Imac Portable Genius

Get to know the newest iMac, including OS X Mountain Lion Completely updated to cover the latest iMac, the new edition of this savvy guide is just what you need to get the most out of your cool new computer. Veteran author Guy Hart-Davis reveals all the best tricks and tips, as he shows you how to set up and customize your iMac and get every bit of fun and smarts out of iLife, the Magic Mouse, OS X Mountain Lion, and more. Packed with useful tidbits, full-color screenshots, and great advice, iMac Portable Genius, Fourth Edition is the perfect guide, whether you're switching from an older Mac or migrating from a Windows PC. Explores the best ways to get the very most out of your new iMac, whether you're switching from an older Mac or migrating from a Windows PC Highlights all the latest bells and whistles, including OS X Mountain Lion, the new Magic Mouse, iLife applications, and more Covers troubleshooting and maintaining your iMac and its related hardware and software Get the most accessible, useful information possible on your new iMac with iMac Portable Genius, Fourth Edition.

You’re one of the legions of fans who enjoy the ease and simplicity of the Mac. But some functions still elude you. How do you synch your Mac with other devices? What are the best ways to organize your life and files with your Mac? Can you get more from your Mac hardware or upgrade it? The Portable Genius is here to help. With expert advice and a Mac-savvy attitude, the Macs Portable Genius guides you through getting the most out of your Mac. From the Introduction: "Welcome to Macs Portable Genius. This book is like a mini Genius Bar all wrapped up in an easy to use, easy to access, and eminently portable format. In this book you learn how to get more out of your Mac by learning how to access all the really powerful and timesaving features that aren’t obvious at a casual glance. In this book you learn how to avoid your Mac’s more annoying character traits and, in those cases where such behavior can’t be avoided, you learn how to work around it. In this book you learn how to prevent Mac problems from occurring, and just in case your preventative measures are for naught, you learn how to fix many common problems yourself. This book is for Mac users who know the basics but want to take their Mac education to a higher level. It’s a book for people who want to be more productive, more efficient, more creative, and more self-sufficient (at least as far as their Mac goes, anyway). It’s a book for people who use a Mac every day, but would like to incorporate that Mac into more of their day-to-day activities. It’s a book for people who pooh-pooh the notion that Mac users are a cult, but if someone decided to start an actual Mac cult, they’d join anyway. It’s a book I had a blast writing, so I think it’s a book you’ll enjoy reading."

Cool and useful tips, full-color screenshots, and savvy advice show you how to get the most out of your iMac. You’ll discover exactly what the Apple remote is capable of, how to set up your iMac so that it’s customized for multiple users, and all there is to know about Mac OS X’s built-in organizational tools. This indispensable guide ramps up the pace and offers you easy-to-access shortcuts so you can start enjoying your iMac to the max.

The most up-to-date coverage on the latest iMac advice, tools, and shortcuts Cool and useful tips, full-color screenshots, and savvy advice show you how to get the most out of your iMac. Fully updated to cover the iMac's latest features and capabilities, this guide is packed with indispensible information on iLife ’09 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and shows you how to customize your iMac in a way that it will work best for you. Explores all the bells and whistles of the iMac, including the new Magic Mouse, iLife apps such as iPhoto and iMovie, and Mac OS X Snow Leopard Shows you how to get more from your iMac, whether you’re switching from an older Mac or migrating from Windows Provides you with the most up-to-date, accessible, useful information on the most used features of the iMac Covers troubleshooting and maintaining your iMac and its related hardware and software Discover ways to get more from your iMac with iMac Portable Genius, Second Edition by your side.

Get the most from Apple's ultracool new MacBook Air Apple's newest MacBook Air is smaller, lighter, and more powerful than ever. And this convenient little book is loaded with tips and techniques for everything from getting started with your MacBook Air to maximizing power and battery life. Learn innovative ways to accomplish a task more efficiently, master the new features of the MacBook Air, and take advantage of all the remote features and accessories. Fun, hip, and portable, this guide has what every Mac fan needs to know about the MacBook Air. The new MacBook Air features flash storage, longer battery life, a full-sized keyboard with multitouch trackpad, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and extreme portability This convenient, portable guide explains popular new features and how to make the most of them Covers all the key skills, tools, and shortcuts to make you a more efficient MacBook user Includes plenty of hip tips for configuring the multitouch trackpad, maximizing power, streamlining common tasks, and more As cool as the MacBook Air itself, this book has what you need to maximize your portable computer.

Learn the skills, tools and shortcuts you need in order tomake the most of your MacBook Pro This easy-to-use, compact guide skips the fluff and gets rightto the essentials so that you can maximize all the latest featuresof the MacBook Pro. Packed with savvy insights and tips on keytools and shortcuts, this handy book aims to help you increase yourproductivity and save you time and hassle. From desktop sharing andwireless networking to running Windows applications and more, thisbook shows you what you want to know. Includes the latest version of OS X, iCloud, FaceTime, andmore Covers all the essential tools, topics, and shortcuts on thingslike running Windows applications, using the Intel Ivy Bridgeprocessor, and more Features Genius icons throughout the book that provide smartand innovative ways to handle tasks and save yourself time MacBook Pro Portable Genius, 5th Edition puts you well onthe way to being a pro at using your MacBook Pro!

Switching from a PC to a Mac is a breeze with this book Anyone considering making the move to Mac from the Windows world will find this book smoothes the way. While Macs are famous for ease of use, there are fundamental differences in Mac and PC ways of thinking, plus there?s the hassle of moving files, calendars, and other essential data from one platform to another. This guide lays out all the information, explains basic Mac procedures for the newcomer, offers great tips on data-sharing (including running Windows applications on a Mac), and provides everything the new Mac user needs to move forward with confidence. Mac sales have recently surpassed the sales of new PCs, and many new Mac users are trying to adjust to a different way of working with the computer and struggling to transfer essential data from an old PC to the Mac Portable Genius books focus on the most accessible, useful information and deliver it in the most direct way: exactly what these users want Covers the basics that new Mac users need to get started, intermediate-level information to help them make the most of the Mac, and plenty of advice on transferring important data, running Windows applications on the Mac via Boot Camp, maintaining a Mac, and more With help from Switching to a Mac Portable Genius, Second Edition, former PC users will find themselves comfortable in the Mac world in no time.

A practical guide to helping users get along with the latest Mac OS X Server To tame Apple's newest big cat, server OS (Lion), you need a serious, big-game book, and here it is. This guide explains how to administer, deploy, and update the much-anticipated next generation of Mac's OS X Server. Thoroughly covering both hardware and software, this book shows you how to configure services, set up account authentication, use open directory, manage accounts, use Apple Remote Desktop, and much more. You'll also learn how to navigate apps such as iChat Theater, Mail, iCal, Podcast Producer—and still more! Guides you through Apple's latest OS X Server operating system, Lion Offers pages of detail on installation, configuration, and management Shows you how to set up services and manage accounts, as well as use open source applications such as iChat Theater, Mail, iCal, Podcast Producer, and others Your Mac OS X Lion Server will be purring by the time you get through this book!