Mark L. Chambers - iMac For Dummies

iMac® For Dummies®, 11th Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021946543

ISBN: 978-1-119-80666-0

ISBN 978-1-119-80667-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-80668-4 (ebk)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction Foolish Assumptions About This Book Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Getting Started with Your iMac Chapter 1: Okay, This Machine Looks Really, Really Weird Intel iMac or M1 iMac — That Is the Question 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: The Basics Behind macOS Monterey Your Own Personal Operating System Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons? Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb Performing Tricks with Finder Windows Juggling Folders and Icons Keystrokes to Fame and Fortune Speeding Things Up with Shortcuts Home, Sweet Home Folder Working with Mission Control Personalizing Your Desktop Taking Control of Your iMac Customizing the Dock What’s with the Trash? All You Really Need to Know about Printing And Just in Case You Need Help …

6 Part 2: Shaking Hands with macOS Chapter 4: What’s New in Monterey? Shortcuts Hit Your iMac Let’s Get Focused Putting Tags to Work Hiding Email the iCloud Way FaceTime … Over the Web? Chapter 5: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less Locating That Certain Special Setting Popular Preferences Panes Explained Chapter 6: Searching Amidst iMac Chaos Doing a Basic Search How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do Expanding Your Search Horizons Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste Chapter 7: Putting Common Apps to Work Remind Me to Use Reminders Taking Notes the Monterey Way Staying Current with Notification Center Introducing the Maps Application Switching Views in Maps Getting Directions Over Yonder Creating and Using Guides Catching Up on News Using Favorites and Channels

7 Part 3: Connecting and Communicating Chapter 8: Let’s Go on Safari! Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing Visiting Websites Navigating the Web Configuring Your Home Page and Start Page Adding and Using Bookmarks Working with the Reading List Downloading Files Using History Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends Printing Web Pages Protecting Your Privacy Chapter 9: Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway? Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents Putting Handoff to Work Expanding Your Horizons with Sidecar Configuring iCloud Managing Your iCloud Storage Chapter 10: Creating a Multiuser iMac Once Upon a Time (an Access Fairy Tale) Big-Shot Administrator Stuff Tackling Mundane Chores for the Multiuser iMac Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks What Exactly Is the Network Advantage? Should You Go Wired or Wireless? Be a Pal: Share Your Internet! What Do I Need to Connect? Connecting to the Network Use Your Firewall! Chapter 12: Hooking Up with Handy Helpers Connecting Printers Connecting Scanners Using Photo Booth Conversing with FaceTime Sending Instant Messages Across the Network

8 Part 4: Living the Digital Life Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joys of Music and TV What Can I Play in Music? Playing Digital Audio Files Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists Know Your Songs Ripping Audio Files Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears A New Kind of Radio Station iSending iStuff to iPhone and iPad Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles Feasting on Music Visuals Exercising Parental Authority Watching Video with TV Buying Digital Media the Apple Way Chapter 14: Focusing on Photos Delving into Photos Working with Images in Photos Exploring iCloud Photos Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Shared Albums to Work Chapter 15: Making Film History with iMovie Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window A Bird’s-Eye View of Moviemaking Importing the Building Blocks Building the Cinematic Basics Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer Browsing Your Video Library Sharing Your Finished Classic Chapter 16: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand Shaking Hands with Your Band Composing Made Easy Sharing Your Songs