Macs For Dummies [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Baig Edward C
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014
• Edizione: 13th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (459 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.165
• Soggetto topico: Application software; Computers -- Study and teaching; Macintosh (Computer) -- Programming; Macintosh (Computer)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the 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; Working with iWork; 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 Interface; Knowing 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; What's Up, Dock?; A Gaggle of Freebie Programs; Chapter 4: Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac; 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 Dealings; Chapter 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; Launching Launchpad; System Preferences: Choosing Priorities; Chapter 6: Mavericks: No More 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; Tagging a File; Making Revisions; Taking Out the Trash; Never Mind: Retrieving What You've Tossed; Making an Alias; Chapter 8: Printing and Scanning; 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 Browser; The Skinny on Search Engines; Chapter 10: Delivering the Goods on E-Mail; Understanding E-Mail; Setting Up a New E-Mail Account; Before You Click Send; Managing the Flood of Incoming Mail; Making the Most of Your Mail; Chapter 11: Schmoozing, Shopping, and Moving in Cyberspace; Messaging with the Messages App ; Face Time for Face Time Social Networking; Buying Stuff Online: The Mac App Store; Read All About It: iBooks; Mapping Your Way Around; Showing Your Game Face; Chapter 12: Joining iCloud, the Club That Will Have You for a Member; Why Belong?; Setting Up iCloud on Your Mac; Storage in the Sky; iCloud Mail; Back to My Mac; Find My Mac; Chapter 13: Mounting a Defense Strategy; The Truth about Internet Security; Firewalls; File Vault; Password Management: The Key to Keychains; Logging In and Logging Out; Restricting App Downloads; Hiding Your Mac's Whereabouts; Securing Your Privacy ; Entering a Time Machine
• Sommario/riassunto: Get the most out of your Mac with this comprehensive guide Macs For Dummies, 13th Edition is the ultimate guide to your Mac, fully updated to include information about the latest updates. The book walks you through troubleshooting, syncing mobile devices, integrating Windows, and more, so you can take advantage of everything Macs have to offer. Whether you're a new user, a recent convert, or you just want to get the most out of your Mac, this book puts all the information you need in one place. Discover what makes Macs superior computing machines. Learn the basics,
• Titolo autorizzato: Macs For Dummies
• ISBN: 1-118-89918-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786553003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II