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DescriptionMake 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.
MacBook For Dummies, 5th Edition is the perfect companion for getting the most out of your mac-nificent MacBook Author descriptionMark L. Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, programmer, hardware technician, and unabashed Mac aficionado for over 30 years. He has written more than 30 computer books, including MacBook For Dummies, 5th Edition, Macs For Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition, and iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition. Table of contentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! 7 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need 9 Chapter 2: Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse 33 Chapter 3: The MacBook Owner s Introduction to OS X El Capitan 45 Part II: Shaking Hands with OS X El Capitan 87 Chapter 4: What s New in OS X El Capitan? 89 Chapter 5: A Nerd s Guide to System Preferences 97 Chapter 6: Sifting Through Your Stuff 117 Chapter 7: Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps 127 Part III: Connecting and Communicating 139 Chapter 8: Let s Go on Safari! 141 Chapter 9: iCloud Is Made for MacBooks 161 Chapter 10: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser 167 Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks 187 Part IV: Living the iLife 209 Chapter 12: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes 211 Chapter 13: Focusing on Photos 237 Chapter 14: Making Film History with iMovie 261 Chapter 15: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand 281 Part V: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook 299 Chapter 16: Desktop Publishing with Pages 301 Chapter 17: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers 313 Chapter 18: Building Presentations with Keynote 329 Chapter 19: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad 341 Chapter 20: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop 355 Chapter 21: Tackling the Housekeeping 367 Part VI: The Part of Tens 381 Chapter 22: Top Ten Laptop Rules to Follow 383 Chapter 23: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague 391 Index 399 |