Overview

Visual QuickStart Guides, designed in an attractive tutorial and reference format, are the quickest, easiest, and most thorough way to learn applications, tasks, and technologies. The Visual QuickStart Guides are a smart choice and guide the learner in a friendly and respectful tone. Visually presented with copious screenshots, the focused discussions by topic and tasks make learning a breeze and quickly take you to exactly what you want to learn. The latest update of this best-selling Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running in no time with Mac OS X Lion. Respected, best-selling author Maria Langer will take you through all of Mac OS X Lion's groundbreaking capabilities and new features including Multi-Touch Gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control, the App Store, Mail, and much more. With plenty of screenshots to clearly illustrate techniques, this effective tutorial and reference is packed with practical information for people who want to jump in and start working and playing with OS X Lion. As a companion to this book, Peachpit offers more than an hour of short, task-based videos that will help you master Mac OS X Lion’s top features and techniques; instead of just reading about how to use a tool, you can watch it in action. It’s a great way to learn all the basics and some of the newer or more complex features of the operating system. Log on to the Peachpit site at www.peachpit.com/register to register your book, and you’ll find a free streaming sample; purchasing the rest of the material is quick and easy.

Full Product Details

Author:   Maria Langer
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Peachpit Press Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.984kg
ISBN:  

9780321786739

ISBN 10:   0321786734
Pages:   648
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Getting Started with Mac OS X Chapter 1: Setting Up Mac OS X Lion Chapter 2: Finder Basics Chapter 3: File Management Basics Chapter 4: Window Views Chapter 5: Getting Help Part II: Managing Files Chapter 6: Advanced Finder Techniques Chapter 7: Searching for Files Chapter 8: Storage Devices & Media Chapter 9: Backup & Recovery Features Chapter 10: Multiple Users Part III: Using Applications Chapter 11: Application Basics Chapter 12: Standard Application Menus Chapter 13: The App Store Chapter 14: TextEdit Chapter 15: Address Book Chapter 16: iCal Chapter 17: Music & Video Applications Chapter 18: Other Mac OS X Applications Chapter 19: Dashboard Chapter 20: Desktop Management Part IV: Mac OS Utilities Chapter 21: Fonts Chapter 22: Printing Chapter 23: Disk Utility Chapter 24: Mac OS Utility Applications Part V: Network & Internet Connectivity Chapter 25: Networking Chapter 26: Connecting to the Internet Chapter 27: Internet Applications Part VI: Customizing Your Mac Chapter 28: Customizing the Finder Chapter 29: Customizing Finder Windows Chapter 30: System Preferences Basics Chapter 31: Personal Preferences Chapter 32: Hardware Preferences Chapter 33: Internet & Wireless Preferences Chapter 34: System Preferences Part VII: Reference Appendix A: Menus & Keyboard Shortcuts Index

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Maria Langer is a freelance writer who has been writing about the Mac OS since 1990. She is the author of more than 75 books and hundreds of articles about using computers. When Maria is not writing, she’s offering tours, day trips, and multiday excursions by helicopter for Flying M Air, LLC. Her blog, An Eclectic Mind, can be found at www.marialanger.com

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