Inside .Mac
Inside .Mac By Chuck Toporek
May 2004
Pages: 384

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  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

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