Mac OSX Leopard: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
Changes made in the 2/08 reprint.
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This page was updated January 9, 2008.
 

Introduction
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"Carbonized" software, as described on page 170-don't necessarily offer this feature.)

 
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"Carbonized" software, as described on page 185-don't necessarily offer this feature.)

 
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Introduction
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At the end of the book, you'll find several appendixes. They include
 
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Part 6:Appendixes. This book's appendixes include
 
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Introduction
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[insert this  after first paragraph:] Note: This embedded number pad doesn't appear on recent-model MacBooks or the MacBook Air. Apple is phasing it out, having made the observation that almost nobody uses it.

 
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(In Word, they jump to the beginning or end of the line. But then again, Microsoft has always had its own ways of doing things.
 
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(In Word, they jump to the beginning or end of the line. But then again, Microsoft has always had its own ways of doing things.)
 
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Clear gets rid of the you've highlighted
 
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Clear gets rid of whatever you've highlighted
 
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Introduction
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You can reverse the logic, too, so that pressing the F-keys usually triggers software functions, and governs brightness and audio only when you're pressing Fn. See page 9.
 
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You can reverse the logic, too, so that pressing the F-keys usually triggers software functions, and governs brightness and audio only when you're pressing Fn. See page 336.
 
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Introduction
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The Fn key (lower-right on laptops and Bluetooth keyboards,
 
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The Fn key (lower-left on laptops and Bluetooth keyboards,
 
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Introduction
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The Control key triggers shortcut menus, as described above.
 
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The Control key triggers shortcut menus, described on the facing page.

 
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Introduction
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On laptops, F1 through F4 govern
 
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On laptops, F1 through F5 govern
 
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Chapter 1
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If give the menu name a quick click
 
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If you give the menu name a quick click
 
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Chapter 1
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[Old FInder Mode button label added to Figure 1-3]
 

 

 
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Chapter 1
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the only way to hide the Sidebar is to use the Old Finder Mode button.
 
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the only way to hide the Sidebar is to use the Old Finder Mode button (identified in Figure 1-3).
 
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Chapter 1
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[Add to end of Tip:] (Note the difference from Command-Tab, which cycles through different open programs.)
 
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Chapter 1
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Tip: Each of the tiny folder icons in this display is fully operational. You can double-click it to open it, or even drag things into it.
 
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Tip: Each tiny folder icon in this display is fully operational. You can double-click it to open it, Control-click (right-click) it to open a shortcut menu, or even drag things into it.
 
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1
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confident that the Energy Saver setting described on page 326285 
 
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confident that the Energy Saver setting described on page 326
 
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Chapter 2
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probably run slower than you'd like because it must be translated by Rosetta (page 11).
 
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probably run slower than you'd like because it must be translated by Rosetta (page 195).
 
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Chapter 3
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Spotlight doesn't ordinarily index it-but you can turn on indexing by using the File->Get Info command on that drive's icon and turning indexing on manually
 
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Spotlight doesn't ordinarily index it-but you can turn on indexing by using the File->Get Info command on that drive's icon.
 
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Chapter 3
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you can press Command-Ito open the Get Info window
 
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you can press Command-I to open the Get Info window
 
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Chapter 3
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If the Spotlight menu-its Most Likely to Succeed list-doesn't include what you're looking for, click Show All (or just press Return or Enter). You've just opened the Spotlight window.
 
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If the Spotlight menu-its Most Likely to Succeed list-doesn't include what you're looking for, click Show All. You've just opened the Spotlight window.
 
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Chapter 3
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You can also open the Spotlight window directly
 
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When you're in the Finder, you can also open the Spotlight window directly
 
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Chapter 3
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in Mac OS Xes of days gone by
 
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in Mac OS Xs of days gone by
 
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Chapter 3
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One listed unopened programs until you need them
 
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One listed unopened programs until you needed them
 
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Chapter 3
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You go to the folder's regularly scheduled window, where you can see the complete list of icons)
 
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You go to the folder's standard Finder window, where you can see the complete list of icons.
 
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Chapter 3
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In Leopard, folder icons on the Dock actually change to reflect their contents. That can be a little disorienting, since you can't get to know a folder by its icon-it keeps changing!

 
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In Leopard, folder icons on the Dock actually change to reflect their contents. The Downloads folder, for example, takes on the icon of whatever was most recently added to it. That can be a little disorienting, since you can't get to know a folder by its icon-it keeps changing!
 
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Chapter 4
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Left: Control-click (or right-click) a Dock icon, or click and old on it, to open the secret 
 
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Left: Control-click a Dock icon, or click/hold on it, to open the secret shortcut menu.

 
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Chapter 4
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The iDisk is your own personal 5-gigabyte virtual hard drive
 
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The iDisk is your own personal multi-gigabyte virtual hard drive
 
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Chapter 4
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[add this line at end of page:] You can also get rid of a toolbar icon by right-clicking it and choosing Remove Item from the shortcut menu.

 

 

 
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Chapter 4
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(That may not mean much to you until you've read about the Ink feature, described on page 605.) 
 
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(That may not mean much to you until you've read about the Ink feature, described on page 606.) 
 
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Chapter 5
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[insert this tip]  If you leave the Command key pressed, you can tap Q to quit a highlighted program, or H to hide its windows, without actually having to switch to that program first.
 
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Chapter 3
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But the fastest method is to use the 
command-Tab keystroke
 
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But the fastest method is often to use the 
command-Tab keystroke
 
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Chapter 5
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If so, the keystrokes described in this chapter don't not work
 
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If so, the keystrokes described in this chapter don't work
 
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Chapter 5
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(Lots of Fn details are on page 9.)
 
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(Lots of Fn details are on page 12.)
 
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Chapter 3
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The third keystroke (F11 is the factory setting) may be the most useful of all
 
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The third keystroke (F11 is the factory setting) is surprisingly handy.
 
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Chapter 3
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[cut this line:] (When you first tap F11, even open Finder windows are hidden; at left, you've subsequently opened a window manually.) 

 

 

 
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Chapter 5
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Mac 
OS X switches to the appropriate virtual screen automatically, and then returns you to what you were doing on the first screen
 
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Mac 
OS X switches to the appropriate virtual screen automatically.
 
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Chapter 5
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[insert this note after 2nd paragraph:]Tip: As noted on page 12, on laptops, you'll have to add the Fn key to the combos shown here.

 
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Chapter 5
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	„	Search bar. Type a few letters of somebody's name here. As you type, the widget homes in on that person's entry from the Address Book program.
If you see numbers at the bottom edge that say, for example, "1/12," then you've found more than one match. You're looking at the first of 12 matches. You can click the little right/left arrows to page through them. Click the circled X at the right end of the bar to erase the box and start over.
	„	Big red dot. Click to open Address Book, with this person's entry staring you in the face. That's what you'd do if, for example, you wanted to edit the entry.
	„	Phone number. Click it to fill your screen with an enormous version of the phone number that you could see from outer space. The idea here is that it's big enough to see from across the room as you dial the number on your desk phone.
	„	Email address. Click to fire up the Mail program (or whatever email program you use), complete with a fresh outgoing message already addressed to this person. All you have to do is type your message and click Send.
	„	Mailing address. Clicking the mailing address fires up your Web browser and takes you to MapQuest.com, already opened up to a map that reveals the pinpoint location of the specified address. Very, very slick.

 
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	„	Search bar. Type a few letters of somebody's name here. As you type, the widget fills with matching names from the Address Book program. 
Tip: Actually, it shows you entries with text that match from any part of each person's "card," not just names. For example, you could type 212 to find everyone with that area code, or cherr to find someone whose name you've forgotten-but you know they live on Cherrystone Avenue.
When you spot the name of the person you're looking for, click it to open that person's full Rolodex card. (In Leopard, you get the information right in the widget; clicking a name doesn't open up Address Book itself. On the other hand, you can no longer edit Address Book entries from within the widget.)
	„	Phone number. Click it to fill your screen with an enormous version of the phone number that you could see from outer space. The idea here is that it's big enough to see from across the room as you dial the number on your desk phone.
	„	Email address. Click to fire up the Mail program (or whatever email program you use), complete with a fresh outgoing message already addressed to this person. All you have to do is type your message and click Send.
	„	Mailing address. Clicking the mailing address fires up your Web browser and takes you to MapQuest.com, already opened up to a map that reveals the pinpoint location of the specified address. Very, very slick.

 
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Chapter 9
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Step-by-steps are in Chapter 18
 
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Step-by-steps are on page 539.
 
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Chapter 9
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This is the list of the 19 "system localizations"
 
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This is the list of the 18 "system localizations"
 
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Chapter 9
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If you use a language beyond the 16 in the list, 
 
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If you use a language beyond the 18 in the list, 
 
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Chapter 9
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Fortunately, Keyboard Viewer lets you see the characters lurking within almost any installed font; just choose a font's name from the Font pop-up menu to see all of its modifier-key characters. (You may have to change the keyboard layout to see all symbols in some fonts.) Alas, this feature doesn't work in a few of the fonts where it would be the most useful-certain symbol fonts like Symbol and Zapf Dingbats.

 
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Different fonts contain different hidden characters. For example, Palatino contains an a character (pressing Shift-Option-K), but Adobe Garamond does not. 
Keyboard Viewer used to let you see the characters lurking within any installed font, thanks to a Font pop-up menu at the bottom. Alas, that pop-up menu is gone in Leopard.
Instead, you get only a Font Mapping pop-up menu that lists the Mac's standard all-symbols fonts, like Webdings and Monotype Sorts. For any other font, you're out of luck.

 
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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When parental control is turned on, nobody's allowed without watch the "always ask for authorization" DVDs
 
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When parental control is turned on, nobody's allowed to watch the "always ask for authorization" DVDs
 
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Chapter 12
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Web S ite Restrictions
 
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Web Site Restrictions
 
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Chapter 13
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AirPort circuitry comes preinstalled every Mac laptop
 
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AirPort circuitry comes preinstalled in every Mac laptop
 
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Chapter 14
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The TIFF file format is a high-density bitmap-that is, the Mac has memorized the color of each tiny dot in the file. 
 
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The TIFF file format is a high-density, high-quality, uncompressed bitmap-that is, the Mac has memorized the color of each tiny dot in the file. [and add this line:] (They're also pretty big files.)
 
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Chapter 14
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Click the element you want to snip it from its background
 
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Click the element you want to snip from its background
 
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Chapter 16
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The first time you run sudo, you're treated to the characteristic deadpan humor of programmers worldwide: "We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: 1) Respect the privacy of others, and 2) Think before you type. 3) With great power comes great responsibility." 

 
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The first time you run sudo, you're treated to a stern talking-to that means business: "WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your typing when using sudo. Type 'man sudo' for more information.
"To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort."
 
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lets you see and manage the extended attributes (AEs)
 
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lets you see and manage the extended attributes (EAs) [fix the EA abbreviation each time it occurs]
 
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Chapter 19
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To Do items hang out here as well (page 7736).
 
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To Do items hang out here as well (page 736).
 
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Chapter 19
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[cut this paragraph:] 	„	Use the Backup command. Periodically choose File®Back Up Address Book. If something goes wrong-say, a batch of important contacts gets inadvertently deleted-you can go back to a previously saved version to rescue the data by choosing File®Revert to Address Book Backup. 

 
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See page 434 for details on creating a password
 
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See page 467 for details on creating a password
 
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Chapter 27
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Command -O	Close Window
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Command -W	Close Window
Option-Command -W	Close All 
 
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 27
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Copy, Cut, Paste
 
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Cut, Copy, Paste
 
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Shift-Command-A...Go to Folder
 
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Shift-Command-G...Go to Folder
 
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Chapter 28
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Dlear key, 11
 
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Clear key, 11
 
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root account, 567
 
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root account, 657