Macs For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Mac! Here's the fun and easy way® to get goingSimply Mac-nificent — all the cool things your Mac can do! This handy guide helps you figure out the nuts and bolts of your Mac. Navigate the Mac desktop, back up your computer via Time Machine, e-mail photos to friends and family, shoot an iMovie, survive in a Windows world, and more. The fun begins right here.Pick a Mac, not just any Mac — compare the different desktop and laptop models to choose your perfect matchThe basic tour — find your way around the Mac interface, understand icons, folders, and windows, and master the mouse controlsTame your feline — make friends with Mac OS X, fiddle with Dashboard widgets, and manage clutter with Exposé and SpacesO is for online — get connected, start a Web-browsing Safari®, use e-mail and iChat®, and shop onlineStay in sync — join MobileMe and take advantage of me.com e-mail, iDisk backups, Gallery, contacts, calendar, and moreGet an iLife — explore all that iTunes® offers, process digital photos with iPhoto®, make iMovies, and have fun with GarageBand®Boot Camp — discover how to install and run Windows on your Mac and start up your Mac using either operating systemOpen the book and find:How to set up user accounts and configure your MacTips for getting around on the Mac desktop Details about the free programs that come with your Mac, including the iLife suiteSuggestions for exploring blogs and social networking sitesHow to find and buy music online and burn music to CDsSteps for networking your MacsHow to run Windows® on your MacTroubleshooting tips for cranky Macs
Introduction 1 Pt. 1 Freshman year at Drag-and-Drop Tech 5 Ch. 1 Adventuring into the Mac World 7 Ch. 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Your Mac 13 Ch. 3 Getting to the Core of the Apple 29 Ch. 4 Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac 53 Pt. II Mac Daily Dealings 67 Ch. 5 Making the Mac Your Own 69 Ch. 6 Apple's Feline Fetish 93 Ch. 7 Handling All That Busy Work 111 Ch. 8 Printing and Faxing 131 Pt. III Rocketing into Cyberspace 143 Ch. 9 Stairway to the Internet 145 Ch. 10 Going Postal Over E-Mail 163 Ch. 11 Caught Up in the Web 185 Ch. 12 Joining Mobile Me, the Club That Will Have You for a Member 203 Ch. 13 Mounting a Defense Strategy 213 Pt. IV Getting an iLife 223 Ch. 14 Living in an iTunes Nation 225 Ch. 15 Taking an iPhoto Close-Up 249 Ch. 16 Shooting an iMovie Screen Test 271 Ch. 17 The Show Must Go On 293 Pt. V The Creepy Geeky Section 309 Ch. 18 Networking Madness 311 Ch. 19 Surviving in a Windows World 323 Ch. 20 Handling Trouble in Paradise 331 Pt. VI The Part of Tens 349 Ch. 21 Ten Clever Dashboard Widgets 351 Ch. 22 Ten Indispensable Mac Web Sites 351 Ch. 23 Ten Things to Leave You With 361 Index 369
