![]() When the System Preferences window opens, click the icon of the pane whose settings you want to adjust. To open System Preferences, click its icon in the Dock or choose Apple > System Preferences. Finding System Preferences: I sometimes refer to settings in System Preferences that you may want to adjust.The default behavior, the alternative methods, and the ways to set them vary depending on the type of input device the typical alternative (for right-handed users) is to right-click with a mouse-click the righthand mouse button-so that’s the term this book uses by default for the action that opens a contextual menu. Controlclicking nearly always works to open a contextual menu, but your mouse or trackpad might support a better method. For example, if you Control-click a file in the Finder, you’ll see commands such as Get Info, Duplicate, and Make Alias. Contextual menus: In Mac OS X, when you hold down the Control key and click, a pop-up contextual menu appears, with commands appropriate to whatever is under the mouse pointer.For example, to create a new folder in the Finder, you choose New Folder from the File menu I abbreviate this as “File > New Folder.” Menus: Where I describe choosing a command from a menu in the menu bar, I use a compact description.Here are a few “rules of the road” that will help you read this book: Get a discount when you order a print copy of the ebook.At the top of the blog, you can also see any update plans for the ebook. These may include new information and tips, as well as links to author interviews. (Learn about reading this ebook on handheld devices at. Download various formats, including PDF and-usually-EPUB and Mobipocket.Download any available new version of the ebook for free, or purchase any subsequent edition at a discount.On the ebook’s Take Control Extras page, you can: You can access extras related to this book on the Web (use the link in Ebook Extras, near the end of the book it’s available only to purchasers). Discounted classroom and Mac user group copies are also available. If you have an ebook version of this title, please note that if you want to share it with a friend, we ask that you do so as you would a physical book: “lend” it for a quick look, but ask your friend to buy a new copy to read it more carefully or to keep it for reference. This book contains simple steps you can take to keep your Mac humming. You can reduce the risk of such problems, and minimize the damage when they do occur, with a regular maintenance regimen. Macs, like all machines, are prone to break down eventually-in either a physical sense (a component going bad) or a logical sense (files becoming corrupted, applications misbehaving). ![]() This book was written by Joe Kissell and edited by Caroline Rose. ![]() Welcome to Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Second Edition, version 2.1, published in March 2011 by TidBITS Publishing Inc. Periodic Task Checklist About This Book Ebook Extras. When a New Version of Mac OS X Is Releasedīuy It!. 70Ĭhange Your Passwords.70Ĭheck Your UPS Battery.74 64ĭe-Dust Your Mac.65Ĭlean Your Keyboard. 62Įxercise Your Notebook’s Battery.63Ĭheck for Take Control Updates. 47Ĭheck for Third-Party Software Updates. Use Software Update to Install Apple Updates. 37Ĭheck Software Updates.38Ĭlean Up Your Desktop. Make Sure Scheduled Maintenance Tasks Run.31 Introduction Maintaining Quick Start Start on the Right Foot Install the Latest Version of Mac OS X. Make sure you have the latest information!
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