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Author:   Mark L. Chambers
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.10cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   1.380kg
ISBN:  

9781118118696

ISBN 10:   1118118693
Pages:   864
Publication Date:   27 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Book I: Say Hello to Your MacBook 7 Chapter 1: Exploring MacBook Basics 9 Chapter 2: MacBook Models Compared 21 Chapter 3: Setting Up and Taking Care of Your MacBook 29 Chapter 4: Extra Stuff You'll Likely Want 39 Book II: Using Mac OS X with Your MacBook 45 Chapter 1: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X 47 Chapter 2: Navigating and Running Programs 63 Chapter 3: Basic OS X Housekeeping 93 Chapter 4: Searching Everything with Spotlight 123 Chapter 5: Fun with Photo Booth 133 Chapter 6: Keeping Track with the Address Book 139 Chapter 7: The Joys of Maintenance 151 Chapter 8: Getting Help for the Big X 173 Chapter 9: Troubleshooting the X 181 Chapter 10: Running Windows on Your Mac 191 Book III: MacBook Customizing and Sharing 199 Chapter 1: Building the Finder of Your Dreams 201 Chapter 2: Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch 225 Chapter 3: Delving under the Hood with System Preferences 241 Chapter 4: You Mean Others Can Use My MacBook, Too? 283 Chapter 5: Setting Up Multiuser Accounts 291 Chapter 6: Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit 305 Chapter 7: Common-Sense Laptop Security 315 Book IV: Going Mobile with iLife 321 Chapter 1: The World According to Apple 323 Chapter 2: Jamming with iTunes and iPod 333 Chapter 3: Focusing on iPhoto 363 Chapter 4: Making Magic with iMovie 389 Chapter 5: Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD 411 Chapter 6: Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand 431 Chapter 7: Crafting a Website with iWeb 453 Chapter 8: No, It's Not Called iQuickTime 467 Chapter 9: Turning Your MacBook into a DVD Theater 473 Book V: iWork for the Road Warrior 483 Chapter 1: Desktop Publishing with Pages 485 Chapter 2: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers 501 Chapter 3: Building Presentations with Keynote 515 Book VI: The Typical Internet Stuff 527 Chapter 1: Getting on the Internet 529 Chapter 2: Using Apple Mail 537 Chapter 3: Staying in Touch with iChat and FaceTime 563 Chapter 4: Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud and iDisk 579 Chapter 5: Surfing with Safari 587 Chapter 6: Staying Secure Online 605 Book VII: Networking in Mac OS X 615 Chapter 1: Setting Up a Small Network 617 Chapter 2: Using Your Network 633 Chapter 3: Going Wireless 649 Chapter 4: Sharing That Precious Internet Thing 661 Book VIII: Expanding Your System 673 Chapter 1: Hardware That Will Make You Giddy 675 Chapter 2: Add RAM, Hard Drive Space, and Stir 687 Chapter 3: Port-o-Rama: Using USB, FireWire, and Thunderbolt 699 Chapter 4: I'm Okay, You're a Printer 707 Chapter 5: Applications That You?ve (Probably) Gotta Have 715 Chapter 6: Putting Bluetooth to Work 731 Book IX: Advanced Mac OS X 739 Chapter 1: Using UNIX on Your MacBook 741 Chapter 2: AppleScript Just Plain Rocks 765 Chapter 3: Writing and Conversing with Your MacBook 781 Index 797

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Mark L. Chambers is an author, tech editor, and unabashed Mac fan. He is the author of more than 30 computer books including MacBook For Dummies, iMac For Dummies, Mac OS X Lion All-in-One For Dummies, and Macs For Seniors For Dummies.

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