Mac OS X Panther Pocket Guide, 3/e (Paperback)

Summary

Mac OS® X swept many Mac users off their feet with its sharp looking interface and no-nonsense, rock solid Unix® core. Well before its glow had begun to fade, the original Mac OS was replaced with Mac OS X, along with a suite of new applications and system improvements. Now there's Panther, which--like its big cat predecessor, Jaguar--brings lots of improvements to Mac OS X. Some are subtle, like faster boot time, while others are drastic but welcome, such as a much-improved Finder® and iChat™ AV, which brings audio and video chat capabilities to the Mac.

While it's still Mac OS X, Panther is definitely a different kind of animal, and mastering it can take a little work. The new Mac OS X Panther Pocket Guide provides the information you'll need most in a concise and easy to use format, perfect for putting you at ease with Panther. Thoroughly updated, this slim book introduces you to the fundamental concepts of Mac OS X Panther. It also features a handy "Mac OS X Survival Guide," telling Mac users what's changed from Mac OS 9, and helps Windows® and Unix converts get acclimated to their new OS.

Mac OS X Panther Pocket Guide provides a roadmap to the latest Mac operating system, including how to use tools as the newly revamped Finder and Dock. The book includes an overview of the System Preferences, as well as an introduction to the Unix shell and the Terminal application. It covers all the essentials, and provides instant help when you need it at your keyboard or on the road.

This compact guide also includes a quick reference for creating special characters and a listing of basic keyboard commands. If you need to add or remove a user, correct preferences, log in, log out, tune the Dock, or change passwords, you'll find the information you need easily in a book that really can fit in your back pocket. With more than 250 tips and tricks, this practical, to-the-point book is a small but powerful resource for unleashing the power of Mac OS X Panther.

Table of Contents

    Introduction  


    Part I: Mac OS X Survival Guide

      Changes to Mac OS X from Mac OS 9  

                The Apple Menu  

                Think System Preferences, Not Control Panels  

                Other Missing Items  

      Tips for Switchers  

                General Tips for Switchers  

                Tips for Windows Switchers  

                Tips for Unix Switchers  


    Part II: Mac OS X Basics

      Window Controls  

      Window Tips  

      The Finder  

                The Finder's Toolbar  

                The Finder's Sidebar  

                Searching from the Finder  

                Finder Tips  

      Keyboard Shortcuts  

                Basic Keyboard Shortcuts  

                Startup and Shutdown Keys  

      The Dock  

                Using and Configuring the Dock  

                Dock Tricks  

      Expos? 

      Mac OS X and the Classic Environment  

      Users and Logging In  

                Tips for Users  

                User Subdirectories  

                The root User Account  

                Get Info and Setting File Permissions  


    Part III: System Tools

      System Preferences  

                Personal  

                Hardware  

                Internet & Network  

                System  

      Applications and Utilities  

                Applications  

                Utilities  

      Xcode Tools  

                Installing the Xcode Tools  

                Overview of the Xcode Tools  


    Part IV: Mac OS X Unix Basics

      Configuring and Using the Terminal  

                Terminal Settings  

                Keyboard Shortcuts  

      Command-Line Editing with bash  

                Emacs Mode  

                vi Mode  

                Additional bash Shortcuts  

      Additional Shell Commands  

                defaults  

                open  

      Basic Unix Commands  


    Part V: Task and Setting Index

      Task and Setting Index  

                Customizing the System  

                Files and Folders  

                Fonts and Font Management  

                Searching for and Locating Files  

                Obtaining Information About the System  

                Internet, Web, and Email  

                Modems and Dial-Up Networking

                Networking  

                Printer Configuration and Printing  

                Maintenance and Troubleshooting  


    Special Characters  


    Index

摘要

Mac OS X以其精美的界面和可靠的Unix核心征服了許多Mac用戶。在它的光芒開始褪去之前，原始的Mac OS被Mac OS X取代，並帶來了一套新的應用程序和系統改進。現在有了Panther，就像它的前身Jaguar一樣，為Mac OS X帶來了許多改進。有些是微妙的，比如更快的啟動時間，而有些是顯著但受歡迎的，比如改進的Finder和iChat AV，為Mac帶來了音頻和視頻聊天功能。

儘管它仍然是Mac OS X，但Panther絕對是一種不同類型的系統，掌握它可能需要一些努力。新的Mac OS X Panther Pocket Guide以簡潔易用的格式提供了您最需要的信息，非常適合讓您對Panther感到輕鬆自在。這本修訂更新的小書向您介紹了Mac OS X Panther的基本概念。它還提供了一個方便的“Mac OS X生存指南”，告訴Mac用戶從Mac OS 9到Mac OS X有哪些變化，並幫助Windows和Unix轉換者適應他們的新操作系統。

Mac OS X Panther Pocket Guide提供了最新Mac操作系統的路線圖，包括如何使用重新設計的Finder和Dock等工具。該書包括系統偏好設置的概述，以及對Unix shell和Terminal應用程序的介紹。它涵蓋了所有基本知識，並在您需要時提供即時幫助，無論您是在鍵盤前還是在外出時。

這本簡潔指南還包括創建特殊字符的快速參考和基本鍵盤命令的列表。如果您需要添加或刪除用戶，更正偏好設置，登錄，登出，調整Dock或更改密碼，您可以輕鬆在這本真正可以放在後袋的書中找到所需的信息。這本實用而簡潔的書籍提供了250多個技巧和訣竅，是釋放Mac OS X Panther功能的小而強大的資源。

目錄

引言

第一部分：Mac OS X生存指南
- 從Mac OS 9到Mac OS X的變化
- Apple菜單
- 系統偏好設置
- 其他遺失的項目
- 切換者的提示
- Windows切換者的提示
- Unix切換者的提示

第二部分：Mac OS X基礎知識
- 窗口控制
- 窗口技巧
- Finder
- Finder的工具欄
- Finder的側邊欄
- 從Finder搜索
- Finder的技巧
- 鍵盤快捷鍵
- 基本鍵盤快捷鍵
- 啟動和關機鍵
- Dock
- 使用和配置Dock
- Dock技巧
- Exposé
- Mac OS X和Classic環境
- 用戶和L