{"product_id":"9781615423224","title":"Take Control of Using Lion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ebook will teach you how to use your Mac more effectively with OS X 10.7 Lion, whether you embrace all of Lion's new capabilities or strike a balance between old and new. Mac expert and former college professor Matt Neuburg explains how to use these important new features in Lion:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuto Save:\u003c\/b\u003e Fully Lion-savvy applications don't have Save commands—learn what's going on with Auto Save, and start to feel comfortable letting Lion do the work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eResume:\u003c\/b\u003e Find out how to enjoy the new Resume feature that re-opens applications and windows when you restart your Mac or relaunch a program. (Also, learn how to turn it off temporarily or permanently.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMission Control:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the many ways to enter and control Mission Control, and figure out how to make its many window-management options work for you. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFull-screen mode:\u003c\/b\u003e Find out how to enter and leave full-screen mode, and see how it relates to Mission Control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLaunchpad:\u003c\/b\u003e Launchpad brings the iPhone Home screen to the Mac. Learn how to use and customize Launchpad, and get ideas for additional ways to open your applications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGestures:\u003c\/b\u003e If you have a trackpad or Magic Mouse, get ready for gestures in Lion, since there are more of them than ever before, and it's well worth learning a few. You'll learn about gestures as you read, since many Lion commands can be invoked with a gesture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther new-in-Lion-related questions that you'll find answers to are these:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's the fun new way of entering accented characters?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere'd my scrollbars go?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do I make the text in my Finder window sidebar larger? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do I sort items in a Finder window, and what does \"Arrange\" mean?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere are the Appearance and the Accounts System Preference panes?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do I change the size of my mouse pointer icon?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's this All My Files entry in my sidebar?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's the new picture-in-a-picture zooming option?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere'd my user Library go?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll also learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe nimble and efficient finding your documents and applications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake advantage of Lion's revised Open and Save dialogs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake the screen easy on your eyes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduce \"pane-ful\" clutter in System Preferences.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnjoy the new Lion look of spelling corrections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave your Mac read to you in many great new voices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrganize your fonts so you can easily format your text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind the elusive checkbox for making the menu bar look solid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TidBITS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134335533296,"sku":"9781615423224","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615423224_p0.jpg?v=1763848838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615423224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}