MacOS Sonoma
Book - 2023
MacOS Sonoma For Dummies is the go-to guide for finding your way around Apple's laptop and desktop operating system. For first-time Mac owners and longtime Apple aficionados alike, this book covers the essentials you need to navigate macOS Sonoma with ease. Get a guided tour of the latest updates to macOS widgets, improved video conferencing features, updated privacy and security help, and all the classic features of the software that powers MacBook, iMac, and Mac computers. With easy-to-follow instructions and crystal-clear illustrations, this Dummies guide makes you macOS proficient in no time--even if you've never used a Mac computer before.
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- Genres
- handbooks
Handbooks and manuals
Instructional and educational works - Published
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394219759
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Getting Started with macOs
- Chapter 1. macOS Sonoma 101 (Prerequisites: None)
- Okay, What Does macOS Do?
- Turning On Your Mac
- What you should see on start-up
- What you may see if things go wrong
- Setting Up macOS Sonoma
- Logging In
- Meeting the macOS Desktop
- Pointing, Clicking, and More
- Putting Your Mac to Sleep and Shutting it Down
- Putting your Mac to sleep
- Shutting down your Mac
- Care and Feeding of Your Mac
- Feed your Mac
- Treat your Mac gently
- Back up your data
- Getting Help
- Chapter 2. Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!)
- Touring Finder and the macOS Desktop
- Dissecting a Window
- Zooming, splitting, and minimizing windows
- Scrolling
- Active and inactive windows
- Opening a Dialog with Your Mac
- Working with Windows
- Opening and closing windows
- Resizing windows and window panes
- Moving windows
- Shuffling windows
- Sampling the Menus
- Using the ever-changing menu bar
- Using the contextual (shortcut) menus
- Recognizing disabled commands
- Navigating submenus
- Under the Apple menu tree
- Giving commands via keyboard shortcuts
- Chapter 3. What's Up, Dock?
- Meeting Your Dock
- Identifying the Dock's default icons
- Trash talkin'
- Opening app menus on the Dock
- Reading Dock icon body language
- Opening files from the Dock
- Customizing Your Dock
- Adding Dock icons
- Removing an icon from the Dock
- Resizing the Dock
- What should you put on your Dock?
- Configuring your Dock settings
- Chapter 4. Getting to Know Finder and its Desktop
- Getting the Hang of Finder, the Desktop, and icons
- Introducing the desktop
- Coming to grips with the toolbar
- Grasping what an icon is
- Identifying your Finder icons in the wild
- Allas Files and Folders
- Understanding the advantages of aliases
- Creating aliases
- Deleting aliases
- Hunting down an alias's parent
- Opening a Window and Enjoying the View
- Moving through folders fast in Column view
- Perusing in Icon view
- Listless? Try viewing folders as a list
- Playing to the Gallery
- What's your view?
- Finder on the Menu
- The actual Finder menu
- Navigating with the current folder's pop-up menu
- Go places with the Go menu
- Customizing Finder Windows
- Adding files and folders to the sidebar
- Configuring Finder settings
- Digging for Data in the Info Window
- Chapter 5. Getting Fancy with the Desktop and Finder
- Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks
- Adding Widgets to Your Desktop
- Doing Things Faster with Quick Actions
- Getting the most out of Markup
- Trimming video without launching an app
- Creating PDFs Without Launching an App
- Shooting Screen Stills and Movies
- Chapter 6. Setting Your Mac Straight
- Introducing System Settings
- Setting Wallpaper
- Configuring a Screen Saver or Just Turning Off the Display
- Configuring Appearance Settings
- Choosing Desktop & Dock Settings
- Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware
- Choosing keyboard settings
- Tweaking your mouse
- Configuring your trackpad
- Configuring Sound Settings
- Part 2. Getting Things Done
- Chapter 7. Opening and Saving Files
- Where Did That File Go?
- Understanding the macOS Folder Structure
- Understanding nested folders
- The Computer folder
- The Applications folder
- The Library folders
- The System folder
- The Home folder
- Opening your own Library folder
- Saving Your Document
- Understanding Auto Save and versions
- Stepping through a basic save
- Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result
- Open, Sez Me
- With drag-and-drop
- With Quick Look
- When your Mac can't open a file
- With the app of your choice
- Chapter 8. Managing Files and Folders the Smart Way
- Organizing Your Stuff in Folders
- What's the difference between a file and a folder?
- Organizing your stuff with subfolders
- Creating new folders
- Navigating with spring-loaded folders
- Using smart folders
- Working with Files and Folders
- Moving files and folders
- Selecting multiple items
- Renaming items
- Renaming multiple items at once
- Compressing files
- Getting rid of files and folders
- Using iCloud, iCloud+, and iCloud Drive
- Chapter 9. Eight Terrific Time-Saving Tools
- Getting to Grips with Siri
- What Siri can do for you
- Working with Siri
- Making Siri your own
- Introducing the macOS Clipboard
- Copying files and folders
- Pasting from the Clipboard
- Expanding your horizons with the Universal Clipboard
- Taking Actions from Quick Look
- Share and share alike with the Share menu
- Slide into Slideshow (full-screen) mode
- Finding Files and Folders Fast with Spotlight
- Using the Find command
- Using the Spotlight menu and its keyboard shortcut
- Blasting Off with Mission Control
- Setting Mission Control parameters
- Setting actions for hot corners
- Organizing desktops and spaces with Mission Control
- All the World's a Stage … and You're the Manager
- Enabling Stage Manager
- Using Stage Manager
- Taking Control of Essential Settings
- Configuring Launchpad to Launch Apps Quickly
- Chapter 10. Organizing Your Life
- Keeping Track with Calendar
- Navigating Calendar views
- Understanding the Calendar list
- Creating calendars
- Sharing and publishing calendars
- Deleting a calendar
- Creating and managing events
- Staying Organized with Reminders
- Getting started with Reminders
- Creating and managing reminders
- Sharing lists and assigning reminders
- Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center
- Tweaking Notification settings
- Managing Widgets 101
- Using Notification Center
- Getting focused
- Taking Notes with the Notes App
- Taking a Quick Note with Quick Note
- Tracking Activities with Screen Time
- Chapter 11. Finding Your Way with Maps
- Finding Your Current Location
- Finding a Person, Place, or Thing
- Viewing, Zooming, and Panning
- Using Maps with Contacts
- Saving Time with Favorites, Guides, and Recents
- Favorites
- Guides
- Recents
- Getting Smart with Maps
- Getting route maps and driving directions
- Getting walking directions
- Getting directions for public transportation
- Getting cycling directions
- Get traffic info in real time
- Enjoying flyovers and look arounds
- Doing more on the Info sheet
- Chapter 12. Using Stocks, News, Voice Memos, Shortcuts, and Home
- Tracking Your Stocks
- Adding and removing stocks, funds, and indexes
- The devil is in the details
- Charting a course
- Keeping Current with News
- What are your interests?
- How News works
- Managing your news
- Recording Memos with Voice Memos
- Recording a voice memo
- Listening to a voice memo
- Naming a voice memo
- Trimming a voice memo
- Automating Repetitive Tasks with Shortcuts
- Controlling Lights, Locks, and More with Home
- Part 3. Getting Along with Others
- Chapter 13. (Inter)Networking
- Getting Connected to the Internet
- Choosing an Internet service provider (ISP)
- Connecting your Mac to a network via Wi-Fi
- Managing your Wi-Fi networks
- Connecting your Mac to a network via Ethernet
- Browsing the Web with Safari
- Using and customizing the toolbar
- Using the Safari sidebar
- Creating profiles for home and work
- Creating web apps from websites
- Controlling audio and video playback
- Using passkeys
- Sharing passwords and passkeys with your family members
- Chapter 14. Dealing with People
- Collecting Your Contacts
- Adding contacts
- Importing contacts from other apps
- Creating a basic list
- Setting up a smart list (based on contact criteria)
- Deleting a list or smart list
- Syncing Your Contacts Across Your Devices
- Making Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime
- Making a FaceTime call
- Using SharePlay during a FaceTime call
- Chapter 15. Communicating with Mail and Messages
- Sending and Receiving Email with Mail
- Setting up Mail
- Identifying the toolbar icons
- Composing a new message
- Sending email from the Contacts app
- Checking your mail
- Dealing with spam
- Managing your mailboxes
- Changing settings for Mail
- Signing your messages the smart way
- Ruling over your mail
- Run a slide show from Quick Look
- Marking up an image or PDF document
- Transferring large files via Mail Drop
- Unsubscribing, muting, and blocking senders
- Communicating with Messages
- What can you do with iMessage?
- Chatting with Messages
- Chapter 16. Sharing Your Mat with Others
- Introducing Networks and File Sharing
- Understanding the essentials of home and home-office networking
- Setting up your home or home-office network
- Setting Up File Sharing
- Controlling Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What
- Understanding users, groups, and guests
- Creating users
- macOS knows best: Folders shared by default
- Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions
- Applying useful settings for permissions
- Unsharing a folder
- Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac
- Changing the Password for Your Account
- Resetting the Password for Another Account
- Exploring Other Types of macOS Sharing
- Sharing another Mac's screen
- Sharing your Mac's Internet connection
- Sharing printers and scanners
- Sharing media
- Sharing items via Bluetooth
- Part 4. Making the Most of Your Mac
- Chapter 17. Mac Machine Music
- Understanding ITunes Match and Apple Music
- Getting Started with the Music App
- Working with Media
- Adding songs
- Listening to Radio
- Making the Most of Playlists
- Creating a regular playlist
- Working with smart playlists
- Working with the Genius playlist
- Chapter 18. The Multimedia Mac
- Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player
- Watching TV
- Using the Books App
- Buying an ebook or audiobook
- Shopping for ebooks without Apple
- Finding and Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App
- You're the Star with Photo Booth
- Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview
- Chapter 19. Creating Documents and Printing
- Font Mania
- Choosing font typefaces
- Managing your fonts with Font Book
- Creating Documents
- Printing
- Pre-printer prep
- Ready: Connecting and adding your printer
- Set: Setting up your document with Page Setup
- Preview: Checking the page and setting PDF options in the Preview app
- Print: Printing from the Print dialog
- Chapter 20. Features for the Way You Work
- Going Over to the Dark Side
- App Shopping Made Easy
- Using Your iPhone as Your Mac's Camera or Scanner
- Talking and Listening to Your Mac
- Using Dictation: You talk, and your Mac types
- Commanding your Mac by voice
- Listening to your Mac read your screen
- More Useful Goodies
- Accessibility pane
- Battery pane and Energy Saver pane
- Bluetooth pane
- Ink pane
- Automatic login
- Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac
- Boot Camp Assistant app
- AirPlay and Airplay to Mac
- Handoff
- Universal Control
- Chapter 21. Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues
- Backing Up is (Not) Hard to Do
- Backing up with Sonoma's excellent Time Machine
- Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method
- Backing up by using commercial backup software
- Why You Need Two Backups
- Non-Backup Security Concerns
- About viruses and other malware
- Installing security updates - or more - automatically
- Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes
- Blocking or limiting connections
- Locking down files with FileVault
- Putting your Mac in Lockdown mode
- Setting other options for security
- Chapter 22. Troubleshooting macOS
- Understanding Start-Up Disks and Booting
- Finding or creating a start-up disk
- Interpreting prohibitory signs and messages
- Recovering with Recovery HD
- Step 1: Run First Aid
- Step 2: Boot into Safe mode
- Step 3: Zapping the PRAM/NVRAM
- Step 4: Reinstalling macOS
- Step 5: Things to try before taking your Mac in for repair
- If Your Mac Crashes at Start-up
- Managing Storage with the Storage Feature
- Part 5. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 23. Ten Ways to Improve Your Mac Experience
- Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts
- Improve Your Typing Skills
- Use Text Replacements and Automatic Correction
- Change Your Resolution
- Buy a Faster Mac
- Add RAM
- Add a Second Display
- Use Your iPad as an Extra Display
- Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive (SSD)
- Get More Storage
- Chapter 24. Ten Utilities That Make Your Life Easier
- Calculator
- Activity Monitor
- Disk Utility
- Volume +/-
- Partition button
- First Aid button
- Erase button
- Mount/Unmount button
- Info button
- Keychain Access
- Passwords System Preferences Pane
- Migration Assistant
- System Information
- Terminal
- Image Capture
- Stickies
- Index