Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:
- Set up your Mac, personalize the desktop, and navigate with Mission Control
- Browse the web, keep in touch via e-mail, and make FaceTime® calls
- Get the most from OS X® and create cool projects with iLife®
- Set up a network and keep your Mac safe
Intrigued by your new Mac? Explore all its great features with this handy guide
Got a brand new Mac? Switching from a PC? Congratulations! Consider this book your welcome basket. Discover how to work with Launchpad, have fun with Photo Booth, find amazing apps in the Mac App Store, automate frequent tasks, share photos with friends, connect with Game Center, and more. Get started right here.
- Picking your Apple compare the different desktop and laptop models to choose your perfect match
- Getting to your Apple's core power on, navigate the desktop and menus, master the mouse, and connect to peripherals
- Tame your cat make friends with OS X, manage files and folders, and create and print documents
- Surfin' Safari set up your Internet connection and e-mail, manage spam, surf the web with Safari, and chit-chat with Messages and FaceTime®
- Head in the iCloud sync your music, photos, e-mail, contacts, and calendars with iCloud® and back up all your stuff with Time Machine®
- Living the iLife organize and edit photos with iPhoto®, stay entertained with iTunes®, and express yourself with iMovie® and GarageBand®
- Can't say goodbye see how to install and run Windows® on your Mac with Boot Camp
Open the book and find:
- How to set up user accounts and configure your Mac
- Details on syncing your stuff with iCloud
- Tips for staying safe online
- Steps for setting up a network
- How to connect to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks
- Ways to stay organized with Notes, Notifications, and Reminders
- Helpful troubleshooting advice
- Ten nifty things your Mac can do
Synopsis
- What the book covers: setting up your Mac, navigating the Mac desktop, mastering the Dock, customizing your Mac, making OS X work your way, understanding icons, folders, and windows, printing, scanning, and faxing, getting online and browsing the web with Safari, setting up e-mail accounts, making video calls with FaceTime, making the most out of music, photos, and movies with the iLife applications, chatting with iMessage, staying in sync with iCloud, backing up your computer via Time Machine, staying connected with Notification Center, exploring blogs and social networking sites, getting organized with Reminders, setting up a network, running Windows on a Mac, troubleshooting, and more.
- Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for more than twenty years.
Synopsis
The bestselling Mac book of all time, updated for OS X Mountain Lion and the latest hardwareMore and more people are joining the ranks of Mac owners each year. This popular guidebook, as user-friendly as the Mac itself, has sold more than 1.3 million copies in previous editions. In this most recent version, popular author Edward C. Baig, Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY, covers OS X Mountain Lion, the newest MacBooks, updates to the iLife suite, and much more. All the basics are here, including setting up and navigating your Mac, using the Safari browser, making video calls with FaceTime, managing photos and videos, syncing with iCloud, and more.
- Mac sales are booming, and this guide helps new users or those upgrading from an earlier version take full advantage of all the newest features
- Covers the newest operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, as well as the latest Mac mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, and Mac Pro hardware
- Shows how to set up your Mac, navigate the desktop, use the Dock, print or fax documents, surf the web with Safari, set up e-mail, use FaceTime and iMessage, sync devices with iCloud, run Windows on a Mac, and back up your files with Time Machine
- Explores the newest version of the iLife suite; how to work with photos, videos, and music files; blogging and social networking; organizing your life with Reminders; setting up a network, and more
Macs For Dummies, 12th Edition will help you get the most from your new Mac, quickly and easily.
About the Author
Edward C. Baig is the Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY and makes regular appearances in USA TODAY videos. Ed is also the coauthor of several books including iPad mini For Dummies, iPhone For Dummies, and iPad For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Macs 5
Chapter 1: Adventuring into the Mac World 7
Chapter 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Mac 13
Chapter 3: Getting to the Core of the Apple 31
Chapter 4: Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac 59
Part II: Mac Daily Dealings 71
Chapter 5: Making the Mac Your Own 73
Chapter 6: Apple’s Feline Fetish 99
Chapter 7: Handling All That Busy Work 111
Chapter 8: Printing and Faxing 135
Part III: Rocketing into Cyberspace 147
Chapter 9: Stairway to the Internet 149
Chapter 10: Delivering the Goods on E-Mail 175
Chapter 11: Caught Up in the Web 199
Chapter 12: Joining iCloud, the Club That Will Have You for a Member 231
Chapter 13: Mounting a Defense Strategy 243
Part IV: Getting an iLife 257
Chapter 14: Living in an iTunes Nation 259
Chapter 15: Taking an iPhoto Close-Up 287
Chapter 16: Shooting an iMovie Screen Test 323
Chapter 17: The Show Must Go On 347
Part V: The Creepy Geeky Section 365
Chapter 18: Networking Madness 367
Chapter 19: Surviving in a Windows World 379
Chapter 20: Handling Trouble in Paradise 387
Part VI: The Part of Tens 403
Chapter 21: Ten Clever Dashboard Widgets 405
Chapter 22: Ten Indispensable Mac Websites 411
Index 415