Inside . Mac Making the Most of Your . Mac Membership

Name: Inside . Mac Making the Most of Your . Mac Membership
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ISBN: 9780596005016

ISBN-10: 0596005016

ISBN-13: 9780596005016

Edition: 2003

Authors: Chuck Toporek

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Apple's .Mac service (pronounced dot Mac) offers everything Mac OS X users have come to expect: an attractive, intuitive interface and a wealth of features with all the underlying power you'll ever need. .Mac includes web mail, an online contact management system, storage space, a fully customizable web site of your own, and much more. On your first tour of this suite of subscriber-based services, you'll be delighted by how easy and convenient .Mac is to use. But you'll soon discover that there's a lot more to .Mac than meets the eye! "Inside .Mac will help you get the most out of Apple's new Internet services. This handy, quick reference offers a clear overview of the entire .Mac package…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.17" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Chuck Toporek is a long-time Mac user. When not strapped to his desk, editing the latest tech book, he can be found riding his mountain bike, writing, out taking pictures somewhere, or watching cartoons.



Preface



.Mac's Core Services



Setting Up Your .Mac Account


Before You Sign Up


Your First Stop: System Preferences


Configuring Mail


Changing Your .Mac Password


Setting an iCal Event to Change Your .Mac Password


Renewing Your .Mac Membership



Inside Mac.com


Navigating Mac.com


Managing Your .Mac Account


Forget Your Password?


The .Mac Services Sidebar


The .Mac Learning Center



Using Your iDisk


The iDisk's Filesystem


Mounting the iDisk


iDisk Public Folders


Unmounting an iDisk


Mounting an iDisk on a Mac OS 9 System


The iDisk Utility


iDisk Synchronization



.Mac Mail


Two Ways to Check Your .Mac Mail


Using .Mac's Web-Based Mail


Setting Mail's Preferences


Working with Mail


Using the Address Book with .Mac



Protecting Your Mac



Using Virex


Finding and Installing Virex


Running Virex


Scanning Attachments in Mail


Virus Scanning from the Terminal



Using Backup


What to Back Up?


Where to Back Up?


Backup's Cans and Can'ts


Finding and Installing Backup


Using Backup


Backing Up to an iDisk


Backing Up to CD or DVD


Backing Up to a Drive


Restoring Files from a Backup


When a Backup Fails



.Mac and Your Digital Life



Building a .Mac HomePage


Planning Your HomePage


What You Can't Do with a .Mac HomePage


What Goes Where on Your iDisk


HomePage Styles and Themes


Creating Your Main Page


Creating a Photo Album Page with iPhoto


Sharing Files on Your HomePage


Creating an iMovie Page


Creating a Movie Page with iMovie 4


Password-Protecting Your HomePage


Announcing Your HomePage


Adding a Favicon to Your HomePage


Rolling Your Own


Learning More About Web Design



Blogging with iBlog


What Is a Blog?


Why iBlog?


Installing iBlog


iBlog Overview


Building Your Blog


Further Exploration



Using iSync with .Mac


Understanding iSync


Overview of iSync


Registering Your Mac with the Sync Server


Performing Your First Sync


Mac-to-Mac Syncing


Bookmark Syncing


iSync's Logs



Slide Shows and iCards


Creating a Public Slide Show


iCards



Appendixes



.Mac's Keyboard Shortcuts



Common iDisk Error Codes



Installing and Using the iDisk Utility for Windows XP


Index