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Upgrading & Fixing Macs & iMacs For Dummies

Upgrading & Fixing Macs & iMacs For Dummies


By Todd Stauffer

ISBN: 978-0-7645-0644-4
Format: Paper
Pages: 386 Pages
Pub. Date: May 2000

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Table of Contents
Introduction.

PART I: Pre-Med: Getting Started with Upgrades and Fixes.

Chapter 1: The Upgrade or Repair Decision.

Chapter 2: How a Mac Works . or Doesn't Work.

Chapter 3: Diagnosis: Broken or Just Slow?

PART II: The Clinic: Upgrading and Fixing on the Outside.

Chapter 4: The Port Primer.

Chapter 5: Keyboards, Mice, and Cool Input Devices.

Chapter 6: Modems and High-Speed Internet Access.

Chapter 7: On Monitors, or Murphy's Law of Vertical Hold.

Chapter 8: Making Pretty Pictures: Scanners and Digital Cameras.

Chapter 9: Sound Off with Your Mac.

Chapter 10: Houston, We Have a Printer.

Chapter 11: Removable Media: Zips, Floppies, and CDs.

Chapter 12: The New Guard: More on USB and FireWire.

PART III: Advanced Surgery: Getting inside Your Mac.

Chapter 13: Getting inside Your Mac or iMac: The Surgeon's Handbook.

Chapter 14: Playing Cards: Upgrading with PDS, PCI, and NuBus.

Chapter 15: Improving Your Memory.

Chapter 16: The Need for Speed: Processor Upgrades.

Chapter 17: Adding Closet Space: Hard Disks and Internal Drives.

Chapter 18: Get Out and Mingle: Basic Networking.

Chapter 19: Intimate with iMac: Special Upgrades for Your Little Buddy.

PART IV: Internal Medicine and Maintenance.

Chapter 20: First Aid for the Mac OS and Applications.

Chapter 21: Maintaining Your Mac's Files.

Chapter 22: Installing, Reinstalling, and Updating the Mac OS.

PART V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 23: Ten Problems and How to Fix Them.

Chapter 24: Ten Utilities for Snooping around Your Mac.

Chapter 25: Ten Special iMac and Power Mac G3 and G4 Fixes.

Index.

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