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Contents at a Glance
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Book 1: Getting Started with Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 1: From Go to Whoa: Getting to Know Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHAPTER 2: Touring the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CHAPTER 3: Getting Your Mac Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
CHAPTER 4: Fiddling with Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
CHAPTER 5: Managing Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
CHAPTER 6: Changing How Your Mac Looks, Sounds, and Feels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
CHAPTER 7: Making Your Mac More Accessible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Book 2: Using the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
CHAPTER 1: Wandering the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
CHAPTER 2: Order Out of Chaos: Organizing Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
CHAPTER 3: Exchanging Messages with Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
CHAPTER 4: Getting More Out of Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
CHAPTER 5: Chatting with Messages and FaceTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
CHAPTER 6: Exploring the World with Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Book 3: Beyond the Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
CHAPTER 1: Backing Up and Restoring Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
CHAPTER 2: Protecting Your Mac against Local and Remote Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
CHAPTER 3: Sharing Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
CHAPTER 4: Networking Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
CHAPTER 5: Sharing Files and Resources on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
CHAPTER 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Book 4: Using Your Mac as a Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
CHAPTER 1: Tuning In and Listening with Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
CHAPTER 2: Enjoying Podcasts, News, and TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
CHAPTER 3: Reading and Listening to Books on Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
CHAPTER 4: Picture Perfect: Working with Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
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Book 5: Taking Care of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Managing Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
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CHAPTER 2: Tracking Events and Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
CHAPTER 3: Crafting Fancy-Schmancy Documents with Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
CHAPTER 4: Producing Persuasive Presentations with Keynote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
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CHAPTER 6: Getting More Out of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...................................................1
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Foolish Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Icons Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Beyond the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Where to Go from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BOOK 1: GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR MAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 1: From Go to Whoa: Getting to Know Your Mac . . . . . . . 7
The Parts Department: Touring Your Mac’s Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The ports report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locating your Mac’s ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Connecting stu to your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Cranking Up Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Making Your Mac Do Your Bidding: Mouse,
Trackpad, and Keyboard Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Maneuvering the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Getting a feel for the trackpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Comprehending the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Turning O Your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Nighty-night: Putting your Mac to sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Quittin’ time: Shutting down your Mac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
A fresh beginning: Restarting your Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
CHAPTER 2: Touring the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Getting to Know the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Exploring the menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
The dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Looking at Menus, Dialogs, and Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Getting the hang of menu commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Dealing with dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Messing with windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Getting Acquainted with Siri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Enabling Siri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Getting Siri’s attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
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CHAPTER 3: Getting Your Mac Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Introducing Your Mac to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Getting online by connecting your Mac directly
to your broadband modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Getting online by using a wireless network
to access a broadband connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
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Establishing Your Apple Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Signing in with an existing Apple ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Forging a new Apple ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Maintaining your Apple ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Storing Your Data in iCloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Con guring iCloud settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Syncing with your other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Using the iCloud website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Adding Even More Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Adding an account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Gathering your account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Con guring your account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
CHAPTER 4: Fiddling with Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Getting to Know Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Handling devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Understanding folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Customizing Finder settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Navigating Your Mac’s Devices and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Opening a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Keeping tabs on multiple folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Jumping to a speci c folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Jumping back and forth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Moving to a higher folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Following the folder path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Taking in the View: Working with Finder’s Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Using icon view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Using list view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Using column view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Using gallery view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Changing your view options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Using Quick Look to sneakily peek at the contents of a le . . . . . .96
Organizing 101: Forging Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Creating a folder from the Finder menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Creating a folder using Save or Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Playing Tag: Classifying Files and Folders for Quick Access . . . . . . . .100
Setting tag preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Tagging existing les and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
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