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End User License Agreement
by Mark L. Chambers
MacBook For Dummies, 8th Edition
Cover
Introduction
Foolish Assumptions
About This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: 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 macOS Catalina
Your Own Personal Operating System
The Catalina Desktop
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
Switching Desktops with Spaces
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 2: Shaking Hands with macOS Catalina
Chapter 4: What’s New in macOS Catalina?
The Protected System Volume
Porting iOS Applications to Catalina
The Arrival of Music, TV, and Podcasts
A New Home for Apple ID
Extending Your MacBook with Sidecar
Using Screen Time
Make Unsubscribing Easy
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 Catalina Way
Staying Current with Notification Center
Introducing the Maps Application
Switching Views in Maps
Getting Directions Over Yonder
Part 3: 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
Downloading Files
Using 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
Tackling 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 4: Living the iLife
Chapter 12: The Multimedia Joys of Music and TV
What Can I Play in Music?
Playing an Audio CD
Playing Digital Audio Files
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
iSending iStuff to iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad
Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles
Feasting on Music Visuals
Exercising Parental Authority
Watching Video with TV
Buying Digital Media the Apple Way
Chapter 13: Focusing on Photos
Delving into Photos
Working with Images in Photos
Exploring iCloud Photos
Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing 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
Chapter 15: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand
Shaking Hands with Your Band
Composing Made Easy
Sharing Your Songs
Part 5: Getting Productive and Maintaining Your MacBook
Chapter 16: Desktop Publishing with Pages
Creating a New Pages Document
Opening an Existing Pages Document
Saving Your Work
Touring the Pages Window
Entering and Editing Text
Using Text, Shapes, 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, Shapes, 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
Using Mark’s MacBook Troubleshooting Tree
Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work
And Now … Windows?
Chapter 20: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop
More Memory Will Help
Considering an Internal Drive Upgrade?
A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons
Chapter 21: Tackling the Housekeeping
Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits
Backing Up Your Treasure
Maintaining Drive Health
Automating Those Mundane Chores
Updating macOS Automatically
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 22: Ten Laptop Rules to Follow
Keep Your Laptop in a Bag
Maximize Your RAM
Keep Tabs on Your MacBook
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 and USB 2.0 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
Index
About the Authors
Connect with Dummies
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