My New Mac, Lion Edition

Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: No Starch Press (September 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593273908
ISBN-13: 978-1593273903

10/13/2011 · No Responses

“Highly recommended for newbies and switchers.” —MacWorld

So you finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether it’s a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, an Air, or iMac–it’s still your Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, OS X. But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? How about setting up an email account, video-chatting with your relatives, or playing your favorite songs and movies? You need a book like My New Mac to make everything easy.

In the Lion edition of the best-selling My New Mac, you’ll find 56 simple projects that will have you doing useful things right away–like surfing the Internet, sending email, listening to music, and playing with your digital photos. Fun stuff, if you know how to do it.

You’ll also learn how to:

Connect to the Internet, chat with your friends, and listen to online radio stations
Install new software and customize your Mac
Control your Mac with Mission Control and sweet touch-gestures
View stocks, flights, and the weather at a glance
Play and burn CDs and DVDs
Use parental controls to limit your children’s computer and Internet access
Transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer
Share songs, images, and documents wirelessly between Macs
Use the Mac’s security features to keep your computer safe from intruders

Don’t put off learning how to use your new computer. Let Wallace Wang show you the ropes with My New Mac.