My New MAC

52 Simple Projects to Get You Started

Wallace Wang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2008
No Starch Press,US (Verlag)
978-1-59327-164-0 (ISBN)

Infos

You finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether yours is a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, or iMac -- it's still a Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? Do you even know how to turn it on and off properly or put it to sleep? You need a book like "My New Mac" to make everything easy. Wallace Wang, author of the best-selling "Steal This Computer Book," will show you, step-by-step, how to use tools like iPhoto to organize your photos, track birthdays with iCal, and clip and save information from the Internet so you can find it again. You'll find simple projects that will show you how to: Organize your files and folders by color and keyword View stocks, flights, and the weather Set up and manage parental controls to limit your children's computer and Internet access Play and burn CDs and DVDs Transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer Share songs, images, and documents wirelessly between Macs Don't put off learning how to use your new computer. Let Wallace Wang show you the ropes with "My New Mac,"

Inhalt

PART I: Basic Training Introduction 1. Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically 2. Learning to Use the Mouse 3. Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar 4. Controlling Programs with the Dock 5. Manipulating Windows 6. Navigating through Folders with the Finder 7. Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders 8. Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh PART II: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts 9. Working Faster with Shortcut Commands 10. Learn to Drag and Drop 11. Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners 12. Finding Files Fast 13. Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words 14. Putting Information at your Fingertips with Dashboard 15. Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts 16. Slapping Parental Controls on your Kids 17. Making Your Macintosh Easier to See, Hear, and Control PART III: Putting your Macintosh to Work 18. Jotting Down Notes 19. Turning your Mac into an Electronic Reminder 20. Never Forget a Birthday Again 21. Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh 22. Ripping and Burning Audio CD 23. Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD 24. Storing Files on a CD or DVD 25. Transferring Images to a Macintosh 26. Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto 27. Tagging and Sorting Digital Pictures in iPhoto 28. Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto 29. Turning your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame 30. Sharing Files Without Connecting Cables 31. Retrieving Files Back in Time 32. Typing Foreign Languages PART IV: Touching the World Through the Internet 33. Remembering your Favorite Websites 34. Reading the Latest Updates on Your Favorite Websites 35. Keeping Your Internet Activities Private 36. Saving Research Information from a Web Page 37. Creating an Electronic Clipping Service for Web Pages 38. Watching Videos on any Website 39. Expanding Your Mind by Listening to Free College Lectures 40. Listening to News, Music, and Talk Shows over the Internet 41. Setting Up an Email Account 42. Reading and Writing Email 43. Making Email Look Pretty 44. Organizing your Email 45. Dealing with Junk Email PART V: Maintaining your Macintosh 46. Learning About Your Macintosh 47. Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh 48. Performing Preventative Maintenance on Your Macintosh 49. Ejecting Stuck CDs or DVDs 50. Password Protecting Your Macintosh 51. Encrypting your Data 52. Troubleshooting Your Printers

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2008
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: San Francisco
• Sprache: englisch
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Macintosh / Mac OS X
• ISBN-10: 1-59327-164-6 / 1593271646
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-164-0 / 9781593271640
• Zustand: Neuware