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Snow Leopard

Support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide.

The latest update of this best-selling Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running in no time with Snow Leopard, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever. Respected, best-selling author Maria Langer will take you through all of Mac OS X’s groundbreaking capabilities and new features. With plenty of screenshots to clearly illustrate techniques, this reasonably priced guide is a great reference to the essentials of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Get up and running in no time with the best-selling Visual QuickStart guides. The key to their worldwide popularity: concise, step-by-step explanations of core tools and techniques in a task-based reference format, with plenty of screenshots to keep you on track as you work.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting Up Mac OS X 10.6
Chapter 2: Finder Basics
Chapter 3: File Management
Chapter 4: Window Views
Chapter 5: Searching for Files
Chapter 6: Storage Media
Chapter 7: Advanced Finder Techniques
Chapter 8: Customizing the Finder
Chapter 9: Desktop Management
Chapter 10: Application Basics
Chapter 11: Using TextEdit
Chapter 12: Information Management
Chapter 13: Front Row
Chapter 14: Mac OS Applications
Chapter 15: Dashboard
Chapter 16: Fonts
Chapter 17: Printing & Faxing
Chapter 18: Connecting to the Internet
Chapter 19: Internet Applications
Chapter 20: Networking
Chapter 21: Multiple Users
Chapter 22: Security
Chapter 23: System Preferences
Chapter 24: Mac OS Utilities
Chapter 25: Getting Help
Appendix A: Menus & Keyboard Equivalents
Index

Downloads

From the Snow Leopard book:
Chapter 9: Desktop Management (pdf)

From the Leopard book (which still mostly applies to the Snow Leopard book):
Chapter 25: Automation Tools (pdf)

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Revised December 19th, 2009