Macs For Dummies
9th Edition
Published on 22. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-470-04849-8 (ISBN)
Description
* This evergreen bestseller has been updated to cover the new Intel-based Macs, Mac OS X Tiger, and the latest Mac tools and trends
* Rewritten from scratch by USA Today Personal Technology columnist Edward Baig, a longtime technology writer who appears regularly on TV, radio, and at major industry trade shows
* Covers Mac basics, customizing a workspace, getting acquainted with Mac OS X, going online, working with iLife applications, setting up e-mail, connecting an iPod to a Mac, turning a Mac into a fax machine, troubleshooting, security, and more
* Sales of Macs rose from 3.3 million in 2004 to 4.5 million in 2005-an increase of 38 percent
* Rewritten from scratch by USA Today Personal Technology columnist Edward Baig, a longtime technology writer who appears regularly on TV, radio, and at major industry trade shows
* Covers Mac basics, customizing a workspace, getting acquainted with Mac OS X, going online, working with iLife applications, setting up e-mail, connecting an iPod to a Mac, turning a Mac into a fax machine, troubleshooting, security, and more
* Sales of Macs rose from 3.3 million in 2004 to 4.5 million in 2005-an increase of 38 percent
Reviews / Votes
"For anyone new to Mac...Mac for Dummies is a must buy." ( geekanoids.co.uk, December 2006) "...fun to read" (Micromart.co.uk, 8th September 2008)More details
Edition
9., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Weight
589 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-04849-8 (9780470048498)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Edward C. Baig
Macs For Dummies
Book
11/2008
10th Edition
Wiley
€20.90
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Person
Edward C. Baig writes a weekly technology column for USA TODAY and is co-host of the weekly USA TODAY's Talking Tech podcast. He also contributes other tech-related features, appears on radio and TV, and often moderates technology panels at trade shows.
Content
Introduction.Part I: Freshman Year at Drag-and-Drop Tech.Chapter 1: Adventuring into the Mac World.Chapter 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Mac.Chapter 3: Getting to the Core of the Apple.Chapter 4: Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac.Part II: Mac Daily Dealings.Chapter 5: Making the Mac Your Own.Chapter 6: Apple's Feline Fetish.Chapter 7: Handling All That Busy Work.Chapter 8: Printing and Faxing.Part III: Rocketing into Cyberspace.Chapter 9: Stairway to the Internet.Chapter 10: Going Postal over E-Mail.Chapter 11: Caught Up in the Web.Chapter 12: Joining .Mac, the Club That Will Have You for a Member.Chapter 13: Mounting a Defense Strategy.Part IV: Getting an iLife.Chapter 14: Living in an iTunes Nation.Chapter 15: Taking an iPhoto Close-Up.Chapter 16: Shooting an iMovie Screen Test.Chapter 17: The Show Must Go On.Part V: The Creepy Geeky Section.Chapter 18: Networking Madness.Chapter 19: Surviving in a Windows World.Chapter 20: Handling Trouble in Paradise.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 21: Ten Clever Dashboard Widgets.Chapter 22: Ten Indispensable Mac Web Sites.Chapter 23: Ten Things to Leave You With.Index.