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01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page i Macs FOR DUMmIES‰ 9TH EDITION by Edward C. Baig USA TODAY’s Personal Technology columnist 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page iv 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page i Macs FOR DUMmIES‰ 9TH EDITION by Edward C. Baig USA TODAY’s Personal Technology columnist 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page ii Macs For Dummies®, 9th Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2006926376 ISBN-13: 978-0-470-04849-8 ISBN-10: 0-470-04849-2 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9B/RS/QZ/QW/IN 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page iii About the Author Edward C. Baig writes the weekly Personal Technology column in USA TODAY and is co-host of the weekly USA TODAY’s Talking Tech with Ed Baig & Jefferson Graham podcast. Before joining the paper as a columnist and reporter in 1999, Ed spent six years at Business Week, where he wrote and edited stories about consumer tech, personal finance, collectibles, travel, and wine tasting. He received the Medill School of Journalism 1999 Financial Writers and Editors Award for his contributions to the “Business Week Investor Guide to Online Investing.” That came after a three-year stint at U.S. News & World Report, where Ed was the lead tech writer for the News You Can Use section but also dabbled in numer- ous other topics. Ed fondly remembers putting together features on baseball card investing, karaoke machines, and the odd things people collect, includ- ing Pez dispensers, vintage radios, and “magic” memorabilia. Ed began his journalistic career at Fortune, gaining the best basic training imaginable during his early years as a fact checker and contributor to the Fortune 500. Through the dozen years he worked at the magazine, Ed cov- ered leisure-time industries, penned features on the lucrative “dating” market and the effect of religion on corporate managers, and was heavily involved in the magazine’s Most Admired Companies project. Ed also started up Fortune’s Products to Watch column, a venue for low- and high-tech items. Ed has been passionate about gadgets and technology since buying his first reel-to-reel tape recorder and shortwave radio as a boy. He has also pur- chased 8-track cartridge players (still in the attic somewhere) and the Magnavox Odyssey video game console, a forerunner to PONG. These days, when he’s not spending time with his family or at the keyboard of his myriad computers, Ed can be found rooting for the New York Giants and New York Mets, listening to music of all types, and watching movies. He has a BA in Political Science from York College and an MBA from Adelphi University. 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page iv 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page v Dedication I dedicate this book with love to the ladies in my life, my beautiful wife, Janie, for putting up with my messy office and inspiring me daily to do better things, and my adorable daughter, Sydney, for recognizing (I think) the phrase “daddy is working” and for lighting up any room she walks into. This book is also dedicated to my canine “son,” Eddie, for reminding me through his barks that it is I who live and work in his house. Author’s Acknowledgments No book is written in a vacuum; a lot of people are responsible for making it happen. Let me start by thanking my agent, Matt Wagner, for bringing this project to me in the first place. I’d like to thank Project Editor Susan Pink, Acquisitions Manager Bob Woerner, and Technical Editor Clint McCarty for watching my back and guid- ing this first-time For Dummies author through the process. A special word of thanks and respect for the terrific For Dummies writers who have come before me and set such a high bar for excellence, including David Pogue and Dan Gookin. I’d like to thank Jim Henderson and the rest of my USA TODAY colleagues for being supportive and putting the newspaper’s stamp of approval on this project. Last but not least, I’m appreciative of friends and family members who not only encouraged me to take on this book but forgave me for not being exactly swift in initiating or returning phone calls and e-mails. Now I have no more excuses. 01_048492 ffirs.qxp 8/23/06 9:58 PM Page vi Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Composition Media Development Project Coordinator: Tera Knapp Project Editor: Susan Pink Layout and Graphics: Carl Byers, Denny Hager, Acquisitions Editor: Bob Woerner Lynsey Osborn, Alicia B. South Technical Editor: Clint McCarty Proofreaders: John Greenough, Jessica Kramer, Editorial Manager: Jodi Jensen Techbooks Media Development Manager: Indexer: Techbooks Laura VanWinkle Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Mary Bednarek, Executive Acquisitions Director Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 02_048492 ftoc.qxp 8/23/06 9:57 PM Page vii Contents at a Glance Introduction .................................................................1 Part I: Freshman Year at Drag-and-Drop Tech.................5 Chapter 1: Adventuring into the Mac World...................................................................7 Chapter 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Mac..................................................................15 Chapter 3: Getting to the Core of the Apple..................................................................31 Chapter 4: Here a Mac, There a Mac, Everywhere a Mac Mac ...................................49 Part II: Mac Daily Dealings.........................................61 Chapter 5: Making the Mac Your Own ...........................................................................63 Chapter 6: Apple’s Feline Fetish .....................................................................................81 Chapter 7: Handling
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