OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide (27 page)

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Authors: Chris Seibold

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Dashboard, Dashboard – Dashboard

date, Language & Text , Date & Time – Date & Time

format of, Language & Text
setting, Date & Time – Date & Time

DCHP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), Network

ddrescue utility, Your hard drive is making noises

deauthorizing Macs, App Store

Delete key, Menu Symbols

deleted files, overwriting, Trash

deleting, iCloud , Find My Mac , Users and Groups , Non-Apple Preference Panes , Launchpad , Quickly delete junk mail

all data on Mac, Find My Mac
apps, Launchpad
files from iCloud, iCloud
junk mail, Quickly delete junk mail
preference panes, Non-Apple Preference Panes
user accounts, Users and Groups

desktop, The Desktop , The Desktop – The Desktop , The Desktop , The Desktop , Desktop & Screen Saver , Desktop & Screen Saver – Desktop & Screen Saver , Desktop & Screen Saver – Desktop & Screen Saver , Dashboard , Mission Control – Mission Control , Mission Control , Add a URL to the desktop – Add a URL to the desktop

adding URLs to, Add a URL to the desktop – Add a URL to the desktop
background, The Desktop , Desktop & Screen Saver
icon settings, The Desktop
navigating without mouse, The Desktop
preferences, Desktop & Screen Saver – Desktop & Screen Saver
screen savers, Desktop & Screen Saver – Desktop & Screen Saver
Spaces (virtual desktops), Mission Control – Mission Control
switching between Dashboard and, Dashboard
switching between full-screen apps and, Mission Control

Desktop folder, opening in Finder, Key Commands

Devices section, Finder sidebar, The sidebar

dictation, Dictation – Dictation , Dictation , Other

disabling, Other

Dictation & Speech preferences, Dictation & Speech – Text to Speech tab , Text to Speech tab – Text to Speech tab

Text to Speech, Text to Speech tab – Text to Speech tab

Dictionary, Dictionary – Dictionary

Dictionary widget, Dashboard

DigitalColor Meter utility, DigitalColor Meter – DigitalColor Meter

dimming display, Energy Saver

disabling, General tab

infrared receiver, General tab

Disk Utility, Installing Mountain Lion , Common Finder tasks , Your hard drive is making noises – Your hard drive is making noises , Disk Utility – Disk Utility

checking S.M.A.R.T. status, Your hard drive is making noises – Your hard drive is making noises
duplicating optical disks with, Common Finder tasks

disks, Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Startup Disk , Disk Utility – Disk Utility , Key Commands

ejecting, Common Finder tasks , Key Commands
formatting, Disk Utility – Disk Utility
reformatting, Common Finder tasks
startup, specifying, Startup Disk

DiskWarrior, Startup troubleshooting

display, Startup key commands , Display problems – Display problems , Displays , Energy Saver

dimming, Energy Saver
preferences, Displays
resetting, Startup key commands
troubleshooting, Display problems – Display problems

Displays pane, Displays – Displays

Dock, The Dock – Dock preferences , Dock Exposé – Dock Exposé , Dock menus – Dock menus , Stack view options – Stack view options , Trash – Trash , Dock preferences – Dock preferences , Dock – Dock , Key Commands

Dock Exposé, Dock Exposé – Dock Exposé
hiding/showing, Key Commands
menus, Dock menus – Dock menus
preferences, Dock preferences – Dock preferences , Dock – Dock
Stack View, Stack view options – Stack view options
Trash in, Trash – Trash

Dock Exposé, Dock Exposé – Dock Exposé

documents, User Accounts , Setting up accounts , The Home Folder , The Apple menu , Auto Save and Versions , Auto Save and Versions , Auto Save and Versions , Documents & Data , Documents & Data , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands

creating, Key Commands
duplicating, User Accounts
folder, The Home Folder
locking, Setting up accounts
making available anywhere, Documents & Data
Microsoft Office, Documents & Data
recently used, The Apple menu
renaming, Auto Save and Versions
reverting to last saved version, Auto Save and Versions
saving, Auto Save and Versions , Key Commands , Key Commands

Documents & Data settings (iCloud), Documents & Data – Back to My Mac

Documents folder, Key Commands

opening in Finder, Key Commands

downloading, Installing Mountain Lion – Installing Mountain Lion , Software Update , App Store

apps after computer crashes, App Store
Mountain Lion, Installing Mountain Lion – Installing Mountain Lion
software updates, Software Update

downloads, General tab , Change where downloaded items are saved – Change where downloaded items are saved

changing where Safari saves, Change where downloaded items are saved – Change where downloaded items are saved
list of safe, updating, General tab

Downloads stack, The Home Folder

dragging, Common Finder tasks , Mouse & Trackpad

files, Common Finder tasks
preferences, Mouse & Trackpad

drives, What You Need to Run Mountain Lion , Installing Mountain Lion , Startup key commands , Startup key commands , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Your hard drive is making noises – Your hard drive is making noises , CDs and DVDs

ejecting, Common Finder tasks

hard drive, What You Need to Run Mountain Lion , Installing Mountain Lion , Your hard drive is making noises – Your hard drive is making noises

formatting, Installing Mountain Lion
problems with, Your hard drive is making noises – Your hard drive is making noises
space needed for Mountain Lion, What You Need to Run Mountain Lion

optical drives, Startup key commands , Startup key commands , CDs and DVDs

ejecting media in, Startup key commands
forcing Mac to start up from, Startup key commands
preferences, CDs and DVDs

renaming, Common Finder tasks

Drop Box folder, The Home Folder

duplicate fonts, deactivating, Font Book

duplicating, User Accounts , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Auto Save and Versions , Key Commands

CDs and DVDs, Common Finder tasks

documents, User Accounts , Auto Save and Versions

versions of, Auto Save and Versions

files and folders, Common Finder tasks

optical disks, Common Finder tasks

selecttions, Key Commands

DVD drives, preferences, CDs and DVDs

DVD Player, DVD Player – DVD Player

DVDs, Startup key commands , Common Finder tasks , Burn Folders – Burn Folders , Burn Folders – Burn Folders , CDs and DVDs – CDs and DVDs , Sharing , Other

burning, Burn Folders – Burn Folders

Burn folders, Burn Folders – Burn Folders

creating folders on, Burn Folders – Burn Folders

duplicating, Common Finder tasks

forcing Mac to start up from, Startup key commands

preferences, CDs and DVDs – CDs and DVDs

preventing users from burning, Other

sharing, Sharing

Eject button, Menu Symbols

ejecting drives and disks, Startup key commands , Common Finder tasks , Key Commands

ellipses, Typing Special Characters in OS X

typing, Typing Special Characters in OS X

ellipses (...), The Apple menu

email, What’s New in Mountain Lion? (see Mail)

emptying Trash, Key Commands

encrypting data, Securing Your Data – Securing Your Data

Energy Saver preferences, Energy Saver – Energy Saver

Esc key, Menu Symbols

ESPN widget, Dashboard

Ethernet, Networking Options When Migrating Data

events, Calendar, Calendar

extensions, What’s New in Mountain Lion? (see filename extensions)

FaceTime, FaceTime – FaceTime

fast user switching, Logging In , Users and Groups

Favorites section, Finder sidebar, The sidebar

filename extensions, Finder preferences , Managing File Info

changing, Managing File Info
displaying, Finder preferences

files, User Accounts , The Home Folder , The Home Folder , Use the menu bar less , Use the menu bar less , The sidebar , Finder views , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Standard Window Controls , Auto Save and Versions – Managing File Info , Auto Save and Versions , Auto Save and Versions , Managing File Info – Managing File Info , Managing File Info , Managing File Info , Managing File Info , Managing File Info , iCloud , Back to My Mac , Sharing – Sharing , Chess , Time Machine , Bluetooth File Exchange , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands

accessing when away from computer, Back to My Mac

aliases for, Common Finder tasks , Standard Window Controls

compressing, Common Finder tasks

copying, Key Commands , Key Commands

deleting from iCloud, iCloud

dragging, Common Finder tasks

duplicating, Common Finder tasks , Key Commands

Get Info window, Managing File Info – Managing File Info

moving to Trash, Key Commands

opening, Use the menu bar less , Managing File Info

choosing app for, Managing File Info
key command for, Use the menu bar less

pasting, Key Commands

permissions, Managing File Info

Quick Look preview of, Finder views , Common Finder tasks

renaming, Common Finder tasks , Auto Save and Versions , Managing File Info

restoring, Time Machine

saving, Use the menu bar less , Auto Save and Versions – Managing File Info , Auto Save and Versions , Chess

automatically, Auto Save and Versions – Managing File Info , Chess
key command for, Use the menu bar less

sharing, User Accounts , The Home Folder , The Home Folder , The sidebar , Managing File Info , Sharing – Sharing

accounts for, User Accounts
folders for, The Home Folder , The Home Folder
with Airdrop, The sidebar

transferring via Bluetooth, Bluetooth File Exchange

FileVault, User Accounts , FileVault tab – FileVault tab , Securing Your Data – Securing Your Data

Guest User accounts and, User Accounts
preferences, FileVault tab – FileVault tab

filtering, Mail – Mail , Enable junk mail filtering – Enable junk mail filtering

email notifications, Mail – Mail
junk mail, Enable junk mail filtering – Enable junk mail filtering

Find My Mac, Find My Mac – Find My Mac

adding items to sidebar, Key Commands
common tasks, Common Finder tasks – Common Finder tasks
creating aliases in, Key Commands , Key Commands
creating folders in, Key Commands
cycling through open windows, Key Commands
displaying items in, Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands
emptying trash in, Key Commands
force quitting, The Finder stops responding
moving items to Trash, Key Commands
moving within, Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands
not responding, The Finder stops responding – The Finder stops responding
opening folders in, Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands
opening windows in, Key Commands , Key Commands
preferences, Finder preferences – Finder preferences
showing original file when alias selected, Key Commands
sidebar, The sidebar – The sidebar
toolbar, Customizing the Finder toolbar – Customizing the Finder toolbar
views, Finder views – Finder views , Key Commands

finding text, Key Commands

firewall, Firewall tab – Firewall tab

FireWire, Moving Data and Applications , Networking Options When Migrating Data , Startup key commands

flag menu extra, Language & Text

Flight Tracker widget, Dashboard

focus, keyboard, Zoom

folders, Finder preferences , Finder preferences , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Common Finder tasks , Standard Window Controls , Files and Folders – Smart Folders , Regular Folders , Burn Folders – Burn Folders , Burn Folders – Burn Folders , Smart Folders – Smart Folders , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands , Key Commands

aliases for, Common Finder tasks , Standard Window Controls
Burn folders, Burn Folders – Burn Folders
compressing, Common Finder tasks
copying, Key Commands , Key Commands
creating, Common Finder tasks , Burn Folders – Burn Folders , Key Commands
duplicating, Common Finder tasks , Key Commands
labeling, Finder preferences
moving to Trash, Key Commands
naming, Regular Folders
pasting, Key Commands
renaming, Common Finder tasks
Smart folders, Smart Folders – Smart Folders
spring-loaded, Finder preferences

Font Book, Font Book – Font Book

Font panel, Key Commands

force quitting apps, Force quitting greedy processes – Force quitting greedy processes , Key Commands , Key Commands

formatting, Installing Mountain Lion , Language & Text , Language & Text , Disk Utility – Disk Utility

currencies, Language & Text
dates, Language & Text
disks, Disk Utility – Disk Utility
hard drive, Installing Mountain Lion

Friends tab, Game Center, Game Center

Front Row, DVD Player

Full Keyboard Access setting, Keyboard Shortcuts tab

Full Screen mode, The Menu Bar , Full-Screen Applications – Full-Screen Applications , DVD Player

fullscreen zooming, Zoom

fuzzy display, fixing, Display problems

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