A Few More Questions screen, Setup Assistant, 16
AAC format, 674
AAT (Apple Advanced Typography), 330
absolute pathname, 831
Access Control tab, keychain, 299
access keys. See keychain
account. See .Mac account; user account
Accounts preferences pane
access limits for user accounts, 420–422
creating user accounts, 416–417
definition of, 414–416
graphics for user account, 419
locking and unlocking settings in, 357–358
login preferences, 417–418
opening documents and applications at login, 422–423
privileges required for, 413
security preferences, 420
Action button, Finder, 61
Active application
definition of, 831
displaying with Expos , 98–99
Active Application Windows command, Expos , 98
Activity Monitor utility, 144, 164, 616–619
Address Book application. See also .Mac Address Book service
adding contacts, 562–563
backing up Address Book, 567
compared to .Mac Address Book, 559
copying contacts to desktop, email, or chat, 564–565
definition of, 143, 603–604
features of, 559
groups of contacts, 563–564
importing contacts, 563
printing address lists and labels, 565–567
removing contacts, 563
sending email to contacts, 568
setting up, 559–561
synchronizing with .Mac Address Book, 559
synchronizing with Microsoft Exchange, 561
using with Mail application, 208
viewing contacts in, 560–561
Address Book icon, 44
Address Book Plug-Ins folder, 712
Address field, Safari, 187
admin group, 413
administrator (admin) account
creating from user account, 420
definition of, 412–413, 831
file sharing privileges, 304
initial preferences for, 414–415
number of, 415
security and, 307
Adobe Type Manager (ATM), 346
adopted ownership, 831
Advanced Memory Management, 4, 831
Advanced panel, Classic preferences pane, 494–496
AFP (Apple Filing Protocol), 281, 285–287
afp: address prefix, 189, 284, 285
AFP over IP, 285, 435
AirPort Admin Utility, 144, 619
AirPort Base Station
administering, 466–467, 619
definition of, 831
setting up, 464–466, 620
AirPort menu, 28
AirPort network
AppleTalk configuration for, 447
computer-to-computer network using, 462–463
configuring, 177, 449–450
connecting to Internet through, 182–183
definition of, 831
installing Airport cards, 461–462
setting up AirPort Base Station, 464–467, 620
TCP/IP configuration for, 446–447
AirPort Setup Assistant, 144, 465–466, 620
alert icon in backup list, 589
alerts
definition of, 31
sounds for, flash screen substituting, 404–405
sounds for, reading aloud, 401
Alfred software, 697–698
alias
broken, 136–137
connecting to iDisks with, 537
creating, 134–135
creating from item in search results, 233
definition of, 831
Dock items as, 116
dragging items to, 135
identifying, 94
manipulating, 136
original item for, 136, 137, 234, 845
orphaned, 845
renaming, 135
resolving, 848
using, 94
alias command, Unix, 775
alias icons, 42
All Windows command, Expos , 97
Allman, Eric (Syslog), 817
Alsoft MasterJuggler, 346, 511
America Online. See AOL
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. See ASCII
Analysis and repair utilities, 351
“and”
in Help Viewer searches, 259
in search requests, 240
Anguish, Scott (OpenUp software), 830
animations. See movies; multimedia
antialiasing, 111, 832
antivirus software, 721. See also Virex service
AOL (America Online)
definition of, 201
Mac.com Mail service and, 534
TCP/IP configuration and, 439
Apache Web server, 475, 714, 832
API (Application Programming Interface), 832
.app file extension, 141
Appearance control panel, 502–504
Appearance preferences pane, 109–111
Apple Advanced Typography (AAT), 330
Apple Developer Tools software, 781–782
Apple events, 729–730, 752–753
Apple Filing Protocol. See AFP
Apple icon. See Apple menu
Apple ID, 15–16
Apple - Mac OS X icon, 45
Apple menu
definition of, 27, 832
opening items with, 152–153
Apple Menu Options control panel, 504
Apple Remote Desktop software, 708
Apple SuperDrive, 685–686`
AppleCare channel, Sherlock, 246–247
AppleCare Knowledge Base, 246–247, 832
Applelinks Web site, 694
AppleScript
applications for, 604
breaking long statements, 746
building applications using, 755
capitalization in, 742
comment character for, 836
compiling, 836
conditional statements, 745
controlling applications across a network, 752–755
creating scripts, 734–738, 740–744
definition of, 729, 731, 832
dictionaries of application commands, 737–738
drag-and-drop script applications, 748–750
example scripts to borrow from, 750–751
file formats for scripts, 739–740
folder-action script, 840
handler, 841
parentheses (()) in, 744
repeat loops, 749–750, 848
running scripts, 747, 751–752
running scripts automatically for CDs or DVDs, 358–359
saving scripts, 738–739
script editor for, 732–734, 750
suite, 850
variables, 741–742
AppleScript Studio, 755
applet, 633, 832
Applet Launcher, 633–634
AppleTalk
configuring, 447, 450, 453
definition of, 832
file sharing with, 303
AppleTalk control panel, 501
AppleTalk file servers, 284–285
AppleTalk printer, 269, 511–512
AppleTalk protocol, 434, 435
application bundles, saving scripts as, 739–740
application environments of Mac OS X, 6–8
application icons, 39–40
application layer of network, 441
Application menu, 27
Application Programming Interface. See API
Application Support folder, 712, 714
Application Windows command, Expos , 98
application wrappers. See packages
applications. See also services; utility software; specific applications
Active, 98–99, 831
background applications, 155
cache for, 712
controlling across network with AppleScript, 752–755
creating with AppleScript, 755
default application for a document or file, 84, 150–152, 313
definition of, 832
in Dock, 117
help for, 255
hiding, 154–155
icons for, 39–40
icons for, jumping, 155
included with Mac OS X, list of, 143–145
installing, 145–146
messages sent between, 729–730
opening, 147–153
opening automatically at login, 422–423
opening automatically in Classic, 522
opening documents with, 147, 149–150
quitting, 163–165
removing, 146–147
saving scripts as, 739
scriptable applications, 733, 849
switching between, 153–154
types of, 139–140
user access limits for, 421
versions of, in Classic, 496
Applications folder. See also Utilities folder
definition of, 47, 832
list of applications in, 603–616
apt-get application, Fink, 785
Aqua, 6, 833. See also desktop; Dock; icons; menus; windows
archive, 79, 833. See also backups
Archive and Install option, Select Destination screen, 13
argument, 833
Arrange by Name command, View menu, 63
Arrange command, View menu, 58
Arrange panel, Display preferences pane, 369–370
arrows
blue down arrow icon, 292
in lower left corner of alias, 94
pair of, in Aqua windows, 36, 843
scroll arrow, 34, 110
as Columns command, View menu, 58, 62
as Icons command, View menu, 58, 62
as List command, View menu, 58, 62
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), 833
Asia Text Extras folder, 620
Assistants folder, 714
asterisk (*), 766
at sign (@)
in ftpchroot file, 483
indicating Internet Location file, 242
ATM (Adobe Type Manager), 346, 509–510
ATM Deluxe, 511
attachments, email, 210–211, 315–316
Attributes tab, keychain, 298
audio. See CDs; sound
Audio Detour software, 698
Audio folder, 712, 714
Audio Hijack software, 698
audio input, preferences for, 393
audio output, preferences for, 391–392
AudioMIDI Setup utility, 144, 620
authentication, 833
authoritative DNS server, 833
automatic login, 414, 417
autorouting
in Finder, 520–521
software for, 697–698
autoscrolling, 833
AVI format, 644
AysMon software, 807