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Computers/Personal Computers/Macintosh sier!™ a E g in th ry e v E g Makin Get going using your iMac with this bestselling, easy-to-use guide • To know Mac is to love Mac — discover the beauty of the iMac, including all the basic information you’ll want to know before you really dig in Connect and communicate use Safariđ to connect to the world, iCloud for personal storage, and discover tricks to become more efficient • Live the iLife — dive into iTunes®, iPhoto®, iMovie®, and GarageBand ® to express your creative side • Get productive — explore desktop publishing, spreadsheets, presentations, and a whole lot more with the iWork productivity suite ® • How to set up and configure your iMac • Tips on using the Mac desktop and OS X • Tricks for working with Finder and Finder Tabs • Details on using Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spaces • A complete overview of Reminders and FaceTime • Instruction on using Pages, Numbers, and Keynote ® • Shake hands with OS X — find out how to open and close windows, modify system preferences, use reminders and notes, and keep track of contacts • The lowdown on networking and troubleshooting Cover Image: âiStockphoto.com/PhotoInc Learn to: Set up and personalize your iMac and find your way around OS Xđ Under the hood — take care of housekeeping, troubleshooting, upgrading, and even find out how to run Windows on your iMac Mark L Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, programmer, and hardware technician for over 25 years He has written more than 30 computer books, including a number of For Dummies titles Mark is currently a full-time author and tech editor—and an unabashed Mac fan c a M i Open the book and find: iMac You’ve got a great iMac, but now it’s time to take things to the next level! This complete, fun, and easy-to-use guide will show you how to set up and configure your iMac, including having fun with iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie while getting down to business with the iWork productivity suite Open your iMac up to a world of possibilities today! 8th Edition • Surf the web, send Reminders, and make FaceTime® video calls Go to Dummies.com® for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles, or to shop! • Get things done with iWork® and have some fun with iLife ® • Troubleshoot common issues and keep your iMac happy $24.99 USA / $29.99 CAN / £17.99 UK ISBN:978-1-118-86237-7 52499 781118 862377 Chambers Mark L Chambers Author of MacBook For Dummies® www.it-ebooks.info 8th Edition Get More and Do More at Dummies.comđ Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/imac Get Smart at Dummies.com Dummies.com makes your life easier with 1,000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows Check out our • Videos • Illustrated Articles • Step-by-Step Instructions Plus, each month you can win valuable prizes by entering our Dummies.com sweepstakes * Want a weekly dose of Dummies? 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Give My iMac Life! 23 Throwing the Big Leaf Switch 23 Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy iMac 24 Harriet, It’s Already Asking Me Questions! 25 Setting up OS X Mavericks 25 Registering your iMac 27 Importing Documents and Data from Your Old Mac 27 Manually Importing Documents and Data from Windows 29 Chapter 3: Introducing the Apple of Your iMac 31 A Quick Tour of the Premises 31 The Mavericks Desktop 32 What’s going on underneath? 35 Similarities with that Windows behemoth 36 www.it-ebooks.info iv iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Calling for Help 38 The Mavericks built-in Help Center 38 The Apple web-based support center 38 Magazines 38 Mac support websites 39 Local Mac user groups 39 Part II: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X 41 Chapter 4: Opening and Closing and Clicking and Such 43 Working within the Finder 43 Pointing in a Mac World 45 Launching and Quitting for the Lazy iMac Owner 48 Juggling Folders and Icons 51 A field observer’s guide to icons 51 Selecting items 53 Copying items 55 Moving things from place to place 56 Duplicating in a jiffy 56 Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune 57 Special keys on the keyboard 57 Using Finder and application keyboard shortcuts 58 Performing Tricks with Finder Windows 59 Scrolling in and resizing windows 59 Minimizing and restoring windows 60 Moving and zooming windows 61 Closing windows 62 Using Finder Tabs 63 Chapter 5: A Plethora of Power ful Fun 65 Home, Sweet Home Folder 65 Arranging Your Desktop 68 Putting the Dock to the Test 69 Adding Dock icons 70 Removing Dock icons 71 Using Dock icon menus 71 What’s with the Trash? 72 Working Magic with Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spaces 73 Using Dashboard 73 Switching between apps with Mission Control 75 Switching between desktops with Spaces 76 Printing within OS X 77 Chapter 6: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences 81 A Not-So-Confusing Introduction 81 Searching for Settings 84 www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Popular Preference Panes Explained 85 The Displays pane 85 The Desktop & Screen Saver pane 86 The Mission Control pane 88 The General pane 90 The Energy Saver pane 91 The Dock pane 92 The Sharing pane 93 The Time Machine pane 94 Chapter 7: Searching amidst iMac Chaos 97 Doing a Basic Search 97 How Cool Is That!? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do 100 Expanding Your Search Horizons 102 Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste 103 Chapter 8: Using Reminders, Notes, and Notifications 107 Remind Me to Use Reminders 107 Taking Notes the Mavericks Way 110 Staying Current with Notification Center 112 Chapter 9: Keeping Track with Contacts and Maps 115 Hey, Isn’t Contacts Just a Part of Mail? 116 Entering Contact Information 117 Using Contact Information 119 Arranging Your Contact Cards 121 Using Network Directories 123 Printing Contacts with Flair 124 Swapping Bytes with vCards 125 Introducing the Maps Window 125 Switching Views in Maps 128 Getting Directions over Yonder 129 Part III: Connecting and Communicating 131 Chapter 10: Going Places with Safari 133 Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing 133 Visiting Websites 135 Navigating the Web 137 Setting Up Your Home Page 140 Adding and Using Bookmarks 141 Working with the Reading List and Shared Links 142 Saving pages for later with the Reading List 143 Visiting pages recommended by friends 143 Downloading Files 144 Using Subscriptions and History 145 Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends 145 www.it-ebooks.info v vi iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Printing Web Pages 147 Protecting Your Privacy 147 Yes, there are such things as bad cookies 148 Cleaning your cache 149 Banishing pesky iCloud Keychain passwords 149 Handling ancient history 150 Setting notifications 150 Avoiding those @*!^%$ pop-up ads 151 Chapter 11: Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud 153 So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway? 153 Saving and Opening iCloud Documents 155 Configuring iCloud 156 Chapter 12: Hooking Up with Handy Helpers 159 Connecting Printers 159 USB printers 159 Network printers 162 Connecting Scanners 163 Using Photo Booth 164 Conversing with FaceTime 166 Turning Your iMac into a TV — And More 168 Part IV: Living the iLife 171 Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes 173 What Can I Play on iTunes? 173 Playing an Audio CD 175 Playing Digital Audio and Video 177 Browsing the Library 179 Finding songs in your Music Library 180 Removing old music from the Library 181 Watching video 181 Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists 182 Know Your Songs 184 Setting the song information automatically 184 Setting or changing song information manually 185 Ripping Audio Files 186 Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears 187 A New Kind of Radio Station 188 Internet radio 189 Tuning in your own stations 190 Radio stations in your playlists 191 Creating a custom iTunes Radio station 191 iTunes and iCloud Together 192 iSending iStuff to iPod, iPhone, and iPad 193 www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Sharing Media across a Network 194 Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles 195 Feasting on iTunes Visuals 196 Exercising Parental Authority 196 Buying Digital Media the Apple Way 198 Chapter 14: The Masterpiece That Is iPhoto 201 Delving into iPhoto 201 Working with Images in iPhoto 204 Import Images 101 204 Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images 206 Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way 214 Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece 218 Putting Photo Stream to Work 222 E-Mailing Photos to Aunt Mildred 223 Chapter 15: Making Film History with iMovie 225 Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window 226 A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking 228 Importing the Building Blocks 229 Pulling in video clips 229 Making use of still images 231 Importing and adding audio from all sorts of places 232 Building the Cinematic Basics 235 Adding clips to your movie 235 Marking clips 236 Removing clips from your movie 236 Reordering clips in your movie 237 Editing clips in iMovie 237 Transitions for the masses 238 Even Gone with the Wind had titles 239 Adding maps and backgrounds 240 Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer 241 Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others 243 Chapter 16: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand 245 Shaking Hands with Your Band 246 Composing Made Easy 248 Adding tracks 249 Choosing loops 251 Resizing, repeating, and moving loops 254 Using the Arrangement track 256 Tweaking the settings for a track 257 Sharing Your Songs 259 Creating song files and ringtones in iTunes 260 Exporting a project 261 Burning an audio CD 261 www.it-ebooks.info vii viii iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Part V: Getting Productive with iWork and Other Tools 263 Chapter 17: Desktop Publishing with Pages 265 Creating a New Pages Document 265 Open an Existing Pages Document 266 Saving Your Work 267 Touring the Pages Window 268 Entering and Editing Text 269 Using Text and Graphics Boxes 269 The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste 270 Cutting stuff 270 Copying text and images 270 Pasting from the Clipboard 270 Formatting Text the Easy Way 271 Adding a Spiffy Table 271 Adding Alluring Photos 273 Adding a Background Shape 274 Are You Sure about That Spelling? 274 Printing Your Pages Documents 275 Sharing That Poster with Others 276 Chapter 18: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers 277 Before You Launch Numbers . . .  277 Creating a New Numbers Document 278 Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File 279 Save Those Spreadsheets! 280 Exploring the Numbers Window 281 Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet 282 Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet 283 Selecting the Correct Number Format 283 Aligning Cell Text Just So 284 Formatting with Shading 285 Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns 286 The Formula Is Your Friend 287 Adding Visual Punch with a Chart 289 Chapter 19: Building Presentations with Keynote 291 Creating a New Keynote Project 292 Opening a Keynote Presentation 293 Saving Your Presentation 293 Putting Keynote to Work 294 Adding Slides 295 Working with Text and Graphics Boxes 296 Adding and Editing Slide Text 297 Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look 297 www.it-ebooks.info Index red-eye removal, 217 Retouch feature, 217–218 rotating photos, 215–216 searches, 213 slideshows, 221 Smart Albums, 207 social networks, sharing with, 223 sorting options, 214 straightening photos, 217 Undo feature, 208 iPods, synchronizing with iTunes, 193 iTunes album artwork, 186 browsing Library, 179–180 burning CDs/DVDs, 195 CDs, playing, 175–176 digital audio files, playing, 177–179 equalizer, 187–188 iCloud, synchronization with, 192–193 Info dialogs, 184 iPads, synchronizing with, 193 iPhones, synchronizing with, 193 iPods, synchronizing with, 193 iTunes Store, buying media on, 198–199 keyboard shortcuts, 176 Match subscription service, 192–193 movies, adding music to, 233 overview, 173 Parental Control preferences settings, 196–198 playlists, 182–183 radio, 188–192 removing music from, 181 ringtones, 260 ripping audio files, 186–187 searching for songs, 180–181 sending movies to, 243 sharing media on networks, 194 smart playlists, 183 song files, creating in, 260 song information, setting, 184–186 supported audio formats, 173–175 videos, 177–179, 181 visuals, 196 iTunes Plus tracks, 174 iTunes Store, buying media on, 198–199 iTunes U, 175 iWork suite, 18 •K• keyboard shortcuts for creating contacts, 117 general discussion, 58–59, 390 iTunes, 176 Keynote slideshow, 300 for Mission Control, setting, 89 shortcut keys in Numbers, 282 keyboards beverages, keeping away from, 395 checking for damage, 25 configuring, 26 overview, 9–10 special keys on, 57–58 wireless, wrist rests, 22 keychains, 149–150 Keynote background shapes, adding, 299–300 creating new projects, 292–293 formatting slide text, 297–298 Keynote window, 294–295 media, 298–299 opening presentations, 293 overview, 291 presenter’s notes, 298 printing slides and notes, 301–302 Rehearsal feature, 298 saving presentations, 293–294 slide text, adding and editing, 297 slides, adding, 295 slideshows, 300–301 text and graphics boxes, 296–297 keywords, 98, 211–213 •L• Landscape mode, FaceTime, 168 language choices, 26 launching applications, 48–50, 70 Launchpad, 49 Layout pane Keynote, 294 Pages, 268 LCD Font Smoothing, 91 LDAP directories, searching, 123–124 www.it-ebooks.info 407 408 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Learn to Play lessons, 259 LED screen, 9, 24 Libraries list, iMovie, 228 lighting, 15 LinkedIn, 143 list login, 317 local Mac user groups, 39 location data, adding to reminders, 110 location for iMac, choosing, 14–15 logging on/off, 317–320 login items, 50, 356 Loop Browser, 247, 251 loops, in GarageBand choosing, 251–254 moving, 254–256 overview, 247 repeating, 254–256 resizing, 254–256 lost iMacs, finding, 157 •M• Mac support websites, 39 MacPaw CleanMyMac 2, 374 magazines about Macs, 38 Magic Mouse, 46 Magic Trackpad, 46 Magnification slider, for Dock, 92 Mail configuring e-mail, 26 contact cards, adding from, 119 Contact groups, sending e-mail to, 122 overview, 19 Parental Controls, 314 sending contact cards from, 120 sending e-mail from Safari, 139 mailing labels, printing, 124 maintenance automating tasks, 379–382 backing up data, 374–376 cleaning drives, 371–374 commercial cleanup tools, 374 hard drives, 378–379 overview, 371 Time Machine, 376–378 updating OS X automatically, 382–383 Managed with Parental Controls level user account, 305 manually importing documents and data from Windows, 29–30 manuals, reading, 16 Maps compass orientation, 129 directions, 129–130 general discussion, 125–127 overview, 115 switching views, 128–129 zooming in, 127 maps, adding to movies, 240 marking clips, 236 Mark’s Maxim icon, Match subscription service, 192–193 Mavericks See also Finder Boot Camp feature, 30 desktop, 32–35 Finder menu, 34–35 help resources, 38–39 icons, 34 importing documents and data from older Macs, 27–29 overview, 31–32 printing, 77–79 registering iMac, 27 setup, 25–26 similarities with Windows, 36–37 Unix core, 35–36 updating automatically, 382–383 Mavericks Setup Assistant, 24 media See music; videos Media Eject key, 9, 58 memory adding, 387–388 grounding while working on computers, 363 installing memory modules, 362–365 online sources, 361 overview, 360 viewing amount of, 360–361 menus, 34 merging events in iPhoto, 209 Messages buddies, adding from Contacts, 120 overview, 19 Parental Controls, 314 sending contact cards from, 120 metadata, searching for, 99 www.it-ebooks.info Index Micromat Techtool Pro, 346 Microsoft Windows manually importing documents and data from, 29–30 similarities with, 36–37 switchers, 36–37 Windows OS, 35 MIDI instruments, 258 migrating data with Migration Assistant, 26 from older Macs, 27–29 from Windows, 29–30 Migration Assistant utility, 26, 27–29 minimizing windows, 60–61, 92–93 Mission Control, 75–76, 77, 88–89 Mission Control pane, System Preferences, 88–89 MLC Radio, 190 modems, 12, 17, 326 mounting iMac, 10, 14 mouse checking for damage, 25 overview, 9–10 point-and-click gestures, 46 wrist rests, 22 Move Back/Forward One Measure button, GarageBand, 247 Move to Trash option, 72 movie files, importing, 231 moviemaking process, 228–229 movies audio, adding, 232–234 backgrounds, adding, 240 buying on iTunes Store, 174 clips, adding to movies, 235–236 controls, 227–228 creating projects, 226–227 editing clips, 237–238 Keynote presentations, adding to, 298–299 maps, adding, 240 marking clips, 236 moviemaking process, 228–229 narration, 234 overview, 225 removing clips, 236–237 reordering clips, 237 sharing movies, 243 soundtracks, composing, 254 still images, 231–232 Theater mode, 241 Titles list, 239–240 trailers, 226, 241–243 transitions, 238–239 video clips, importing, 229–231 watching, 181 moving items, 56 moving windows, 61 MP2 format, 174 MP3 CDs, burning, 195 MP3 files, 173 multiplayer games, 324 Multi-Touch gestures, 46–47 multiuser iMacs See also administrators encrypting hard drives, 320–322 Guest account, 306 logging on/off, 317–320 overview, 303 Shared folders, 320 user accounts, 303–304 music See also GarageBand audio formats supported by iTunes, 173–175 browsing iTunes Library, 179–180 burning CDs/DVDs, 195 buying on iTunes Store, 198–199 CDs, playing in iTunes, 175–176 deleting songs from iTunes, 180 digital audio files, playing in iTunes, 177–179 equalizer, iTunes, 187–188 Info dialogs, iTunes, 184 migrating from Windows, 30 Parental Control preferences settings, iTunes, 196–198 playlists, 182–183 radio, 188–192 removing from iTunes, 181 ripping audio files, 186–187 searching for songs, iTunes, 180–181 sharing, 194 for slideshows, 221 smart playlists, 183 song information, setting, 184–186 synchronizing iTunes on other Apple devices, 193 visuals, iTunes, 196 www.it-ebooks.info 409 410 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Music Library, iTunes browsing, 179–180 deleting songs from, 180 playlists, 182–183 removing songs from, 181 reordering, 179 searches, 180–181 smart playlists, 183 song information, 179, 184–185 viewing, 177 Musical Typing keyboard, 249 muting sound, •N• narration for movies, 234 NetInfo networks, 123 network directories, accessing from Contacts, 123–124 network file sharing, 338–339 network Internet connections, 337–338 network printers, 162, 324, 339 Network Utility, 355 networks See also wireless networks advantages of, 324 connecting to, 337–339 Ethernet port, 12 external modems, 12, 17 firewalls, 339–341 importing settings from older Macs, 27 Internet access, sharing, 326–328 Internet connections, 17 overview, 323 Sharing preferences, 93–94 troubleshooting, 354–355 using Migration Assistant, 28 wired connections, 334–337 wired versus wireless, 325–326 New List button, 109 New Tab, Safari, 137 New Track button, GarageBand, 247 non-Apple base stations, 331, 334 Notes deleting, 112 editing, 112 Float on Top option, 112 iCloud synchronization of, 107 overview, 107, 110 sharing, 112 window elements, 111–112 Notification Center alert notifications, 113–114 iCloud synchronization of, 107 overview, 107, 112 preferences, 114 Quick Message button, 113 security, 150 websites, preventing from sending notifications, 150 number format, selecting, 283–284 Numbers aligning cell text, 284–285 charts, 289–290 creating new document, 278–279 deleting rows and columns, 286–287 editing data, 283 entering data, 283 formulas, 287–289 inserting rows and columns, 286–287 navigating cells in spreadsheets, 282 number format, selecting, 283–284 Numbers window, 281 opening existing files, 279–280 overview, 277–278 reverting documents, 280 saving spreadsheets, 280 selecting cells in spreadsheets, 282 shading, formatting with, 285–286 NVIDIA GeForce graphics hardware, 13 •O• Open dialogs, 67 Open Preferences menu item, 81 optical drives, 9–10, 20 Option key, 58 OS X Mavericks See Mavericks OS X Mavericks Server, 123 outlets, electrical, 15 •P• packing materials, keeping, 16 padlock icons, in Safari, 147 www.it-ebooks.info Index Pages background shapes, adding, 274 creating new documents, 265–266 cut, copy, and paste functions, 270–271 formatting text, 271 opening existing documents, 266–267 overview, 265 Pages window, 268 photos, adding, 273–274 printing documents, 275–276 saving work, 267–268 sharing documents, 276 spell checks, 274–275 tables, adding, 271–273 text, entering and editing, 269 text and graphics boxes, 269–270 Pages list, 268 Parental Control preferences settings, iTunes, 196–198 Parental Controls, 313 partitioning drives, 367 passwords FileVault feature, 321 Parental Controls on, 315 using variety of, 395 pasting text, 270–271 PDFs, Adobe Acrobat contacts, 125 Keynote notes, 301 of maps and directions, 130 saving files as, 79 performance of OS, 36 permission errors, 378–379 phishing, 394–395 photo books, creating, 218–221 Photo Booth, 164–166 Photo Stream feature, 156–157, 222 photos Adjust tab, 218 albums, 206–208 animated backgrounds for, 166 contact cards, adding to, 118 controls, 201–203 cropping, 216–217 Desktop background, setting, 86–87 documents, adding to, 273–274 editing, 214–218 Effects tab, 218 e-mailing, 223–224 enhancing, 217 events, 208–209 Faces feature, 209–211 importing, 204–205 Keynote presentations, adding to, 298–299 keywords, 211–213 migrating from Windows, 30 in movies, 231–232 photo books, creating, 218–221 Photo Booth, 164–166 Photo Stream feature, 156–157, 222 Places feature, 211 rating images, 214 red-eye removal, 217 Retouch feature, 217–218 rotating, 215–216 slideshows, 221 social networks, sharing with, 223 sorting options, 214 with special effects, 164–165 straightening photos, 217 pixels, checking for damage in, 24 Places feature, iPhoto, 211 Play button, GarageBand, 247 Play Slideshow button, 203 playhead GarageBand, 247 iMovie, 228 playlists, 182–183, 191, 194, 195 plug-ins, in System Preferences, 83 podcasts, 174 point-and-click gestures, 45–48 pop-up ads, blocking, 151 ports audio, 10 FireWire 800, 367 overview, 11–12 Thunderbolt, 367 USB 3.0, 366–367 power button, 10 power cable, 10, 16 power consumption settings, 91–92 www.it-ebooks.info 411 412 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition presentations background shapes, adding, 299–300 creating new projects, 292–293 formatting slide text, 297–298 Keynote window, 294–295 media, 298–299 opening, 293 overview, 291 presenter’s notes, 298 printing slides and notes, 301–302 saving, 293–294 slide text, adding and editing, 297 slides, adding, 295 slideshows, 300–301 text and graphics boxes, 296–297 Presenter Notes pane, Keynote, 294, 298 Print dialog, 78–79, 124 printers downloading drivers, 160 network, 162 overview, 159 Parental Controls, 315 USB, connecting, 159–162 printing contacts, 124–125 documents, 275–276 general discussion, 77–79 Safari window contents, 139 slides and notes from Keynote, 301–302 web pages, 147 Privacy tab, Spotlight System Preferences, 104–105 profanity, hiding in Dictionary, 315 progress bar for downloads, 138 Project Library pane, iMovie, 228, 235 Project pane, iMovie, 228, 235 Prosoft Engineering’s Drive Genius 3, 288, 346 protecting privacy, Safari, 147–151 Purchased playlist, 199 pushing, 153–154 •Q• Quick Fixes tab, iPhoto, 218 Quick Look feature, 50 Quick Message button, Notification Center, 113 QuickTime Player, 144 Quit command, 50 quitting applications, 50–51 •R• radio bit rates, 189 custom iTunes Radio station, 191–192 Internet, 189 MLC Radio, 190 overview, 188 radio stations in playlists, 191 streaming Internet, 175, 190 RAID array, 369 rating images, 214 Reader panel, 143 Reading List, Safari, 143 reading manuals, 16 real instrument tracks, 249 recent changes, investigating, 353–354 Recent Items menu, 50, 91, 391 Recents list, FaceTime, 167 Recovery Key, 321 red-eye removal, 217 refurbished hardware, 397–398 registering iMac, 27 Rehearsal feature, Keynote, 298 reliability of OS, 36 Reload button, Safari, 138 Remember icon, Reminders adding reminders, 109 editing, 109–110 iCloud synchronization of, 107 location data, adding, 110 overview, 107 searching for, 99 window elements, 108–109 remote control of Macs, 157 reordering clips, 237 repairing disk permissions, 350–352 disks, 352–353 repeat reminders, 110 repeating loops, GarageBand, 255 Reset Safari option, 149 www.it-ebooks.info Index resizing loops, GarageBand, 254 windows, 59–60 resolution, 9, 85 restoring files, 377 windows, 60–61 Resume feature, 91 Retouch feature, 217–218 reverting documents, 280 right-click menus, 34, 46, 71 ringtones, 175, 260 ripping audio files, 186–187 root account, 396–397 rotate gesture, 47 rotating photos, 215–216 video clips, 237–238 routers, 327–328, 335 rows in spreadsheets, 286–287 running applications at startup, 382 •S• Safari bookmarks, 141–142 downloading files, 144 e-mail, sending from, 139 full-screen mode, 136 general discussion, 133–135 History list, 145 home page, setting up, 140–141 navigating, 137–139 overview, 133 Parental Controls, 314 printing web pages, 147 protecting privacy, 147–151 Reading List, 143 Shared Links, 143 surfing on, 19 tabbed browsing, 145–146 Top Sites, 145 visiting websites, 135–136 widgets, creating, 139 Safe Boot mode, 348 SATA (serial ATA) hard drive, 12–13 Satellite view, Maps, 128 Save dialogs, 67 saving documents, iCloud, 155 documents, Pages, 267–268 Keynote presentations, 293–294 spreadsheets, 280 scanners, connecting, 163 Screen Saver tab, System Preferences, 87–88 screen savers, 68–69, 87–88, 356 screen wipes, 21 screens checking for damage, 24 cleaning, 397 overview, 8–9 preferences, 85 screen savers, setting, 87–88 scrolling, 47, 59, 90 SDXC card slot, 11, 13 Search Results tab, Spotlight System Preferences, 104 searches See also Spotlight in Contacts, 120 FaceTime, 167 iPhoto, 203, 213 in Notes, 111 in Reminders, 108 with Safari, 136 for songs, iTunes, 180–181 in System Preferences, 84 secure websites, 147 security cache, cleaning, 149 cookies, 148–149 downloading files, 144 FileVault feature, 320–321 Find My Mac feature, 157 history, clearing, 150 iCloud Keychain feature, 150 keychains, 149–150 Mavericks, 36 notification settings, 150 Parental Control preferences settings, iTunes, 196–198 passwords, 395 phishing, 394–395 pop-up ads, blocking, 151 private folders, 104–105 secure websites, 147 Spotlight, 100 wired networks, 326 www.it-ebooks.info 413 414 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition selecting cells in spreadsheets, 282 items, 53–54 sepia photos, 218 serial ATA (SATA) hard drive, 12–13 setup of Mavericks, 25–26 shading, formatting spreadsheets with, 285–286 shapes, adding to documents, 274 Share button, iPhoto, 203 Shared folders, 320 Shared Links, Safari, 143 sharing documents, 276 Keynote presentations, 302 maps and directions, 130 media on networks from iTunes, 194 movies, 243 multiuser iMacs, 320 network printers, 339 notes, 112 printers, 162 from Safari, 139 songs from GarageBand, 259–261 Sharing only user account, 305 Sharing pane, System Preferences, 93–94 Sheet canvas, Numbers, 281 Sheets tabs, Numbers, 281 shortcut menus, 34, 46 ShuttlePRO V2, Contour Design, 369 Sidebar Icon Size option, 90 sidebars iTunes, 177 Notes, 111 in Reminders, 108 Safari, 134 Simple Finder, 316 size of Dock, changing, 92 sleep mode settings, 91–92 slide text, adding and editing, 297 slides, adding to Keynote presentations, 295 Slides list, Keynote, 294 slideshows, 203, 221, 300–301 smart address field, Safari, 135 Smart Albums, 207 Smart Groups, 122 Smart Playlists, 183 social networks, 143, 203, 223 software instrument tracks, 249, 250 piracy, 396 preinstalled, 18–19 printer, installing, 78 printer drivers, 160, 161–162 Software Update, 382–383 solid state drive (SSD), 12 songs See music Songwriter projects, 250 sorting options, iPhoto, 214 sound connections for external audio, 12 keyboard controls for, for movies, 232–234 overview, 10 preferences, 82 volume, 58, 248 Sound Check check box, 195 sound effects for movies, 233 Sound pane, System Preferences, 82 soundtracks, composing, 254 Source list iPhoto, 202–203 iTunes, 178 Spaces, 76–77, 89 Speakable Items feature, 388 speakers, 10, 12 special effects, Photo Booth, 164–165 special keys on keyboard, 57–58 speeding up iMac column mode, 389 desktop backgrounds, 389 disk-defragmenting applications, 388 Dock, customizing, 389–390 Finder tabs, 390–391 Go menu, 391 keyboard shortcuts, 390 memory, adding, 387–388 overview, 387 Recent Items menu, 391 Speakable Items feature, 388 spell checks, 274–275 Spotlight basic searches, 97–100 contacts, searches for, 120 customizing, 103–105 enabling file sharing, 103 www.it-ebooks.info Index filters, adding, 102 flexibility of searches, 100–101 overview, 97 security, 100 System Preferences window, 84 Spotlight pane, System Preferences, 103–104 spreadsheets aligning cell text, 284–285 charts, 289–290 creating new, 278–279 deleting rows and columns, 286–287 editing data, 283 entering data, 283 formulas, 287–289 inserting rows and columns, 286–287 navigating cells in, 282 number format, selecting, 283–284 Numbers window, navigating, 281 opening existing, 279–280 saving, 280 selecting cells in, 282 shading, formatting with, 285–286 spring-loaded folders, 55 SSD (solid state drive), 12 stand, 10 Standard level user account, 305 Standard view, Maps, 128 startup, running applications at, 382 startup keys, 349 status bar, Safari, 135 stereo speakers, 10 still images, in movies, 231–232 stompboxes, 250 Stop button, Safari, 138 storage limit, iCloud, 154 Storyboard tab, iMovie, 242 straightening photos, 217 streaming Internet radio, 175, 190 media, 324 subfolders, in Home folder, 66 surge suppressor, 21, 397 switchers, 36–37 switches, 335 switching between applications with Mission Control, 75–76 with Spaces, 76–77 synchronization See iCloud synchronizing iTunes on other Apple devices, 193 System Administrator account, 396–397 System Preferences accessing, 81 Desktop & Screen Saver pane, 86–88 Displays pane, 85 Dock pane, 92–93 Energy Saver pane, 91–92 General pane, 90–91 iCloud pane, 156 importing settings from older Macs, 27 Mission Control pane, 88–89 mouse settings, 46 navigating, 82–83 Notifications pane, 114 overview, 81 plug-ins in, 83 searching for, 99 searching in, 84 Sharing pane, 93–94 Software Update, 382–383 Spotlight pane, 103–104 Standard level user account access, 310 third-party applications in, 83 Time Machine pane, 94–95 System Report, 357 •T• Tab bar, Safari, 134 tabbed browsing, 19, 145–146 tables, adding to documents, 271–273 tabs, Finder, 62–63 tagging faces in photos, 209–211 Technical Stuff icon, Techtool Pro, Micromat, 346 telephone jacks, 15 Template Chooser window, 266, 278 Tempo display, GarageBand, 247 text aligning in spreadsheet cells, 284–285 cut, copy, and paste functions, 270–271 entering and editing, 269 formatting, 271 Keynote presentations, 297–298 spell checks, 274–275 www.it-ebooks.info 415 416 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition text boxes, 269–270, 296–297 text log files, 313 Theater mode, iMovie, 241 third-party applications, in System Preferences, 83 3.0 USB connections, 11, 366–367 3D effect, Maps, 129 three-finger full-screen switching, 47 Thunderbolt cable, 21, 28 Thunderbolt ports, 12, 367 Tidy Up 3, Hyperbolic Software, 374 Time Capsule unit, 13, 14, 366 Time display, GarageBand, 247 time limits, 315 Time Machine, 29, 94–95 Timeline, GarageBand, 247 Tip icon, title bar, 61 Titles list, 239–240 toggling toolbars, 62 toolbars iMovie, 228 Keynote, 294 Numbers, 281 Pages, 268 Safari, 134 toggling, 62 Top Sites, Safari, 135–136, 138, 145 Track list, GarageBand, 246–247 tracks, GarageBand adding, 249–251 arrangement, 256–257 tweaking settings for, 257–259 trailers, creating, 226, 241–243 transitions, 238–239 Translucent Menu Bar feature, 87 Trash bin, 72–73, 354 trimming video clips, 237–238 troubleshooting Apple iMac Support site, 358 Apple service providers, 358 Disk Utility, 349–353 myths about, 345–346 overview, 345, 346 rebooting, 346–348 special keys for, 348–349 troubleshooting tree, 353–357 turning on iMac, 23–24 TV, watching on iMac, 168–169, 181 Twitter Keynote presentations, sharing, 302 Shared Links feature, Safari, 143 sharing photos, 203, 223 2.0 USB connections, 11 two-finger paging, 47 two-finger zooming, 47 •U• Undo feature, iPhoto, 208 uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 21, 397 Unix core, 35–36 unpacking iMac, 15–16 updates, 353, 382–383 upgrading hard drives, 365–368 utility software, 396 UPS (uninterruptible power supply), 21, 397 URLs, adding to Dock, 71 USB 3.0 ports, 366–367 USB cables, 21–22 USB flash drives, importing images from, 205 USB piano keyboard, 369 USB port, 11 USB printers, connecting, 159–162 USB scanners, 163 USB speakers, 12 USB video devices, importing video from, 230 user accounts access settings for, managing, 313–316 adding, 306–308 deciding who needs what access, 305–306 deleting, 310–311 Guest account, 306 importing from older Macs, 27 logging on/off, 317–320 modifying, 309–310 overview, 303–304 Shared folders, 320 user groups, 39 username and password login, 317 utility software, 346 utility software, upgrading, 396 www.it-ebooks.info Index •V• •W• vCards adding data to Contacts, 119 creating, 125 exporting, 120 general discussion, 125 importing, 125 VESA mounting adapter, 10, 14 video calls FaceTime, 19 Messages, 19 video card, 13 video clips adding to movies, 235–236 editing, 237–238 importing, 229–231 marking, 236 removing, 236–237 reordering, 237 video controllers, 369 video formats supported by iMovie, 231 video tracks, 250 videos See also movies burning CDs/DVDs, 195 buying on iTunes Store, 174 FaceTime, 166–168 graphics hardware, 13 Keynote presentations, adding to, 298–299 migrating from Windows, 30 Photo Booth, 164–166 playing in iTunes, 177–179, 181 sending to other monitors with Thunderbolt, 12 View Loop Browser button, GarageBand, 247 View Media Browser button, GarageBand, 247 Viewer pane, iPhoto, 203 views, switching in Maps, 128–129 Vimeo, sending movies to, 243 Virus Barrier 2013, Intego, 355 viruses, 355 Visual Equalizer window, GarageBand, 257 visuals, iTunes, 196 Voiceover controls, iMovie, 234 Volume Down key, 58 Volume slider, GarageBand, 248 Volume Up key, 58 VueScan application, 163 walls, mounting iMac on, 10, 14 Warning! icon, warranty support, 26 WAV format, 174 web pages bookmarks, 141–142 printing, 147 Reading List, 143 searching for, 99 Shared Links, 143 tabbed browsing, 145–146 web searches, 19 web surfing, 19 WebClip widgets, 74 websites adding to Dock, 71 bookmarks, 141–142 Favorites bar, 134 History list, 145 home page, setting up, 140 preventing from sending notifications, 150 secure, 147 visiting, 135–136 widescreen aspect ratio, widgets creating in Safari, 139 Dashboard, 73–74 Dictionary, WebClip, 74 Wi-Fi base stations, 329–331 connecting iMac to existing networks, 329 Internet access, sharing, 326–328 joining networks, 331–334 overview, 329 versus wired, 325–326 windows active, 61 closing, 62 minimizing, 60–61 moving, 61 overview, 35 resizing, 59–60 restoring, 60–61 similarities between Mavericks and Windows, 37 zooming, 61 www.it-ebooks.info 417 418 iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Windows, Microsoft manually importing documents and data from, 29–30 similarities with, 36–37 switchers, 36–37 Windows OS, 35 Windows Migration Assistant, 29 wiping hard drives remotely, 157 wired Ethernet network, 335–337 wired network connections, 334–337 wireless Ethernet, 13 wireless networks base stations, 329–331 connecting iMac to existing, 329 Internet access, sharing, 326–328 joining, 331–334 overview, 13, 329 versus wired, 325–326 wireless peripherals, workflows, 380 wrist rests, 22 •Y• YouTube, sending movies to, 243 •Z• Zoom button, Safari, 138 zooming iPhoto, 203 in Maps, 127 windows, 61 www.it-ebooks.info About the Author Mark L Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, programmer, and hardware technician for more than 30 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 However, after five years as a COBOL programmer for a hospital system, he decided 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 in between writing software manuals, Mark began writing computer how-to books His first book, Running a Perfect BBS, was published in 1994 — and after a short twenty years of fun (disguised as hard work), Mark is one of the most productive and best-selling technology authors on the planet 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 — and during all that, 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 Mark’s rapidly expanding list of books includes MacBook All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition; MacBook For Dummies, 4th Edition; OS X Mavericks All-in-One For Dummies; Macs for Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition; Build Your Own PC ­Do-It-Yourself For Dummies; Building a PC For Dummies, 5th Edition; Scanners For Dummies, 2nd Edition; CD & DVD Recording For Dummies, 2nd Edition; PCs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 6th Edition; Mac OS X Tiger: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks; Microsoft Office v X Power User’s Guide; BURN IT! Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs; The Hewlett-Packard Official Printer Handbook; The Hewlett-Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook; The HewlettPackard Official Digital Photography Handbook; Computer Gamer’s Bible; Recordable CD Bible; Teach Yourself the iMac Visually; Running a Perfect BBS; Official Netscape Guide to Web Animation; and Windows 98 Troubleshooting and Optimizing Little Black Book His books have been translated into 15 different languages so far — his favorites are German, Polish, Dutch, and French Although he can’t read them, he enjoys the pictures a great deal Mark welcomes all comments about his books You can reach him at mark@ mlcbooks.com, or visit MLC Books Online, his website, at www.mlcbooks.com www.it-ebooks.info Dedication This book is dedicated to my youngest daughter, Rose Chambers — she of the Boris Beast and Major Tom — with all the love and happiness I can give her Publisher’s Acknowledgments Acquisitions Editor: Aaron Black Project Coordinator: Erin Zeltner Project Editors: Nicole Sholly, Susan Christophersen Cover Image: ©PhotoInc/iStockphoto.com Copy Editor: Teresa Artman Technical Editor: Dennis Cohen Editorial Assistant: Annie Sullivan Sr Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case www.it-ebooks.info At home, at work, or on the go, Dummies is here to help you go digital! From eLearning to e-books, test prep to test banks, language learning to video training, mobile apps, and more, Dummies makes learning easier www.facebook.com/fordummies www.twitter.com/fordummies www.it-ebooks.info ... in all countries; visit Dummies.com for official rules www.it-ebooks.info iMac ® 8th Edition by Mark L Chambers www.it-ebooks.info iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition Published by: John Wiley & Sons,... available on a PC! www.it-ebooks.info iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition This book was written using the latest Intel quad-core iMac computer, so owners of older iMac computers might not be able to... Index 399 www.it-ebooks.info xi xii iMac For Dummies, 8th Edition www.it-ebooks.info Introduction S keptical about your new anodized aluminum iMac, with that supercharged Intel quad-core

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  • Table of Contents

  • Introduction

    • Foolish Assumptions

    • About This Book

    • Icons Used in This Book

    • Beyond the Book

    • Where to Go from Here

    • Part I: Know Your iMac

      • Chapter 1: Okay, This Machine Looks Really, Really Weird

        • An Introduction to the Beast

        • Choosing a Home for Your New Pet

        • Unpacking and Connecting

        • Discovering All the Cool Things You Can Do

        • Stuff You Oughta Buy Right Now

        • Chapter 2: Life! Give My iMac Life!.

          • Throwing the Big Leaf Switch

          • Mark’s Favorite Signs of a Healthy iMac

          • Harriet, It’s Already Asking Me Questions!

          • Importing Documents and Data from Your Old Mac

          • Manually Importing Documents and Data from Windows

          • Chapter 3: Introducing the Apple of Your iMac

            • A Quick Tour of the Premises

            • Calling for Help

            • Part II: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X

              • Chapter 4: Opening and Closing and Clicking and Such

                • Working within the Finder

                • Pointing in a Mac World

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