Connecting my guitar to my IMAC?

I'm trying to play my electric guitar through my IMAC. I have external speakers connected to my Headphones socket in the back of my MAC, how do i go about playing my guitar through those speakers?
I have an adapter that will allow me to connect my guitar cable into one of the sockets in the back of my MAC but i'm not sure how to set it all up and what socket to plug what into???
thanks in advance
Matt

mattpearce79 wrote:
I have an adapter that will allow me to connect my guitar cable into one of the sockets in the back of my MAC but i'm not sure {...} what socket to plug what into???
there are only two, one is the headphone OUT, there other is the line-IN
how to set it all up
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#recordlinein
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
Note:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#pluginguitar
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