Contents note continued: ch. 2 MacBook Models Compared -- Your Revolutionary Entry-Level Mac Laptop -- Comparing MacBooks -- Look, Ma, no moving parts! The magic of solid-state drives -- What if I need that pesky optical drive? -- The Power User's Toolbox -- Running Lion on Older MacBooks -- ch. 3 Setting Up and Taking Care of Your MacBook -- Location, Location, Location! -- Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop -- Unpacking for the road warrior -- Connecting cables 101 -- Fire That Puppy Up -- Mark's Favorite Signs of a Healthy MacBook -- A Primer in MacBook Handling and Care -- Great, a lecture about handling my laptop -- Keeping things clean -- More about batteries than you likely thought possible -- ch. 4 Extra Stuff You'll Likely Want -- An Overview of MacBook Software Goodness -- What comes with my laptop? -- Connecting to the Internet from your lap -- Applications that rock -- Boot Camp for Dummies -- Applications you'll end up getting.

Contents note continued: Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants -- ch. 1 Shaking Hands with Mac OS X -- Convince Me: Why Mac OS X? -- Pretty to behold -- Stable, stable, stable -- Multitasking and multithreading for normal human beings -- The definition of Internet savvy -- Lots of free goodies -- What Do I Really Need to Run the Big X? -- Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Mac OS -- Back up -- PLEASE back up -- Snuff out disk errors -- Plug it, road warrior -- Personalizing the Big X -- ch. 2 Navigating and Running Programs -- Restarting, Sleeping, and Shutting Down -- Living the Trackpad Lifestyle -- A Window Is Much More Than a Frame: Navigating Windows -- Opening and closing windows -- Scrolling windows -- Minimizing and restoring windows -- Zooming windows -- Toggling toolbars -- Moving windows -- Resizing windows -- Switching windows -- Menu Mysteries Explained -- Icons 'R Us -- Hardware -- Programs and applications -- Files -- Folders -- Aliases.

Contents note continued: Selecting Icons for Fun and Profit -- Selecting a single icon -- Selecting multiple icons -- Keyboard Shortcuts for the True Power User -- Houston, We're Go to Launch Programs -- Running applications from your hard drive -- Running applications from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM -- Switching 'Twixt Programs with Aplomb -- Opening and Saving Your Stuff in an Application -- Opening a document -- Saving a document -- Quitting Applications -- ch. 3 Basic OS X Housekeeping -- The Finder: It's the Wind beneath Your Wings -- Copying and Moving Files and Folders -- Cloning Your Items -- It's Happening Now! -- Deleting That Which Should Not Be -- Dragging unruly files against their will -- Deleting with the menus and the keyboard -- Emptying That Wastepaper Basket -- WAIT! I Need That After All! -- Renaming Your Items -- Adding a Dash of Color -- Displaying the Facts on Files and Folders -- Adding Spotlight comments -- Displaying extensions.

Contents note continued: Choosing the application with which to launch a file -- Locking files against evildoers -- Creating an Alias -- Using the Apple Menu -- Using Recent Items -- Playing with the Dock -- Bad program! Quit! -- Tracking down your version -- Visiting the App Store -- Specifying a location -- Availing Yourself of Mac OS X Services -- Get Thee Hence: Using the Go Menu -- Monkeying with the Menu Bar -- Using menu bar icons -- Doing timely things with the Clock -- Eject, Tex, Eject! -- Common Tasks Aplenty -- Opening and editing text files -- Listening to an audio CD -- Recording--nay, burning--a data CD -- All You Really Need to Know about Printing -- ch. 4 Searching Everything with Spotlight -- Basic Searching 101 -- Is Spotlight Really That Cool? -- Expanding Your Search Horizons -- Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste -- ch. 5 Fun with Photo Booth -- Capturing the Moment with FaceTime and Photo Booth.

Contents note continued: Producing Video on the Spot with iMovie -- ch. 6 Keeping Track with the Address Book -- Hey, Isn't the Address Book Just a Part of Mail? -- Entering Contact Information -- Using Contact Information -- Arranging Your Contact Cards -- Using Network Directories -- Printing Contacts with Flair -- Swapping Bytes with vCards -- ch. 7 The Joys of Maintenance -- Deleting Applications the Common Sense Way -- Popping the Hood: Using the System Information Utility -- Tracking Performance with Activity Monitor -- Fixing Things with the Disk Utility -- Displaying the goods on your disks -- Playing doctor with First Aid -- Erasing without seriously screwing up -- Partitioning the right way -- RAID has nothing to do with insects -- Updating Mac OS X -- I Demand That You Back Up Your Hard Drive -- Hitching a ride on the Time Machine -- Using other backup solutions -- I Further Demand That You Defragment -- Special Start-Up Keys for Those Special Times.

Contents note continued: Crave the Newest Drivers -- ch. 8 Getting Help for the Big X -- Displaying the Help Center Window -- Searching for Specific Stuff -- Prodding Apple for the Latest Gossip -- Calling for Help Deep in the Heart of X -- Other Resources to Chew On -- Voice support -- Mac publications and resource sites -- Local Mac outlets and user groups -- ch. 9 Troubleshooting the X -- Don't Panic! -- The Troubleshooting Process -- Step 1: Always try a simple shutdown -- Step 2: Check all cable connections -- Step 3: Retrace your steps -- Step 4: Run Disk Utility -- Step 5: Run antivirus software -- Step 6: Check the Trash -- Step 7: Check online connections -- Step 8: Disable troublesome Login Items -- Step 9: Turn off your screen saver -- Step 10: Check for write protection -- Step 11: Check your System Information -- Step 12: Reboot with the Mac OS X Recovery Volume -- Do I Need to Reinstall Mac OS X? -- It's Still Not Moving: Troubleshooting Resources.

Contents note continued: The Mac OS X Help Viewer -- The Apple Mac OS X Support site -- Your local Apple dealer -- ch. 10 Running Windows on Your Mac -- Figuring Out How Boot Camp Works -- Comparing Boot Camp to Windows Emulators -- Configuring Boot Camp -- Switching to Windows -- Checking for Apple Updates -- ch. 1 Building the Finder of Your Dreams -- Will That Be Icons or Lists or Columns ... or Even a Flow? -- Doing the Toolbar Dance -- Hiding and showing the toolbar -- Hiding and showing the status bar -- Giving your toolbar big tires and a loud exhaust -- Searching for Files from the Toolbar -- Searching for Files from the Find Dialog -- Configuring the View Options -- Setting icon view options -- Setting list view options -- Setting column view options -- Setting Cover Flow view options -- Setting Finder Preferences -- ch. 2 Giving Your Desktop the Personal Touch -- Changing the Background -- Picking something Apple -- I just gotta have lavender.

Contents note continued: Selecting your own photo -- Changing the Screen Saver -- Changing Colors in Mac OS X -- Adding Stickies -- Customizing the Dock -- Adding applications and extras to the Dock -- Keeping track(s) with Stacks -- Resizing the Dock -- Stick It on the Dashboard -- Arranging Your Precious Desktop -- ch. 3 Delving under the Hood with System Preferences -- The Preferred Way to Display the Preferences -- Saving Your Preferences -- Searching for Specific Settings -- Getting Personal -- Appearance preferences -- Desktop and screen saver preferences -- Dock preferences -- Language & Text preferences -- Mission Control preferences -- Security & Privacy preferences -- Spotlight preferences -- Universal Access preferences -- It's All about the Hardware -- CDs and DVDs preferences -- Displays preferences -- Energy Saver preferences -- Keyboard preferences -- Mouse preferences -- Trackpad preferences -- Print & Scan preferences -- Sound preferences.

Contents note continued: Sharing the Joy: Internet & Wireless -- iCloud preferences -- MobileMe preferences -- Mail, Contacts & Calendars preferences -- Network preferences -- Bluetooth preferences -- Sharing preferences -- Tweaking the System -- Date and time preferences -- Parental Controls preferences -- Software Update preferences -- Speech preferences -- Startup Disk preferences -- Time Machine preferences -- Users & Groups preferences -- ch. 4 You Mean Others Can Use My MacBook, Too? -- How Multiuser Works on Mac OS X -- Configuring Your Login Screen -- Locking Your MacBook Down -- Starting Applications Automatically after Login -- ch. 5 Setting Up Multiuser Accounts -- Adding, Editing, and Deleting Users -- Adding a new user account -- Editing an existing account -- Deleting an existing account -- Tightening Your Security Belt -- Setting Parental Controls -- Assigning the Simple Finder -- Using Keychains-NOT -- ch. 6 Sharing Documents for Fun and Profit.

Contents note continued: Sharing over a Network versus Sharing on a Single Mac -- No network is required -- Relying on a guaranteed lock -- Most places are off-limits -- Permissions: Law Enforcement for Your Files -- Permission and Sharing Do's and Don'ts -- Sharing Stuff in Office 2011 -- Document-sharing features -- File-level sharing features -- ch. 7 Common-Sense Laptop Security -- MacBook Security 101 -- Mark your MacBook -- Use those doggone passwords -- Screen saver hot corners equal instant privacy -- Buy a security cable, and use it -- Avoid the Obvious Laptop Case -- Encryption is your friend -- Unsecured Wireless is ... unsecured -- Using a Security Application -- ch. 1 The World According to Apple -- First, Sliced Bread ... and Now, the Digital Hub -- What Does Digital Mean, Anyway? -- What Can I Digitize? -- Photographs -- Music -- Video -- DVD -- The Software That Drives the Hub -- iPhoto -- iTunes -- iMovie -- iDVD -- GarageBand -- iWeb.

Contents note continued: Can I Use All This Stuff at One Time? -- ch. 2 Jamming with iTunes and iPod -- What Can I Play on iTunes? -- Playing an Audio CD -- Playing Digital Audio and Video -- Browsing the Library -- Finding songs in your Music Library -- Removing old music from the Library -- Watching video -- Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists -- Know Your Songs -- Setting the song information automatically -- Setting or changing the song information manually -- Ripping Audio Files -- Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears -- A New Kind of Radio Station -- iTunes Radio -- Tuning in your own stations -- Radio stations in your playlists -- iSending iStuff to iPod -- Sharing Your Media across Your Network -- Joining the Ping People -- Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles -- Feasting on iTunes Visuals -- Exercising Parental Authority -- Buying Digital Media the Apple Way -- ch. 3 Focusing on iPhoto -- Delving into iPhoto.

Contents note continued: Working with Images in iPhoto -- Import Images 101 -- Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images -- Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way -- Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece -- Using MobileMe Gallery -- E-Mailing Photos to Aunt Mildred -- ch. 4 Making Magic with iMovie -- The iMovie Window -- A Bird's-Eye View of Moviemaking -- Importing the Building Blocks -- Pulling in video clips -- Making use of still images -- Importing and adding audio from all sorts of places -- Building the Cinematic Basics -- Adding clips to your movie -- Removing clips from your movie -- Reordering clips in your movie -- Editing clips in iMovie -- Transitions for the masses -- Even Gone with the Wind had titles -- Adding Maps and Backgrounds -- Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer -- Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others -- ch. 5 Burn Those DVDs! Using iDVD -- Introducing Your Mac to iDVD -- Starting a New DVD Project.

Contents note continued: Creating a new project -- Opening an existing project -- Automating the whole darn process -- Creating a DVD from Scratch -- Choosing just the right theme -- Adding movies -- Great, now my audience demands a slideshow -- Now for the music . -- Giving Your DVD the Personal Touch -- Using Uncle Morty for your DVD Menu background -- Adding your own titles -- Changing buttons like a highly paid professional -- Give my creation motion! -- Previewing Your Masterpiece -- A Word about Automation -- One-click paradise with OneStep DVD -- Exercising control with Magic iDVD -- Recording a Finished Project to a Shiny Disc -- ch. 6 Becoming a Superstar with GarageBand -- Shaking Hands with Your Band -- Composing and Podcasting Made Easy -- Adding tracks -- Choosing loops -- Resizing, repeating, and moving loops -- Using the Arrange track -- Tweaking the settings for a track -- Automatic Composition with Magic GarageBand -- Sharing Your Songs and Podcasts.

Contents note continued: Creating MP3 and AAC files and ringtones -- Sending a podcast to iWeb or iTunes -- Burning an audio CD -- ch. 7 Crafting a Website with iWeb -- Looking around the iWeb Window -- Planning Your Pages -- Adding a New Site -- Adding a New Page -- Editing a Page -- Modifying text -- Replacing images -- Adding new elements -- Tweaking with the Inspector -- Publishing Your Website -- ch. 8 No, It's Not Called iQuickTime -- QuickTime Can Do That? -- Playing Media with QuickTime -- Opening QuickTime movies -- Operating QuickTime Player -- ch. 9 Turning Your MacBook into a DVD Theater -- The DVD Hardware -- Watching Movies with DVD Player -- Using the controller -- Keeping your eyes on the Viewer -- Taking Advantage of Additional DVD Features -- Controller extras -- DVD Player preferences -- ch. 1 Desktop Publishing with Pages -- Creating a New Pages Document -- Open an Existing Pages Document -- Saving Your Work -- Touring the Pages Window.

Contents note continued: Entering and Editing Text -- Using Text and Graphics Boxes -- The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste -- Cutting stuff -- Copying text and images -- Pasting from the Clipboard -- 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 -- ch. 2 Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers -- Before We Launch Numbers -- Creating a New Numbers Document -- Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File -- Save Those Spreadsheets! -- Exploring the Numbers Window -- Navigate and Select Cells in a Spreadsheet -- Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet -- Selecting the Right Number Format -- Aligning Cell Text Just So -- Format with Shading -- Insert and Delete Rows and Columns -- The Formula Is Your Friend -- Adding Visual Punch with a Chart -- ch. 3 Building Presentations with Keynote -- Creating a New Keynote Project.

Contents note continued: 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 -- ch. 1 Getting on the Internet -- Shopping for an ISP -- Investigating Various Types of Connections -- Setting Up Your Internet Connection -- Using an external modem -- Using Ethernet hardware -- ch. 2 Using Apple Mail -- Know Thy Mail Window -- Setting Up Your Account -- Adding an account -- Editing an existing account -- Deleting an account -- Receiving and Reading E-Mail Wisdom -- Reading and deleting your messages -- Replying to mail -- Raise the Little Flag: Sending E-Mail -- What? You Get Junk Mail, Too? -- Attachments on Parade.

Contents note continued: Fine-Tuning Your Post Office -- Adding sound -- Checking Mail automatically -- Automating junk mail and message deletion -- Adding signatures -- Changing the status of an account -- Automating Your Mail with Rules -- ch. 3 Staying in Touch with iChat and FaceTime -- Configuring iChat -- Changing Modes in iChat -- Will You Be My Buddy? -- Chat! Chat, I Say! -- Sharing Screens and iChat Theater -- Sending Files with iChat -- Eliminating the Riffraff -- Adding Visual Effects -- Conversing with FaceTime -- ch. 4 Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud and iDisk -- Keeping Track of Your iCloud -- Grabbing Internet Storage for Your MacBook -- Understanding What's on Your iDisk -- Opening and Using iDisk -- ch. 5 Surfing with Safari -- Pretend You've Never Used This Thing -- Visiting Websites -- Navigating the Web -- Setting Up Your Home Page -- Adding and Using Bookmarks -- Downloading Files -- Using Subscriptions and History -- Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends.

Contents note continued: Saving Web Pages -- Protecting Your Privacy -- Yes, there are such things as bad cookies -- Cleaning your cache -- Handling ancient history -- Avoiding those @*!^%$ pop-up ads -- ch. 6 Staying Secure Online -- What Can Happen if I Don't Take Security Seriously? -- "Shields Up, Chekov!" -- Firewall basics -- Antivirus basics -- A Dose of Common Sense: Things Not to Do Online -- ch. 1 Setting Up a Small Network -- What Do I Need to Set Up My Network? -- Something to network -- Network interface card (NIC) -- Switch -- Cables -- Setting Up Your Network -- Understanding the Basics of Network Configuration -- TCP/IP -- Software applications -- Configuring Network System Preferences -- Using DHCP for automatic IP address assignment -- Manually choosing an IP address range -- Verifying Connectivity -- Troubleshooting Your New Network -- Physical problems with your network -- Network configuration problems -- ch. 2 Using Your Network.

Contents note continued: It's All about (File) Sharing -- Creating an account -- Enabling file sharing -- Connecting to a shared resource -- Sharing a Connected Printer -- Sharing Files with Windows Computers -- Accessing File Shares on Windows Computers -- Using FTP to Access Files -- Using FTP from Terminal to transfer files -- Using the Built-in Firewall -- Remote Control of Your MacBook -- Using Screen Sharing -- Remotely control your MacBook (for free, no less!) -- How VNC works -- Remote control of another computer from your MacBook -- ch. 3 Going Wireless -- Speaking the Wireless Lingo -- Figuring Out the Different Flavors of Wireless Ethernet -- Basic Wi-Fi: 802.11b -- Let's get Extreme: 802.11g -- Raising the bar to 802.11n -- The guy with the turquoise teeth -- Keeping Your Wireless Network Secure -- WPA and WPA2 -- WEP -- The LEAP security standard -- Setting Up Your Wireless Network -- Setting up an Ad Hoc wireless network -- Setting up wireless networks.

Contents note continued: ch. 4 Sharing That Precious Internet Thing -- Sharing the Internet -- Using Network Address Translation -- Ways to Share Your Internet Connection -- Using hardware for sharing an Internet connection -- Using software for sharing an Internet connection -- Connecting Everything for Wired Sharing -- Using the software method -- Using the hardware method -- Adding Wireless Support -- If you already have a cable/DSL router or are using software Internet sharing -- If you do not have a cable/DSL router or an AirPort Extreme Base Station -- ch. 1 Hardware That Will Make You Giddy -- Parading Pixels: Digital Cameras, DV Camcorders, and Scanners -- Digital cameras -- DV camcorders -- Scanners -- Incredible Input: Keyboards, Trackballs, Joysticks, and Drawing Tablets -- Keyboards -- Trackballs -- Joysticks and Steering Wheels -- Drawing tablets -- Sublime Storage: DVD/Blu-Ray Recorders -- Awesome Audio: Subwoofer Systems and MP3 Hardware.

Contents note continued: Subwoofer speaker systems -- MP3 players (well, actually, just the iPod) -- ch. 2 Add RAM, Hard Drive Space, and Stir -- Adding Memory: Reasons for More RAM -- Shopping for a RAM Upgrade -- Finding out the current memory in your MacBook -- Determining the exact model of your laptop -- The Tao of Hard Drive Territory -- Internal versus External Storage -- External drives -- Internal drives -- Determining How Much Space You Need -- Shopping for a Hard Drive -- Installing Your New Stuff -- The easy way -- The hard way -- ch. 3 Port-o-Rama: Using USB, FireWire, and Thunderbolt -- Appreciating the Advantage of a FireWire Connection -- Travelling at Warp Speed with Thunderbolt -- Understanding USB and the Tale of Two Point Oh -- Hey, You Need a Hub? -- Uh, My Peripheral Is Just Sitting There -- Common FireWire and USB headaches -- Check those drivers -- ch. 4 I'm Okay, You're a Printer -- Meet the Printer Browser -- Adding a Funky Printer.

Contents note continued: Managing Your Printing Jobs -- Sharing a Printer across That There Network -- ch. 5 Applications That You've (Probably) Gotta Have -- The Trundling Microsoft Mammoth -- Your Mac OS X Toolbox: TechTool Pro -- Image Editing for the Masses -- The Morass of Digital Video -- Yes, It's Really Called "Toast" -- If You Positively Have to Run Windows -- All Hail FileMaker Pro -- Utilities That Rock -- Stuff It -- QuicKeys 4 -- BBEdit -- Real Studio -- At Least One Game -- Mac OS X Chess -- World of WarCraft -- ch. 6 Putting Bluetooth to Work -- Bluetooth: What a Silly Name for Such Cool Technology -- A little Danish history -- Is your MacBook Bluetooth-ready? -- Lion and Bluetooth, together forever -- Adding Wireless Keyboards and Mice to Your MacBook -- The Magic of Wireless Printing -- ch. 1 Using UNIX on Your MacBook -- Why Use the Keyboard? -- UNIX keyboarding is fast -- The UNIX keyboard is a powerful beast -- Go where no trackpad has gone before.

Contents note continued: Automate to elevate -- Remote control -- Uncovering the Terminal -- What's a prompt? -- A few commands to get started -- Using the skills you already have -- UNIX Commands 101 -- Anatomy of a UNIX command -- Command-line gotchas -- Help is on the way! -- Autocompletion -- Working with Files -- Paths -- Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files -- Opening documents and launching applications -- Useful Commands -- Calendar -- Processes -- UNIX Cadillac Commands -- Finding files -- Using pipes -- UNIX Programs That Come in Handy -- Text editors -- Creating a new document -- Networking with the Terminal -- ch. 2 AppleScript Just Plain Rocks -- What's So Great about AppleScript? -- Automate common tasks in the Finder -- Automate tasks in other applications -- Running a Script -- Identifying scripts in the field -- The AppleScript Editor application -- Executing a script -- Writing Your Own Simple Scripts -- Create a script without touching a key.

Contents note continued: Building your own scripts -- One Step Beyond: AppleScript Programming -- Grab the Dictionary -- Anatomy of a simple script -- I Summon Automator -- the Silicon Programmer! -- Help Is at Your Fingertips -- Built-in AppleScript Help -- AppleScript on the Web -- ch. 3 Writing and Conversing with Your MacBook -- Using Ink with a Tablet -- Computer, Can You Hear Me? -- The Speech Recognition tab -- The Feedback window -- The Speech Command window -- Your Mac Talks Back! -- The Text to Speech panel -- The Date & Time pane -- Configuring VoiceOver within the Universal Access pane -- Speaking text through applications -- Speaking text through services.