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The Macintosh Bible 3rd Edition 1991

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The Macintosh Bible, third edition, is a book by Sharon Zardetto Aker and others, edited by Arthur Naiman, published by Goldstein & Blair, Berkeley, California, copyright 1987-91. ISBN 0-940235-11-0; Library of Congress QA76.8.M3M325 1991, card number 90-3849. The hosted scan is the second printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as 1,115 pages.[2]

The preface calls the third edition "completely revised and updated" with many hundreds of pages of new material, and says the price includes free quarterly updates.[3] The updates are not in the scan. Entries are initialled by their contributors.

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list; each chapter also has its own contents list.[4]

  • Preface, p. 9; Acknowledgments, p. 10; Introduction, p. 13; How to use this book, p. 16; Notes on contributors, p. 20
  • 1. General principles, p. 23
  • 2. Basic Mac hardware, p. 69
  • 3. Storage and memory, p. 131
  • 4. Printing, p. 193
  • 5. Miscellaneous hardware & accessories, p. 261
  • 6. Basic Mac software, p. 279
  • 7. Fonts, p. 349
  • 8. Utilities, p. 463
  • 9. Troubleshooting, p. 515
  • 10. Word processing, p. 543
  • 11. Databases, p. 629
  • 12. Spreadsheets, p. 657
  • 13. Graphics, p. 689
  • 14. Page layout, p. 741
  • 15. Communicating between computers, p. 771
  • 16. Education & entertainment, p. 813
  • 17. Programming, p. 837
  • 18. Miscellaneous applications, p. 875
  • 19. Where to find good information & inexpensive software, p. 897
  • Appendix A: Glossary of basic Mac terms, p. 913
  • Appendix B: List of companies & products, p. 985
  • Index, p. 1015
  • Readers' comments, p. 1108
  • Ordering information, p. 1116

Hardware content

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Chapter 2 opens with "Models of the Mac" (p. 71), then general hardware tips and sections on the Macintosh II family, the compact Macs, the Macintosh Portable, monitors, keyboards and mice.[5] Chapter 9, "Troubleshooting", deals with software problems: backups, recovering data from disks, viruses, system errors and security software.[6] There are no schematics, parts lists or service procedures; Apple's service manuals are in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 1,126 PDF pages, covers included.

Other editions on this wiki

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References

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  1. ↑ Sharon Zardetto Aker et al., Arthur Naiman (ed.), The Macintosh Bible, 3rd ed. (Goldstein & Blair, 1991), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, The Macintosh bible, 3rd ed., record OL1852241M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Aker et al., The Macintosh Bible, 3rd ed., Preface, p. 9 (PDF p. 11).
  4. ↑ Aker et al., The Macintosh Bible, 3rd ed., Contents (PDF pp. 8-9).
  5. ↑ Aker et al., The Macintosh Bible, 3rd ed., Chapter 2 contents (PDF p. 72).
  6. ↑ Aker et al., The Macintosh Bible, 3rd ed., Chapter 9 contents (PDF p. 516).
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