Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard: The Fast and Easy Way to Learn - Softcover

Kent, Lynette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470101679 ISBN 13: 9780470101674

Verlag: Visual, 2007

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Do you prefer instructions that show you how instead of telling you why? This book is packed with easy, visual directions and full color screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 tasks with Mac OS X Leopard, including adding applications to the Dock, color coding files and folders, viewing windows in Exposé, using the QuickTime player, storing files on your iPod, creating your own Web widgets, and more. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step.

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Lynette Kent (Huntington Beach, CA) studied art and French at Stanford University. After completing her master’s degree, she taught at both the high school and community college level. A fervent Mac user since 1987 and unconventional computer person, she writes books and magazine articles on digital imaging and photography and enjoys presenting computer graphics hardware and software at trade shows. Her books include Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography, and Scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements: The Creative Cropping Cookbook. Lynette is also one of the leaders of the Adobe Technology Exchange of Southern California, a professional organization for graphic designers, photographers, and artists.

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Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up, and you will find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Mac OS X Leopard tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations, including

• Adding applications to the Dock

• Color-coding files and folders

• Viewing windows in Exposé

• Using the QuickTime player

• Storing files on your iPod

• Creating your own Web widgets

• Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks

• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard

By Lynette Kent

John Wiley & Sons

Copyright © 2007 Lynette Kent
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-470-10167-4

Chapter One

Getting Started with Mac OS X Leopard Fundamentals

Introducing Mac OS X 4 Installing Leopard 6 Start Up the Computer 8 Click, Double-Click, or Click and Drag 10 Understanding the Mac Interface 12 Control the Mac with Menus 14 Open, Close, and Resize Windows on the Desktop 16 Change Your View 18 Create and Name a Folder 20 Logging In and Out 22 Put Your Mac to Sleep 24 Restart or Shut Down the Mac 26 Using the Help Menu 28

Mac OS X Leopard, also known as Mac OS 10.5, is Apple's latest operating system. The Mac OS is the underlying software that runs your Macintosh computer and enables you to interact with the computer using a mouse and a keyboard. Leopard includes a variety of built-in programs to help you work or play and even get entertainment on your Mac.

Introducing Mac OS X

The Macintosh Operating System, abbreviated OS, is actually the most important program running on a Macintosh. Leopard is version 10.5 of Apple's most advanced operating system to date. Understanding Leopard and familiarizing yourself with some Leopard tricks make everything you do with your computer much faster and more fun.

The Central Command Post

The operating system controls all the hardware and software connected to or installed on your computer. It controls the input from devices such as the mouse and keyboard and the output to the monitor and printer. The OS keeps track of all your files and folders on your computer, as well as any additional data on external disk drives.

Leopard and Computer Hardware

The Mac OS is responsible for understanding and acting on the information that you send to it by pressing keys on the keyboard, clicking the mouse, or using the trackpad. Mac OS X Leopard enables you to personalize the feel of your mouse and keyboard as well as the screen display using the many options in System Preferences.

Run Applications

The Mac OS enables your computer to run application software so that you can accomplish a variety of tasks and projects better and more quickly than using a traditional pen and paper and other noncomputer methods.

Surf the Internet and Send Email

Leopard provides you with everything that you need to surf the World Wide Web. The included Safari Web browser gives you the means to view Web pages. Leopard's Mail program gives you access to the world of email.

Share Files and Hardware with Others

The Mac OS helps you connect to other computers anywhere on a local network, whether wired or wireless. You can share files as well as hardware such as printers with others on the network.

Interface with Other Equipment

The Mac OS helps you connect and work with a variety of external hardware, such as different types of mice, keyboards, scanners and other input devices, and external disk drives, as well as iPods, cameras, cell phones, and printers.

Installing Leopard

Before you install Leopard on your Mac, you must check the hardware requirements of the new operating system. Your third-party applications may need to be upgraded so that they will function with Leopard. In addition, your hard disk must have sufficient space available and be checked for disk errors. The type of installation that you select depends on your current system.

Check the Hardware Requirements

You can install Leopard on newer Macintosh computers with a DVD drive and built-in FireWire, including PowerPC G4s and G5s and Intel Macintoshes. Although the standard installation of Leopard requires about 11GB of free hard drive space and 512MB RAM, having at least 20GB of available hard drive space and 1GB or more of RAM will enhance your computer's performance.

Check Your Favorite Software

Third-party software manufacturers work with the operating system during its development so that they can update their applications in time for a new Mac OS release. If you need a specific application, you should check with the manufacturer to see if it will work with Mac OS X Leopard.

Back Up Your Hard Drive

If possible, make a bootable backup of your current system on an external drive using an application such as Personal Backup X4 from www.intego.com or Carbon Copy Cloner from www.bombich.com. You can start up from this drive to finish projects or reinstall the old system if you encounter problems after upgrading.

Check Your Disk for Errors

Insert the Leopard DVD. Click the Install Mac OS X icon to restart from the DVD. Type your administrator password in the dialog box, select your preferred language in the first window, and click the forward arrow. When the Install window appears, click Utilities in the menu. Click Disk Utility and check your hard drive as described in Chapter 12. Click the Close button ([??]) to quit Disk Utility.

Select an Installation Type

Continue the installation. Click a hard drive in the Select a Destination panel and click Options to select an installation type. Upgrade Mac OS X simply updates the system software. To install a new copy of Mac OS X while keeping your existing user accounts and settings, click Archive and Install and Preserve Users and Network Settings. Clicking Erase and Install completely erases all data on the destination volume and installs a pristine system similar to that on a new computer.

Use the Time Machine

When you continue, a Time Machine option appears. If you have an external drive attached, click Back up my disk before installing. Time Machine creates an additional backup of your existing system. Continue with the installation, which can take some time.

Start Up the Computer

Whether you just bought a new Mac and are starting it up for the first time or you have installed Mac OS X Leopard on a Mac with a previous operating system, you have a number of options for setting up and personalizing your Macintosh and Leopard.

The Leopard Welcome Screen

Like all Mac operating systems, Leopard welcomes you in multiple languages. A Mac OS X box spins around, asking various questions to guide you through the installation process, starting with the country or region where you are located.

Transferring Information

Previous Mac users can automatically transfer data from another Mac attached with a FireWire cable. You can also transfer from another volume, meaning previous files on the same computer. You can also transfer the information later by choosing not to transfer any data. The built-in software assistant enables you to migrate the information later.

Your Apple ID

If your computer is connected to the Internet, you can create an Apple ID and password during the installation. Your Apple ID is a free personalized information account that you can use with future Apple online and iTunes purchases, as well as AppleCare support.

A .Mac Account

The free .Mac (pronounced dot...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Visual
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470101679
• ISBN 13: 9780470101674
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354
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