Download or read book My MacBook Lion Edition written by John Ray and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step instructions with callouts to MacBook photos that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into MacBook or OS X Lion problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your MacBook. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your MacBook working just the way you want. The tasks include: • Managing and arranging your desktop • Creating and navigating virtual workspaces in Mission Control • Opening and organizing applications in Launchpad • Accessing the Internet through wired, wireless, and cellular networks • Communicating via email, instant message, audio, and video chat • Troubleshooting system problems • Entertaining with music and videos • Keeping in touch and on-time with Calendars and Contacts • Downloading and managing software from the App Store and other sources • Sharing files, printers, and even scanners over your network connection • Expanding your capabilities with peripheral devices • Protecting and securing your data • Recording video and publishing it instantly online

Download or read book My MacBook Mountain Lion Edition written by John Ray and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers 2010 and later MacBook/Air/Pro models Step-by-step instructions with callouts to MacBook photos that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into MacBook or OS X Mountain Lion problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your MacBook. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your MacBook working just the way you want. The tasks include: • Managing and arranging your desktop • Staying on top of important changes with Notification Center • Creating and navigating virtual workspaces in Mission Control • Opening and organizing applications in Launchpad • Accessing the Internet through wired, wireless, and cellular networks • Joining and using iCloud services • Communicating via email, instant messages, audio, and video • Keeping in touch and on-time with Calendars and Contacts • Being social with Facebook, Twitter, and Game Center • Entertaining with music and videos • Downloading and managing software from the App Store and other sources • Sharing files, printers, and even scanners over your network connection • Protecting and securing your data • Recording video and sharing it instantly online • Expanding your capabilities with peripheral devices • Troubleshooting system problems

Download or read book My MacBook written by John Ray and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your MacBook working just the way you want"--Back cover.

Download or read book Switching to the Mac The Missing Manual Mountain Lion Edition written by David Pogue and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS X. Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. You won't find questionable firewalls or inefficient permissions. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, we’ve got you covered. Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac is the easy part. This guide gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files. Re-create your software suite. Big-name programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and others are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are Windows-only. Learn the Macintosh equivalents and how to move data to them. Learn OS X Mountain Lion. Once you’ve moved into the Macintosh mansion, it’s time to learn your way around. You’re in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to OS X.

Download or read book Switching to the Mac The Missing Manual Lion Edition written by David Pogue and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac OS X. Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. No viruses, worms, or spyware. No questionable firewalls or inefficient permissions. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you're using Windows XP or Windows 7, we've got you covered. Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac is the easy part. This guide gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files. Re-create your software suite. Big-name programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and others are available in both Mac and Windows versions. But hundreds of other programs are Windows-only. Learn the Macintosh equivalents and how to move data to them. Learn Mac OS X Lion. Once you've moved into the Macintosh mansion, it's time to learn your way around. You're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to Mac OS X.

Download or read book Mac Kung Fu written by Keir Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squeeze every drop of juice from OS X with over 400 quick and easy tips, tricks, hints and hacks in Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition . Exploit secret settings and hidden apps, push built-in tools to the limit, radically personalize your Mac experience, and make "it just works" even better. In addition to core OS X technologies, this significantly revised and expanded update to the best-selling first edition dissects new OS X Mountain Lion tools such as iCloud, Notifications, Reminders, and Calendar. Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition will blow your mind with secret hacks never before made public and little-known tricks that will change the way you work forever. From big tasks through everyday jobs, this book will improve your productivity and refine your workflow. You'll customize and manage the OS X interface, boost the power of built-in apps, efficiently handle the filesystem, implement important security tricks, and much more. Working with files in iCloud? We have tips to help. Managing program windows on your desktop? Hacks will make life easier. Creating reminders or notes? Use our tricks to make the process more productive. Emailing, tweeting, browsing, printing, word processing, testing and exploiting hardware, working with photos, movies, and documents... There's no area Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition doesn't touch upon, making it a unique and utterly necessary addition for any Mac lover's bookshelf. Each tip is deliberately short and readable, often detailing things even Mac Geniuses don't know, and you can dip in and out whenever you want. Most tips take less than a minute to complete, yet the results last for a lifetime of better computing. What You Need: A Mac running OS X Mountain Lion and above.

Download or read book Introducing OS X Mountain Lion written by Yvonne Johnson and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will get you up to speed on OS X Mountain Lion in record time. It covers what's new, what's changed, and points out what's stayed the same so that you don't have to spend any time thinking about it. Learn how to use the new features, such as Notification Center, Game Center, Dictation, Gatekeeper, and Sharing as well as how to use the enhancements to existing applications, such as the new omnibar in Safari. See how Mountain Lion makes Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, and Messages on the Mac just like their counterparts on the iDevices. Apple advertises that Mountain Lion has a little over 200 changes, but that's counting absolutely everything, such as the fact that the kernel ASLR now randomly arranges kernel components at boot time. This book doesn't cover those kinds of changes - just the changes that have the most impact on a user's day-to-day experience.

Download or read book iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners iOS 5 Edition written by Rory Lewis and published by Apress. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple’s online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next bestselling iPhone app—presumably, that’s why you’re reading this now! And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow. So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don’t you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C and Cocoa touch ? The answer is that you don’t need to know any of those things! Anybody can start building simple apps for the iPhone and iPad, and this book will show you how. This update of an Apress bestseller walks you through creating your first app, using plain English and practical examples using the iOS 5 software development platform and more. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. Teaches iPhone and iPad apps development in language anyone can understand Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, using iOS 5 Offers videos that enable you to follow along with the author—it’s like your own private classroom

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide to IPhone IPad and IPod Repair written by Timothy L. Warner and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FIRST book of its kind...this groundbreaking, 4-colour book thumbs its little nose at Apple's warranties and shows you how to crack open and repair your iPhones, iPads and iPods.

Download or read book Talking to Siri written by Erica Sadun and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet-talk SiriTM into doing practically anything! Apple’s Siri voice technology is even more amazing when you really know how to talk to it. Now, two top Apple tech experts show how to talk Siri into doing more than ever before! Just look up what you want to do, and you’ll find tested step-by-step instructions for getting exactly the results you want. From start to finish, this book is packed with quick and easy ways to make Siri even more reliable and useful—and way more fun! • Get more accurate recognition every time you use Siri • Ask questions that avoid “misunderstandings” and lead to precise, accurate answers • Check weather forecasts, stock prices, and lots more • Help Siri recognize and connect with your spouse, children, and parents • Use Siri to stay in touch with friends, colleagues, and customers • Transform Siri into your personal media DJ • Find the nearest store that’s selling whatever you’re looking for • Let Siri calculate restaurant tips and “splitting the tab” • Use Siri to organize your life—and never miss another commitment • Answer math and science problems with Siri and Wolfram Alpha • Dictate memos, text and Twitter messages, and even blog posts • Make sure Siri responds only to you, not to an impostor

Download or read book My iPod touch covers iPod touch running iOS 5 written by Brad Miser and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iPod touch is a unique device in many ways. The most significant example of this is its Multi-touch interface that enables users to easily control the device and type with their fingers. It also includes sensors that automatically re-orient the screen display to match the orientation of the iPod touch, such as switching to landscape view when the user rotates the phone 90 degrees when watching video. All iPod touch models include the applications Music, Videos, Photos, iTunes (providing access to the Wi-Fi Music Store), Safari, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings. Later models added Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes, and Weather, which could also be added to the earlier models with the purchase of the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade for the iPod touch. My iPod touch, 3/e will include necessary coverage of iTunes to enable readers to manage the content on their iPod as well as purchase applications and customizing settings. In addition, readers will learn how to use every feature of their iPod touch and receive expert advice on topics like customizing, peer to peer connectivity, running apps, using peripheral devices and more. This book will be fully updated for the latest iPod touch release.

Download or read book The Power of Infographics written by Mark Smiciklas and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need to overcome information overload and get your message across? Infographics are your secret weapon. Using them, you can deliver knowledge and ideas visually, so your audiences can understand them quickly - and take action. In The Power of Infographics, Mark Smiciklas helps you understand how to leverage the use of powerful infographics: visual representations capable of transforming complex data or concepts into intuitive, instant knowledge. Writing from a business perspective, Smiciklas reveals how to use infographics both inside and outside the organization: to build brands, make sales, serve clients, align teams behind new strategies, and more. This straightforward, visual, common-sense based book explains: * What infographics are, and why they work so well * How to visualize statistical data, business processes, time, geography, lists, relationships, and concepts * How to communicate the "personal" through infographics * Best practices for observation, processing ideas, creating highly effective infographics, and publishing them * How to plan for and measure the ROI of infographics * And much more...

Download or read book The Like Economy written by Brian Carter and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Like Economy' offers a complete, start-to-finish plan for making money on Facebook. Brian Carter demonstrates step-by-step techniques and practical lessons to help companies build their online revenue.

Download or read book My iPhone Covers iPhone 4 4S and 5 running iOS 6 written by Brad Miser and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone images that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPhone problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include how to: • Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPhones, iPods, and iPads • Use Siri to get information, write texts and emails, set reminders/appointments, and more just by speaking to your iPhone 4S and newer • Customize your iPhone with folders, wallpaper, ringtones, and much more • Configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts, reminders, and calendars • Communicate via FaceTime videoconferences, conference calls, text, email, and more • Make the most of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all of your email from one inbox • Listen to music, subscribe to podcasts, and watch video–including movies and TV shows • Capture and edit photos and video • Use your photos in slideshows, for wallpaper, and your contacts or share them via email, Cloud, and texts ; use PhotoStream to automatically save and share your photos • Find, download, install, and use awesome iPhone apps • Take advantage of iCloud to keep your content and information in sync on all your devices BONUS MATERIAL: Download a bonus chapter titled, "Using Cool iPhone Apps," as well as additional tasks and other helpful information on this book’s website at quepublishing.com/myiphone5. CATEGORY: Apple Digital Media COVERS: Apple iPhone USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate

Download or read book My iPod touch covers iPod touch 4th and 5th generation running iOS 6 written by Brad Miser and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 1369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers iPod touch 4th and 5th Generation running iOS 6 Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPod touch photos so that you can see exactly what to do Help when you run into iPod touch problems or limitations Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPod touch Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPod touch working just the way you want. Learn how to: • Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPod touches, iPhones, and iPads • Use Siri to get information, write texts and emails, set reminders/appointments, and more just by speaking to your iPod touch 5th Generation • Customize your iPod touch with folders, wallpaper, sounds, and much more • Configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts, reminders, and calendars • Communicate via FaceTime videoconferences, text messages, and email • Make the most of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all your email from one inbox • Listen to music, subscribe and listen to podcasts, and watch video—including movies and TV shows • Capture and edit photos and video • Use your photos in slideshows, for wallpaper, and your contacts, or share them via email, iCloud, and texts; use PhotoStream to automatically save and share your photos • Find, download, install, and use awesome iPod touch apps • Take advantage of iCloud to keep your content and information in sync on all your devices

Download or read book QuickBooks 2012 In Depth written by Laura Madeira and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do more in less time! Whether you’re an entrepreneur, accountant, or bookkeeper, this comprehensive guide will help you get the most out of QuickBooks 2012: more productivity, more business knowledge, and more value! Drawing on her unsurpassed QuickBooks consulting experience, Laura Madeira delivers step-by-step guides and practical checklists for taking total control over business finances, and improving everything from planning to reporting, payroll to invoicing! • Create new files; convert from other software; and set up users, permissions, and preferences • Master all the essentials of financial reporting • Understand QuickBooks lists: from the chart of accounts, items, classes and more • Set up and manage inventory, vendors, customers, and payroll • Track customer leads • Work with bank and credit card accounts • Create repeatable reports • Review the accuracy of your data, step by step • Share QuickBooks data with accountants • Reliably back up data • Troubleshoot database errors and monitor QuickBooks databases • Use QuickBooks 2012’s tools for managing loans, planning, preparing for year-end, and syncing with Outlook • Efficiently review and correct client data errors, from misclassified transactions to incorrect beginning balances • Prepare customized financials using MS Excel and Word integration • Master powerful shortcuts for working more efficiently and saving precious time All In Depth books offer • Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Learning, reference, problem-solving...the only QuickBooks 2012 book you need!

Download or read book My iPad Covers iOS 6 on iPad 2 iPad 3rd 4th generation and iPad mini written by Gary Rosenzweig and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers iOS 6 on iPad 2, iPad 3rd and 4th generation, and iPad mini My iPad offers a full-color, fully illustrated, step by step resource for anyone using an iPad 2, iPad 3rd or 4th generation, or iPad mini running iOS 6. Each task is presented in easy to follow steps - each with corresponding visuals that are numbered to match the step they are referred by. Notes and sidebars offer additional insight into using the iPad without the need to search through paragraphs of text to find the information you need. Tasks are clearly titled to help you quickly and easily find things you want to accomplish. Everything you need to know (or didn’t know was possible) is covered in this book. From setup and configuration to using apps like iBooks, Reminders, Calendar, Pages and Maps, each task is clearly illustrated and easy to follow. Learn how to use the iPad two cameras to take pictures and video and share them with friends or chat with them live. Learn how to: Connect your iPad to your Wi-Fi and 3G/4G LTE networks Use Siri to control your iPad or get information by speaking commands Use iCloud to keep everything current between all of your iOS devices (and even your Mac), including music, photos, emails, and more. Surf the Web, and send and receive email Download and install apps to make your iPad even more useful Use the new iBooks app features Record and edit video using iMovie for iPad Take photos, and then edit them using iPhoto for iPad Stream audio and video to Apple TV and other devices Manage your contacts, and then connect with others using Messaging Stay organized with the Calendar app Use FaceTime and Skype to stay connected with friends and family, or to conduct video conferences Use Pages and Numbers to create documents and spreadsheets Use Keynote to build and display presentations