05083nam 2200613 a 450 991046290700332120200520144314.01-118-51725-3(CKB)2670000000341650(EBL)1153524(OCoLC)831118422(SSID)ssj0000907794(PQKBManifestationID)12318389(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907794(PQKBWorkID)10885153(PQKB)11688378(OCoLC)847729052(MiAaPQ)EBC1153524(Au-PeEL)EBL1153524(CaPaEBR)ebr10674781(CaONFJC)MIL494646(EXLCZ)99267000000034165020150303d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMacs for dummies[electronic resource] /Edward C. Baig12th ed.Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sonsc20131 online resource (460 p.)Making Everything Easier!Includes index.1-118-51719-9 Macs For Dummies; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Macs; Chapter 1: Adventuring into the Mac World; Mac-Spectacular Computing; Communicating with Your Mac; Living the iLife; Reaching Outside the Box; Staying Safe and Trouble-Free; Chapter 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Mac; Turning On and Tuning In Your Mac; Mousing around the InterfaceKnowing What's Handy about the Keyboard Storing Stuff on the Hard Drive or SSD; Memory Essentials, or RAM On; Locating the Common Ports and Connectors; Chapter 3: Getting to the Core of the Apple; Navigating the Mac Desktop; Clicking the Menu Bar; Understanding Icons, Folders, and Windows; What's Up, Dock?; A Gaggle of Freebie Programs; Chapter 4: Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac; Intel's Inside?; Big Mac or Little Mac? The Laptop-versus-Desktop Decision; If a Desktop Is Your Poison; Going Mobile; Taming the Trackpad; Keeping Your Notebook Juiced; Part II: Mac Daily DealingsChapter 5: Making the Mac Your Own Establishing User Accounts; Entering the Photo Booth; Using Parental Controls: When Father ( or Mother) Knows Best; The Lowdown on Logging In; Letting Someone Go; Changing Appearances; Tidying Up with Mission Control; Sitting Dockside; Launching Launchpad; System Preferences: Choosing Priorities; Chapter 6: Apple's Feline Fetish; How Many Features? Let Me Count the Ways; Searching with Spotlight; Fiddling with Dashboard Widgets; Chapter 7: Handling All That Busy Work; Form and Function: The Essentials of Word Processing; Creating a DocumentSelecting Text in a Document Dragging and Dropping; Cutting and Pasting; Changing the Font; Formatting Your Document; Saying What's on Your Mind; Saving Your Work; Making Revisions; Taking Out the Trash; Never Mind: Retrieving What You've Tossed; Making an Alias; Chapter 8: Printing and Faxing; Choosing a Printer; Connecting and Activating a Printer; Ready, Set, Print; When Printers Stop Printing; Hooking Up a Scanner; Part III: Rocketing into Cyberspace; Chapter 9: Stairway to the Internet; Dialing In; Taking the Broadband Express; Let Me In; Going on a Safari; Using an Alternative BrowserThe Skinny on Search Engines Chapter 10: Delivering the Goods on E-Mail; Understanding E-Mail; The Worldwide E-Mail Exchange; Setting Up a New E-Mail Account; Before You Click Send; Managing the Flood of Incoming Mail; Making the Most of Your Mail; Take Note ( and To-Dos); Chapter 11: Caught Up in the Web; Chat Rooms; Communicating One on One: Instant Messaging; Face Time for Face Time; Having an Online Voice; Social Networking; The Virtual Meet Market; Buying Stuff Online: The Mac App Store; Showing Your Game Face; Chapter 12: Joining iCloud, the Club That Will Have You for a MemberWhy Belong?The bestselling Mac book of all time, updated for OS X Mountain Lion and the latest hardware More 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, makingMacintosh (Computer)Electronic books.Macintosh (Computer)004.165Baig Edward C980531MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462907003321Macs for dummies2237309UNINA