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• ISBN13: 9780470133866
• Notes:

This easy-to-use guide covers both the iMac's splendid, cutting-edge hardware and Leopard, the latest version of Apple’s superb Mac OS X operating system. It gives you the basic information that every iMac owner should know and then moves on to explore the software that comes with your iMac. And, everywhere you look, you'll find plenty of power-user tips and tricks that’ll save you time, effort, and money. You'll find out how to:

• Set up and customize your iMac
• Import files from your old computer
• Send and receive mail
• Store, and organize digital photos, music, and video
• Back up your system with Time Machine
• Browse the Internet with Safari
• Keep in touch with iChat
• Make your iMac a digital media hub with iLife
• Connect your iMac to a wireless network
• Troubleshoot problems
• Keep your iMac safe and secure

Your iMac is an elegant and sophisticated machine — and as fast, powerful, and easy-to-use as a computer can be. With the help you get from iMac For Dummies, 5th Edition you'll be an iMac power user in no time!

• ISBN13: 9780470568033
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Apple's iMac is a sleek, all-in-one desktop. In a clear, easy-to-follow visual format, Teach Yourself VISUALLY iMac demonstrates everything you need to know about your new Apple iMac, from the iMac's features and capabilities to the most common peripherals you'll be using with it. Whether you're a total newbie to Macs and the Mac OS or an experienced user looking for expert tips to improve your experience, this book is your perfect guide.

• Takes you through the basics to get up and running with the iMac's plug-and-play simplicity
• Walks you through setting up a customized desktop, working with the OS, working with email, and troubleshooting and maintenance tricks that will extend the life of an iMac
• Explores such topics such as editing photos in iPhoto, creating award winning home movies with iMovie, and connecting all those cool devices like an iPhone or iPod so that readers can kick back and chill out with iTunes
• Shows you how to browse the web with Safari, use iCal to track appointments, and what to do if something should ever go wrong with your iMac

With 450 rich, full color screenshots and illustrations, and straight-forward step-by-step instructions, Teach Yourself VISUALLY iMac will quickly make you comfortable with your iMac and help you master the advanced features that make the iMac so cool.

So, if the iMac is so easy to use, then who needs a book about it?

Well, despite all the free goodies that come with your iMac, an operations manual is not one of them. You need somewhere to turn when things go wrong, when you'd like to know what the add-on software does, or when you want to stumble onto the Internet for the first time. That's where The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition, steps in to help.

Here's a sampling of the topics you'll find covered in The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition:

• Setting up your new iMac and getting around in Mac OS 9
• Understanding how all those gizmos inside the iMac case work
• Accomplishing what you want to do (imagine that!)
• Setting up your printer with your iMac
• Getting onto the Internet with AOL, and exploring the Web
• Having fun with the iMac's free software
• Making movies with iMovie
• Setting up your iMac for AirPort wireless networking
• Troubleshooting and Top Ten lists on the perfect iMac accessories and cool things your iMac can do

So, if you've just picked up an iMac and you want to get up to speed quickly, or if you've been a Mac user for years and need some additional pointers, The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition, can get you on your way to making the most of your Mac experience.

• ISBN13: 9780470290613
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

This hands-on, step-by-step guide leads readers through the most frequently asked real-world questions about the iMac-whether on setting up the machine, learning the basics of the operating system, using its applications, or getting on the Internet.

The book also instructs the reader on e-mail, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, as well as many other software basics.

This edition of the book has been thoroughly rewritten and updated so that it assumes the reader is using a new flat-panel iMac, with Mac OS X installed.

• Explore iMac basics, from identifying its components to plugging in and setting up your machine.
• Customize your iMac by setting general controls and making the most of your Apple menu.
• Create, name, move, and copy folders and files.
• Use discs and drives that expand the features and capabilities of your iMac.
• Work with text tools to manage, create, and print documents.
• Organize numbers and figures with databases and spreadsheets.
• Use sound, video, and QuickTime to add color and personality to everything you do on your iMac.
• Connect to the world with a modem, surf the Web, and send and receive e-mail.
• Network with other computers, or tie into an existing network.
• Manage memory, and see how to troubleshoot problems when they arise.

Once you get over being dazzled by the iMac's dramatic new hardware design and knock-your-socks-off 15-inch flat-panel display, you'll see that there's plenty going on inside the "box" as well, including a radically redesigned operating system (Mac OS X), a DVD player, iPhoto digital photo organizing software, a new e-mail and address book application, and much more. Robin and co-author John Tollett take you through the old and the new, starting with the basics of using the mouse and getting around the desktop, then going on to show you how to take advantage of the iMac's built-in productivity tools, how to connect to and browse the Internet, and more. Let the book that has influenced a generation of Mac users take you and your iMac into the next generation of computing.