close menu
Bookswagon-24x7 online bookstore
close menu
My Account
28%
OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks: (7th Grade)

OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks: (7th Grade)

          
5
4
3
2
1

Out of Stock


Premium quality
Premium quality
Bookswagon upholds the quality by delivering untarnished books. Quality, services and satisfaction are everything for us!
Easy Return
Easy return
Not satisfied with this product! Keep it in original condition and packaging to avail easy return policy.
Certified product
Certified product
First impression is the last impression! Address the book’s certification page, ISBN, publisher’s name, copyright page and print quality.
Secure Checkout
Secure checkout
Security at its finest! Login, browse, purchase and pay, every step is safe and secured.
Money back guarantee
Money-back guarantee:
It’s all about customers! For any kind of bad experience with the product, get your actual amount back after returning the product.
On time delivery
On-time delivery
At your doorstep on time! Get this book delivered without any delay.
Notify me when this book is in stock
Add to Wishlist

About the Book

Discover hundreds of tips, tricks, and shortcuts for doing more, sharing more, and having more fun with your Mac that’s running Mountain Lion! This easy, nontechnical tutorial brings together powerful new ways to use OS X 10.8’s coolest features and hottest new innovations! Perfect for Mac beginners, Windows® refugees, and long-time Mac users upgrading to Mountain Lion, it’s packed with great ideas and solutions you would never discover on your own–all explained simply, step-by-step, with full-color pictures. Whether you’re running a desktop iMac, a MacBook, or MacBook Air notebook computer, this book will make you even happier with your Apple computer than you already are!   Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll learn how to do:      •  Make the most of Mountain Lion’s new and revamped iPad-style apps    •  Share content on Facebook or Twitter instantly, without switching apps    •  Painlessly sync all your Apple devices (including your Macs, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch)    •  Communicate more efficiently with Messages    •  Compete against other gamers online from your Mac    •  Get access to iCloud’s any time/any where free storage    •  Use Apple’s “Find My Mac” service to find and remotely password-protect your Mac if it’s lost or stolen    •  Get Notification Center to show you what you want–and only what you want    •  Transcribe voice dictation straight into your apps    •  Discover great shortcuts for apps like Contacts, Calendar, and Mail    •  Automatically back up your stuff with Time Machine    •  Organize your life with Reminders and create detailed To Do lists that sync with all of your computers and Apple mobile devices    •  Wirelessly simulcast presentations, home videos, and iTunes content to your TV (using Apple TV)    •  Use iPhoto’s Faces tool to sort images based on who’s in them, and then edit, print, and share them with ease    •  Hold free real-time videoconferences with other Apple users using FaceTime or anyone using Skype    •  Transition painlessly from any version of Windows®  

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION 1 UPGRADING TO MOUNTAIN LION ......... 5 WHAT’S NEW IN MOUNTAIN LION ......... 7 UPGRADE PREREQUISITES .. ......... 12   CONFIRMING UPGRADE COMPATIBILITY ......... 14   PURCHASING, DOWNLOADING, AND INSTALLING ......... 15 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET ..........16 USING A MAGIC MOUSE OR MULTI-TOUCH TRACKPAD ......... 18   PAIRING DEVICES VIA BLUETOOTH ...............18   CONFIGURING A MAGIC MOUSE . ......... 20   CONFIGURING A MULTI-TOUCH TRACKPAD .................20 2 NAVIGATING MOUNTAIN LION .......23 EXPLORING THE DESKTOP .. ......... 24   WORKING WITH THE MENU BAR .. ......... 24   THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MENU BAR .............30   ACCESSING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER . ......... 32 LAUNCHING APPS .........34 SWITCHING BETWEEN RUNNING APPS .............37 CUSTOMIZING THE DOCK ... ......... 38   THE FINDER ICON . ......... 41   THE TRASH ICON ... ......... 42 USING FINDER .. ......... 43   THE MAIN FINDER WINDOW ...........44   WORKING WITH FILES/FOLDERS WITHIN FINDER ....52 USING THE SHARE ICON ......... 53 CUSTOMIZING YOUR DESKTOP AND SCREEN SAVER ....55   CHANGING THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER ....55   CUSTOMIZING THE SCREEN SAVER ...............57 CUSTOMIZING MORE VIA SYSTEM PREFERENCES ............59 3 OPTIMIZING PREINSTALLED APPS .................61 BENEFITS OF PREINSTALLED APPS .....65 USING THE CALCULATOR APP.................66 USING THE CALENDAR APP .......................69   CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP ............70   WORKING WITH THE CALENDAR SIDEBAR .....................71   ENTERING EVENTS INTO THE CALENDAR APP ............73   QUICKLY ADDING NEW EVENTS TO THE CALENDAR APP......... 75   SYNCING CALENDAR WITH ICLOUD (AND OTHER MACS AND IDEVICES). ......... 76   CUSTOMIZING HOW NOTIFICATION CENTER WORKS WITH THE CALENDAR APP ......... 77   TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE CALENDAR APP ........78 USING THE CONTACTS APP .......................81   SYNCING CONTACTS DATA WITH ICLOUD (AND OTHER CONTACT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS) ...............82   GROUPING YOUR CONTACTS ..........82   SHARING CONTACTS DATA WITH OTHERS ......................84   LEVERAGING FIELD LABELS WHEN CREATING NEW ENTRIES ....85   INTERACTIVE FIELDS IN CONTACT ENTRIES ..................86   CREATING A CONTACTS ENTRY FOR YOURSELF ........87   CONTACTS IS NOW FACEBOOK COMPATIBLE ..............87     ENHANCING FACETIME VIDEO CONFERENCES ...................88 USING THE PHOTO BOOTH APP ............90 GETTING QUICK VIEWS VIA THE PREVIEW APP ...................92   VIEWING IMAGES, DOCUMENTS, AND PDF FILES ....96   PREVIEW DIFFERS FROM QUICK LOOK ......96 DISCOVERING OTHER PREINSTALLED APPS ..97 4 USING NOTIFICATION CENTER .......99 MANAGING ALL APP-SPECIFIC NOTIFICATIONS ............102 GETTING STARTED.....106   USING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER PANEL ..................108   CUSTOMIZING THE NOTIFICATION CENTER PANEL ............111 AVOIDING EXCESSIVE ALERTS, ALARMS, AND NOTIFICATIONS.....115 5 COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY WITH MESSAGES ........119 INSTANT MESSAGING VERSUS TEXT MESSAGING .........120 COMBINING MESSAGING CAPABILITIES .........121 GETTING STARTED.....122   CONFIGURING TO WORK WITH BONJOUR ..................123   CONFIGURING TO WORK WITH IMESSAGE ..................124   CONFIGURING TO WORK WITH OTHER IM SERVICES .........125 COMMUNICATING WITH MESSAGES .................127 EXPLOITING THE MESSAGES MENU BAR ......130 OTHER TEXT MESSAGING, VIDEO, AND VOICE CHAT OPTIONS ......134 SENDING TEXT MESSAGES FROM A MAC TO A MOBILE PHONE ...135 6 MAKING THE MOST OF REMINDERS AND NOTES ............137 ADVANTAGES OF REMINDERS .............138 ADVANTAGES OF NOTES ... ......... 138 OPTIMIZING YOUR USE OF REMINDERS .......140 OPTIMIZING YOUR USE OF NOTES .. ......... 149 SYNCING WITH ICLOUD......154 7 IMPROVED WEB SURFING AND EMAIL MANAGEMENT ...157 STREAMLINING SAFARI ......... 158   TABBED BROWSING ......... 159   SMARTER SEARCH FIELD ..................161   SHARING ....162   READING WEBSITE CONTENT OFFLINE .. ......... 162   USING THE READER FEATURE ......165   AVOIDING REPETITIVE DATA ENTRY WITH AUTOFILL ......165   PREVENTING WEBSITE TRACKING ..............166   CUSTOMIZING YOUR TOOLBAR . ......... 167 MANAGING EMAIL USING THE MAIL APP .....170   CONFERRING VIP STATUS ................172   FLAGGING INDIVIDUAL EMAILS TO SIGNIFY IMPORTANCE ......174   WORKING SEAMLESSLY WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER ....174   CUSTOM SIGNING YOUR OUTGOING EMAILS ..........176   SEARCHING YOUR INBOX AND ALL MAIL FOLDERS .........177   DICTATING YOUR OUTGOING EMAILS.....178   MANAGING YOUR EMAILS BETTER.............179   WORKING WITH ICLOUD ..................180 SENDING LARGE FILES VIA EMAIL ....181 8 GETTING THE MOST FROM ITUNES AND GAME CENTER .....183 EXPLORING ITUNES .. ......... 184   MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL MUSIC LIBRARY ...............187   CREATING PLAYLISTS ... ......... 189   WATCHING MOVIES, TV SHOWS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS .....192      ACCESSING ITUNES COMMANDS AND FEATURES .. ......... 194   BUILT-IN GENIUS ......... 196   MANAGING EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, IDEVICE APPS, AND RINGTONES......196   PURCHASING CONTENT FROM THE ITUNES STORE............197   THE ITUNES MATCH SERVICE .......199   CUSTOMIZING ITUNES .......................199   SYNCING AND BACKING UP IDEVICE CONTENT .....200 MAKING THE MOST OF GAME CENTER ...........201 OTHER GAMING OPTIONS .......................204 9 INSTALLING NEW SOFTWARE ......205 SHOPPING THE APP STORE .....................207   ADVANTAGES OF APP STORE APPS ...........208   USING THE APP STORE APP ...........210   FINDING APPS IN THE APP STORE ..............210   LEARNING ABOUT APPS FROM LISTINGS .....................213   LEARNING MORE ABOUT APPS .. ......... 214 OBTAINING APPS VIA OTHER MEANS ...............216   OPEN SOURCE VERSUS PAID APPS .............217   INSTALLING SOFTWARE FROM OTHER SOURCES . ......... 217   INSTALLING SOFTWARE FROM A CD/DVD (ON MACBOOK AIR) ...218 KEEPING APPS CURRENT...219 DISCOVERING NEW SOFTWARE .........220 SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROLS ON YOUR MAC.....221   SETTING UP PARENTAL CONTROLS ...........222   SETTING UP ITUNES PARENTAL CONTROLS ...............223   USING GATEKEEPER TO PROTECT AGAINST MALWARE ..224 10 GET BETTER RESULTS FASTER USING IPHOTO .....227 ILIFE PRIMER ....228 GETTING STARTED WITH IPHOTO ‘11 ................229 ORGANIZING YOUR PHOTOS ................230   SORTING YOUR PHOTOS INTO EVENTS/ALBUMS ..230   SORTING IMAGES WITH THE FACES FEATURE ...........232   SORTING IMAGES WITH THE PLACES FEATURE .......234   FLAGGING YOUR FAVORITE IMAGES .........235   GIVING YOUR PHOTOS THE STAR TREATMENT ........235   ASSOCIATING KEYWORDS WITH EACH IMAGE ........237   RENAMING EVENTS, ALBUMS, AND IMAGES .............238   DELETING PHOTOS FROM IPHOTO ............239 USING IPHOTO’S SIDEBAR OPTIONS .................241 EDITING PHOTOS WITHIN IPHOTO .. ......... 243 CREATING PHOTO PROJECTS USING IPHOTO ....................246 SHARING PHOTOS FROM IPHOTO ...247 USING THE ICLOUD PHOTO STREAM FEATURE ................250 CREATING PRINTS FROM YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES ..........253   WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHOTO PAPER ............254   ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR CREATING PRINTS ......256 CREATING A PHOTO BOOK ......................258 BACKING UP YOUR PHOTOS ..................260 11 NAVIGATING AROUND ICLOUD .261 DISCOVERING ICLOUD’S MANY USES ...............262 SETTING UP YOUR FREE ICLOUD ACCOUNT .......................266 PURCHASING ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE ....................269 CONFIGURING ICLOUD TO WORK ON YOUR MAC .........271 KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR MACS AND IDEVICES ............272 12 BACKING UP YOUR MAC .....................275 YOUR MAIN BACKUP OPTIONS ...........277 PLANNING A BACKUP STRATEGY ....277 BACKING UP VIA TIME MACHINE .......278   CHOOSING AN ADEQUATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE .........279   TIME MACHINE AND TIME CAPSULE .......282   SETTING UP TIME MACHINE ........283   RESTORING FROM A TIME MACHINE BACKUP .........285 BACKING UP VIA ICLOUD ......... 288 BACKING UP ONLINE .....289 BACKING UP VIA THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE ......... 290 BACKING UP MANUALLY ...291 13 SYNCING INFORMATION WITH OTHER MACS AND IDEVICES ................293   EXPLOITING MOUNTAIN LION’S SHARING FEATURES .. ......... 294   EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS AND FILES WIRELESSLY VIA AIRDROP ..................303   USING THIRD-PARTY CLOUD-BASED FILE SHARING ... ......... 306 CONNECTING YOUR MAC TO AN FTP SITE ... ......... 307   SHARING INFORMATION USING YOUSENDIT.COM .308 SYNCING DATA BETWEEN MACS AND PCS USING A USB CABLE . ......... 309 SHARING DOCUMENT FILES BETWEEN COMPUTERS ......... 309 14 OPTIMIZING AIRPLAY ..... ......... 313 DISCOVERING APPLE TV .... ......... 314 ENHANCING APPLE TV AUDIO WITH AIRPLAY-COMPATIBLE SPEAKERS .......317 SETTING UP AIRPLAY TO WORK WITH YOUR MAC ........317 PLAYING ITUNES CONTENT VIA AIRPLAY ......320 PRESENTING PRESENTATIONS VIA AIRPLAY ......... 322 AIRPLAY VERSUS HOME SHARING ... ......... 323 15 USING PERIPHERALS AND ACCESSORIES ..................325 REVIEWING YOUR MAC’S PORTS AND PERIPHERAL CONNECTION METHODS ..326   AIRPLAY .......327   BLUETOOTH ............327   ETHERNET PORT .330   FIREWIRE PORT ....331   HEADPHONE JACK (AUDIO OUT) .................331   IR RECEIVER 332   MICROPHONE JACK (AUDIO IN) 332   THUNDERBOLT PORT ...333   USB PORTS ..334   WI-FI ...............336 CONNECTING PERIPHERALS ..................337   CONNECTING PRINTERS/SCANNERS ........338   CHOOSING A PRINTER FOR YOUR MAC . ......... 339   CONSIDERING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL/ALL-IN-ONE OPTION ....342 16 TRANSITIONING EASILY FROM A WINDOWS PC TO A MAC ......................343 TRANSFERRING YOUR PC FILES TO A MAC WITH MIGRATION ASSISTANT . ......... 344 MICROSOFT WINDOWS VERSUS MOUNTAIN LION .......347   YOUR MAC’S MOUSE OR TRACKPAD HAS NO BUTTONS ......347   DIFFERENT ICONS USED TO CLOSE, MINIMIZE, OR MAXIMIZE WINDOWS ........349   OTHER DIFFERENCES ...352 RUNNING MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND PC SOFTWARE ON YOUR MAC .......358   USING BOOT CAMP ......... 359   USING PARALLELS....359 9780789749918, TOC, 8/21/2012  


Best Seller

| | See All

Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789749918
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Que Corporation,U.S.
  • Depth: 13
  • Height: 156 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Series Title: 7th Grade
  • Weight: 630 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0789749912
  • Publisher Date: 20 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Width: 228 mm


Similar Products

How would you rate your experience shopping for books on Bookswagon?

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS           
Be The First to Review
OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks: (7th Grade)
Pearson Education (US) -
OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks: (7th Grade)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks: (7th Grade)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book
    Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals

    | | See All


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    ASK VIDYA