MacOS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page iii 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page ii Mac OS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page i 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page ii MacOS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page iii Mac OS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2005 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. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2005923068 ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-7963-9 ISBN-10: 0-7645-7963-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1MA/ST/QV/QV/IN 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page iv About the Authors Larry Ullman is the Director of Digital Media Technologies at DMC Insights, Inc., and the author of several computer books. In addition to writing, Larry develops dynamic Web applications, conducts training seminars, 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, Larry spends his time reading, remodeling his house, and, given the time, napping in front of the fireplace. Larry currently lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife of nine years, Jessica. Marc Liyanage is a senior software engineer at futureLAB AG, a research and develop- ment 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 ten 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 this 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 other spare-time interests include graphic design, typography, and digital photogra- phy. He enjoys watching and reading science fiction movies and books. Marc lives in Zurich, Switzerland. 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page v 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page vi 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 OS X), giving away some top-notch software, and 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 As always, thanks to Jessica for her support. Our thanks to everyone at Wiley and at Waterside. A special shout-out to David at Apple, for being such 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. Thanks for having such good taste in both computers and books! —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 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page vii Composition Services Project Coordinator: Nancee Reeves Layout and Graphics: Lauren Goddard, Denny Hager, Stephanie D. Jumper, Lynsey Osborn, Melanee Prendergast, Heather Ryan Proofreaders: Leeann Harney, Jessica Kramer, Carl William Pierce, Sossity R. 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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 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page viii [...]... and its predecessor (Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies) Its contents will vary, but basically you can find news, links to useful Web pages and software, and so forth Plus, you can also find our contact information and the link to the supporting forum ߜ Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, the support forum (www.entropy ch/mactst): Marc has established a forum at his Web site... sections to either format or partition your drives and volumes 4 MS-DOS: MS-DOS a Windows-compatible format Yuck ᮣ At the first screen that appears (for language selection), choose Utilities➪Disk Utility (see Figure 1-2 ) Mac OS Extended: This used to be the default format and is also a safe choice ᮣ Start your computer with the first (or only) Tiger installation disc Mac OS Extended (Journaled):... Shortcuts for the Dock Shareware for the Dock 102 104 104 107 Technique 14: Saving Steps with Contextual Menus 108 Grasping the Basics of Contextual Menus Using CMs with Third-Party Applications AppleScript, Contextual Menus, and You 108 110 111 Technique 15: Easily Managing Windows with Exposé 114 Introducing Exposé Getting the Most out of Exposé Dragging and dropping with Exposé Using Exposé without... most In Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, you can find out how to ߜ Tame time-consuming tasks: Because we demystify the inner workings of Mac OS X Tiger for you, letting you in on more than 60 tips and tricks along the way, you can spend more time making computer magic and less time fussing around ߜ Take your skills up a notch: You’re already familiar with the basics of using Mac OS. .. or ask, here are some places to turn: ߜ Wiley (www .dummies. com): You can contact Wiley, the publisher of this book, at its For Dummies Web site Feel free to leave all sorts of feedback, including praise (Woo-hoo!), complaints (D’oh!), and requests (that’s okay, too) ߜ Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, the Web site (www.dmcinsights com/mactst): At Larry’s Web site, we’re maintaining a... wanted you to know that Tiger adds more than just the visible applications and features that we mention All these improvements and new features can be yours for the low, low cost of okay, the not-so-low cost of $129 But it is a beauty of an operating system The price of Tiger ($129) is the same whether you’re upgrading from an earlier version of OS X or buying a version of OS X for the first time To... Default Application for Files Technique 26: Saving and Printing Files Saving Files Marc’s cool trick for navigating in Save dialogs Overwriting existing files Printing Customizing print settings Previewing your documents Desktop printing Creating PDFs 191 192 192 192 192 192 193 194 194 195 195 196 197 197 200 200 201 201 202 202 202 xiv Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies Technique 27:... Free World Tweaking Your Preferences Redecorating the iTunes Window Managing Your Music Editing song information Searching for tracks Creating playlists Controlling iTunes Blowing Your Paycheck at the iTunes Music Store 333 333 338 339 340 340 341 341 342 xvi Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies Technique 44: Working with iPhoto 344 Best iPhoto Practices Preferences Creating a new Photo Album... advanced degree in computer science or the ability to recall long lists of Mac trivia at parties We do expect two things of you: How This Book Is Organized ߜ A Macintosh, running Tiger (Mac OS X v.4): Well, to be perfectly frank, if you aren’t running Tiger (but are running another version of Mac OS X) , you can still get a lot of things out of this book; you just can’t do everything this book says you... You’re already familiar with the basics of using Mac OS X Now this book takes you to the next level, helping you become an even savvier Mac user The things you’ll discover will amaze your friends, scare your enemies, and duly impress your boss 2 Introduction ߜ Customize Mac OS X to meet your needs: Spending some upfront time customizing Mac OS X so that it works faster, more reliably, and more like . MacOS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page iii 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page ii Mac OS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_579630. OS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page i 01_579630 ffirs.qxd 5/11/05 5:12 PM Page ii MacOS ® X Tiger ™ Timesaving Techniques FOR DUMmIES ‰ by. Getting Your Mac Online 289 Technique 38: The Wonderful World of Wireless Networking 297 02_579630 ftoc.qxd 5/4/05 7:11 PM Page ix Mac OS X Tiger Timesaving Techniques For Dummies x Technique