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Preface

Part I. .Mac's Core Services

1. Setting Up Your .Mac Account
Before You Sign Up
Your First Stop: System Preferences
Configuring Mail
Changing Your .Mac Password
Setting an iCal Event to Change Your .Mac Password
Renewing Your .Mac Membership

2. Inside Mac.com
Navigating Mac.com
Managing Your .Mac Account
Forget Your Password?
The .Mac Services Sidebar
The .Mac Learning Center

3. Using Your iDisk
The iDisk's Filesystem
Mounting the iDisk
iDisk Public Folders
Unmounting an iDisk
Mounting an iDisk on a Mac OS 9 System
The iDisk Utility
iDisk Synchronization

4. .Mac Mail
Two Ways to Check Your .Mac Mail
Using .Mac's Web-Based Mail
Setting Mail's Preferences
Working with Mail
Using the Address Book with .Mac

Part II. Protecting Your Mac

5. Using Virex
Finding and Installing Virex
Running Virex
Scanning Attachments in Mail
Virus Scanning from the Terminal

6. Using Backup
What to Back Uup?
Where to Back Up?
Backup's Cans and Can'ts
Finding and Installing Backup
Using Backup
Backing Up to an iDisk
Backing Up to CD or DVD
Backing Up to a Drive
Restoring Files from a Backup
When a Backup Fails

Part III. .Mac and Your Digital Life

7. Building a .Mac HomePage
Planning Your HomePage
What You Can't Do with a .Mac HomePage
What Goes Where on Your iDisk
HomePage Styles and Themes
Creating Your Main Page
Creating a Photo Album Page with iPhoto
Sharing Files on your HomePage
Creating an iMovie Page
Creating a Movie Page with iMovie 4
Password-Protecting Your HomePage
Announcing Your HomePage
Adding a Favicon to Your HomePage
Rolling Your Own
Learning More About Web Design

8. Blogging with iBlog
What Is a Blog?
Why iBlog?
Installing iBlog
iBlog Overview
Building Your Blog
Further Exploration

9. Using iSync with .Mac
Understanding iSync
Overview of iSync
Registering Your Mac with the Sync Server
Performing Your First Sync
Mac-to-Mac Syncing
Bookmark Syncing
iSync's Logs

10. Slide Shows and iCards
Creating a Public Slide Show
iCards

Part IV. Appendixes

A. .Mac's Keyboard Shortcuts
B. Common iDisk Error Codes
C. Installing and Using the iDisk Utility for Windows XP

Index