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The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series;Introduction; What OS X Gives You; What OS X Takes Away; About This Book; The Very Basics; The Mountain Lion Difference;Part One: Welcome to Macintosh; Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different; 1.1 Power On, Dude; 1.2 Right-Clicking and Shortcut Menus; 1.3 Logging Out, Shutting Down; 1.4 The Menu Bar; 1.5 Finder = Windows Explorer; 1.6 Dock = Taskbar; 1.7 Menulets = Tray; 1.8 Keyboard Differences; 1.9 Disk Differences; 1.10 Where Your Stuff Is; 1.11 Window Controls; 1.12 Terminology Differences; Chapter 2: Folders, Dock & Windows; 2.1 Getting into OS X; 2.2 The Four Window Views; 2.3 Icon View; 2.4 List View; 2.5 Column View; 2.6 Cover Flow View; 2.7 Quick Look; 2.8 The Dock; 2.9 Setting Up the Dock; 2.10 Using the Dock; 2.11 The Finder Toolbar; 2.12 Getting Help in OS X; Chapter 3: Files, Icons & Spotlight; 3.1 Renaming Icons; 3.2 Selecting Icons; 3.3 Moving and Copying Icons; 3.4 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once; 3.5 Color Labels; 3.6 The Trash; 3.7 Get Info; 3.8 Shortcut Menus, Action Menus; 3.9 The Spotlight Menu; 3.10 The Spotlight Window; 3.11 Customizing Spotlight; 3.12 Smart Folders; Chapter 4: Documents, Programs & Mission Control; 4.1 A Word About Apps; 4.2 The Mac App Store; 4.3 Other Ways to Get Mac Software; 4.4 Opening OS X Programs; 4.5 Launchpad; 4.6 Windows that Auto-Reopen; 4.7 The Application Menu; 4.8 The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher; 4.9 Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter; 4.10 Dashboard; 4.11 Exposé; 4.12 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way; 4.13 How Documents Know Their Parents; 4.14 Keyboard Control; 4.15 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes; 4.16 Auto Save and Versions; 4.17 Documents in the Cloud; Chapter 5: Entering, Moving & Backing up Data; 5.1 Power Typing; 5.2 Dictation; 5.3 The Many Languages of OS X Text; 5.4 Data Detectors; 5.5 Moving Data Between Documents; 5.6 Exchanging Data with Other Macs; 5.7 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs; 5.8 The Mountain Lion Share Button; 5.9 Time Machine;Part Two: Making the Move; Chapter 6: Transferring Your Files to the Mac; 6.1 Transfers by Apple Genius; 6.2 The Windows Migration Assistant; 6.3 Manual Network Transfers; 6.4 Transfers by Disk; 6.5 Transfers by File-Sending Web Site; 6.6 Transfers by Email; 6.7 Where to Put Your Copied Files; 6.8 Document Conversion Issues; Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems; 7.1 ACDSee; 7.2 Acrobat Reader; 7.3 ACT; 7.4 Ad Subtract (Pop-Up Stopper); 7.5 Adobe [your favorite program here]; 7.6 AOL; 7.7 AIM (AOL Instant Messenger); 7.8 Children's Software; 7.9 Chrome; 7.10 Easy CD Creator; 7.11 Encarta; 7.12 Eudora; 7.13 Excel; 7.14 Firefox; 7.15 Games; 7.16 Google Desktop Search; 7.17 Google Earth; 7.18 Google Chrome; 7.19 ICQ; 7.20 Internet Explorer; 7.21 iTunes; 7.22 McAfee VirusScan; 7.23 Microsoft Access; 7.24 Microsoft Money; 7.25 Microsoft Office; 7.26 Microsoft Publisher; 7.27 Microsoft Visio; 7.28 Minesweeper; 7.29 MSN Messenger; 7.30 NaturallySpeaking; 7.31 Netscape; 7.32 Newsgroup Readers; 7.33 Norton AntiVirus; 7.34 Norton Utilities; 7.35 Notepad; 7.36 Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail; 7.37 Paint Shop Pro; 7.38 Palm Desktop; 7.39 Picasa; 7.40 PowerPoint; 7.41 QuickBooks; 7.42 Quicken; 7.43 RealPlayer; 7.44 RssReader; 7.45 Skype; 7.46 SnagIt (Screenshots); 7.47 Solitaire; 7.48 Street Atlas USA; 7.49 TaxCut, TurboTax; 7.50 WinAmp, MusicMatch; 7.51 Windows Media Player; 7.52 WinZip; 7.53 Word; 7.54 WordPerfect; 7.55 Yahoo Messenger; Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh; 8.1 Boot Camp; 8.2 Windows in a Window; 8.3 Life with Microsoft Exchange; Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac; 9.1 Mac Meets Printer; 9.2 Making the Printout; 9.3 Managing Printouts; 9.4 Printer Sharing; 9.5 Faxing; 9.6 PDF Files; 9.7 Fonts-and Font Book; 9.8 Digital Cameras; 9.9 Disks; 9.10 Startup Disks; 9.11 Erasing a Disk; 9.12 Burning CDs and DVDs; 9.13 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox; 9.14 DVD Movies; 9.15 AirPlay; 9.16 Keyboards; 9.17 Mouse; 9.18 Monitors; 9.19 Scanners;Part Three: Making Connections; Chapter 10: Internet Setup & iCloud; 10.1 Network Central and Multihoming; 10.2 Broadband Connections; 10.3 Cellular Modems; 10.4 Tethering; 10.5 Dial-Up Modem Connections; 10.6 Switching Locations; 10.7 Internet Sharing; 10.8 iCloud; 10.9 Internet Location Files; Chapter 11: Mail & Contacts; 11.1 Checking Your Mail; 11.2 Writing Messages; 11.3 Stationery; 11.4 Reading Email; 11.5 VIPs; 11.6 The Anti-Spam Toolkit; 11.7 Contacts; Chapter 12: Safari & Messages; 12.1 Browsing Basics; 12.2 The Unified Address/Search Bar; 12.3 Bookmarks; 12.4 14 Tips for Better Surfing; 12.5 Tabbed Browsing; 12.6 Privacy and Security Features; 12.7 Messages; 12.8 iMessages; 12.9 The Traditional Chat Networks; 12.10 Let the Chat Begin; 12.11 Text Chatting; 12.12 Audio Chats; 12.13 Video Chats; 12.14 Juggling Chats and Windows; 12.15 Sharing Your Screen; 12.16 Messages Theater;Part Four: Putting Down Roots; Chapter 13: Accounts, Parental Controls & Security; 13.1 Introducing Accounts; 13.2 Creating an Account; 13.3 Parental Controls; 13.4 Editing Accounts; 13.5 Setting Up the Login Process; 13.6 Signing In, Logging Out; 13.7 Sharing Across Accounts; 13.8 Fast User Switching; 13.9 Six OS X Security Shields; 13.10 And Four Privacy Shields; Chapter 14: Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing; 14.1 Wiring the Network; 14.2 File Sharing: Three Ways; 14.3 Accessing Shared Files; 14.4 Networking with Windows; 14.5 Screen Sharing; Chapter 15: System Preferences; 15.1 The System Preferences Window; 15.2 Accessibility; 15.3 Bluetooth; 15.4 CDs & DVDs; 15.5 Date & Time; 15.6 Desktop & Screen Saver; 15.7 Dictation & Speech; 15.8 Displays; 15.9 Dock; 15.10 Energy Saver; 15.11 General; 15.12 iCloud; 15.13 Keyboard; 15.14 Language & Text; 15.15 Mail, Contacts & Calendars; 15.16 Mission Control; 15.17 Mouse; 15.18 Network; 15.19 Notifications; 15.20 Parental Controls; 15.21 Print & Scan; 15.22 Security & Privacy; 15.23 Sharing; 15.24 Software Update; 15.25 Sound; 15.26 Spotlight; 15.27 Startup Disk; 15.28 Time Machine; 15.29 Trackpad; 15.30 Users & Groups; Chapter 16: The Freebie Programs; 16.1 Your Free OS X Programs; 16.2 App Store; 16.3 Automator; 16.4 Calculator; 16.5 Calendar; 16.6 Chess; 16.7 Contacts; 16.8 Dashboard; 16.9 Dictionary; 16.10 DVD Player; 16.11 FaceTime; 16.12 Font Book; 16.13 Game Center; 16.14 GarageBand; 16.15 Image Capture; 16.16 iMovie, iPhoto; 16.17 iTunes; 16.18 Launchpad; 16.19 Mail; 16.20 Messages; 16.21 Mission Control; 16.22 Notes; 16.23 Notification Center; 16.24 Photo Booth; 16.25 Preview; 16.26 QuickTime Player; 16.27 Reminders; 16.28 Safari; 16.29 Stickies; 16.30 System Preferences; 16.31 TextEdit; 16.32 Time Machine; 16.33 Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox;Part Five: Appendixes; Installing OS X Mountain Lion; Hardware Requirements; Psychological Requirements; The Standard Installation; The Setup Assistant; The Homemade Installer Disk; Troubleshooting; Minor Eccentric Behavior; Frozen Programs (Force Quitting); Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks; Application Won't Open; Startup Problems; Fixing the Disk; Where to Get Troubleshooting Help; The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary; About [this program]; The Master OS X Secret Keystroke List; Startup Keystrokes;Colophon;