Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

Part I: Using Panther.

Chapter 1: Why Having Chosen Mac OS X Was by No Means a Dopey Idea.

Chapter 2: Installing, Saying Hello, Saying Goodbye.

Chapter 3: Getting to First Base with the Mac User Interface.

Chapter 4: Leopard-Skin Pillbox Mac: Making Your Mac Your Own.

Chapter 5: I Don’t Know Why They Call It the Finder, Either.

Chapter 6: The Dock, and Why It Doesn’t Stink Even a Little.

Chapter 7: Just Deal with It: Apps.

Chapter 8: Coping with Files and Folders.

Chapter 9: Using Hard Drives, CDs, DVDs, and Other Silos of Data.

Chapter 10: Archiving to Analog Pulpware Substrate (Printing).

Chapter 11: Networking on Copper, Air, and a Prayer.

Chapter 12: The Apps Wot You Get for Nothin’.

Chapter 13: More Built-in Apps: The Junior Varsity.

Chapter 14: Coal-Fired Submarines, Mac OS 9, and Other Relics.

Chapter 15: I Love People! I Want to Share My Mac!

Chapter 16: I Loathe People! I Want to Secure My Mac!

Part II: The Technical Bits.

Chapter 17: Automating with AppleScript.

Chapter 18: Unix...Alas, the Name Is Its Only Funny Part.

Part III: Bonus Material.

Chapter 19: Twenty Questions from My Aunt Estelle 337

Chapter 20: Drop the Book and Come Out Peacefully: Online Resources.

Chapter 21: Troubleshooting by the Seat of Your Pants.

Chapter 22: One Final Lesson.

Index.