Summary
This is the all new update to the phenomenally popular Macintosh classic, revised an enhanced to cover Apple's most significant OS upgrade in years. It's packed with useful advice and secrets for every aspect of Macintosh computing, including hardware, operating system, Internet, applications, and utilities. This 6TH EDITION features a companion Web site for readers with a complete list and links of Mac Secrets software, searchable versions of all chapters from the book, new searchable chapters posted on a regular basis, new David Pogue comments and content, PDFs of past editions, and more!
Author Biography
About the Authors David Pogue writes the weekly "State of the Art" column in the Circuits section of The New York Times. A former Computer Press Association Award-winning columnist for Macworld, he is the author of many bestselling Macintosh books, including The Mac For Dummies, The iMac For Dummies, and The iBook For Dummies. Joseph Schorr, a former Macworld contributing editor, is a long-time Mac columnist and the coauthor of the five previous editions of this book. He is currently heading up a software development team as a senior product manager for the Extensis Products Group.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
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vii | |
| Acknowledgments |
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xv | |
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Part I: System Software Revealed |
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1 | (314) |
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Your First Software: The Finder |
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3 | (54) |
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57 | (38) |
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95 | (48) |
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Control Panels and Extensions |
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143 | (86) |
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Enablers, Installers, and Apple Extras |
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229 | (36) |
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265 | (18) |
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The System Software Museum |
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283 | (32) |
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Part II: Secrets of the Machine |
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315 | (272) |
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On, Off, and Everything In Between |
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317 | (28) |
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345 | (28) |
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373 | (22) |
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395 | (24) |
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419 | (20) |
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The Macintosh Museum: Model by Model |
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439 | (120) |
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559 | (28) |
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Part III: Application Secrets |
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587 | (270) |
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589 | (32) |
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621 | (22) |
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643 | (64) |
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707 | (30) |
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737 | (38) |
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Utilities, Macros, and AppleScript |
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775 | (34) |
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809 | (22) |
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831 | (26) |
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Part IV: The World Online |
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857 | (112) |
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The Web, the Net, and Everything Online |
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859 | (44) |
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Getting the Most Out of America Online |
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903 | (14) |
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917 | (24) |
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A Web Site-Making Crash Course |
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941 | (28) |
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969 | (240) |
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971 | (44) |
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1015 | (62) |
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Digital Cameras and Scanners |
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1077 | (16) |
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CD-ROM, DVD, and Other Such Words |
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1093 | (24) |
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The SCSI Chain, FireWire, and IDE |
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1117 | (14) |
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PCI, NuBus, and Other Slots |
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1131 | (6) |
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1137 | (44) |
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1181 | (28) |
| Appendix A: The Dawn of Mac OS X |
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1209 | (38) |
| Appendix B: Mac Secrets Unlimited Edition: The Virtual CD-ROM |
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1247 | (18) |
| Index |
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1265 | |
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