iMac For Dummies 5th Edition by Mark L. Chambers

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November 11, 2008

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Congratulations! When you bought that shiny new anodized aluminum iMac, you made
a great choice. Now you want take advantage and control of that baby’s awesome
speed, high performance, powerful operating system, and fantastic applications,
and iMac for Dummies, 5th Edition is here to help you do just that!

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!

Mark L. Chambers is an author, a tech editor, and an unabashed Mac fan.
He is the author of more than 30 computer books including MacBook For Dummies.
Mark L. Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, programmer,
and hardware technician for more than 20 years — pushing computers
and their uses far beyond “normal” performance limits for decades now. His
first love affair with a computer peripheral blossomed in 1984 when he bought
his lightning-fast 300 BPS modem for his Atari 400. Now he spends entirely too
much time on the Internet and drinks far too much caffeine-laden soda.
With a degree in journalism and creative writing from Louisiana State University,
Mark took the logical career choice: programming computers. However, after
five years as a COBOL programmer for a hospital system, he decided there must
be a better way to earn a living, and he became the Documentation Manager for
Datastorm Technologies, a well-known communications software developer.
Somewhere in between writing software manuals, Mark began writing computer
how-to books. His first book, Running a Perfect BBS, was published in 1994 —
and after a short decade or so of fun (disguised as hard work), Mark is one of
the most productive and best-selling technology authors on the planet.
Along with writing several books a year and editing whatever his publishers
throw at him, Mark has also branched out into Web-based education, designing
and teaching a number of online classes — called WebClinics — for
Hewlett-Packard.
His favorite pastimes include collecting gargoyles, watching St. Louis
Cardinals baseball, playing his three pinball machines and the latest computer
games, supercharging computers, and rendering 3-D flights of fancy with
TrueSpace — and during all that, he listens to just about every type of music
imaginable. Mark’s worldwide Internet radio station, MLC Radio (at www.
mlcbooks.com), plays only CD-quality classics from 1970 to 1979, including
everything from Rush to Billy Joel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show.