[Dummies 01] • MacBook For Dummies · 7th Edition, 7 by Chambers, Mark L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents Introduction

Foolish Assumptions About This Book Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part 1: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!

Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need

An Overview of Your Mac Laptop Meet the MacBooks Location, Location, Location! Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop Great, a Lecture about Handling My Laptop An Overview of Mac Software Goodness Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants

Chapter 2: Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse

Tales of the On Button Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy Laptop You Won’t Lecture Me about Batteries, Will You? Setting Up and Registering Your Laptop Importing Stuff from Another Mac Importing Stuff from Windows (If You Must)

Chapter 3: The MacBook Owner’s Introduction to macOS High Sierra

Your Own Personal Operating System Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons? Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb Performing Tricks with Finder Windows Juggling Folders and Icons Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune Home, Sweet Home Folder Working with Mission Control, Spaces, and Dashboard Personalizing Your Desktop Customizing the Dock What’s with the Trash? All You Really Need to Know about Printing And Just in Case You Need Help …

Part 2: Shaking Hands with macOS High Sierra

Chapter 4: What’s New in macOS High Sierra?

Under the Hood: The New Apple File System Under the Hood: Better Video Under the Hood: Improved Graphics and Virtual Reality Adding Functionality to Photos Improved Siri to the Rescue Banish Scams and Advertisements! Sharing the Joy of iCloud Drive Away with Autoplay Videos!

Chapter 5: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences

An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less Locating That Certain Special Setting Popular Preferences Panes Explained

Chapter 6: Sifting Through Your Stuff

Doing a Basic Search How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do Expanding Your Search Horizons Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste

Chapter 7: Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps

Remind Me to Use Reminders Taking Notes the High Sierra Way Staying Current with Notification Center Introducing the Maps Application Switching Views in Maps Getting Directions Over Yonder

Part 3: Connecting and Communicating

Chapter 8: Let’s Go on Safari!

Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing Visiting Websites Navigating the Web Setting Up Your Home Page Adding and Using Bookmarks Working with the Reading List Downloading Files Using History Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends Printing Web Pages Protecting Your Privacy

Chapter 9: iCloud Is Made for MacBooks

So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway? Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents Putting Handoff to Work Configuring iCloud Managing Your iCloud Storage

Chapter 10: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser

Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale) Big-Shot Administrator Stuff Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop

Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks

What Exactly Is the Network Advantage? Should You Go Wired or Wireless? Be a Pal: Share Your Internet! What Do I Need to Connect? Connecting to the Network USE YOUR FIREWALL!

Part 4: Living the iLife

Chapter 12: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes

What Can I Play on iTunes? Playing an Audio CD Playing Digital Audio Files Watching Video Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists Know Your Songs Ripping Audio Files Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears A New Kind of Radio Station iTunes and iCloud Together iSending iStuff to iPod, iPhone, and iPad Sharing Your Media Across Your Network Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles Feasting on iTunes Visuals Exercising Parental Authority Buying Digital Media the Apple Way

Chapter 13: Focusing on Photos

Delving into Photos Working with Images in Photos Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece Exploring iCloud Photo Library Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing to Work

Chapter 14: Making Film History with iMovie

Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking Importing the Building Blocks Building the Cinematic Basics Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others

Chapter 15: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand

Shaking Hands with Your Band Composing Made Easy Sharing Your Songs

Part 5: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook

Chapter 16: Desktop Publishing with Pages

Creating a New Pages Document Open an Existing Pages Document Saving Your Work Touring the Pages Window Entering and Editing Text Using Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste Formatting Text the Easy Way Adding a Spiffy Table Adding Alluring Photos Adding a Background Shape Are You Sure about That Spelling? Printing Your Pages Documents Sharing That Poster with Others

Chapter 17: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers

Before You Launch Numbers … Creating a New Numbers Document Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File Save Those Spreadsheets! Exploring the Numbers Window Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet Selecting the Correct Number Format Aligning Cell Text Just So Formatting with Shading Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns The Formula Is Your Friend Adding Visual Punch with a Chart Printing Your Spreadsheet

Chapter 18: Building Presentations with Keynote

Creating a New Keynote Project Opening a Keynote Presentation Saving Your Presentation Putting Keynote to Work Adding Slides Working with Text, Shapes and Graphics Boxes Adding and Editing Slide Text Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look Using Presenter’s Notes in Your Project Every Good Presentation Needs Media Adding a Background Shape Creating Your Keynote Slideshow Printing Your Slides and Notes

Chapter 19: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad

Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech! Step-by-Step Laptop Troubleshooting Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work And Now… Windows?

Chapter 20: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop

More Memory Will Help Considering a Hard Drive Upgrade? A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons

Chapter 21: Tackling the Housekeeping

Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits Backing Up Your Treasure Maintaining Hard Drive Health Automating Those Mundane Chores Updating macOS Automatically

Part 6: The Part of Tens

Chapter 22: Ten Laptop Rules to Follow

Keep Your Laptop in a Bag Maximize Your RAM Install a Tracker Application Keepeth Thy Drive Encrypted Brand Your MacBook Disable Your Wireless Take a Surge Protector with You Use Power-Saving Features Use an External Keyboard and Mouse Not Again! What Is It with You and Backing Up?

Chapter 23: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague

USB 1.1 Storage Devices Phishing Operations Oddly Shaped Optical Discs Submerged Keyboards Antiquated Utility Software Software Piracy The Forbidden Account Unsecured Wireless Connections Refurbished Hardware Dirty Laptops

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