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1  Cover

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Introduction Foolish Assumptions About This Book Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5  Part 1: Getting Started with Your iMac Chapter 1: Okay, This Machine Looks Really, Really Weird Intel iMac or M1 iMac — That Is the Question 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: The Basics Behind macOS Monterey Your Own Personal Operating System Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons? Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb Performing Tricks with Finder Windows Juggling Folders and Icons Keystrokes to Fame and Fortune Speeding Things Up with Shortcuts Home, Sweet Home Folder Working with Mission Control Personalizing Your Desktop Taking Control of Your iMac Customizing the Dock What’s with the Trash? All You Really Need to Know about Printing And Just in Case You Need Help …

6  Part 2: Shaking Hands with macOS Chapter 4: What’s New in Monterey? Shortcuts Hit Your iMac Let’s Get Focused Putting Tags to Work Hiding Email the iCloud Way FaceTime … Over the Web? Chapter 5: A Nerd’s Guide to System Preferences An Explanation — without Jargon, No Less Locating That Certain Special Setting Popular Preferences Panes Explained Chapter 6: 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 7: Putting Common Apps to Work Remind Me to Use Reminders Taking Notes the Monterey Way Staying Current with Notification Center Introducing the Maps Application Switching Views in Maps Getting Directions Over Yonder Creating and Using Guides Catching Up on News Using Favorites and Channels

7  Part 3: Connecting and Communicating Chapter 8: Let’s Go on Safari! Pretend You’ve Never Used This Thing Visiting Websites Navigating the Web Configuring Your Home Page and Start Page Adding and Using Bookmarks Working with the Reading List Downloading Files Using History Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends Printing Web Pages Protecting Your Privacy Chapter 9: Expanding Your Horizons with iCloud So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway? Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents Putting Handoff to Work Expanding Your Horizons with Sidecar Configuring iCloud Managing Your iCloud Storage Chapter 10: Creating a Multiuser iMac Once Upon a Time (an Access Fairy Tale) Big-Shot Administrator Stuff Tackling Mundane Chores for the Multiuser iMac Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks What Exactly Is the Network Advantage? Should You Go Wired or Wireless? Be a Pal: Share Your Internet! What Do I Need to Connect? Connecting to the Network Use Your Firewall! Chapter 12: Hooking Up with Handy Helpers Connecting Printers Connecting Scanners Using Photo Booth Conversing with FaceTime Sending Instant Messages Across the Network

8  Part 4: Living the Digital Life Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joys of Music and TV What Can I Play in Music? Playing Digital Audio Files 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 iSending iStuff to iPhone and iPad Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles Feasting on Music Visuals Exercising Parental Authority Watching Video with TV Buying Digital Media the Apple Way Chapter 14: Focusing on Photos Delving into Photos Working with Images in Photos Exploring iCloud Photos Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Shared Albums to Work 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 Browsing Your Video Library Sharing Your Finished Classic Chapter 16: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand Shaking Hands with Your Band Composing Made Easy Sharing Your Songs

9  Part 5: Getting Productive with YouriMac Chapter 17: Desktop Publishing with Pages Creating a New Pages Document Opening an Existing Pages Document Saving Your Work Touring the Pages Window Entering and Editing Text Using Text, Shapes, 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? Setting Your Font Defaults to Speed Things Up 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 Printing Your Spreadsheet 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, Shapes, 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

10  Part 6: The Necessary Evils: Troubleshooting, Upgrading, and Maintaining Chapter 20: It Just … Sits … There Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech! Step-by-Step iMac Troubleshooting Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won’t Work Chapter 21: I Want to Add Stuff More Memory Will Help Can I Upgrade My Internal Drive? Weighing Attractive Add-Ons Chapter 22: Tackling the Housekeeping Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits Backing Up Your Treasure Saving Files Putting Things Right with Time Machine Maintaining Drive Health Automating Those Mundane Chores Updating macOS Automatically

11  Part 7: The Part of Tens Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your iMac Nothing Works Like a Shot of Memory Hold a Conversation with Your iMac What’s Up, Siri? 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 24: 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

12  Index

13  About the Author

14  Advertisement Page

15  Connect with Dummies

16  End User License Agreement