finder windows
* Use Open dialog boxes and Save sheets
* Work with removable media

A leading Mac guru, Bob LeVitus, provides just what readers need to get up to speed on the latest update to the Mac OS X operating system, "Panther. " Over twenty percent of Apple's installed base, some five million users, have already upgraded to Mac OS X, which is the default operating system installed on every new Apple computer.

Leading Mac authority Bob LeVitus here provides just what readers need to get up to speed on the latest update of the Mac OS X operating system - 'Panther'. Over 5 million Apple users have already upgraded to Mac OS X, which is now the default operating system for every new Apple computer

This new edition covers the key features of the software including Mac OS X Panther basics, customizing the desktop, working with the Dock, searching with Finder, and more

2023-06-28