MacBook For Dummies, 5th Edition

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. By Mark L. Chambers. Make friends with your MacBook the fun and easy way! Ultra-light, ultra-fast, and ultra-powerful, the MacBook is the coolest laptop in town, and longtime Mac guru Mark L. Chambers is just the guy to help you get to know your MacBook in no time. Take a closer look at the latest features, get the lowdown on OS X, unleash your creative forces with iLife, take care of business with the iWork applications, and sync it all with iCloud with the expert advice in this bestselling MacBook guide. Whether this is your first MacBook or your first laptop, period, you'll learn to navigate the Mac desktop, customize your settings, surf the web and set up e-mail, hook into a network, transfer your important documents from another PC or Mac, and troubleshoot with ease. You'll also get the inside scoop on the fun stuff like FaceTime video calling, Messages, Reminders, photos, videos, music, the Mac App Store, and more. Covers all MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models and is fully updated for OS X Mavericks and the latest editions of iLife and iWork Gets you up to speed on helpful MacBook features like the Finder, Finder Tabs, Dashboard, Spaces, Mission Control, Spotlight, and iCloud Explains how to work with files and folders, use the Safari web browser, connect with other wireless devices, add accessories, and use your MacBook on the go Covers crunching data with Numbers, dressing up your documents with Pages, adding punch to your presentations with Keynote, editing your images with iPhoto, composing music with GarageBand, making movie magic with iMovie, and more MacBook For Dummies, 5th Edition is the perfect companion for getting the most out of your mac-nificent MacBook! Make friends with your MacBook the fun and easy way! Ultra-light, ultra-fast, and ultra-powerful, the MacBook is the coolest laptop in town, and longtime Mac guru Mark L. Chambers is just the guy to help you get to know your MacBook in no time. Take a closer look at the latest features, get the lowdown on OS X, unleash your creative forces with iLife, take care of business with the iWork applications, and sync it all with iCloud with the expert advice in this bestselling MacBook guide. Whether this is your first MacBook or your first laptop, period, you'll learn to navigate the Mac desktop, customize your settings, surf the web and set up e-mail, hook into a network, transfer your important documents from another PC or Mac, and troubleshoot with easeCovers all MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models and is fully updated for OS X Mavericks and the latest editions of iLife and iWork. You'll also get the inside scoop on the fun stuff like FaceTime video calling, Messages, Reminders, photos, videos, music, the Mac App Store, and more. Gets you up to speed on helpful MacBook features like the Finder, Finder Tabs, Dashboard, Spaces, Mission Control, Spotlight, and iCovers crunching data with Numbers, dressing up your documents with Pages, adding punch to your presentations with Keynote, editing your images with iPhoto, composing music with GarageBand, making movie magic with iMovie, and moreCloud. Explains how to work with files and folders, use the Safari web browser, connect with other wireless devices, add accessories, and use your MacBook on the go. MacBook For Dummies, 5th Edition is the perfect companion for getting the most out of your mac-nificent MacBook! Introduction 1 Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! 7 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Ever y thing I Need 9 Chapter 2: Turning On Your Por table Powerhouse 33 Chapter 3: The Laptop Owner s Introduction to OS X 45 Part II: Shaking Hands with OS X 55 Chapter 4: Opening and Closing and Tapping and Such 57 Chapter 5: Getting to the Heart of Mavericks 79 Chapter 6: A Nerd s Guide to System Preferences 97 Chapter 7: Sifting Through Your Stuff 115 Chapter 8: Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps 125 Part III: Connecting and Communicating 137 Chapter 9: Let s Go on Safari! 139 Chapter 10: iCloud Is Made for MacBooks159 Chapter 11: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser 165 Chapter 12: Working Well with Net works 185 Part IV: Living the iLife 205 Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes 207 Chapter 14: The Masterpiece That Is iPhoto 233 Chapter 15: Making Film History with iMovie 257 Chapter 16: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand 277 Part V: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook 295 Chapter 17: Desktop Publishing with Pages 297 Chapter 18: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers 311 Chapter 19: Building Presentations with Keynote 325 Chapter 20: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad 337 Chapter 21: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop 351 Chapter 22: Tackling the Housekeeping 363 Part VI: The Part of Tens 375 Chapter 23: Top Ten Laptop Rules to Follow 377 Chapter 24: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague 385 Index 393 "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."-- Ultra-light, ultra-fast, and ultra-powerful, the MacBook may be the coolest laptop around. This guide shows you how to navigate the Mac desktop, customize your settings, access the App story, listen to music, and much more