Mon, Dec 01, 2008

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. A Digital World

  • Keep Your Mac -- It's a Digital World
  • Looking Ahead
  • Does It Really Work?
  • A Moving Target
  • A Well-Connected Mac

Chapter 2. Sneaker Net

  • Removable Media
  • File Exchange
    • PC Disks on a Mac
    • Mac Disks on a PC
    • UNIX Disks on a Mac
  • Virus Software
  • File Conversion
    • File Names and Types
    • General Files
    • Graphics
    • Sound
    • Movies
    • Compression
  • In Short, You Need...

Chapter 3. Basic Mac Networking

  • Mac Networking Pros and Cons
    • Mac OS and AppleTalk Advantages
    • Mac OS and AppleTalk Disadvantages
  • Configuring Mac Networking
    • AppleTalk
    • Configuration Manager
    • DialAssist
    • Infrared
    • Internet
    • Internet Config
    • Location Manager
    • MacTCP
    • Modem
    • Network
    • PPP
    • Remote Access
    • Remote Access Setup
    • TCP/IP
  • High-Performance Mac Networking
  • Networking Summary

Chapter 4. Local-Area Networks

  • Mac Servers
    • Sharing over TCP/IP Networks
    • Sharing with Windows and UNIX
    • Printing
  • Mac OS X Server
  • Windows NT Servers
  • NetWare Servers
  • UNIX Servers
  • Network Administration
    • Simple Network Management Protocol
    • Tools for Network Administration
  • SDSC's Cross-Platform Installation
    • AppleTalk
    • File Sharing
    • Printing
  • LAN Summary

Chapter 5. The Internet

  • Internet Basics
    • Clients and Servers
    • Internet Services
    • Using Internet Config
  • The World Wide Web
    • Web Browsers
    • Netscape Communicator
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer
    • Web Servers
    • Personal Web Sharing
  • File Transfer Protocol
    • FTP Clients
    • FTP Servers
  • E-mail
    • The Most Common E-mail Problem
    • E-mail Clients
    • E-mail Servers
    • Mailing List Servers
  • An Internet Recap

Chapter 6. Applications,
File Formats,
and Web Standards

  • It Should Work Just Fine...
  • Applications
    • E-mail File Exchange
    • Windows (and Web) File Names
    • The Font Problem
    • A Font Solution?
    • Specific Applications
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • AppleWorks
    • FileMaker Pro
    • Microsoft Office
    • QuarkXPress
    • Quicken
  • File Formats
    • "Plain" Text
    • Rich Text Format
    • Portable Document Format
    • PostScript
    • Spreadsheets and Databases
    • Graphics
  • Web Standards
    • HTML
    • Beyond HTML
    • CSS
    • DHTML
    • XML and XSL
    • VRML and X3D
    • JavaScript
    • Java
    • Perl
  • In Short, You Should...

Chapter 7. Camouflaging Your Mac

  • Simple Windows Tricks
    • GUI Orientation
    • GUI Adjustments
  • Terminal Emulators
  • Application Servers and Clients
    • X Window System
    • Windows Terminal Server
    • Remote Control
  • Non-Mac Operating Systems
    • Windows Emulators
    • UNIX and Linux for Mac
    • Other Emulators
  • PC Cards and Cheap PCs
  • Camouflage Recap

Chapter 8. The Expanding Digital World

  • Peripheral Matters
    • ADB
    • USB
    • SCSI
    • FireWire
  • Accessibility and Assistive Technology
  • Computing Devices
    • Palm Computing Organizers
    • Windows CE Devices
    • Newton
    • Desktops and Laptops
  • Telephonic Mac
  • Audio-Visual Mac
    • MP3 Players
    • TV Tuners and Video Capture Cards
    • Digital Cameras
  • Macs at Work
    • Bar Code Readers and Point-of-Sale Software
    • Data Acquisition Interfaces
    • Global Positioning System
  • Macs at Home
    • Home Automation
    • Home Security
    • Amateur Radio
  • For More Information

Appendix. Mac OS Networking Primer

  • General Network Terms
  • Mac Networking and Internet Terms
  • The Networking Layer Cake
  • A Note on "Classic" Macintosh Networking

Index

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