How To Do Everything Mac

Description

Have more fun and get more done with your Mac! This bestselling guide to getting the most out of Apple's consumer line of computers - including the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini - is written in a breezy, easy-to-follow style. "How to Do Everything: Mac, Second Edition" explains how to use the many powerful features of the new version of the operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, as well as iLife '09, Safari 4, iTunes, iWork '09, and the latest versions of other tools.

Author description

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.

Table of contents

Part I: Get Started with Your Mac; Chapter 1. Welcome to the World of Mac!; Chapter 2. First Things First: Getting to Know Your Mac; Chapter 3. Cruisin': Navigating Your Mac; Chapter 4. Stylin' and Profilin'! Customizing Your Mac; Chapter 5. Getting Started on the Internet; Part II: Making Your Mac Earn Its Keep; Chapter 6. How to Use Your Mac's Applications; Chapter 7. I Work, You Work, We All Work with iWork; Chapter 8. Start the Presses! Printing and Faxing Your Documents; Chapter 9. Connected and Organized: Two Things Most of Us Are Not!; Part III: Pictures, Music, and Movies, Oh My!; Chapter 10. The Quick and the Time: QuickTime; Chapter 11. Say Cheese! Managing Your Photos with iPhoto; Chapter 12. Well, Turn It Up, Man! Get in Tune with iTunes; Chapter 13. iLights! iCamera! iAction: Using iMovie; Part IV: Time to Geek Out! Digging Deeper into Your Mac; Chapter 14. Making Sense of the System Preferences; Chapter 15. Making Your Mac Play Pretty with Other Computers: Networking and Sharing; Chapter 16. Deeper into the Internet Jungle with Safari; Chapter 17. Mail Call!; Part V: Making Your Mac Even Better: Adding Microsoft Windows and Hardware; Chapter 18. ATTENTION! Welcome to Boot Camp, Private!; Chapter 19. It's Alive! Adding Hardware to Your Mac(enstein); Part VI: Troubleshooting and Getting Further Help When You Need It; Chapter 20. What the Heck Just Happened; Chapter 21. Helpful Resources for Your Mac; Part VII: Change the Silicon Every Three Thousand Miles: Maintaining Your Mac; Chapter 22. Keeping the Engine Tuned; Chapter 23. Getting Under the Hood; Chapter 24. Back'er Up: Using Time Machine; Index