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The Leopard Desktop at a glanceThe Desktop is what you see when you first start up or log in to your Mac; this area is where all theaction in your app

12Mac OS X Leopard Portable GeniusFinder windowsNow that you are more familiar with the features of the Desktop, let’s examine a Finder window,which i

Component DescriptionResults window Shows the files and subfolders that reside in a folder, and also displays search results.Vertical/Horizontal Drag

exception to this rule (see Chapter 10 for a lot of Finder customization tips), giving you access to itspreferences by choosing Finder➪ Preferences, o

Labels and SidebarThe Labels tab allows you to assign coloredlabels to categories that you determine. Youcan then assign these labels to files and fol

Moving Around in the FinderMac OS X employs the same basic navigation techniques as any other graphical operating system,such as double-clicking to op

ListList view does just what it says: It displays the files and folders in a list.You can arrange the list byfilenames,the date the files were modifie

1. Click (once) the file or folder you want information about.2. Press ÔÔ+I, or choose File ➪ Get Info from the menu.Figure 1.12 shows you a typical I

19Chapter 1:What Are the Basics I Need to Know about Leopard?Using Quick LookQuick Look is one of the best new features inLeopard. It allows you to se

1.13 A document previewed using Quick Look.20Mac OS X Leopard Portable GeniusYou can use the Inspector, which is a floating version of the Get Info wi

1 2345678 91011121314151617You are about to embark on the world’s most advanced operating systemexperience, courtesy of Apple Inc. In this chapter, I

Working with removable mediaWhen you insert or connect removable media, such as CDs, DVDs, external hard disks, and USBflash drives,Leopard automatica

Utilizing the DockAh, the Dock: loved by most, tolerated by some, and loathed by a few. Regardless of how you feelabout the Dock (personally,I can’t i

The Dock preferences window lets you make several changes:Increase or decrease the size of the Dock by moving the Size slider.If your icons are too sm

1.16 Pressing F9 performs this little miracle.The F10 key brings all the open windows for the current application to the forefront.A push of theF11 ke

SpacesSpaces is a new addition to Mac OS X. It is an organizational tool that lets you create multiplespaces for certain tasks.Spaces are essentially

Moving between spacesThere are a few ways to jump from space to space:Press F8 and click the space you want to move to, as shown in figure 1.18.Check

Assigning applications to spacesOne feature I love in Spaces is the ability to assign applications to always open in a specific space.To assign applic

You might think that with all this information to look through a search could take forever,but that’snot the case at all. Spotlight can find items con

Setting Spotlight preferencesYou can easily modify Spotlight to search where and how you want it to, using its preferences.Choose Apple menu➪ System P

1.21 The Spotlight preferences let you search the way you like.Searching with the FinderThe Finder gives you much more leverage to enhance your search

System Requirements for InstallingLeopardAs anxious as you probably are to get started, make sure that your Mac meets all the necessaryhardware requir

Any search utility worth using will allow a lot of flexibility to narrow searches, and Spotlight is asflexible as they come.Figure 1.22 shows a Finder

32Mac OS X Leopard Portable GeniusSpotlight is already amazingly fast, but you can still give it a further speed boost by usingkeyboard shortcuts. The

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You may want to simply start over, especially if your Mac has become bloated withextraneous application and documents that you’ve forgotten about or n

10. Sit back, get a cup of your favorite beverage,read the Welcome to Leopard manualthat came in the Mac OS X Leopard retail box, and when the install

4. Click Continue at the Welcome screen.5. Agree to the software license agreement.6. Choose the hard drive you want to install Leopard on and then cl

Advanced Installation OptionsThere are a couple of other things I want to show you that can help customize your Leopard instal-lation.Partition your h

1.3 Partitioning a drive with Disk Utility is a breeze.1.4 You have to search a little to find the Xcode installer on the DVD.9Chapter 1:What Are the

To install the Xcode developer tools:1. Double-click the XcodeTools.mpkg file to launch the installer and click Continue.2. Click Continue again in th