OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

The Missing Credits;
About the Author;
About the Creative Team;
Introduction;
The Mac Becomes an iPad;
What's New in Yosemite;
About This Book;
The Very Basics;
Part One: The OS X Desktop;
Chapter 1: Folders & Windows;
1.1 Getting into OS X;
1.2 Windows and How to Work Them;
1.3 The Four Window Views;
1.4 Icon View;
1.5 List View;
1.6 Column View;
1.7 Cover Flow View;
1.8 Yosemite's New Preview Pane;
1.9 Quick Look;
1.10 Finder Tabs;
1.11 Logging Out, Shutting Down;
1.12 Getting Help in OS X;
Chapter 2: Organizing Your Stuff;
2.1 The OS X Folder Structure;
2.2 Icon Names;
2.3 Selecting Icons;
2.4 Moving and Copying Icons;
2.5 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once;
2.6 Finder Tags;
2.7 The Trash;
2.8 Get Info;
2.9 Shortcut Menus, Action Menus;
Chapter 3: Spotlight;
3.1 The Spotlight Menu;
3.2 The Searching Window;
3.3 Customizing Spotlight;
3.4 Smart Folders;
Chapter 4: Dock, Desktop & Toolbars;
4.1 The Dock;
4.2 Setting Up the Dock;
4.3 Using the Dock;
4.4 The Finder Toolbar;
4.5 Designing Your Desktop;
4.6 Menulets: The Missing Manual;
Part Two: Programs in OS X;
Chapter 5: Documents, Programs & Mission Control;
5.1 The Mac App Store;
5.2 Other Ways to Get Mac Software;
5.3 Opening OS X Programs;
5.4 Launchpad;
5.5 Windows That Auto-Reopen;
5.6 The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher;
5.7 Full Screen Mode;
5.8 Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter;
5.9 Dashboard;
5.10 Exposé;
5.11 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way;
5.12 How Documents Know Their Parents;
5.13 Keyboard Control;
5.14 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes;
5.15 Auto Save and Versions;
5.16 iCloud Drive;
5.17 Cocoa and Carbon;
Chapter 6: Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up;
6.1 The Mac Keyboard;
6.2 Notes on Right-Clicking;
6.3 Power Typing;
6.4 Dictation;
6.5 The Many Languages of OS X Text;
6.6 Data Detectors;
6.7 Moving Data Between Documents;
6.8 Exchanging Data with Other Macs;
6.9 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs;
6.10 The Share Button ( );
6.11 Time Machine;
Chapter 7: Mac+iPhone: Handoff, AirDrop & Continuity;
7.1 Mac as Speakerphone;
7.2 Texting from the Mac;
7.3 Instant Hotspot;
7.4 Handoff;
7.5 AirDrop;
Chapter 8: Windows on the Mac;
8.1 Boot Camp;
8.2 Windows in a Window;
Part Three: The Components of OS X;
Chapter 9: System Preferences;
9.1 The System Preferences Window;
9.2 Accessibility;
9.3 App Store;
9.4 Bluetooth;
9.5 CDs & DVDs;
9.6 Date & Time;
9.7 Desktop & Screen Saver;
9.8 Dictation & Speech;
9.9 Displays;
9.10 Dock;
9.11 Energy Saver;
9.12 Extensions;
9.13 General;
9.14 iCloud;
9.15 Internet Accounts;
9.16 Keyboard;
9.17 Language & Region;
9.18 Mission Control;
9.19 Mouse;
9.20 Network;
9.21 Notifications;
9.22 Parental Controls;
9.23 Printers & Scanners;
9.24 Security & Privacy;
9.25 Sharing;
9.26 Sound;
9.27 Spotlight;
9.28 Startup Disk;
9.29 Time Machine;
9.30 Trackpad;
9.31 Users & Groups;
Chapter 10: Notifications;
10.1 Insta-Respond to Bubbles;
10.2 Shutting Up the Bubbles;
10.3 The Notification Center;
Chapter 11: The Free Programs of OS X;
11.1 Your Free OS X Programs;
11.2 App Store;
11.3 Automator;
11.4 Calculator;
11.5 Calendar;
11.6 Chess;
11.7 Contacts;
11.8 Dashboard;
11.9 Dictionary;
11.10 DVD Player;
11.11 FaceTime;
11.12 Font Book;
11.13 Game Center;
11.14 GarageBand;
11.15 iBooks;
11.16 iChat;
11.17 Image Capture;
11.18 iPhoto/Photos;
11.19 iMovie;
11.20 iTunes;
11.21 Launchpad;
11.22 Mail;
11.23 Maps;
11.24 Messages;
11.25 Mission Control;
11.26 Notes;
11.27 Numbers, Pages;
11.28 Photo Booth;
11.29 Preview;
11.30 Reminders;
11.31 QuickTime Player;
11.32 Safari;
11.33 Stickies;
11.34 System Preferences;
11.35 TextEdit;
11.36 Time Machine;
11.37 Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox;
Chapter 12: Disks, Drives & iTunes;
12.1 Disks Today;
12.2 Disks In, Disks Out;
12.3 Startup Disks;
12.4 Erasing a Disk;
12.5 Burning CDs and DVDs;
12.6 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox;
Part Four: The Technologies of OS X;
Chapter 13: Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper;
13.1 Introducing Accounts;
13.2 Creating an Account;
13.3 Parental Controls;
13.4 Editing Accounts;
13.5 Setting Up the Login Process;
13.6 Signing In, Logging Out;
13.7 Sharing Across Accounts;
13.8 Fast User Switching;
13.9 OS X and Security;
13.10 Gatekeeper;
13.11 FileVault;
13.12 The Firewall;
13.13 The Password Assistant;
13.14 The Keychain;
13.15 Five Privacy Shields;
Chapter 14: Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop;
14.1 Wiring the Network;
14.2 File Sharing: Three Ways;
14.3 AirDrop;
14.4 Sharing Your Public Folder;
14.5 Sharing Any Folder;
14.6 Accessing Shared Files;
14.7 Networking with Windows;
14.8 Screen Sharing;
14.9 More Dialing In from the Road;
Chapter 15: Graphics, Fonts & Printing;
15.1 Mac Meets Printer;
15.2 Making the Printout;
15.3 Managing Printouts;
15.4 Printer Sharing;
15.5 Faxing;
15.6 PDF Files;
15.7 Fonts-and Font Book;
15.8 ColorSync;
15.9 Graphics in OS X;
15.10 Screen-Capture Keystrokes;
Chapter 16: Sound, Movies & Speech;
16.1 Playing Sounds;
16.2 Recording Sounds;
16.3 QuickTime Player;
16.4 The Mac Reads to You;
16.5 VoiceOver;
16.6 Ink: Handwriting Recognition;
Part Five: OS X Online;
Chapter 17: Internet Setup & iCloud;
17.1 The Best News You've Heard All Day;
17.2 Network Central and Multihoming;
17.3 Broadband Connections;
17.4 Cellular Modems;
17.5 Tethering (Personal Hotspot);
17.6 Dial-Up Modem Connections;
17.7 Switching Locations;
17.8 Internet Sharing;
17.9 Meet iCloud;
17.10 iCloud Drive;
17.11 Photos;
17.12 Find My Mac, Find My iPhone;
17.13 Back to My Mac;
17.14 Family Sharing;
17.15 More iCloud Features;
Chapter 18: Mail & Contacts;
18.1 Setting Up Mail;
18.2 Checking Your Mail;
18.3 Tailoring the Look of Mail;
18.4 Writing Messages;
18.5 Stationery;
18.6 Reading Email;
18.7 VIPs;
18.8 The Anti-Spam Toolkit;
18.9 Contacts (Address Book);
Chapter 19: Safari;
19.1 The Unified Address/Search Bar;
19.2 Bookmarks, Favorites, and Top Sites;
19.3 Full Screen and Gestures;
19.4 Customizing the Toolbar;
19.5 Saved Passwords: The iCloud Keychain;
19.6 15 Tips for Better Surfing;
19.7 Tabbed Browsing;
19.8 Privacy and Security Features;
Chapter 20: Messages;
20.1 Welcome to Messages;
20.2 Setting Up Messages;
20.3 Let the Chat Begin;
20.4 Text Chatting;
20.5 Audio Chats;
20.6 Video Chats;
20.7 Sharing Your Screen;
Chapter 21: FTP, SSH & VPN;
21.1 FTP;
21.2 Connecting from the Road;
21.3 Remote Access with SSH;
21.4 Virtual Private Networking;
Part Six: Appendixes;
Installing OS X Yosemite;
Hardware Requirements;
Psychological Requirements;
The Standard Installation;
The Setup Assistant;
The Homemade Installer Disk;
Troubleshooting;
Minor Eccentric Behavior;
Frozen Programs (Force Quitting);
Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks;
Application Won't Open;
Startup Problems;
Fixing the Disk;
Where to Get Troubleshooting Help;
The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary;
About [this program];
The Master OS X Secret Keystroke List;
Startup Keystrokes;
Colophon;