Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue

Overview

With Lion, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of Mac OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.7 completely transforms the Mac user interface with multi-touch gestures borrowed from the iPhone and iPad, and includes more 250 brand-new features. This book reveals them all with a wealth of insight and detail—and even does a deep dive into iCloud, Apple's wireless, free syncing service for Macs, PCs, iPhones, and iPads.

• Perfect for newcomers. Get crystal-clear, jargon-free introduction to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, Safari, Mail, and iCloud.
• Go in-depth. Learn how use key new features such as full-screen apps, Mission Control, the new Mac App Store, Launchpad, Resume, Auto Save, Versions, AirDrop, and more. Are you even more of a power user? Learn to set up a network, make a Lion flash drive, and even learn the basics of Lion's underlying Unix.

There's something new on practically every page of this new edition, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Apple's brought a new cat to town, and Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual is the best way to tame it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449397494
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/02/2011
Pages:	928
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

• The Missing Credits
• Introduction
• Part One: The Mac OS X Desktop
  • Chapter 0: The New Lion Landscape
  • Chapter 1: Folders & Windows
  • Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff
  • Chapter 3: Spotlight
  • Chapter 4: Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
• Part Two: Programs in Mac OS X
  • Chapter 5: Documents, Programs, & Mission Control
  • Chapter 6: Entering Data, Moving Data & Time Machine
  • Chapter 7: Services, Automator & AppleScript
  • Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh
• Part Three: The Components of Mac OS X
  • Chapter 9: System Preferences
  • Chapter 10: The Free Programs
  • Chapter 11: CDs, DVDs & iTunes
• Part Four: The Technologies of Mac OS X
  • Chapter 12: Accounts, Parental Controls & Security
  • Chapter 13: Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
  • Chapter 14: Printing, Scanning, Fonts & Graphics
  • Chapter 15: Sound, Movies & Speech
  • Chapter 16: The Unix Crash Course
• Part Five: Mac OS X Online
  • Chapter 17: Internet Setup & iCloud
  • Chapter 18: Mail & Contacts
  • Chapter 19: Safari
  • Chapter 20: iChat
  • Chapter 21: SSH, FTP, VPN & Web Sharing
• Part Six: Appendixes
  • Installing Mac OS X Lion
  • Troubleshooting
  • The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
  • The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
• Colophon