Book

MacBook for dummies / by Mark Chambers.

Summary:

"Learning how to use a new laptop can be as challenging as trying to decipher ancient hieroglyphics - but don't let that intimidate you! MacBook For Dummies, 6th Edition is your straightforward guide to all things MacBook, including setting up and configuring your laptop, navigating your way around the desktop, familiarizing yourself with the operating system, working with files and folders, using the Finder and Finder Tabs, working with Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spaces, searching your computer with Spotlight, surfing the Internet with Safari, syncing your data with iCloud, communicating with friends and family with email, Messages, and FaceTime, discovering new apps, and creating and printing documents. Additionally, this approachable, yet comprehensive text offers insight into working with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, and more. MacBooks are incredibly popular for both their sleek, appealing hardware and easy to use, relevant software. Whether you're a PC convert or just want to brush up on the latest updates to the MacBook line, this helpful book gets you started in a snap" --Amazon.com

Record details

ISBN: 9781119137801
ISBN: 1119137802
Physical Description: xii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Tie myself down with a desktop? Preposterous. Hey, it really does have everything I need ; Turning on your portable powerhouse ; The laptop owner's introduction to OS X -- Shaking hands with OS X. Opening and closing and tapping and such ; Getting to the heart of Mavericks ; A nerd's guide to system preferences ; Sifting through your stuff ; Using reminders, notes, notifications, and maps -- Connecting and communicating. Let's go on Safari! ; iCloud is made for MacBooks ; Your laptop goes multiuser ; Working well with networks -- Living the iLife. The multimedia joy of iTunes ; The masterpiece that is iPhoto ; Making film history with iMovie ; Recording your hits with GarageBand -- Getting productive and maintaining your MacBook. Desktop publishing with pages ; Creating spreadsheets with numbers ; Building presentations with Keynote ; When good Mac laptops go bad ; Adding new stuff to your laptop ; Tackling the housekeeping -- The part of tens. Top ten laptop rules to follow ; Ten things to avoid like the plague.