Mac OS® X Panther ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES‰
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
Mac OS® X Panther ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES‰
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage Mac OS® X Panther™ Timesaving Techniques For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for per- mission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, (317) 572-3447, fax (317) 572-4447, e-mail: [email protected]. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com, and related trade dress are trade- marks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. Mac OS and Panther are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book.
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When he’s not tinkering on his Mac, he spends his time reading, working on his fixer- upper of a house, and, given the time, napping in front of the fireplace. Larry currently lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife of eight years, Jessica.
Marc Liyanage is a senior software engineer at futureLAB AG, a research and development company focusing on emerging Internet, telecommunications, and wireless technologies.
He’s been using and programming Macintosh computers professionally for 15 years for desktop publishing, video and TV screen design, and software development. He’s been a UNIX user and software engineer for the past eight years in the Internet/ISP industry, doing commercial Web application work and large-scale ISP systems design and imple- mentation using open source software packages. He has also taught classes on XML and trained junior software engineers.
He’s been a Mac OS X user and developer since the first beta versions, and he’s very excited about the Panther OS because it brings together the elegance of the Macintosh with the power of UNIX. In his spare time, he runs the developer-oriented Mac OS X Web site www.entropy.ch, writes Cocoa software, and tinkers with his Mac.
His spare-time interests include graphic design, typography, and digital photography. He enjoys watching and reading science fiction movies and books. Marc lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
Dedication We dedicate this book to the good people at Apple. Thanks for designing wicked hard- ware, putting out the best operating system we’ve ever used (that’d be Panther), giving away some top-notch software, and for demonstrating that there’s nothing wrong with a computer that’s cool, feature-rich, secure, and stable.
Marc would like to also dedicate this book to his mother, Martina.
Authors’ Acknowledgments Our thanks to Wiley and to Carole McClendon at Waterside.
As always, thanks to Jess for her support and willingness to listen to me complain.
A special shout-out to David S. just for being a swell guy.
Thanks to my excellent co-author, Marc, both for his much-needed assistance with this book as well as for the copious amount of work and support he has done for the Mac OS X platform over the years.
Last but not least, my sincerest gratitude goes out to you, the reader.
—Larry Ullman
First and foremost, big thanks to Larry Ullman for inviting me to join him on this book project and for being a great guy to work with. I enjoyed every minute and learned a lot on the way.
Thanks to my friends at futureLAB for making this the best work place in the world!
Finally, thanks to my brother Andy for being a great friend.
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Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1 Technique 16: Managing Information Effectively 130 Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Technique 17: Working with Files 141 Running Your Mac Faster 7 Technique 18: Finding Files in the Finder 151 Technique 1: Installing Panther without the Hassle 9 Technique 19: Slimming Down Your Hard Drive 160 Technique 2: Starting Up with Speed 19 Technique 3: Running Panther Faster 25 Part IV: Improving Application Technique 4: When Good Applications Performance 165 Go Bad 32 Technique 20: Managing Applications 167 Technique 5: Logging Out and Technique 21: Launching Shutting Down 36 Applications Fast 175 Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 43 Technique 22: Switching, Hiding, and Quitting Applications 183 Technique 6: Working with Displays 45 Technique 23: Opening Files Faster 188 Technique 7: Speedy Keyboard Navigation 53 Technique 24: Saving and Printing Files 195 Technique 8: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts 63 Technique 25: Cut, Copy, Paste 202 Technique 9: A Faster Finder 69 Technique 26: Managing Fonts 207 Technique 10: Customizing Windows for Your Convenience 79 Technique 27: Getting to Know Services 214 Technique 11: Establishing an Part V: Cranking Up Your Efficient Dock 90 Internet Activities 219 Technique 12: Saving Steps with Technique 28: Surfing with Safari 221 Contextual Menus 96 Technique 29: Surfing with Other Technique 13: Easily Managing Browsers 232 Windows with Exposé 103 Technique 30: Managing Bookmarks Part III: Handling Files (And Better 238 Other Stuff) Quickly 111 Technique 31: Speedy Searches Technique 14: Organizing Your with Google 245 Home Directory 113 Technique 32: Searching the Internet Technique 15: Managing Aliases, with Other Tools 252 Favorites, and Icons 122 Technique 33: Mastering Mail 259 Technique 34: Stopping Spam in Part VIII: Security and Maintenance 379 Its Tracks 271 Technique 48: Better Backups with Technique 35: Innovative iChat 278 rsync and .Mac 381 Technique 49: Battling Viruses 389 Part VI: Optimizing Your Network 287 Technique 50: Keeping Your Software Technique 36: Getting Your Mac Online 289 Up-to-Date 394 Technique 37: The Wonderful World Technique 51: Securing Files 399 of Wireless Networking 296 Technique 52: Proper Password Policy 405 Technique 38: Sharing the Wealth with Rendezvous 303 Technique 53: Useful Utilities 410 Technique 39: Share the Love: Sharing Files, Printers, and More 309 Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff 415 Technique 54: Controlling Cellphones Technique 40: Network Security 316 with Bluetooth 417 Technique 41: Your Guide to .Mac: Technique 55: The Terminal, $100 Well Spent 321 the Finder, and You 428 Part VII: Fast and Furious Technique 56: Managing and Finding Multimedia 329 Files Fast 438 Technique 42: iTunes: Rockin’ in the Technique 57: Piping and Redirecting (Partially) Free World 331 Output with the Terminal 444 Technique 43: Working with iPhoto 342 Technique 58: Viewing and Editing Text Files 451 Technique 44: Staying on Schedule with iCal 349 Technique 59: Customizing Your Terminal 456 Technique 45: Snapping Screenshots Fast 357 Technique 60: AppleScript and You 464 Technique 46: Working with CDs Technique 61: Entertaining Yourself and DVDs 363 with Screen Savers 469 Technique 47: Getting More Than Music Index 475 out of Your iPod 369 Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Technique 3: Running Panther Faster 25 Saving Time with This Book 1 Optimizing Your System with Shareware 25 Foolish Assumptions 2 Disabling Unnecessary Features 27 How This Book Is Organized 2 Longer Battery Life 29 Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Running Improving Performance through Hardware 30 Your Mac Faster 2 Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 2 Technique 4: When Good Applications Part III: Handling Files (And Other Stuff) Go Bad 32 Quickly 3 Slaying Stalled Apps with the Dock 32 Part IV: Improving Application Performance 3 Gaining Better Performance through Part V: Cranking Up Your Internet Activities 3 Activity Monitoring 33 Part VI: Optimizing Your Network 3 Part VII: Fast and Furious Multimedia 3 Technique 5: Logging Out and Shutting Down 36 Part VIII: Security and Maintenance 3 Logging Out 36 Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff 3 Securing Your System with a Screen Saver 39 Conventions Used in This Book 3 Fast User Switching 40 Icons Used in This Book 4 Making the Quick Exit 41 Comments and Questions 4 Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 43 Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Technique 6: Working with Displays 45 Running Your Mac Faster 7 Managing Your Display Resolution 45 Technique 1: Installing Panther Adjusting the Colors 47 without the Hassle 9 Handling Fonts 49 What Panther Can Do for You 9 Using Multiple Displays 50 Choosing an Installation Method 11 Technique 7: Speedy Keyboard Navigation 53 Managing Your Disk Drives 11 Keyboard Characters 53 Formatting a volume 12 Moving Around in a Finder Window 54 Partitioning a disk drive 13 Navigating in any view mode 54 Installing Panther 14 Navigating in icon view 55 Working with Setup Assistant 17 Navigating in list view 56 Transferring Files Flawlessly 18 Navigating in column view 57 Technique 2: Starting Up with Speed 19 Navigating the Desktop 58 Faster Startups: Never Shut Down 19 Getting Places 59 Booting into a Different Mac OS 21 Technique 8: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts 63 Speeding Up Login 21 The Most Essential of the Essential Starting Applications Automatically 23 Keyboard Shortcuts 63 Application Shortcuts 65 Function Keys 67 Programming Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts 67 x Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
Technique 9: A Faster Finder 69 Technique 13: Easily Managing Finder Preferences 69 Windows with Exposé 103 General 70 Introducing Exposé 103 Labels 70 How to Get the Most out of Exposé 106 Sidebar 71 Dragging and dropping with Exposé 107 Advanced 72 Using Exposé without the mouse 109 Show View Options 73 Menus 74 Part III: Handling Files (And Using Your Input Device 76 Other Stuff) Quickly 111 Freeware and Shareware 76 Technique 14: Organizing Your TinkerTool 77 wClock 77 Home Directory 113 Menu tools 78 Your Stuff, Your Home Directory, and You 113 Technique 10: Customizing Windows Checking Out Your Library 116 for Your Convenience 79 A Cluttered Desktop Is a Sign of a Cluttered Mind 118 Understanding the Different View Modes 79 Revisiting Our Friend, the Dock 120 Icon view 80 List view 81 Technique 15: Managing Aliases, Column view 83 Favorites, and Icons 122 Customizing Windows 84 Also Known As: Working with Aliases 122 Toolbar 84 These are a few of my Favorites things 125 Sidebar 86 If you can, icon 126 Scroll bars 87 Using Actions 87 Technique 16: Managing Information Moving Windows Around 88 Effectively 130 Getting to Know the Address Book 130 Technique 11: Establishing an Customizing the Template 131 Efficient Dock 90 Creating Your Own vCard 133 Customizing the Dock 90 Creating and Using Groups 135 Organizing the Dock 92 Using the New Group From Selection tool 135 Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for the Dock 92 Creating a group manually 136 Shareware for the Dock 95 Duplicating an existing group 137 Technique 12: Saving Steps with Other Cool Address Book Tricks 137 Organizing and Prioritizing Information 139 Contextual Menus 96 Storing random bits of data as Stickies 139 Grasping the Basics of Contextual Menus 96 Prioritizing with to-do lists 140 Using CMs with Third-Party Applications 98 Getting organized with outlining applications 140 AppleScript, Contextual Menus, and You 99 Technique 17: Working with Files 141 Folder Actions 100 Big Cat 101 Understanding a File’s Properties 141 The General panel 142 The Name & Extension panel 143 Table of Contents xi
The Open With panel 145 Launching with the Dock 178 The Preview panel 145 Other Ways to Launch Applications 180 The Ownership & Permissions panel 146 Favorites and aliases 180 The Comments panel 147 Recent Items 180 Solving Common File Problems 148 Launching with Shareware Tools 181 Deleting locked files 148 Using LaunchBar 182 Ejecting stuck disk images 148 Finding the original for an alias 149 Technique 22: Switching, Hiding, Sharing files with another OS 149 and Quitting Applications 183 Technique 18: Finding Files in the Finder 151 Switching among Open Applications 183 Switching apps with Panther 183 Finder Window Searches 151 Switching apps with shareware 185 Using the Find Window 153 Hiding Applications 185 Incorporating Better Search Techniques 157 Quitting Applications 187 Technique 19: Slimming Down Your Logging Out and Shutting Down 187 Hard Drive 160 Technique 23: Opening Files Faster 188 Avoiding Unnecessary Installations 160 Opening Files with the Finder 188 Weeding Your Hard Drive: Manually Deleting Opening Files with Specific Applications 189 Files 161 Using the Window navigational bar Pruning your Home directory 162 to open files 189 Thinning out no-longer-required applications 162 Using the Dock to open files 189 Cleaning out your System and Library folders 163 Using Favorites to open files 190 Cleaning other volumes 163 Opening files with a contextual menu 190 Diet Tools: Third-Party Applications 163 Using LaunchBar 191 Hands-Off: What Not to Trash 164 Opening Files within an Application 191 Part IV: Improving Application Recalling Recent Items 192 Recalling files from the Apple menu 192 Performance 165 Recalling files from application menus 192 Technique 20: Managing Applications 167 Setting the Default Application for Files 193 Installing Applications 167 Technique 24: Saving and Printing Files 195 Tracking Installed Applications 169 Saving Files 195 Moving Installed Applications 171 Marc’s cool trick for navigating in Save Organizing the Applications folder 172 dialogs 198 Uninstalling Applications 173 Overwriting existing files 198 Technique 21: Launching Printing 198 Customizing print settings 199 Applications Fast 175 Previewing your documents 199 Auto-launching with the Accounts Panel 175 Desktop printing 200 Launching with the Finder 177 Creating PDFs 200 xii Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
Technique 25: Cut, Copy, Paste 202 Explorer bar 234 Other features 235 Copying and Pasting with the Keyboard and Mouse 202 Netscape, Mozilla, and Camino 235 Understanding the Clipboard 205 Commercial Web Browsers 236 Copy and Paste Tips and Tricks 205 Technique 30: Managing Bookmarks Clipboard shareware options 205 Better 238 Copying items within the Finder 206 Managing Bookmarks in Safari 238 Using the Find Clipboard 206 Bookmarking a page 240 Technique 26: Managing Fonts 207 Using the Bookmarks window 240 Fonts Support in Panther 207 Using the Bookmarks menu 241 Installing Fonts 208 Working with the Bookmarks Bar 241 Setting bookmark preferences in Safari 242 Viewing Fonts 209 Accessing Safari Bookmarks 243 Character Palette 209 Font panel 210 Sharing Bookmarks across Browsers 243 Font Book 212 Bookmark Tips and Tricks 244 Managing Fonts 213 Technique 31: Speedy Searches Technique 27: Getting to Know Services 214 with Google 245 What Are Services? 214 Doing Basic Google Searches 245 Grasping the Best Services Techniques 216 Doing Advanced Google Searches 246 Adding On Services 218 Doing Specialized Google Searches 247 Searching Google with Safari 248 Part V: Cranking Up Your Google Tips and Tricks 249 Internet Activities 219 Google, the dictionary 249 Google, the mathematician 249 Technique 28: Surfing with Safari 221 Google, the unit converter 250 Navigation Shortcuts 221 Google, the linguist 250 Standard Shortcuts 222 Google, the investor 251 Other Shortcuts 223 Google, the cartographer 251 Setting Preferences 224 Google, the (fill in the blank) 251 Setting General preferences 224 Technique 32: Searching the Internet Working with tabbed browsing 225 with Other Tools 252 Blocking pop-up windows 227 Searching Swiftly with Sherlock 252 Saving Time with AutoFill Forms 228 Searching with Watson 255 Managing Usernames and Passwords 229 Other Search Tools 257 Marking Pages with SnapBack 229 CleverKeys 257 Customizing Safari 231 iSeek 258 Technique 29: Surfing with Other Huevos 258 Browsers 232 Technique 33: Mastering Mail 259 Internet Explorer 232 Keyboard Shortcuts 259 Keyboard shortcuts 233 Navigation shortcuts 260 Favorites 233 Other shortcuts 260 Table of Contents xiii
Customizing Mail’s Appearance and Behavior 260 Understanding Encryption 299 General preferences 261 Finding Networks 300 Composing 261 Technique 38: Sharing the Wealth Customizing the Mail toolbar 262 Customizing the messages window 263 with Rendezvous 303 Organizing Your Mailboxes 265 Why You Should Use Rendezvous 303 Performing Searches 267 Setting Up Rendezvous 303 Creating and Using Signatures 268 Using Rendezvous with Software 304 The Best Mail Tips and Tricks 269 Using Rendezvous with iChat 305 Using the Dock icon 269 Using Rendezvous with iTunes 306 Sending attachments 270 Using Rendezvous with Hardware 308 Technique 34: Stopping Spam Technique 39: Share the Love: Sharing in Its Tracks 271 Files, Printers, and More 309 Fighting Spam with the Junk Mail Button 271 Safe Sharing 309 Creating and Using Rules 273 Sharing a Web Page 310 Stopping Spam before It Gets to You 275 What’s in a Name (Or URL)? 311 Bouncing spam 275 Fun with File Sharing 312 Other spam tools 276 Personal File Sharing 312 Technique 35: Innovative iChat 278 Print Sharing 313 Sharing Your Internet Connection 314 Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts 278 Customizing iChat 280 Technique 40: Network Security 316 Transferring Files with iChat 282 Keeping Your Mac Secure 316 Using the Videoconference 283 Using a Firewall 317 Creating URLs 285 Software firewalls 317 Chatting with Multiple People at Once 285 Hardware firewalls 319 Other Instant Messenger Tools 286 Checking for Security Problems 319 Part VI: Optimizing Your Network 287 Technique 41: Your Guide to .Mac: $100 Well Spent 321 Technique 36: Getting Your Mac Online 289 Top Ten Reasons to Use .Mac 321 Defining a Location 289 I Like My iDisk: Storing Stuff Online 322 Using a Modem 292 Making your iDisk secure 324 Networking Tips and Tricks 294 Using another .Mac member’s iDisk 325 Switching locations on the fly 294 Working with Your .Mac Web Page 326 Ordering connections 295 Using iSync with .Mac 326 Dialing with a calling card 295 Using FireWire over IP 295 Part VII: Fast and Furious Technique 37: The Wonderful World Multimedia 329 of Wireless Networking 296 Technique 42: iTunes: Rockin’ in What to Look for in a Wireless Network 296 the (Partially) Free World 331 Creating an AirPort Network 298 Setting Up iTunes 331 Tweaking Your Preferences 333 xiv Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
Making the iTunes Window Look the Way Technique 46: Working with CDs You Want 336 and DVDs 363 Managing Your Music 338 Setting Your System Preferences 363 Editing song information 338 Burning CDs 365 Searching for tracks 338 Creating playlists 339 Making CDs in the Finder 365 Adding album covers 339 Making an audio CD in iTunes 366 Blowing Your Paycheck at the iTunes Making picture CDs in iPhoto 366 Music Store 340 Making data CDs in Disk Utility 367 Making Labels and Covers 367 Technique 43: Working with iPhoto 342 Managing a Disc Collection 368 Best iPhoto Practices 342 Technique 47: Getting More Than Preferences 342 Creating a new Photo Album quickly 343 Music out of Your iPod 369 Editing images with ease 344 Using the iPod for Data Storage and Transfer 369 Working with Your Digital Library 345 Secure, Encrypted Storage on the iPod 370 Importing images 345 Backing Up Your Data to an iPod 371 Managing your images more efficiently 345 Using .Mac and Backup 372 Storing your images to save space and time 346 Using Carbon Copy Cloner 373 Creating an Online Photo Album 347 Emergency Rescue iPod 374 Technique 44: Staying on Schedule Synchronizing with iSync 374 with iCal 349 Keeping Notes on Your iPod 375 Using Notes on older iPods 375 Creating Calendars and Events 349 OmniOutliner 375 iCal’s Main Keyboard Shortcuts 351 Driving directions 376 Best iCal Practices 352 Housekeeping on the iPod 376 Subscribing and Publishing 352 Useful Hardware You Might Consider 377 Where to find subscriptions 353 Publishing your Calendar with .Mac 353 Part VIII: Security Publish your Calendar without .Mac 354 and Maintenance 379 iCal Tips and Tricks 354 iCal and Mail 354 Technique 48: Better Backups AppleScript 355 with rsync and .Mac 381 Exploring Alternatives to iCal 356 Smart Backups 381 Technique 45: Snapping Screenshots Fast 357 rsync: Using the Command Line to Back Up 382 rsync syntax options 383 Taking Screenshots with Screen Capture 357 Backing up Home to an external hard drive 383 Taking Screenshots with Grab 359 Backup for .Mac Users 385 Using Snapz Pro X 360 Getting started with Backup 385 More Screenshot Utilities 362 Deciding what to back up 386 Finalizing the backup 387 Other Backup Options 388 Table of Contents xv
Technique 49: Battling Viruses 389 Synchronizing with iSync 424 What You Should Know about Viruses 389 Setting up iSync 424 Your Cellphone as a Remote Control 425 Things You Can Do to Limit Viruses 390 Storing Notes and Pictures on a Cellphone 426 Using Virex 392 Other Antivirus Software 393 Technique 55: The Terminal, Technique 50: Keeping Your Software the Finder, and You 428 Up-to-Date 394 Navigating within the Terminal 428 Getting around in the Terminal 429 Using Software Update 394 Tab completion 430 Updating Other Applications 396 Viewing directory contents 431 Staying Informed about Updates 397 Navigating among open Terminal windows 431 Technique 51: Securing Files 399 Other commands 432 Terminal Tips and Tricks 432 Making the Most of FileVault 399 Getting help 432 Other Encryption Tools 401 A command of history, or a history Disk Utility 401 of commands 433 StuffIt 402 Role playing: Executing commands as Mac GNU Privacy Guard 402 another user 434 PGP 402 Making the Terminal and the Finder SubRosaSoft and CodeTek Studios 402 Play Together Nicely 435 Using the Finder’s Secure Empty Trash 403 Using the open command 436 Technique 52: Proper Password Policy 405 Drag and drop with the Finder 436 Editing between the Terminal and the Finder 437 Creating a Good Password 405 Working with Apple’s Keychain Access 406 Technique 56: Managing and Finding Changing Login Passwords 408 Files Fast 438 Technique 53: Useful Utilities 410 Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files 438 Creating and Listing Directories 440 Working with TinkerTool 410 Using Wildcards 441 Automating Tasks with cron 411 Using the find Command 441 Other Useful Utilities 413 Using the locate Command 442 Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff 415 Technique 57: Piping and Redirecting Technique 54: Controlling Cellphones Output with the Terminal 444 with Bluetooth 417 Handy Commands to Use with Piping 444 What Is Bluetooth? 417 Combining Commands with Pipes 446 Getting Started with Bluetooth 418 Redirecting Output 449 Setting Up Your Connection 418 Technique 58: Viewing and Editing Working with Your Address Book 421 Text Files 451 Dialing from within Address Book 421 Viewing Files 451 Display incoming call alerts 421 cat 451 Sending and receiving SMS messages 422 more or less 452 Dialing Your Phone from a Text Selection 423 Viewing Parts of Files 453 Editing Files 454 xvi Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
Technique 59: Customizing Your Terminal 456 Technique 61: Entertaining Yourself Adjusting Terminal’s Preferences 456 with Screen Savers 469 Creating Terminal Preferences Files 460 Configuring Screen Savers in Panther 469 Choosing Your Shell 461 Adding to Your Screen Saver Library 471 Customizing Your Shell 462 Using the Desktop as a Screen Saver 473 Shareware Tools for Working with the Terminal 463 Index 475 Technique 60: AppleScript and You 464 The Easiest Way to Write Scripts 464 Four Fabulous Reasons to Use AppleScripts 467 AppleScript Resources 468 Introduction
e’re fairly smart people, and presumably you’re a really smart person (you are looking at the right book, after all), but it still Wseems like technology has eclipsed our ability to understand it. Even the magical Mac — the symbol of all things easy in computers — is overladen with features and gadgets and pretty lights. Make no mistake: We all like features and gadgets and pretty lights, but how are we supposed to make sense of it all and just do what we want to do, quickly and easily?
By reading this book, of course!
But if that isn’t enough to convince you (and we can’t imagine why not; after all, we’ve never lied to you before), take a moment or two to read through this Introduction. You’ll see where we’re coming from, what this book offers, and how it’ll make you fall in love with your Mac all over again.
Saving Time with This Book
The Timesaving Techniques For Dummies books focus on high-payoff techniques that save you time, either on the spot or somewhere down the road. And these books get to the point in a hurry, with step-by-step instructions to pace you through the tasks you need to do, without any of the fluff you don’t want. We’ve identified more than 60 Techniques that Mac OS X Panther users need to know to make the most of their time. In addition, each Technique includes lots of figures that make following along a breeze. Decide for yourself how to use this book: Read it cover to cover if you like, or skip right to the Technique that interests you the most.
In Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, you can find out how to