This hands-on, step-by-step guide leads readers through the most frequently asked real-world questions about the brand-new flat-panel iMac--whether on setting up the machine, learning the basics of the new OS X operating system, using applications like iDVD and iTunes, or getting on the Internet. The reader learns the basics about drives, directories, and files. He or she learns quickly the fundamentals of backups and other safety precautions.

Gene Steinberg first used a Mac in 1984 and never looked back. He writes both non-fiction and fiction, he's a computer software and systems consultant, and he is the author of the popular Mac Reality Check column for the Arizona Republic's Arizona Central Computing page. Steinberg has also written feature articles and product reviews for such magazines as MacHome, MacAddict, MacUser, and Macworld, and he presents strange and unusual computing tips on Craig Crossman's Computer America radio show, which reaches 17 million listeners worldwide.

*The DVD is not included with the digital version of this book.