macOS Mojave For Dummies

✍ Scribed by LeVitus Bob

• Publisher: Computer/Tech
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 537
• Edition: second
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Your shiny new iMac or trusty old MacBook both rely on macOS to help you get things done. It helps to have an equally reliable guidebook to steer you through the tasks and steps that make macOS run efficiently.
This fun and friendly guide provides the direction you need to easily navigate macOS. Longtime expert Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus shares his years of experience to help you better understand macOS and make it a timesaving tool in your life.
Take a tour of the macOS interface
Get organized and save time with macOS applications
Get pro tips on speeding up your Mac
Back up your data with ease
Covering the fundamentals of the OS and offering insight into the most common functions of macOS, this is indispensable reading for new or inexperienced macOS users.

✦ Table of Contents

About This Book......Page 10
Icons Used in This Book......Page 11
Where to Go from Here......Page 12
Part 1: macOS Basics......Page 14
Gnawing to the Core of macOS......Page 16
A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (or Any User)......Page 18
Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu......Page 26
Touring Finder and Its Desktop......Page 30
Anatomy of a Window......Page 32
Dialog Dealie-Boppers......Page 39
Working with Windows......Page 40
Menu Basics......Page 45
A Quick Introduction to Your Dock......Page 52
Customizing Your Dock......Page 60
Introducing Finder and Its Minions: The Desktop and Icons......Page 71
Aliases Are Awesome!......Page 80
The View(s) from a Window......Page 83
Finder on the Menu......Page 90
Customizing Finder Windows......Page 96
Digging for Icon Data in the Info Window......Page 100
Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks......Page 104
Quick Actions: Now Playing All Over Mojave......Page 107
Do It Quicker with Finder Quick Actions......Page 111
Four More Cool Mojave Tricks......Page 113
Part 2: How Stuff Works......Page 118
Introducing System Preferences......Page 120
Putting a Picture on the Desktop......Page 123
Setting Up a Screen Saver......Page 124
Putting Widgets on the Dashboard......Page 126
Giving Buttons, Menus, and Windows a Makeover......Page 128
Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware......Page 131
Styling Your Sound......Page 139
A Quick Primer on Finding Files......Page 141
Understanding the macOS Folder Structure......Page 142
Saving Your Document Before It’s Too Late......Page 150
Open, Sez Me......Page 160
Organizing Your Stuff in Folders......Page 167
Shuffling Files and Folders......Page 174
The Incredible iCloud Drive......Page 179
Introducing the Clipboard......Page 181
Copying Files and Folders......Page 183
Pasting from the Clipboard......Page 184
Mojave’s Universal Clipboard......Page 185
Part 3: Getting Things Done......Page 186
With a Quick Look......Page 188
Spotlight on Finding Files and Folders Faster......Page 192
Blast Off with Mission Control......Page 196
Launchpad: The Place for Applications......Page 202
Chapter 11: Organizing Your Life......Page 205
Keeping Track with Calendar......Page 206
Reminders: Protection Against Forgetting......Page 212
Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center......Page 214
Use Notes for Making Notes......Page 219
What Siri Can Do for You......Page 224
Working with Siri......Page 227
Making Siri Your Own......Page 228
Chapter 13: Maps Are Where It’s At......Page 231
Taking Stock of the Market with Stocks......Page 244
Read All About It in News......Page 248
Recording Memos with Voice Memos......Page 250
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More with Home......Page 254
Part 4: Getting Along with Others......Page 255
Getting Connected to the Internet......Page 257
Browsing the Web with Safari......Page 260
Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime......Page 271
Collecting Your Contacts......Page 274
Sending and Receiving Email with Mail......Page 282
Communicating with Messages......Page 301
Introducing Networks and File Sharing......Page 304
Setting Up File Sharing......Page 309
Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What......Page 310
Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac......Page 327
Changing Your Password......Page 331
More Types of Sharing......Page 334
Part 5: Getting Creative......Page 337
Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock!......Page 339
Introducing iTunes......Page 341
Working with Media......Page 344
All about Playlists......Page 349
Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player......Page 356
Books App on the Mac......Page 358
You’re the Star with Photo Booth......Page 363
Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview......Page 365
Importing Media......Page 366
Processing Words with TextEdit......Page 370
Font Mania......Page 377
Before Diving In …......Page 381
Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer......Page 382
Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup......Page 385
Print: Printing with the Print Sheet......Page 386
Preview and PDF Options......Page 391
Part 6: Care and Feeding......Page 394
Finally, a Dark Mode......Page 396
App Shopping, Improved......Page 397
Using Your iPhone as Your Mac's Camera or Scanner......Page 400
Talking and Listening to Your Mac......Page 403
Automatic Automation......Page 410
A Few More Useful Goodies......Page 414
Chapter 24: Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues......Page 422
Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do......Page 423
Why You Need Two Sets of Backups......Page 428
Non-Backup Security Concerns......Page 429
Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes......Page 433
In the Applications and Utilities Folders......Page 437
Capturing Your Screen......Page 450
About Startup Disks and Booting......Page 457
Recovering with Recovery HD......Page 459
If Your Mac Crashes at Startup......Page 463
Optimizing Storage......Page 464
Part 7: The Part of Tens......Page 466
Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 469
Change Your Resolution......Page 470
Get a Mac with a View — and Preferences, Too......Page 472
Purchase a Faster Mac......Page 474
Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive (SSD)......Page 475
Upgrade to a New Hybrid Drive......Page 476
Subscribe to My Free Newsletter......Page 477
Macworld......Page 478
AppleWorld.Today......Page 479
The Wirecutter......Page 480
dealmac/dealnews......Page 481
Working Smarter for Mac Users......Page 482
Index......Page 484
About the Author......Page 531
Connect with Dummies......Page 535
End User License Agreement......Page 537