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Chapter 1:Whats New in Lion? 1Getting Your Hands on Lion 2A Brand-New Look 3Full-Screen Applications 5Mission Control 6Launchpad 8All My Files 10Gestures 11AirDrop 11Auto Save and Versions 12Resume 14Mail 14What Lion Cant Do 16
Chapter 2:Installing Lion and Migrating Data 19What You Need to Run Lion 19Preparing for the Install 21Installing Lion 22
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Chapter 3:A Quick Guide to Lion 35What You Need to Know About Mac OS X 35Using Lion 42Lion Basics 46Standard Window Controls 82Files and Folders 83Nonessential (but Useful) Mac OS X Features 87
Chapter 4:Troubleshooting Mac OS X 99Common Problems 99
Chapter 5:System Preferences 115Preference Pane Rundown 117Non-Apple Preference Panes 155
Chapter 6:Built-in Applications and Utilities 157Applications Installed with Lion 157Utilities Included with Lion 177
Chapter 7:Managing Passwords in Lion 189Password Management 190
Chapter 8:Keyboard Commands and Special Characters 195Key Commands 195Typing Special Characters in Mac OS X 202
Index 207
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