MacBook For Dummies

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 6
Foolish Assumptions......Page 12
About This Book......Page 13
Icons Used in This Book......Page 14
Where to Go from Here......Page 15
Part 1 Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!......Page 16
Chapter 1 Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need......Page 18
An Overview of Your Mac Laptop......Page 19
Meet the MacBooks......Page 26
Location, Location, Location!......Page 31
Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop......Page 32
An Overview of Mac Software Goodness......Page 34
Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants......Page 37
Chapter 2 Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse......Page 40
Tales of the On Button......Page 41
Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy Laptop......Page 42
You Won’t Lecture Me about Batteries, Will You?......Page 43
Setting Up and Registering Your Laptop......Page 45
Importing Stuff from Another Mac......Page 48
Importing Stuff from Windows (If You Must)......Page 50
Chapter 3 The MacBook Owner’s Introduction to macOS High Sierra......Page 52
Your Own Personal Operating System......Page 53
Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons?......Page 58
Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb......Page 61
Performing Tricks with Finder Windows......Page 65
Juggling Folders and Icons......Page 69
Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune......Page 76
Home, Sweet Home Folder......Page 78
Working with Mission Control, Spaces, and Dashboard......Page 80
Personalizing Your Desktop......Page 83
Customizing the Dock......Page 85
What’s with the Trash?......Page 88
All You Really Need to Know about Printing......Page 89
And Just in Case You Need Help . . .......Page 91
Part 2 Shaking Hands with macOS High Sierra......Page 94
Chapter 4 What’s New in macOS High Sierra?......Page 96
Under the Hood: The New Apple File System......Page 97
Adding Functionality to Photos......Page 98
Improved Siri to the Rescue......Page 99
Sharing the Joy of iCloud Drive......Page 100
Away with Autoplay Videos!......Page 101
Chapter 5 A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences......Page 102
An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less......Page 103
Locating That Certain Special Setting......Page 105
Popular Preferences Panes Explained......Page 106
Chapter 6 Sifting Through Your Stuff......Page 122
Doing a Basic Search......Page 123
How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do......Page 125
Expanding Your Search Horizons......Page 127
Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste......Page 129
Chapter 7 Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps......Page 132
Remind Me to Use Reminders......Page 133
Taking Notes the High Sierra Way......Page 136
Staying Current with Notification Center......Page 137
Introducing the Maps Application......Page 140
Switching Views in Maps......Page 142
Getting Directions Over Yonder......Page 143
Part 3 Connecting and Communicating......Page 146
Chapter 8 Let’s Go on Safari!......Page 148
Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing......Page 149
Visiting Websites......Page 150
Navigating the Web......Page 152
Setting Up Your Home Page......Page 155
Adding and Using Bookmarks......Page 156
Working with the Reading List......Page 158
Downloading Files......Page 159
Using History......Page 160
Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends......Page 161
Printing Web Pages......Page 163
Protecting Your Privacy......Page 164
Chapter 9 iCloud Is Made for MacBooks......Page 168
So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway?......Page 169
Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents......Page 170
Putting Handoff to Work......Page 171
Configuring iCloud......Page 172
Managing Your iCloud Storage......Page 174
Chapter 10 Your Laptop Goes Multiuser......Page 176
Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale)......Page 177
Big-Shot Administrator Stuff......Page 178
Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop......Page 191
Chapter 11 Working Well with Networks......Page 198
What Exactly Is the Network Advantage?......Page 199
Should You Go Wired or Wireless?......Page 200
Be a Pal: Share Your Internet!......Page 202
What Do I Need to Connect?......Page 203
Connecting to the Network......Page 212
USE YOUR FIREWALL!......Page 216
Part 4 Living the iLife......Page 220
Chapter 12 The Multimedia Joy of iTunes......Page 222
What Can I Play on iTunes?......Page 223
Playing an Audio CD......Page 224
Playing Digital Audio Files......Page 225
Watching Video......Page 230
Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists......Page 231
Know Your Songs......Page 233
Ripping Audio Files......Page 235
Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears......Page 236
A New Kind of Radio Station......Page 237
iTunes and iCloud Together......Page 239
iSending iStuff to iPod, iPhone, and iPad......Page 240
Sharing Your Media Across Your Network......Page 241
Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles......Page 242
Exercising Parental Authority......Page 244
Buying Digital Media the Apple Way......Page 246
Delving into Photos......Page 248
Working with Images in Photos......Page 251
Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece......Page 264
Exploring iCloud Photo Library......Page 268
Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing to Work......Page 269
Chapter 14 Making Film History with iMovie......Page 272
Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window......Page 273
Importing the Building Blocks......Page 276
Building the Cinematic Basics......Page 282
Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer......Page 288
Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others......Page 290
Chapter 15 Recording Your Hits with GarageBand......Page 292
Shaking Hands with Your Band......Page 293
Composing Made Easy......Page 295
Sharing Your Songs......Page 306
Part 5 Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook......Page 310
Chapter 16 Desktop Publishing with Pages......Page 312
Creating a New Pages Document......Page 313
Saving Your Work......Page 314
Touring the Pages Window......Page 315
Using Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes......Page 316
The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste......Page 317
Formatting Text the Easy Way......Page 318
Adding a Spiffy Table......Page 319
Adding Alluring Photos......Page 320
Adding a Background Shape......Page 321
Printing Your Pages Documents......Page 322
Sharing That Poster with Others......Page 323
Chapter 17 Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers......Page 324
Creating a New Numbers Document......Page 325
Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File......Page 326
Save Those Spreadsheets!......Page 327
Exploring the Numbers Window......Page 328
Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet......Page 329
Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet......Page 330
Selecting the Correct Number Format......Page 331
Aligning Cell Text Just So......Page 332
Formatting with Shading......Page 333
The Formula Is Your Friend......Page 334
Adding Visual Punch with a Chart......Page 336
Printing Your Spreadsheet......Page 337
Chapter 18 Building Presentations with Keynote......Page 340
Creating a New Keynote Project......Page 341
Opening a Keynote Presentation......Page 342
Putting Keynote to Work......Page 343
Working with Text, Shapes and Graphics Boxes......Page 345
Adding and Editing Slide Text......Page 346
Using Presenter’s Notes in Your Project......Page 347
Every Good Presentation Needs Media......Page 348
Creating Your Keynote Slideshow......Page 349
Printing Your Slides and Notes......Page 350
Chapter 19 When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad......Page 354
Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech!......Page 355
Step-by-Step Laptop Troubleshooting......Page 356
Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work......Page 367
And Now. . . Windows?......Page 368
Chapter 20 Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop......Page 372
More Memory Will Help......Page 373
Considering a Hard Drive Upgrade?......Page 378
A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons......Page 381
Chapter 21 Tackling the Housekeeping......Page 384
Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits......Page 385
Backing Up Your Treasure......Page 389
Automating Those Mundane Chores......Page 393
Updating macOS Automatically......Page 396
Part 6 The Part of Tens......Page 398
Chapter 22 Ten Laptop Rules to Follow......Page 400
Maximize Your RAM......Page 401
Keepeth Thy Drive Encrypted......Page 402
Disable Your Wireless......Page 403
Take a Surge Protector with You......Page 404
Use an External Keyboard and Mouse......Page 405
Not Again! What Is It with You and Backing Up?......Page 406
Chapter 23 Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague......Page 408
Phishing Operations......Page 409
Oddly Shaped Optical Discs......Page 410
Antiquated Utility Software......Page 411
The Forbidden Account......Page 412
Unsecured Wireless Connections......Page 413
Dirty Laptops......Page 414
Index......Page 416
EULA......Page 0