Mark L. Chambers 9 IN 1 BOOKS BOOKS • Say Hello to Your MacBook • Using Mac OS ® X • Customizing and Sharing • Going Mobile With iLife ® • iWork® For the Road Warrior • Typical Internet Stuff • Networking in Mac OS ® X • Expanding Your System • Advanced Mac OS ® X MacBook ® ALL-IN-ONE Making Everything Easier! ™ Open the book and find: • How to set up and personalize your MacBook for the way you work • Advice on navigating your way around Mac OS X • Steps for setting up a wireless network • How to use iPhoto®, iMovie®, iDVD ® , GarageBand ® , iTunes®, and iWeb ™ • Tips for controlling your MacBook with your voice • Important security advice • How to work with iWork® • Troubleshooting solutions for your MacBook Mark L. Chambers is an author, tech editor, and unabashed Mac fan. He is the author of more than 30 computer books including Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies and Macs For Seniors For Dummies. $34.99 US / $41.99 CN / £24.99 UK ISBN 978-0-470-47568-3 Personal Computers/Macintosh Go to Dummies.com ® for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles, or to shop! With a MacBook, you can work and play anywhere — this book shows you how! Don’t want to be tied to your desk? Of course not! Freedom is found in a MacBook, and this book tells you everything you need to know to make the most of all its goodies. Learn the basics about using and maintaining your MacBook, work with Mac OS X, use the iWork productivity suite, enjoy the iLife, and cruise the Web from anywhere. • Get started — choose the MacBook that suits your needs, set it up, customize your preferences, and organize files and folders • The big cat — learn your way around Snow Leopard ™ , get to know the Dock, find things with Spotlight ™ , and back up your system with Time Machine® • The digital life — explore iLife, where photos, movies, music, and your very own Web site all hang out • If you must work — do it the Mac way with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, the iWork productivity applications • E-mail and Internet — browse with Safari ® , store your stuff on iDisk, use Apple Mail, and iChat ® with friends • Network with me — set up a network, go wireless, and use AirPort Extreme® • If you want more — see how to add memory and connect hard drives and printers using USB and FireWire • Under the hood — explore custom scripts and tweaks to get more from your MacBook Say Hello to Your MacBook Using Mac OS ® X Customizing and Sharing Going Mobile With iLife ® iWork ® For the Road Warrior Typical Internet Stuff Networking in Mac OS ® X Expanding Your System Advanced Mac OS ® X MacBook ® ALL-IN-ONE Chambers spine=1.58” spine=1.58” Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include • Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937842 ISBN: 978-0-470-47568-3 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_475683-ffirs.indd ii01_475683-ffirs.indd ii 10/14/09 10:26 PM10/14/09 10:26 PM About the Author Mark L. Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, programmer, and hardware technician for more than 25 years — pushing computers and their uses far beyond “normal” performance limits for decades now. His rst love affair with a computer peripheral blossomed in 1984 when he bought his lightning-fast 300 BPS modem for his Atari 400. Now he spends entirely too much time on the Internet and drinks far too much caffeine-laden soda. With a degree in journalism and creative writing from Louisiana State University, Mark took the logical career choice: programming computers. However, after ve years as a COBOL programmer for a hospital system, he decided there must be a better way to earn a living, and he became the Documentation Manager for Datastorm Technologies, a well-known communications software developer. Somewhere in between writing software manuals, Mark began writing computer how-to books. His rst book, Running a Perfect BBS, was published in 1994 — and after a short fteen years of fun (disguised as hard work), Mark is one of the most productive and best-selling technology authors on the planet. Along with writing several books a year and editing whatever his publishers throw at him, Mark has also branched out into Web-based education, designing and teaching a number of online classes — called WebClinics — for Hewlett-Packard. His favorite pastimes include collecting gargoyles, watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball, playing his three pinball machines and the latest computer games, supercharging computers, and rendering 3D ights of fancy with TrueSpace — and during all that, he listens to just about every type of music imaginable. Mark’s worldwide Internet radio station, MLC Radio (at www.mlcbooks.com), plays only CD-quality classics from 1970 to 1979, including everything from Rush to Billy Joel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Mark’s rapidly expanding list of books includes MacBook For Dummies, 2nd Edition; Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies; Macs for Seniors For Dummies; iMac For Dummies, 5th Edition; Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies; Building a PC For Dummies, 5th Edition; Scanners For Dummies, 2nd Edition; CD & DVD Recording For Dummies, 2nd Edition; PCs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 4th Edition; Mac OS X Tiger: Top 100 Simplifi ed Tips & Tricks; Microsoft Offi ce v. X Power User’s Guide; BURN IT! Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs; The Hewlett-Packard Offi cial Printer Handbook; The Hewlett-Packard Offi cial Recordable CD Handbook; The Hewlett-Packard Offi cial Digital Photography Handbook; Computer Gamer’s Bible; Recordable CD Bible; Teach Yourself the iMac Visually; Running a Perfect BBS; Offi cial Netscape Guide to Web Animation; and Windows 98 Troubleshooting and Optimizing Little Black Book. 01_475683-ffirs.indd iii01_475683-ffirs.indd iii 10/14/09 10:26 PM10/14/09 10:26 PM His books have been translated into 15 different languages so far — his favorites are German, Polish, Dutch, and French. Although he can’t read them, he enjoys the pictures a great deal. Mark welcomes all comments about his books. You can reach him at mark@mlcbooks.com, or visit MLC Books Online, his Web site, at www.mlcbooks.com. Dedication This book is dedicated with all my love to my aunt and uncle, Ruby and Tuffy Chambers, and their masterpiece: the grand mansion that is the White Elephant! Author’s Acknowledgments Yes, I’ve written yet another Macintosh book — but this title is another in the hefty All-in-One series, which demands more work from everyone at Wiley Publishing! Now that the tome is ready for the shelves, I’d like to thank everyone who pitched in to make this project such a success. As with all my books, I’d like to rst thank my wife, Anne; and my children, Erin, Chelsea, and Rose, for their support and love — and for letting me follow my dream! The Composition Services team is in charge of the gures, artwork and layout for each of my books — they turn a plain document into printed pages that are informative, easy to read, and attractive! Thanks to each of the team members for a beautiful book. Next, I again send my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to my superb technical editor Dennis Cohen, who once again took on the challenge of checking the technical accuracy of every word contained herein! His comprehensive knowledge of everything Apple (including the beta features tucked into the crannies of Snow Leopard) was invaluable throughout. Finally, hats off to my project editor Susan Christophersen, who patiently managed the entire title from beginning to end, and my acquisitions editor Bob Woerner, who once again provided guidance throughout. Folks like Susan and Bob are the perfect example of why I’m proud (and lucky) to call Wiley my publisher! 01_475683-ffirs.indd iv01_475683-ffirs.indd iv 10/14/09 10:26 PM10/14/09 10:26 PM Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at http://dummies.custhelp.com. For other comments, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions and Editorial Project and Copy Editor: Susan Christophersen Executive Editor: Bob Woerner Technical Editor: Dennis Cohen Editorial Manager: Jodi Jensen Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Patrick Redmond Layout and Graphics: Ana Carrillo, Christin Swinford, Ronald Terry, Christine Williams Proofreaders: Evelyn C. Gibson, Rob Springer Indexer: BIM Indexing & Proofreading Services Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Mary Bednarek, Executive Acquisitions Director Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Composition Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 01_475683-ffirs.indd v01_475683-ffirs.indd v 10/14/09 10:26 PM10/14/09 10:26 PM Contents at a Glance Introduction 1 Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook 7 Chapter 1: Exploring MacBook Basics 9 Chapter 2: MacBook Models Compared 21 Chapter 3: Setting Up and Taking Care of Your MacBook 29 Chapter 4: Extra Stuff You’ll Likely Want 39 Book II: Using Mac OS X with Your MacBook 45 Chapter 1: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X 47 Chapter 2: Navigating and Running Programs 61 Chapter 3: Basic OS X Housekeeping 87 Chapter 4: Searching Everything with Spotlight 115 Chapter 5: Fun with Photo Booth and Front Row 125 Chapter 6: Keeping Track with the Address Book 133 Chapter 7: The Joys of Maintenance 145 Chapter 8: Getting Help for the Big X 167 Chapter 9: Troubleshooting the X 175 Book III: MacBook Customizing and Sharing 185 Chapter 1: Building the Finder of Your Dreams 187 Chapter 2: Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch 207 Chapter 3: Delving under the Hood with System Preferences 221 Chapter 4: You Mean Others Can Use My MacBook, Too? 261 Chapter 5: Setting Up Multiuser Accounts 269 Chapter 6: Sharing Documents for Fun and Pro t 283 Chapter 7: Common-Sense Laptop Security 291 Book IV: Going Mobile with iLife 297 Chapter 1: The World According to Apple 299 Chapter 2: Jamming with iTunes and iPod 309 Chapter 3: Focusing on iPhoto 333 Chapter 4: Making Magic with iMovie 357 Chapter 5: Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD 375 02_475683-ftoc.indd vi02_475683-ftoc.indd vi 10/14/09 10:27 PM10/14/09 10:27 PM Chapter 6: Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand 395 Chapter 7: Crafting a Web Site with iWeb 417 Chapter 8: No, It’s Not Called iQuickTime 429 Chapter 9: Turning Your MacBook into a DVD Theater 435 Book V: iWork for the Road Warrior 445 Chapter 1: Desktop Publishing with Pages 447 Chapter 2: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers 461 Chapter 3: Building Presentations with Keynote 475 Book VI: The Typical Internet Stuff 487 Chapter 1: Getting on the Internet 489 Chapter 2: Using Apple Mail 497 Chapter 3: Staying in Touch with iChat 521 Chapter 4: Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk 535 Chapter 5: Sur ng with Safari 541 Chapter 6: Staying Secure Online 557 Book VII: Networking in Mac OS X 567 Chapter 1: Setting Up a Small Network 569 Chapter 2: Using Your Network 585 Chapter 3: Going Wireless 599 Chapter 4: Sharing That Precious Internet Thing 611 Book VIII: Expanding Your System 623 Chapter 1: Hardware That Will Make You Giddy 625 Chapter 2: Add RAM, Hard Drive Space, and Stir 637 Chapter 3: Port-o-Rama: Using USB and FireWire 649 Chapter 4: I’m Okay, You’re a Printer 655 Chapter 5: Applications That You’ve (Probably) Gotta Have 663 Chapter 6: Putting Bluetooth to Work 679 Book IX: Advanced Mac OS X 687 Chapter 1: Using UNIX on Your MacBook 689 Chapter 2: AppleScript Just Plain Rocks 711 Chapter 3: Writing and Conversing with Your MacBook 725 Index 739 02_475683-ftoc.indd vii02_475683-ftoc.indd vii 10/14/09 10:27 PM10/14/09 10:27 PM Table of Contents Introduction 1 What’s Really Required 2 About This Book 3 Conventions Used in This Book 3 Stuff you type 3 Menu commands 3 Display messages 4 In case you’re curious about computers 4 How This Book Is Organized 4 Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook 4 Book II: Using Mac OS X with Your MacBook 4 Book III: MacBook Customizing and Sharing 5 Book IV: Going Mobile with iLife 5 Book V: iWork for the Road Warrior 5 Book VI: The Typical Internet Stuff 5 Book VII: Networking in Mac OS X 5 Book VIII: Expanding Your System 6 Book IX: Advanced Mac OS X 6 Icons Used in This Book 6 Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook 7 Chapter 1: Exploring MacBook Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 “One Uses a Battery!” 9 The “absolute” need for mobility 10 Space saving is a good thing 10 Enclosed and constrained 11 Paying the laptop price 11 Repairs may cause dizziness 12 So, Are You Ready for a MacBook? 12 Looking Over Your Laptop 13 The parts you probably recognize 13 The holes called ports 17 Don’t forget the parts you can’t see 18 Chapter 2: MacBook Models Compared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Your Entry-Level Mac Laptop 21 The Power User’s Toolbox 22 02_475683-ftoc.indd viii02_475683-ftoc.indd viii 10/14/09 10:27 PM10/14/09 10:27 PM [...]... Effects 532 Chapter 4: Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk .535 Grabbing Internet Storage for Your MacBook 536 Understanding What’s on Your iDisk 538 Opening and Using iDisk 539 02_475683-ftoc.indd xix 10/14/09 10:27 PM xx MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 5: Surfing with Safari 541 Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing... 448 02_475683-ftoc.indd xvii 10/14/09 10:27 PM xviii MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Saving Your Work 449 Touring the Pages Window 449 Entering and Editing Text 451 Using Text and Graphics Boxes 451 The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste 452 Cutting stuff 452 Copying text and images 453 Pasting from the Clipboard 453 Formatting... 330 02_475683-ftoc.indd xv 10/14/09 10:27 PM xvi MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 3: Focusing on iPhoto 333 Delving into iPhoto 333 Working with Images in iPhoto 335 Import Images 101 335 Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images 337 Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way 346 Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece... Look to the Remember icons for those tidbits that you need to file away in your mind Just remember to remember 03_475683-intro.indd 6 10/14/09 10:27 PM Book I que Say Hello to Your MacBook er- 04_475683-pp01.indd 7 10/14/09 10:27 PM Contents at a Glance Chapter 1: Exploring MacBook Basics 9 “One Uses a Battery!” 9 So, Are You Ready for a MacBook? 12 Looking... 59 Chapter 2: Navigating and Running Programs 61 Restarting, Sleeping, and Shutting Down 61 Living the Trackpad Lifestyle 64 02_475683-ftoc.indd ix 10/14/09 10:27 PM x MacBook All-in-One For Dummies A Window Is Much More Than a Frame 65 Opening and closing windows 65 Scrolling windows 66 Minimizing and restoring windows 67 Zooming... already have a cable/DSL router or are using software Internet sharing 620 If you do not have a cable/DSL router or an AirPort Extreme Base Station 621 02_475683-ftoc.indd xxi 10/14/09 10:27 PM xxii MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Book VIII: Expanding Your System 623 Chapter 1: Hardware That Will Make You Giddy 625 Parading Pixels: Digital Cameras, DV Camcorders, and Scanners... Commands 101 696 Anatomy of a UNIX command 696 Command-line gotchas 697 Help is on the way! 698 Autocompletion 698 02_475683-ftoc.indd xxiii 10/14/09 10:27 PM xxiv MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Working with Files 699 Paths 699 Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files 701 Opening documents and launching applications 702... cross-references where appropriate Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook This minibook is an introduction to your Mac laptop — even if you need a little convincing about actually buying a new MacBook! I compare desktop Macs to the MacBook line and provide you with a hardware overview of just what exactly resides beneath your MacBook s sleek exterior If you’re comparing the different MacBook models before... Internet and Network 243 MobileMe preferences 243 Network preferences 244 Bluetooth preferences 248 Sharing preferences 249 02_475683-ftoc.indd xiii 10/14/09 10:27 PM xiv MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Tweaking the System 250 Accounts preferences 250 Date and time preferences 252 Parental Controls preferences 253 Software Update... 590 Using the Mac OS X built-in FTP to share files 591 Using FTP from Terminal to transfer files 592 Using the Built-in Firewall 593 Remote Control of Your MacBook 595 Using Screen Sharing 595 Remotely control your MacBook (for free, no less!) 596 How VNC works 596 Remote control of another computer from your MacBook 597 Chapter 3: Going Wireless . Leopard All-in-One For Dummies; Macs for Seniors For Dummies; iMac For Dummies, 5th Edition; Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies; Building a PC For Dummies, 5th Edition; Scanners For Dummies, . www .dummies. com/cheatsheet/macbookaio by Mark L. Chambers MacBook ® ALL-IN-ONE FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_475683-ffirs.indd i01_475683-ffirs.indd i 10/14/09 10:26 PM10/14/09 10:26 PM MacBook ® All-in-One. Dummies and Macs For Seniors For Dummies. $34.99 US / $41.99 CN / £24.99 UK ISBN 97 8-0 -4 7 0-4 756 8-3 Personal Computers/Macintosh Go to Dummies. com ® for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles,