OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

The OS X Desktop
Chapter 1 Folders & Windows
Getting into OS X
Windows and How to Work Them
The Four Window Views
Icon View
List View
Column View
Cover Flow View
Quick Look
Finder Tabs
Logging Out, Shutting Down
Getting Help in OS X
Chapter 2 Organizing Your Stuff
The OS X Folder Structure
Icon Names
Selecting Icons
Moving and Copying Icons
Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
Finder Tags
The Trash
Get Info
Shortcut Menus, Action Menus
Chapter 3 Spotlight
The Spotlight Menu
The Spotlight Window
Customizing Spotlight
Smart Folders
Chapter 4 Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
The Dock
Setting Up the Dock
Using the Dock
The Finder Toolbar
Designing Your Desktop
Menulets: The Missing Manual
Programs in OS X
Chapter 5 Documents, Programs & Mission Control
The Mac App Store
Other Ways to Get Mac Software
Opening OS X Programs
Launchpad
Windows That Auto-Reopen
The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher
Full Screen Mode
Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
Dashboard
Exposé
Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
How Documents Know Their Parents
Keyboard Control
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
Auto Save and Versions
Documents in the Cloud
Cocoa and Carbon
Chapter 6 Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up
The Mac Keyboard
Notes on Right-Clicking
Power Typing
Dictation
The Many Languages of OS X Text
Data Detectors
Moving Data Between Documents
Exchanging Data with Other Macs
Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
The Share Button
Time Machine
Chapter 7 Automator, AppleScript & Services
Services
Automator
AppleScript
Chapter 8 Windows on Macintosh
Boot Camp
Windows in a Window
Life with Microsoft Exchange
The Components of OS X
Chapter 9 System Preferences
The System Preferences Window
Accessibility
App Store
Bluetooth
CDs & DVDs
Date & Time
Desktop & Screen Saver
Dictation & Speech
Displays
Dock
Energy Saver
General
iCloud
Internet Accounts
Keyboard
Language & Region
Mission Control
Mouse
Network
Notifications
Parental Controls
Printers & Scanners
Security & Privacy
Sharing
Sound
Spotlight
Startup Disk
Time Machine
Trackpad
Users & Groups
Chapter 10 Notifications
Insta-Respond to Bubbles
Shutting Up the Bubbles
The Notification Center
Chapter 11 The Free Programs of OS X
Your Free OS X Programs
App Store
Automator
Calculator
Calendar
Chess
Contacts
Dashboard
Dictionary
DVD Player
FaceTime
Font Book
Game Center
GarageBand
iBooks
iChat
Image Capture
iMovie, iPhoto
iTunes
Launchpad
Mail
Maps
Messages
Mission Control
Notes
Photo Booth
Preview
Reminders
QuickTime Player
Safari
Stickies
System Preferences
TextEdit
Time Machine
Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox
Chapter 12 CDs, DVDs & iTunes
Disks Today
Disks In, Disks Out
Startup Disks
Erasing a Disk
Burning CDs and DVDs
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
DVD Movies
The Technologies of OS X
Chapter 13 Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
Introducing Accounts
Creating an Account
Parental Controls
Editing Accounts
Setting Up the Login Process
Signing In, Logging Out
Sharing Across Accounts
Fast User Switching
Six OS X Security Shields
And Four Privacy Shields
Chapter 14 Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
Wiring the Network
File Sharing: Three Ways
Accessing Shared Files
Networking with Windows
Screen Sharing
More Dialing In from the Road
Chapter 15 Graphics, Fonts & Printing
Mac Meets Printer
Making the Printout
Managing Printouts
Printer Sharing
Faxing
PDF Files
Fonts—and Font Book
ColorSync
Graphics in OS X
Screen-Capture Keystrokes
Chapter 16 Sound, Movies & Speech
Playing Sounds
Recording Sounds
QuickTime Player
The Mac Reads to You
VoiceOver
Ink: Handwriting Recognition
OS X Online
Chapter 17 Internet Setup & iCloud
The Best News You’ve Heard All Day
Network Central and Multihoming
Broadband Connections
Cellular Modems
Tethering
Dial-Up Modem Connections
Switching Locations
Internet Sharing
iCloud
Chapter 18 Mail & Contacts
Setting Up Mail
Checking Your Mail
Tailoring the Look of Mail
Writing Messages
Stationery
Reading Email
VIPs
The Anti-Spam Toolkit
Contacts (Address Book)
Chapter 19 Safari
Browsing Basics
The Unified Address/Search Bar
Full Screen and Gestures
Top Sites
Customizing the Toolbar
Bookmarks (and the Sidebar)
Saved Passwords and the iCloud Keychain
14 Tips for Better Surfing
Tabbed Browsing
Privacy and Security Features
Chapter 20 Messages
Welcome to Messages
iMessages
The Traditional Chat Networks
Let the Chat Begin
Text Chatting
Audio Chats
Video Chats
Juggling Chats and Windows
Sharing Your Screen
Messages Theater
Chapter 21 SSH, FTP & VPN
FTP
Connecting from the Road
Remote Access with SSH
Virtual Private Networking
Appendixes
Appendix Installing OS X Mavericks
Hardware Requirements
Psychological Requirements
The Standard Installation
The Setup Assistant
The Homemade Installer Disk
Appendix Troubleshooting
Minor Eccentric Behavior
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks
Application Won’t Open
Startup Problems
Fixing the Disk
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
Appendix The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
About [this program]
Appendix The Master OS X Secret Keystroke List
Startup Keystrokes
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