Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard

You're smart and savvy, but also busy. This comprehensive guide to Apple's Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, gives you everything you need to know to live a happy, productive Mac life. Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard will have you up and connected lickity-split. With a minimum of overhead and a maximum of useful information, you'll cover a lot of ground in the time it takes other books to get you plugged in.

Getting to Know Snow Leopard.- Working in Snow Leopard: The Aqua Interface.- The File System.- Using Spotlight, Exposé, Spaces, and Dashboard.- Customizing and Administering Leopard.- System Preferences.- Printing, Peripherals, and Bluetooth in Snow Leopard.- Common Mac OS X Maintenance.- Backup, Synchronization, and Recovery of Data.- Mac OS X Security.- Communications and the Internet.- Connecting to the Internet.- Browsing the Web with Safari.- Mail, Address Book, and iCal.- iChat.- MobileMe.- Working with Applications.- Application Basics.- Snow Leopard Applications.- iLife' 09.- Getting to Know Darwin.- Introducing Darwin and the Shell.- Extending the Power of Darwin.- Snow Leopard Networking.- Snow Leopard Networking.- Working with Remote Servers and Networks.- Snow Leopard As a Web Server.- Snow Leopard Development and Scripting.- Mac OS X Automation with Automator and AppleScript.- Mac OS X Development: The Application Frameworks.- Mac OS X Development: The Tools.- Mac OS X Development: Objective-C.- Cross-Platform Solutions.- Working with Microsoft Windows and Other Operating Systems.