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Take Control of Customizing Leopard
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- Table of Contents
- + Read Me First
- Introduction
- Customizing Leopard Quick Start
- Know What’s New
- + Install Intelligently
- + Preserve the Past with Time Machine
- + Dominate the Dock, Master the Menu Bar
- Straighten Out Your System Preferences
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Handle the Hierarchy
- Set Up the Default Finder Window
- Peek With Quick Look and Cover Flow
- Prepare for Springing Folders
- Set Up the Desktop
- Sidebar Basics
- Customize Your Sidebar
- Tweak Your Open and Save Dialogs
- Toolbar Basics
- Customize Your Toolbar
- Determine Your Toolbar’s Visibility
- Use the Path Bar
- Understand Spotlight
- Tackle the Spotlight Search Interfaces
- Search Backward in Time
- Set Up Spotlight Preferences
- Make Smart Folders
- + Wash Your Windows
- + Control the Keyboard, Master the Mouse
- + Ease Your Eyeballs
- + Fix Your Fonts
- + Tackle Your Text
- Customize Status Menus
- + Perform Miscellaneous Configurations
- Find Other Customizations
- Appendix A: Use AppleScript to Make Every Window Open in List View, No Matter What
- + About This Book
- Copyright/Fine Print
- Featured Titles
- Small Dog Electronics Coupon
Come up to speed quickly on Leopard's new features! So, what's new in Leopard? What's all the fuss about? This book shows you, through a hands-on guided tour of the adjustments, tweaks, and customizations you can make in the System and the Finder. >
Apple boasts of 300 new features in Leopard, but to make the most of those features, turn to Matt Neuburg for a road map on how to customize Leopard so it's right for you. Matt shows you how to protect your data with Time Machine, including instructions for searching through previous files with Spotlight. You'll also learn how to peek at files with Quick Look and Cover Flow, customize Leopard's updated sidebar, and use Spaces effectively. >
Matt explains numerous other key customizations, including how to use the much-improved Spotlight interface, set Finder windows to open in your desired view, configure Open and Save dialogs, arrange items on your toolbar for quick access, and turn on the new Path Bar. Also covered are how to work with Expose, Dashboard, status menus, login items, Internet helper applications, zooming controls, double-headed scroll arrows, and lots more. >
Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions like: * What are the major new features in Leopard? * What are the major new features in Leopard? * How might I change my work habits to get more out of Leopard? * Can I move windows between virtual desktops in Spaces? * How do I customize my Time Machine backups? * What's the best way to use Spotlight to find files on my disk? * How can I keep my Desktop from getting too messy? * How do I assign keyboard shortcuts to menu items? * Can I turn off or reassign the Caps Lock key? * How do I turn off all those Services in the application menus?
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Computers > Operating Systems > Macintosh
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Publication year : 2007
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 4

