Teach Yourself Visually OS X Mountain Lion

Chapter 1 Reviewing What You Can Do with OS X Create Documents 4 Play and Record Music 6 View and Organize Your Photos 8 Play and Make a Movie or Slide Show 10 Take Advantage of the Web 12 Communicate with Others 14 Organize Your Contacts and Appointments 16 Chapter 2 Learning Basic OS X Program Tasks Explore the OS X Screen 20 Tour the Dock 21 Start an Application 22 Start an Application Using Launchpad 24 Switch Between Applications 26 View Running Applications with Mission Control 27 Tour an Application Window 28 Run an Application Full Screen 29 Select a Command from a Pull-Down Menu 30 Select a Command Using a Toolbar 31 Select Options with Dialog Controls 32 Chapter 3 Learning Basic OS X Document Tasks Save a Document 36 Open a Document 37 Print a Document 38 Edit Document Text 40 Copy a File 44 Move a File 45 Rename a File 46 Delete a File 47 Chapter 4 Browsing the World Wide Web Open and Close Safari 50 Select a Link 52 Enter a Web Page Address 53 Open a Web Page in a Tab 54 Navigate Web Pages 56 Navigate with the History List 58 Change Your Home Page 60 Bookmark Web Pages 62 Search for Sites 64 Download a File 66 Chapter 5 Communicating via E-mail Open and Close Mail 70 Add an E-mail Account 72 Send an E-mail Message 74 Add a File Attachment 76 Add a Signature 78 Receive and Read E-mail Messages 80 Reply to a Message 82 Forward a Message 84 Open and Save an Attachment 86 Create a Mailbox for Saving Messages 88 Create Rules to Filter Incoming Messages 90 Chapter 6 Talking via Messages and FaceTime Configure Messages 94 Send a Message 96 Send a File in a Message 98 Open and Close FaceTime 100 Sign In to FaceTime 102 Connect Through FaceTime 104 Chapter 7 Tracking Your Contacts and Events Open and Close Contacts 108 Add a New Contact 110 Edit a Contact 112 Create a Contact Group 114 Open and Close Calendar 116 Navigate the Calendar 118 Create an Event 120 Create a Repeating Event 122 Send or Respond to an Event Invitation 124 Chapter 8 Playing and Organizing Music Open and Close iTunes 128 Understanding the iTunes Library 130 Navigate the iTunes Window 131 Play a Song 132 Play a Music CD 134 Import Tracks from a Music CD 138 Create a Playlist140 Burn Music Files to a CD 142 Edit Song Information 144 Purchase Music from the iTunes Store 146 Listen to an Internet Radio Station 148 Chapter 9 Learning Useful OS X Tasks Connect an iPod, iPhone, or iPad 152 Synchronize an iPod, iPhone, or iPad 154 Install a Program Using the App Store 158 Write a Note 160 Pin a Note to the Desktop 162 Create a Reminder 164 Create a New Reminder List 166 Sign In to Your Twitter Account 168 Send a Tweet 170 Share Information with Other People 172 Work with the Notification Center 174 View the OS X Screen on Your TV 176 Chapter 10 Viewing and Editing Photos View a Preview of a Photo 180 View a Slide Show of Your Photos 182 Open and Close iPhoto 184 Import Photos from a Digital Camera 186 View Your Photos 188 Create an Album 190 Crop a Photo 192 Rotate a Photo 194 Straighten a Photo 196 Remove Red Eye from a Photo 198 Add Names to Faces in Your Photos 200 Map Your Photos 202 E-mail a Photo 204 Take Your Picture 206 Chapter 11 Playing and Creating Digital Video Play a DVD Using DVD Player 210 Play Digital Video with QuickTime Player 212 Create a New Movie Project 214 Import a Video File 216 Add Video Clips to Your Project 218 Trim a Clip 220 Add a Transition between Clips 222 Add a Photo 224 Add a Music Track 226 Record a Voiceover 228 Add Titles and Credits 230 Play the Movie 232 Publish Your Movie to YouTube 234 Chapter 12 Customizing OS X Display System Preferences 238 Change the Desktop Background 240 Activate the Screen Saver 242 Set Your Mac s Sleep Options 244 Change the Display Resolution 246 Create an App Folder in Launchpad 248 Add a User Account 250 Customize the Dock 252 Add an Icon to the Dock 254 Hide the Dock 256 Add a Widget to the Dashboard 258 Chapter 13 Maintaining OS X Empty the Trash 262 Organize Your Desktop 263 Check Hard Disk Free Space 264 Uninstall Unused Applications 266 Set a Software Update Schedule 268 Update Software Manually 270 Force a Stuck Application to Close 272 Configure Time Machine Backups 274 Restore Files Using Time Machine 276 Recondition Your Mac Notebook Battery 278 Restart Your Mac 280 Chapter 14 Working with Your iCloud Account Create an Apple ID 284 Sign In to iCloud 288 Set Up iCloud Synchronization 290 Send and Receive iCloud Mail 292 Work with iCloud Contacts 294 Manage Your Schedule with iCloud 296 Locate a Lost Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad 298 Chapter 15 Networking with OS X Understanding Networking 302 Connect a Bluetooth Device 304 Connect to a Wireless Network 308 Connect to a Network Resource 310 Change Your Password 312 Turn On File and Printer Sharing 314 Share a Folder 316 Share a Printer 318 Add a Shared Printer 320 Share a Screen with Another Mac 322 Chapter 15 Networking with OS X Index 324