Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Foolish Assumptions -- About This Book -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: Know Your iMac -- Chapter 1: Okay, This Machine Looks Really, Really Weird -- An Introduction to the Beast -- Choosing a Home for Your New Pet -- Unpacking and Connecting -- Discovering All the Cool Things You Can Do -- Stuff You Oughta Buy Right Now -- Chapter 2: Life! Give My iMac Life!. -- Throwing the Big Leaf Switch -- Mark's Favorite Signs of a Healthy iMac -- Harriet, It's Already Asking Me Questions! -- Importing Documents and Data from Your Old Mac -- Manually Importing Documents and Data from Windows -- Chapter 3: Introducing the Apple of Your iMac -- A Quick Tour of the Premises -- Calling for Help -- Part II: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X -- Chapter 4: Opening and Closing and Clicking and Such -- Working within the Finder -- Pointing in a Mac World -- Launching and Quitting for the Lazy iMac Owner -- Juggling Folders and Icons -- Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune -- Performing Tricks with Finder Windows -- Chapter 5: A Plethora of Powerful Fun -- Home, Sweet Home Folder -- Arranging Your Desktop -- Putting the Dock to the Test -- What's with the Trash? -- Working Magic with Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spaces -- Printing within OS X -- Chapter 6: A Nerd's Guide to System Preferences -- A Not-So-Confusing Introduction -- Searching for Settings -- Popular Preference Panes Explained -- Chapter 7: Searching amidst iMac Chaos -- Doing a Basic Search -- How Cool Is That!? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do -- Expanding Your Search Horizons -- Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste -- Chapter 8: Using Reminders, Notes, and Notifications -- Remind Me to Use Reminders -- Taking Notes the Mavericks Way -- Staying Current with Notification Center.

Chapter 9: Keeping Track with Contacts and Maps -- Hey, Isn't Contacts Just a Part of Mail? -- Entering Contact Information -- Using Contact Information -- Arranging Your Contact Cards -- Using Network Directories -- Printing Contacts with Flair -- Swapping Bytes with vCards -- Introducing the Maps Window -- Switching Views in Maps -- Getting Directions over Yonder -- Part III: Connecting and Communicating -- Chapter 10: Going Places with Safari -- Pretend You've Never Used This Thing -- Visiting Websites -- Navigating the Web -- Setting Up Your Home Page -- Adding and Using Bookmarks -- Working with the Reading List and Shared Links -- Downloading Files -- Using Subscriptions and History -- Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends -- Printing Web Pages -- Protecting Your Privacy -- Chapter 11: Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud -- So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway? -- Saving and Opening iCloud Documents -- Configuring iCloud -- Chapter 12: Hooking Up with Handy Helpers -- Connecting Printers -- Connecting Scanners -- Using Photo Booth -- Conversing with FaceTime -- Turning Your iMac into a TV - And More -- Part IV: Living the iLife -- Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes -- What Can I Play on iTunes? -- Playing an Audio CD -- Playing Digital Audio and Video -- Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists -- Know Your Songs -- Ripping Audio Files -- Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears -- A New Kind of Radio Station -- iTunes and iCloud Together -- iSending iStuff to iPod, iPhone, and iPad -- Sharing Media across a Network -- Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles -- Feasting on iTunes Visuals -- Exercising Parental Authority -- Buying Digital Media the Apple Way -- Chapter 14: The Masterpiece That Is iPhoto -- Delving into iPhoto -- Working with Images in iPhoto -- Producing Your Own Coffee-Table Masterpiece.

Putting Photo Stream to Work -- E-Mailing Photos to Aunt Mildred -- Chapter 15: Making Film History with iMovie -- Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window -- A Bird's-Eye View of Moviemaking -- Importing the Building Blocks -- Building the Cinematic Basics -- Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer -- Sharing Your Finished Classic with Others -- Chapter 16: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand -- Shaking Hands with Your Band -- Composing Made Easy -- Sharing Your Songs -- Part V: Getting Productive with iWork and Other Tools -- Chapter 17: Desktop Publishing with Pages -- Creating a New Pages Document -- Open an Existing Pages Document -- Saving Your Work -- Touring the Pages Window -- Entering and Editing Text -- Using Text and Graphics Boxes -- The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste -- Formatting Text the Easy Way -- Adding a Spiffy Table -- Adding Alluring Photos -- Adding a Background Shape -- Are You Sure about That Spelling? -- Printing Your Pages Documents -- Sharing That Poster with Others -- Chapter 18: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers -- Before You Launch Numbers . . . -- Creating a New Numbers Document -- Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File -- Save Those Spreadsheets! -- Exploring the Numbers Window -- Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet -- Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet -- Selecting the Correct Number Format -- Aligning Cell Text Just So -- Formatting with Shading -- Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns -- The Formula Is Your Friend -- Adding Visual Punch with a Chart -- Chapter 19: Building Presentations with Keynote -- Creating a New Keynote Project -- Opening a Keynote Presentation -- Saving Your Presentation -- Putting Keynote to Work -- Adding Slides -- Working with Text and Graphics Boxes -- Adding and Editing Slide Text -- Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look.

Using Presenter's Notes in Your Project -- Every Good Presentation Needs Media -- Adding a Background Shape -- Creating Your Keynote Slideshow -- Printing Your Slides and Notes -- Chapter 20: Creating a Multiuser iMac -- Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale) -- Big-Shot Administrator Stuff -- Multiuser Rules for Everyone -- Chapter 21: Building (Or Joining) a Network -- What, Exactly, Is the Network Advantage? -- The Great Debate: Wired versus Wireless -- Sharing Internet Access -- What Do You Need to Connect? -- Connecting to the Network -- USE YOUR FIREWALL! -- Part VI: The Necessary Evils: Troubleshooting, Upgrading, Maintaining -- Chapter 22: It Just . . . Sits . . . There -- Can You Troubleshoot? Yes, You Can! -- Basic Troubleshooting 101 -- Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won't Work -- Chapter 23: I Want to Add Stuff -- More Memory Will Help -- Figuring out how much memory you have -- Can I Upgrade My Hard Drive? -- Weighing Attractive Add-Ons -- Chapter 24: Tackling the Housekeeping -- Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits -- Backing Up Your Treasure -- Saving Files -- Putting Things Right with Time Machine -- Maintaining Hard Drive Health -- Automating Those Mundane Chores -- Updating OS X Automatically -- Part VII: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your iMac -- Nothing Works Like a Shot of Memory -- Hold a Conversation with Your iMac -- Vamoose, Unwanted Fragments! -- Keep Your Desktop Background Simple -- Column Mode Is for Power Users -- Make the Dock Do Your Bidding -- It All Started with Keyboard Shortcuts -- Hey, You Tweaked Your Finder! -- Keep in Touch with Your Recent Past -- Go Where the Going Is Good -- Chapter 26: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague -- Keep Things Cool -- Phishing Is No Phun -- Don't Rely on a Single Password -- Do You Really Want a Submerged Keyboard? -- Don't Use Antiquated Utility Software.

Don't Endorse Software Piracy -- Call It the Forbidden Account -- Don't Settle for a Surge Suppressor -- Refurbished Hardware Is No Deal at All -- iMacs Appreciate iCleanliness -- Index -- About the Author.