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Mac OS X Snow Leopard Digital Classroom Book and DVD

Mac Snow Leopard
"It covers the full range of topics and does it in detail as well as with pictures." Amazon.com Reviewer
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding you through each lesson, while you work at your own pace. This Snow Leopard book and DVD is a full-color, all-inclusive training package that serves as an invaluable learning tool for Mac users of all levels of experience.
  • Full color lessons with easy to follow step-by-step instructions
  • Video tutorials highlight key topics in each lesson | view sample video tutorial
  • Covers all essential Snow Leopard skills | view Table of Contents
  • Gets you up-and-running quickly with included lesson files on DVD
  • Written by expert instructors – it's like having your own personal tutor
  • Used by hundreds of schools and more than 100,000 readers

Are you an Instructor or Professor?

Contact your Wiley higher education representative to obtain a review copy or use the contact form to obtain an instructor's guide for using the Digital Classroom as your Snow Leopard class textbook.

Starting Up

  • About Mac OS X Snow Leopard Digital Classroom
  • Prerequisites
  • System requirements
  • Loading lesson files
  • Working with the video tutorials
  • Setting up for viewing the video tutorials
  • Viewing the video tutorials
    with the Adobe Flash Player
  • Is this book for you?
  • What is an operating system?
  • The Mac operating system
  • Ease of use
  • Running Snow Leopard for the first time
  • Additional resources

Lesson 1: Customizing the OSX Interface for your needs

  • The Dock
  • The Finder
  • Customizing the Finder
  • Expose
  • Spaces
  • The desktop
  • Backgrounds and Screen savers
  • Dashboard

Lesson 2: Navigating and organizing in OSX

  • Windows and Views
  • Files and Folders
  • Moving and copying files
  • The home folder
  • Favorites
  • Aliases
  • Labels
  • Finding your files with Spotlight
  • Using Quicklook
  • Smart Folders

Lesson 3: Using OS X with a group

  • Multiple users
  • User accounts
  • Creating new users
  • Logging in and out
  • Fast user switching
  • Sharing files with other users
  • Parental Controls

Lesson 4: Your Mac as a media center

  • iTunes
  • DVD Player
  • Front Row
  • Quicktime Player
  • Photo Booth

Lesson 5: Backing up and keeping your data safe

  • Burning CD/DVD’s
  • Time machine
  • MobileMe
  • Disk Utility
  • Software Update
  • Disk Utility
  • Review

Lesson 6: Connecting to the Internet & Using Safari

  • Wireless connections
  • Using Safari
  • Using KeyChain: password and certificate management

Lesson 7: Creating and working on a Network

  • Creating a basic network
  • File Sharing
  • Screen Sharing
  • Printer Sharing
  • Your mac as a web server

Lesson 8: Printing

  • Installing printers in Snow Leopard
  • The print dialog
  • Conserving Ink
  • Creating a PDF

Lesson 9: System Preferences

  • Personal
  • Hardware
  • Internet & Network
  • System

Lesson 10: OS X Applications

  • Mail
  • Address Book
  • iCal
  • iChat
  • Preview

Lesson 11: The Terminal

  • Starting up
  • The Terminal
  • Launching the Termainal
  • The shell
  • Command lines
  • Man
  • Navigating using command lines
  • Editing files using the shell
  • Changing the screen capture format
  • Self study
  • Review

Lesson 12: Installing Snow Leopard and 3rd Party Applications

  • System Requirements
  • Upgrading
  • Archive and Install
  • Clean Install
  • Upgrading from Leopard or Tiger
  • Downloading applications
  • Mac OS Installers
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  • Photoshop CS5 book
  • Dreamweaver CS5 book
  • Creative Suite 5 book
  • Flash Professional CS5
  • InDesign CS5 book