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Spivey, Dwight. How to Do Everything Mac OS X Lion Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2011.

How to Do Everything Mac OS X Lion Edition

Authors: Dwight Spivey

Published:  September 2011

eISBN: 9780071775182 0071775188 | ISBN: 9780071775175
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Get Started with Your Mac
  • Chapter 1 Welcome to the World of Mac!
  • Macs for Consumers
  • Explore Your Mac
  • Set Up Your Mac
  • Hook Up Your Keyboard and Mouse
  • Start It Up!
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2 First Things First: Getting to Know Your Mac
  • A Very Brief Word about Keyboards
  • It’s GUI, Not Sticky
  • Hard Disks, CDs, and DVDs
  • Lost Already? Get Help from Your Mac
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 Cruisin’: Navigating Your Mac
  • Discover the Finder
  • Discover and Use Mac OS X’s Files and Folders
  • Search for Stuff on Your Mac
  • I Wanna Dock!
  • Manipulating Windows with Mission Control
  • Managing Finder and Application Windows
  • Spaced Out!
  • Run Widgets from the Dashboard
  • Use Launchpad to Blast Off Applications
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4 Stylin’ and Profilin’! Customizing Your Mac
  • Tailor Your Environment
  • Set the Basic Settings
  • Personalize (and Protect) Your Mac Even Further with User Accounts
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5 Getting Started on the Internet
  • Get Connected
  • Communicate with the World
  • Summary
  • Part II: Making Your Mac Earn Its Keep
  • Chapter 6 How to Use Your Mac’s Applications
  • Realize What Applications and Utilities Come with Your Mac
  • Find Common Ground for Mac OS X’s Applications
  • Identify Basic Application Commands
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7 I Work, You Work, We All Work with iWork
  • Identify Common Tools
  • Get to Know Pages
  • Get to Know Keynote
  • Get to Know Numbers
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8 Start the Presses! Printing and Faxing Your Documents
  • Determine What You Need to Get Started
  • Install Printer Drivers
  • The Print & Scan Preferences Pane
  • Print a Job
  • Troubleshoot Printer Installation Problems
  • Share Printers
  • What Is PDF?
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9 Connected and Organized: Two Things Most of Us Are Not!
  • Let Your Mouse Do the Walking: Using Address Book
  • Your Scheduling iPal, iCal
  • Sync Contacts and Calendars with an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad
  • Summary
  • Part III: Pictures, Music, and Movies, Oh My!
  • Chapter 10 The Quick and the Time: QuickTime
  • What the Heck Is QuickTime?
  • Cool Ways to Use QuickTime
  • QuickTime on the Web
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11 Say Cheese! Managing Your Photos with iPhoto
  • iPhoto: A Darkroom on Your Desktop
  • Summary
  • Chapter 12 Well, Turn It Up, Man! Get in Tune with iTunes
  • It’s Your Party and You’re the D.J.!
  • Use the Mighty iTunes Store
  • Import Tracks to Your Library
  • Check Out iTunes’ Preferences
  • Create Playlists
  • Burn, Baby, Burn!
  • Take Your Tunes on the Road: Connect Your iPod, iPad, or iPhone
  • Summary
  • Chapter 13 iLights! iCamera! iAction!: Using iMovie
  • iMovie: Your Personal Editing Room
  • Import Video into iMovie
  • Select Video to Work With
  • Create an iMovie Project
  • Share Your Masterpiece
  • Summary
  • Part IV: Time to Geek Out! Digging Deeper into Your Mac
  • Chapter 14 Making Sense of the System Preferences
  • Personal
  • Hardware
  • Internet & Wireless
  • System
  • Summary
  • Chapter 15 Making Your Mac Play Pretty with Other Computers: Networking and Sharing
  • Wired or Wireless? That Is the Question!
  • Become Pals with the Network Preferences
  • Mom Always Taught Me to Share
  • Summary
  • Chapter 16 Deeper into the Internet Jungle with Safari
  • Embark on Advanced Safari
  • Use Bookmarks
  • Configure Safari Preferences
  • Get RSS Feeds
  • Find Information on the Internet
  • Summary
  • Chapter 17 Mail Call!
  • Set Preferences for Mail
  • Create Mailboxes and Smart Mailboxes
  • Format Your Messages
  • Add E-mail Contacts to the Address Book
  • Use More Than One Account
  • Read RSS Feeds
  • Summary
  • Part V: Making Your Mac Even Better: Adding Microsoft Windows and Hardware
  • Chapter 18 ATTENTION! Welcome to Boot Camp, Private!
  • Why Install Windows on Your Mac?
  • Have the Best of Both Worlds: Install Windows with Boot Camp
  • Choose Which OS to Boot Into
  • Summary
  • Chapter 19 It’s Alive! Adding Hardware to Your Mac(enstein)
  • Understand Why Adding More Memory Is Never a Bad Idea
  • Add External Devices
  • Summary
  • Part VI: Troubleshooting and Getting Further Help When You Need It
  • Chapter 20 What the Heck Just Happened?
  • Don’t Panic!
  • Master Troubleshooting 101
  • Troubleshoot Typical Hardware Problems
  • Troubleshoot Typical Software Problems
  • Check Whether Your Mac Is Running the Latest OS Version
  • Evaluate Third-Party Solutions
  • When All Else Fails, Reinstall
  • Summary
  • Chapter 21 Helpful Resources for Your Mac
  • Consult Mac OS X’s Help System
  • Exploit Apple’s Support Pages
  • Call for Help
  • Find Helpful Mac Sites on the Web
  • Summary
  • Part VII: Change the Silicon Every Three Thousand Miles: Maintaining Your Mac
  • Chapter 22 Keeping the Engine Tuned
  • Check for Updates with Software Update
  • Configure Software Update Preferences
  • Keep Your Third-Party Applications Updated
  • Follow Simple Mac Maintenance Procedures
  • A Clean Mac Is a Happy Mac!
  • Summary
  • Chapter 23 Getting Under the Hood
  • Get Familiar with Disk Utility
  • Use Disc Utility to Erase Rewriteable CDs and DVDs
  • Use Disk Utility to Create and Burn Disk Images
  • Summary
  • Chapter 24 Back’er Up: Using Time Machine
  • Back Up with Time Machine
  • Summary
  • Index