Take Control of Using Mountain Lion of Matt Neuburg as eBook reading on PaperC.

Take Control of Using Mountain Lion

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You'll become comfortable with these important Mountain Lion features:

Notifications: Learn how to view, organize, and control your notifications--so that they don't control you!
Gatekeeper: Understand the new Gatekeeper security system, and how you can bypass it when necessary.
Resume: Enjoy the Resume feature that re-opens applications and windows when you restart your Mac or relaunch a program. Or learn how to shut it off.
Auto Save: Some applications don't have Save commands in Mountain Lion! Learn how to save if you need to, and what to do if OS X saves something you don't want--and discover a new option in Mountain Lion that refines Auto Save in an important way.
iCloud: Read what Matt thinks is interesting about iCloud, plus come to a full understanding of how to work with Documents in the Cloud in OS X-- including how to handle the new Open dialog.
Window management: Get help with resizing your windows, find out about full-screen mode, and go way beyond the basics with Mission Control and desktop spaces.
Gestures: If you have a trackpad or Magic Mouse, get ready for more gestures in Mountain Lion!

You'll learn how handle these core customizations:

Menu bar: Enable (or disable) menu icons at the right side of the menu bar, and locate the elusive checkbox for making the menu bar look solid.
Finder windows: Set up the default Finder window in a smart way that suits your needs.
Dock: Take control of your Dock's appearance, location, and contents.
Launchpad: Move and remove items in Launchpad--a close cousin to the iOS Home screen--and make "folders" that contain multiple apps.
Screen: Calibrate your screen so it looks good to you, and learn how to make choppy text look smoother.
Desktop: Set which elements appear on the Desktop, and pick a custom background image.

Plus you'll find the answers to these customization-related questions:

How do I turn off notification banners and alerts, for all my applications, all at once?
Where did my scrollbars go?
How do I make the text in my Finder window sidebar larger?
How do I change the size of my mouse pointer icon?
How do I create a custom keyboard shortcut for a menu item?

Chockablock with information, the ebook also teaches you how to: