OS X Yosemite

David Pogue is the anchor columnist for Yahoo Tech, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the tech columnist for the New York Times. He's also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, host of science shows on PBS's "NOVA," and two-time Emmy-winning correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning." With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 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
Yosemite’s New Preview Pane
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
Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
Finder Tags
The Trash
Get Info
Shortcut Menus, Action Menus
Chapter 3 Spotlight
The Spotlight Menu
The Searching 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
iCloud Drive
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 Mac+iPhone: Handoff, AirDrop & Continuity
Mac as Speakerphone
Texting from the Mac
Instant Hotspot
Handoff
AirDrop
Chapter 8 Windows on the Mac
Boot Camp
Windows in a Window
The Components of OS X
Chapter 9 System Preferences
The System Preferences Window
Accessibility
App Store
Bluetooth
CDs & DVDs
Date & Time
Desktop & Screensaver
Dictation & Speech
Displays
Dock
Energy Saver
Extensions
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
iPhoto/Photos
iMovie
iTunes
Launchpad
Mail
Maps
Messages
Mission Control
Notes
Numbers, Pages
Photo Booth
Preview
Reminders
QuickTime Player
Safari
Stickies
System Preferences
TextEdit
Time Machine
Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox
Chapter 12 Disks, Drives & iTunes
Disks Today
Disks In, Disks Out
Startup Disks
Erasing a Disk
Burning CDs and DVDs
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
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
OS X and Security
Gatekeeper
FileVault
The Firewall
The Password Assistant
The Keychain
Five Privacy Shields
Chapter 14 Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
Wiring the Network
File Sharing: Three Ways
AirDrop
Sharing Your Public Folder
Sharing Any Folder
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 (Personal Hotspot)
Dial-Up Modem Connections
Switching Locations
Internet Sharing
Meet iCloud
iCloud Drive
Photos
Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
Back to My Mac
Family Sharing
More iCloud Features
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
The Unified Address/Search Bar
Bookmarks, Favorites, and Top Sites
Full Screen and Gestures
Customizing the Toolbar
Saved Passwords: The iCloud Keychain
15 Tips for Better Surfing
Tabbed Browsing
Privacy and Security Features
Chapter 20 Messages
Welcome to Messages
Setting Up Messages
Let the Chat Begin
Text Chatting
Audio Chats
Video Chats
Sharing Your Screen
Chapter 21 FTP, SSH & VPN
FTP
Connecting from the Road
Remote Access with SSH
Virtual Private Networking
Appendixes
Appendix Installing OS X Yosemite
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
Appendix Colophon