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Library of Congress Control Number: 2004101049 ISBN: 0-7645-5812-9 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1V/SS/QT/QU/IN About the Authors Larry Ullman is the Director of Digital Media Technologies at DMC Insights, Inc., a firm specializing in information technology. He is the author of four other computer books. In addition to writing, Larry develops dynamic Web applications, conducts training semi- nars, and is an Extension Instructor for the University of California at Berkeley. He’s been working with Apple computers for more than 20 years, starting with the Apple IIe back in the dark (or monochrome) ages. 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. —Marc Liyanage Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online regis- tration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. 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Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director 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