Macs For Seniors For Dummies E-Book

Mark L. Chambers

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Seitenzahl: 355

Beschreibung

You're never too old to fall in love--with your Mac! You took a while, but you are now the proud owner of your firstMac computer. Macs For Seniors For Dummies is just for you.This friendly, accessible guide walks you through choosing a Macand learning how to use it. You'll find yourself falling head overheels for your Mac in no time. Macs For Seniors For Dummies introduces you to all thebasics that you need to know: turning the Mac on and gettingconnected; using the keyboard and mouse; working with files andfolders; navigate around the Mac desktop and OS X Lion; setting upan Internet connection and e-mail; and much more. * Shows Mac newbies how to surf safely with Safari, video chatwith FaceTime, and connect with friends and family online * Covers choosing the Mac that's right for you, setting it up,running programs and managing files, and hooking up a printer * Features ways to have some fun, too, with digital photos andvideos, music, movies, games, apps, and more * Includes tips on troubleshooting and taking care of yourMac Your Mac can do so much more than you ever imagined and MacsFor Seniors For Dummies shows you how!

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Macs For Seniors For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

What’s Truly Required

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Buying and Setting Up Your Mac

Part II: Getting Started with Your Mac

Part III: Having Fun and Getting Things Done with Software

Part IV: Exploring the Internet

Part V: Taking Care of Your Computer

Get Going!

A Final Word

Part I: Buying and Setting Up Your Mac

Chapter 1: Buying a Mac

Know What Your Mac Can Do

Understand Hardware and Software

Choose a Desktop or Laptop

Know How Much Computing Power Is Too Much

Choose a Price Range

Select a Monitor

Compare Processors, Memory, and Hard Drives

Decide Which Software You Want

Buy Online or at the Apple Store

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Mac

Choose a Location for Your New Mac

Unpack Your New Mac

Get Power

Figure Out Ports

Access the Internet

Use Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor

Use Your Mouse

Turn On Your Mac and Run Mac OS X Setup

Change Your Account Password

Add Another Account to Your System

Switch between Accounts

Set Your Mac’s Date and Time

Turn Off Your Mac

Part II: Getting Started with Your Mac

Chapter 3: Getting Around the Mac Desktop

Tour the Desktop

Discover the Finder

Use the Lion Icons

Open and Switch Programs from the Dock

Run Programs from the Hard Drive

Add Favorite Programs (And More) to the Dock

Stack Files or Folders on the Dock

Change the Dock Size and Location

Empty the Trash

Display the Dashboard and Widgets

Search Your Mac with Spotlight

View the Finder in Icon View

List Finder Items in List View

See Items in Column View

Surf Items in Flow View

Open Windows

Use Mission Control to Switch Windows

Scroll Windows

Minimize and Restore Windows

Zoom Windows

Move and Resize Windows

Close Windows

Close Programs

Chapter 4: Customizing Lion

Fine-Tune Lion

Change the Desktop Background

Change the Desktop Color Scheme

Select a Screen Saver

Customize the Keyboard

Organize Icons on the Desktop

Customize Your Pointing Device

Set Your Screen for Maximum Visibility

Use the Universal Access Tools

Replace Sounds with Visual Cues

Set Up Speech Recognition

Customize Speech Recognition Settings

Chapter 5: Working with Files and Folders

Store Files on Your Mac

Organize Files with Folders

Open Files and Folders

View Documents with Quick Look

View Images and PDF Documents with Preview

Create a Link to a File or Folder

Launch Recently Used Documents and Programs

Select Items

Create Folders

Rename Items

Delete Items You No Longer Need

Copy Files and Folders

Move Things from Place to Place

Back Up to CD or DVD

Chapter 6: Working with Printers, Scanners, and Faxes

Add a USB Printer to Your System

Print a File

Choose a Default Printer

Remove a Printer

Create a PDF Document

Install a USB Scanner

Send a Fax

Chapter 7: Getting Help

Explore the Help Window

Search Help

Find Help in the Apple Forums

Share Screens

Search Other Mac Support Resources

Part III: Having Fun and Getting Things Done with Software

Chapter 8: Creating Documents with Pages

Create a New Pages Document

Open an Existing Pages Document

Type and Edit Text within Pages

Cut Text

Copy Text

Paste from the Clipboard

Format Text with Panache

Insert Tables

Add Photos

Resize an Image

Add a Shape to the Document Background

Check Your Spelling

Find and Replace Text

Print Documents

Save Your Work

Close a Document

Chapter 9: Working with Numbers and Finances

Understand Spreadsheets

Create a New Spreadsheet

Open an Existing Spreadsheet

Navigate and Select Cells in a Spreadsheet

Enter and Edit Data in a Spreadsheet

Choose a Number Format

Change the Cell Text Alignment

Change Character Formatting

Format with Shading

Insert and Delete Rows and Columns

Add Simple Calculations

Insert Charts

Save Your Work

Chapter 10: Get the Most from Movies and Digital Photos

Play Movies with DVD Player

Upload Photos from Your Digital Camera

Display a Digital Image in iPhoto

Tag Your Photos with Keywords

Organize Photos in Albums

Put Events to Work

Create a Slide Show

Edit Photos with Panache

Add Photos to Your E-Mail

Chapter 11: Enjoying Music, Video, and Podcasts

Set Up Speakers

Control the Volume

Add Music from a CD to iTunes

Play an Audio CD in iTunes

Play Digital Music, Video, and Podcasts in iTunes

Create and Use an iTunes Playlist

Burn an Audio CD in iTunes

Watch Visualizations

Find and Buy Music, Video, Audiobooks, and Podcasts at the iTunes Store

Play Online Radio Stations

Chapter 12: Playing Games in Lion

Play Chess

Play the Tile Game Widget

Install New Widget Games from Apple

Download New Games from Apple

Play Games Online

Part IV: Exploring the Internet

Chapter 13: Understanding Internet Basics

Understand How the Internet Works

Explore Internet Connections

Set Up a Broadband Internet Connection

Set Up a Wireless Internet Connection

Set Up a Dial-up Connection

Find Out about iCloud

Keep Your Mac Secure Online

Know the Antivirus Basics

Follow Common Sense: Things Not to Do Online

Chapter 14: Browsing the Web with Safari

Visit a Website

Navigate the Web

Search the Web

Find Content on a Web Page

Add Pages to the Reading List

Set Up a Home Page

Bookmark a Website

Organize Bookmarks

View Your Browsing History

Use Tabs

Download Files

Keep Your Finances Safe Online

Delete Cache and History Files

Delete Cookie Files

Delete the Safari Download History

Print a Web Page

Chapter 15: Keeping in Touch by E-Mail

Set Up an Internet E-Mail Account

Set Up an Apple Mail Account

Get to Know Apple Mail

Manage E-Mail Accounts

Read and Delete E-Mail

Reply to a Message

Create and Send E-Mail

Send an Attachment

Save an Attachment That You Receive

Format E-Mail Messages

Add Address Book Contacts

Customize Apple Mail

Add a Signature to All Outgoing Messages

Use Folders

Handle Junk Mail

Chapter 16: Connecting with People Online

Check Your Equipment

Set Up iChat

Add Friends to Your iChat Buddy List

Set Your Status in iChat

Chat with a Buddy

Start an Audio Chat

Start a Video Chat

Conversing with FaceTime

Share on a Blog (An Online Journal)

Communicate on Message Forums

Network with Others

Part V: Taking Care of Your Computer

Chapter 17: Protecting Lion

Understand Computer Security

Configure and Run Software Update

Customize the Lion Firewall

Configure and Run FileVault

Configure Secure User Options

Chapter 18: Maintaining Your Mac

Scan a Drive for Errors

Fix File Permission Problems

Back Up Important Files and Folders

Remove Unnecessary Files

Cheat Sheet

Macs For Seniors For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

by Mark L. Chambers

Macs For Seniors For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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About the Author

Mark L. Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, programmer, and hardware technician for more than 25 years — pushing computers and their uses far beyond “normal” performance limits for decades now. His first love affair with a computer peripheral blossomed in 1984 when he bought his lightning-fast 300 bps modem for his Atari 400. Now he spends entirely too much time on the Internet and drinks far too much caffeine-laden soda.

With a degree in journalism and creative writing from Louisiana State University, Mark took the logical career choice: programming computers. After five years as a COBOL programmer for a hospital system, however, he decided that there must be a better way to earn a living — and he became the documentation manager for Datastorm Technologies, a well-known communications software developer. Somewhere between designing and writing software manuals, Mark began writing computer how-to books. His first book, Running a Perfect BBS, was published in 1994 — and after nearly 20 years of fun (disguised as hard work), Mark is one of the most productive and best-selling technology authors on the planet.

Along with writing several books a year and editing whatever his publishers throw at him, Mark has branched out into Web-based education, designing and teaching online classes.

His favorite pastimes include collecting gargoyles, watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball, playing his three pinball machines and the latest computer games, supercharging computers, and rendering 3D flights of fancy with DAZ Studio. And, during all that activity, he listens to just about every type of music imaginable. Mark’s worldwide Internet radio station, MLC Radio (at www.mlcbooks.com), plays only CD-quality classics from 1970 to 1979, including everything from Rush to Billy Joel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack.

Mark’s rapidly expanding list of books includes MacBook For Dummies, 3rd Edition; iMac For Dummies, 6th Edition; Mac OS X Lion All-in-One For Dummies; Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies; Scanners For Dummies, 2nd Edition; CD & DVD Recording For Dummies, 2nd Edition; PCs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 5th Edition; Mac OS X Tiger: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks; Hewlett-Packard Official Printer Handbook; Hewlett-Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook; Digital Photography Handbook; Computer Gamer’s Bible; Recordable CD Bible; Teach Yourself Visually iMac (all from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Running a Perfect BBS; Official Netscape Guide to Web Animation; Windows 98 Optimizing and Troubleshooting Little Black Book, Microsoft Office v. X for Mac Power User’s Guide; and Burn It! Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs.

Mark’s books have been translated into 16 languages so far — his favorites are German, Polish, Dutch, and French. Although he can’t read them, he enjoys the pictures immensely.

Mark welcomes all comments about his books. You can reach him at [email protected], or visit MLC Books Online, his website, at www.mlcbooks.com.

Dedication

This book is proudly dedicated to my Uncle Tuffy and my Aunt Ruby — a couple forever young and forever in love.

Author’s Acknowledgments

Leave it to my friends at Wiley to recognize that seniors deserve a well-designed guide to the Apple line of Macintosh computers — and the Mac OS X Lion operating system to boot! It’s time for me to thank the hard-working individuals who were instrumental in placing this book in your hands.

My friend Dennis Cohen (who also happens to be one of the best Mac technical editors anywhere) contributed his expert knowledge of Apple hardware and software, making sure that every step-by-step procedure and every tip is completely accurate. I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to my old friend (and ace copy editor) Teresa Artman, who kept each chapter on track, easy to read, and full of the right information.

As with every book I’ve written, I’d like to thank my wife, Anne, and my children, Erin, Chelsea, and Rose, for their support and love — and for letting me follow my dream!

Finally, two wonderful editors at Wiley deserve a special round of applause: my sharp-eyed and extremely patient project editor, Rebecca Senninger, and my acquisitions editor, Bob Woerner. A book like this one simply doesn’t become reality without their experience, guidance, and hard work, and I look forward to our next project together!

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Introduction

Conventions Used in This Book

This book contains a helpful, simple set of conventions. Here’s what you find:

The Tip icons in this book point out information you don’t want to miss.

Any text you have to type (a command that tells the computer to do something or information such as your name), appears in bold like this: Type me. Then press the Return key (on the keyboard).

When you need to perform a set of menu commands in a certain order, they appear like this: EditCopy. In this example, you click the Edit menu and then choose the Copy menu item.

When you have to tell the computer what to do — like make a word bold — you can use keyboard shortcuts instead of a menu. Keyboard shortcuts look like this: +B. You press and hold the key and then press B. (No need to press Shift to make a capital letter: Just press B or whatever.)

If I mention a specific message that appears on screen, it looks like this: This message is displayed.

Is a Macintosh the computer for you? I can unequivocally answer, “Yes!” Why am I so sure? Because Apple has been producing the best consumer computers and programs for many years now — desktops, laptops, and software that surpass anything else now offered on the market. (Yes, that includes companies you’ve heard of, such as Dell, Microsoft, and Gateway.) Macs are designed to be easy and fun to use, and computing beginners will find that Apple has a knack for writing the best personal computer software around.