1. .Mac's Core Services

   1. Chapter 1 Setting Up Your .Mac Account

      1. Before You Sign Up
      2. Your First Stop: System Preferences
      3. Configuring Mail
      4. Changing Your .Mac Password
      5. Setting an iCal Event to Change Your .Mac Password
      6. Renewing Your .Mac Membership

   2. Chapter 2 Inside Mac.com

      1. Navigating Mac.com
      2. Managing Your .Mac Account
      3. Forget Your Password?
      4. The .Mac Services Sidebar
      5. The .Mac Learning Center

   3. Chapter 3 Using Your iDisk

      1. The iDisk's Filesystem
      2. Mounting the iDisk
      3. iDisk Public Folders
      4. Unmounting an iDisk
      5. Mounting an iDisk on a Mac OS 9 System
      6. The iDisk Utility
      7. iDisk Synchronization

   4. Chapter 4 .Mac Mail

      1. Two Ways to Check Your .Mac Mail
      2. Using .Mac's Web-Based Mail
      3. Setting Mail's Preferences
      4. Working with Mail
      5. Using the Address Book with .Mac

2. Protecting Your Mac

   1. Chapter 5 Using Virex

      1. Finding and Installing Virex
      2. Running Virex
      3. Scanning Attachments in Mail
      4. Virus Scanning from the Terminal

   2. Chapter 6 Using Backup

      1. What to Back Up?
      2. Where to Back Up?
      3. Backup's Cans and Can'ts
      4. Finding and Installing Backup
      5. Using Backup
      6. Backing Up to an iDisk
      7. Backing Up to CD or DVD
      8. Backing Up to a Drive
      9. Restoring Files from a Backup
      10. When a Backup Fails

3. .Mac and Your Digital Life

   1. Chapter 7 Building a .Mac HomePage

      1. Planning Your HomePage
      2. What You Can't Do with a .Mac HomePage
      3. What Goes Where on Your iDisk
      4. HomePage Styles and Themes
      5. Creating Your Main Page
      6. Creating a Photo Album Page with iPhoto
      7. Sharing Files on your HomePage
      8. Creating an iMovie Page
      9. Creating a Movie Page with iMovie 4
      10. Password-Protecting Your HomePage
      11. Announcing Your HomePage
      12. Adding a Favicon to Your HomePage
      13. Rolling Your Own
      14. Learning More About Web Design

   2. Chapter 8 Blogging with iBlog

      1. What Is a Blog?
      2. Why iBlog?
      3. Installing iBlog
      4. iBlog Overview
      5. Building Your Blog
      6. Further Exploration

   3. Chapter 9 Using iSync with .Mac

      1. Understanding iSync
      2. Overview of iSync
      3. Registering Your Mac with the Sync Server
      4. Performing Your First Sync
      5. Mac-to-Mac Syncing
      6. Bookmark Syncing
      7. iSync's Logs

   4. Chapter 10 Slide Shows and iCards

      1. Creating a Public Slide Show
      2. iCards

4. Appendixes

   1. Appendix A .Mac's Keyboard Shortcuts

      1. Backup
      2. iBlog
      3. iDisk Utility
      4. iSync
      5. Safari's Keyboard Shortcuts
      6. Virex

   2. Appendix B Common iDisk Error Codes

   3. Appendix C Installing and Using the iDisk Utility for Windows XP

      1. Installing the Windows XP iDisk Utility
      2. Connecting to Your iDisk on Windows XP
      3. Connecting to a Public Folder on Windows XP

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animals on the cover of Inside .Mac are Eskimo dogs, also known as huskies. This dog stands between 20 and 27 inches high and can weigh anywhere from 60 to 100 pounds when fully grown. Its coat can be of any color and its eyes are brown, blue, or gold, or a combination of all or some of these colors. An Eskimo dog has a thick coat of fur, which helps it tolerate temperatures as low as 90 degrees below zero.

Eskimo dogs are workers, having a long history as sled dogs, both pulling and racing sleds. They have great physical endurance and an instinctual desire to run. Because of this, owners should make sure to allow these dogs plenty of outside time for exercise, but should also ensure that their dogs are not left to roam free, as they may run off too quickly. These dogs are very intelligent and loving. They have a considerable amount of energy and thrive when allowed to be around other dogs. Mary Brady was the production editor and the copyeditor for Inside .Mac. Emily Quill and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book. The cover image is an original engraving from Royal Natural History. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Mary Brady.