MacBook For Dummies E-Book

Mark L. Chambers

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 617

Beschreibung

Brush up on the next generation of MacBooks Learning how to use a new laptop can be as challenging as trying to decipher ancient hieroglyphics--but don't let that intimidate you! MacBook For Dummies, 6th Edition is your straightforward guide to all things MacBook, including setting up and configuring your laptop, navigating your way around the desktop, familiarizing yourself with the operating system, working with files and folders, using the Finder and Finder Tabs, working with Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spaces, searching your computer with Spotlight, surfing the Internet with Safari, syncing your data with iCloud, communicating with friends and family with email, Messages, and FaceTime, discovering new apps, and creating and printing documents. Additionally, this approachable, yet comprehensive text offers insight into working with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, and more. MacBooks are incredibly popular for both their sleek, appealing hardware and easy to use, relevant software. Whether you're a PC convert or just want to brush up on the latest updates to the MacBook line, this helpful book gets you started in a snap. * Get up and running on your new MacBook by starting with the basics * Share and protect your data with insight regarding networking, sharing access and information, connecting with wireless devices, backing up and restoring your files, and troubleshooting common problems * Satisfy your hunger for entertainment with iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand * Explore both your MacBook's hardware and software, including the latest operating system, iLife, and iWork versions MacBook For Dummies, 6th Edition takes you on a tour of your next-generation MacBook, offering you the information you need to get your new laptop up and running.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Introduction

Foolish Assumptions

About This Book

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!

Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need

An Overview of Your Mac Laptop

Meet the MacBooks

Location, Location, Location!

Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop

Great, a Lecture about Handling My Laptop

An Overview of Mac Software Goodness

Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants

Chapter 2: Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse

Tales of the On Button

Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy Laptop

You Won’t Lecture Me about Batteries, Will You?

Setting Up and Registering Your Laptop

Importing Stuff from Another Mac

Importing Stuff from Windows (If You Must)

Chapter 3: The MacBook Owner’s Introduction to OS X El Capitan

Your Own Personal Operating System

Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons?

Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb

Performing Tricks with Finder Windows

Juggling Folders and Icons

Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune

Home, Sweet Home Folder

Working with Mission Control, Spaces, and Dashboard

Personalizing Your Desktop

Customizing the Dock

What’s with the Trash?

All You Really Need to Know about Printing

And Just in Case You Need Help …

Part II: Shaking Hands with OS X El Capitan

Chapter 4: What’s New in OS X El Capitan?

Hey, Did You Just Split Your View?

Lost Your Pointer? Give It a Shake!

Adding Functionality to Photos

Find My Friends Arrives in OS X

Banishing the Menu Bar

Browsing Attachments within Notes

Chapter 5: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences

An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less

Locating That Certain Special Setting

Popular Preferences Panes Explained

Chapter 6: Sifting Through Your Stuff

Doing a Basic Search

How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do

Expanding Your Search Horizons

Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste

Chapter 7: Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps

Remind Me to Use Reminders

Taking Notes the El Capitan Way

Staying Current with Notification Center

Introducing the Maps Application

Switching Views in Maps

Getting Directions Over Yonder

Part III: Connecting and Communicating

Chapter 8: Let’s Go on Safari!

Pretend 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 and Shared Links

Downloading Files

Using Subscriptions and History

Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends

Printing Web Pages

Protecting Your Privacy

Chapter 9: iCloud Is Made for MacBooks

So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway?

Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents

Putting Handoff to Work

Configuring iCloud

Managing Your iCloud Storage

Chapter 10: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser

Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale)

Big-Shot Administrator Stuff

Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop

Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks

What Exactly Is the Network Advantage?

Should You Go Wired or Wireless?

Be a Pal: Share Your Internet!

What Do I Need to Connect?

Connecting to the Network

USE YOUR FIREWALL!

Part IV: Living the iLife

Chapter 12: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes

What Can I Play on iTunes?

Playing an Audio CD

Playing Digital Audio Files

Watching Video

Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists

Know Your Songs

Ripping Audio Files

Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears

A New Kind of 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 13: Focusing on Photos

Delving into Photos

Working with Images in Photos

Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece

Introducing iCloud Photo Library

Putting My Photo Stream and Shared Albums to Work

Chapter 14: Making Film History with iMovie

Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window

A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking

Importing the Building Blocks

Building the Cinematic Basics

Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer

Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others

Chapter 15: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand

Shaking Hands with Your Band

Composing Made Easy

Sharing Your Songs

Part V: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook

Chapter 16: 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 and Graphics Boxes

The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste

Formatting Text the Easy Way

Adding a Spiffy Table

Adding Alluring Photos

Adding a Background Shape

Are You Sure about That Spelling?

Printing Your Pages Documents

Sharing That Poster with Others

Chapter 17: 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 18: 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 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

Chapter 19: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad

Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech!

Step-by-Step Laptop Troubleshooting

Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work

Chapter 20: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop

More Memory Will Help

Considering a Hard Drive Upgrade?

A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons

Chapter 21: Tackling the Housekeeping

Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits

Backing Up Your Treasure

Maintaining Hard Drive Health

Automating Those Mundane Chores

Updating OS X Automatically

Part VI: The Part of Tens

Chapter 22: Top Ten Laptop Rules to Follow

Keep Your Laptop in a Bag

Maximize Your RAM

Install a Tracker Application

Keepeth Thy Drive Encrypted

Brand Your MacBook

Disable Your Wireless

Take a Surge Protector with You

Use Power-Saving Features

Use an External Keyboard and Mouse

Not Again! What Is It with You and Backing Up?

Chapter 23: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague

USB 1.1 Storage Devices

Phishing Operations

Oddly Shaped Optical Discs

Submerged Keyboards

Antiquated Utility Software

Software Piracy

The Forbidden Account

Unsecured Wireless Connections

Refurbished Hardware

Dirty Laptops

About the Author

Cheat Sheet

Connect with Dummies

End User License Agreement

Guide

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Introduction

Laptop owners are special people.

You see, a laptop owner demands everything from a computer that a desktop owner does: reliability, performance, expandability, and ease of use. Owners of Mac Pro, Mac mini, and iMac desktop computers can draw the line right there, because their computers are designed for a stationary existence. But you and I are laptop owners. We also need that same computer to be an inch thick (or less). We demand that it run for hours on a single battery charge. We require that it be light as a feather. We want to conquer the coffee shop, the library, and even a lecture hall or two!

Today’s Apple laptops deliver all that and more. If you’ve bought one of these modern masterpieces — or you’re thinking about it — I applaud your good taste, common sense, and discerning eye. Apple laptops have everything: super performance, a top-shelf LED screen, rugged reliability, and a trouble-free, powerful operating system. Heck, your Intel-based Apple laptop can even run — wait for it — Windows 7, 8, or 10. (If you absolutely have to, the option is there.)

I wrote this book for myself — and for every other Apple laptop owner who wants to become a laptop techno-wizard. In these pages, you find a guide to both your laptop’s hardware and OS X El Capitan, the latest version of Apple’s superb operating system. After I cover the basics that every laptop owner should know, you find out how to accomplish all sorts of cutting-edge audio, visual, and Internet projects. (Oh, and if you already have another of my books, you know that I don’t skimp on the power-user tips and tricks that save you time, effort, and money.)

Foolish Assumptions

So who is the target audience for this book? As in past editions, I make no assumptions about your previous knowledge of computers and software. I figure you’ve either just bought a MacBook or you’re considering buying one. Perhaps you’ve found a bargain on a gently used older MacBook, and you need guidance as you learn the ropes. Those are the only assumptions I make. And unlike other books that require a lot of technical expertise to understand, this book’s only requirement is your desire to become a Mac laptop power user (someone who produces the best work in the least amount of time and has the most fun doing it)!

By the way, if your friends and family predicted that you’ll spend half your life savings on software — or that no “decent” software is available for Mac computers — just smile quietly to yourself! The MacBook comes complete with as much software as any Windows box, and the free applications bundled with your MacBook are better than anything available on a PC!

This book was written using one of the latest Intel quad-core MacBook models, so owners of older Mac laptops might not be able to follow along with everything I cover. However, if you’ve upgraded an older MacBook with OS X El Capitan, you should be able to use most of this book with no problem.

About This Book

In writing about the MacBook, I’ve kept one precept firmly in mind: OS X El Capitan, the operating system you’ll run, is just as important as the laptop itself. Therefore, you’ll find that MacBook For Dummies is just as much about familiarizing you with all the software you get as it is with introducing you to hardware features like the keyboard and trackpad. After all, it’s relatively easy to connect a power cable and turn on any new computer. What comes next is the challenging part!

As in my other For Dummies titles, I respect and use the same everyday language you do, avoiding jargon, ridiculous computer acronyms, and confusing techno-babble whenever possible.

If you’re upgrading from a PC running the Windows operating system, I’ve got tips, tricks, and entire sections devoted to those hardy pioneers called Switchers. You discover both the similarities and differences between your MacBook running El Capitan and a PC running Windows. I also show you how to make the switch as easily and quickly as possible.

A word about the conventions I use: Even with an absolute minimum of techno-speak, this book needs to cover the keys you have to press or menu commands you have to choose to make things work. Therefore, please keep in mind this short list of conventions as you read:

Stuff you type:

If I ask you to type (or enter) something, such as in a text box or field, that text appears in bold, like this:

Type me.

You usually have to press Return before anything happens.

Menu commands:

I list menu paths and commands using another format. For example, this instruction indicates that you should click the Edit menu and then choose the Copy menu item:

Edit ⇒ Copy

Web addresses:

No up-to-date book on a computer would be complete without a bag full of web addresses for you to check out. When you see these in the text, they look like this:

www.mlcbooks.com

. (By the way, that website does exist. You’re always welcome to check out my little acre of web space!)

For the technically curious:

Your MacBook is an elegant and sophisticated machine, and as easy to use as a computer can be. But from time to time, you may be curious about the technical details that surround your hardware and software. (Perhaps you disassembled alarm clocks as a kid, like I did.) Techie stuff is denoted with a margin icon, as discussed in the next section. You don’t have to read the technical notes unless you want to know what makes things tick. (Pun by sheer accident.)

Icons Used in This Book

Like other technology authors, I firmly believe that important nuggets of wisdom should stand out on the page! With that in mind, this For Dummies book includes a number of margin icons for certain situations:

This is the most popular icon in the book. You find it parked next to suggestions I make to save you time and effort (and even cash!).

You don’t have to know this information, but the technologically curious love high-tech details. (Of course, we’re great fun at parties, too.)

Always read this information before you take action! I’m discussing something that could actually harm your hardware or throw a plumber’s helper into your software.

Consider these nuggets to be highlighter stuff — not quite as universally accepted (or as important to the author) as a Mark’s Maxim (described next), but good reminders nonetheless. I use this icon to reinforce what you should remember.

These gold-plated, cream-of-the-crop truisms are easily spotted: Just look for the likeness of my rugged, MacBook-lovin’ mug. These are MFRs (short for My Favorite Recommendations). In fact, I’ll bet just about any MacBook power user would tell you the same. Follow my Maxims to avoid the quicksand and pitfalls I’ve encountered with all sorts of Macs for almost three decades.™

Beyond the Book

Thanks to my hard-working good friends at Wiley, a ton of extra content accompanies this book. Fire up your Safari browser and go online to find the following:

Cheat Sheet:

I’ve created a number of Cheat Sheet pages that cover things like common keystrokes and maintenance procedures that every MacBook owner should follow on a regular basis. You’ll find them on the web at

www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/macbook

.

Dummies.com online articles:

At the beginning of each major part of the book, you’ll find a link to Dummies.com and articles that extend the content covered in this book. This additional content includes all sorts of different topics: tips on using Photo Booth, a discussion of the effectiveness of reinstalling OS X, making a call with FaceTime, streaming music with AirPlay, and even my history of Data Elves! (You’ll have to read online to learn more about the Elves.) These articles also appear on the book’s Extras page (

www.dummies.com/extras/macbook

).

Bonus chapters:

If you’re dying to find out how to share data among wireless devices via Bluetooth technology, check out the handy Bluetooth bonus chapter at the Wiley website (

www.dummies.com/extras/macbook

) or at my website (

www.mlcbooks.com

). You’ll also find a spiffy bonus chapter dedicated to running Windows on your MacBook using Boot Camp.

Updates to this book, if we have any, are at

www.dummies.com/extras/macbook

Where to Go from Here

Each chapter is a reference for a specific hardware or software topic. As fruit of the hard work of my editors, you can begin reading anywhere you like, because each chapter is self-contained. However, if you want to get the most out of this tome (and your MacBook experience), there’s nothing wrong with reading this book from front to back. I warn you, however, that J. K. Rowling and Stephen King have nothing to fear from my no-frills prose!

Time for the first Mark’s Maxim in this book:

Take your time. After all, learning how to use your MacBook isn’t a race. And don’t worry if you’re not a graphic artist, professional photographer, or video editor. With your Mac laptop and its software, you don’t have to be!™

Part I

Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!

Visit www.dummies.com for more great For Dummies content online.

In this part …

Tour the features of your MacBook and OS X El Capitan.

Compare the different MacBook models.

Unpack and set up your MacBook.

Maintain your laptop’s battery The Right Way.

Familiarize yourself with the basics of OS X.

Chapter 1

Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need

In This Chapter

Identifying the important parts of your Mac laptop

Comparing the different MacBook models

Finding the best location for your computer

Unpacking, plugging in stuff, and getting hooked up

Playing with your bundled software

Buying additional stuff you might need