IMac for dummies

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	Foolish Assumptions
	About This Book
	Icons Used in This Book
	Beyond the Book
	Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started with Your iMac
	Chapter 1 Okay, This Machine Looks Really, Really Weird
		iMac or iMac Pro – That Is the Question
		An Introduction to the Beast
			Major parts of your major appliance
			Important hidden stuff
		Choosing a Home for Your New Pet
			Picking the right location
			Considering the convenience factor
		Unpacking and Connecting
			Unpacking your iMac For Dummies
			Connecting cables like a true nerd
		Discovering All the Cool Things You Can Do
			What software do I get?
			Looking forward to fun on the Internet
			Applications that rock
			Would you like to play a game?
		Stuff You Oughta Buy Right Now
	Chapter 2 Life! Give My iMac Life!
		Throwing the Big Leaf Switch
		Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy iMac
		Harriet, It’s Already Asking Me Questions!
			Setting up macOS Mojave
			Registering your iMac
		Importing Documents and Data from Your Old Mac
		Manually Importing Documents and Data from Windows
	Chapter 3 The Basics Behind macOS Mojave
		Your Own Personal Operating System
			The Mojave Desktop
		Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons?
		Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb
		Performing Tricks with Finder Windows
			Viewing your stuff
			Scrolling in and resizing windows
			Minimizing and restoring windows
			Moving and zooming windows
			Closing windows
		Juggling Folders and Icons
			A field observer’s guide to icons
			Selecting items
			Copying items
			Moving things from place to place
			Duplicating in a jiffy
			Using Finder Tabs
		Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune
			Special keys on the keyboard
			Using the Finder and application keyboard shortcuts
		Home, Sweet Home Folder
		Working with Mission Control, Spaces, and Dashboard
			Switching Desktops with Spaces
			Stick it on the Dashboard
		Personalizing Your Desktop
		Customizing the Dock
			Adding applications and extras to the Dock
			Keeping track with Stacks
			Using Desktop Stacks
			Using Dock Stacks
			Resizing the Dock
		What’s with the Trash?
		All You Really Need to Know about Printing
		And Just in Case You Need Help . . .
			The Mojave built-in Help system
			The Apple web-based support center
			Magazines
			Local Mac user groups
Part 2 Shaking Hands with macOS
	Chapter 4 What’s New in Mojave?
		Come to the Dark Mode
		Showing Off Gallery View
		Welcome New iOS Apps
		Quick Actions Are the Cat’s Meow
		Strolling Through the Improved App Store
	Chapter 5 A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences
		An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less
		Locating That Certain Special Setting
		Popular Preferences Panes Explained
			The Displays pane
			The Desktop & Screen Saver pane
			Mission Control preferences
			The General pane
			The Energy Saver pane
			The Dock pane
			The Sharing pane
			The Time Machine pane
			iCloud preferences
			Notifications preferences
	Chapter 6 Searching Amidst iMac Chaos
		Doing a Basic Search
		How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do
		Expanding Your Search Horizons
		Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste
	Chapter 7 Putting Common Apps to Work
		Remind Me to Use Reminders
		Taking Notes the Mojave Way
		Staying Current with Notification Center
		Introducing the Maps Application
		Switching Views in Maps
		Getting Directions Over Yonder
		Catching Up on News
		Using Favorites and Channels
Part 3 Connecting and Communicating
	Chapter 8 Let’s Go on Safari!
		Pretending You’ve Never Used This Thing
		Visiting Websites
		Navigating the Web
		Setting Up Your Home Page
		Adding and Using Bookmarks
		Working with the Reading List
		Downloading Files
		Using History
		Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends
		Printing Web Pages
		Protecting Your Privacy
			Yes, there are such things as bad cookies
			Banishing pesky iCloud Keychain passwords
			Handling ancient history
			Setting notifications
	Chapter 9 Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud
		So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway?
		Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents
		Putting Handoff to Work
		Configuring iCloud
		Managing Your iCloud Storage
	Chapter 10 Creating a Multiuser iMac
		Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale)
		Big-Shot Administrator Stuff
			Deciding who needs what access
			Adding users
			Modifying user accounts
			I banish thee, mischievous user!
			Setting up login items and parental controls
		Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop
			Logging in and out in Mojave For Dummies
			Interesting stuff about sharing stuff
			Encrypting your Home folder can be fun
	Chapter 11 Working Well with Networks
		What Exactly Is the Network Advantage?
		Should You Go Wired or Wireless?
		Be a Pal: Share Your Internet!
			Using your iMac as a sharing device
			Using a dedicated Internet-sharing device
		What Do I Need to Connect?
			Wireless connections
			Wired connections
		Connecting to the Network
			Verifying that the contraption works
			Sharing stuff nicely with others
		Use Your Firewall!
	Chapter 12 Hooking Up with Handy Helpers
		Connecting Printers
			USB printers
			Network printers
		Connecting Scanners
		Using Photo Booth
		Conversing with FaceTime
Part 4 Living the Digital Life
	Chapter 13 The Multimedia Joy of iTunes
		What Can I Play on iTunes?
		Playing an Audio CD
		Playing Digital Audio Files
			Browsing the Library
			Finding songs in your Music Library
			Removing old music from the Library
		Watching Video
		Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists
		Know Your Songs
			Setting the song information automatically
			Setting or changing the song information manually
		Ripping Audio Files
		Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears
		A New Kind of Radio Station
			Internet Radio
			Tuning in your own stations
			Radio stations in your playlists
			Creating a custom iTunes Radio station
		iTunes and iCloud Together
		iSending iStuff to iPod, iPhone, and iPad
		Sharing Your Media across Your Network
		Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles
		Feasting on iTunes Visuals
		Exercising Parental Authority
		Buying Digital Media the Apple Way
	Chapter 14 Focusing on Photos
		Delving into Photos
		Working with Images in Photos
			Import images 101
			Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images
			Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way
		Exploring iCloud Photo Library
		Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing to Work
	Chapter 15 Making Film History with iMovie
		Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window
		A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking
		Importing the Building Blocks
			Pulling in video clips
			Making use of still images
			Importing and adding audio from all sorts of places
		Building the Cinematic Basics
			Adding clips to your movie
			Marking clips
			Removing clips from your movie
			Reordering clips in your movie
			Editing clips in iMovie
			Transitions for the masses
			Even Gone With the Wind had titles
			Adding maps and backgrounds
		Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer
		Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others
	Chapter 16 Recording Your Hits with GarageBand
		Shaking Hands with Your Band
		Composing Made Easy
			Adding tracks
			Choosing loops
			Resizing, repeating, and moving loops
			Using the Arrangement track
			Tweaking the settings for a track
		Sharing Your Songs
			Creating song files in iTunes
			Exporting a project
			Burning an audio CD
Part 5 Getting Productive with Your iMac
	Chapter 17 Desktop Publishing with Pages
		Creating a New Pages Document
		Open an Existing Pages Document
		Saving Your Work
		Touring the Pages Window
		Entering and Editing Text
		Using Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
		The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste
			Cutting stuff
			Copying text and images
			Pasting from the Clipboard
		Formatting Text the Easy Way
		Adding a Spiffy Table
		Adding Alluring Photos
		Adding a Shape as a Background
		Are You Sure about That Spelling?
		Printing Your Pages Documents
		Sharing That Poster with Others
	Chapter 18 Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers
		Before You Launch Numbers . . .
		Creating a New Numbers Document
		Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File
		Save Those Spreadsheets!
		Exploring the Numbers Window
		Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet
		Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet
		Selecting the Correct Number Format
		Aligning Cell Text Just So
		Formatting with Shading
		Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
		The Formula Is Your Friend
		Adding Visual Punch with a Chart
		Printing Your Spreadsheet
	Chapter 19 Building Presentations with Keynote
		Creating a New Keynote Project
		Opening a Keynote Presentation
		Saving Your Presentation
		Putting Keynote to Work
		Adding Slides
		Working with Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
		Adding and Editing Slide Text
		Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look
		Using Presenter’s Notes in Your Project
		Every Good Presentation Needs Media
		Adding a Background Shape
		Creating Your Keynote Slideshow
		Printing Your Slides and Notes
Part 6 The Necessary Evils: Troubleshooting, Upgrading, and Maintaining
	Chapter 20 It Just . . . Sits . . .There
		Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech!
		Step-by-Step iMac Troubleshooting
			The number-one rule: Reboot!
			Special keys that can come in handy
			All hail Disk Utility, the troubleshooter’s friend
			Mark’s iMac Troubleshooting Tree
		Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work
			Local service, at your service
			The macOS Help Center
			Apple Help Online
	Chapter 21 I Want to Add Stuff
		More Memory Will Help
			Figuring out how much memory you have
			Installing memory modules
		Can I Upgrade My Internal Drive?
			Consider your external options
			Gotta have internal
		Weighing Attractive Add-Ons
			Game controllers
			External drive arrays
			Video controllers
			Audio hardware and MIDI controllers
	Chapter 22 Tackling the Housekeeping
		Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits
			Managing your storage in macOS (or cleaning things the elegant way)
			Getting dirty (or cleaning things the manual way)
			Using a commercial cleanup tool
		Backing Up Your Treasure
		Saving Files
			Backing up to an external drive
			Backing up to CD and DVD
		Putting Things Right with Time Machine
		Maintaining Drive Health
		Automating Those Mundane Chores
			Creating an application in Automator
			Creating an Automator login item
		Updating macOS Automatically
Part 7 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 23 Ten Ways to Speed Up Your iMac
		Nothing Works Like a Shot of Memory
		Hold a Conversation with Your iMac
		Vamoose, Unwanted Fragments!
		Keep Your Desktop Background Simple
		Column Mode Is for Power Users
		Make the Dock Do Your Bidding
		It All Started with Keyboard Shortcuts
		Hey, You Tweaked Your Finder!
		Keep in Touch with Your Recent Past
		Go Where the Going Is Good
	Chapter 24 Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague
		Keep Things Cool
		Phishing Is No Phun
		Don’t Rely on a Single Password
		Do You Really Want a Submerged Keyboard?
		Don’t Use Antiquated Utility Software
		Don’t Endorse Software Piracy
		Call It the Forbidden Account
		Don’t Settle for a Surge Suppressor
		Refurbished Hardware Is No Deal at All
		iMacs Appreciate iCleanliness
Index
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