Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2000 - Broj stranica: 461 The popular system software for the resurgent Macintosh platform is Mac OS 9, which includes over 50 new features. Among them are a searching program that finds not just files, but even web pages and words inside files; a multiple-users feature that stores a separate desktop for each user; and one-click file encryption. Despite its long list of enhancements, however, Apple ships Mac OS 9 without one of the most important features of all: a manual. Pogue Press/O'Reilly comes to the rescue withMac OS 9: The Missing Manual. Award-winning author David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to Mac OS 9 for the first time in this lucid, impeccably written guide. The book includes:
Along the way, Pogue communicates the joy of using the little shortcuts, drag-and-drop surprises, and elegant design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world. Above all,Mac OS 9:The Missing Manualoffers warm, witty, jargon-free writing, with enough patience for the novice and enough depth for the power user. The book bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world. |
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Window Opportunities | 9 |
Scroll Bars | 13 |
Additional FinderWindow Controls | 15 |
Icon List and Button | 17 |
Setting Up Standard Views | 25 |
PopUp Windows | 27 |
Icon Management | 31 |
Selecting Icons | 33 |
Whats in the System Folder | 173 |
Control Panels and Extensions | 187 |
What Theyre For | 216 |
Apple Leftovers Apple Extras | 221 |
The Applications Folder | 226 |
The Assistants Folder | 231 |
The Internet Folder | 232 |
The Utilities Folder | 233 |
Moving and Copying Icons | 34 |
Icons in Two Places at Once | 37 |
Using Labels | 40 |
The Launcher | 43 |
The Trash Icon | 46 |
Password Protection | 49 |
Where Icons Live | 51 |
Interior Decoration | 53 |
Fonts Sounds and Colors | 57 |
Saving your Schemes as Themes | 60 |
Controlling Your Desktop | 63 |
Contextual Controlkey Menus | 64 |
The Control Strip | 68 |
Mastering the Apple Menu | 79 |
About This Computer | 82 |
The Standard Apple Menu Items | 84 |
Control Panels | 87 |
Recent Servers | 92 |
Remote Access Status | 93 |
Scrapbook | 94 |
Stickles | 95 |
Applications in Mac OS 9 | 97 |
Using Programs in Mac OS 9 | 99 |
Launching Mac Programs | 100 |
the Application Menu | 101 |
Launching Applications from the Keyboard | 105 |
Type and Creator Codes | 107 |
Managing Your Macs Memory | 111 |
Changing a Programs Memory Allotment | 115 |
Trading Speed for RAM | 117 |
Trading RAM for Speed | 118 |
The Ultimate Speed Trick | 120 |
How Fragile is the RAM Disk? | 121 |
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes | 125 |
The Save File Dialog Box | 126 |
The Open File Dialog Box | 130 |
Navigation Services | 131 |
Moving Data | 135 |
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs | 141 |
An Introduction to AppleScript | 147 |
Recording in WatchMe Mode | 148 |
Saving a Script | 153 |
Writing Commands by Hand | 156 |
Folder Network and Internet Scripts | 163 |
Where to Learn More | 169 |
The Components of Mac OS 9 | 171 |
Custom Installation Options | 234 |
Mac OS 9 Online | 241 |
Web Sharing iTools and Other Interact Integration | 243 |
iTools Applecom | 248 |
Finding Files and Web Sites with Sherlock 2 | 257 |
Finding Icons | 258 |
Finding Text in Your Files | 267 |
Searching the Internet | 271 |
Networking in Mac OS 9 | 281 |
File Sharing in Mac OS 9 | 283 |
Apple Remote Access AHA | 296 |
Forgettable Passwords | 301 |
One Mac Many Users | 307 |
Four Degrees off Freedom | 308 |
Setting up Accounts | 311 |
Setting Up the Global Options | 320 |
Signing In | 323 |
Technical Underpinnings | 329 |
Disks Cables and Other Insertions | 335 |
Macintosh Cable Crash Course | 342 |
Printing Fonts and ColorSync | 347 |
Desktop Printer Icons | 349 |
Printing Without Desktop Icons | 355 |
Making the Printout | 357 |
Fonts | 363 |
ColorSync | 366 |
Sound and Digital Movies | 371 |
QuickTime Movies | 378 |
Pasting footage | 389 |
Speech Recognition and Synthesized Speech | 393 |
PlainTalk TexttoSpeech | 401 |
Appendixes | 407 |
Mac OS 9 Menu by Menu | 409 |
Edit Menu | 413 |
View Menu | 415 |
Special | 416 |
Help | 418 |
Installing Mac OS 9 | 423 |
Before You Install | 424 |
The Custom Installation | 428 |
The Clean Installation | 432 |
Mac OS 9 Compatibility Problems | 436 |
Troubleshooting Cue Card | 439 |
Other Common Problems | 442 |
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help | 443 |