Macs all in one for dummies, 4th edition

• Tips on the Mac user interface and making customizations • The skinny on networking and Wi-Fi • How to get work done with iWork • Info on using e-mail, Messages, FaceTime, and more • How to use iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and iTunes • Connect — browse the web, use e-mail, chat with Messages and FaceTime, and move around with Maps • Details on running Windows on your Mac sier!™ a E g in th ry e v E g Makin s c a M N E A L L- I N - O 51 BOOKS IN Cover Image: âiStockphoto.com/LuckyBusiness; screenshot by Wiley Thats entertainment listen to music, watch movies, play online games, read iBooks, make music with GarageBand, and much more • Take care of business — manage contacts, stay on schedule with Calendar, and use the Mac productivity suite to get more done Macđ Basics • Online Communications • Beyond the Basics • Your Mac as a Multimedia Entertainment Center • Taking Care of Business Go to Dummies.com ® Joe Hutsko worked at Apple from 1984 to 1988 and now writes about computers, gadgets, video games, trends, and hi-tech movers and shakers for numerous publications and websites Barbara Boyd worked at Apple from 1985 to 1990 and currently writes about technology, food, gardens, and travel Mac Basics • How to set up and configure your Mac for optimal performance • Customize — find out how to change the desktop, customize the screen saver, adjust sounds, and much more • Beyond the basics — back up and restore data, protect against local and remote threats, network your Mac, and get tips on maintenance and troubleshooting Online Communications Open the book and find: Macs • Dive in — get started with the basics, including starting up, putting the computer to sleep, navigating the interface, and understanding the Mac approach to files and folders 4th Edition ALL- IN - ONE Whether you’re getting your first Mac or you’ve been a Mac user for years, there’s something in this guide for you Mac newcomers will learn to set up the Mac, use the Finder, and connect to the Internet Mac veterans will get the skinny on features that go beyond the basics, including firewall configuration, running Windows on a Mac, and so much more! Beyond the Basics Taking Care of Business Here’s your guide to getting started, getting creative, and getting to work with your Mac Your Mac as a Multimedia Entertainment Center Computers/Personal Computers/Macintosh for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles, or to shop! $34.99 USA / $41.99 CAN / £24.99 UK ISBN: 978-1-118-82210-4 ISBN:978-1-118-82210-4 53499 781118 822104 Hutsko Boyd Joe Hutsko Barbara Boyd Authors of iPhone All-in-One For Dummies® www.it-ebooks.info 4th Edition Get More and Do More at Dummies.com® Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include • Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! At home, at work, or on the go, Dummies is here to help you go digital! 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1: Starting to Use Your Mac Chapter 2: Getting Acquainted with the Mac User Interface 25 Chapter 3: Making Your First Connections 59 Chapter 4: Working with Files and Folders 81 Chapter 5: Managing Apps on the Dock, Launchpad, and Desktop 121 Chapter 6: Changing How Your Mac Looks, Sounds, and Feels 159 Book II: Online Communications 197 Chapter 1: Browsing the Web with Safari 199 Chapter 2: Corresponding with Mail 241 Chapter 3: Chatting with Messages and FaceTime 279 Chapter 4: Moving Around with Maps 309 Book III: Beyond the Basics 321 Chapter 1: Backing Up and Restoring Your Data 323 Chapter 2: Protecting Your Mac against Local and Remote Threats 343 Chapter 3: Networking Your Mac and Connecting Peripherals 377 Chapter 4: Sharing Files and Resources on a Network 395 Chapter 5: Running Windows on a Mac 413 Chapter 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 425 Book IV: Your Mac as Multimedia Entertainment Center 441 Chapter 1: Tuning In and Listening with iTunes 443 Chapter 2: Watching Videos and Movies on Your Mac 483 Chapter 3: Importing, Viewing, Organizing, and Sharing Photos 505 Chapter 4: Making Movies with iMovie 551 Chapter 5: Making Your Own Kind of Music with GarageBand 585 Chapter 6: Reading, Listening, and Learning on Your Mac 607 www.it-ebooks.info Book V: Taking Care of Business 621 Chapter 1: Managing Contacts 623 Chapter 2: Staying on Schedule with Calendar 645 Chapter 3: Creating Documents with Pages 675 Chapter 4: Presenting with Keynote 713 Chapter 5: Crunching with Numbers 757 Chapter 6: Getting the Most Out of iWork 787 Index 797 www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Book I: Getting Started with Mac Basics Chapter 1: Starting to Use Your Mac Examining Different Macintosh Models The Mac mini and Mac Pro 10 The iMac 11 The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 11 Starting Your Mac 12 Turning Your Mac Off 14 Putting a Mac in Sleep mode 14 Shutting down your Mac 17 Restarting a Mac 19 Understanding Mac Processors 19 Exploring Your Mac’s Inner Workings 21 Chapter 2: Getting Acquainted with the Mac User Interface 25 Looking at Menus, Dialogs, and Windows 26 Exploring the menu bar 26 Understanding menu commands 27 Working with dialogs 28 Managing windows 29 Mastering the Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard 34 Using the mouse 34 Operating the trackpad 36 Examining the parts of the keyboard 37 Getting to Know the Parts of the Desktop 44 The Dock 45 The Finder 47 Exploring the Dashboard 49 Viewing Dashboard widgets 50 Customizing a widget 51 Adding and removing widgets 52 Disabling and deleting widgets from Dashboard 55 www.it-ebooks.info vi Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition Getting Help 56 Pointing out commands to use 57 Reading Help topics 58 Chapter 3: Making Your First Connections 59 Setting Up an Internet Connection 59 Ethernet connection 60 Wireless (Wi-Fi) access 61 Establishing Your Apple Identity 64 Creating an Apple ID during Mac setup 65 Creating an Apple ID in iCloud 66 Keeping Your Data in iCloud 70 Selecting iCloud preferences 71 Syncing with your other devices 74 Using the iCloud website 74 Setting Up E-Mail and Social Network Accounts 76 Adding accounts 76 Gathering your account information 76 Configuring your account 77 Chapter 4: Working with Files and Folders 81 Getting to Know the Finder 82 Handling devices 83 Understanding folders 84 Setting Finder preferences 85 Navigating the Finder 87 Opening a folder 87 Working with tabs 88 Jumping to a specific folder 89 Jumping back and forth 89 Moving to a higher folder 90 Following the folder path 90 Organizing and Viewing Folders 90 Selecting items in the Finder 91 Using Icon view 91 Using List view 93 Using Column view 94 Using Cover Flow view 95 Changing your view options 96 Using Quick Look to view file contents 97 Creating Folders 99 Creating a folder from the Finder menu 100 Creating a folder from Save or Save As 100 Playing Tag: Classify Files and Folders for Quick Access 102 Setting tag preferences 102 Tagging existing files and folders 103 Tagging new files 104 Finding your tagged files 104 www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents vii Manipulating Files and Folders 104 Renaming files and folders 105 Copying a file or folder 107 Moving a file or folder 108 Grouping files 108 Archiving Files and Folders 109 Creating a ZIP file 109 Creating a DMG file 110 Deleting files and folders 112 Searching Files 113 Using Spotlight 113 Spotlight Preferences 116 Using Smart Folders 117 Creating a Smart Folder with Spotlight 117 Deleting a File or Folder 118 Retrieving a file or folder from the Trash 119 Emptying the Trash 119 Chapter 5: Managing Apps on the Dock, Launchpad, and Desktop 121 Launching an App 121 From the Dock 122 From Launchpad 123 From the Apple menu’s Recent Items 125 From the Finder 125 With Spotlight 126 Opening documents 126 Switching among Applications 129 Quitting Apps 131 Closing a document 131 Shutting down an app 132 Force-quitting an app 132 Creating Alias Icons 133 Working with Dock Aliases 135 Adding file and folder aliases to the Dock 136 Rearranging icons on the Dock 138 Removing icons from the Dock 138 Organizing Multiple Desktops with Spaces 138 Creating Desktops 139 Switching Desktops 140 Moving app windows to different Desktops 141 Setting Mission Control preferences 142 Acquiring New Apps 143 Shopping in the App Store 145 Downloading apps from the App Store 148 Installing Applications 150 Installing an app from the web 150 Installing an application from a CD/DVD 152 www.it-ebooks.info viii Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition Updating Applications and System Software 153 Uninstalling Applications 155 Uninstalling an app 155 Removing app alias icons from the Dock and Desktop 156 Removing user setting files 157 Chapter 6: Changing How Your Mac Looks, Sounds, and Feels 159 Changing the Desktop and Screen Saver 160 Choosing a Desktop image 160 Customizing the Screen Saver 163 Changing the Display and Appearance 166 Changing the screen resolution 166 Changing the color of the user interface 167 Changing the Date and Time 169 Adjusting Sounds 172 Noticing Notifications 175 Using Your Mac’s Accessibility Features 179 Mitigating vision limitations 179 Compensating for hearing limitations 182 Interacting with ease 183 Enabling Switch Control 187 Speaking with Your Mac 188 Setting up Speakable Items 188 Setting up Dictation & Speech 193 Book II: Online Communications 197 Chapter 1: Browsing the Web with Safari 199 Browsing Websites 199 Visiting websites 200 Reading in Reader 207 Using tabbed browsing 209 Setting your Safari home page 213 Searching within a web page 214 Organizing Your Website Experience 215 Using bookmarks 215 Creating a Reading List 221 Seeing what your friends are reading 223 Displaying favorites in Top Sites 224 Storing Personal Info and Keeping it Private 225 Using AutoFill to track passwords and more 226 Protecting your web-browsing privacy 227 Saving and Sharing Web Pages 231 Saving a web page as a file 231 Saving a photo from the web 233 Sharing a web page 234 Printing a web page 235 www.it-ebooks.info Index Smart Playlists, iTunes creating, 463–465 defined, 460 defining rules for, 464–465 editing, 466 tagging songs, 463–464 SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), 242 social networking See also names of specific social networks configuring accounts, 77–80 gathering account information, 76–77 Softtote Data Recovery, 341 songs See audio sounds See also audio alerts, 173 ambient noise reduction, 174 balance, 172 input/output, 172, 174–175 sound effects, 173 volume defined, 172 displaying, 174 feedback when adjusting, 173 input, 174 output, 174 Spaces (Desktop Spaces) adding aliases to, 140 automatically rearranging, 142 creating, 139–140 displaying Dashboard as, 142 grouping windows by app, 143 moving app windows to, 141 multiple displays, 143 overview, 138–139 setting images for, 140 switching between, 140 spam See junk e-mail SPAMfighter, 276 SpamSieve, 276 Speakable Items (voice command) feature assigning actions to commands, 191–193 Global Speakable Items option, 191 keyboard options, 191 listening method, 190–191 microphone calibration, 189–190 setting up, 188–193 833 spelling and grammar checking Mail app, 252, 261–262 Pages app, 706–707 Spotlight finding files, 128 launching apps from, 122, 126 overview, 113 preferences management, 116 searching for Calendar events, 665 searching for Contacts information, 633, 639 searching for files and folders, 113–116 searching for Mail messages, 266–267 Smart Folders creating, 117–118 defined, 117 spreadsheets See Numbers app Spring Cleaning app, 158 spring-loaded folders feature, 108 Stacks feature creating, 137 customizing, 137 defined, 136 opening files stored in, 137 Standard user accounts, 359 Stickies widget, 54 Sticky Keys feature, 183–184 StockLayouts, 795 Stocks widget, 54 storage CDs/DVDs, 326 determining, 414 flash memory cards, 507 iCloud, 72–73 iMac, 11 Mac mini, 11 Mac Pro, 11 streaming audio, 236 sudo command, 440 SugarSync, 326 SVCDs, 483 Switch Control feature, 187–188 switches, 378–379 Symantec Security Check, 356 Syncplicity, 326 System folder, 84 www.it-ebooks.info 834 Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition System Preferences See also names of specific applications Accessibility features closed captioning, 182–183 display color inversion, 179–180 Mouse Keys, 185–186 overview, 179 removing stereo, 182 Slow Keys, 183–185 Sticky Keys, 183–184 Switch Control, 187–188 trackpad options, 187 VoiceOver, 180–181 zooming, 179, 181 accessing, 159 customizing layout of, 165 date and time changing based on language and region, 171–172 overview, 169 setting automatically, 170 time zone, 170 type of clock, 171 Desktop image colors, 160 display options, 161–162 from folders, 160–161 from iPhoto, 160 slide show, 163 dictation, 193–194 moving between panes of, 169 notifications alerts, 175 badges, 175 banners, 175 Do Not Disturb feature, 177–178 Notification Center, 175–179 personalizing, 175 sorting, 177 sounds, 175 password protection, 349 screen resolution, 166–167 screen savers Hot Corners, 165 previewing, 163–164 selecting, 163–165 timing of, 165 sounds alerts, 173 ambient noise reduction, 174 balance, 172 displaying volume, 174 feedback when adjusting volume, 173 input/output, 172, 174–175 input/output volume, 174 sound effects, 173 volume, defined, 172 Text to Speech feature, 194–195 user interface color, 167–168 icon size, 168 number of items in Recent Items menu, 169 scroll bar functionality, 168–169 voice commands assigning actions to commands, 191–193 Global Speakable Items option, 191 keyboard options, 191 listening method, 190–191 microphone calibration, 189–190 setting up, 188–193 T Tab key, 41 tab-delimited format importing contacts, 631 opening spreadsheets in Numbers app, 762 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), 509 tags Finder accessing, 103 changing colors, 103 displaying, 103–104 finding tagged files, 104 general discussion, 81 overview, 102 preferences management, 102–103 tagging existing files and folders, 103–104 tagging new files and folders, 104 iPhoto app date and time information, 526 keywords, 526, 529–530, 538 www.it-ebooks.info Index naming photos, 527–528 overview, 527 rating photos, 526, 528–529, 538 sorting tagged photos, 529–530 Targus, 344 Techtool Pro, 435 Terminal app, 439–440 text chat See Messages app Text to Speech feature, 194–195, 263 Thunderbird e-mail app, 76, 144 Thunderbolt connections defined, 10 general discussion, 10, 324 networking, 378 starting (booting up) from another Mac, 435–436 TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), 509 Tile Game widget, 54 Time Capsule wireless router backing up to, 324 overview, 61 wireless networks, 384 Time Machine app attaching external drive, 327–328 encryption, 329–330 frequency of backups, 332 moving backup from old Mac to new, 338–339 overview, 327, 332 recovering files from within apps, 333–335 overview, 333 using Finder, 333, 335–336 using Spotlight, 335 restoring Mac, 337–338 setting up, 328–330 skipping selected files, 330–331 Versions feature, 336–337 title bar location of, 30 moving windows with, 31 Toolbar, location of, 30 Top Sites feature, Safari adding websites to, 225 changing view, 224 defined, 202–203, 224 displaying, 224 835 editing, 225 exiting, 225 rearranging, 225 trackballs, 35 trackpad clicking and dragging, 36 Control-clicking, 36 general discussion, 10, 26 Magic Trackpad, 10 multitouch gesture examples, 37 overview, 36 pinching, 36 rotating, 36 scrolling, 36 scrolling in windows, 33 swiping, 36 three-finger double tapping, 37 three-finger dragging, 37 two-finger double tapping, 37 two-finger tapping, 36 unpinching, 36 Translation widget, 54 Trash ejecting jammed CDs/DVDs, 438 emptying, 113, 119–120, 430 Mail app emptying Trash, 278 retrieving deleted e-mail messages, 277–278 preferences management, 87 retrieving files and folders from, 119 Secure Empty Trash feature, 113, 120, 376, 430 uninstalling apps, 156 Trojan horses, 343 troubleshooting Bluetooth connections, 392 ejecting jammed CDs/DVDs, 438 frozen/hung apps, 426–427 hard drive issues booting from another Mac, 435–436 booting from Recovery drive, 433–435 reformatting, 437 reinstalling operating system, 436 types of problems, 430 verifying disk permissions, 430–431 verifying disks, 431–433 www.it-ebooks.info 836 Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition troubleshooting (continued) overview, 425 startup issues booting up in Safe Mode, 427–429 overview, 12–13 uninstalling apps, 427 warranty invalidation, 426 Tryten, 344 Tucows, 145 Tux Paint, 144 Twitter Shared Links feature, Safari, 223–224 sharing Keynote presentations via, 754 sharing Maps locations via, 316 sharing Numbers spreadsheets via, 785 sharing Photo Booth images via, 518 sharing web pages via, 234 typewriter (alphanumeric) keys defined, 40 location of, 38 special characters, 40–41 U UDF (Universal Disk Format), 111 Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), 200 Uninstaller app, 158 Unit Converter widget, 54 Universal Disk Format (UDF), 111 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), 200 U.S Holidays online calendar, 652 USB connections, 10, 324 USB flash drives backing up with, 325 recovering data deleted from, 341 troubleshooting types of problems, 430 verifying disk permissions, 430–431 verifying disks, 431–433 using for Windows installation on Mac, 415–416 USB Video Class (UVC) video cameras, 290, 293 usernames e-mail accounts, 77, 242 Mac user account, 13 shared folders, 401 tracking with AutoFill feature, 226–227 Users folder, 84 UVC (USB Video Class) video cameras, 290, 293 V vCalendar (VCS) format, 652–653 vCard format, 631, 640–641 Versions feature defined, 102, 336–337 returning to earlier versions, 337 saving multiple versions of documents, 102 viewing previous versions of documents, 102 video capturing with FaceTime HD camera, 556 converting formats, 485 digital formats, 484–485 disc formats, 483–484 DVDs Audio Equalizer inspector, 498–499 bookmarks, 494–495 camera angles, 496 chapters, 493–494 closed captioning, 496 color adjustment, 498 Controller, 490–492 ejecting discs, 500 full-screen view/window view, 489–491 languages, 496–497 navigating through video, 492–493 overview, 489 Parental Controls feature, 489, 500–502 preferences management, 502–503 restarting at last scene viewed, 502 skin, 491 subtitles, 496 timer, 499–500 Video Zoom inspector, 497 viewing DVD menu, 492 viewing frames in steps, 493 viewing in slow motion, 493 viewingTitle menu, 492 volume, 498 www.it-ebooks.info Index frames, defined, 552 iMovie audio, 571–574 basic steps for using, 552 events, 552, 554, 557–558 general discussion, 551 importing video, 552–556 previewing video, 554, 556 projects, 558–570, 580 sharing videos, 582–583 special effects, 575–580 trailers, 580–581 transitions, 559, 565–566 user interface, 552 iTunes playing video files, 471–472 podcasts, 617–620 iTunes Store high-definition video, 479 iTunes Extra option, 479 renting videos, 476 Keynote presentations adding, 739–740 editing, 740 playing digital video, 235–236, 484–485 QuickTime Player chapters, 487 full-screen view, 486 languages, 487 navigating through video, 487–488 opening, 486 sharing videos, 488 subtitles, 487 views, 486–487 volume, 487 video chat See FaceTime app; Messages app Video Compact Discs (VCDs), 483 View menu, 27 View Options window, 96–97 Vimeo sharing iMovie videos via, 582 sharing Keynote presentations via, 754 VirtualBox, 421 virtualization apps, 413, 421–422 VLC Media Player, 450–451, 484–485 837 VMware Fusion, 421 voice command feature See Speakable Items feature VoiceOver feature, 180–181 W war driving, 385 Waveform Audio File Format (WAV), 448, 450 Weather widget, 51, 54 web address extensions, 200 web archives, 231 web browsing See also Safari browser accessing e-mail accounts via browsers, 241–242 alternatives to, 199 avoiding suspicious websites, 376 Parental Controls feature, 363, 365–366 website addresses, 200 Web Clip widget, 54, 239 webcams, 516 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), 385 widgets adding, 53–55 closing, 50 customizing, 51–52 defined, 49 deleting, 56 disabling, 55–56 displaying hidden, 54–55 expanding, 52 finding new, 55 list of, 54–55 moving, 51 removing, 52–53 viewing, 50 Wi-Fi See wireless Internet connections Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), 385 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2), 384–385 Windows, running on Mac earlier versions of, 413 reasons for, 413 using Boot Camp bootable USB drives, 416–417 defining default operating system, 419 www.it-ebooks.info 838 Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition Windows, running on Mac (continued) installing, 415–419 overview, 413 removing Windows, 420–421 saving support software to external drive, 416–417 sharing files between operating systems, 420 starting with specific operating system, 419 switching operating system, 419 system requirements, 414–415, 418 using CrossOver Mac, 422–423 using virtualization apps, 421–422 overview, 413 windows management closing, 30–32 defined, 29 full-screen view, 30, 33 minimizing, 30, 32 moving with title bar, 31 resizing, 31 scroll bars, 30, 33 title bar, 30 Toolbar, 30 using multiple, 29–30 zooming, 30, 32 Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, 450 Windows Media Video (WMV) format, 484 Windows PCs processors, 21 using iCloud with, 71 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), 385 wired Internet connections confirming connection, 60 connecting to, 60 defined, 60 wired networks general discussion, 377 hubs, 378 routers, 379 speed of, 380 switches, 378–379 testing, 380–381 wireless Internet connections (Wi-Fi) cellular data modems, 64 choosing wireless routers, 61 connecting to networks, 62–64 defined, 60 passwords, 63 remembering networks, 64 secured (encrypted) networks, 63 security issues, 64 viewing nearby networks, 62–63 wireless standards, 61–62 wireless networks access points, 384–385 disadvantages of, 382 general discussion, 381 peer-to-peer (computer-to-computer) connecting to from Network System Preferences, 383 connecting to from Wi-Fi menu, 383 defined, 382 setting up, 382–383 router-based, setting up, 384 security issues, 385 WMA (Windows Media Audio) format, 450 WMV (Windows Media Video) format, 484 Word, 710–711 word processing See Pages app World Clock widget, 51, 54 WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), 385 WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), 384–385 Write Only (Drop Box) permission level, 399 X xD-Picture Cards, 508 xvid format, 483 Y Yahoo! Messenger, 280, 298 YouTube sharing iMovie videos via, 582 sharing Keynote presentations via, 754 www.it-ebooks.info Index Z Zero Configuration Networking (zeroconf), 407 ZIP files creating, 109–110 defined, 109 839 DMG files versus, 109 e-mail attachments, 257 exporting Pages documents as, 710–711 opening, 110 Zoom button location of, 30 zooming windows, 32 www.it-ebooks.info 840 Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition www.it-ebooks.info About the Authors Joe Hutsko is the author of Green Gadgets For Dummies, Flip Video For Dummies (with Drew Davidson), and iPhone All-in-One For Dummies (with Barbara Boyd) For more than two decades, he has written about computers, gadgets, video games, trends, and high-tech movers and shakers for numerous publications and websites, including The New York Times, Macworld, PC World, Fortune, Newsweek, Popular Science, TV Guide, the Washington Post, Wired, Gamespot, MSNBC, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Salon You can find links to Joe’s stories on his blog, joehutsko.com As a kid, Joe built a shortwave radio, played with electronic project kits, and learned the basics of the BASIC programming language on his first computer, the Commodore Vic 20 In his teens, he picked strawberries to buy his first Apple II computer Four years after that purchase (in 1984), he wound up working for Apple, where he became the personal technology guru for the company’s chairman and CEO Joe left Apple in 1988 to become a writer and worked on and off for other high-tech companies, including Steve Jobs’ onetime NeXT He authored a number of video game strategy guides, including the bestsellers Donkey Kong Country Game Secrets: The Unauthorized Edition and Rebel Assault: The Official Insiders Guide Joe’s first novel, The Deal, was published in 1999, and he recently rereleased a trade paperback edition of it with a new foreword by the author (tinyurl com/hutskodeal) Barbara Boyd writes mostly about technology and occasionally about food, gardens, and travel She’s the co-author, with Joe Hutsko, of the first, second, and third editions of iPhone All-in-One For Dummies, and the author of AARP iPad: Tech to Connect and iCloud and iTunes Match In A Day For Dummies She also co-authored (with Christina Martinez) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Pinterest Marketing At present, she’s working on Innovative Presentations For Dummies with Ray Anthony Barbara worked at Apple from 1985 to 1990, beginning as Joe’s assistant and the first network administrator for the executive staff She then took a position as an administrator in the Technical Product Support group Barbara recalls working with people who went on to become top names in technology It was an exciting time to be in Silicon Valley and at Apple in particular That experience instilled a lifelong fascination with technology and Apple products Her interest and experience led to subsequent jobs in marketing and publishing at IDG (International Data Group) and later for a small San Francisco design firm In 1998, she left the corporate world to study Italian, write, and teach www.it-ebooks.info Presently, Barbara stays busy writing, keeping up with technology, and tending her garden and olive trees Barbara divides her time between city life in Rome and country life on an olive farm in Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot Dedication Joe dedicates this book to: My fabulously thoughtful, kind, caring, smart, creative, beautiful, and amazing co-author — and lifelong friend (and karmic life preserver) — Barbara Boyd Barbara dedicates this book to: My sweet, patient husband, Ugo de Paula Thank you for our “vita fatata.” And to my talented, inspiring, since-childhood friend Joe Hutsko, without whom I wouldn’t be doing any of this techie stuff Author’s Acknowledgments You see the author’s names on the cover, but these books (like any books) are really a collaboration, an effort of a many-membered team Thanks go to Bob Woerner at Wiley for commissioning the fourth edition of this book — we’re going to miss you, Bob — and to Aaron Black for coming in mid-project and offering insight and support when we wanted to change this book for the better Writers are only as good as their editors, and we were lucky to have not one but two amazing project editors, Heidi Unger and Elizabeth Kuball plus a super-duper copy editor, Teresa Artman As always, technical editor Dennis R Cohen is a joy to work with and an invaluable part of our revision team Thanks, too, to the anonymous people at Wiley who contributed to this book — not just editorial, but tech support, legal, accounting, even the person who delivers the mail We don’t know you, but we appreciate the job you do; it takes a lot of worker bees to keep the hive healthy, and each task is important to the whole We continue to thank our literary agent, Carole Jelen, for her astute representation and moral support Carole plays a key role in our success, promoting us and keeping an eye out for new opportunities Thanks to the folks at Apple who developed such cool products, and specifically to Keri Walker for her ongoing editorial product support Joe adds: Major thanks to my dear, long-time friend Barbara Boyd, who stepped up to the plate as co-author on both this book and iPhone All-in-One For Dummies when my life and work focuses shifted to other time-sensitive www.it-ebooks.info projects and matters; writing and making deadlines on both books would have been impossible without Barbara’s contribution I mean it quite literally when I say both books are more Barbara’s than mine, from perspectives of total word count, attention to detail, and commitment Barbara adds: I’m forever grateful to my co-author, Joe, for his collaboration but more than anything, for his solid, steadfast, ever-present friendship www.it-ebooks.info Publisher’s Acknowledgments Acquisitions Editor: Aaron Black Project Coordinator: Rebekah Brownson Project Editors: Heidi Unger and Elizabeth Kuball Cover Image: ©iStockphoto.com/ LuckyBusiness; 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