Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with OS X Mavericks 7 Chapter 1: OS X Mavericks 101 (Prerequisites: None) 9 Chapter 2: The Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!) 23 Chapter 3: Have It Your Way 47 Chapter 4: What s Up, Dock? 73 Chapter 5: The Finder and Its Desktop 93 Part II: Mavericks Taming (Or "Organization for Smart People") 127 Chapter 6: The Care and Feeding of Files and Folders 129 Chapter 7: Four Terrific Timesaving Tools 171 Chapter 8: Dealing with Disks 195 Chapter 9: Organizing Your Life 199 Part III: Do Unto Mavericks: Getting Things Done 215 Chapter 10: (Inter)Networking 217 Chapter 11: Communications Made Easy 233 Chapter 12: The Musical Mac 269 Chapter 13: The Multimedia Mac 287 Chapter 14: Words and Letters 303 Part IV: Mastering Your Mavericks 313 Chapter 15: Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing 315 Chapter 16: Sharing Your Mac and Liking It 331 Chapter 17: Features for the Way You Work 365 Part V: The Care and Feeding of Your Mavericks 387 Chapter 18: Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues 389 Chapter 19: Utility Chest 405 Chapter 20: Troubleshooting OS X 417 Part VI: The Part of Tens 427 Chapter 21: Almost Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience 429 Chapter 22: Ten (Or So) Great Websites for Mac Freaks 439 Index 447

About the Author

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus is among the world's leading authorities on the iPad, iPhone, and OS X. He's been one of the Mac community's most trusted gurus for more than 25 years and has written or cowritten more than 60 books. He is also a columnist for the Houston Chronicle and The Mac Observer .