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My iMac® MAVERICKS EDITION John Ray 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA My iMac,® Mavericks Edition Editor-in-chief Greg Wiegand Copyright © 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, Senior Acquisitions or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other- Editor wise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed with Laura Norman respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no respon- Development Editor sibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Charlotte Kughen ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5171-3 Managing Editor ISBN-10: 0-7897-5171-2 Kristy Hart Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951119 Printed in the United States of America Project Editor First Printing: November 2013 Lori Lyons Trademarks Proofreader All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have Debbie Williams been appropriately capitalized. Que Publishing cannot attest to the accuracy of this infor- mation. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Indexer Erika Millen Warning and Disclaimer Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, Editorial Assistant but no warranty or fitness is implied. The information provided is on an “as is” basis. The Cindy Teeters author(s) and the publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this Cover Designer book. Mark Shirar Special Sales For information about buying this title in bulk quantities, or for special sales opportunities Compositor (which may include electronic versions; custom cover designs; and content particular to Kim Scott, your business, training goals, marketing focus, or branding interests), please contact our Bumpy Design corporate sales department at [email protected] or (800) 382-3419. For government sales inquiries, please contact [email protected]. Technical Editor For questions about sales outside the U.S., please contact [email protected]. Anne Groves Graphics Technician Tammy Graham Contents at a Glance Prologue Getting Started with the iMac . 1 Chapter 1 Managing Your Desktop . 19 Chapter 2 Making the Most of Your Screen Space . 57 Chapter 3 Connecting Your Mac to a Network . 81 Chapter 4 Setting Up iCloud Services and Internet Accounts . 105 Chapter 5 Accessing Email and the Web . 127 Chapter 6 Sharing Files, Devices, and Services . 179 Chapter 7 Being Social with Messages, FaceTime, Twitter, and Facebook . 215 Chapter 8 Managing Who, Where, When, and What . 251 Chapter 9 Entertainment on the (Big) Little Screen . 311 Chapter 10 Installing and Managing Software on Your Mac . 371 Chapter 11 Making the Most of Your Mac Hardware . 387 Chapter 12 Connecting Devices to Your Mac . 419 Chapter 13 Securing and Protecting Your Mac . 447 Chapter 14 Troubleshooting Your System . 479 Chapter 15 Upgrading Your Mac . online Index . 500 Register your book at quepublishing.com/register for access to an online-only, bonus chapter: Chapter 15, “Upgrading Your Mac.” Find this bonus chapter and other helpful information on this book’s website at quepublishing.com/title/9780789751713. Table of Contents Prologue: Getting Started with the iMac 1 Getting to Know the iMac Hardware . .2 Special Keyboard Keys . .4 What You Need to Know . .4 The Menu Bar . .5 The Dock . .5 The Finder . .6 Tags . .6 The Launchpad . .8 Mission Control . .8 The App Store (and Security) . .9 The Notification Center . 10 System Preferences . 10 Window Controls. 11 Contextual Menus . 12 Gestures. 12 Dictation . 12 Understanding iCloud and Apple ID . 13 Windows Compatibility . 14 Boot Camp . 14 Virtualization . 15 1 Managing Your Desktop 19 Organizing in the Dock . 20 Adding and Removing Items from the Dock . 20 Using Folders and Stacks in the Dock . 21 Customizing the Dock’s Appearance . 24 Customizing Finder Windows. 25 Configuring the Sidebar’s System Shortcuts . 26 Manually Modifying the Sidebar . 27 Modifying the Finder Toolbar . 28 Using Finder Window Tabs . 29 Opening Tabs with a Click . 30 Table of Contents v Arranging and Grouping Files . 31 Using All My Files . 31 Arranging a Finder View . 32 Assigning Tags . 33 Removing Tags . 34 Viewing Tags . 34 Managing Tags . 35 Previewing Document Contents with Quick Look . 37 Viewing a File with Quick Look . 38 Previewing Files Using Finder Icons . 40 Using Instant-Access Utilities in the Dashboard . 40 Activating the Dashboard . 41 Adding and Removing Dashboard Widgets . 42 Configuring Dashboard Widgets . 43 Finding Information with Spotlight . 44 Searching for Files and Information . 45 Customizing Spotlight Searching . 46 Saving Searches as Smart Folders in the Finder . 47 Keeping Track of System Events with Notifications . 48 Receiving Notifications . 49 Viewing the Notification Center . 49 Customizing the Notification Display . 51 Activating Do Not Disturb Mode . 53 Customizing Do Not Disturb Mode . 54 2 Making the Most of Your Screen Space 57 Swimming in a Sea of Application Windows with Mission Control . 58 Opening and Closing Mission Control . 58 Navigating Applications and Windows . 59 Creating and Populating a New Space . 60 Closing a Space . 63 Creating Full-Screen Application Spaces . 64 Choosing Between.

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