Switching to the Mac Mountain Lion Edition. The book that should have been in

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1 Switching to the Mac Mountain Lion Edition the manual The book that should have been in the box1

2 Table of Contents Introduction 1 What OS X Gives You 3 What OS X Takes Away 5 About This Book 6 The Very Basics 8 The Mountain Lion Difference 9 Part One: Welcome to Macintosh Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different 19 Power On, Dude 19 Right-Clicking and Shortcut Menus 20 Logging Out, Shutting Down 22 The Menu Bar 24 Finder Windows Explorer 25 = Dock = Taskbar 25 Menulets = Tray 26 Keyboard Differences 28 Disk Differences 33 Where Your Stuff Is 34 Window Controls 37 Terminology Differences 46 Chapter 2: Folders, Dock & Windows 47 Getting into OS X 47 The Four Window Views 51 Icon View 51 List View 62 Column View 68 Cover Flow View 71 Quick Look 73 The Dock 77 Setting Up the Dock 78 Using the Dock 85 The Finder Toolbar 90 Getting Help in OS X 91 TAISI.K <)1; CONTENTS V

3 Chapter 3: Files, Icons & Spotlight 95 Renaming Icons 95 Selecting Icons 97 Moving and Copying Icons 100 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once 105 Color Labels 107 The Trash 109 Get Info "2 Shortcut Menus, Action Menus 115 The Spotlight Menu 118 The Spotlight Window 124 Customizing Spotlight 136 Smart Folders 139 Chapter 4: Documents, Programs & Mission Control 141 A Word About Apps HI The Mac App Store 142 Other Ways to Get Mac Software 144 Opening OS X Programs 147 Launchpad 147 Windows that Auto-Reopen 151 The Application Menu 152 The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher 154 Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter 155 Dashboard 163 Expose 169 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way 174 How Documents Know Their Parents 176 Keyboard Control 180 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes 186 Auto Save and Versions 190 Documents in the Cloud 195 Chapter 5: Entering, Moving & Backing up Data 199 Power Typing 199 Dictation 205 The Many Languages of OS X Text 210 Data Detectors 215 Moving Data Between Documents 216 Exchanging Data with Other Macs 220 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs 225 The Mountain Lion Share Button 226 Time Machine 228 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Part Two: Making the Move Chapter 6: Transferring Your Files to the Mac 243 Transfers by Apple Genius 244 The Windows Migration Assistant 244 Manual Network Transfers 248 Transfers by Disk 248 Transfers by File-Sending Web Site 249 Transfers by 250 Where to Put Your Copied Files 250 Document Conversion Issues 254 Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems 255 ACDSee 255 Acrobat Reader 256 ACT 256 Ad Subtract (Pop-Up Stopper) 257 Adobe [your favorite program here] 258 AOL 258 AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) 258 Children's Software 258 Chrome 258 Easy CD Creator 258 Encarta 259 Eudora 259 Excel 259 Firefox 259 Games 260 Google Desktop Search 260 Google Earth 260 Google Chrome 260 ICQ 260 Internet Explorer 261 itunes 261 McAfee VirusScan 261 Microsoft Access 261 Microsoft Money 262 Microsoft Office 264 Microsoft Publisher 264 Microsoft Visio 265 Minesweeper 266 MSN Messenger 266 NaturallySpeaking 266 Netscape 266 i ah: i oi- com i m s vii

5 Newsgroup Readers 266 Norton Antivirus 267 Norton Utilities Notepad Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail 267 Paint Shop Pro 267 Palm Desktop 268 Picasa 268 PowerPoint 268 QuickBooks 268 Quicken 269 RealPlayer 269 RssReader 269 Skype 269 Snaglt (Screenshots) 270 Solitaire 271 Street Atlas USA 271 TaxCut, TurboTax 271 WinAmp, MusicMatch 271 Windows Media Player 271 WinZip 272 Word 272 WordPerfect 272 Yahoo Messenger Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh 273 Boot Camp 275 Windows in a Window 281 Life with Microsoft Exchange 283 Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac 287 Mac Meets Printer 287 Making the Printout 290 Managing Printouts 293 Printer Sharing 295 Faxing 296 PDF Files 296 Fonts-and Font Book 298 Digital Cameras 306 Disks 306 Startup Disks 307 Erasing a Disk 308 Burning CDs and DVDs 309 itunes: The Digital Jukebox 312 DVD Movies 323 VIII TABI.K OF CONTENTS

6 AirPlay 325 Keyboards 327 Mouse 328 Monitors 328 Scanners 329 Part Three: Making Connections Chapter 10: Internet Setup & icioud 335 Network Central and Multihoming 336 Broadband Connections 338 Cellular Modems 344 Tethering 345 Dial-Up Modem Connections 345 Switching Locations 346 Internet Sharing 348 icioud 350 Internet Location Files 360 Chapter 11: Mail & Contacts 361 Checking Your Mail 361 Writing Messages 368 Stationery 374 Reading 377 ViPs 392 The Anti-Spam Toolkit 393 Contacts 395 Chapter 12: Safari & Messages 407 Browsing Basics 407 The Unified Address/Search Bar 407 Bookmarks Tips for Better Surfing 417 Tabbed Browsing 426 Privacy and Security Features 428 Messages 431 imessages 433 The Traditional Chat Networks 436 Let the Chat Begin 440 Text Chatting 441 Audio Chats 444 Video Chats 445 Juggling Chats and Windows 449 Sharing Your Screen 450 Messages Theater 452 TABLE OF CONTENTS ix

7 Part Four: Putting Down Roots Chapter 13: Accounts, Parental Controls & Security 457 Introducing Accounts 457 Creating an Account 459 Parental Controls 468 Editing Accounts 475 Setting Up the Login Process 477 Signing In, Logging Out 479 Sharing Across Accounts 48' Fast User Switching 481 Six OS X Security Shields 484 And Four Privacy Shields 499 Chapter 14: Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing 501 Wiring the Network 501 File Sharing: Three Ways 505 Accessing Shared Files 515 Networking with Windows 523 Screen Sharing 530 Chapter 15: System Preferences 539 The System Preferences Window 539 Accessibility 541 Bluetooth 547 CDs & DVDs 549 Date & Time 550 Desktop & Screen Saver 553 Dictation & Speech 557 Displays 557 Dock 560 Energy Saver 560 General 564 icioud 566 Keyboard 566 Language & Text 568 Mail, Contacts & Calendars 568 Mission Control 568 Mouse 568 Network 569 Notifications 570 Parental Controls 570 Print & Scan 570 Security & Privacy 570 x TABI.i; Ol CONTENTS

8 Sharing 570 Software Update 571 Sound 571 Spotlight 574 Startup Disk 574 Time Machine 574 Trackpad 574 Users & Croups 577 Chapter 16: The Freebie Programs 579 Your Free OS X Programs 579 App Store 579 Automator 580 Calculator 580 Calendar 582 Chess 596 Contacts 598 Dashboard 598 Dictionary 598 DVD Player 600 FaceTime 601 Font Book 604 Game Center 604 GarageBand 607 Image Capture 607 imovie, iphoto 610 itunes 610 Launchpad 610 Mail 610 Messages 610 Mission Control 610 Notes 610 Notification Center 614 Photo Booth 619 Preview 623 QuickTime Player 633 Reminders 633 Safari 637 Stickies 637 System Preferences 639 TextEdit 639 Time Machine 645 Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox 646 TABI.i; 01: CONTENTS xi

9 Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: Installing OS X Mountain Lion 667 Hardware Requirements 668 Psychological Requirements 669 The Standard Installation 669 The Setup Assistant 672 The Homemade Installer Disk 674 Appendix B: Troubleshooting 677 Minor Eccentric Behavior 677 Frozen Programs (Force Quitting) 679 Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks 680 Application Won't Open 684 Startup Problems 684 Fixing the Disk 687 Where to Get Troubleshooting Help 690 Appendix C: The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary 691 Appendix D: The Master OS X Secret Keystroke List 705 Index 713 XII TABLE OV CONTENTS