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Contents in DetailIntroduction ..................................................................................................................................1

Understanding Computer Terms ......................................................................................................2

Telling the Computer What to Do .....................................................................................................2Finding a Command ...........................................................................................................................3Using the Keyboard .............................................................................................................................5How This Book Is Organized ..............................................................................................................5

Part 1: Basic Training

Project 1: Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically.........................................................................................................................9

What You’ll Be Using ...........................................................................................................................9

Turning a Macintosh Off the Normal Way......................................................................................10

Forcing Your Macintosh to Shut Down ........................................................................................... 11

Restarting a Macintosh ..................................................................................................................... 11

Scheduling a Time to Turn Your Macintosh On or Off ................................................................. 11

Starting Programs When Your Macintosh Turns On ..................................................................... 14

Project 2: Learning to Use the Mouse ....................................................................... 15

What You’ll Be Using ......................................................................................................................... 16

How to Point and Click the Mouse .................................................................................................. 16

Dragging the Mouse ......................................................................................................................... 17

Double-Clicking the Mouse ............................................................................................................. 19

Right-Clicking the Mouse ................................................................................................................. 19

Using the Scroll Ball ..........................................................................................................................20

Using the Side Buttons .....................................................................................................................20

Additional Ideas for Using the Mouse ............................................................................................21

Project 3: Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar .............................................23

What You’ll Be Using .........................................................................................................................23

Understanding the Menu Bar ..........................................................................................................24

Understanding Dialogs ....................................................................................................................28

Understanding the Parts of the Menu Bar .....................................................................................30

Additional Ideas for Using the Menu Bar .......................................................................................32

Project 4: Controlling Programs with the Dock ..................................................35


Understanding Program Icons ........................................................................................................36

Understanding the Dock ..................................................................................................................37

Removing an Icon from the Dock ....................................................................................................37

Adding an Icon to the Dock .............................................................................................................38

Hiding or Moving the Dock ..............................................................................................................38

Magnifying the Dock.........................................................................................................................40

Switching Programs from the Dock ................................................................................................40

Quitting Programs from the Dock ..................................................................................................42

Additional Ideas for Using the Dock ...............................................................................................43

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Project 5: Manipulating Windows ................................................................................45


Arranging Windows ..........................................................................................................................46

Closing a Window .............................................................................................................................46

Moving a Window..............................................................................................................................47

Resizing a Window ............................................................................................................................47

Scrolling a Window ...........................................................................................................................47

Minimizing a Window........................................................................................................................48

Zooming a Window ...........................................................................................................................49

Hiding the Toolbar of a Window .....................................................................................................49

Hiding and Displaying Windows with Exposé ...............................................................................50

Hiding All Windows out of Sight .....................................................................................................50

Displaying Only Windows from a Single Program ........................................................................ 51

Viewing All Windows as Thumbnail Images ..................................................................................52

Working with Multiple Desktops with Spaces ...............................................................................53

Setting Up Spaces .............................................................................................................................53

Switching Between Desktops ..........................................................................................................55

Moving Windows Between Desktops .............................................................................................56

Additional Ideas for Manipulating Windows .................................................................................57

Project 6: Navigating Through Folders with the Finder ...............................59


Understanding Drives, Folders, and Files ......................................................................................59

Understanding the Finder ................................................................................................................ 61

Viewing the Contents of a Drive ......................................................................................................62

Viewing a Folder Hierarchy ..............................................................................................................62

Opening a Folder ..............................................................................................................................63

Identifying Your Location in the Folder Hierarchy .........................................................................64

Navigating Back and Forth Through Folders .................................................................................65

Shortcuts to Viewing Folders ...........................................................................................................66

Additional Ideas for Navigating the Folder Hierarchy .................................................................67

Placing a Folder in the Sidebar ........................................................................................................67

Placing a Folder as a Stack on the Dock .........................................................................................67

Project 7: Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders ............................................................................................................................................69


Creating Files and Folders ...............................................................................................................70

Creating a Folder in the Save Dialog ..............................................................................................70

Creating a Folder in the Finder Window ........................................................................................71

Changing the View of Folders ......................................................................................................... 71

Peeking Inside a File .........................................................................................................................73

Renaming a File or Folder ................................................................................................................ 74

Deleting a File or Folder .................................................................................................................. 74

Copying a File or Folder ................................................................................................................... 74

Moving a File or Folder ....................................................................................................................75

Additional Ideas for Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders ................ 76


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Project 8: Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh .......................77


The Parts of Your Macintosh That Will Go to Sleep ......................................................................78

Forcing Your Macintosh to Sleep ....................................................................................................79

Making Your Macintosh Sleep on a Schedule ...............................................................................81

Additional Ideas for Conserving Energy ........................................................................................82

Part 2: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts

Project 9: Working Faster with Shortcut Commands ......................................85


Using Keyboard Shortcuts ...............................................................................................................86

Using Buttons ....................................................................................................................................87

Using Shortcut Menus ......................................................................................................................88

Additional Ideas for Using Shortcuts ..............................................................................................90

Project 10: Learning to Drag and Drop ....................................................................91


Dragging and Dropping Text ..........................................................................................................92

Dragging and Dropping Website Addresses in Safari .................................................................92

Dragging and Dropping Graphics ..................................................................................................94

Dragging and Dropping Files into Programs ................................................................................94

Additional Ideas for Dragging and Dropping ...............................................................................96

Project 11: Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners ..........................97


Defining a Hot Corner ......................................................................................................................98

Using a Hot Corner ...........................................................................................................................99

Additional Ideas for Using Hot Corners .......................................................................................100

Project 12: Finding Files Fast ........................................................................................101

What You’ll Be Using .......................................................................................................................102

Finding Specific Files with Spotlight ............................................................................................102

Using Spotlight Through the Finder .............................................................................................102

Using Spotlight from the Menu Bar ..............................................................................................104

Using Smart Folders........................................................................................................................104

Placing Folders on the Sidebar .....................................................................................................107

Placing Folders on the Dock ..........................................................................................................107

Peeking at Files Without Opening Them .....................................................................................109

Additional Ideas for Finding Files ................................................................................................. 110

Project 13: Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words ............................................................................................................................. 111

What You’ll Be Using ....................................................................................................................... 112

Labeling Files and Folders by Color ............................................................................................. 112

Searching Files and Folders by Color ........................................................................................... 113

Adding Spotlight Comments ........................................................................................................ 114

Additional Ideas for Labeling Files and Folders with Colors and Comments......................... 116


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Project 14: Putting Information at Your Fingertips with Dashboard .................................................................................................................................. 117


Starting Dashboard ......................................................................................................................... 118

Adding and Removing Dashboard Widgets................................................................................ 119

Adding Widgets to Dashboard .....................................................................................................120

Removing Widgets from Dashboard ............................................................................................120

Rearranging Widgets on Dashboard ............................................................................................ 121

Customizing Widgets ......................................................................................................................122

Finding More Widgets....................................................................................................................122

Erasing Widgets .............................................................................................................................. 123

Additional Ideas for Using Dashboard ......................................................................................... 124

Project 15: Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts ...................................................................................................................................... 127


Understanding User Accounts ...................................................................................................... 128

Creating User Accounts..................................................................................................................129

Logging Out of and In to an Account ........................................................................................... 131

Fast Switching Between Accounts ................................................................................................ 132

Turning on Fast User Switching .....................................................................................................132

Changing Accounts with Fast User Switching..............................................................................134

Deleting an Account .......................................................................................................................134

Additional Ideas for Using Accounts ............................................................................................136

Project 16: Slapping Parental Controls on Your Kids .................................... 137


Creating a Managed with Parental Controls Account ................................................................138

Setting Parental Controls ...............................................................................................................140

Restricting Programs ....................................................................................................................... 141

Restricting Content .........................................................................................................................144

Restricting Email and iChat Contact .............................................................................................146

Setting Time Limits for Using the Macintosh ...............................................................................148

Viewing Account Usage .................................................................................................................. 149

Additional Ideas for Using Managed Parental Controls Accounts ........................................... 151

Project 17: Making Your Mac Easier to See, Hear, and Control .............153


Enlarging Text on the Screen .........................................................................................................153

Changing the Screen Resolution ...................................................................................................154

Magnifying Parts of a Screen .........................................................................................................154

Replacing Beeps with Screen Flashing .........................................................................................155

Turning on Sticky Keys ....................................................................................................................156

Using Mouse Keys to Control the Keyboard ................................................................................157

Additional Ideas for Using Universal Access Features ............................................................... 159


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Part 3: Putting Your Macintosh to Work

Project 18: Jotting Down Notes ..................................................................................163


Storing Notes in the Stickies Program ..........................................................................................163

Creating Notes ................................................................................................................................164

Color Coding Notes ........................................................................................................................165

Keeping Notes Floating Around ...................................................................................................165

Deleting a Note ...............................................................................................................................166

Storing Notes in the Stickies Dashboard Widget ....................................................................... 167

Creating a Blank Stickies Widget in Dashboard .......................................................................... 167

Color Coding a Stickies Widget ....................................................................................................168

Deleting a Stickies Widget .............................................................................................................168

Additional Ideas for Jotting Down Notes .................................................................................... 169

Project 19: Turning Your Mac into an Electronic Reminder ....................... 171


Scheduling Events in iCal ............................................................................................................... 171

Displaying a Reminder on the Screen .......................................................................................... 173

Creating a Reminder ....................................................................................................................... 173

Viewing a Reminder ........................................................................................................................ 175

Opening a File ................................................................................................................................. 176

Sending an Email Reminder ........................................................................................................... 177

Additional Ideas for Setting Reminders ....................................................................................... 178

Project 20: Never Forget a Birthday Again ......................................................... 179


Storing Names and Birthdays in the Address Book ...................................................................180

Automatically Creating a Birthdays Calendar .............................................................................182

Additional Ideas for Tracking Important Dates ...........................................................................183

Project 21: Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh .......................................................................................................................185


Playing Audio CDs ..........................................................................................................................185

Importing Digital Audio Files ........................................................................................................186

Deleting Digital Audio Files in iTunes .......................................................................................... 187

Playing Music ...................................................................................................................................188

Rewinding (and Skipping) a Song .................................................................................................188

Adjusting the Volume .....................................................................................................................189

Using Playlists .................................................................................................................................. 191

Creating a Playlist ............................................................................................................................191

Adding (and Removing) Songs from a Playlist .............................................................................192

Creating a Smart Playlist .................................................................................................................192

Editing a Smart Playlist ................................................................................................................... 194

Deleting a Playlist ............................................................................................................................ 194

Tagging Your Songs ........................................................................................................................195


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Identifying all Playlists in which a Song Appears .........................................................................196

Additional Ideas for Playing Music on a Macintosh .................................................................... 197

Project 22: Ripping and Burning an Audio CD ...................................................199


Picking an Audio File Format .........................................................................................................200

Ripping Songs from a CD ...............................................................................................................201

Choosing a CD Format ...................................................................................................................202

Burning a Custom Audio CD .........................................................................................................204

Additional Ideas for Ripping and Burning CDs ...........................................................................205

Project 23: Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD ...........................................207


Switching Between Full Screen and Window Mode ...................................................................208

Viewing DVD Movie Chapters .......................................................................................................209

Playing Specific DVD Chapters ......................................................................................................209

Using Bookmarks.............................................................................................................................210

Creating a Bookmark ......................................................................................................................210

Viewing a Bookmark ........................................................................................................................210

Deleting a Bookmark ...................................................................................................................... 212

Using Video Clips ............................................................................................................................ 212

Defining a Video Clip ...................................................................................................................... 212

Viewing a Video Clip ....................................................................................................................... 214

Deleting a Video Clip ...................................................................................................................... 214

Additional Ideas for Viewing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD ....................................................... 215

Project 24: Storing Files on a CD or DVD .............................................................. 217


Identifying the Discs Your Macintosh Can Use ........................................................................... 218

Erasing a Read/Write (RW) Disc .................................................................................................... 219

Choosing Files to Burn to a CD or DVD .......................................................................................220

Creating a Burn Folder ...................................................................................................................221

Burning Files Directly to Disc .........................................................................................................222

Additional Ideas for Burning CDs and DVDs ...............................................................................223

Project 25: Transferring Images to a Macintosh ...............................................225


Transferring Photos from a Digital Camera .................................................................................226

Transferring Images from a Scanner .............................................................................................227

Copying Images from a Web Page ...............................................................................................229

Saving an Image as a File ...............................................................................................................229

Copying and Pasting an Image into Another Program ...............................................................229

Capturing Screen Images ..............................................................................................................230

Additional Ideas for Storing Images .............................................................................................231

Project 26: Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto .................................233


How iPhoto Works ...........................................................................................................................234

Working with Events .......................................................................................................................235


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Viewing the Photos in an Event .....................................................................................................235

Naming an Event .............................................................................................................................236

Viewing All Your Photos ..................................................................................................................236

Working with Albums......................................................................................................................238

Creating an Album ..........................................................................................................................238

Copying Photos to an Album .........................................................................................................238

Removing Photos from an Album ..................................................................................................239

Deleting Photos and Albums .........................................................................................................239

Deleting Photos from iPhoto ..........................................................................................................239

Deleting an Album ..........................................................................................................................240

Additional Ideas for Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto ...............................................240

Project 27: Tagging and Sorting Digital Photographs in iPhoto ............ 241


Tagging Photos ................................................................................................................................242

Renaming a Photo ...........................................................................................................................242

Rating a Photo ..................................................................................................................................243

Adding Keywords to a Photo .........................................................................................................243

Making Your Own Keywords ..........................................................................................................244

Sorting Photos .................................................................................................................................245

Additional Ideas for Sorting Digital Photographs in iPhoto ......................................................245

Project 28: Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto .......................................... 247


Rotating and Straightening Photos ...............................................................................................248

Cropping a Photo ............................................................................................................................249

Touching Up a Photo ......................................................................................................................250

Creating Unusual Visual Effects .................................................................................................... 251

Adjust a Photo Manually................................................................................................................. 251

Additional Ideas for Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto ......................................................252

Project 29: Turning Your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame.............................................................................................................................................253


Creating a Slideshow Folder ..........................................................................................................254

Storing Pictures in Your Slideshow Folder ...................................................................................254

Copying Existing Pictures into Your Slideshow Folder ...............................................................254

Copying Existing Pictures from iPhoto into Your Slideshow Folder ..........................................255

Capturing Pictures with iSight and Photo Booth ........................................................................255

Creating a Slideshow ......................................................................................................................257

Displaying a Desktop Slideshow ...................................................................................................257

Displaying a Screensaver Slideshow ............................................................................................. 261

More Ideas for Displaying Slideshows .........................................................................................263

Project 30: Sharing Files Without Connecting Cables ..................................265


Checking for Bluetooth Capability ...............................................................................................266

Turning on Bluetooth ......................................................................................................................266

Sharing Files with Bluetooth ..........................................................................................................267


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Sharing Files Between Macintosh Computers .............................................................................267

Additional Ideas for Transferring Files Wirelessly .......................................................................269

Project 31: Retrieving Files Back in Time ..............................................................271


Retrieving Files from the Trash ......................................................................................................271

Backing Up and Retrieving Files with Time Machine..................................................................272

Setting Up Time Machine ...............................................................................................................272

Retrieving Files with Time Machine...............................................................................................273

Additional Ideas for Backing Up Files .......................................................................................... 274

Project 32: Typing Foreign Languages ....................................................................275


Typing Foreign Characters............................................................................................................. 276

Clicking to Choose Foreign Characters .......................................................................................277

Adding the Character Palette to the International Menulet ......................................................277

Viewing the Character Palette on the International Menulet ....................................................278

Typing on a Foreign Language Keyboard Layout .......................................................................279

Choosing a Foreign Language ......................................................................................................279

Typing in a Foreign Language .......................................................................................................281

Typing in Foreign (Non-Roman) Characters ................................................................................281

Choosing an Input Method ............................................................................................................282

Typing Using a Foreign Language Input Method .......................................................................282

Additional Ideas for Typing Foreign Characters .........................................................................283

Part 4: Touching the World Through the Internet

Project 33: Remembering Your Favorite Websites .........................................287


Using Bookmarks.............................................................................................................................288

Bookmarking a Favorite Website ..................................................................................................288

Moving and Copying a Bookmark .................................................................................................289

Editing a Bookmark .........................................................................................................................289

Deleting a Bookmark ......................................................................................................................290

Organizing Bookmarks in Folders .................................................................................................291

Creating a Bookmark Folder ..........................................................................................................291

Adding Bookmarks to a Folder ......................................................................................................293

Moving a Bookmark Folder ............................................................................................................293

Rearranging Bookmarks and Folders ............................................................................................294

Saving and Sharing Bookmarks .....................................................................................................294

Using the History Menu ..................................................................................................................295

Additional Ideas for Using Bookmarks and the History Menu ..................................................296

Project 34: Reading the Latest Updates on Your Favorite Websites ......................................................................................................................................297


Using RSS Feeds ..............................................................................................................................298


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Configuring Safari ............................................................................................................................298

Identifying and Bookmarking RSS Feeds .....................................................................................299

Viewing RSS Feeds ..........................................................................................................................300

Reading RSS Feeds by Email .........................................................................................................301

Selecting RSS Feeds .......................................................................................................................301

Viewing and Reading RSS Feeds ...................................................................................................302

Additional Ideas for RSS Feeds .....................................................................................................302

Project 35: Keeping Your Internet Activities Private ....................................303


Identifying Safe Websites ..............................................................................................................304

Clearing Your Internet Tracks ........................................................................................................306

Avoiding Fraudulent Websites and Phishing Scams ..................................................................308

Hiding Your Browsing from Others ...............................................................................................308

Project 36: Saving Research Information from a Web Page .....................309


Saving a Web Page as a File ..........................................................................................................310

Saving a Web Page in Page Source (HTML) or Web Archive Format ........................................310

Saving a Web Page as a PDF File .................................................................................................. 312

Emailing a Web Page ...................................................................................................................... 313

Emailing an Entire Web Page......................................................................................................... 314

Emailing a Link to a Web Page ...................................................................................................... 314

Saving the Text of a Web Page ...................................................................................................... 315

Saving a Web Page as a Text File .................................................................................................. 315

Saving a Condensed Version of a Web Page as a Text File ....................................................... 316

Saving Web Page Text as a Sticky Note........................................................................................318

Listening to Text on a Web Page ..................................................................................................320

Additional Ideas for Researching on the Internet .......................................................................320

Project 37: Creating an Electronic Clipping Service for Web Pages .................................................................................................................................321


Clipping a Web Page ......................................................................................................................322

Viewing a Web Clip .........................................................................................................................324

Changing the Appearance of a Web Clip ....................................................................................325

Deleting a Web Clip ........................................................................................................................325

Additional Ideas for Web Clips .....................................................................................................326

Project 38: Watching Video on Any Website ......................................................329


Downloading and Installing RealPlayer ........................................................................................330

Downloading and Installing Flip4Mac ..........................................................................................331

Downloading and Installing Windows Media Player for Mac ....................................................331

Additional Ideas for Watching Videos on the Internet ...............................................................332


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Project 39: Expanding Your Mind by Listening to Free College Lectures ................................................................................................................................. 335


Choosing a College in iTunes U ....................................................................................................336

Listening to Downloaded Lectures ...............................................................................................338

Additional Ideas for Listening to Lectures ...................................................................................339

Project 40: Listening to News, Music, and Talk Shows over the Internet ........................................................................................................................................341


Finding and Listening to an Internet Radio Station ....................................................................342

Saving Internet Radio Stations in a Playlist ...................................................................................343

Listening to Internet Radio Stations in a Playlist ..........................................................................344

Deleting an Internet Radio Station from a Playlist .......................................................................344

Finding Podcasts .............................................................................................................................345

Listening to Saved Podcasts ..........................................................................................................348

Additional Ideas for Listening to Radio Stations and Podcasts ................................................348

Project 41: Setting Up an Email Account ...............................................................351


Getting Your Email Account Information .....................................................................................352

Configuring the Mail Program for Your Email Account ..............................................................352

Configuring Mail Manually .............................................................................................................353

Additional Ideas for Creating Accounts in Mail ..........................................................................356

Project 42: Reading and Writing Email ...................................................................357


Retrieving Email Messages ............................................................................................................357

Manually Retrieving Messages ......................................................................................................358

Automatically Retrieving Messages ..............................................................................................358

Reading Your Messages .................................................................................................................359

Retrieving a File Attachment ..........................................................................................................359

Defining Where to Store a File Attachment .................................................................................361

Deleting a Message ........................................................................................................................361

Saving Email Addresses .................................................................................................................362

Writing a Message ..........................................................................................................................362

Creating a New Message ...............................................................................................................362

Replying to a Message ...................................................................................................................363

Forwarding a Message ...................................................................................................................363

Attaching a File to a Message .......................................................................................................363

Saving Messages as Drafts ............................................................................................................364

Additional Ideas for Reading and Writing Messages .................................................................365

Project 43: Making Email Look Pretty ....................................................................367


Using Stationery ..............................................................................................................................367

Using Signatures..............................................................................................................................369

Creating a Signature .......................................................................................................................370


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Using a Signature ............................................................................................................................371

Deleting a Signature .......................................................................................................................371

Additional Ideas for Making Email Look Pretty ...........................................................................372

Project 44: Organizing Your Email .............................................................................373


Sorting Messages............................................................................................................................373

Searching for Messages ................................................................................................................. 374

Using Smart Mailboxes ...................................................................................................................375

Creating a New Smart Mailbox ...................................................................................................... 376

Editing a Smart Mailbox .................................................................................................................377

Deleting a Smart Mailbox ..............................................................................................................377

Using Rules to Sort Messages .......................................................................................................377

Creating a Folder for Sorted Messages .......................................................................................378

Creating a Rule ................................................................................................................................378

Editing and Deleting a Rule ...........................................................................................................380

Additional Ideas for Organizing Email .........................................................................................381

Project 45: Dealing with Junk Email .........................................................................383


Bouncing Messages ........................................................................................................................383

Using Junk Mail Filtering ................................................................................................................384

Configuring the Junk Mail Filter ....................................................................................................384

Identifying Junk Mail .......................................................................................................................385

Deleting Junk Mail ..........................................................................................................................385

Additional Ideas for Dealing with Junk Email .............................................................................386

Part 5: Maintaining Your Macintosh

Project 46: Learning About Your Macintosh .......................................................389


Identifying Your Operating System Version, Processor Type, and Memory ...........................390

Identifying the Types of CD and DVD Discs Your Mac Can Use ...............................................391

Additional Ideas for Identifying the Parts of Your Macintosh ...................................................393

Project 47: Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh .......................................................................................................................397


Installing Software from a CD or DVD ..........................................................................................398

Installing Software Over the Internet ...........................................................................................400

Updating Software ..........................................................................................................................402

Uninstalling Software ......................................................................................................................405

Additional Ideas for Installing Software on Your Macintosh .....................................................405

Project 48: Performing Preventative Maintenance on Your Macintosh ...................................................................................................................................407


Caring for Your Hard Disk...............................................................................................................408


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Running Operating System Maintenance Tasks .......................................................................... 410

Additional Ideas for Maintaining Your Macintosh....................................................................... 412

Project 49: Ejecting Stuck CDs or DVDs ................................................................ 413


How to Eject a CD or DVD Normally ............................................................................................ 414

How to Eject a Stuck CD or DVD ................................................................................................... 414

Restart and Hold Down the Left Mouse Button .......................................................................... 415

Restart and Hold Down the C Key ................................................................................................. 415

Eject from the Disk Utility Program ............................................................................................... 415

Eject from the Terminal Program ................................................................................................... 416

Place an Eject Button on the Menu Bar ........................................................................................ 417

Additional Ideas for Ejecting and Preventing Stuck CDs or DVDs ............................................. 418

Project 50: Password Protecting Your Macintosh ........................................... 419


Password Protecting Screensaver and Sleep Mode ...................................................................420

Password Protecting System Preferences ....................................................................................421

Disabling Automatic Login ............................................................................................................421

Turning Automatic Login Back On ................................................................................................422

Logging Out Automatically ...........................................................................................................423

Choosing and Changing Your Passwords ....................................................................................423

Additional Ideas for Password Protecting Your Macintosh .......................................................424

Project 51: Encrypting Your Data ...............................................................................425


Encrypting Your Home Folder .......................................................................................................426

Setting a Master Password .............................................................................................................426

Securely Erasing Files and Virtual Memory ..................................................................................427

Turning On FileVault .......................................................................................................................428

Turning Off FileVault .......................................................................................................................429

Additional Ideas for Encrypting Your Data ..................................................................................429

Project 52: Troubleshooting Your Printers ...........................................................431


Adding a Printer ..............................................................................................................................432

Stopping and Canceling Print Jobs ..............................................................................................434

Changing the Settings on a Printer...............................................................................................435

Deleting a Printer from Your Macintosh .......................................................................................437

Additional Ideas for Controlling Printers on Your Macintosh ....................................................437

The Next Step ..........................................................................................................................439

Index ..............................................................................................................................................441


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Technology

menu bar

understanding dialogs

starting programs

quitting programs

additional ideas

computer terms

basic training project

normal way