Our Easy Guide to Mac OS X 10.5 System Preferences, the updated version of our popular guide, is designed to help Macintosh users learn how to control powerful features of the operating system. Our ebook provides clear and simple-to-follow instructions that will show the reader how to set Mac OS X System Preferences to meet each user's individual computing needs.

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Author: Claire J Rottenberg
163 pages, 86 screenshots
PDF format, 4.6 MB


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Table of Contents

1.0  Introduction
1.1  Organization of Guide
1.2  Terminology
1.3  Limits of Guide
1.4  Content of Guide

2.0  Personal Preferences
2.1  Appearance of Mac OS X 10.5
2.2  The Mac OS X 10.5 Dock
2.3  Dashboard, Exposé & Spaces
2.4  International Preferences Pane
2.5  Security Preferences Pane
2.6  Spotlight Preferences Pane

3.0  Hardware Preferences
3.1  Displays & Drives
3.2  Input & Output Hardware
3.3  Print Preferences

4.0  Internet & Network Preferences
4.1  Internet Settings
4.2  QuickTime Settings

5.0  System Preferences
5.1  Accounts Preferences Pane
5.2  Parental Controls
5.3  Operating System
5.4  Date & Time Preferences Pane
5.5  Time Machine
5.6  Preferences Panes for Special Needs

6.0  Third-Party Preferences
6.1  Keyboard & Mouse Preferences Panes
6.2  Extra Hardware Preferences Panes

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