The Mac OS X Desktop
Chapter 0 The New Lion Landscape
- Launchpad
- Full Screen Mode, Safari
- Full-Screen Apps, Mission Control
Chapter 1 Folders & Windows
- Getting into Mac OS X
- Windows and How to Work Them
- The Four Window Views
- Icon View
- List View
- Column View
- Cover Flow View
- Quick Look
- Logging Out, Shutting Down
- Getting Help in Mac OS X
Chapter 2 Organizing Your Stuff
- The Mac OS X Folder Structure
- Icon Names
- Selecting Icons
- Moving and Copying Icons
- Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
- Color Labels
- The Trash
- Get Info
- Shortcut Menus, Action Menus
Chapter 3 Spotlight
- The Spotlight Menu
- The Spotlight Window
- Customizing Spotlight
- Smart Folders
Chapter 4 Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
- The Dock
- Setting Up the Dock
- Using the Dock
- The Finder Toolbar
- Designing Your Desktop
- Menulets: The Missing Manual
Programs in Mac OS X
Chapter 5 Documents, Programs, & Mission Control
- The Mac App Store
- Other Ways to Get Mac Software
- Opening Mac OS X Programs
- Launchpad
- Windows that Auto-Reopen
- The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher
- Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
- Dashboard
- Exposé
- Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- How Documents Know Their Parents
- Keyboard Control
- The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
- Auto Save and Versions
- Cocoa and Carbon
Chapter 6 Entering Data, Moving Data & Time Machine
- The Macintosh Keyboard
- Notes on Right-Clicking
- Power Typing
- The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text
- Data Detectors
- Moving Data Between Documents
- Exchanging Data with Other Macs
- Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
- Time Machine
Chapter 7 Services, Automator & AppleScript
- Services
- Automator
- Building Your Own Workflow
- Doing More with Automator
- AppleScript
Chapter 8 Windows on Macintosh
- Boot Camp
- Windows in a Window
- Life with Microsoft Exchange
The Components of Mac OS X
Chapter 9 System Preferences
- The System Preferences Window
- Bluetooth
- CDs & DVDs
- Date & Time
- Desktop & Screen Saver
- Displays
- Dock
- Energy Saver
- General
- iCloud
- Keyboard
- Language & Text
- Mail, Contacts & Calendars
- Mission Control
- MobileMe
- Mouse
- Network
- Parental Controls
- Print & Scan
- Security & Privacy
- Sharing
- Software Update
- Sound
- Speech
- Spotlight
- Startup Disk
- Time Machine
- Trackpad
- Universal Access
- Users & Groups
Chapter 10 The Free Programs
- Your Free Mac OS X Programs
- Address Book
- App Store
- Automator
- Calculator
- Chess
- Dashboard
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Font Book
- GarageBand
- iCal
- iChat
- iDVD
- Image Capture
- iMovie, iPhoto
- iTunes
- Launchpad
- Mission Control
- Photo Booth
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Safari
- Stickies
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
- Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
Chapter 11 CDs, DVDs & iTunes
- Disks Today
- Disks In, Disks Out
- Startup Disks
- Burning CDs and DVDs
- iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
- DVD Movies
The Technologies of Mac OS X
Chapter 12 Accounts, Parental Controls & Security
- Introducing Accounts
- Creating an Account
- Parental Controls
- Editing Accounts
- Setting Up the Login Process
- Signing In, Logging Out
- Sharing Across Accounts
- Fast User Switching
- Five Mac OS X Security Shields
- Two Mac OS X Privacy Shields
Chapter 13 Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
- Wiring the Network
- File Sharing: Three Ways
- AirDrop
- Sharing Your Public Folder
- Sharing Any Folder
- Accessing Shared Files
- Networking with Windows
- Screen Sharing
- More Dialing In from the Road
Chapter 14 Printing, Scanning, Fonts & Graphics
- Mac Meets Printer
- Making the Printout
- Managing Printouts
- Printer Sharing
- Faxing
- PDF Files
- Fonts—and Font Book
- ColorSync
- Graphics in Mac OS X
- Screen-Capture Keystrokes
Chapter 15 Sound, Movies & Speech
- Playing Sounds
- Recording Sound
- QuickTime Player
- Speech Recognition
- The Mac Reads to You
- VoiceOver
- Ink: Handwriting Recognition
Chapter 16 The Unix Crash Course
- Terminal
- Navigating in Unix
- Working with Files and Directories
- Unix Help
- Terminal Preferences
- Terminal Tips and Tricks
- Changing Permissions
- 20 Useful Unix Utilities
- Putting It Together
Mac OS X Online
Chapter 17 Internet Setup & iCloud
- The Best News You’ve Heard All Day
- Network Central and Multihoming
- Broadband Connections
- Cellular Modems
- Tethering
- Dial-Up Modem Connections
- Switching Locations
- Internet Sharing
- iCloud
- Internet Location Files
Chapter 18 Mail & Contacts
- Setting Up Mail
- Checking Your Mail
- Writing Messages
- Stationery
- Reading Email
- The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- RSS Feeds
- Notes
- To Dos
- Address Book
Chapter 19 Safari
- The Three Biggies in Lion
- Browsing Basics
- Tips for Better Surfing
- Tabbed Browsing
- RSS: The Missing Manual
Chapter 20 iChat
- Welcome to iChat
- Many Chat Networks
- Setting Up Your Chat Account(s)
- The Buddy List
- Making a List
- Let the Chat Begin
- Text Chatting
- Audio Chats
- Video Chats
- Juggling Chats and Windows
- Sharing Your Screen
- iChat Theater
Chapter 21 SSH, FTP, VPN & Web Sharing
- Web Sharing
- FTP
- Connecting from the Road
- Remote Access with SSH
- Virtual Private Networking
Appendixes
Appendix Installing Mac OS X Lion
- Hardware Requirements
- Psychological Requirements
- The Standard Installation
- The Setup Assistant
- The Homemade Lion Installer Disk
- Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Appendix 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
Appendix The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- About [this program]
Appendix The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
- Startup Keystrokes
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It started out ok, but bugs started to show up now and then especially with bluetooth. Each update has helped, but still have a few problems with the wifi. I It started out ok, but bugs started to show up now and then especially with bluetooth. Each update has helped, but still have a few problems with the wifi. I am hoping os 10.8 will be better and solve many of the problems. We will see.18 of 24 people found this useful - 2.0 out of 5 stars
Change is not always a good thing.
The mail improvements are slowed down by the change in look. Apple could make the improvements with out changing the look. Reminds me of my PC days!24 of 62 people found this useful
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It started out ok, but bugs started to show up now and then especially with bluetooth. Each update has helped, but still have a few problems with the wifi. I It started out ok, but bugs started to show up now and then especially with bluetooth. Each update has helped, but still have a few problems with the wifi. I am hoping os 10.8 will be better and solve many of the problems. We will see.18 of 24 people found this useful- 4.0 out of 5 stars
Some annoyances but good upgrade overall
The annoyances are mostly due to the IOSification of OS X with this version. Launchpad is a waste, and the new scrollbars are not a good change. On the other ha The annoyances are mostly due to the IOSification of OS X with this version. Launchpad is a waste, and the new scrollbars are not a good change. On the other hand Mission control is a vastly improved way of managing multiple virtual screens, especially if you have a multitouch pointing device.Give yourself lots of RAM. 4 GB is a sweet spot.26 of 35 people found this useful - 2.0 out of 5 stars
Change is not always a good thing.
The mail improvements are slowed down by the change in look. Apple could make the improvements with out changing the look. Reminds me of my PC days!24 of 62 people found this useful
- Can i install OS X Lion on a late 2006 imac?
- Asked by Lewis V from Kettering
- on Jun 2, 2014
Best Answer:
Apparently we have the same computer, it would run mavericks were it not for the 32 bit GPU
so to a Apparently we have the same computer, it would run mavericks were it not for the 32 bit GPU
so to answer your question, yeah.- Answered by Dal C from Essex
- on Jun 23, 2014
1 Answer(Can i install OS X Lion on a late 2006 imac?) - i have mac OS X 10.5.8 if i buy this software to what version i can upgrade it ?
- Asked by jerry osagie S from barcelona
- on Jan 2, 2014
Best Answer:
You must be running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard to be able to upgrade to Lion.
To get Snow Leopard, you You must be running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard to be able to upgrade to Lion.
To get Snow Leopard, you must purchase it the DVD (search 'OS X Snow Leopard') from the Apple online store, and install it first.
You will then be able to use this utility to upgrade to Lion (v 10.7)
I would ensure your Mac is capable of running Lion first though, before spending any money!- Answered by Ross Q from Newtownards
- on Jan 13, 2014
1 Answer(i have mac OS X 10.5.8 if i buy this software to what version i can upgrade it ?) - if i buy os x lion is it automatically linked to my apple id so i could reinstall it on a macbook
- Asked by Samuel W from Newtownards
- on Mar 11, 2019
- What I need is Os 10.7.2 . Where can I buy it?
- Asked by Hector F from Yauco
- on Oct 21, 2015
1 Answer(What I need is Os 10.7.2 . Where can I buy it?) - can my mac still receive calls with lion update
- Asked by antoinette S from sidney
- on Dec 29, 2015
Best Answer:
If you are referring to when your iPhone rings your mac will allow you to receive the call (aka Cont If you are referring to when your iPhone rings your mac will allow you to receive the call (aka Continuity)? Then No as that feature was not introduced until OS X 10 9 Yosemite. If you are referring to making face-time calls yes that feature was already implemented.- Answered by Jim- T from Oakland Park
- on Feb 23, 2016
3 Answers(can my mac still receive calls with lion update) - when i try to buy via apple.com it requires shipping address. since delivery is via email, how do i override this to proceed with the purchase?
- Asked by Vladislav O from Modi'in-Maccabim-Reut
- on Feb 14, 2017
Answer
The shipping address is only for ID verification purposes. Nothing will be shipped to your home.- Answered by Christina T from Vancouver
- on Mar 8, 2017
1 Answer(when i try to buy via apple.com it requires shipping address. since delivery is via email, how do i override this to proceed with the purchase?)