MacOS 9

David Pogue, a Yale grad and former Broadway conductor, writes the Computer Press Association award-winning back-page column for Macworld magazine. He's the author or coauthor of 15 computer, humor, and music books, including PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, Macs for Dummies, Opera for Dummies, Classical Music for Dummies, Magic for Dummies, Macworld Mac Secrets, Hard Drive (a novel), The Microsloth Joke Book, and Tales from the Tech Line. Pogue's Web page is www.davidpogue.com; email is david@pogueman.com

Introduction What's New in Mac OS 9 About this Book The Very Basics Part One: The Mac OS 9 Desktop Chapter 1: Window Opportunities Window-Edge Gizmos Scroll Bars Additional Finder-Window Controls Window Views: Icon, List, and Button Setting Up Standard Views Pop-Up Windows Chapter 2: Icon Management Icon Names Selecting Icons Moving and Copying Icons Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once Using Labels The Launcher The Trash Icon Password Protection The Desktop Database: Where Icons Live Chapter 3: Interior Decoration Desktop Patterns and Pictures Fonts, Sounds, and Colors Saving your Schemes as Themes Chapter 4: Controlling Your Desktop The Menu Bar Contextual (Control-key) Menus The Control Strip Chapter 5: Mastering the Apple Menu How to Modify the Apple Menu About This Computer The Standard Apple Menu Items Control Panels Recent Servers Remote Access Status Scrapbook Sherlock 2 Stickies Part Two: Applications in Mac OS 9 Chapter 6: Using Programs in Mac OS 9 Launching Mac Programs Switching Programs: the Application Menu Launching Applications from the Keyboard Type and Creator Codes Chapter 7: Managing Your Mac's Memory Where Your Memory Goes Changing a Program's Memory Allotment Virtual Memory: Trading Speed for RAM The Disk Cache: Trading RAM for Speed RAM Disk: The Ultimate Speed Trick How Fragile is the RAM Disk? Chapter 8: The Save and Open Dialog Boxes The Save File Dialog Box The Open File Dialog Box Navigation Services Chapter 9: Moving Data Moving Data Between Documents Exchanging Data with Windows PCs Chapter 10: An Introduction to AppleScript Recording in "Watch-Me" Mode Saving a Script Writing Commands by Hand Folder, Network, and Internet Scripts Where to Learn More Part Three: The Components of Mac OS 9 Chapter 11: What's in the System Folder What's in the System Folder Chapter 12: Control Panels and Extensions The Mac OS 9 Control Panels The Extensions: What They're For Chapter 13: Apple Leftovers, Apple Extras The Apple Extras Folder The Applications Folder The Assistants Folder The Internet Folder The Utilities Folder Custom Installation Options Part Four: Mac OS 9 Online Chapter 14: Web Sharing, iTools, and Other Internet Integration Mac OS 9 Internet Featurettes iTools @ Applecom Chapter 15: Finding Files and Web Sites with Sherlock 2 Finding Icons Finding Text in Your Files Searching the Internet Part Five: Plugging In to Mac OS 9 Chapter 16: Networking in Mac OS 9 Wiring the Network File Sharing in Mac OS 9 Apple Remote Access (ARA) The Keychain: Forgettable Passwords Chapter 17: One Mac, Many Users Introducing Multiple Users Four Degrees of Freedom Setting up Accounts Setting Up the Global Options Signing In Technical Underpinnings Chapter 18: Disks, Cables, and Other Insertions How the Mac Does Disks Macintosh Cable Crash Course Chapter 19: Printing, Fonts, and ColorSync Mac Meets Printer Desktop Printer Icons Printing Without Desktop Icons Making the Printout Fonts ColorSync Chapter 20: Sound and Digital Movies Recording Sound QuickTime Movies Pasting footage Chapter 21: Speech Recognition and Synthesized Speech PlainTalk Speech Recognition PlainTalk Text-to-Speech Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: Mac OS 9, Menu by Menu Apple Menu Edit Menu View Special Help Appendix B: Installing Mac OS 9 Before you Install The Standard Installation The Custom Installation The Clean Installation Mac OS 9 Compatibility Problems Appendix C: Troubleshooting Cue Card Freezes, Crashes, and Strange Glitches Other Common Problems Where to Get Troubleshooting Help