Benjamin Levisay is a founding partner of MacDoctors, an Apple and Adobe reseller and service provider, providing highly specialized hardware and networking solutions, along with consulting and training services for the graphic arts community. Levisay is a frequent lecturer and trainer.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Dissecting Mac OS X. Chapter 1: The Elements of Mac OS 10.3. Chapter 2: Putting Power in the Apple Menu. Chapter 3: The Dock and Its Secrets. Chapter 4: The Power of System Preferences. Chapter 5: Secrets of the Utilities Folder. Chapter 6: Secrets of Setting Up Your Mac for Multiple Users. Part II: Application Secrets Revealed. Chapter 7: The Raw Essentials of a Mac Program. Chapter 8: Word Processing and Desktop Publishing. Chapter 9: Getting Graphic with Your Mac. Chapter 10: Mac OS X Speech Secrets. Chapter 11: Putting Your Mac on Autopilot. Part III: Secrets of Apple's Digital Lifestyle Applications. Chapter 12: Mac OS X Application Overview. Chapter 13: "The Beat Goes On" with iTunes, GarageBand, and the iPod. Chapter 14: iPhoto. Chapter 15: Get Rolling with iMovie 4 and iDVD 4. Chapter 16: Syncing Your Life with Your Mac. Part IV: Getting Online and Staying Safe and Sane. Chapter 17: An Overview of Online Options. Chapter 18: E-Mailing and Web Browsing the Apple Way. Chapter 19: The Secrets of Instant Messaging and iChat AV. Chapter 20: Using .Mac and Your iDisk. Chapter 21: A Crash Course on Building Your Own Web Site. Part V: Connection Secrets: Peripherals and Networking. Chapter 22: Printing and Faxing. Chapter 23: Making Sense of Mac OS X Fonts. Chapter 24: Macintosh Hardware Part by Part. Chapter 25: Digital Cameras and Scanners. Chapter 26: CD-ROM and DVD: The World of Optical Drives. Chapter 27: FireWire, USB, and IDE: Do We Still Need SCSI? Chapter 28: PCI and Other Slots. Chapter 29: Networking. Chapter 30: Mac/Windows Cross-Platform Networking. Chapter 31: Under the Hood: The World of Unix. Chapter 32: Troubleshooting. Appendix: Third-Party Software and Web Resources. Index.

Author Biography

Benjamin Levisay is a founding partner of MacDoctors, an Apple and Adobe reseller and service provider in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, providing highly specialized hardware and networking solutions, along with consulting and training services for the graphic arts community. Levisay is a frequent lecturer and trainer.