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F1/F2 function key (brightness)
     mobile Mac controls 2nd
F3/F4 function key (volume)
     mobile Mac controls 2nd
Fade To/From Black transition
fading
    sounds
         in movies (iMovie) 2nd 3rd 4th
fading sounds
     movies 2nd
failures
    hardware
         troubleshooting
Fairy Dust tool (iMovie)
Family pane (Font Panel)
Fast Ethernet
Fast Forward control (iMovie)
Fast SCSI 2nd 3rd
fast user switching
     enabling 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Fast/Slow/Reverse tool (iMovie)
favorite characters
     creating (Character Palette) 2nd
Favorites collection (Fonts)
Favorites fonts collection
faxes
     receiving 2nd 3rd
     sending
faxing
     documents 2nd
features
     graphics cards
     Script Editor
file command (Unix)
file extensions
     configuring 2nd
    files
         naming 2nd 3rd
     vcf (vcard)
File menu
     commands
         New Finder Window
         New Group
         New Group From Selection
         New View Window
File menu commands (Finder) 2nd
file permissions
     hyphen (-) character (Unix)
file servers
     configuring 2nd
         firewalls 2nd
file sharing
     configuring
file systems [See also VFS]
     HFS+
     ISO 9660
     Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
     Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
     Universal Disk format (UDF)
     Unix File System (UFS)
File Transfer protocol
     (FTP)
File Transfer Protocol server [See FTP server]
filename extensions
     associating document types with applications 2nd
    documents
         saving 2nd 3rd 4th
     examples 2nd
     hiding 2nd
     viewing 2nd
filenames
     Unix
files
     .dmg 2nd
         installing
     .mov (Movie)
     .pkg
         installing
     .rtfd (Rich Text Formatted Document)
     .smi 2nd
         installing
     .tiff (Tagged Interchange File Format)
    aliases
         breaks
         creating 2nd 3rd
    applications
         setting to open
     backing up on CDs (Automator built-in workflow) 2nd 3rd 4th
    compressed
         Unix
     compressing
         file extensions 2nd
    compressing/uncompressing
         Unix
     copying 2nd
     creating
     decoding
     deleting 2nd
         Secure Empty Trash command
     disk images
         mounting
     doc (Microsoft Word)
    email
         attaching (Mail) 2nd 3rd 4th
         receiving (Mail) 2nd 3rd
    email attachments
         uncompressing
    encoding
         defined
         file extensions 2nd
    encryption
         FileVault feature 2nd 3rd 4th
    extension
         .gz
    extensions
         .hqz
         .img
         .pkg
         .sea
         .tar
         .zip
         compressed/encoded files 2nd
    extentions
         .bin
    extracting
         Unix
     html (Hypertext Markup Language)
    images
         exporting (iPhoto)
     jpeg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
    labels
         applying
         configuring
    lost
         viruses
    mobile computers
         synchronizing 2nd 3rd
     moving objects over
    MP3
         copyrights
         listening (iTunes) 2nd
         storing (iTunes) 2nd 3rd 4th
     mp3 (Motion Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3)
     name restrictions
     naming 2nd 3rd 4th
         extensions 2nd 3rd
     pdf (Portable Document Format)
    PDFs
         creating 2nd 3rd 4th
         customizing
         previewing
         saving documents as 2nd
     receiving with email
     rtf (Rich Text Format)
     searching (Spotlight) 2nd
     sending via email (Automator built-in workflow) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     sending with email
    shared
         accessing 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         configuring 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
         Mac OS 9 2nd
         Mac OS X
         troubleshooting
     simultaneous work on multiple Macs (iDisk) 2nd
     system backups
     transferring between system versions 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     uncompressing
    Web
         downloading 2nd
         downloading via FTP (Finder)
         downloading via Safari 2nd 3rd
     xls (Microsoft Excel)
FileVault
    mobile computers
         data encryption
FileVault feature
     configuring 2nd 3rd 4th
filter frequencies
     MP3s
Find button
Finder
     Action pop-up menu 2nd
     Application menu
     Archive command
     burning CDs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     contextual menus 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
    Edit menu
         commands 2nd
     File menu
         commands 2nd
    files
         downloading via FTP
    Go menu
         commands 2nd
         directories, changing 2nd 3rd 4th
    Help menu
         commands 2nd 3rd 4th
     keyboard shortcuts
     Path pop-up menu
    Places sidebar
         customizing 2nd 3rd
         default items 2nd
    Places Sidebar
         directories;changing
    Places sidebar
         file access 2nd
         folders, organizing 2nd
    Search tool
         folder item selection 2nd
    slideshows
         creating from image searches
     Spotlight menu
    status bar
         customizing
    Toolbar
         customizing
         showing/hiding
         tools, customizing 2nd
    View menu
         commands
    Window menu
         commands 2nd 3rd
    windows
         Action pop-up menu 2nd
         closing
         Columns view 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
         2nd [See directory structure (Finder)]
         Icon view 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
         items, selecting 2nd
         keyboard shortcuts 2nd
         List view 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
         minimizing
         moving
         navigating 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         navigating via back/forward buttons 2nd
         opening 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         pane resizing
         scrolling 2nd
         sizing 2nd 3rd
         spring-loaded
         views 2nd 3rd 4th
Finder command (TextEdit)
Finder icon
Finder window
     background color 2nd
Finder's menus
     Application
finding
     characters
Finger tab
     Network Utility
firewalls
     configuring 2nd
     DHCP hubs
     hackers, preventing
    hubs
         Ethernet
     software 2nd 3rd
FireWire
     cables
     competitor
     connecting iPods 2nd
     importing clips from a DV camera
     industry competition 2nd
     versus USB 2 interface
FireWire 400 2nd 3rd
     advantages 2nd
     connectors 2nd 3rd
     IEEE 1394 standard
FireWire 800
FireWire cameras
     videoconferencing (iChat) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
FireWire hubs 2nd 3rd 4th
     daisy-chaining
     installing 2nd 3rd
     selecting 2nd
firmware
    version 10.4
         updating 2nd
Flash tool (iMovie)
Flights channel (Sherlock)
floppy drives
FM transmitters (car stereos)
     iPod music player 2nd
Fog tool (iMovie)
Folder button (iDVD)
folders
    aliases
         creating 2nd 3rd
     burning on CDs/DVDs (Disk Utility) 2nd
     copying 2nd
     Deleted Users
     deleting 2nd
     Desktop
    Dock
         adding 2nd
     Documents
    downloads
         configuring
     Drop Box
     Home directory 2nd
         Desktop
         Documents
         Drop Box
         Library
         Public
         Sites
     icons
     iDisk 2nd
    iTunes
         Music
    labels
         applying
         configuring
     Library
     Library/Keychains
     locked
     moving objects over
     opening (Dock)
     Public
     QuickTime framework
     QuickTime Player Applications
     searching (Spotlight) 2nd
     Sites
     Sites (.Mac)
     smart mailboxes
     unlocked
     versus burn folders
     versus directories
Font Book
Font Book application
    fonts
         collection additions 2nd
         collection editing 2nd
         configuring 2nd
         default collections 2nd
         installing 2nd
    libraries
         adding to
         creating
         deleting
         disabling
    window
         configuring 2nd
Font command (Format menu) 2nd
Font Family menu
     iMovie
Font Size slider
     iMovie
font smoothing
fonts
     antialiasing
     Character Palette
         favorites creation 2nd
         installing 2nd
         opening
         searching by category 2nd
    collections
         adding (Font Book application) 2nd
         editing (Font Book application) 2nd
    color
         selecting 2nd
     configuring (Font Book application) 2nd
     default collections (Font Book application) 2nd
     directory locations
    effects
         adding 2nd 3rd
     favorites
     Favorites collection
     installing (Font Book application) 2nd
    libraries
         adding to (Font Book application)
         creating (Font Book application)
         deleting (Font Book application)
         disabling (Font Book application)
    Mail
         preferences, setting 2nd
     OpenType
     PDF collection
     previewing
     Recently Used collection
    sizes
         editing 2nd
     smoothing
     system versions
     transferring from older Mac OS versions
     TrueType
     types
    typographic effects
         applying 2nd
    users
         accessing
Fonts & Color pane (Mail) 2nd
Fonts directory
Fonts panel
    collections
         creating 2nd
         removing 2nd
     Collections pane
         adding to 2nd
         deleting from 2nd
     Color Picker 2nd
    commands
         Add to Favorites
         Characters
         Color
         Edit Sizes
         Manage Fonts
         Show/Hide Effects
         Show/Hide Preview
         Typography
     Effects pane 2nd 3rd 4th
     Family pane
     Favorites collection
     opening/closing
     Preview pane 2nd
     Size pane 2nd
     Sizes pane
     Typeface pane
     Typography pane 2nd
Force Quit command (Apple menu)
force quitting
     applications 2nd
     hung applications 2nd 3rd 4th
forced quitting
     applications
Format menu
    commands
         Make Rich Text
Format menu commands
     Font 2nd
formats
    images
         converting (Preview) 2nd
     QuickTime movies
         QuickTime;formats
formatting
    e-mail
         headers
forward slash (/)
    paths
         Unix directory hierarchies
forwarding
    email
         Mail
fractional T-1 lines
fractional T1 cabling
fragmented disks
framework
     bundles
Frameworks directory
Free Sign Up button
frequencies
     filter (MP3)
FTP
     (File Transfer Protocol)
FTP client
     files, downloading
FTP server
     (File Transfer Protocol)
     accessing, problems with
     troubleshooting
FTP servers
     configuring 2nd 3rd
FTP sites
    files
         downloading (Finder)
full backups
Full Screen pane (DVD Player)
     preference options 2nd
function keys
    mobile Mac controls
         F1/F2 (brightness) 2nd
         F3/F4 (volume)
         F6 (mute)
functions
    AirPort
         AirPort Base Station
         AirPort cards
         AirPort software
         AirPort-equipped computers
         AirPort-ready Macs
         Internet connections
         network connections 2nd
     DHCP servers