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New York Times computer columnist David Pogue has just updated his bestselling Mac OS X:The Missing Manual ! And once again, he applies his scrupulous objectivity to this exciting new operating system, revealing which new features work well and which do not. With new material on almost every page, this second edition offers a wealth of detail on the myriad changes in OS X 10.2.Apple says that 10.2 introduces 150 new features to Mac OS X, but for once it undercounted. "Jaguar" is a different animal entirely. It's faster, more powerful, and much more customizable -- but it still comes without a manual.The first edition of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual was the #1 bestselling computer book of 2002, selling 100,000 copies in six months. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. It covers: Getting started. The early chapters demystify the Dock, the Finder toolbar, and the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure. New technologies. Mac OS X 10.2 includes dramatic enhancements in Internet integration (Sherlock 3, iCal, iSync, .Mac, a built-in firewall, Internet sharing), networking (Rendezvous, Windows compatibility, virtual private networking), and entertainment (iTunes 3, DVD Player, Inkwell, iChat). Basics of Unix. You can sail along in Mac OS X without ever realizing that you're using Unix. But if you're tempted by the power of the command line, this book contains a gentle, intelligent introduction. Finding familiar features. This second edition includes two of the popular "Where'd It Go?" Appendixes: one for veteran Mac fans, and one for Windows refugees. Look up any traditional feature -- and find out precisely where Apple put it in Mac OS X 10.2.As always, Mac OS X:The Missing Manual offers warm, witty writing, and bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 1)
• What Mac OS X 10.2 Gives You (p. 2)
• What Mac OS X Takes Away (p. 7)
• Three OSes in One (p. 9)
• About this Book (p. 10)
• About the Outline (p. 10)
• About[right arrow]These[right arrow]Arrows (p. 11)
• About MissingManuals.com (p. 12)
• The Very Basics (p. 12)
• Part 1 The Mac OS X Desktop
• Chapter 1 Folders and Windows (p. 17)
• Getting into Mac OS X (p. 17)
• Windows and How to Work Them (p. 21)
• The Three Window Views (p. 31)
• Icon View (p. 32)
• List View (p. 38)
• Column View (p. 45)
• Logging Out, Shutting Down (p. 48)
• Getting Help in Mac OS X (p. 51)
• Chapter 2 Organizing Your Stuff (p. 53)
• The Mac OS X Folder Structure (p. 53)
• Icon Names (p. 58)
• Selecting Icons (p. 60)
• Moving and Copying Icons (p. 63)
• Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once (p. 68)
• Favorites (p. 71)
• The Trash (p. 72)
• Get Info (p. 74)
• Finding Files 1 The Search Bar (p. 77)
• Finding Files 2 The Find Program (p. 81)
• Chapter 3 Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar (p. 89)
• The Dock (p. 89)
• Setting Up the Dock (p. 90)
• Using the Dock (p. 95)
• The Finder Toolbar (p. 99)
• Designing Your Desktop (p. 106)
• Menulets: The Missing Manual (p. 107)
• Part 2 Applications in Mac OS X
• Chapter 4 Programs and Documents (p. 111)
• Launching Mac OS X Programs (p. 112)
• Juggling Programs with the Dock (p. 115)
• How Documents Know Their Parents (p. 121)
• Controlling Menus from the Keyboard (p. 126)
• The Save and Open Dialog Boxes (p. 129)
• Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic (p. 135)
• The Cocoa Difference (p. 137)
• Installing Mac OS X Programs (p. 145)
• Chapter 5 Back to Mac OS 9 (p. 149)
• Two Roads to Mac OS 9 (p. 149)
• Classic: Mac OS 9 on Mac OS X (p. 151)
• Restarting in Mac OS 9 (p. 163)
• Four Tricks for Faster Switching (p. 165)
• Chapter 6 Moving Data (p. 171)
• Moving Data Between Documents (p. 171)
• Exchanging Data with Other Macs (p. 175)
• Exchanging Data with Windows PCs (p. 180)
• Part 3 The Components of Mac OS X
• Chapter 8 System Preferences (p. 215)
• The System Preferences Window (p. 215)
• Accounts (p. 216)
• CDs & DVDs (p. 217)
• Classic (p. 218)
• ColorSync (p. 218)
• Date & Time (p. 218)
• Desktop (p. 221)
• Displays (p. 224)
• Dock (p. 227)
• Energy Saver (p. 227)
• General (p. 230)
• International (p. 233)
• Internet (p. 236)
• Keyboard (p. 237)
• Login Items (p. 237)
• Mouse (p. 238)
• My Account (p. 239)
• Network (p. 239)
• QuickTime (p. 239)
• Screen Effects (p. 240)
• Sharing (p. 243)
• Software Update (p. 243)
• Sound (p. 244)
• Speech (p. 246)
• Startup Disk (p. 246)
• Universal Access (p. 246)
• Chapter 9 The Free Programs (p. 251)
• Your Free Mac OS X Programs (p. 251)
• Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox (p. 278)
• Chapter 10 CDs, DVDs, and iTunes (p. 301)
• How the Mac Does Disks (p. 301)
• Burning CDs and DVDs (p. 307)
• iTunes 3: The CD and MP3 Jukebox (p. 310)
• Playing DVD Movies (p. 319)
• Part 4 The Technologies of Mac OS X
• Chapter 11 One Mac, Many Users (p. 327)
• Introducing User Accounts (p. 328)
• Setting Up Accounts (p. 329)
• Setting Up the Login/Logout Process (p. 337)
• Signing In (p. 340)
• Simple Finder and Other "Rubber Walls" (p. 345)
• Logging Out (p. 349)
• The Root Account (p. 349)
• Chapter 12 Networking (p. 351)
• Wiring the Network (p. 352)
• File Sharing (p. 354)
• Networking with Windows (p. 370)
• Managing Groups (p. 377)
• Dialing in from the Road (p. 379)
• Forgettable Passwords: The Keychain (p. 380)
• Chapter 13 Graphics, Fonts, and Printing (p. 385)
• Mac Meets Printer (p. 385)
• Making the Printout (p. 388)
• Managing Printouts (p. 393)
• Printer Sharing (p. 394)
• PDF Files (p. 394)
• Fonts in Mac OS X (p. 397)
• Font Fuzziness on the Screen (p. 402)
• ColorSync (p. 403)
• Graphics in Mac OS X (p. 404)
• Screen-Capture Keystrokes (p. 407)
• Chapter 14 Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting (p. 409)
• Playing Sounds (p. 409)
• Recording Sound (p. 412)
• QuickTime Movies (p. 414)
• Speech Recognition (p. 426)
• The Mac Talks Back (p. 434)
• Inkwell: Handwriting Recognition (p. 439)
• Chapter 15 Terminal: Doorway to Unix (p. 445)
• Terminal (p. 447)
• Navigating in Unix (p. 450)
• Working with Files and Directories (p. 458)
• Online Help (p. 463)
• Terminal Preferences (p. 465)
• Terminal Tips and Tricks (p. 469)
• Chapter 16 Fun with Unix (p. 471)
• Moving Unmovable Files and Directories (p. 471)
• Enabling the Root Account (p. 482)
• Eight Useful Unix Utilities (p. 482)
• Where to Go from Here (p. 487)
• Putting It Together (p. 491)
• Chapter 17 Hacking Mac OS X (p. 495)
• TinkerTool: Customization 101 (p. 495)
• Redefining Keystrokes (p. 497)
• Redoing Mac OS X's Graphics (p. 498)
• Replacing Your Home-Folder Icon (p. 502)
• Replacing the Finder Icons (p. 503)
• Rewriting the Words (p. 503)
• Part 5 Mac OS X Online
• Chapter 18 Internet Setup, the Firewall, and .Mac (p. 509)
• The Best News You've Heard All Day (p. 509)
• Connecting by Dial-up Modem (p. 510)
• Broadband Connections (p. 514)
• AirPort Networks (p. 516)
• The Jaguar Firewall (p. 517)
• Switching Locations (p. 519)
• Multihoming (p. 521)
• Internet Sharing (p. 522)
• .Mac Services (p. 525)
• Internet Location Files (p. 532)
• Chapter 19 Mail and Address Book (p. 535)
• Setting Up Mail (p. 535)
• Checking Your Mail (p. 537)
• Writing Messages (p. 539)
• Reading Email (p. 545)
• The Spam Filter (p. 557)
• Address Book (p. 558)
• Chapter 20 Sherlock 3, iChat, and iCal (p. 569)
• Sherlock 3 (p. 569)
• iChat (p. 577)
• iCal and iSync (p. 590)
• Chapter 21 SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing (p. 605)
• Web Sharing (p. 605)
• FTP (p. 612)
• Connecting from the Road (p. 613)
• Remote Access with SSH (p. 614)
• Virtual Private Networking (p. 617)
• Part 6 Appendixes
• Appendix A Installing Mac OS X 10.2 (p. 623)
• Getting Ready to Install (p. 623)
• The Partitioning Question (p. 624)
• How to Partition (p. 625)
• Four Kinds of Installation (p. 626)
• The Basic Installation (p. 627)
• The Installer (p. 627)
• The Upgrade Installation (p. 628)
• The Clean Install (p. 629)
• The Setup Assistant (p. 630)
• Uninstalling Mac OS X (p. 632)
• Appendix B Troubleshooting (p. 635)
• Problems That Aren't Problems (p. 635)
• Minor Eccentric Behavior (p. 636)
• Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) (p. 638)
• Error Messages When Opening (p. 639)
• The Wrong Program Opens (p. 639)
• Can't Empty the Trash (p. 641)
• Can't Move or Rename an Icon (p. 641)
• Application Won't Open (p. 641)
• Program Icons Turn to Folders (p. 641)
• Startup Problems (p. 643)
• Fixing the Disk (p. 644)
• Where to Get Troubleshooting Help (p. 649)
• Appendix C The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary (Mac Version) (p. 651)
• Appendix D The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary (Windows Version) (p. 669)
• Appendix E Where to Go from Here (p. 683)
• Web Sites (p. 683)
• Advanced Books (p. 684)
• Email Lists (p. 685)
• Appendix F The Master OS X Keystroke List (p. 687)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

After graduation, Pogue wrote manuals for music software, worked on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, and wrote for Macworld Magazine. He wrote Macs for Dummies, which became the best-selling Mac title, as well as other books in the Dummies series. He launched his own series of humorous computer books entitled the Missing Manual series, which includes 120 titles. He spent 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times, before leaving to found Yahoo Tech.

In addition to how-to manuals, he wrote Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life, collaborated on The World According to Twitter, and co-authored The Weird Wide Web.

(Bowker Author Biography)