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Discover hundreds of tips, tricks, and shortcuts for doing more, sharing more, and having more fun with your Mac that's running Mountain Lion! This easy, nontechnical tutorial brings together powerful new ways to use OS X 10.8's coolest features and hottest new innovations! Perfect for Mac beginners, Windows (R) refugees, and long-time Mac users upgrading to Mountain Lion, it's packed with great ideas and solutions you would never discover on your own-all explained simply, step-by-step, with full-color pictures. Whether you're running a desktop iMac, a MacBook, or MacBook Air notebook computer, this book will make you even happier with your Apple computer than you already are!Here's just a sampling of what you'll learn how to do:* Make the most of Mountain Lion's new and revamped iPad-style apps * Share content on Facebook or Twitter instantly, without switching apps * Painlessly sync all your Apple devices (including your Macs, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch)* Communicate more efficiently with Messages * Compete against other gamers online from your Mac * Get access to iCloud's any time/any where free storage * Use Apple's "Find My Mac" service to find and remotely password-protect your Mac if it's lost or stolen * Get Notification Center to show you what you want-and only what you want * Transcribe voice dictation straight into your apps * Discover great shortcuts for apps like Contacts, Calendar, and Mail* Automatically back up your stuff with Time Machine * Organize your life with Reminders and create detailed To Do lists that sync with all of your computers and Apple mobile devices* Wirelessly simulcast presentations, home videos, and iTunes content to your TV (using Apple TV)* Use iPhoto's Faces tool to sort images based on who's in them, and then edit, print, and share them with ease* Hold free real-time videoconferences with other Apple users using FaceTime or anyone using Skype* Transition painlessly from any version of Windows (R)
Contents
INTRODUCTIONUPGRADE PREREQUISITES .. ......... 12CONFIRMING UPGRADE COMPATIBILITY ......... 14PURCHASING, DOWNLOADING, AND INSTALLING ......... 15PAIRING DEVICES VIA BLUETOOTH ...............18CONFIGURING A MAGIC MOUSE . ......... 20CONFIGURING A MULTI-TOUCH TRACKPAD .................202 NAVIGATING MOUNTAIN LION .......23EXPLORING THE DESKTOP .. ......... 24WORKING WITH THE MENU BAR .. ......... 24ACCESSING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER . ......... 32LAUNCHING APPS .........34SWITCHING BETWEEN RUNNING APPS .............37CUSTOMIZING THE DOCK ... ......... 38THE FINDER ICON . ......... 41THE TRASH ICON ... ......... 42USING FINDER .. ......... 43THE MAIN FINDER WINDOW ...........44WORKING WITH FILES/FOLDERS WITHIN FINDER ....52USING THE SHARE ICON ......... 53CUSTOMIZING YOUR DESKTOP AND SCREEN SAVER ....55CHANGING THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER ....55CUSTOMIZING THE SCREEN SAVER ...............57CUSTOMIZING MORE VIA SYSTEM PREFERENCES ............593 OPTIMIZING PREINSTALLED APPS .................61USING THE CALCULATOR APP.................66USING THE CALENDAR APP .......................69CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP ............70WORKING WITH THE CALENDAR SIDEBAR .....................71ENTERING EVENTS INTO THE CALENDAR APP ............73SYNCING CALENDAR WITH ICLOUD (AND OTHER MACS AND IDEVICES). ......... 76CUSTOMIZING HOW NOTIFICATION CENTER WORKS WITH THE CALENDAR APP ......... 77USING THE CONTACTS APP .......................81SYNCING CONTACTS DATA WITH ICLOUD (AND OTHER CONTACT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS) ...............82GROUPING YOUR CONTACTS ..........82SHARING CONTACTS DATA WITH OTHERS ......................84LEVERAGING FIELD LABELS WHEN CREATING NEW ENTRIES ....85CREATING A CONTACTS ENTRY FOR YOURSELF ........87ENHANCING FACETIME VIDEO CONFERENCES ...................88USING THE PHOTO BOOTH APP ............90GETTING QUICK VIEWS VIA THE PREVIEW APP ...................92VIEWING IMAGES, DOCUMENTS, AND PDF FILES ....96PREVIEW DIFFERS FROM QUICK LOOK ......96DISCOVERING OTHER PREINSTALLED APPS ..974 USING NOTIFICATION CENTER .......99MANAGING ALL APP-SPECIFIC NOTIFICATIONS ............102GETTING STARTED.....106USING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER PANEL ..................108CUSTOMIZING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER PANEL ............111AVOIDING EXCESSIVE ALERTS, ALARMS, AND NOTIFICATIONS.....1155 COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY WITH MESSAGES ........119INSTANT MESSAGING VERSUS TEXT MESSAGING .........120COMBINING MESSAGING CAPABILITIES .........121GETTING STARTED.....122COMMUNICATING WITH MESSAGES .................127EXPLOITING THE MESSAGES MENU BAR ......130OTHER TEXT MESSAGING, VIDEO, AND VOICE CHAT OPTIONS ......134SENDING TEXT MESSAGES FROM A MAC TO A MOBILE PHONE ...135SYNCING WITH ICLOUD......1547 IMPROVED WEB SURFING AND EMAIL MANAGEMENT ...157STREAMLINING SAFARI ......... 158TABBED BROWSING ......... 159SMARTER SEARCH FIELD ..................161SHARING ....162READING WEBSITE CONTENT OFFLINE .. ......... 162USING THE READER FEATURE ......165AVOIDING REPETITIVE DATA ENTRY WITH AUTOFILL ......165PREVENTING WEBSITE TRACKING ..............166CUSTOMIZING YOUR TOOLBAR . ......... 167MANAGING EMAIL USING THE MAIL APP .....170CONFERRING VIP STATUS ................172WORKING SEAMLESSLY WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER ....174CUSTOM SIGNING YOUR OUTGOING EMAILS ..........176SEARCHING YOUR INBOX AND ALL MAIL FOLDERS .........177DICTATING YOUR OUTGOING EMAILS.....178MANAGING YOUR EMAILS BETTER.............179WORKING WITH ICLOUD ..................180SENDING LARGE FILES VIA EMAIL ....1818 GETTING THE MOST FROM ITUNES AND GAME CENTER .....183EXPLORING ITUNES .. ......... 184MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL MUSIC LIBRARY ...............187CREATING PLAYLISTS ... ......... 189WATCHING MOVIES, TV SHOWS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS .....192ACCESSING ITUNES COMMANDS AND FEATURES .. ......... 194BUILT-IN GENIUS ......... 196MANAGING EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, IDEVICE APPS, AND RINGTONES......196PURCHASING CONTENT FROM THE ITUNES STORE............197THE ITUNES MATCH SERVICE .......199CUSTOMIZING ITUNES .......................199OTHER GAMING OPTIONS .......................2049 INSTALLING NEW SOFTWARE ......205SHOPPING THE APP STORE .....................207USING THE APP STORE APP ...........210LEARNING ABOUT APPS FROM LISTINGS .....................213LEARNING MORE ABOUT APPS .. ......... 214OBTAINING APPS VIA OTHER MEANS ...............216OPEN SOURCE VERSUS PAID APPS .............217INSTALLING SOFTWARE FROM OTHER SOURCES . ......... 217INSTALLING SOFTWARE FROM A CD/DVD (ON MACBOOK AIR) ...218KEEPING APPS CURRENT...219DISCOVERING NEW SOFTWARE .........22010 GET BETTER RESULTS FASTER USING IPHOTO .....227ILIFE PRIMER ....228GETTING STARTED WITH IPHOTO '11 ................229ORGANIZING YOUR PHOTOS ................230SORTING YOUR PHOTOS INTO EVENTS/ALBUMS ..230SORTING IMAGES WITH THE FACES FEATURE ...........232SORTING IMAGES WITH THE PLACES FEATURE .......234FLAGGING YOUR FAVORITE IMAGES .........235GIVING YOUR PHOTOS THE STAR TREATMENT ........235ASSOCIATING KEYWORDS WITH EACH IMAGE ........237RENAMING EVENTS, ALBUMS, AND IMAGES .............238DELETING PHOTOS FROM IPHOTO ............239USING IPHOTO'S SIDEBAR OPTIONS .................241EDITING PHOTOS WITHIN IPHOTO .. ......... 243CREATING PHOTO PROJECTS USING IPHOTO ....................246SHARING PHOTOS FROM IPHOTO ...247USING THE ICLOUD PHOTO STREAM FEATURE ................250CREATING PRINTS FROM YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES ..........253WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHOTO PAPER ............254ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR CREATING PRINTS ......256CREATING A PHOTO BOOK ......................25811 NAVIGATING AROUND ICLOUD .261DISCOVERING ICLOUD'S MANY USES ...............262PURCHASING ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE ....................269YOUR MAIN BACKUP OPTIONS ...........277PLANNING A BACKUP STRATEGY ....277TIME MACHINE AND TIME CAPSULE .......282RESTORING FROM A TIME MACHINE BACKUP .........28513 SYNCING INFORMATION WITH OTHER MACS AND IDEVICES ................293EXPLOITING MOUNTAIN LION'S SHARING FEATURES .. ......... 294EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS AND FILES WIRELESSLY VIA AIRDROP ..................303USING THIRD-PARTY CLOUD-BASED FILE SHARING ... ......... 306SHARING INFORMATION USING YOUSENDIT.COM .308SYNCING DATA BETWEEN MACS AND PCS USING A USB CABLE . ......... 309SHARING DOCUMENT FILES BETWEEN COMPUTERS ......... 30914 OPTIMIZING AIRPLAY ..... ......... 313DISCOVERING APPLE TV .... ......... 314PLAYING ITUNES CONTENT VIA AIRPLAY ......320PRESENTING PRESENTATIONS VIA AIRPLAY ......... 322AIRPLAY VERSUS HOME SHARING ... ......... 32315 USING PERIPHERALS AND ACCESSORIES ..................325REVIEWING YOUR MAC'S PORTS AND PERIPHERAL CONNECTION METHODS ..326AIRPLAY .......327BLUETOOTH ............327ETHERNET PORT .330FIREWIRE PORT ....331HEADPHONE JACK (AUDIO OUT) .................331IR RECEIVER 332MICROPHONE JACK (AUDIO IN) 332THUNDERBOLT PORT ...333USB PORTS ..334WI-FI ...............336CONNECTING PERIPHERALS ..................337CONNECTING PRINTERS/SCANNERS ........338CHOOSING A PRINTER FOR YOUR MAC . ......... 339CONSIDERING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL/ALL-IN-ONE OPTION ....342......................343344MICROSOFT WINDOWS VERSUS MOUNTAIN LION .......347OTHER DIFFERENCES ...352USING BOOT CAMP ......... 359USING PARALLELS....3599780789749918, TOC, 8/21/2012
