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| Introduction | |
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| Is My Mac Really Gunked Up? | |
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| What Gunk Is | |
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| What the Experts Know | |
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| Understanding How You Got Gunked Up | |
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| Files Are Stored Everywhere | |
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| Installation Files Are Everywhere | |
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| Spam, Spam, Eggs, Bacon, and Spam | |
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| You Have Too Many Installed Programs or Fonts | |
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| The Desktop, Dock, Finder, and Folders Are Overrun | |
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| Fragmented Hard Drive | |
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| You're Low on Hard Disk Space | |
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| Data Files Are Unorganized | |
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| Bookmarks Are Unorganized | |
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| Spyware Is a New Threat | |
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| These Cookies Aren't So Tasty | |
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| You're Gunked Up! | |
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| Ready for Degunking? | |
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| Degunking Your Mac | |
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| The Strategy Behind Degunking | |
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| It's Psychology, Not Just Technology! | |
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| Important Degunking Questions to Consider | |
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| Organizational Techniques for Files and Folders | |
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| A Clean Desktop and Finder Windows | |
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| Organizational Techniques for Mail | |
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| Disable Unnecessary Components | |
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| Updates Are Important | |
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| About Security | |
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| About Backups | |
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| Maintaining Your Mac | |
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| Getting a Clean Start | |
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| The Degunking 12-Step Program | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Getting Rid of Files That Shouldn't Be There | |
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| Clean Up Your Home Folder | |
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| The Documents Folder | |
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| The Pictures Folder | |
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| The Movies Folder | |
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| The Music Folder | |
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| The Library Folder | |
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| The Public Folder | |
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| Personal Folders You've Created | |
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| Clean Up Your Desktop | |
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| Remove Unwanted Items | |
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| Organize Your Icons | |
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| Remove Items from Your Desktop Using Finder Preferences | |
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| Clean Up Other Folders | |
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| The Shared Folder | |
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| Clean Up Your Hard Disk Window | |
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| Clean Up the Users Folder | |
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| Deleting User Accounts | |
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| If You Share a Computer | |
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| Search and Find Elusive Temporary Files | |
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| Manage Aliases | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Uninstalling Programs You Don't Need (and Tweaking Those You Do) | |
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| Remove Programs You Don't Use | |
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| Cleaning Out the Applications Folder | |
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| Remove Programs for Hardware You No Longer Own | |
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| Don't Need iApps? | |
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| Find Programs You Don't Even Know You Have | |
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| Tweak Programs You Do Need | |
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| Configure Program Preferences | |
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| Configure View Options | |
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| Classic, Carbon, and Cocoa | |
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| Applications and OS Versions | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Organizing Your Remaining Files and Folders | |
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| Better Organize the Home Folders | |
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| Personalize the Home Folder | |
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| Personalize the Desktop | |
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| Move Data into the New Folders | |
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| Organize Your Graphics Files and Artwork | |
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| Take Advantage of Labels | |
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| Compress and Archive | |
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| Empty the Trash | |
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| Empty the iPhoto Trash | |
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| Empty the iMovie Trash | |
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| Find Elusive Files | |
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| Make a Final Pass | |
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| Ready? Empty! | |
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| Disk Fragmentation | |
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| Defragment the Drive with Third-Party Utilities | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Clean Up the Dock, Finder, and Menu Bar | |
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| Clean Up and Personalize the Dock | |
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| Remove Icons | |
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| Add Icons | |
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| Auto-Hide, Shrink and Enlarge, Move, Magnification, and Effects | |
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| Third-Party Applications | |
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| Clean Up and Personalize the Finder Windows | |
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| Move and Shrink | |
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| Add, Rearrange, or Remove Icons | |
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| Add Folders to Bottom Half of the Sidebar | |
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| Miscellaneous Cleanup | |
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| File Name Extensions | |
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| Apple Menu | |
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| Menu Extras | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Fonts and Font Gunk | |
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| Where Fonts Are Stored | |
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| Library Fonts | |
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| Private Fonts | |
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| Network Fonts | |
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| System Fonts | |
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| Classic Fonts | |
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| Organizing Fonts | |
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| Two Ways to Select Fonts | |
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| Installing and Deleting Fonts | |
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| Font Book | |
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| The Power of the Font Book | |
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| Preview Font Families | |
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| Enable/Disable Fonts and Font Collections | |
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| Tweak Preferences | |
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| Delete Fonts | |
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| Moving Fonts from OS 9 | |
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| Extensis Suitcase | |
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| Pacifist | |
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| Free Icon: Fontifier | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Preventing Spam Gunk | |
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| Choose the Best E-Mail Addresses | |
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| Set Up Your Primary E-Mail Address | |
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| Set Up Backup and Disposable E-Mail Addresses | |
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| Avoid Spammer Dictionary Attacks | |
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| Use Your E-Mail Address Carefully | |
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| Don't Use the Unsubscribe Option | |
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| Never Post Your E-Mail Address on the Web--Except as a Graphic | |
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| E-Mail Addresses, E-Lists, Newsgroups, and E-Commerce | |
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| Use Disposable Addresses for E-Commerce | |
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| Using Mail's Junk E-Mail Utilities | |
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| Creating Rules | |
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| Using the Junk E-Mail Filter | |
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| Use a Separate Spam Filtering Utility | |
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| A Short Spam Filtering Glossary | |
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| Free Icon: JunkMatcher | |
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| SpamSieve | |
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| SpamSlam | |
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| Avoid Triggering Other People's Spam Filters | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Cleaning Up E-Mail Gunk | |
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| Do You Know Who's in Your Address Book? | |
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| Delete Unnecessary Addresses | |
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| Edit Contact Information | |
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| Create Address Groups | |
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| Buy, Sell, or Hold? | |
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| Once Again, It's Psychology, Not Technology! | |
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| Create a Folder Hierarchy | |
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| Keep Your New Folder Hierarchy to One Screen | |
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| Creating Folders and Subfolders | |
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| Watch Out for Those Attachments | |
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| What to Watch Out For | |
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| Miscellaneous Pointers | |
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| Send E-Mail as Plain Text | |
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| Have Your E-Mails Read to You | |
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| Color-Code Messages | |
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| Archive Messages | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Optimizing OS 9 | |
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| Understanding the Differences Between OS 9 and OS X | |
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| Classic Gunk | |
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| Degunking System Preferences | |
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| Removing Unnecessary Files | |
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| Fonts | |
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| Problem Applications | |
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| Classic Issues | |
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| Use Symantec's Norton Utilities 8.0 | |
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| Defragment Your Hard Drive | |
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| Startup Items | |
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| Rebuild the Desktop | |
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| Get Rid of OS 9 | |
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| Just Say No | |
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| A Saner Way to Move to OS X | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Optimizing Your Hard Drive | |
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| Degunk the Startup Process | |
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| Select an Optimum Startup Disk | |
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| Degunk Your Startup Items | |
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| Save Time: Log On Automatically | |
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| Things That Can Make a Good Startup Go Bad | |
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| Firmware | |
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| Enhance Hard Disk Performance | |
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| Get the Latest Device Drivers and Updates | |
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| Choose Non-System-Intensive Screen Savers and Themes | |
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| Optimize Your Display Settings | |
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| Optimize Your Hard Drive Easily | |
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| Other Ways to Tweak Your System | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Staying Organized and Up-to-Date | |
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| Set Software Update Preferences | |
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| Choosing What to Install | |
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| Energy Saver | |
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| Configuring Energy Saver Properly | |
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| Let Atomic Bird Macaroni Get Updates for You | |
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| Obtaining Upgrades for Your System | |
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| iLife Upgrades | |
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| Plug-Ins | |
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| Explore Expose | |
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| Get a .Mac Account | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| The Best Hardware for Mac Degunking | |
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| Why Add Hardware? | |
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| Add Memory | |
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| Physical Installation | |
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| Add a Backup Device | |
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| External Hard Drive | |
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| Backing Up Using CD and DVD Burners | |
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| Other Storage Options | |
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| Add a Second Monitor | |
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| Add Additional USB Capabilities | |
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| What Should You Buy? | |
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| Physically Clean the Machine | |
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| Cleaning Keyboards, Mice, and Monitors | |
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| Degunking Outside of the Case | |
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| Purchase a New Computer | |
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| Transferring Files and Settings | |
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| FireWire Target Disk Mode | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Maintenance and Troubleshooting Tools | |
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| Check the File System for Errors | |
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| Delete Library Caches | |
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| Run Disk Utility to Verify and Repair Permissions | |
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| Scan the Startup Disk for Errors | |
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| Zap the PRAM | |
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| Incorporate Third-Party Applications | |
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| Get Awesome Freeware and Shareware | |
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| Great Commercial Software | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Improving Security | |
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| Basic Security Tasks | |
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| Physical Security | |
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| Secure the Login Process | |
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| Hide the Restart and Shut Down Buttons | |
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| Create a Screen Saver Password | |
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| Log Out Automatically | |
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| Use Mac OS X's Built-In Firewall | |
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| Use Secure Empty Trash | |
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| Create and Enable a Visitor Account | |
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| Use Anti-Virus Software | |
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| Common Configuration Techniques | |
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| Configure Safari for Security | |
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| Explore the Security Options | |
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| Lock Keychain When You Leave Your Desk | |
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| Use FileVault | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Backing Up Precious Files | |
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| Backup Techniques | |
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| Copy to CD as a Backup Option | |
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| Other Backup Devices | |
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| Recommendations for the Home User | |
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| More About How Often to Back Up | |
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| About Storing the Backups | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Troubleshooting Your Mac with Degunking Techniques | |
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| Index | |