Index_D

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data

reasons for loss of, 415

storing sensitive data in Keychain notes, 382–383

synchronizing with iSync, 315–318

data CDs, burning, 101–102

Date & Time preferences, setting, 177–178

Desktop

accessing, 41

changing presentation of, 43

customizing, 43–44

customizing display of icons on, 43

overview of, 40–41

placing aliases on, 83–84

treatment of files by, 42

Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, setting, 160–162

Desktop background, changing, 44–45

Desktop folder, overview of, 132–134

desktop Macs, types of, 24

Desktop preference pane, opening, 44–45

digital cameras

importing photos from, 342

memory limitations of, 340

digital hub concept, explanation of, 9–10, 340

digital music files

backing up, 420

importing into iTunes, 327–328

listening to with iTunes, 328–330

ripping from CDs, 326–327

digital music players, using, 335

Disk Doctor, features of, 411

disk drives, using external disk drives, 398–399

disk images

encrypting, 378–379

identifying, 100

disk journaling, significance of, 410

disk repair tools, examples of, 411

Disk Utility

encrypting disk images with, 378–379

erasing rewriteable CDs and DVDs with, 102

features of, 254

working with, 412–415

disks

ejecting and unmounting, 90–91

erasing optical disks, 414

repairing startup disks, 413

writeable and rewriteable disks, 414

DiskWarrior repair tool, features of, 411

Displays preferences, setting, 166–167

Dock

adding icons to, 53–56

changing magnification in, 57

controlling iTunes from, 326

customizing, 56–58

location of, 7, 51

overview of, 51–52

purpose of, 40–41

resizing, 57–58

setting preferences for, 162

switching applications and windows with, 52–56

Documents folder, overview of, 134

documents, printing, 281–284

drives, testing DVDs in, 368

DSL, connecting to Internet by means of, 191–192

DVD menus, creating with iDVD, 368

DVD Player

changing views in, 368–369

features of, 253

DVD-ROMs, backing up files to, 416

DVD-RW disks, recording to, 414

DVDs

adding folders to, 365

burning photos on, 350

burning with iDVD, 368

copying files to, 101–102

creating photo DVDs, 366–368

creating with iDVD, 364–366

previewing, 366

testing in drives, 368

watching on Macs, 368–369

dynamic memory allocation, explanation of, 12