Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users

✍ Scribed by Scott Granneman (auth.), Clay Andres, Douglas Pundick, Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, Michelle Lowman, Matthew Moodie, Duncan Parkes, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh, Kelly Moritz, Ralph Moore (eds.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 485
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Advanced Capabilities and Techniques is for Mac OS X users who want to go beyond the obvious, the standard, and the easy. If want to dig deeper into Mac OS X and maximize your skills and productivity using the world's slickest and most elegant operating system, then this is the book for you.

Written by Scott Granneman, an experienced teacher, developer, and consultant, Mac OS X for Power Users helps you push Mac OS X to the max, unveiling advanced techniques and options that you may have not known even existed. Create custom workflows and apps with Automator, run Windows programs and even Windows itself without dual-booting, and sync data on your hard drive, on your phone, and in the cloud—learn all of these techniques and more.

This is not a book that talks down to you; Mac OS X for Power Users is an essential book for experienced Mac users who are smart enough to know there is more to be known, and are ready to become power users.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Advanced Secrets of Mac OS X....Pages 1-7
Maintaining Your Mac....Pages 9-50
Expanding Upon the Basic Tools....Pages 51-109
Using Safari to Its Fullest....Pages 111-149
Stepping Beyond Safari....Pages 151-193
Using the Internet to Its Fullest....Pages 195-236
Securing Your Mac & Networks....Pages 237-266
Backing Up Your Mac....Pages 267-294
Manipulating and Sharing Pictures....Pages 295-313
Having More Fun With Audio & Video....Pages 315-370
Key Utility Tools for Text & Archives....Pages 371-402
Digging Deep as an Admin....Pages 403-452
Back Matter....Pages 453-479

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general