Mac basics in simple steps

281 Pages·2011·27.157 MB·English

by  Ballew, Joli

Mac Basics
Mac OS X Lion Edition
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Simple
in
steps Thomas Myer
Mac Basics
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Mac Basics
Mac OS X Lion Edition
Simple
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Jargon and technical terms explained in plain English
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A book like this never sees the light of day without lots of help, namely:
you’ll encounter. almost as many months! It’s wonderful working with Steve Temblett, Laura Blake and the rest of
the gang. It’s not often I fi nd a team that works so well together.
Neil Salkind, my agent, for bringing this wonderful series to my attention and
suggesting that I might be able to add a book to it.
Helpful features I’d also like to acknowledge my agent, Neil Salkind, who works hard for me always, and my family,
Dad, Jennifer, and Cosmo. I wish my mom could be here to see these books; she would have
Katy Robinson and Steve Temblett at Pearson UK for putting up with and fielding
To build your confi dence and help you to get the most out of your computer, practical hints, tips enjoyed them. You may see her in a few of the pictures here.
questions across the pond at near relativistic speeds.
and shortcuts feature on every page:
Emma Devlin, Sarah Wild and the production gang over at Pearson UK for working
through my grammatical shortcomings – my thanks for shaping all that rough prose
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practical solutions to the most saving shortcuts
commonly encountered problems Finally, to my family (divine spouse Hope, two dogs Kafka and Marlowe) for putting up
with me being away while writing this book.
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to other related tasks and Additional features to explore
information
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Jargon and technical terms explained in plain English
Practical. Simple. Fast.
Simple Simple
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steps steps
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Contents at a glance
Top 10 Mac Tips 5 Contacts and events
l Creating a new contact 108
1 Getting started with
l Creating Address Book groups 112
your new Mac
l Sending an email to everyone
in a group 114
l The Menu bar 20
l Creating calendars in iCal 122
l Starting an application 23
l The Finder 31
6 Photos
l Shutting down or restarting safely 34
l Importing photos from a
2 Files and folders camera or iPhone 132
l Creating a slide show of photos 137
l Opening the Finder 37
l Organising your photos
l Sorting files and folders 42 into albums 144
l Creating folders 44 l Printing photos 155
l Searching in Finder 53
7 Music
3 Email
l Buying a song from the iTunes
l Setting up an account 60 Store 160
l Composing an email 62 l Importing a song from a CD 162
l Adding an attachment 64 l Creating playlists 166
l Printing mail 79 l Burn a playlist to CD 179
4 Web 8 Movies
l Searching the Web with Safari 85 l Importing video from your
video camera 184
l Creating bookmarks 86
l Adding titles to your movie 194
l Using the history 94
l Adding music and audio 196
l Downloading files from the Web 102
l Sharing your movie with others 202
9 Building websites 10 Customising
your Mac
l Creating a site 206
l Using the themed templates 207 l Changing your Desktop
background 232
l Adding links to a page 219
l Customising security options 233
l Publishing your website 224
l Making your Mac more
energy efficient 237
l Sharing a printer 238
Top 10 Mac Problems Solved

Contents
Top 10 Mac Tips
1 Take a screenshot 3
2 Take a photo of yourself 4
3 Switch between applications and documents quickly 5
4 Change your Desktop background picture 6
5 Using Launchpad 7
6 Set up smart mailboxes in Mail 8
7 Set up smart playlists in iTunes 10
8 Set up smart folders in Finder 11
9 Add folders to the Dock 12
10 Using Facetime 13
1 Getting started with
your new Mac
l Start your Mac 17
l The Desktop 18
l Mousing 19
l The Menu bar 20
l The Apple menu 21
l The Dock 22
l Starting an application 23
l Quitting an application 24
l Resizing an application 25
l Minimising an application 26
l Rearranging Dock items 27
l Adding applications to the Dock 28