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About this book

About the author

Read This First

Chapter 1. BYODKM

Introducing the Mac mini

What I Am Using Right Now

The Mac mini by the Numbersand What the Numbers Mean

Chapter 2. Mac mini Q&A

Which Mac mini to Buy (and Where to Buy It)

Sharing Your Display, Keyboard, and Mouse

Connecting Your Mac mini to the Internet

Printing with Your Mac mini

Protecting Your Mac mini

A Visual Tour of Mac OS X Tiger

Applications for the Mac mini and Recommended Software

Chapter 3. Which Mac mini to Buy (and Where to Buy It)

Which Mac mini for You?

Where to Buy Your Mac mini

Chapter 4. Sharing Your Display, Keyboard, and Mouse

Buying a KVM Switch

Connecting Your KVM Switch

About Hubs

A Tale of Two Keyboards

Speakers

Chapter 5. Connecting Your Mac mini to the Internet

Connecting Your Mac mini to Your Internet Connection

Connecting When You Don't Have a Home NetworkBut Want One

Creating a Wireless Network for Your Home

The Perfect Mac mini and Windows PC Network

Chapter 6. Printing with Your Mac mini

How to Connect a Printer to Your Mac mini

How to Install a USB Printer

About the Printer Setup Utility

How to Share a Printer

How to Connect Your Mac mini to a Bonjour Printer

How to Install Bonjour/Rendezvous for Windows

How to Install a Bonjour/Rendezvous Printer on Your Windows PC

Chapter 7. Protecting Your Mac mini

Simple Things to Do Right Now

Do as I Do? (But at Your Own Risk!)

About Backing Up

Security Bundles

Specific Threats Defeated

Why Is a Mac More Secure than a PC?

Wireless Security Issues

Chapter 8. A Visual Tour of Mac OS X Tiger

Introducing the Tiger Desktop

Dock

Apple Menu

Finder

Menu Bar

Spotlight

Dashboard

System Preferences

Home Folder

Parental Controls

More Help

Chapter 9. Applications for the Mac mini

Introducing Your Free Software

Sharing Your Life with a Mac mini and a Windows PC

Software for Creativity

Software for Music

Software for Organization, Communication, and Business

Your Mac mini as a Media Center

Chapter 10. Recommended Software

Airfoil

AuctionSieve

Audio Hijack Pro

Business Card Composer

Canvas

Corel Painter

DayLite

DeltaGraph

DiskWarrior

FastTrack Schedule

FileMaker Pro

Final Draft

Fire

Freeway

Grammarian PRO X

GraphicConverter

iPulse

iStumbler

Mactracker

MegaSeg

MYOB AccountEdge

NetNewsWire

Nicecast

NoteBook

OmniGraffle

OmniOutliner

Pagesender

Photoshop Elements

Remote Desktop Connection

Retrospect

Snapz Pro X

StickyBrain

Timbuktu Pro

Toast with Jam

VueScan

Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts

General Shortcuts

Menu Shortcuts

Window Shortcuts

Dock and Other Shortcuts

Dialog Shortcuts

Icon Shortcuts

Startup Shortcuts

Screen-Capture Shortcuts

Troubleshooting Shortcuts

Appendix B. Resources

News and Troubleshooting

Magazines

Peachpit Press Books

Apple Sites

Third-Party Software and Other Sites

Index