Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Essentials

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Essentials

With Mac OS Snow Leopard Essentials, you'll learn the ins and outs of Apple's latest Operating System. From new features to tips and tricks that will make you a more productive user and will allow you to enjoy your computing experience.

After an introduction to the OS, your learn all about navigating, organizing and customizing, as well as, hot to use Snow Leopard with multiple users. Once your familiar with the basics, you'll move onto exploring updated applications, how to back up and protect your data, the specifics of browsing with Safari, and how to make the most of printing.

Course Outline
Chapter Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO SNOW LEOPARD (09 min)

About Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard Requirements
Getting Snow Leopard

Chapter 2: NAVIGATING & ORGANIZING (34 min)

Introducing the Finder
Browsing Finder Windows
Using the Home Folder
Organizing Files & Folders
Finding Your Files

Chapter 3: CUSTOMIZING SNOW LEOPARD (45 min)

Choosing an Image to Display as Your Desktop
Using Screen Savers
Customizing the Dock
Customizing the Toolbar
Setting Finder Preferences
Working with the Widgets in Dashboard
Using Exposé®
Customizing the Mouse

Chapter 4: USING SNOW LEOPARD WITH MULTIPLE USERS (34 min)

Managing User Accounts
Setting Parental Controls
Switching between Accounts
Sharing Files with Other Users

Chapter 5: EXPLORING UPDATED APPLICATIONS (18 min)

Viewing Media Files in QuickTime® Player
Using Preview to View & Edit Files
Creating & Editing Text Documents in TextEdit

Chapter 6: BACKING UP & PROTECTING YOUR DATA (24 min)

Burning Files to CD or DVD
Using Disk Utility
Backing Up Data Using Time Machine®
Running Software Update

Chapter 7: BROWSING THE WEB WITH SAFARI® (23 min)

Tabbed Browsing
Navigating Top Sites
Using the Google® Search Bar
Creating & Organizing Bookmarks
Revisiting Sites Using History

Chapter 8: PRINTING (20 min)

Installing a Printer
Managing Jobs in the Print Queue
Exploring Print Dialog Box Options
Printing to a PDF File
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