Mac OS X Unleashed

By John Ray and William C. Ray

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Introduction to Mac OS X
  • Chapter 1. Mac OS X Component Architecture
  • Chapter 2. Installing Mac OS X
  • Chapter 3. Mac OS X Basics
  • Chapter 4. The Finder: Working with Files and Applications
  • Chapter 5. Running Classic Mac OS Applications
  • Part II: Inside Mac OS X
  • Chapter 6. Native Utilities and Applications
  • Chapter 7. Internet Communications
  • Chapter 8. Installing Third-Party Applications
  • Part III: User-Level OS X Configuration
  • Chapter 9. Network Setup
  • Chapter 10. Printer and Font Management
  • Chapter 11. Additional System Components
    • User Account Creation
    • Enabling the root Account
    • Groups
    • System Preferences: Personal
    • System Preferences: Hardware
    • Sleep
    • System Preferences: Internet & Network
    • System Preferences: System
    • Summary
  • Part IV: Introduction to BSD Applications
  • Chapter 12. Introducing the BSD Subsystem
  • Chapter 13. Common Unix Shell Commands: File Operations
  • Part V: Advanced Command-Line Concepts
  • Chapter 14. Advanced Shell Concepts and Commands
  • Chapter 15. Command-Line Applications and Application Suites
  • Chapter 16. Command-Line Software Installation
  • Chapter 17. Troubleshooting Software Installs, and Compiling and Debugging Manually
  • Chapter 18. Advanced Unix Shell Use: Configuration and Programming (Shell Scripting)
  • Part VI: Server/Network Administration
  • Chapter 19. X Window System Applications
  • Chapter 20. Command-Line Configuration and Administration
  • Chapter 21. AppleScript
  • Chapter 22. Perl Scripting and SQL Connectivity
  • Chapter 23. File and Resource Sharing with NetInfo
  • Chapter 24. User Management and Machine Clustering
  • Chapter 25. FTP Serving
  • Chapter 26. Remote Access and Administration
  • Chapter 27. Web Serving
  • Part VII: Server Health
  • Chapter 28. Web Programming
  • Chapter 29. Creating a Mail Server
  • Chapter 30. Accessing and Serving a Windows Network
  • Chapter 31. Server Security and Advanced Network Configuration
  • Chapter 32. System Maintenance
  • Appendix A. Command-Line Reference
  • Appendix B. Administration Reference

Summary

This chapter rounded out the user configuration options for Mac OS X. The Apple- supplied System Preferences panels give user-friendly control over a wide variety of system functions. These panels can be thought of as analogous to the older control panels of Mac OS 9.x. This chapter covered the System Preferences panels that control each user's desktop environment.

There are additional panels, and additional coverage is provided in other chapters where appropriate. If you did not find the information you were looking for here, it is likely covered in greater detail elsewhere. We apologize that all system preferences couldn't be covered completely in one area, but the size and complexity of Mac OS X results in trade-offs of where to place content. We chose to keep like topics together. Because of this, the QuickTime panel is covered with the QuickTime Player in Chapter 7, "Internet Communications"; Software Update is discussed in Chapter 32, "System Maintenance"; and network configuration is found in Chapter 9, "Network Setup."

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