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The Macintosh Bible 4th edition 1992

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The Macintosh Bible, fourth edition, is a book by Arthur Naiman, Nancy E. Dunn, Susan McCallister and John Kadyk "and a cast of thousands", published by Peachpit Press as a Goldstein & Blair book, copyright 1987-92, first printing September 1992. ISBN 1-56609-009-1, Library of Congress card number 92-16851.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as 1,241 pages.[2]

Like the earlier editions it is a collection of tips, shortcuts and product evaluations, with entries initialled by their contributors. The hosted scan is 1,262 PDF pages, covers included.

Contents

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Chapter page numbers are from the book's contents list, which also lists the sections of each chapter.[3]

  • Credits, p. 5; Preface, p. 13; Introduction, p. 14; How to use this book, p. 17; Acknowledgments, p. 24; Notes on major contributors, p. 27
  • 1. First principles, p. 29
  • 2. Basic Mac hardware, p. 93
  • 3. Storage and memory, p. 201
  • 4. Basic Mac software, p. 289
  • 5. Printing, p. 369
  • 6. Fonts, p. 439
  • 7. Utilities, p. 543
  • 8. Troubleshooting, p. 583
  • 9. Word processing, p. 617
  • 10. Databases, p. 691
  • 11. Spreadsheets, p. 713
  • 12. Personal and business management, p. 737
  • 13. Graphics, p. 759
  • 14. Page layout, p. 815
  • 15. Sound and action, p. 847
  • 16. Education and entertainment, p. 869
  • 17. Communications, p. 897
  • 18. Integrated software, p. 945
  • 19. Programming and resource editing, p. 971
  • 20. Where to find good information and inexpensive software, p. 987
  • Appendix A: Glossary of basic Mac terms, p. 997
  • Appendix B: List of companies & products, p. 1067
  • Index, p. 1091; Readers' comments, p. 1234; Ordering information, p. 1242

Hardware content

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Chapter 2 covers models of the Mac (p. 95), buying and upgrading, hardware tips, monitors, keyboards, mice and protecting the Mac; Chapter 3 covers hard disks, SCSI devices, floppy disks and memory upgrades; Chapter 8 covers troubleshooting, mostly of software and disks.[3] A few entries in the "Mac hardware tips" section are relevant to repair:

  • "Preventing Mac Plus failures" (Rich Wolfson) says early Macintosh Plus power supplies were "notorious" for failing, and recommends checking the voltage between pins 1 and 2 of the mouse port and adjusting the potentiometer on the side of the machine to exactly 5 V, rechecking after five to ten minutes' warm-up. It says most Pluses came set between 4.8 and 5.1 V, and that a failed Plus supply is usually the flyback transformer and its related parts.[4]
  • "Keeping the Portable's battery charged" (Naiman and Todd Corleto) says "if the Mac Portable's batteries fall below 5.4 volts, they can't be recharged", and advises not leaving a battery in the Portable for more than two weeks without the adaptor plugged in, and recharging a stored battery at least every six months.[5] Apple's procedure is different: measure the battery, recharge it if it reads below 5.7 V, and replace it if it will not recharge.[6]

The book has no schematics, parts lists or service procedures; Apple's service manuals are in Category:Apple Service Source.

Pages that cite this book

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References

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  1. ↑ Arthur Naiman et al., The Macintosh Bible, 4th ed. (Peachpit Press, 1992), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, The Macintosh bible, 4th ed., record OL1714579M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Naiman et al., The Macintosh Bible, 4th ed., Contents, pp. 6-11 (PDF pp. 8-13).
  4. ↑ Naiman et al., The Macintosh Bible, 4th ed., "preventing Mac Plus failures", pp. 141-142 (PDF pp. 143-144).
  5. ↑ Naiman et al., The Macintosh Bible, 4th ed., "keeping the Portable's battery charged", p. 142 (PDF p. 144).
  6. ↑ Apple Computer, Macintosh Portable Service Source, Additional Procedures, Battery Verification, p. 3 (PDF p. 135). Hosted as Macintosh Portable Service Source.
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