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Work, play, connect, and share with the ultimate tour to macOS 'X' macOS 'X' For Dummies is the ultimate tour guide to the Mac operating system, written by Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus himself! Whether you're upgrading your trusty old MacBook or venturing into new territory for the very first time, this easy to use guide will get you up and running quickly. It's all here: navigation, preferences, file management, networking, music and movies, and so much more. From the absolute basics to advanced techniques, this book shows you everything you need to know to turn your Mac into an extension of your brain. Concerned about security? Need to troubleshoot an issue? Want to make your Mac perform even better? Let Dr. Mac walk you through it with clear explanations and a little bit of humor. Read this book beginning-to-end for a complete tutorial, or dip in and out as needed when things take an unexpected turn; if you have macOS questions, Dr. Mac has the answers you need. macOS has powered Macs since 2001. Each free annual update improves the system's functionality, and typically offers a few new tools and fixes old issues.If you need to learn your way around this year's update quickly, easily, and thoroughly, this book is for you. * Get organized and find your way around the interface * Customize your Mac's look, "feel," and behavior * Get connected, get online, and into the cloud * Access your movies and music, back up your data, and more! Famous for its reliability and usability, macOS offers the sort of streamlined tools and operations you won't find anywhere else. macOS 'X' For Dummies helps you discover just how much your Mac can do for you.
Contents
Introduction 1About This Book 1Foolish Assumptions 3Icons Used in This Book 3Beyond the Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: macOS Basics 5Chapter 1: macOS High Sierra 101 (Prerequisites: None) 7Gnawing to the Core of macOS 8A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (or Any User) 10Turning the dang thing on 10What you should see on startup 11Shutting down properly 13A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac 15Point-and-click boot camp 16Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu 18Chapter 2: Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!) 23Touring Finder and Its Desktop 24Anatomy of a Window 25Top o' the window to ya! 27A scroll new world 29(Hyper)active windows 30Dialog Dealie-Boppers 32Working with Windows 34Opening and closing windows 34Resizing windows and window panes 35Moving windows 35Shuffling windows 36Menu Basics 39The ever-changing menu bar 39Contextual menus: They're sooo contextual! 40Recognizing disabled options 41Navigating submenus 42Under the Apple menu tree 42Using keyboard shortcut commands 44Chapter 3: What's Up, Dock? 45A Quick Introduction to Your Dock 46The default icons of the dock 46Trash talkin' 49Opening application menus on the dock 51Reading dock icon body language 53Opening files from the dock 53Customizing Your Dock 54Adding dock icons 54Removing an icon from the dock 56Resizing the dock 57What should you put on your dock? 57Setting your dock preferences 59Part 2: How Stuff Works 63Chapter 4: Delving Deeper into Finder and Its Desktop 65Introducing Finder and Its Minions: The Desktop and Icons 65Introducing the desktop 66Bellying up to the toolbar 68Figuring out what an icon is 71Identifying your Finder icons in the wild 72Aliases Are Awesome! 73Creating aliases 74Deleting aliases 75Hunting down an alias's parent 75The View(s) from a Window 76Moving through folders fast in Column view 76Perusing in Icon view 78Listless? Try touring folders in List view 78You gotta go with the flow 80What's next on the (View) menu? 81Finder on the Menu 82The actual Finder menu 82Like a road map: The current folder's pop-up menu 85Going places with the Go menu 86Customizing Finder Windows 88Adding folders to the sidebar 88Setting Finder preferences 89Digging for Icon Data in the Info Window 92Chapter 5: Having It Your Way 97Introducing System Preferences 97Putting a Picture on the Desktop 100Setting Up a Screen Saver 101Putting Widgets on the Dashboard 103Translation 105Flight Tracker 105Giving Buttons, Menus, and Windows a Makeover 106Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware 109Keyboard 109Mouse 114Bluetooth 115Trackpad (notebooks and desktops with a Magic Trackpad) 116Styling Your Sound 117Changing sound effects 118Choosing output and input options 118Chapter 6: The Care and Feeding of Files and Folders 119A Quick Primer on Finding Files 120Understanding the macOS Folder Structure 120Understanding nested folders 121From the top: The Computer folder 123Peeking into the Applications folder 123Visiting the Library folders 124Let it be: The System folder 125There's no place like Home 125Your personal library card 127Saving Your Document Before It's Too Late 129Stepping through a basic save 131Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result 136Open, Sez Me 138With drag-and-drop 139With a Quick Look 140When your Mac can't open a file 140With the application of your choice 141Organizing Your Stuff in Folders 143Files versus folders 144Organizing your stuff with subfolders 144Creating new folders 146Navigating with spring-loaded folders 147Smart folders 148Shuffling Files and Folders 150Moving files and folders 150Selecting multiple icons 151Playing the icon name game: Renaming icons 153Compressing files 154Getting rid of icons 154The Incredible iCloud Drive 155Chapter 7: Comprehending the macOS Clipboard 157Introducing the Clipboard 157Copying Files and Folders 158Pasting from the Clipboard 160High Sierra's Universal Clipboard 160Part 3: Getting Things Done 163Chapter 8: Four Terrific Timesaving Tools 165With a Quick Look 166Share and share alike with the Share menu 168Slide into Slideshow (full-screen) mode 169Spotlight on Finding Files and Folders Faster 169Using the search box in Finder windows 170Using the Spotlight menu and window 172Blast Off with Mission Control 173The Mission Control pane: It's painless 173Hot corners! 176Mission Control's Spaces from 30,000 feet (an overview) 177Getting around in space(s) 179Launchpad: The Place for Applications 180Chapter 9: Organizing Your Life 183Keeping Track with Calendar 184Navigating Calendar views 184Creating calendars 185Deleting a calendar 186Creating and managing events 187Reminders: Protection Against Forgetting 190Getting started with Reminders 190To do or not to do: Setting reminders 191Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center 192Use Notes for Making Notes 195Chapter 10: Siri-ously! 199What Siri Can Do for You 199Working with Siri 201Making Siri Your Own 202Chapter 11: Maps Are Where It's At 205Finding your current location with Maps 205Finding a person, place, or thing 206Views, zooms, and pans 208Maps and Contacts 209Timesaving map tools: Favorites, Recents, and Contacts 210Smart map tricks 212Part 4: Getting Along with Others 217Chapter 12: (Inter)Networking 219Getting Connected to the Internet 220Your Internet service provider and you 220Plugging in your Internet-connection settings 221Browsing the Web with Safari 223Owning your toolbar 224Using the Safari sidebar 226Using the terrific Top Sites page 230Searching with Google 231Checking out Help Center 233Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime 233Chapter 13: Dealing with People 237Collecting Your Contacts 237Adding contacts 238Importing contacts from other programs 240Creating a basic group 241Setting up a smart group (based on contact criteria) 242Deleting a group or smart group 243The view is lovely 243Sync + Contacts = your contacts everywhere 244Chapter 14: Communicating with Mail and Messages 247Sending and Receiving Email with Mail 247Setting up Mail 248A quick overview of the toolbar 249Composing a new message 251Sending email from the Contacts app 253Working with stationery 254Checking your mail 256Dealing with spam 257Mailboxes smart and plain 258Changing your preferences 260Sign here, please 261Mail rules rule 262Markup and Mail Drop 265Communicating with Messages 267What the heck is an iMessage? 267Chit-chatting with Messages 268Chapter 15: Sharing Your Mac and Liking It 271Introducing Networks and File Sharing 272Portrait of home office networking 273Three ways to build a network 274Setting Up File Sharing 277Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What 279Users and groups and guests 279Creating users 280macOS knows best: Folders shared by default 287Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions 288Useful settings for permissions 292Unsharing a folder 294Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac 295Changing Your Password 298Changing your account password on your Mac 299Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac 300Changing the password for your account on someone else's Mac 300More Types of Sharing 301Sharing a screen 301Sharing the Internet 302And yet more ways to share 303Part 5: Getting Creative 305Chapter 16: The Musical Mac 307Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock! 308Introducing iTunes 309Working with Media 312Adding songs 312Adding movies and TV shows 314Adding podcasts 315Learning from iTunes U 317Listening to iTunes Radio 317All about Playlists 318Creating a regular playlist 318Working with smart playlists 320Burning a playlist to CD 321Looking at the Genius playlist 321Chapter 17: The Multimedia Mac 325Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player 325iBooks on the Mac 327Buying iBooks 328Shopping for books without Apple 330Reading iBooks 331You're the Star with Photo Booth 333Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview 334Importing Media 336Downloading photos from a camera 336Downloading DV video from a camcorder 339Chapter 18: Words and Letters 341Processing Words with TextEdit 341Creating and composing a document 342Working with text 343Adding graphics to documents 347Font Mania 348Types of fonts 348Managing your fonts with Font Book 349Installing fonts manually 350Chapter 19: Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing 351Before Diving In 352Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer 352Connecting your printer 353Setting up a printer for the first time 353One last thing: Printer sharing 356Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup 356Print: Printing with the Print Sheet 358Printing a document 358Choosing among different printers 359Choosing custom settings 360Saving custom settings 362Preview and PDF Options 363Part 6: Care and Feeding 365Chapter 20: Features for the Way You Work 367Talking and Listening to Your Mac 367Keyboard System Preferences pane: You talk and your Mac types 368Commanding your Mac by voice 369Listening to your Mac read for you 371Automatic Automation 374Script Editor app: Write and edit AppleScripts 374Automator app: Automate almost anything 376A Few More Useful Goodies 378App Store app: The place to buy Mac apps 378Accessibility System Preferences pane: Make your Mac more accessible 379Energy Saver System Preferences pane: For energy conservation and sleep 380Bluetooth System Preferences pane: Where Bluetooth lives 382Ink System Preferences pane: Visible to pen-input tablet users only 382Automatic Login in the Users & Groups System Preferences pane: Don't bother with the login screen 383Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac 383Boot Camp Assistant app: Run Windows on your Mac really 384AirPlay mirroring 384Handoff 385Chapter 21: Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues 387Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do 388Backing up with High Sierra's excellent Time Machine 388Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method 392Backing up by using commercial backup software 393Why You Need Two Sets of Backups 393Non-Backup Security Concerns 394About viruses and other malware 394Firewall: Yea or nay? 397Install recommended software updates 398Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes 399Blocking or limiting connections 399Locking down files with FileVault 399Setting other options for security 400Chapter 22: Utility Chest 403Calculator 403Activity Monitor 404Disk Utility 406First Aid button 406Partition button 407Erase button 407Mount/Unmount button 407Info button 408Grab 408Grapher 408Keychain Access 409Migration Assistant 411System Information 411Terminal 412Chapter 23: Troubleshooting macOS 413About Startup Disks and Booting 413Finding or creating a startup disk 414They call it a prohibitory sign for a reason 414Recovering with Recovery HD 416Step 1: Run First Aid 416Step 2: Safe boot into Safe mode 417Step 3: Zapping the PRAM/NVRAM 418Step 4: Reinstalling macOS 419Step 5: Things to try before taking your Mac in for repair 419If Your Mac Crashes at Startup 420Optimizing Storage 421Part 7: The Part of Tens 423Chapter 24: Ten (or So) Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience 425Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts 426Improve Your Typing Skills 427Resolution: It's Not Just for New Year's Day Anymore 427A Mac with a View - and Preferences, Too 429Get a New, Faster Model 431You Can Never Have Too Much RAM! 431Get an Accelerated Graphics Card 432Get a Solid-State Drive (SSD) 433Get a New Hybrid Drive 433Chapter 25: Ten Great Websites for Mac Freaks 437The Mac Observer 437Macworld 438TidBITS 438AppleWorld.Today 439Download.com 439Alltop 440Apple Support 441Other World Computing 441EveryMac.com 442dealmac 442Index 445
