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1. ences window and selecting a different function key from the To Activate Spaces menu F8 is the default hot key for spaces e Click the Spaces number in the menu bar if shown and then select a Space number from the menu that appears e Launch a program that has a dependency to a specific space The previous section shows you how to set up dependencies To move an application window from one space to another activate Spaces and then click and drag a win dow to a new space as shown in Figure 1 26 Figure 1 26 You can click and drag application windows between Spaces
2. Login Shaw in Finder s OLS etHows Dag Figure 1 10 Items can be removed from the Dock as easily as they are added Move and Hide the Dock Open System Preferences and then click the Dock icon In the Dock settings screen as shown in Figure 1 11 move the Dock Size slider to change the Dock size You can also change the Dock size at any time by clicking and drag ging up or down on the thin vertical line near the right side of the Dock If you want to use Dock magnification useful if you have the Dock size set to small and it holds many icons place a check mark next to Magnification and adjust the slider as desired Choose a Dock position by clicking the Left Bottom or Right radio buttons Figure 1 12 shows the Dock on the left side of the screen If you have a widescreen monitor you may find that putting the Dock on the left or right side of the screen makes more efficient use of screen real estate If you don t like the bouncy feedback provided by Dock icons when you launch a program remove the check mark next to Animate Opening Applications An arrow still shows you when the program is launching To automatically hide the Dock when it isn t in use place a check mark next to Automatically Hide and Show the Dock To reveal the hidden Dock simply move the mouse pointer to the bottom or left or right as appropriate of the screen Move and Hide the Dock ADA Dock oo ETTE k m
3. and Servers Click Show All to return to the main System Preferences screen Click the Desktop amp Screen Saver icon In the Desktop amp Screen Saver settings window that appears click the Desktop button to bring Desktop set tings to the front see Figure 1 3 if they aren t shown already Click an image folder on the left side of the settings window and then choose a picture or swatch on the right to use as your desktop background Choices include e Apple Images These are standard background graph ics supplied with OS X e Themed images OS X also includes stock photos of nature scenes plants and other things which can be used as desktop backgrounds e Solid Colors Choose a color swatch to make your desktop background a solid color e Pictures Folder Click this to use any image from your Pictures folder as shown in Figure 1 4 Using the menu at the top of the Desktop window choose whether you want to tile smaller images or stretch them to fill the whole screen Enable the Change Picture check box at the bottom of the screen to automatically change the background image periodically By using this feature you can turn your desktop into a slide show Modify the Desktop Appearance 6000 Desktop amp Screen Saver Desktop Screen Saver Solid White Apple G Apple Images J Nature l J Plants F Black amp White C Abstract QJ Solid Colors ie Pictures Folder ryg _
4. program window you want to open Set up Spaces Set up Spaces 1 Open System Preferences and then click the Expos amp Spaces icon 2 Click the Spaces button to open Spaces options as shown in Figure 1 23 3 Place a check mark next to Enable Spaces To switch between Spaces more easily place a check mark next to Show Spaces in Menu Bar A Spaces number appears in the menu bar Click the Space number and then select a new space from the menu that appears to jump to that space 4 To add spaces click the plus sign next to either Column or Row In Figure 1 23 one row has been added 5 If you want to use only a certain program in a certain space for example you may set up a separate space just for the DVD player click the plus sign under Application Bindings 6 In the Finder window that appears as shown in Figure 1 24 select an application and then click Add 7 In the Application Bindings column of the Spaces win dow click the Space number and choose a space to which the application should be assigned You can create bindings for any application but they re most effec tive for multimedia applications that might compete with each other such as iTunes and the DVD Player If iTunes is in Space 3 audio from iTunes goes away when you switch to the DVD Player in Space 4 and vice versa e800 Expos amp Spaces a gt show Aut Q Expos Spaces M Enable Spaces Mi Show spaces in men
5. 1 12 13 14 Click the Keyboard button to adjust keyboard options as shown in Figure 1 15 To enable Sticky Keys select the On radio button next to Sticky Keys Sticky Keys allows you to use modifier keys such as Shift Function Control Option and with out simultaneously pressing multiple keys If you need Sticky Keys only occasionally place a check mark next to Press the Shift Key Five Times to Turn Sticky Keys On or Off This option gives you an easy way to quickly enable or disable Sticky Keys To create a delay between when a key is first pressed and when it s accepted by the computer click On next to Slow Keys Use the Acceptance Delay slider to change the length of the delay Click Mouse amp Trackpad to open pointer device settings as shown in Figure 1 16 If you wish to use a numeric keypad in place of a mouse click On next to Mouse Keys If your keyboard doesn t include a dedicated keypad this is usu ally the case with laptops you can purchase a USB Universal Series Bus keypad at most computer and office supply stores Use the Initial Delay and Maximum Speed sliders to fine tune the behavior of Mouse Keys If the mouse cursor is too small use the Cursor Size slider to change the size of the cursor The Cursor Size slider works with Mouse Keys as well as a conventional mouse or trackpad If you re giving a presentation with your Mac and a digital projector you may want fo incre
6. Change picture every 30 minutes Random order Figure 1 3 Click the Desktop button to bring desktop settings to the front System Proferences Edk Vem Wincow Help 4 ooN a tashina AS Maline Rs Figure 1 4 You can use almost any picture as your desktop background Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Change the Display Size 1 6 Open System Preferences and then click the Displays icon In the Displays screen that appears click the Display button to bring Display settings to the front if they aren t shown already Choose a resolution on the left side of the screen as shown in Figure 1 5 Use the Brightness slider to adjust the display brightness Choose a Colors setting and a Refresh Rate in each respective menu In general you should use the highest available settings in the Colors and Refresh Rate menus Reduce them only if you see dis tortion or other display problems If you connect a second display to your computer for example an external monitor or a multimedia projector open the Displays settings and then click the Detect Displays button OS X detects the new display and allows you to adjust its settings as well Click the Color button to bring the Color settings to the front as shown in Figure 1 6 7 Choose a Display Profile on the left side of the screen Which Display Profile you use depends primarily on your hardware See Chapter 4 for more on choosing d
7. Customizing OS X A pple is rightfully proud of the user interface design incorporated into the Macintosh OS X family of operating systems The interface is easy to use and it s also easy to customize so that your Mac looks and behaves the way you want This chapter shows you how to customize various parts of the OS X inter face including gt Desktop You can change the color scheme of your desktop or use a picture as your background Display You can also change the size of the desktop display use a custom screen saver and adjust the way the clock appears Dock The OS X Dock normally resides at the bottom of the screen and gives quick access to your most commonly used programs You can move the Dock add or remove items and change the way the Dock appears Keyboard and Accessibility Mac OS X can accommodate most accessibility needs and common keyboard shortcuts can be changed too Expos Switch quickly between programs with this OS X tool Spaces If you re tired of constantly re arranging your desktop create and easily move between multiple virtual workspaces using Leopard s new Spaces feature KP anter Get ready to gt Access System Preferences ssssssssssssesee 6 gt Modify the Desktop Appearance 6 w Change the Display Size seeeee 8 gt Customize Keyboard Shortcuts 9 Add and Remove
8. D Sze 4 Small Large L Magnification Q Min Max Position on screen O O Left Bottom Right Minimize using Genie Effect b M Animate opening applications C Automatically hide and show the Dock O Figure 1 11 You can customize many aspects of the Dock _ System Preferences Cet View Window Help t F a 4 Mon205PM qQ ie amasi C 5 vats AAN Dock se If ronan cy sre e E Tl Magnification O me Pasivon on seron 3 8 isti Bonam Right Minimize using Cente meer I Fl Animate opening applications L Automaaicalty hide and show the Dack Figure 1 12 If you have a widescreen monitor you may want fo move your Dock to the side 11 Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Make OS X Accessible 1 12 Open System Preferences and then click the Universal Access icon To adjust settings for visual impairments click the Seeing tab to reveal the Seeing settings as shown in Figure 1 13 To enable VoiceOver a basic screen reader program built in to OS X select the On radio button below VoiceOver If you aren t happy with how VoiceOver sounds click the Open VoiceOver Utility button There you can change the voice pitch speed and other characteristics of VoiceOver To enable screen zooming select the On radio button below Zoom Press Option 8 to zoom in on an area of the screen and press Option 8 6 to zoom back out Use the setti
9. Desktop amp Screen Saver saver click the Hot Corners button E aee sereen comers T _ 6 Decide which corner you want as the hot corner and then choose Start Screen Saver in that corner s menu as E z 7 Disable Screen Saver shown in Figure 1 18 All Windows 7 Click OK to close the hot corner options To test the hot BE APlication windows 4 esktop 14 corner move the mouse pointer all the way to the cor ner you selected The screen saver begins If you don t want to use a screen saver move the Start Screen Saver slider to Never Iji Dashboard FY Spectrum T Word of the Day l Use random screen saver Options Test C Show with clock Start screen saver Hot Corners Figure 1 18 Hot corners can be used to quickly activate a screen saver Display 24 Hour Time s 7 e800 Date amp Time Display 24 Hour Time ao 1 Open System Preferences and then click the Date amp _Date amp Time Time Zone Glock Time 1con M Show date and time in menu bar ate View as Digital O Analog You can also open the Date amp Time control panel by clicking and C Display the time with seconds holding the clock in the upper right corner of the screen and then Lishow AMIM mM Show the day of the week choosing Open Date amp Time from the contextual menu that appears E EEE m Use a 24 hour clock 2 Click the Clock button to bring Clock preferences to the Spg a iR OT WEA Customize v
10. Dock Items 10 Move and Hide the Dock sssssseeee 11 w Make OS X Accessible scccssssceeeeeeees 12 wm gt Activate a Screen SOVEL ssccceecsseeeee 14 Display 24 Hour Time ssssssssssssssessesseee 15 Access Programs Quickly with Expos 16 wm Set Up SPOCOS o 17 wm Switch between Spaces sssssssseeeeeeees 18 Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Access System Preferences 1 Open the Apple menu by clicking the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu to reveal the System Preferences screen as shown in Figure 1 1 You can also open System Preferences from the Dock Click a preference icon to open a group of settings To return to the main System Preferences window click the Show All button at the top of any individual settings screen Modify the Desktop Appearance 1 Open System Preferences and then click the Appearance icon Click the Appearance menu and then choose a color scheme for the overall appearance of the interface see Figure 1 2 Click the Highlight Color menu and choose a highlight color for selected text Use the Place Scroll Arrows radio buttons to choose whether you want scroll arrows right next to each other or placed at the top and bottom of scroll bars Select other scroll bar options as desired If you find that your computer freezes momentarily or responds sl
11. Figure 1 8 Keyboard shortcuts are customized easily Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Add and Remove Dock Items 1 10 Open the icon for your hard drive and then click Applications in the sidebar on the left side of the Finder window to open the Applications folder as shown in Figure 1 9 Locate the icon for the program that you want to add to the Dock In some cases such as Apple iWork or Microsoft Office applica tions you may need to open a subfolder to find a program s icon Look closely at the icon if the icon looks like a folder it is a folder Click and drag the program s icon to the Dock as shown in Figure 1 9 The place where you drop the icon on the Dock will be that icon s location so choose a location carefully To launch an application from the Dock simply click the appropriate icon The application launches To remove an item from the Dock click and hold the mouse pointer on the item until a pop up menu appears as shown in Figure 1 10 If you re using a two button mouse simply right click the Dock icon you want to remove instead of clicking and holding While still holding down the mouse button move the pointer over Remove from Dock and then release the mouse button The item disappears from the Dock Finder file Cdit View Go Window Telp t T a A Mon 202 PM A s GOOLE etees Dag Figure 1 9 Click and drag application icons to the Dock Open at
12. angles at least one shortcut must be changed To disable a keyboard shortcut remove the check mark next to it in the On column Close the Keyboard amp Mouse preferences window to save your changes If you re unhappy with the keyboard shortcuts you ve customized or if you re using a pre owned computer that was customized by someone else open the Keyboard Shortcuts settings and click the Restore Defaults button This restores all keyboard shortcuts back to their factory defaults Customize Keyboard Shortcuts 660 Keyboard amp Mouse Keyboard Mouse Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts Key Repeat Rate Delay Until Repeat Slow Fast Off Long Short Modifier Keys Change Keyboard Type 5 R A p Figure 1 7 Adjust basic keyboard settings here BOO Keyboard amp Mouse La gt show an T m oOo q Keyboard Mouse _ Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts To change a shortcut double click the shortcut and hold down the new keys On Description Shortcut a Show or hide the Character Palette XRT Dock Expos and Dashboard M Automatically hide and show the Dock X lt xD a All windows F9 E Application windows F10 EA Desktop F11 i vi Dashboard F12 4 Spotlight X m Show Spotlight search field Space Restore Defaults Full keyboard access In windows and dialogs press Tab to Text boxes and lists only move the keyboard focus between O All controls To change this setting press F7 O
13. ase the size of the mouse cursor so that the cursor can be used as an onscreen pointer during the presentation ean Universal Access a gt show ait_ al When using this computer I would like assistance with Seeing Hearing Keyboard Mouse For difficulties pressing more than one key at a time Sticky Keys On O Off Treats a sequence of modifier keys as a key combination F Press the Shift key five times to turn Sticky Keys on or off M Beep when a modifier key is set F Display pressed keys on screen For difficulties with initial or repeated keystrokes Stow Keys QOn or Puts a delay between when a key is pressed and when it is accepted Use click key sounds Acceptance Delay mmi p Long Short Key repeat delay can be set or turned off in Keyboard preferences Set Key Repeat C Enable access for assistive devices O Show Universal Access status in the menu bar 5 Figure 1 15 Change the way your keyboard behaves here 690o Universal Access 1 jil stow au g When using this computer I would like assistance with Seeing Hearing Keyboard Mouse For difficulties using the mouse Mouse Keys On Off Use the numeric keypad in place of the mouse Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on or off To contro mouse pointer movement Initial Delay p Short Long Maximum Speed m po Slow Medium Fast For difficulties seeing the mouse Cursor Size peaa Normal Large To ena
14. ble full keyboard access Open Keyboard Preferences 0 C Enable access for assistive devices O Show Universal Access status in the menu bar Figure 1 16 Your pointing device can be customized too 13 Chapter 1 Customizing OS X e200 Desktop amp Screen Saver Activate a Screen Saver Desktop Screen Saver 1 Open System Preferences and then click the Desktop amp Screen Savers review Screen Saver icon Ana 1D Arabesque 2 Click the Screen Saver button to reveal screen saver set FE Computer Name L A E EY Flurry tings as shown in Figure 1 17 SR j re 3 Scroll through the list of screen savers and click a screen 5 era ois saver to preview it in the window to the right FE secunty Shell k FY Spectrum A To create a screen saver with photos from your iPhoto library MES Word of the Day choose Library in the Screen Savers list Alternatively scroll down live andem screen ener the Screen Savers list and click Choose Folder and then browse to a C show with clock o Start screen saver folder containing pictures you want to use 3 5 15 30 ihe hr Never 4 Use the Start Screen Saver slider to change when the hot Corners screen saver appears If you choose 15 for example the screen saver appears only after the computer is inactive Figure 1 17 0S X comes with some neat built in screen savers for 15 minutes 5 To configure a hot corner for activating your screen 20
15. hen choose All Windows in that corner s menu as shown in Figure 1 21 Close the Expos amp Spaces window 4 Move the mouse pointer to the corner you selected as the Expos hot corner A window for each active pro gram appears as shown in Figure 1 22 5 Click the program window you want to open The selected program becomes active although those other programs are still running You can also quickly switch between open applications by holding down the 38 key and then pressing Tab A small window appears in the middle of the screen with an icon for each open application Keep pressing Tab until the desired program is highlighted and then release the 38 key 16 Expos amp Spaces All Windows Application Windows Desktop boar Expos allows you to temporarily see all your open wind Paseoan ick on any window to bring it to the front You can seta DE Start Screen Saver the Dashboard You can enable or disable Spaces and s Disable Screen Saver Expos Spaces Active Screen Corners 3 Sleep Display 2 B a a Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for more shortcut choices press Shift Control Option or Command All windows F9 wa E Application windows F10 EJ Desktop F11 a Dashboard F12_ wa H Figure 1 21 Select a hot corner here Suan Fle Edi Vew Hitoy Eodimaks Window Holp h mAN A Discover the iPhone Figure 1 22 Click the
16. isplay profiles e900 AS0F ee stow at q Resolutions 640 x 480 Colors Millions a 800 x 600 832 x 624 Refresh Rate 85 Hertz a 1024 x 768 Detect Displays 1152 x 864 eee 1152 x 870 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 Rotate Standard Es 1280 x 1024 i air F a 1344 x 1008 X C Show displays in menu bar Figure 1 5 Change the display resolution and brightness here e080 Ag0f a gt show au Gl Display Color Display Profile A90f M Show profiles for this display only Open Profile _ eet ete Delet Calibrate Figure 1 6 Choose a color profile for your display Customize Keyboard Shortcuts Quit any open applications by using Q Open System Preferences and then click the Keyboard amp Mouse icon to open the Keyboard amp Mouse settings as shown in Figure 1 7 Click the Keyboard Shortcuts button to bring Keyboard Shortcut settings to the front as shown in Figure 1 8 Scroll down the list of available commands to find the one you want to customize Double click the shortcut you want to change Make sure you double click the actual shortcut listed in the Shortcut column not the command listed in the Description column Press the new keyboard shortcut that you want to use for the command If the shortcut you want fo use is assigned already to a different command a yellow warning triangle appears next to the duplicated shortcuts If you see the yellow warning tri
17. ngs below Display to change the appearance and use of color onscreen Click the Hearing button to reveal audio options as shown in Figure 1 14 If you can t hear alert sounds from the computer place a check mark next to Flash the Screen When an Alert Sound Occurs Click the Flash Screen button fo test the screen flash When using this computer would like assistance with Seeing Hearing Keyboard Mouse VoiceOver turn voiceover on or off F5 0On OOff Open VoiceOver Utility Zoom Turn zoom on or off n Zoom in X Bon GOT Zoom out X Options Display Switch to white on black 3 Black on White Use grayscale O White on Black Enhance contrast Pp Normal Maximum Reduce contrast 3 Increase contrast X C Enable access for assistive devices O Show Universal Access status in the menu bar Figure 1 13 Use these settings if you need help seeing your Mac e800 Universal Access ms 1 gt show au Q 4 When using this computer I would like assistance with Seeing Hearing Keyboard Mouse F Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs Test the screen flash Flash Screen To raise or lower the volume use Sound preferences Adjust volume C Enable access for assistive devices O Show Universal Access status in the menu bar Figure 1 14 If you can t hear audio alerts you can enable a screen flash instead Make OS X Accessible 8 9 10 1
18. oice front as shown in Figure 1 19 3 Select Use a 24 Hour Clock to display time in 24 hour format If you re displaying time in 24 hour format it makes sense to p deselect the Show AM PM option Click the lock to prevent further changes Figure 1 19 Customize the way time is displayed on your computer 4 Adjust other clock options as desired and then click the p 600 Date amp Time Date amp Time button to show the calendar and time set ting options as shown in Figure 1 20 a z Date amp Time TimeZone Clock Some clock options such as Analog display aren t compati ble with a 24 hour clock _ Set date amp time automatically 6 26 2007 10 54 29 PM 5 If you want the computer to automatically synchronize ar eae its clock with an online date and time source make sure _ _ _ that Set Date amp Time Automatically is checked Choose 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 a source based on your geographical location 24 25827 28 29 38 To set date and time formats use International preferences Open international D O id Click the lock to prevent further changes Figure 1 20 Your computer can automatically check and set the time for you Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Access Programs Quickly with Expos 1 Open System Preferences and then click the Expos amp Spaces button 2 Select a hot corner that you want to use for switching between open programs and t
19. owly when scrolling through documents deselect the Use Smooth Scrolling option 00900 System Preferences a gt Showan Q _ U en a Personal Fie z Ee e e a Q Appearance Desktop amp Dock Expos amp international Security Spotlight Screen Saver Spaces Hardware 5 E D mm A 0 i Bluetooth CDs amp DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Sound Saver Mouse Internet amp Network Q Mac Network QuickTime Sharing System fa m ar Gpr te a W Accounts Date amp Time Parental Software Speech Startup Disk Time Machine Universal Controls Update Access Figure 1 1 Start with the System Preferences window to change OS X settings 08o Appearance Gie rwa CD Appearanc Graphite uttons menus and windows Highlight Color Blue For selected text Place scroll arrows Together O At top and bottom Click in the scroll bar to jump to the next page O Jump to here M Use smooth scrolling x Minimize when double clicking a window title bar Number of Recent Items 10 Applications 10 Documents 10 EA servers Font smoothing style Automatic best for main display F Turn off text smoothing for font sizes 4 and smaller Figure 1 2 Change the color and other appearance settings Choose the maximum number of items that are dis played in Recent Items menus for Applications Documents
20. u bar TOL CLO Application Bindings gF Disk Utility Directory Utility S AlsPort Utility 2 D Chess Space 3 2 S OVD Player Space 4 i Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for more shortcut choices press Shift Control Option or Command To activate Spaces F8 oa 3 To switch between spaces Arrow Keys E To switch directly to a space Number Keys ea e O80 Expos amp Spaces a TER kS i C4 38 gt a Be Applications mo Y DEVICES W Address Book Wisk BD Applescript Get newt amp Automator bar E Macintosh Ho fl Calculator E Lacie gt chess VPLACES Dictionary E Desktop GD keithunder Font Book Y Documents GF ical movies iChat zo FA Music image Capture z o f Pictures interner Connect z pce z O Downloads 5 16 07 Al bad a gt L Cancel aa d Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for more shortcut choices press Shift Control Option or Command To activate Spaces F8 H To switch between spaces Arrow Keys To switch directly to a space Number Keys sq 17 Figure 1 24 Applications can be assigned to specific spaces Chapter 1 Customizing OS X Switch between Spaces 18 1 To switch between spaces use one of the following techniques e Press F8 to activate spaces as shown in Figure 1 25 and then click the space that you want to open You can change the Spaces hot key by opening the Spaces prefer

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