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Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies
By: Mark L. ChamberseBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the newest Mac operating system, with even better performance and more efficient use of hard drive space as well as cool features like MobileMe, the iWork productivity suite, and improved media technology. And Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies is your one-stop reference for all its features.
Eight self-contained minibooks cover OS X basics, customizing and sharing your Mac, the digital hub, iWork, Internet features, networking, expanding your system, and advanced Mac OS X (for those with more techie inclinations). You’ll learn to: Determine whether your hardware can handle upgrading to Snow Leopard Navigate Snow Leopard, find things with Spotlight, control your Mac with Front Row, and make backups Explore the digital hub and its applications: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, GarageBand, QuickTime, and iWeb Create cool-looking documents with Pages, crunch numbers with Numbers, and build awesome slide presentations with Keynote Set up your Internet connection and e-mail, connect with iChat, sync up with MobileMe, and share large files via iDisk Build a wireless network with AirPort Extreme Keep your Snow Leopard happy with regular maintenance
Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies also shows you a little of what’s under the hood, in case you’re interested in doing a little AppleScript programming or learning a bit more about UNIX. Whatever your level of involvement with OS X Snow Leopard, this complete guide covers what you need to know.
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| Release Date: 08-14-2009 | |
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies
Chapter One
... And UNIX Lurks Beneath
In This Chapter
Why use UNIX?
Doing things with the keyboard
Introducing UNIX commands
Creating text files
Exploring deep inside Mac OS X
As I mention in the first chapter of the book - at the beginning of our Snow Leopard odyssey - UNIX lurks deep beneath the shiny Aqua exterior of Mac OS X. UNIX is a tried-and-true operating system that's been around for decades, since the days when mainframe computers were king. If you don't believe that it's a powerful (and popular) operating system, consider that over half of all Web servers on the Internet use some variety of UNIX as their operating system of choice.
Besides being battle-tested and having a long history, UNIX offers some fantastic features. Unlike the graphical world of Mac OS X, the keyboard plays an integral role while you're using a UNIX-based operating system. Because UNIX is text-based, you'll find that it's evolved a large set of useful keyboard-driven commands that can perform powerful feats that a mouse user just can't easily equal. This chapter examines the role of the keyboard in UNIX operating systems and describes how to execute standard file system commands. You also discover how to use Apple's additional set of commands and install your own commands (and simple programs) from the Internet.
Why Use the Keyboard?
To begin benefiting from the UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X, get used to doing things with the keyboard. Although mouse skills can be applied to UNIX, you'll generally find performing UNIX functions faster and easier wi
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