Teach Yourself Visually iMac: The Fast and Easy Way to Learn

When I finally convinced my parents that a mac would solve some of their computer issues, the next step was walking them through the transition of using it. Although I'm a fairly good teacher, I needed something stronger to make it easy for them. Especially at times when I can't be there to show them. This worked perfectly.To the point that they no longer even needed me to walk them through anything.Rather than just writing out how to do something, every step shows a photo of what your computer monitor will look like when you do and WHERE you are supposed to click on something. This saves so much time looking for certain buttons, or clicking on the wrong thing. It walks you through all you need to know to get working on an imac, no matter what experience you have had before.Whether buying it as a guide to teach yourself, as a tool to teach someone else all the really important things you need to know, or even as a instructor for the novice to use themselves, this was a really useful guide...my dad said it was like the instruction model that should have come with the computer to start.

I have recently started using a Mac having been a PC user for many years and although I found most things intuitive, I kept running into the occasional problem and needed help which is why I purchased this book. At first glance I must admit I thought it was too basic, but I could not have been more wrong. It is very easy to follow and understand and makes learning how to get the most from my Mac a fast process. Would strongly recommend this book to anyone starting out with a Mac, or moving from a PC. A great reference guide and something my wife who has also switched to a Mac, never leaves far from her side.

Buy the time the book arrived, I had pretty much covered most of the chapters by just exploring the tutorials and help files on my new IMac. I've been a PC user for 20 years and really there isn't much difference between the XP and Mac application software. I was hoping for something more in the area of the features and files of the OS X operating system. This book seems to explain the start up, software and organization of the your files (something that is really simple and thoroughly explained on the IMac). This book would be helpful to a first time computer user BEFORE they start up the Mac the first time. Anybody have and suggestion on a more detailed operating system book the have tried?

This replaced a book written in 1993. That was when it was Mac OS 7. I wanted a more current book than that and I am glad I bought this book.Some of the little icons were hard to read though. I think they could have been bigger or made more distinct, more readable. Maybe they look this way on a Mac. With my old (51 years old) eyes, I had to squint to see them. Otherwise, a fairly good read. It was very thorough. I don't have a Mac yet and was just sticking my toe in the water, so to speak. I will keep this until then.

I'm glad that I bought it because I was totally lost with the Apple. Now I'm less lost(:<). I still don't understand why there isn't a step by step instruction manual . I will be however the first to admit that the graphics are superior to any desktop that I have ever seen

I gave it this review because it is a pretty comprehensive description of the i Mac . Since I am a new owner it is still a work in progress for me and this book definitely helps. I would recommend it to anyone who has just bought a iMac.

We have recently made the change from a Windows based PC to an iMac. This book gives a basic insight as to how to use the iMac. The text is perfectly clear and the photographs add just that extra that you sometimes need. I can surely recommend it to 60+ users as we are.

This book is very easy to follow and covers some of the basic methods of the iMac - and if like me you are new to Apple, this is very helpful. However, it soon runs out of steam and you are left on your own for anything beyond the basics.

Great condition for second hand. Would not have wanted to pay the full price for it, but for what I did pay it is a well put together book, easy to follow and understand. Recommend to anyone else as dim as me at getting to understand their iMac, helped no end.

This book is cleavr and concise and would be a fantastic help for anyone newish to the apple world. I have an iPod nano, an ipad2 , iPhone 5, and now the latest iMac replacing my windows desktop. The styling and quality of the mac is stunning and well worth the small outlay to get to grips with and feel real computing power.Good luck and enjoy.

I purchased this because I was used to Windows. This was very easy to follow and assisted me to change to the IMac. Would recommend it to all 'starters'

It was excellent regarding the topics it covered, but many times did not go into enough depth with it's coverage. Certainly a good starter, but a wder resource book is needed to cover all tasks

Very useful. Though it's probably good to have 2 or 3 manuals as one will have something the others don't have.