My New Mac—52 Simple Projects to Get You Started

My New Mac—52 Simple Projects to Get You Started

Introduction

Part 1 - Basic Training

Project 1

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Turning a Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically

Project 2

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Learning to Use the Mouse

Project 3

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Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar

Project 4

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Controlling Programs with the Dock

Project 5

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Manipulating Windows

Project 6

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Navigating Through Folders with the Finder

Project 7

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Creating, Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files and Folders

Project 8

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Conserving Energy While Using Your Macintosh

Part 2 - Making Life Easier with Shortcuts

Project 9

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Working Faster with Shortcut Commands

Project 10

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Learning to Drag and Drop

Project 11

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Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners

Project 12

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Finding Files Fast

Project 13

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Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words

Project 14

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Putting Information at Your Fingertips with Dashboard

Project 15

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Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts

Project 16

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Slapping Parental Controls on Your Kids

Project 17

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Making Your Mac Easier to See, Hear, and Control

Part 3 - Putting Your Macintosh to Work

Project 18

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Jotting Down Notes

Project 19

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Turning Your Mac into an Electronic Reminder

Project 20

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Never Forget a Birthday Again

Project 21

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Playing Audio CDs and Audio Files on Your Macintosh

Project 22

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Ripping and Burning an Audio CD

Project 23

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Playing Your Favorite Parts of a DVD

Project 24

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Storing Files on a CD or DVD

Project 25

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Transferring Images to a Macintosh

Project 26

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Organizing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

Project 27

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Tagging and Sorting Digital Photographs in iPhoto

Project 28

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Editing Digital Photographs in iPhoto

Project 29

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Turning Your Macintosh into an Electronic Picture Frame

Project 30

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Sharing Files Without Connecting Cables

Project 31

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Retrieving Files Back in Time

Project 32

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Typing Foreign Languages

Part 4 - Touching the World Through the Internet

Project 33

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Remembering Your Favorite Websites

Project 34

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Reading the Latest Updates on Your Favorite Websites

Project 35

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Keeping Your Internet Activities Private

Project 36

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Saving Research Information From a Web Page

Project 37

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Creating an Electronic Clipping Service for Web Pages

Project 38

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Watching Video on Any Website

Project 39

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Expanding Your Mind by Listening to Free College Lectures

Project 40

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Listening to News, Music, and Talk Shows Over the Internet

Project 41

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Setting Up an Email Account

Project 42

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Reading and Writing Email

Project 43

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Making Email Look Pretty

Project 44

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Organizing Your Email

Project 45

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Dealing with Junk Email

Part 5 - Maintaining Your Macintosh

Project 46

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Learning About Your Macintosh

Project 47

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Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Software on Your Macintosh

Project 48

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Performing Preventative Maintenance on Your Macintosh

Project 49

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Ejecting Stuck CDs or DVDs

Project 50

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Password Protecting Your Macintosh

Project 51

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Encrypting Your Data

Project 52

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Troubleshooting Your Printers

The Next Step

Paper Monitor Model