Troubleshooting, Maintaining, And Repairing Macs

*Strong Mac audience - with growing sales of G4s,iMAcs,and iBooks,users need a comprehensive troubleshooting reference.

*Competing books are out of date - ours will cover the latest models,including PowerBook and system revisions.

*Follows successful format of the Bigelow TMR reference.

*Comprehensive coverage —covers over 1000 Mac hardware symptoms and contains easy-to0use "symptoms-at-a-glance" section.

The Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide for Maximizing Your Mac's Performance Identify,fix,and prevent Mac problems with this comprehensive and easy-to-use reference. Covering the latest Mac models - including G4s and iBooks - this complete guide will show you how to take control of your Mac when crisis hits. Highly organized and featuring a quick "Symptoms-at-a-Glance" section,you*ll find troubleshooting solutions for a slew of familiar and not-so-familiar problems,including memory issues,power supply malfunctions,and virus symptoms. This essential guide addresses Internet protocols and wireless technology,attaching all types of peripheral devices,and gives practical advice for creating a trouble-free networking environment. Also included are detailed procedures for regular Mac maintenance,so you can keep any future problems to a minimum. Up-to-date,thorough,and practical—this is the ultimate troubleshooting guide for every Mac user.

Learn to:

• Enhance system performance
• Understand each Mac hardware and software component
• Connect and troubleshoot all types of peripherals including scanners,printers,CD-ROM and DVD drives — and more
• Maintain your Mac regularly
• Recover from system disasters quickly andeffectively
• Know what's wrong immediately by using the "Symptoms-at-a-Glance" section
• Minimize freezing,force quits,and system crashes
• Work with other platforms
• Plus,get a peek at Mac OS X