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MacBook For Dummies, 8th Edition

Author Mark L. Chambers
Release Date: 2019/11/01
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Get to know and love your MacBook better than ever!

So sleek, so cool. From the moment you slid it from the box, you wanted to learn as much as you possibly could about your new device. Whether you’re a newbie or a Mac veteran, you’ll find all you need right here—from initial set-up and customization to working with iCloud and the latest macOS features and apps—making it easy for you to accomplish everything you want with your MacBook.

Mac guru Mark L. Chambers is your friendly expert guide, walking you through the all the basics, including desktop navigation, file storage and security, and general maintenance, before showing you the more creative stuff like music and iMovie, as well as how to troubleshoot with ease. In this revised edition, he’s also included extensive updates on the latest generation of MacBooks, letting you know what’s changed and how you can use the most recent apps for enhancing your professional and creative output. 

  • Explore the latest macOS
  • Increase your productivity and creativity with the newest apps
  • Be an artist with Photos and iMovie
  • Easily use your MacBook on the go, from work, to school, to client sites

Whatever cool thing you want to do with your MacBook, this book makes it easy to make it even cooler—so get started today!

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
    1. Foolish Assumptions
    2. About This Book
    3. Icons Used in This Book
    4. Beyond the Book
    5. Where to Go from Here
  3. Part 1: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!
    1. Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need
      1. An Overview of Your Mac Laptop
      2. Meet the MacBooks
      3. Location, Location, Location!
      4. Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop
      5. Great — a Lecture about Handling My Laptop
      6. An Overview of Mac Software Goodness
      7. Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants
    2. Chapter 2: Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse
      1. Tales of the On Button
      2. Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy Laptop
      3. You Won’t Lecture Me about Batteries, Will You?
      4. Setting Up and Registering Your Laptop
      5. Importing Stuff from Another Mac
      6. Importing Stuff from Windows (If You Must)
    3. Chapter 3: The MacBook Owner’s Introduction to macOS Catalina
      1. Your Own Personal Operating System
      2. The Catalina Desktop
      3. Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons?
      4. Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb
      5. Performing Tricks with Finder Windows
      6. Juggling Folders and Icons
      7. Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune
      8. Home, Sweet Home Folder
      9. Working with Mission Control
      10. Switching Desktops with Spaces
      11. Personalizing Your Desktop
      12. Customizing the Dock
      13. What’s with the Trash?
      14. All You Really Need to Know about Printing
      15. And Just in Case You Need Help …
  4. Part 2: Shaking Hands with macOS Catalina
    1. Chapter 4: What’s New in macOS Catalina?
      1. The Protected System Volume
      2. Porting iOS Applications to Catalina
      3. The Arrival of Music, TV, and Podcasts
      4. A New Home for Apple ID
      5. Extending Your MacBook with Sidecar
      6. Using Screen Time
      7. Make Unsubscribing Easy
    2. Chapter 5: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences
      1. An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less
      2. Locating That Certain Special Setting
      3. Popular Preferences Panes Explained
    3. Chapter 6: Sifting Through Your Stuff
      1. Doing a Basic Search
      2. How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do
      3. Expanding Your Search Horizons
      4. Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste
    4. Chapter 7: Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps
      1. Remind Me to Use Reminders
      2. Taking Notes the Catalina Way
      3. Staying Current with Notification Center
      4. Introducing the Maps Application
      5. Switching Views in Maps
      6. Getting Directions Over Yonder
  5. Part 3: Connecting and Communicating
    1. Chapter 8: Let’s Go on Safari!
      1. Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing
      2. Visiting Websites
      3. Navigating the Web
      4. Setting Up Your Home Page
      5. Adding and Using Bookmarks
      6. Working with the Reading List
      7. Downloading Files
      8. Using History
      9. Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends
      10. Printing Web Pages
      11. Protecting Your Privacy
    2. Chapter 9: iCloud Is Made for MacBooks
      1. So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway?
      2. Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents
      3. Putting Handoff to Work
      4. Configuring iCloud
      5. Managing Your iCloud Storage
    3. Chapter 10: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser
      1. Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale)
      2. Big-Shot Administrator Stuff
      3. Tackling Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop
    4. Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks
      1. What Exactly Is the Network Advantage?
      2. Should You Go Wired or Wireless?
      3. Be a Pal: Share Your Internet!
      4. What Do I Need to Connect?
      5. Connecting to the Network
      6. Use Your Firewall!
  6. Part 4: Living the iLife
    1. Chapter 12: The Multimedia Joys of Music and TV
      1. What Can I Play in Music?
      2. Playing an Audio CD
      3. Playing Digital Audio Files
      4. Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists
      5. Know Your Songs
      6. Ripping Audio Files
      7. Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears
      8. A New Kind of Radio Station
      9. iSending iStuff to iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad
      10. Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles
      11. Feasting on Music Visuals
      12. Exercising Parental Authority
      13. Watching Video with TV
      14. Buying Digital Media the Apple Way
    2. Chapter 13: Focusing on Photos
      1. Delving into Photos
      2. Working with Images in Photos
      3. Exploring iCloud Photos
      4. Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing to Work
    3. Chapter 14: Making Film History with iMovie
      1. Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window
      2. A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking
      3. Importing the Building Blocks
      4. Building the Cinematic Basics
      5. Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer
      6. Sharing Your Finished Classic
    4. Chapter 15: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand
      1. Shaking Hands with Your Band
      2. Composing Made Easy
      3. Sharing Your Songs
  7. Part 5: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook
    1. Chapter 16: Desktop Publishing with Pages
      1. Creating a New Pages Document
      2. Opening an Existing Pages Document
      3. Saving Your Work
      4. Touring the Pages Window
      5. Entering and Editing Text
      6. Using Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
      7. The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste
      8. Formatting Text the Easy Way
      9. Adding a Spiffy Table
      10. Adding Alluring Photos
      11. Adding a Background Shape
      12. Are You Sure About That Spelling?
      13. Printing Your Pages Documents
      14. Sharing That Poster with Others
    2. Chapter 17: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers
      1. Before You Launch Numbers …
      2. Creating a New Numbers Document
      3. Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File
      4. Save Those Spreadsheets!
      5. Exploring the Numbers Window
      6. Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet
      7. Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet
      8. Selecting the Correct Number Format
      9. Aligning Cell Text Just So
      10. Formatting with Shading
      11. Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
      12. The Formula Is Your Friend
      13. Adding Visual Punch with a Chart
      14. Printing Your Spreadsheet
    3. Chapter 18: Building Presentations with Keynote
      1. Creating a New Keynote Project
      2. Opening a Keynote Presentation
      3. Saving Your Presentation
      4. Putting Keynote to Work
      5. Adding Slides
      6. Working with Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
      7. Adding and Editing Slide Text
      8. Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look
      9. Using Presenter’s Notes in Your Project
      10. Every Good Presentation Needs Media
      11. Adding a Background Shape
      12. Creating Your Keynote Slideshow
      13. Printing Your Slides and Notes
    4. Chapter 19: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad
      1. Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech!
      2. Step-by-Step Laptop Troubleshooting
      3. Using Mark’s MacBook Troubleshooting Tree
      4. Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work
      5. And Now … Windows?
    5. Chapter 20: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop
      1. More Memory Will Help
      2. Considering an Internal Drive Upgrade?
      3. A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons
    6. Chapter 21: Tackling the Housekeeping
      1. Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits
      2. Backing Up Your Treasure
      3. Maintaining Drive Health
      4. Automating Those Mundane Chores
      5. Updating macOS Automatically
  8. Part 6: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 22: Ten Laptop Rules to Follow
      1. Keep Your Laptop in a Bag
      2. Maximize Your RAM
      3. Keep Tabs on Your MacBook
      4. Keepeth Thy Drive Encrypted
      5. Brand Your MacBook
      6. Disable Your Wireless
      7. Take a Surge Protector with You
      8. Use Power-Saving Features
      9. Use an External Keyboard and Mouse
      10. Not Again! What Is It with You and Backing Up?
    2. Chapter 23: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague
      1. USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Storage Devices
      2. Phishing Operations
      3. Oddly Shaped Optical Discs
      4. Submerged Keyboards
      5. Antiquated Utility Software
      6. Software Piracy
      7. The Forbidden Account
      8. Unsecured Wireless Connections
      9. Refurbished Hardware
      10. Dirty Laptops
  9. Index
  10. About the Authors
  11. Connect with Dummies
  12. End User License Agreement