Macs All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

  

  

by Wally Wang

Macs

  

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FOR

  

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by Wally Wang

Macs

  

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FOR

  

DUMmIES

  ® Macs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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  I might as well use this space to tell you about myself on the off chance that anyone actually reads it. After suffering through post-traumatic stress disorder after working for General Dynamics for 1.5 years and Cubic Corporation for another 2 years (where I can count my contributions to making the world a better place on one amputated, missing finger), I soon fled the world of Department of Defense contractors to the sanctuary of the personal computer market, where I was fortunate enough to make a living writing computer magazine articles and books. I’ve written several dozen computer books, most of which are out of print (unless someone still wants a book teaching them about the joys of Turbo Pascal programming or how to write macros in WordPerfect 5.0 for DOS). While spending most of my adult life covering the rise and fall of the computer indus- try, I noticed a pattern. Every computer company that was the leader in its field would eventually mess up by failing to update its product for several years and then finally churn out a shoddy update that drove their customers en masse to a rival, thereby turning the rival into the new leader of that particular category.

  This happened when WordStar failed to update its word processor for four years and finally cranked out an incompatible version (called WordStar 2000) that everyone hated, thereby causing people to flock to WordPerfect instead. WordPerfect promptly fumbled the ball when it failed to update its product to run on Windows, which let Microsoft Word take over from there.

  The same situation occurred again in the database market when dBASE took too long to issue an update and when it did, the update turned out to be the buggy dBASE IV that everyone hated, which caused everyone to switch to Paradox. Like WordPerfect, Paradox fumbled the ball by not creating a Windows version, which allowed Microsoft Access to take over the database market.

  That’s when I noticed that Microsoft was fumbling the ball in the operating system market. After failing to update its operating system for five years, it promptly issued a buggy (like dBASE IV) and incompatible (like WordStar 2000) version dubbed Vista. One look at Vista made me realize that history was about to repeat itself and Vista would soon be the main reason people would crown a new leader in the operating system category. After ruling out competitors like Linux, I realized that the next leader of the personal computer market could only be Mac OS X.

  So that’s when I became a complete Mac user, dumping Windows XP (and my free copy of Vista) in favor of learning and mastering the Macintosh. That’s who I am today: a devoted Mac user who has realized that the Mac is the future of the personal computer market because the Mac is reliable, easy to use, and most importantly, fun to use as well. Not that anyone cares what I think, though.

  Dedication

  This book is dedicated to all those long-suffering Windows users who have switched over to the Mac and discovered that it’s possible to buy and use a computer that actually works.

  Author’s Acknowledgments

  This book could never have been written without the invention of the print- ing press, so thank you, Johannes Gutenberg! On a more contemporary level, a big thanks goes out to Bill Gladstone and Margot Hutchison at Waterside Productions. Of course, if they weren’t my agents, they would have just gotten someone else to write this book and you’d see a different name plastered across the cover. Another big round of thanks goes to the whole, happy crew at Wiley Publishing for turning this project into reality: Bob Woerner for entrusting me with the massive Mac tome you have in your hands; Paul Levesque for keeping this whole project together; Dennis Cohen for helping me make the transition from the world of Windows to the much better world of the Mac; and Virginia Sanders for editing, revising, and correcting what I wrote so I don’t wind up looking like an idiot.

  I also want to acknowledge all the stand-up comedians I’ve met, who have made those horrible crowds at comedy clubs more bearable: Darrell Joyce (http://darrelljoyce.com), Leo “the Man, the Myth, the Legend” Fontaine, Chris Clobber, Bob Zany (www.bobzany.com), Russ Rivas (http:// russrivas.com

  ), Don Learned, Dante, and Dobie “The Uranus King” Maxwell. Another round of thanks goes to Steve Schirripa (who appeared in HBO’s hit show The Sopranos) for giving me my break in performing at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, one of the few old-time casinos left that the demolition crews haven’t imploded (yet).

  I’d also like to acknowledge the animals in my life who have played such a large role in forcing me to buy paper towels, liquid cleaners, and air freshen- ers: Bo, Scraps, Tasha, and Nuit (my cats) and Ollie and Loons (two birds who live with my sister because if they lived with me, they would have long ago become meals for Bo, Scraps, Tasha, or Nuit). Finally, I’d like to acknowledge Cassandra (my wife) and Jordan (my son) for putting up with my long hours and my insistence that everyone dump their Windows XP PCs right away (an easy decision since they never worked right anyway) and migrate completely to the Mac.

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  Contents at a Glance

Introduction .................................................................1

Book I: Mac Basics .......................................................7

  Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Mac .............................................................................9 Chapter 2: Starting Up, Sleeping, and Shutting Down..................................................15 Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with the Mac User Interface ......................................25 Chapter 4: Running Programs.........................................................................................55 Chapter 5: Installing and Uninstalling Software ...........................................................77 Chapter 6: Managing Files and Folders..........................................................................93 Chapter 7: Customizing Your Mac................................................................................129 Chapter 8: Accessibility Features of the Macintosh ..................................................153 Chapter 9: Maintenance and Troubleshooting ...........................................................167 Book II: Photos, Music, and Movies............................181 Chapter 1: Playing with Audio ......................................................................................183 Chapter 2: Playing with Pictures ..................................................................................205 Chapter 3: Watching Videos on a Mac .........................................................................223 Chapter 4: Using Front Row for Movies, Music, and Photos ....................................239 Book III: Browsing the Internet..................................255 Chapter 1: Browsing the Internet .................................................................................257 Chapter 2: Sending and Receiving E-Mail ....................................................................291 Chapter 3: Chatting in Real Time..................................................................................319 Chapter 4: Security for Your Mac .................................................................................335 Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Own Web Site...................................................................359 Book IV: Working with iLife and iWork ......................371 Chapter 1: Storing Memories with iPhoto ...................................................................373 Chapter 2: Using iMovie.................................................................................................401 Chapter 3: Using iDVD ...................................................................................................425 Chapter 4: Creating Web Sites with iWeb ....................................................................443 Chapter 5: Using GarageBand .......................................................................................459 Chapter 6: Writing and Publishing with Pages ..........................................................481 Chapter 7: Making Presentations with Keynote .........................................................509 Chapter 8: Doing Calculations with Numbers.............................................................535

  

Book V: Other Mac Programs .....................................565

  Chapter 1: Word Processing on the Mac .....................................................................567 Chapter 2: Office Suites on the Mac.............................................................................581 Chapter 3: Painting and Drawing on a Mac .................................................................597 Chapter 4: Running Windows on a Mac.......................................................................613 Chapter 5: Having Fun with a Mac................................................................................627 Book VI: Time-Saving Tips with a Mac........................641 Chapter 1: Protecting Your Data...................................................................................643 Chapter 2: Managing Your Time with iCal ...................................................................659 Chapter 3: Storing Contact Information in the Address Book ..................................679 Chapter 4: Using Dashboard .........................................................................................693 Chapter 5: Automating Your Mac .................................................................................705 Book VII: Mac Networking ........................................723 Chapter 1: Networking Your Macs................................................................................725 Chapter 2: Sharing Files and Resources on a Network..............................................739 Chapter 3: Bluetooth Wireless Networking.................................................................751 Index .......................................................................761

  Table of Contents

Introduction..................................................................1

  About This Book...............................................................................................2 How to Use This Book .....................................................................................2 How This Book Is Organized...........................................................................3

  Book I: Mac Basics..................................................................................3 Book II: Photos, Music, and Movies .....................................................3 Book III: Browsing the Internet .............................................................3 Book IV: Working with iLife and iWork ................................................3 Book V: Other Mac Programs................................................................4 Book VI: Time-Saving Tips with a Mac.................................................4 Book VII: Mac Networking .....................................................................4

  Icons Used in This Book..................................................................................4 Where to Go from Here....................................................................................5

  

Book I: Mac Basics........................................................7

  Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Different Macintosh Models............................................................................9 The iMac ................................................................................................10 The MacBook and MacBook Pro ........................................................10 The Mac Mini and Mac Pro..................................................................11 Understanding Mac Processors ...................................................................11 Identifying the Parts of Your Mac ................................................................13 Chapter 2: Starting Up, Sleeping, and Shutting Down . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Starting Your Mac...........................................................................................15 Putting a Mac in Sleep Mode ........................................................................17 Putting a Mac in Sleep mode manually..............................................17 Putting a Mac in Sleep mode automatically......................................18 Shutting Down a Mac .....................................................................................22 Restarting a Mac.............................................................................................23 Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with the Mac User Interface . . . . . . .25 Mastering the Mouse and Keyboard............................................................26 The parts of the mouse .......................................................................26 The parts of the keyboard...................................................................27

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  Getting to Know the Mac User Interface .....................................................33 The menu bar........................................................................................33 Understanding menu commands ......................................................34 Working with dialogs............................................................................35 Viewing data in a window....................................................................35 Manipulating windows with Exposé ..................................................42

  Playing with Icons in the Dock and Finder .................................................44 The Desktop ..........................................................................................44 The Dock................................................................................................45 The Finder .............................................................................................48

  Getting Help ....................................................................................................50 Pointing out commands to use...........................................................50 Reading help topics..............................................................................52

  Chapter 4: Running Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Running a Program from the Dock...............................................................55 Adding program icons to the Dock ....................................................57 Rearranging program icons in the Dock............................................58 Removing program icons from the Dock...........................................58 Starting Programs by Double-Clicking Icons ..............................................59 Double-clicking a program icon..........................................................60 Double-clicking a document icon .......................................................61 Using alias icons ...................................................................................62 Switching Between Programs .......................................................................64 Using the Dock to switch between programs ...................................65 Switching programs with the Application Switcher ........................66 Using Exposé to switch between programs ......................................66 Switching by clicking different windows ...........................................67 Getting Organized on Multiple Desktops with Spaces ..............................68 Turning on Spaces and creating Desktops........................................69 Configuring Spaces...............................................................................69 Moving program windows to different Desktops .............................70 Switching Desktops ..............................................................................71 Increasing (or decreasing) the number of Desktops .......................72 Turning off Spaces ...............................................................................72 Quitting Programs..........................................................................................73 Closing a document..............................................................................73 Shutting down a program....................................................................73 Force quitting a program.....................................................................74 Chapter 5: Installing and Uninstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Finding Software.............................................................................................77 Installing Software..........................................................................................80 Installing software from a CD/DVD.....................................................80 Installing software off the Internet .....................................................83

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  Uninstalling Software.....................................................................................86 Uninstalling a program ........................................................................86 Removing program icons from the Dock and Desktop....................87 Removing user setting files .................................................................89

  

Chapter 6: Managing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Using the Finder .............................................................................................94 Understanding devices ........................................................................94 Understanding folders .........................................................................95 Navigating through the Finder .....................................................................97 Opening a folder ...................................................................................97 Exiting a folder......................................................................................98 Jumping to a specific folder ................................................................98 Jumping back and forth.......................................................................98 Organizing and Viewing a Folder..................................................................99 Selecting items in the Finder.............................................................100 Using Icon view...................................................................................100 Using List view....................................................................................102 Using Columns view ...........................................................................103 Using Cover Flow view.......................................................................104 Creating Folders ...........................................................................................105 Creating a folder using the Finder menu .........................................106 Creating a folder through the Save As dialog .................................106 Manipulating Files and Folders ..................................................................108 Renaming a file or folder ...................................................................109 Copying a file or folder ......................................................................111 Moving a file or folder........................................................................113 Archiving Files and Folders ........................................................................114 Creating a ZIP file................................................................................114 Creating a DMG file.............................................................................115 Searching Files..............................................................................................118 Using Spotlight....................................................................................118 Using Smart Folders ...........................................................................119 Using Smart Folders in the Sidebar..................................................123 Storing Files and Folders in the Dock ........................................................123 Storing files in the Dock.....................................................................123 Creating Stacks in the Dock ..............................................................124 Opening files stored in a Stack .........................................................125 Burning Files and Folders to CD/DVD........................................................125 Creating a Burn Folder.......................................................................125 Burning the contents of a Burn Folder ............................................126 Deleting a File or Folder ..............................................................................127 Retrieving a file or folder from the Trash........................................128 Emptying the Trash............................................................................128

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  Chapter 7: Customizing Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Changing the Desktop..................................................................................129 Choosing a built-in Desktop image...................................................129 Choosing an iPhoto image for the Desktop.....................................130 Choosing your own image for the Desktop.....................................131 Customizing the Screen Saver ....................................................................132 Choosing a screen saver....................................................................132 Defining hot corners ..........................................................................133 Changing the Display and Appearance .....................................................135 Changing the screen resolution........................................................135 Changing the color of the user interface.........................................136 Changing the Date and Time.......................................................................137 Adjusting Sounds .........................................................................................139 Saving Energy ...............................................................................................142 Picking a Printer ...........................................................................................144 Adding (and deleting) a printer........................................................144 Defining a default printer ..................................................................145 Creating Separate Accounts .......................................................................145 Types of accounts ..............................................................................146 Creating an account ...........................................................................147 Switching between accounts ............................................................149 Deleting an account ...........................................................................151 Chapter 8: Accessibility Features of the Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 Correcting Vision Limitations.....................................................................153 Correcting hearing limitations..........................................................155 Correcting keyboard limitations.......................................................156 Correcting mouse limitations ...........................................................157 Using Voice Recognition and Speech.........................................................160 Setting up voice recognition .............................................................160 Setting up speech capabilities ..........................................................164 Chapter 9: Maintenance and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Handling Startup Troubles..........................................................................167 Booting up in Safe Mode....................................................................168 Booting from a CD/DVD .....................................................................169 Booting from another Mac through a FireWire cable ....................170 Shutting Down Frozen or Hung Up Programs...........................................171 Removing Jammed CDs/DVDs ....................................................................174 Repairing and Maintaining Hard Drives ....................................................175 Verifying a disk....................................................................................175 Verifying disk permissions ................................................................178 Preventative Maintenance ..........................................................................179

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Book II: Photos, Music, and Movies ............................181

  Chapter 1: Playing with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Understanding Audio File Formats ............................................................183 Lossless audio files ............................................................................184 Compressed lossless audio files.......................................................184 Compressed lossy audio files ...........................................................184 Playing Audio with iTunes ..........................................................................186 Listening to CDs..................................................................................186 Converting an audio disc into digital files ......................................188 Importing digital audio files ..............................................................190 Sorting your digital audio files .........................................................191 Playing digital audio files ..................................................................194 Searching for a song...........................................................................195 Using a playlist....................................................................................196 Creating a Smart Playlist ...................................................................197 Deleting a playlist ...............................................................................202 Burning an Audio CD ...................................................................................202 Chapter 2: Playing with Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Understanding Digital Photography ..........................................................205 Understanding megapixels................................................................205 Understanding flash memory cards.................................................206 Understanding digital image file formats ........................................209 Transferring Digital Images to the Mac .....................................................209 Defining a default program for retrieving images ..........................210 Retrieving images using iPhoto ........................................................211 Retrieving images using Image Capture ..........................................211 Capturing Pictures from Other Sources ....................................................213 Capturing pictures with Photo Booth..............................................213 Capturing pictures off Web sites ......................................................215 Editing Digital Images .................................................................................216 Selecting all or part of a picture .......................................................217 Changing colors..................................................................................219 Adding and removing items in a picture .........................................220 Chapter 3: Watching Videos on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Understanding Video Disc Formats ...........................................................223 Understanding Digital Video Formats .......................................................224 Playing a Digital Video File..........................................................................225

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  Playing a DVD ...............................................................................................226 Understanding full screen mode and window mode .....................226 Viewing the DVD and Title menus....................................................229 Skipping through a video...................................................................229 Viewing frames in steps and slow motion.......................................230 Skipping by chapters .........................................................................230 Placing bookmarks in a video ...........................................................231 Creating video clips............................................................................233 Viewing closed captioning ................................................................235 Viewing different camera angles ......................................................236 Choosing different audio tracks .......................................................236 Customizing DVD Player....................................................................236

  Chapter 4: Using Front Row for Movies, Music, and Photos . . . . . . .239 Using the Apple Remote..............................................................................239 Making a Mac go to sleep ..................................................................240 Booting up a Mac................................................................................240 Controlling applications ....................................................................241 Pairing an Apple Remote with a Mac ...............................................242 Accessing Front Row ..................................................................................244 Starting Front Row .............................................................................244 Highlighting an option in Front Row ................................................244 Selecting an option in Front Row .....................................................244 Exiting a Front Row submenu ...........................................................245 Playing Movies and Videos .........................................................................245 Playing a DVD......................................................................................246 Playing a digital video file .................................................................246 Playing a TV show ..............................................................................247 Playing a music video ........................................................................248 Playing Music and Other Sounds ...............................................................250 Playing an audio CD ...........................................................................250 Playing a digital audio file .................................................................251 Playing podcasts ................................................................................252 Playing audiobooks ............................................................................253 Viewing Pictures...........................................................................................254 Book III: Browsing the Internet ..................................255 Chapter 1: Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 Setting Up an Internet Connection.............................................................257 Ethernet connection ..........................................................................257 Wireless access...................................................................................258 Dial-up access .....................................................................................261

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  Browsing through Web Sites.......................................................................264 Defining a home page.........................................................................264 Visiting a Web site ..............................................................................265 Searching for Web sites .....................................................................267 Searching previously viewed Web sites ..........................................267 Using bookmarks................................................................................268 Browsing with SnapBack ..................................................................276 Using tabbed browsing ......................................................................277 Using Web Clips ..................................................................................279

  Search for Text on a Web Page ...................................................................281 Saving Web Pages.........................................................................................283

  Saving a Web page as a file................................................................283 Printing a Web page as a file .............................................................284 Sending a Web page by e-mail...........................................................285 Sending a Web page as a link ............................................................286

  Viewing and Playing Multimedia Files .......................................................286 Watching video ...................................................................................286 Listening to streaming audio ............................................................288 Viewing PDF files ................................................................................288

  Downloading Files ........................................................................................288 Downloading a file ..............................................................................289

  

Chapter 2: Sending and Receiving E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Setting Up an E-Mail Account .....................................................................291 Gathering your e-mail account information....................................292 Configuring your e-mail account .....................................................293 Writing E-Mails..............................................................................................296 Creating a new e-mail .........................................................................296 Replying to a message .......................................................................297 Forwarding a message .......................................................................297 Sending a file attachment ..................................................................298 Sending a message to multiple recipients ......................................299 Using e-mail stationery ......................................................................300 Spell and grammar checking.............................................................303 Receiving and Reading E-Mail.....................................................................305 Retrieving e-mail ................................................................................305 Reading e-mail.....................................................................................306 Viewing and saving file attachments ...............................................307 Storing e-mail addresses....................................................................308 Deleting messages ..............................................................................310 Organizing E-Mail .........................................................................................311 Searching through e-mail...................................................................311 Sorting e-mail ......................................................................................311 Organizing e-mail with mailbox folders ...........................................313 Automatically organizing e-mail with smart mailboxes ................314 Automatically organizing e-mail with rules.....................................316