How to Do Everything Mac, Second Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Jan 5, 2010 - Computers - 544 pages
Maximize the power of your Mac

Get the most out of your Mac, whether you've got an iMac, MacBook, and Mac mini. How to Do Everything: Mac, Second Edition shows you how to configure and customize your Mac and put all of the built-in tools to work right away, such as iTunes, Mail, Safari, and iLife. Learn all about the cutting-edge new Mac OS X Snow Leopard features, including 64-bit support, Grand Central Dispatch, QuickTime X, and enhanced performance. Hardware, peripherals, networking, and maintenance are also covered in this easy-to-follow guide.

  • Manage files, folders, and applications with the improved Finder
  • Get online and explore with Safari
  • Entertain yourself with QuickTime, iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie
  • Tweak the System Preferences
  • Set up a wired or wireless network
  • Use iWork for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Stay in touch and on schedule with Mail, Address Book, iCal, and iChat
  • Dual-boot between Mac OS X and Windows
  • Add external devices via USB and FireWire
  • Troubleshoot, maintain, and back up your Mac

Dwight Spivey is the author of several Mac guides, including the first edition of this book. He is a software and support engineer for Konica Minolta, where he specializes in Mac operating systems, applications, and hardware. Dwight teaches classes on Mac usage, writes training and support materials for Konica Minolta, and is a Mac OS X beta tester for Apple.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Making Your Mac Earn Its Keep
113
Pictures Music and Movies Oh My
201
Time to Geek Out Digging Deeper into Your Mac
283
Making Your Mac Even Better Adding Microsoft Windows and Hardware
409
Troubleshooting and Getting Further Help When You Need It
427
Change the Silicon Every Three Thousand Miles Maintaining Your Mac
465
Index
503
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

AirPort album Apple Apple TV Apple’s application audio automatically Bluetooth Bookmarks Boot browser button cable calendar camera Chapter Check this box choose File color connect create default delete desktop device dialog box disk image Disk Utility display document double-click DVDs e-mail Edit Event files and folders Finder window FireWire format hard drive iChat icon iMovie import installed Internet iPhone iPhoto iPod iSync iTunes iTunes Store iWork keyboard Mac mini Mac OS X Mac’s MacBook Mail menu bar MobileMe mouse movie operating system options password picture playlist pop-up menu port preferences pane printer QuickTime restart RSS feeds Safari Save screen saver server Setup Assistant share slide slideshow Smart Album System Preferences TextEdit there’s toolbar user account widget

About the author (2010)

Dwight Spivey is a Level III Software Engineer for Konica Minolta. He handles the company's Mac maintenance and troubleshooting and is a Mac OS X beta tester for Apple.

Bibliographic information

TitleHow to Do Everything Mac, Second Edition
How to do everything with--
AuthorDwight Spivey
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2010
ISBN0071639993, 9780071639996
Length544 pages
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Computers / Hardware / Personal Computers / Macintosh
  
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