How to Do Everything Mac OS X Lion Edition - Softcover

Spivey, Dwight

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007177517X ISBN 13: 9780071775175

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2011

Synopsis

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Get the Most Out of Your Mac

With coverage of the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Air, and Mac mini, How to Do Everything Mac, OS X Lion Edition shows you how to configure and customize your Mac and take full advantage of all the powerful tools and capabilities. You'll learn about the new features, including Multi-Touch gestures, Mission Control, full-screen apps, Launchpad, FaceTime, and more. Hardware, networking, security, and maintenance are also discussed in this practical guide.

• Interact with your Mac using Multi-Touch gestures
• View your system from Mission Control
• Connect to the Internet and explore with Safari
• Video chat with FaceTime
• Stay in touch and on schedule with Mail, Address Book, iCal, and iChat
• Browse and download content from the Mac App Store
• Access your apps from Launchpad and view them full-screen
• Use iWork for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
• Stay entertained with QuickTime, iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie
• Sync data with your iPod, iPad, or iPhone
• Set up a wired or wireless network
• Connect external devices via USB and FireWire
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and back up your Mac

Dwight Spivey is a product manager for Konica Minolta. He has worked with the Mac since 1996, is a member of the Apple Developer Connection, and stays up to date on all Mac technical issues. Dwight is the author of iPhone & iPod touch QuickSteps and many other Mac-related titles.

About this title

About the Author:

Dwight Spivey is a Level III Software Engineer for Konica Minolta. He handles the company's Mac maintenance and troubleshooting, is a Mac OS X beta tester for Apple, and stays up to date on all Mac technical issues. Dwight teaches classes on Mac usage and writes training materials and documentation for the support group regarding installation, use, and troubleshooting for the Mac, Linux, and Windows environments. This is his eighth book.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 007177517X
• ISBN 13: 9780071775175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 560