Book description
Unleash the power of OS X Mountain Lion!
Maximize the amazing features packed into the latest release of Apple’s cutting-edge desktop operating system. With coverage of the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Air, and Mac mini, How to Do Everything: Mac OS X Mountain Lion shows you how to set up and customize your machine for peak performance. Find out what’s new, such as Messages, the Notification Center, Reminders, and more. Networking, hardware, security, and troubleshooting are fully explained in this hands-on guide.
- Manage system preferences
- Interact with your Mac using Multi-Touch gestures
- Launch apps and utilities from Launchpad
- Manipulate open items with Mission Control
- Connect to the Internet and surf with Safari
- Video chat with FaceTime
- Download content from the App Store
- Stay in touch, on schedule, and organized with Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Messages, Notes, and Reminders
- Use iWork for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
- Enjoy multimedia with QuickTime, iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie
- Use iCloud to sync data with your iPod, iPad, and iPhone
- Set up a wired or wireless network
- Connect external devices via USB and FireWire
- Troubleshoot, tune, and back up your Mac
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Part I: Get Started with Your Mac
- Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Mac!
- Chapter 2: First Things First: Getting to Know Your Mac
- Chapter 3: Cruisin’: Navigating Your Mac
- Chapter 4: Stylin’ and Profilin’! Customizing Your Mac
- Chapter 5: Getting Started on the Internet
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Part II: Making Your Mac Earn Its Keep
- Chapter 6: How to Use Your Mac’s Applications
- Chapter 7: I Work, You Work, We All Work with iWork
- Chapter 8: Start the Presses! Printing and Faxing Your Documents
- Chapter 9: Connected and Organized: Two Things Most of Us Are Not!
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Part III: Pictures, Music, and Movies, Oh My!
- Chapter 10: The Quick and the Time: QuickTime
- Chapter 11: Say Cheese! Managing Your Photos with iPhoto
- Chapter 12: Well, Turn It Up, Man! Get in Tune with iTunes
- Chapter 13: iLights! iCamera! iAction!: Using iMovie
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Part IV: Time to Geek Out! Digging Deeper into Your Mac
- Chapter 14: Making Sense of the System Preferences
- Chapter 15: Making Your Mac Play Pretty with Other Computers
- Chapter 16: Deeper into the Internet Jungle with Safari
- Chapter 17: Mail Call!
- Part V: Making Your Mac Even Better: Adding Microsoft Windows and Hardware
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Part VI: Troubleshooting and Getting Further Help When You Need It
- Chapter 20: What the Heck Just Happened?
- Chapter 21: Helpful Resources for Your Mac
- Part VII: Change the Silicon Every Three Thousand Miles: Maintaining Your Mac
- Index
Product information
- Title: How to Do Everything Mac OS X Mountain Lion, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2012
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071804417
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