Chambers, Mark L. OS X Yosemite all-in-one for dummies. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley and Sons, 2015 (DLC) 18238727: Material Type: Document, Internet resource: Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File: All Authors / Contributors: Mark L Chambers. This reference combines eight content-rich minibooks in one complete package to give you all-access, easy-to-understand coverage of the key features and tools needed to get the most out of the latest OS X release from Apple. In OS X Yosemite All-in-One For Dummies, you'll learn the ins and outs of OS X basics, navigating and running programs, searching with Spotlight, having fun with Photo Booth, keeping in touch with Contacts, using Reminders, writing in Notes, setting up the Notification. In OS X Yosemite All-in-One For Dummies, you'll learn the ins and outs of OS X basics, navigating and running programs, searching with Spotlight, having fun with Photo Booth, keeping in touch with Contacts, using Reminders, writing in Notes, setting up the Notification Center, customizing the OS X desktop, jamming with iTunes, organizing.
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Boot Camp is a software bridge that enables Mac users to run Windows software on their Macs. In years past, you may have heard that a Mac computer couldn’t run Windows out of the box (without expensive hardware or software), and that Mac software was off-limits to PCs . . . and you’d have heard correctly, at least for all but the recent history of the Macintosh computer.
The incompatibility was a result of Apple using a series of Motorola processors (CPUs) that didn’t speak the same language as the Intel CPUs used in PCs. Consider a person speaking Korean trying to read a book in Arabic, and you get the general idea.
Then Apple began using Intel processors in Macs, and the ground rules changed. Apple hardware was suddenly compatible with Windows. All that was needed was a bridge to help keep both operating systems separate on the same hard drive — and Apple developed Boot Camp. Of course, that bridge works only in one direction because you still can’t run Macintosh software on a PC. (Go figure.)
Boot Camp accomplishes this magic by creating a separate Windows partition on your Mac’s hard drive. The partition holds all your Windows data, including the OS, your program files, and the documents you create while running Windows. Consider this partition as completely separate from your OS X data even though both partitions exist on the same physical hard drive.
Think of it this way: When you reboot your Mac using Boot Camp, it’s similar to changing the station on an FM radio. The hardware is the same, but you switch to a different station (Windows instead of OS X), and you’re listening to different music (country instead of rock). How’s that for a comparison, Dr. Science?
Naturally, you need free space on your Mac’s hard drive to install Boot Camp. Apple recommends having 10GB of free space, but bump that up to 40GB. A new Boot Camp installation in Yosemite requires Windows 7 or Windows 8 — note that some newer Mac models support only Windows 8.
When your Mac is running Windows, it’s just as susceptible to virus and spyware attacks as any other Windows PC. Make sure to invest in quality antivirus and antispyware protection for your Windows side!
Formulas calculate values based on the contents of cells you specify in your Numbers spreadsheet. Numbers is the spreadsheet application that is part of the iWork suite of products on your MacBook.
For example, if you designate cell A1 (the cell in column A at row 1) to hold your yearly salary and cell B1 to hold the number 12, you can divide the contents of cell A1 by cell B1 (to calculate your monthly salary) by typing this formula into any other cell:
=A1/B1
By the way, formulas in Numbers always start with an equal sign (=).
So why not use a calculator? Maybe you want to calculate your weekly salary. Rather than grab a pencil and paper, you can simply change the contents of cell B1 to 52, and — boom! — the spreadsheet is updated to display your weekly salary.
That’s a simple example, of course, but it demonstrates the basis of using formulas (and the reason that spreadsheets are often used to predict trends and forecast budgets). It’s the “what if?” tool of choice for everyone who works with numeric data.
To add a simple formula within your spreadsheet, follow these steps:
- Select the cell that will hold the result of your calculation.
- Click inside the Formula Box and type = (the equal sign).The Formula Box appears to the right of the Sheets heading, directly under the Button bar. Note that the Format Bar changes to show a set of formula controls (a.k.a. the Formula Bar).
- Click the Function Browser button, which bears the fx label. (It appears next to the red Cancel button on the Formula Bar.)
- In the window that appears, click the desired formula and click Insert to add it to the Formula Box.
- Click an argument button in the formula and click the cell that contains the corresponding data.Numbers automatically adds the cell you indicated to the formula. Repeat this for each argument in the formula.
- After you finish, click the Accept button to add the formula to the cell.
That’s it! Your formula is now ready to work behind the scenes, doing math for you so that the correct numbers appear in the cell you specified.
To display all the formulas that you’ve added to a sheet, click the Formula List button in the toolbar.