MacBook Pro Portable Genius

Мануал (оригинал). — 403 с.About the Author: Brad Miser, has written more than 25 books, with his favorite topics being anything related to Macintosh computers or starting with i such as iTunes, iPhones, and iPods. In addition to MacBook Portable Genius, Brad has written Teach Yourself Visually MacBook; MacBook Portable Genius; My iPhone; Absolute Beginner’s Guide to iPod and iTunes; Sleeping with the Enemy: Running Windows on a Mac; and Special Edition Using Mac OS X Leopard. He has also been co-author, development editor, or technical editor on more than 50 other titles. Brad has been a solutions consultant, the director of product and customer services, and the manager of education and support services for several software development companies. In addition to his passion for silicon-based technology, Brad enjoys his steel-based technology, AKA motorcycles, whenever and wherever possible. Originally from California, Brad now lives in Indiana with his wife Amy; their three daughters, Jill,Emily,and Grace; and a rabbit named Bun-Bun. Brad would love to hear about your experiences with this book (the good, the bad, and the ugly).Содержание:
Setting Desktop Preferences.
Setting Finder desktop icon preferences.
Setting desktop pictures.
Working with the Dock.
Configuring the Dock’s contents.
Configuring the Dock’s appearance and behavior.
Working with the Sidebar and Toolbar.
Using and configuring the Sidebar.
Using and configuring the Toolbar.
Working with Exposé.
Using Exposé to hide all open windows.
Using Exposé to show thumbnails of open windows.
Using Exposé to show thumbnails of an application’s open windows.
Configuring Exposé keyboard shortcuts.
Using Desktop Spaces.
Creating Spaces.
Using Spaces.
Using the Dashboard.
Working with the Dashboard.
Setting the Dashboard keyboard shortcut and hot corner.
Configuring the widgets on the.
Dashboard.
Configuring installed widgets.
Installing more widgets.
Creating your own Web widgets.
How Do I Manage User Accounts?
Creating and Managing User Accounts.
Creating new Administrator or.
Standard user accounts.
Limiting user accounts with Parental Controls.
Setting Login Items for a user account.
Creating Sharing Only user accounts.
Creating Group user accounts.
Changing user accounts.
Deleting user accounts.
Using Automatic Login.
Configuring the Login Window.
Working with Fast User Switching.
Enabling Fast User Switching.
Using Fast User Switching.
Working with the Root User Account.
Enabling the Root user account.
Using the Root user account.
Setting Up a Local Network with Internet Access.
Installing and configuring an AirPort.
Extreme Base Station.
Building a local network.
Connecting to the Internet through a Wireless Network.
Enabling AirPort.
Connecting to wireless networks.
Connecting to the Internet with an Ethernet Connection.
Connecting to the Internet with a Wireless Broadband Card.
Obtaining a wireless broadband card.
Installing and configuring a wireless broadband card.
Using a wireless broadband card to connect to the Internet.
Managing Multiple Network Connections.
Configuring network connections.
Using locations to manage network connections.
Troubleshooting an Internet Connection.
Solving a network problem.
Solving a MacBook Pro problem.
None of these steps helped.
Sharing Files.
Sharing your files with others.
Accessing files shared with you.
Sharing files with Windows PCs.
Sharing Screens.
Sharing MacBook Pro with other Macs.
Accessing another Mac from MacBook Pro.
Sharing Printers.
Sharing USB printers connected to a base station.
Sharing printers connected to a Mac.
Sharing an Internet Connection.
Obtaining a MobileMe Account.
Configuring a MobileMe account.
Managing a MobileMe account.
Working with an iDisk.
Configuring and managing an iDisk.
Using an iDisk.
E-mailing from the Web.
Using MobileMe Webmail.
Setting Webmail preferences.
Using MobileMe e-mail aliases.
Synchronizing Data.
Adding Contact Information to Address Book.
Creating a contact manually.
Importing vCards.
Adding contact information from e-mail.
Editing address cards.
Working with Cards.
Browsing for cards.
Searching for cards.
Using card information.
Organizing Cards with Groups.
Creating groups manually.
Creating smart groups.
Changing groups.
Synchronizing Contact Information with an iPhone.
Printing from Address Book.
Configuring E-mail Accounts.
Configuring a MobileMe e-mail account.
Configuring a POP e-mail account.
Configuring an IMAP account.
Configuring an Exchange account.
Testing e-mail accounts.
Working with File Attachments.
Sending compressed files through e-mail.
Preparing attachments for Windows users.
Working with files you receive.
Organizing E-mail.
Using mailboxes to organize e-mail.
Using smart mailboxes to organize your e-mail.
Using smart mailbox folders to organize your smart mailboxes.
Using the Junk Mail Tool in Mail.
Configuring the Junk Mail tool.
Managing spam with the Junk Mail tool.
Adding Signatures to E-mail.
Automatically Managing E-mail with Rules.
Working with RSS Feeds.
Adding RSS feeds to Mail.
Configuring RSS preferences.
Reading RSS feeds.
Configuring iChat.
Configuring iChat with the Assistant.
Configuring iChat with Preferences.
Setting Up and Working with Chat Buddies.
Working with the AIM Buddy List.
Adding chat buddies.
Chatting with Text.
Requesting a text chat.
Responding to a text chat invitation.
Chatting with more than one person.
Chatting with Audio.
Chatting with Video.
Sharing Desktops During a Chat.
Accessing a desktop being shared with you.
Sharing your desktop with someone else.
Sharing a Document During a Chat.
Chatting On.
Setting, Organizing, and Using.
Bookmarks.
Setting bookmarks.
Setting bookmarks preferences.
Organizing bookmarks.
Using bookmarks.
Using Tabs to Browse.
Configuring tabbed browsing in Safari.
Using tabs.
Opening many Web pages with one click.
Searching the Web.
Downloading Files.
Using AutoFill to Quickly Complete Web Forms.
Preparing AutoFill.
Using AutoFill.
Saving and E-mailing Web Pages.
Saving Web pages.
E-mailing links to Web pages.
E-mailing Web pages.
Using Firefox to Surf the Web.
Downloading and installing Firefox.
Browsing with Firefox.
Setting and organizing bookmarks in Firefox.
Browsing with Firefox tabs.
Setting Up iCal.
Creating Calendars in iCal.
Adding Events to Calendars.
Creating and Completing To Do Items.
Adding To Do items to a calendar.
Managing To Do items.
Working with Calendars on Your MacBook Pro.
Viewing calendars, events, and To Do items.
Printing calendars.
Publishing and Subscribing to Calendars.
Publishing calendars.
Subscribing to published calendars.
Subcribing to public calendars.
Moving iCal Calendars to an iPhone.
Monitoring Battery Status.
Configuring the Battery menu.
Keeping track of power levels.
Making the Battery Last Longer.
Using the Energy Saver.
Adopting low energy habits.
Powering MacBook Pro while Traveling.
Powering MacBook Pro with multiple batteries.
Packing a power travel kit.
Using the MacBook Pro Trackpad.
Using the MacBook Pro Keyboard.
Configuring the keyboard.
Configuring the keyboard’s language settings and the Input menu.
Using keyboard tricks.
Configuring Bluetooth on a MacBook Pro.
Adding a Bluetooth Mouse.
Pairing a Bluetooth mouse with MacBook Pro.
Configuring a Bluetooth mouse.
Adding a Bluetooth Keyboard.
Pairing a Bluetooth keyboard with MacBook Pro.
Configuring a Bluetooth keyboard.
Configuring the MacBook Pro Display.
Adding an External Display.
Connecting an external display.
Configuring an external display.
Using an external display.
Using a Projector.
Getting Sound Out of a MacBook Pro.
Understanding sound output options.
Using external speakers.
Connecting an analog speaker system.
Connecting a digital speaker system.
Controlling sound output.
Working with Sound Effects.
Configuring sound effects.
Using your own alert sounds.
Getting Sound into a MacBook Pro.
Recording sound with the MacBook Pro internal microphone.
Recording sound with a USB headset.
Recording sound with a video camera.
Recording sound from external microphones and musical instruments.
Connecting to USB Printers.
Installing a USB printer.
Configuring a USB printer.
Connecting to Network Printers.
Installing a network printer.
Configuring a network printer.
Printing Wirelessly.
Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station to share a printer.
Connecting to a USB printer connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station.
Managing Print Jobs.
Configuring print jobs with the Print dialog.
Managing print jobs with the Print Queue.
Printing to PDF.
Creating PDF Files.
Using External Hard Drives.
Installing an external hard drive.
Using Disk Utility to prepare an external hard drive.
Working with external hard drives.
Maintaining hard drives.
Using an iPod as an External Drive.
Configuring an iPod Classic as a hard drive.
Configuring an iPod shuffle as a drive.
Working with an iPod as a hard drive.
Working with Flash Drives.
Connecting a flash drive.
Preparing a flash drive.
Keeping Software Current.
Keeping Apple software current.
Keeping non-Apple software current.
Protecting MacBook Pro from Internet Attacks.
Using a base station to shield your MacBook Pro.
Using the Mac OS X firewall to shield your MacBook Pro.
Protecting MacBook Pro with General Security.
Protecting Data with Time Machine.
Preparing a backup disk.
Backing up with Time Machine.
Restoring files with Time Machine.
Protecting Data with Backup from Apple.
Downloading and installing Backup.
Backing up with Backup.
Managing backups in Backup.
Restoring files with Backup.
Protecting Data with Encryption.
Protecting Information with Keychains.
Viewing and configuring your keychains.
Adding items to a keychain.
Working with keychains.
Choosing a Windows Option.
Using Boot Camp to Run Windows.
Configuring Boot Camp and installing Windows.
Running Windows using Boot Camp.
Running Windows Virtually.
Installing Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Configuring Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Running Windows under Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Looking for Trouble.
Understanding and Describing Problems.
Recognizing user errors.
Recognizing software problems.
Describing problems.
Fast and Easy Solutions.
Forcing applications to quit.
Forcing the Finder to relaunch.
Restarting.
Shutting down soft.
Shutting down hard.
Logging in under a troubleshooting user account.
Repairing external hard drives.
Repairing the internal hard drive.
Repairing permissions.
Reinstalling applications.
Starting up from an alternate startup external drive.
Starting up from the Mac OS X installation disc.
Getting Help with MacBook Pro Problems.
Getting help from the Mac Help system.
Describing a problem in detail.
Getting help from others.
Trying Harder or More Expensive Solutions.
Reinstalling Mac OS X.
Melting and repouring.