User manual APPLE SNOW LEOPARD WELCOME

[. . . ] Stacks provide a convenient way to get to documents and applications. To create a stack, drag a folder to the Dock. When you click a stack, the items in it appear in a grid, fan, or list. Desktop 7 Downloads stack Items you download in Safari, Mail, or iChat always go to the Downloads stack so that you can find them quickly. The latest download appears here. Click the Downloads stack to see items you've downloaded. 8 Desktop Customizing stacks Stacks automatically appear as a fan or a grid, based on the number of items in the stack. You can specify which style you want to use and change the stack's sort order. To customize a stack, press the Control key and click the stack's icon. Desktop 9 Exposé Use Exposé from the Dock at any time to quickly view the windows open in an application and bring one to the front. To see a full-size preview of a window, highlight it and press the Space bar. Click and hold the application icon to view open windows in Exposé. 10 Desktop Finder See full previews of your files in Cover Flow and flip through them quickly. 12 Finder Cover Flow Cover Flow lets you flip through your movies, presentations, PDF files, and more in large-size previews. Click this button for Cover Flow. Move the pointer over an item to play a movie or see the pages of a document, for example. [. . . ] A star indicates that a site has been updated recently. Click here to customize Top Sites. Safari 33 Full history search Use full history search to flip through full page previews of webpages you have visited and easily find one even if you don't remember the details of the site. So you can see webpages the way they looked when you opened them, Safari stores the text and images of every page in your history for one month. To search your history, click here and type a word or two. 34 Safari Smart Address and Smart Search As you enter web addresses and searches, Safari quickly finds the best results and provides other suggestions to help. Safari offers excellent search suggestions, courtesy of Google Suggest and your recent search history. Safari completes the address with the Top Hit and suggests others from your history and bookmarks. Safari 35 iChat Make your chats more fun using video effects such as backdrops. Show off your work with iChat Theater. 36 iChat Video backdrops Use video backdrops with your chats to "be" anywhere in the world. iChat includes movies and photos that you can use, and you can add your own. Select a video backdrop and then step out of the picture for a moment. Click Effects to select a video effect. Add your own movies or photos to use as a video backdrop. iChat 37 Effects While you're in a video chat, you can select video effects to make your chats fun and interesting. Click the effect in the center for the original view. Click any effect to use it. 38 iChat iChat Theater To show photos, movies, or presentations in a video chat, start the chat and then drag the file or files to the chat window. See how your presentation looks to your buddy. Control your presentation here. iChat 39 iChat screen sharing Screen sharing lets you take control of a buddy's computer to show how to do something, rather than just explain it. Click to switch screens. To copy a document to this computer, drag it here. Select a buddy with video chat capability, and then click the Screen Sharing button. 40 iChat Tabbed chats Use tabbed chats if you have a lot of chats. To do so, open the Messages pane of iChat preferences, and then select "Collect chats into a single window. " Click a chat to return to it. See the latest reply from your buddy. iChat 41 QuickTime X QuickTime X debuts a new QuickTime Player with a simple design for viewing, trimming, and sharing your movies. 42 QuickTime X Simple Controls QuickTime Player provides simple controls to play a movie. So your movie can take center stage, the controls fade from view. Click here to watch your movie in full screen. To see the controls, just move the mouse pointer over the movie window. Click here to share your movie or to trim it. QuickTime X 43 Record video Capture movies using QuickTime Player and the iSight camera built into your computer. To record a movie, choose File > New Movie Recording, set up your shot, then click the record button. 44 QuickTime X Trim and share media Trim your movie to just the part you want to use, then share it with iTunes to use on your iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV. You can also share your movie in a MobileMe Gallery or on YouTube. Drag the ends of the trim area to select the part of the movie you want to keep. Select the size appropriate for where you'll view the movie. QuickTime X 45 Spaces Organize your work and play by grouping application windows into a "space. " Then quickly switch between your spaces. 46 Spaces Arrange windows Turn on spaces in Exposé & Spaces preferences, and then press Fn-F8 to show your spaces. Manage the time your children spend on the computer and what they do there. 54 Parental Controls Time limits Manage when your children use the computer by setting time limits for weekdays, weekends, and nights. Specify how many hours a day your child may use the computer. Specify the hours during which your child may not use the computer on school nights and weekends. Parental Controls 55 Content limits To limit the websites your children can visit on the Internet, click Content and then select the level of restrictions you want to apply. Select this to try limiting access to adult websites. Click Customize to specify websites your children can and cannot visit. Select which websites your children can visit. 56 Parental Controls Mail and iChat limits Protect your children from unwanted communication by specifying who they can chat with and exchange email with. Enter your email address to be notified if your children try to correspond with someone who isn't in the list. Click the Add (+) button to add an address. Parental Controls 57 Photo Booth Discover more ways to have fun with new types of snapshots. Video backdrops add to the possibilities. 58 Photo Booth Video backdrops "Be" anywhere in the world--or out of this world--by using backdrops when you take a snapshot. Select a backdrop, and then step out of the picture for a moment. Photo Booth 59 4-up snapshots Now you can make a burst of four snapshots. [. . . ] AppleCare telephone support representatives can help you solve basic problems. Contact the support center nearest you, or visit www. apple. com/support/expert to arrange a phone call with an Apple Expert who specializes in your exact question (not available in all countries). Have the date of purchase and your Apple computer serial number ready when you speak to a representative. [. . . ]