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Mac OS X Panther timesaving techniques for dummies
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Mac OS® X
™
Timesaving
FOR
DUMmIES‰
Panther
Techniques
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
Mac OS® X
™
Timesaving
FOR
DUMmIES‰
Panther
Techniques
by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage
Mac OS® X Panther™ Timesaving Techniques For Dummies®
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About the Authors
Larry Ullman is the Director of Digital Media Technologies at DMC Insights, Inc., a firm
specializing in information technology. He is the author of four other 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, he spends his time reading, working on his fixerupper of a house, and, given the time, napping in front of the fireplace. Larry currently
lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife of eight years, Jessica.
Marc Liyanage is a senior software engineer at futureLAB AG, a research and development
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 eight years in the Internet/ISP industry,
doing commercial Web application work and large-scale ISP systems design and implementation 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 the Panther 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 spare-time interests include graphic design, typography, and digital photography.
He enjoys watching and reading science fiction movies and books. Marc lives in Zurich,
Switzerland.
Dedication
We dedicate this book to the good people at Apple. Thanks for designing wicked hardware, putting out the best operating system we’ve ever used (that’d be Panther), giving
away some top-notch software, and for 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
Our thanks to Wiley and to Carole McClendon at Waterside.
As always, thanks to Jess for her support and willingness to listen to me complain.
A special shout-out to David S. just for being 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.
—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
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
Part I: Starting, Stopping, and
Running Your Mac Faster 7
Technique 1: Installing Panther without
the Hassle 9
Technique 2: Starting Up with Speed 19
Technique 3: Running Panther Faster 25
Technique 4: When Good Applications
Go Bad 32
Technique 5: Logging Out and
Shutting Down 36
Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 43
Technique 6: Working with Displays 45
Technique 7: Speedy Keyboard Navigation 53
Technique 8: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts 63
Technique 9: A Faster Finder 69
Technique 10: Customizing Windows
for Your Convenience 79
Technique 11: Establishing an
Efficient Dock 90
Technique 12: Saving Steps with
Contextual Menus 96
Technique 13: Easily Managing
Windows with Exposé 103
Part III: Handling Files (And
Other Stuff) Quickly 111
Technique 14: Organizing Your
Home Directory 113
Technique 15: Managing Aliases,
Favorites, and Icons 122
Technique 16: Managing Information
Effectively 130
Technique 17: Working with Files 141
Technique 18: Finding Files in the Finder 151
Technique 19: Slimming Down Your
Hard Drive 160
Part IV: Improving Application
Performance 165
Technique 20: Managing Applications 167
Technique 21: Launching
Applications Fast 175
Technique 22: Switching, Hiding, and
Quitting Applications 183
Technique 23: Opening Files Faster 188
Technique 24: Saving and Printing Files 195
Technique 25: Cut, Copy, Paste 202
Technique 26: Managing Fonts 207
Technique 27: Getting to Know Services 214
Part V: Cranking Up Your
Internet Activities 219
Technique 28: Surfing with Safari 221
Technique 29: Surfing with Other
Browsers 232
Technique 30: Managing Bookmarks
Better 238
Technique 31: Speedy Searches
with Google 245
Technique 32: Searching the Internet
with Other Tools 252
Technique 33: Mastering Mail 259
Technique 34: Stopping Spam in
Its Tracks
Technique 35: Innovative iChat
Part VI: Optimizing Your Network
Technique 36: Getting Your Mac Online
Technique 37: The Wonderful World
of Wireless Networking
Technique 38: Sharing the Wealth
with Rendezvous
Technique 39: Share the Love: Sharing
Files, Printers, and More
Technique 40: Network Security
Technique 41: Your Guide to .Mac:
$100 Well Spent
Part VII: Fast and Furious
Multimedia
Technique 42: iTunes: Rockin’ in the
(Partially) Free World
Technique 43: Working with iPhoto
Technique 44: Staying on Schedule
with iCal
Technique 45: Snapping Screenshots Fast
Technique 46: Working with CDs
and DVDs
Technique 47: Getting More Than Music
out of Your iPod
271
Part VIII: Security and Maintenance
Technique 48: Better Backups with
379
278 rsync and .Mac 381
287 Technique 49: Battling Viruses 389
289 Technique 50: Keeping Your Software
Up-to-Date 394
296 Technique 51: Securing Files 399
Technique 52: Proper Password Policy 405
303 Technique 53: Useful Utilities 410
309 Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff 415
316 Technique 54: Controlling Cellphones
with Bluetooth 417
321 Technique 55: The Terminal,
the Finder, and You 428
Technique 56: Managing and Finding
329 Files Fast 438
Technique 57: Piping and Redirecting
331 Output with the Terminal 444
342 Technique 58: Viewing and Editing
Text Files 451
349 Technique 59: Customizing Your Terminal 456
357 Technique 60: AppleScript and You 464
Technique 61: Entertaining Yourself
363 with Screen Savers 469
369 Index 475
Table of Contents
Technique 1: Installing Panther
Faster Startups: Never Shut Down
Booting into a Different Mac OS
Speeding Up Login
Starting Applications Automatically
Introduction
Saving Time with This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Starting, Stopping, and Running
Your Mac Faster
Part II: Optimizing Your Interface
Part III: Handling Files (And Other Stuff)
Quickly
Part IV: Improving Application Performance
Part V: Cranking Up Your Internet Activities
Part VI: Optimizing Your Network
Part VII: Fast and Furious Multimedia
Part VIII: Security and Maintenance
Part IX: The Scary Or Fun Stuff
Conventions Used in This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Comments and Questions
Part I: Starting, Stopping, and
Running Your Mac Faster
without the Hassle
What Panther Can Do for You
Choosing an Installation Method
Managing Your Disk Drives
Formatting a volume
Partitioning a disk drive
Installing Panther
Working with Setup Assistant
Transferring Files Flawlessly
Technique 2: Starting Up with Speed
1 Technique 3: Running Panther Faster 25
1 Optimizing Your System with Shareware 25
2 Disabling Unnecessary Features 27
2 Longer Battery Life 29
Improving Performance through Hardware 30
2
Technique 4: When Good Applications
2
Go Bad 32
3 Slaying Stalled Apps with the Dock 32
3 Gaining Better Performance through
3 Activity Monitoring 33
3
Technique 5: Logging Out and Shutting Down 36
3
3 Logging Out 36
3 Securing Your System with a Screen Saver 39
3 Fast User Switching 40
4 Making the Quick Exit 41
4
Part II: Optimizing Your Interface 43
Technique 6: Working with Displays 45
7 Managing Your Display Resolution 45
Adjusting the Colors 47
9 Handling Fonts 49
9 Using Multiple Displays 50
11 Technique 7: Speedy Keyboard Navigation 53
11
Keyboard Characters 53
12
Moving Around in a Finder Window 54
13
14 Navigating in any view mode 54
Navigating in icon view 55
17
Navigating in list view 56
18
Navigating in column view 57
19 Navigating the Desktop 58
19 Getting Places 59
21 Technique 8: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts 63
21 The Most Essential of the Essential
23 Keyboard Shortcuts 63
Application Shortcuts 65
Function Keys 67
Programming Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts 67
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Technique 9: A Faster Finder
Finder Preferences
General
Labels
Sidebar
Advanced
Show View Options
Menus
Using Your Input Device
Freeware and Shareware
TinkerTool
wClock
Menu tools
Technique 10: Customizing Windows
for Your Convenience
Understanding the Different View Modes
Icon view
List view
Column view
Customizing Windows
Toolbar
Sidebar
Scroll bars
Using Actions
Moving Windows Around
Technique 11: Establishing an
Efficient Dock
Customizing the Dock
Organizing the Dock
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for the Dock
Shareware for the Dock
Technique 12: Saving Steps with
Contextual Menus
Grasping the Basics of Contextual Menus
Using CMs with Third-Party Applications
AppleScript, Contextual Menus, and You
Folder Actions
Big Cat
69 Technique 13: Easily Managing
69 Windows with Exposé 103
70 Introducing Exposé 103
70 How to Get the Most out of Exposé 106
71 Dragging and dropping with Exposé 107
72 Using Exposé without the mouse 109
73
74 Part III: Handling Files (And
76 Other Stuff) Quickly 111
76
Technique 14: Organizing Your
77
77 Home Directory 113
78 Your Stuff, Your Home Directory, and You 113
Checking Out Your Library 116
79 A Cluttered Desktop Is a Sign of a Cluttered
Mind 118
79 Revisiting Our Friend, the Dock 120
80
81 Technique 15: Managing Aliases,
83 Favorites, and Icons 122
84 Also Known As: Working with Aliases 122
84 These are a few of my Favorites things 125
86 If you can, icon 126
87
Technique 16: Managing Information 87
Effectively 130
Getting to Know the Address Book
88
130
Customizing the Template 131
90
Creating Your Own vCard 133
90 Creating and Using Groups 135
92 Using the New Group From Selection tool 135
92 Creating a group manually 136
95 Duplicating an existing group 137
Other Cool Address Book Tricks 137
96 Organizing and Prioritizing Information 139
Storing random bits of data as Stickies 139
96 Prioritizing with to-do lists 140
98 Getting organized with outlining applications 140
99
Technique 17: Working with Files 141
100
101 Understanding a File’s Properties 141
The General panel 142
The Name & Extension panel 143
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The Open With panel 145
The Preview panel 145
The Ownership & Permissions panel 146
The Comments panel 147
Solving Common File Problems 148
Deleting locked files 148
Ejecting stuck disk images 148
Finding the original for an alias 149
Sharing files with another OS 149
Technique 18: Finding Files in the Finder 151
Finder Window Searches 151
Using the Find Window 153
Incorporating Better Search Techniques 157
Technique 19: Slimming Down Your
Hard Drive 160
Avoiding Unnecessary Installations 160
Weeding Your Hard Drive: Manually Deleting
Files 161
Pruning your Home directory 162
Thinning out no-longer-required applications 162
Cleaning out your System and Library folders 163
Cleaning other volumes 163
Diet Tools: Third-Party Applications 163
Hands-Off: What Not to Trash 164
Part IV: Improving Application
Performance 165
Technique 20: Managing Applications 167
Installing Applications 167
Tracking Installed Applications 169
Moving Installed Applications 171
Organizing the Applications folder 172
Uninstalling Applications 173
Technique 21: Launching
Applications Fast 175
Auto-launching with the Accounts Panel 175
Launching with the Finder 177
Launching with the Dock 178
Other Ways to Launch Applications 180
Favorites and aliases 180
Recent Items 180
Launching with Shareware Tools 181
Using LaunchBar 182
Technique 22: Switching, Hiding,
and Quitting Applications 183
Switching among Open Applications 183
Switching apps with Panther 183
Switching apps with shareware 185
Hiding Applications 185
Quitting Applications 187
Logging Out and Shutting Down 187
Technique 23: Opening Files Faster 188
Opening Files with the Finder 188
Opening Files with Specific Applications 189
Using the Window navigational bar
to open files 189
Using the Dock to open files 189
Using Favorites to open files 190
Opening files with a contextual menu 190
Using LaunchBar 191
Opening Files within an Application 191
Recalling Recent Items 192
Recalling files from the Apple menu 192
Recalling files from application menus 192
Setting the Default Application for Files 193
Technique 24: Saving and Printing Files 195
Saving Files 195
Marc’s cool trick for navigating in Save
dialogs 198
Overwriting existing files 198
Printing 198
Customizing print settings 199
Previewing your documents 199
Desktop printing 200
Creating PDFs 200
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Technique 25: Cut, Copy, Paste 202
Copying and Pasting with the Keyboard
and Mouse 202
Understanding the Clipboard 205
Copy and Paste Tips and Tricks 205
Clipboard shareware options 205
Copying items within the Finder 206
Using the Find Clipboard 206
Technique 26: Managing Fonts 207
Fonts Support in Panther 207
Installing Fonts 208
Viewing Fonts 209
Character Palette 209
Font panel 210
Font Book 212
Managing Fonts 213
Technique 27: Getting to Know Services 214
What Are Services? 214
Grasping the Best Services Techniques 216
Adding On Services 218
Part V: Cranking Up Your
Internet Activities 219
Technique 28: Surfing with Safari 221
Navigation Shortcuts 221
Standard Shortcuts 222
Other Shortcuts 223
Setting Preferences 224
Setting General preferences 224
Working with tabbed browsing 225
Blocking pop-up windows 227
Saving Time with AutoFill Forms 228
Managing Usernames and Passwords 229
Marking Pages with SnapBack 229
Customizing Safari 231
Technique 29: Surfing with Other
Browsers 232
Internet Explorer 232
Keyboard shortcuts 233
Favorites 233
Explorer bar 234
Other features 235
Netscape, Mozilla, and Camino 235
Commercial Web Browsers 236
Technique 30: Managing Bookmarks
Better 238
Managing Bookmarks in Safari 238
Bookmarking a page 240
Using the Bookmarks window 240
Using the Bookmarks menu 241
Working with the Bookmarks Bar 241
Setting bookmark preferences in Safari 242
Accessing Safari Bookmarks 243
Sharing Bookmarks across Browsers 243
Bookmark Tips and Tricks 244
Technique 31: Speedy Searches
with Google 245
Doing Basic Google Searches 245
Doing Advanced Google Searches 246
Doing Specialized Google Searches 247
Searching Google with Safari 248
Google Tips and Tricks 249
Google, the dictionary 249
Google, the mathematician 249
Google, the unit converter 250
Google, the linguist 250
Google, the investor 251
Google, the cartographer 251
Google, the (fill in the blank) 251
Technique 32: Searching the Internet
with Other Tools 252
Searching Swiftly with Sherlock 252
Searching with Watson 255
Other Search Tools 257
CleverKeys 257
iSeek 258
Huevos 258
Technique 33: Mastering Mail 259
Keyboard Shortcuts 259
Navigation shortcuts 260
Other shortcuts 260