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iPod: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
The Missing Credits About the Authors J.D. Biersdorfer (author) is the author of several O’Reilly books, including iPad 2: The Missing Manual, Best iPhone Apps, Second Edition, and Netbooks: The Missing Manual. She’s been writing the weekly computer Q&A column for the New York Times since 1998 and has covered every- thing from 17th-century Indian art to the world of female hackers for the newspaper. She’s also written articles for the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design, Budget Travel, the New York Times Book Review, and Rolling Stone. She studied in the Theater & Drama program at Indiana University and now spends her limited spare moments playing the banjo badly, drinking copious amounts of tea, and watching BBC World News. Email: jd.biersdorfer@gmail.com. David Pogue (co-author) is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, a weekly CNBC contribu- tor, and the creator
(2011)
Windows Vista for Starte...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual by David Pogue Copyright © 2007 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles: safari.oreilly.com. For more information, contract our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Printing History: January 2007: First Edition. February 2007: Second Printing. Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual, The Missing Manual logo, Pogue Press, the Pogue Press logo, the O’Reilly logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc. was aware of a trademark
(2010)
iPod: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
iPod: The Missing Manual, Sixth Edition BY J.D. Biersdorfer WITH DAVID POGUE Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800.998.9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Executive Editor: Laurie Petrycki Editor: Peter Meyers Production Editors: Nellie McKesson and Keith McNamara Illustrations: Lesley Borash Indexer: Julie Hawks Cover Designers: Randy Comer, Karen Montgomery, and Suzy Wiviott Interior Designer: Ron Bilodeau Print History: October 2007: First Edition. The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. iPod: The Missing Manual and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations
(2007)
Mac OS X Leopard: The Mi...
by David Pogue
Introduction W ithout a doubt, Mac OS X is a stunning technical achievement. In fact, many tech reviewers and experts call it the best personal-computer operating system on earth. But beware its name. The X is meant to be a Roman numeral, pronounced “ten.” Don’t say “oh ess sex.” You’ll get funny looks in public. In any case, Mac OS X Leopard is the sixth major version of Apple’ s Unix-based operating system. It is not, however, the Mac operating system that saw Apple through the 1980s and 1990s, the one that was finally retired when it was called Mac OS 9. Apple dumped that one in 2001; in Leopard, even fewer traces of it remain. Why did Apple throw out the operating system that made it famous to begin with? Well, through the years, as Apple piled new features onto a software foundation originally poured in 1984, the original
(2008)
Switching to the Mac: Th...
The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
by David Pogue
The Missing Credits About the Author David Pogue is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, weekly CNBC contributor, and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He’s the author or co-author of 45 books, including 20 in this series and six in the “For Dummies” line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a magician, and a pianist. News, photos, links to his columns, blog, and weekly videos await at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at david@pogueman.com. About the Creative Team Sarah Friedlander (production miracle worker) is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology and lives in Campbell, California. She works in high-tech marketing in Silicon Valley and keeps her hands on creative projects as often as she can. When not working, she enjoys
(2009)
iPhone: The Missing Manual
Covers All Models with 3.0 Software-including the iPhone 3GS
by David Pogue
Apple/Mobile Devices Answers found here! iPhone: The Missing Manual. With the iPhone 3.0 software and the new iPhone 3GS, Apple has a world-class hit on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything— cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book. The important stuff Why I started you need to know the Missing Manual series. The phone. Thanks to voice dialing, Visual n People learn best when informa- Voicemail, and MMS (picture/video mes- tion is engaging, clearly written, sages), the iPhone is a top-notch cellphone. and funny. Unfortunately, most The iPhone 3GS. This book covers all n computer books read like dry iPhones, but the 3GS offers a camcorder, catalogs. That’s why I created compass—and blazing speed. the Missing Manuals. They’re entertaining, unafraid to state n
(2009)
iMovie '09 & iDVD: The M...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and Aaron Miller
Recording Narration If your Mac doesn’t have a built-in microphone, you can plug in an external USB microphone, an old external iSight camera, or a standard microphone with an adapter (like the iMic, www.griffintechnology.com). The Record From pop-up menu lists all the audio sources that the Mac knows about—Built-in Microphone, Built-in Input (meaning the audio-input jack on the back or the side), USB Microphone, or whatever you’ve got connected. NOTE The selection you make here is independent of the input that’s currently selected in System Preferences. That’s a welcome change from the old iMovie. Figure 9-12: Click the Voiceover button (top) to open the Voiceover window (bottom), where you set up the voice recording to come. Test your setup by speaking into the microphone. If the live VU meter twitches in response, and has a decent level, you’re ready to record. When it’s all over, your recording will look like
(2009)
David Pogue's Digital Ph...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
David Pogue’s Digital Photography: The Missing Manual BY David Pogue Copyright © 2009 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800.998.9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Executive Editor: Laurie Petrycki Copy Editor: Julie Van Keuren Proofreaders: Julie Van Keuren, Diana D’Abruzzo Indexer: David Pogue, David Pierce Cover Designers: Steve Fehler and Phil Simpson Interior Designer: Phil Simpson (based on a design by Ron Bilodeau) Print History: January 2009: First Edition. The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. iPhone: The Missing Manual and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed
(2009)
iPhone: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
About This Book By way of a printed guide to the iPhone, Apple provides only a fold-out leaf- let. It’s got a clever name—Finger Tips—but to learn your way around, you’re expected to use an electronic PDF document. This PDF covers the basics well, but it’s largely free of details, hacks, workarounds, tutorials, humor, and any acknowledgment of the iPhone’s flaws. You can’t mark your place, underline, or read it in the bathroom. The purpose of this book, then, is to serve as the manual that should have accompanied the iPhone. Writing computer books can be an annoying job. You commit something to print, and then bam—the software gets updated or revised, and suddenly your book is out of date. That will happen to this book especially. The iPhone is a platform. It’s a com- puter, so Apple can update and improve it by sending it new software bits. Apple
(2007)
Mac OS X: The Missing Ma...
Tiger Edition
by David Pogue
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition by David Pogue Copyright © 2005 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles: safari@oreilly. com. For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. July 2005: First Edition. September 2005: Second Printing. January 2006: Third Printing. March 2006: Fourth Printing. May 2006: Fifth Printing. The Missing Manual is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. The Missing Manual logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly
(2009)
The Internet: The Missin...
Internet: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
Introduction You think you feel overwhelmed by the march of technology? Then how’d you like to be the lady who, one day in the mid-90s, entered a computer store, handed the salesman a blank floppy disk, and asked him if she could please have a copy of the Internet? The funny thing is, in the mid-90s, you practically could fit the Internet on a floppy. It was a novelty then, a toy for computer scientists and power nerds. People didn’t have Web addresses on their business cards, didn’t buy stuff electronically, didn’t have PTA meetings about keeping their kids safe online. Nowadays, the Internet is a different story. Physically, the Internet is a very long series of wires (with wireless gaps here and there) that eventually connects everyone’s computer to everyone else’s. Culturally, though, it’s as important a communications system as the tele- phone—maybe more important. It’s a critical piece
(2008)
Windows Vista: The Missi...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual by David Pogue Copyright © 2007 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles: safari.oreilly. com. For more information, contract our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. January 2007: First Edition. February 2007: Second Printing. The Missing Manual is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. The Missing Manual logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media is aware of a trademark claim, the designations are capitalized. While every precaution has been
(2008)
Mac OS X Snow Leopard: T...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
Macintosh Answers found here! New York TimesWired For a company that promised to “put a pause on new features,” Apple sure has been busy—there’s Mac OS X barely a feature left untouched in Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard.” There’s more speed, more polish, Snow Leopard Mac OS X more refinement—but still no manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the humor and expertise Snow Leopard that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for eight years straight. Why I The important stuff started the Missing you need to know Manual series. The book that should have been in the box® n ig-ticket B changes. A 64-bit overhaul. Faster People learn best when informa- everything. A rewritten Finder. Microsoft tion is engaging, clearly written, Exchange compatibility. All-new QuickTime and funny. Unfortunately, most Player. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it. computer books read like dry catalogs. That’s
(2009)
iPod: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
iPod: The Missing Manual, Seventh Edition BY J.D. Biersdorfer WITH DAVID POGUE Copyright © 2009 J. D. Biersdorfer. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800.998.9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Executive Editor: Laurie Petrycki Editor: Peter Meyers Production Editor: Nellie McKesson Illustrations: Rob Romano and Lesley Keegan Indexer: Julie Hawks Cover Designers: Randy Comer, Karen Montgomery, and Suzy Wiviott Interior Designer: Ron Bilodeau Print History: October 2008: First Edition. The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. iPod: The Missing Manual and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where
(2008)
Switching to the Mac: Th...
by David Pogue
Macintosh Answers found here! What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac? Enthusiastic friends? The Apple Stores? Those “I’m a Mac” ads? A “halo effect” from the popularity of iPods and iPhones? The absence of viruses and spyware? The freedom to run Windows on a Mac? In any case, there’s never been a better time to switch to Mac OS X—and there’s never been a better, funnier, or more authoritative book to help you do it. Why I The important stuff started the Missing you need to know Manual series. n ransferring T your stuff. Moving files from a PC People learn best when informa- to a Mac by cable, network, or disk is the easy tion is engaging, clearly written, part. But how do you extract your email, and funny. Unfortunately, most address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, computer books read like dry catalogs. That’s why I created
(2009)
iPhoto '09: The Missing ...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
iPhoto ’09: The Missing Manual by David Pogue & J.D. Biersdorfer Copyright © 2009 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles: safari.oreilly. com. For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. April 2009: First Edition. The Missing Manual is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. The Missing Manual logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media is aware of a trademark claim, the designations are capitalized. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of
(2009)
iPhone: The Missing Manual
Covers iPhone 4 & All Other Models with iOS 4 Software
by David Pogue
There’s no guarantee that the Satellite view provides a very recent photo— different parts of the Google Maps database use photography taken at differ- ent times—but it’s still very cool. You’ll know when you’ve zoomed in to the resolution limits of Google’s satellite imagery; it will just stop zooming. Do some two-finger taps to back out again. Location, Location, Location If any phone can tell you where you are, it’s the iPhone. It has not one, not two, but three ways to determine your location. • GPS. First, the iPhone contains a traditional GPS chip, of the sort that’s found in automotive navigation units from Garmin, TomTom, and other companies. Don’t expect it to work as well as those car units, though. This is a cell- phone, for goodness’ sake—not some much bigger, single-purpose, dedicated-GPS car unit. Still, Apple’s designers used every trick in the book to maximize the iPhone’s
(2010)
iPod: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdo...
Shop the iTunes Store P eople have been downloading music from the Internet since the 1990s, from sites that were legal and others that were, well, not so much. Music fans loved the convenience, but record companies saw potential profits slipping down millions of modem lines. They fought back by suing file-sharing services and other software companies for aid- ing and abetting copyright infringement. The need for a legal music download site was obvious, but most early efforts resulted in skimpy song catalogs and confusing usage rights. Things changed dramatically in April 2003, when the iTunes Music Store went online to sell legal iPod-ready digital versions of popular songs for 99 cents a pop. In January 2009, Apple announced it was even doing away with restrictive copy protections built into most songs in the Store. This liberating act gave customers unlimited uses for their music and even the ability to
(2009)
iLife '05: The Missing M...
The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
for a moment, and then fades away again. The next name fades in to repeat the cycle. The iMovie (If you haven’t seen this particular opening-credit style used at the beginning of a Titles Catalog million TV shows and movies, you haven’t watched enough TV.) Centered Title This is a tasteful, professional, powerful effect. Tip: By using several consecutive Centered Titles, you achieve exactly the same effect as the Centered Multiple sequence, except with individual control over the timing of each text pair. Clip to Characters Speed slider: Controls fade in/fade out speed Direction control: None Over and over again in Apple’s history, its designers have noticed the masses flocking to a certain piece of shareware that fills a feature hole in Apple’s own software. In this case, the iMovie team observed how many people were buying add-on title effects from other companies, and decided to spare them that expense
(2005)
iPhone: The Missing Manual
Covers the iPhone 3G
by David Pogue
iPhone: The Missing Manual BY David Pogue Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800.998.9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Executive Editor: Laurie Petrycki Copy Editor: Teresa Noelle Roberts Proofreaders: Teresa Noelle Roberts, Ellen Keyne Seebacher, Sada Preisch Indexer: David Pogue Cover Designers: Phil Simpson, Suzy Wiviott, and Karen Montgomery Interior Designer: Phil Simpson (based on a design by Ron Bilodeau) Print History: August 2008: Second edition. The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. iPhone: The Missing Manual and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where
(2008)
