Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Repairing Macs

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*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 *Competing books are out of date - ours will cover the latest models,including PowerBook and system revisions.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 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Inside the iMac and PowerMac. Chapter 2: Inside the Powerbook and the iBook. Chapter 3: Before Beginning Repairs. Chapter 4: Monitors and Displays. Chapter 5: Hard Drives. Chapter 6: Macintosh Memory. Chapter 7: Processors. Chapter 8: Expansion Slots. Chapter 9: PC Cards and Powerbook Expansion Bays. Chapter 10: Batteries. Chapter 11: Power Supplies. Part 2: Expantion and Peripherals. Chapter 12: SCSI. Chapter 13: IDE. Chapter 14: FireWire. Chapter 15: USB. Chapter 16: CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW Drives. Chapter 17: DVD. Chapter 18: Removable-Media Drives. Chapter 19: Tape Drives. Chapter 20: Life Without Floppies? Chapter 21: Keyboards. Chapter 22: Mice and Trackballs. Chapter 23: Graphics Tablets and Trackpads. Chapter 24: Joysticks and Gamepads. Chapter 25: Digital Imaging. Chapter 26: Video Cards/Chipsets and Graphics Acceleration. Chapter 27: Video Capture, Digital Video, and TV Tuning. Chapter 28: Audio In/Out, Sound, and MIDI. Chapter 29: Printers. (and more...)