The little Mac OS X book : OSX version 10.1 / Robin Williams.

Contents

1 Finding your way around

The desktop
The dock
The finder windows
Home
Icons
The menu Bar
etc

2. An easy Tutorial

Don't limit yourself
Quick start
Start using the tutorial here
Turning it on
The Desktop, finder, and home
etc

3. The mouse

Connecting the mouse
Older Macs and ADB ports
Left handed moussing
The pointer
Using the Mouse
etc

4. Keys and the keyboard

what are all these keys
Modifier keys
Anykey
Asterisk
Caps Lock key
etc

5. Menus and Shortcuts

Choosing a menu command
Pop-Out and pop-up menus
Contextual Menus
Gray vs. Black commands
Ellipses in the Menus
etc

6. How to use the windows

Finder windows vs. Document windows
Finder windows
Three views of the same Contents
Title Bar
Resize Corner
etc

7. All about Icons

Highlighted or selected, Icons
Icons: Single-Click or double-Click
Types of Icons
Disk Icons
Folder Icons
etc

8. All about Using the Dock

The basic Dock
Add items to the Dock
Rearrange Items in the dock
Remove items in the dock
Dock preferences
etc

9. The Desktop, finder, and home

The Desktop
Desktop colors, patterns, or pictures
Desktop view options
Computer level
Finder preferences
etc

10. How to use Folder

Organizing your disk using folder
Understanding folder
Creating a new folder
Naming the new folder
etc

11. Selecting, Moving, and Copying files

Selecting individual files
Selecting Multiple files in Icon view
Selecting Multiple files in List view
Selecting Multiple Files in Column view
etc

12 Opening Apps & Dcs ( Application and Documents)

What is an application
Opening an Application
Find the application
New vs .Open
What is a Document
Opening a Document
etc

13. Word processing (also Known as ''typing")

I-Beam
Insertion
Delete (or Backspace)
One space after periods
Selecting text
When to use the return key
etc

14. Saving your documents

Ram: Random access Memory
Danger
Rule 1: Save often
The quick-and -Easy save
etc

15 Printing documents

Printers
Quick start
Making sure your printer is connected and turned on
Adding printer to the list
Page setup
etc

16. Closing and quitting

Quick vs Close
Closing a document window
Quitting an application
Force Quit
Relaunch the finder
Quiz

17. Using the trash

Putting something in the trash
Trashing files when dock is hidden
More ways to trash files
Taking something out of the trash
etc

18. Ejecting Disks

Mounting and unmounting
Ejecting a removable disk
Media eject key
F12 KEY
Eject on shut down or restart
etc

19. Restart, shut Down, or Logout

The options
Restart
First, Good Housekeeping
Then shut down
Log out
etc

20. Multiple users and their homes

Advantage of having multiple users
Logging out and logging in
Creating new users
Setting up up a user's login
Folders for sharing files with others
etc

21. Customizing your Mac with System preferences

System preferences
Personal
Hardware
Internet & Network
System
etc

22. Using Aliases

What is an Alias
Using Aliases
Automatic Aliases
Making an Alias
Details of Aliases
etc

23. Making and using Favorites

What are favorites
Taking advantage of favorites
Making favorites
Deleting favorites
Quiz

24. Finding things with Sherlock

Channels
Find a file on your hard disk
New search without losing previous search
How to quit sherlock
etc

25. Fonts on your Mac

What your fonts look like
Using the font panel
Installing new fonts
There is one more place
etc

26. iTunes

Playing CDs
The iTunes library
Creating a play list
Play the radio
Music files formats
etc

27. iMovie

The Basic steps
Import clips to the shelf
Edit clips
Place clips in a movie
etc

28. Applications on your Mac

Acrobat reader
Address book
AppleScript
Calculator
Chess
etc

29. Utilities on your Mac

Airport setup Assistant
Airport Admin Utility
Apple system profiler
Troubleshooting
Java Utilities
Color Utilities
Print center
etc

30. What is the Internet

The internet
Web browsers
Internet service provider
America online is not the internet
Quiz

etc

31. Connecting to the internet and the web.

Step by step: What to do
You need a modem
If you have an American online account
If you Don't have a provider
etc

32. Using the world wide web

What are the web pages
Links
Web addresses, also known as URLs
Using a Browser
Favorites or Bookmarks
etc

33. The iTools Collection

To start using iTools
Check your internet preferences
iCards
Email
i Disk
etc

34. Mail and address Book

Mail
The viewer window
The favorite toolbar
Message list pane
Mailboxes drawer
etc


35. Multiple users sharing files on one Mac

Privileges
Setting privileges
Post a file for all users to access
Post a file for others to copy
etc

36. Sharing a file in small office or Home office

Simple networking
Ethernet cables
Step 1: Connect your Macs with Ethernet cables
Step 2: Turn on file sharing
Step 3: Check your Network pane
etc

37. Sharing files over internet

Get an iDisk
Share files with your iDisk
File sharing with home page
Web sharing
etc

38. Ports and peripherals

What is a peripheral?
What is a Port?
What is a connector?
What is a slot?
etc

39. Reformatting and partitions

Why partitioning ?
Why Reformat?
Reformat and partition your hard Disk
Quiz

40. Using the classic Environment

Opening classic
First-time trouble?
Classic options
Quit Classic
etc

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