Macworld Mac SECRETS

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Part I System Software Revealed 1 -- Chapter 1 Your First Software: The Finder 3 -- Finder: The Unknown Program 3 -- A Few Words about Icons 4 -- Icon Secrets 6 -- Icon Renaming Secrets 12 -- Truth about Finder Windows 16 -- Pop-up Window Secrets 21 -- Finder Window Secrets 24 -- Point of Views: Lists, Icons, and Buttons 29 -- List, Icon, and Button View Secrets 30 -- Copying Files 37 -- File Copying Secrets 37 -- Your First Database: The Desktop File 39 -- Desktop File Secrets 41 -- Secrets of the Trash 44 -- Trash Secrets 44 -- All about Aliases 46 -- Alias Secrets 52 -- Drag-and-Dropping Icons 52 -- Macintosh Drag-and-Drop 52 -- Macintosh Drag-and-Drop Secrets 55 -- Chapter 2 Finder Command Secrets 59 -- Apple Menu 59 -- Apple Menu Secrets 60 -- File Menu 64 -- Edit Menu 71 -- View Menu 74 -- Special Menu 78 -- Clean Up Secrets (System 7.x) 79 -- Help Menu 81 -- Keyboard/International Menu 84 -- Contextual Menus 86 -- Application Menu 87 -- Mac OS 8.5 Application Palette Secrets 88 -- Hidden System Commands 90 -- Hidden System Software Command Secrets 91 -- Chapter 3 Desk-Accessory World 93 -- Welcome to the Desk Accessories 93 -- Apple System Profiler 94 -- AppleCD Audio Player 96 -- AppleCD Audio Player Secrets 97 -- Automated Tasks 98 -- Calculator 99 -- Calculator Secrets 100 -- Chooser 101 -- Chooser Secrets 103 -- Control Panels 103 -- Connect To 104 -- Favorites 104 -- Find (Find File) 106 -- Find File (and Sherlock) Secrets 112 -- Graphing Calculator 119 -- Graphing Calculator Secrets 120 -- Internet Access 121 -- Jigsaw Puzzle 122 -- Jigsaw Puzzle Secrets 122 -- Key Caps 123 -- Key Caps Secrets 123 -- Network Browser 124 -- Network Software Selector 125 -- Note Pad 125 -- Note Pad Secrets 126 -- Recent Applications, Documents, Servers 127 -- Remote Access Status 127 -- Scrapbook 128 -- Scrapbook Secrets 128 -- SimpleSound 129 -- Stickies 131 -- Stickies Secrets 132 -- Shut Down 135 -- Chapter 4 Control Panels and Extensions 137 -- Control Panels 138 -- Appearance Control Panel Secrets 141 -- Apple Menu Options Secrets 148 -- At Ease Secrets 150 -- Color Control Panel Secrets 153 -- Control Strip Secrets 157 -- Date & Time Secrets 160 -- Desktop Patterns Secrets 162 -- Desktop Pictures Secrets 166 -- Energy Saver Secrets 171 -- Extensions Manager Secrets 175 -- File Exchange Secrets 179 -- Launcher Control Panel Secrets 190 -- Location Manager Secrets 195 -- Map Secrets 201 -- Memory Control Panel Secrets 205 -- Monitor Secrets 206 -- Modem Control Panel Secrets 207 -- PC Setup Secrets 214 -- Sound Control Panel Secrets 220 -- Extensions One by One 228 -- Ultimate Extension-Linking Guide 252 -- Chapter 5 Enablers, Installers, and Apple Extras 255 -- System Folder Folders 255 -- All About Enablers 267 -- System File Itself 268 -- Apple Extras and Apple Leftovers 269 -- System-Software Installer 277 -- Installer Secrets 285 -- Switching between System Versions 288 -- Great Invisible-File Collection 289 -- Chapter 6 System Software Museum 293 -- Jurassic Era: System 1.0-4.2 293 -- Victorian Age: System 6 300 -- System 7.0 302 -- System 7.5 305 -- Copland: The OS That Wasn't 315 -- Mac OS 8 318 -- Rhapsody and Next 322 -- Carbon and Mac OS X 323 -- Performa System-Software Annex 325 -- Part II Secrets of the Machine 327 -- Chapter 7 On, Off, and Everything in Between 329 -- Power On 329 -- ADB Bus 329 -- Startup Sequence 331 -- Ultimate Startup-Keys List 340 -- Startup Secrets 340 -- Beyond the Startup Sequence 346 -- Shutting Down 347 -- Shut Down Secrets 349 -- Restart (Reset) Switch 349 -- Sleep Modes 352 -- Chapter 8 Disk Chapter 355 -- Disk Basics 355 -- HFS+ (Mac OS Extended Format) 359 -- Hard Disks 361 -- Hard Drive Secrets 366 -- Defragmenting Secrets 371 -- Partitions 372 -- Floppy Disks 379 -- Floppy Disk Secrets 381 -- Removable Disks 389 -- Removable-Disk Secrets 391 -- Chapter 9 Memory 393 -- RAM: the Chips 393 -- RAM: for Programs 397 -- RAM Doubler Secrets 405 -- Disk Cache 408 -- RAM Disks: High-Speed Imaginary Drives 410 -- RAM Disk Secrets 412 -- Virtual Memory: Instant, Free RAM 413 -- Virtual Memory Secrets 415 -- Chapter 10 Keyboards, Mice, and USB 417 -- About the ADB Chain 417 -- USB Hits the Mac 418 -- Keyboard 420 -- A Few Odd Keys and What They Mean 421 -- Keyboard Secrets 426 -- Mouse, Trackball, and Trackpad 430 -- Ergonomics Basics 433 -- Chapter 11 Monitors 435 -- Monitor Basics 435 -- About VRAM 436 -- A Word About DPI 441 -- Multiple Monitors 443 -- Monitor Secrets 448 -- Chapter 12 From 128K to Quadra: Mac to Mac 453 -- Coming to Terms 454 -- More specs 456 -- More Secrets 456 -- Compact Macs 457 -- SE/30 Secrets 462 -- Mac II Series 466 -- A IIfx Secret 468 -- IIci Secrets 470 -- LC Series 472 -- Centris/Quadra Line 477 -- Portable Macs 486 -- Only Upgrade Guide You'll Ever Need 500 -- Chapter 13 PowerPC Macs, Model by Model 503 -- PowerPC Chip 503 -- Power Macs, Model by Model 507 -- Laptop Power Macs 533 -- PowerPC Mac Secrets 542 -- Macintosh Clones: Here and Gone 547 -- PowerPC and the Future 548 -- Chapter 14 PowerBooks Exposed 549 -- A Little History 549 -- Screen 550 -- PowerBook Screen Secrets 552 -- Working from a Wall Outlet 553 -- Power-outlet Secrets 554 -- Trackpad secrets 556 -- Working from a Battery 556 -- Battery Secrets 559 -- Four-Hour Charge (RAM-Disk) Trick 564 -- PowerBook RAM-Disk Secrets 569 -- Sleep Mode 571 -- Sleep Secrets 572 -- Getting Info In and Out 573 -- PowerBook Printing Secrets 583 -- Traveling with the PowerBook 584 -- Duo Notes--and Newton Stunts 586 -- Part III Application Secrets 587 -- Chapter 15 Mac Application Basics 589 -- Types, Creators, and Double-Clicking 589 -- Type and Creator Code Secrets 592 -- Which Copy Will Launch? 594 -- How the Mac Multitasks 596 -- Hazards of Multitasking 597 -- Multitasking Secrets 599 -- Publish and Subscribe 603 -- Multitasking Pro: OpenDoc 607 -- Save, Save As, Revert 608 -- Save/Open Dialog Box Secrets 611 -- Save and Open File 2000: Navigation Services 615 -- New Open/Save Dialog Box Secrets 618 -- Stationery 619 -- Ten Macintosh Application Basic Techniques 620 -- Chapter 16 Mac to PC and Back 623 -- PC Disks 623 -- PC Disk Secrets 624 -- Converting PC Files for the Mac 625 -- Cross-Platform File-Conversion Secrets 630 -- Exchanging Graphics with Windows Users 634 -- Cross-Platform Networking 636 -- Running Windows Programs on a Mac 639 -- VirtualPC/SoftWindows Speed Secrets 641 -- Using PC Peripherals on the Mac 642 -- Chapter 17 Word Processing 645 -- A Few Words About Word Processing 645 -- Universal Word Processing Secrets 645 -- Microsoft Word 649 -- Microsoft Word Secrets 670 -- WordPerfect 690 -- WordPerfect Secrets 690 -- Nisus, WriteNow, MacWrite Pro 693 -- AppleWorks/ClarisWorks 693 -- AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Word Processor Secrets 693 -- SimpleText: The ReadMe Machine 698 -- Simple Text Secrets 699 -- Chapter 18 Page Design 701 -- Page-Layout Principles 702 -- PageMaker 710 -- PageMaker Secrets 710 -- QuarkXPress 716 -- QuarkXPress Secrets 719 -- Page Design and the World Wide Web 727 -- Chapter 19 Number and Data Crunching 729 -- Spreadsheet Basics 729 -- Excel Secrets (and ClarisWorks) 730 -- Quicken 746 -- Quicken Secrets 746 -- FileMaker and ClarisWorks 749 -- FileMaker/ClarisWorks Secrets 750 -- Chapter 20 Graphics and 3D 763 -- File Formats 763 -- Types of Graphics Programs 770 -- General Painting Secrets 773 -- Photoshop Secrets 779 -- Drawing 784 -- Universal Drawing Program Secretsn 786 -- PostScript Drawing Programs 788 -- Universal PostScript Drawing Secrets 789 -- FreeHand Secrets 792 -- Illustrator Secrets 795 -- 3D Graphics 795 -- Chapter 21 ResEdit Chapter 797 -- What Is ResEdit? 797 -- How to Use ResEdit 799 -- ResEdit Secrets 810 -- Top Ten ResEdit Pranks 834 -- Chapter 22 Utilities, Macros, and AppleScript 837 -- Hard Disk Repair and Recovery Software 838 -- Disk Utility Secrets 838 -- Virus Protection 840 -- Macro Software 842 -- Macro Software Secrets 844 -- OneClick Crash Course 845 -- OneClick Secrets 848 -- AppleScript Crash Course 848 -- Screen Savers and Screen Grabbers 854 -- Compression Software 856 -- Disk Images, DiskCopy, and ShrinkWrap 857 -- ShrinkWrap/DiskCopy Secrets 859 -- CanOpener: the Great Retriever 861 -- MacsBug: Weird Land of the Coder 863 -- MacsBug Secrets 865 -- Extension Managers 866 -- Extension Manager Secrets 867 -- Chapter 23 Speech, Movies, and Sound 869 -- A Mac Digitized-Sound Primer 869 -- Sound Secrets 875 -- Music with MIDI 878 -- MIDI Secrets 880 -- QuickTime Movies 881 -- QuickTime Digitizing Secrets 884 -- QuickTime Secrets 887 -- QuickTime VR Secrets 895 -- Mac Meets TV 896 -- Speech I Mac Talks 900 -- Text-to-Speech Secrets 900 -- Speech II Mac Listens 902 -- Speech Secrets 904 -- Part IV World Online 907 -- Chapter 24 Mysteries of the Modem 909 -- Hardware 909 -- Standards and protocols 912 -- Beyond the modem: ISDN, Cable Modems, ASDL 915 -- Software 916 -- Telecom Secrets 919 -- Mac as Fax 920 -- Fax Modem Secrets 921 -- Chapter 25 Web, the Net, and Everything Online 925 -- Internet Connection Secrets 935 -- Getting Around: Internet Addresses and URLs 936 -- Where to Go on the Internet 938.