"Mac OS X: The Missing Manual" Panther Edition
by David Pogue

3rd printing changes, March 2004


Chapter 00 (front matter)
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Printing history updated.

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Chapter 00 (front matter)
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The entry in the Table of Contents for RAbout This BookS should be 5, not 3.

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Chapter 0 (Intro)
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(The letter a appears in the wrong font. It should look like an Apple logo.)

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Chapter 1
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ThatUs why Mac-wide commands like Sleep, Start, and Shut Down are here  
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ThatUs why Mac-wide commands like Sleep, Restart, and Shut Down are here  
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Chapter 1
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[in caption] a document youUre working on every day; and soon.
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a document youUre working on every day; and so on.
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Chapter 1
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It simplifies connecting to net worked disks  
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It simplifies connecting to networked disks  
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Chapter 1
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When youUve had enough of Old Finder Mode, you can return to regular Mac OS X mode by clicking the Toolbar Disclosure button again, by pressing Command-B again, or by
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When youUve had enough of Old Finder Mode, you can return to regular Mac OS X mode by clicking the Toolbar Disclosure button again, by pressing Option-Command-T again, or by
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Chapter 1
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Tip: For disks and folders, you see only a dashQat first. You can, however, instruct the Mac to reveal their sizes, as described on page 43.   
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Tip: For disks and folders, you see only a dashQat first. You can, however, instruct the Mac to reveal their sizes, as described on page 46.   
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Chapter 2
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To summon a contextual menu (called a Rshortcut menuS in WindowsQand, by the way, in PantherUs help screens for the firt time),  
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To summon a contextual menu (called a Rshortcut menuS in WindowsQand, by the way, in PantherUs help screens for the first time),  
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Chapter 3
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The Clock program (in your Applications folder), for example, is a living icon that actually ticks away the time, right there in the Dock  
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Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder; see page 312), for example, can be a living icon that actually graphs your MacUs stats, right there in the Dock.   
[Then cut the later reference to Activity Monitor a couple sentences later.]
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Chapter 2
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That is, you can no longer type a folder path (such as ~/pictures or ~/pi and a Tab) right into the blank. Evidently Apple felt that since you can navigate the dialog box from the keyboard anyway, you donUt actually gain much efficiency by typing the path.
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That is, you can no longer type a folder path (such as ~/pictures or ~/pi and a Tab) right into the blankQor at least thatUs what youUre supposed to think. In fact, though, you can still summon that old friendly RGo ToS dialog box by pressing Shift-Command-G.
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Chapter 4
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itUs trying to enlist your help in ferreting out all the little glitches that maket modern computing so much fun.   
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itUs trying to enlist your help in ferreting out all the little glitches that makes modern computing so much fun.   
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Chapter 4
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In Mac OS X, thereUs generally no Uninstall program, and no Add/Remove Programs window. To uninstall a program, you just drag it (or its folder) from the Applications folder (or wherever it is), to the Trash.   
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In Mac OS X, thereUs no Add/Remove Programs window. If the program you want to trash came with an Uninstall program, by all means use it. If not, to uninstall a program, just drag it (or its folder) from the Applications folder (or wherever it is), to the Trash.
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Chapter 8
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Instead of using the keyboard menu, you can switch back and forth between the most recently selected pair of keyboard layouts by pressing Command-Space bar. Alternatively, you can Rwalk downS the list of layouts by pressing Option-Command-Space.
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Instead of using the keyboard menu, you can switch back and forth between the most recently selected pair of scripts by pressing Command-Space bar. Alternatively, you can Rwalk downS the list of layouts by pressing Option-Command-Space (if, that is, youUve turned on this option in the Options box of the Input tab).  
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Chapter 8
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Once youUve found and typed the character in Key Caps, you can copy and paste it into any other program.  
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Once youUve found  the character in Keyboard Viewer, click its onscreen key to RtypeS it into the frontmost text application window.  
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Chapter 8
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Once youUve found and typed the character in Key Caps, you can copy and paste it into any other program.  
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To see the effect of typing while pressing modifier keys (Shift, Option, and so on), hold them down on your actual keyboard.  
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Chapter 9
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Use the small triangle in the upper-right corner of each note to zoom and shrink note windows with a single click. The first click collapses a note down to a more compact size. Another click pops the note back open to normal size.
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The small triangle in the upper-right corner of each expanded note is mysterious in design and function, but it must be useful to somebody. It makes every note snap to the same cozy position near the lower-left corner of your screen.
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Chapter 9
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Talk about niche markets: The tools in this folder are exclusively for designers of Asian fonts. The Chinese Text Converter utility, for example, converts documents between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese character sets.
These tools arenUt of any value to you unless (a) youUve turned on the Chinese input method on the International panel of System Preferences, and (b) you have a clue what youUre doing.
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The tools in this folder are exclusively for Chinese-speaking Mac fans. The Chinese Text Converter converts documents between Simplified and Traditional Chinese; the IM Plugin Converter lets you create your own customized input methods for Chinese.
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Chapter 13
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Setting up printer sharing is easy. On the Mac with the printer, open the Sharing panel of System Preferences. Turn on Printer Sharing.
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Setting up printer sharing is easy. On the Mac with the printer, open the Print & Fax panel of System Preferences. On the Printing tab, turn on RShare my printers with other computers.S (The Printer Sharing checkbox in the Sharing panel of System Preferences is similar, except that it shares all printers that your Mac can seeQnot just USB printers attached directly to it. In offices, the result can be duplicate listings of networked laser printers.)
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Chapter 13
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[continued from previous correction]
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Chapter 14
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Launches the Sherlock file-finding program, as described in Chapter  20, saving you the trouble of using a menu or keystroke to open it.
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Launches the Sherlock Web-searching program, as described in Chapter  20, saving you the trouble of using the Dock or finding it in your Applications folder.
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Chapter 17
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THE BLOB
ItUs one of the funniest, weirdest, and least useful of all Panther features. ItUs the Blob: a strange, floating, translucent sphere that, when clicked, triggers PantherUs ExposŽ feature (the RF10S version).
Did Apple programmers put it in as a joke? Was it an early prototype, before they settled on the F10 key as the ExposŽ trigger? Is it an Easter egg? You decide.
In the meantime, hereUs how to unleash the Blob.
In Terminal (Chapter  15), type this all on one line:
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -bool true
Press Enter. Quit the Dock (use Activity Monitor, if you know how, or just log out and back in again). When the Dock next starts up, youUll find the Blob on your screen.
You can drag it around, click it to trigger the F10 function of ExposŽ, Option-click it to trigger the F9 function, Shift-click it to trigger ExposŽ in slow motion, or  get rid of it by repeating the command above (but substitute false as the last word).
What you never can do is fully understand it.  

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Chapter 20
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What Apple really means here, of course, is URLQa Uniform Reource Locator, better known as a Web address  
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What Apple really means here, of course, is URLQa Uniform Resource Locator, better known as a Web address  
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Chapter 21
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all 584 goes to another machine doing file sharing, and so on.   
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all 548 goes to another machine doing file sharing, and so on.   
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Chapter 22
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When you press the power button, Mac OS X checks to see whether your computer was shut down properly (by choosing @ap->Shut Down for example, instead of just pulling out the plug).
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When you press the power button, Mac OS X checks to see whether your computer was shut down properly (by choosing [Apple logo]->Shut Down for example, instead of just pulling out the plug).
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Chapter 22 (App A)
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andtherefore  
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and therefore  
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Chapter index
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Chapter index
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QIF (quick and interchange format), 189  
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QIF (Quicken interchange format), 189  
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