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My New Mac. 52 Simple Projects to Get You Started

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Description

You finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether yours is a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, or iMac—it's still a Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X.

But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? Do you even know how to turn it on and off properly or put it to sleep? You need a book like My New Mac to make everything easy.

Wallace Wang, author of the best-selling Steal This Computer Book, will show you, step-by-step, how to use tools like iPhoto to organize your photos, track birthdays with iCal, and clip and save information from the Internet so you can find it again. You'll find simple projects that will show you how to:

  • Organize your files and folders by color and keyword
  • View stocks, flights, and the weather
  • Set up and manage parental controls to limit your children's computer and Internet access
  • Play and burn CDs and DVDs
  • Transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer
  • Share songs, images, and documents wirelessly between Macs

Don't put off learning how to use your new computer. Let Wallace Wang show you the ropes with My New Mac.

Contenidos

PART I: Basic Training

Introduction

1. Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically

2. Learning to Use the Mouse

3. Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar

4. Controlling Programs with the Dock

5. Manipulating Windows

6. Navigating through Folders with the Finder

7. Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders

8. Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh

PART II: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts

9. Working Faster with Shortcut Commands

10. Learn to Drag and Drop

11. Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners

12. Finding Files Fast

13. Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words

14. Putting Information at your Fingertips with Dashboard

15. Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts

16. Slapping Parental Controls on your Kids

17. Making Your Macintosh Easier to See, Hear, and Control

PART III: Putting your Macintosh to Work

18. Jotting Down Notes

19. Turning your Mac into an Electronic Reminder

20. Never Forget a Birthday Again

21. Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh

22. Ripping and Burning Audio CD

23. Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD

24. Storing Files on a CD or DVD

25. Transferring Images to a Macintosh

26. Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

27. Tagging and Sorting Digital Pictures in iPhoto

28. Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

29. Turning your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame

30. Sharing Files Without Connecting Cables

31. Retrieving Files Back in Time

32. Typing Foreign Languages

PART IV: Touching the World Through the Internet

33. Remembering your Favorite Websites

34. Reading the Latest Updates on Your Favorite Websites

35. Keeping Your Internet Activities Private

36. Saving Research Information from a Web Page

37. Creating an Electronic Clipping Service for Web Pages

38. Watching Videos on any Website

39. Expanding Your Mind by Listening to Free College Lectures

40. Listening to News, Music, and Talk Shows over the Internet

41. Setting Up an Email Account

42. Reading and Writing Email

43. Making Email Look Pretty

44. Organizing your Email

45. Dealing with Junk Email

PART V: Maintaining your Macintosh

46. Learning About Your Macintosh

47. Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh

48. Performing Preventative Maintenance on Your Macintosh

49. Ejecting Stuck CDs or DVDs

50. Password Protecting Your Macintosh

51. Encrypting your Data

52. Troubleshooting Your Printers

Contenidos extra

Download Project 29: Turning your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame

Download instructions to build your own origami Mac

Más información

Editado: Abril 2008

480 páginas

ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-164-0

Sobre el autor

Wallace Wang is the author of several best-selling computer books including the Steal This Computer Book series, Steal This File Sharing Book, The Book of Nero, and Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas.

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