Paul McFedries - Macs All-in-One For Dummies

Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 6th Edition

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1. Book 1 Chapter 1
2. Book 2 Chapter 1

1. Book 1 Chapter 1
2. Book 1 Chapter 2
3. Book 1 Chapter 3
4. Book 1 Chapter 4
5. Book 1 Chapter 5
6. Book 1 Chapter 6
7. Book 1 Chapter 7
8. Book 2 Chapter 1
9. Book 2 Chapter 2
10. Book 2 Chapter 3
11. Book 2 Chapter 4
12. Book 2 Chapter 5
13. Book 2 Chapter 6
14. Book 3 Chapter 1
15. Book 3 Chapter 2
16. Book 3 Chapter 3
17. Book 3 Chapter 4
18. Book 3 Chapter 5
19. Book 3 Chapter 6
20. Book 4 Chapter 1
21. Book 4 Chapter 2
22. Book 4 Chapter 3
23. Book 4 Chapter 4
24. Book 5 Chapter 1
25. Book 5 Chapter 2
26. Book 5 Chapter 3
27. Book 5 Chapter 4
28. Book 5 Chapter 5
29. Book 5 Chapter 6

When Macs or Macintoshes, as they were known in the early years first began to roam the earth in January 1984, they caused quite a fuss. A built-in screen! A graphical user interface! Fonts! A mouse, for crying out loud! Since then, the Mac, despite never being a huge success commercially, has become a cultural touchstone, the computer that even your moms mom has heard of. The Mac has always been the computer that the cool kids use.

And the Mac has long had a reputation for being easy to use and friendly to even the greenest of novice computer users. But is that reputation deserved? Are Macs really that easy to learn? I wish I could answer a resounding Yes! to both questions, but Id be lying if I did. Sure, Macs are easier to use than their chief rivals: PCs that run Microsoft Windows. And, sure, most folks can learn the basics of using a Mac without much fuss and even less bother.

But heres the thing: Your Mac wasnt cheap, so did you really want to pay all that money just to learn a few basics? Dont you owe it to yourself (or to the person who bought your Mac, if youve been so lucky) to go beyond the basics and really learn what your Mac can do? Im not saying that you need to turn into a total Mac nerd and master every intricacy and memorize every setting. Forget all that. No, Im simply suggesting that its possible to get way more out of your Mac investment without spending a ton of time or effort.

Welcome, then to Macs All-in-One For Dummies, Sixth Edition. This book is your complete guide to everything Mac-related thats worth knowing. If youre new to Macs, in Book 1, ).

Once youve mastered those basics or, if you have some Mac experience and perhaps you skimmed the chapters in ).

This book is a reference, which means you dont need to read the chapters in order from front cover to back, and youre not expected to commit anything to memory there wont be a snap quiz on Friday. You can dip into the book wherever you want to learn what you need to learn or to find answers to your most pressing questions (those that relate to using your Mac, that is). If youre short on time, you can safely skip sidebars (the text in gray boxes) and anything marked with the Technical Stuff icon without missing anything essential to the topic at hand.

To help you navigate this book efficiently, I use the following conventions:

• Control-click means to hold down the Control key and click the mouse. If youre using a mouse that has a left and right button, you can right-click rather than Control-click. If you have an Apple trackpad, tap with two fingers. You find complete explanations of the multitouch gestures in Book 1, .