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For Dummies Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series’ signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as Tip, Remember, Warning!, Technical Stuff and True Story. Original.

Get to know and love your MacBook better than ever!

So sleek, so cool. From the moment you slid it from the box, you wanted to learn as much as you possibly could about your new device. Whether you’re a newbie or a Mac veteran, you’ll find all you need right here—from initial set-up and customization to working with iCloud and the latest macOS features and apps—making it easy for you to accomplish everything you want with your MacBook.

Mac guru Mark L. Chambers is your friendly expert guide, walking you through the all the basics, including desktop navigation, file storage and security, and general maintenance, before showing you the more creative stuff like music and iMovie, as well as how to troubleshoot with ease. In this revised edition, he’s also included extensive updates on the latest generation of MacBooks, letting you know what’s changed and how you can use the most recent apps for enhancing your professional and creative output. 

  • Explore the latest macOS
  • Increase your productivity and creativity with the newest apps
  • Be an artist with Photos and iMovie
  • Easily use your MacBook on the go, from work, to school, to client sites

Whatever cool thing you want to do with your MacBook, this book makes it easy to make it even cooler—so get started today!

 

Introduction 1(4)
Foolish Assumptions
1(1)
About This Book
2(1)
Icons Used in This Book
3(1)
Beyond the Book
4(1)
Where to Go from Here
4(1)
PART 1 TIE MYSELF DOWN WITH A DESKTOP? PREPOSTEROUS!
5(76)
Chapter 1 Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need
7(22)
An Overview of Your Mac Laptop
8(6)
The parts you probably recognize
8(3)
The holes called ports
11(2)
Don't forget the parts you can't see
13(1)
Meet the MacBooks
14(5)
Comparing the MacBooks
15(2)
Look, Ma, no moving parts!
17(1)
What if I need that pesky optical drive?
18(1)
Location, Location, Location!
19(1)
Unpacking and Connecting Your Laptop
20(2)
Unpacking for the road warrior
21(1)
Connecting Cables 101
22(1)
Great --- a Lecture about Handling My Laptop
22(1)
An Overview of Mac Software Goodness
23(3)
What comes with my laptop?
23(1)
Connecting to the Internet from your lap
24(1)
Applications that rock
25(1)
Boot Camp For Dummies
25(1)
Other Stuff That Nearly Everyone Wants
26(3)
Chapter 2 Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse
29(12)
Tales of the On Button
30(1)
Mark's Favorite Signs of a Healthy Laptop
30(1)
You Won't Lecture Me about Batteries, Will You?
31(3)
Setting Up and Registering Your Laptop
34(3)
Your iCloud account is your friend
34(1)
Setting up macOS Catalina
35(1)
Registering your MacBook
36(1)
Importing Stuff from Another Mac
37(1)
Importing Stuff from Windows (If You Must)
38(3)
Chapter 3 The MacBook Owner's Introduction to macOS Catalina
41(40)
Your Own Personal Operating System
42(1)
The Catalina Desktop
43(4)
Meet me at the Dock
44(1)
Dig those crazy icons
44(1)
There's no food on this menu
45(1)
The Finder menu bar is your friend
46(1)
There's always room for one more window
46(1)
Wait a Second: Where the Heck Are the Mouse Buttons?
47(4)
Launching and Quitting Applications with Aplomb
51(4)
Performing Tricks with Finder Windows
55(4)
Scrolling in and resizing windows
55(1)
Minimizing and restoring windows
56(1)
Moving and zooming windows
57(1)
Closing windows
58(1)
Juggling Folders and Icons
59(6)
A field observer's guide to icons
59(2)
Selecting items
61(1)
Copying items
62(1)
Moving things from place to place
63(1)
Duplicating in a jiffy
63(1)
Using Finder Tabs
64(1)
Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts to Fame and Fortune
65(2)
Special keys on the keyboard
65(1)
Using the Finder and application keyboard shortcuts
66(1)
Home, Sweet Home Folder
67(2)
Working with Mission Control
69(1)
Switching Desktops with Spaces
70(1)
Personalizing Your Desktop
71(2)
Customizing the Dock
73(3)
Adding applications and extras to the Dock
73(1)
Keeping track with Stacks
74(2)
Resizing the Dock
76(1)
What's with the Trash?
76(1)
All You Really Need to Know about Printing
77(2)
And Just in Case You Need Help
79(2)
The Catalina built-in Help system
79(1)
The Apple web-based support center
80(1)
Magazines
80(1)
Local Mac user groups
80(1)
PART 2 SHAKING HANDS WITH macOS CATALINA
81(54)
Chapter 4 What's New in macOS Catalina?
83(6)
The Protected System Volume
84(1)
Porting iOS Applications to Catalina
84(1)
The Arrival of Music, TV, and Podcasts
85(1)
A New Home for Apple ID
85(1)
Extending Your MacBook with Sidecar
86(1)
Using Screen Time
86(1)
Make Unsubscribing Easy
87(2)
Chapter 5 A Nerd's Guide to System Preferences
89(22)
An Explanation --- without Jargon, No Less
90(2)
Locating That Certain Special Setting
92(1)
Popular Preferences Panes Explained
93(18)
The Displays pane
93(2)
The Desktop & Screen Saver pane
95(2)
Mission Control preferences
97(1)
The General pane
98(2)
The Energy Saver pane
100(2)
The Dock pane
102(2)
The Sharing pane
104(1)
The Time Machine pane
105(1)
Apple ID preferences
106(1)
Notifications preferences
107(4)
Chapter 6 Sifting Through Your Stuff
111(10)
Doing a Basic Search
112(2)
How Cool Is That? Discovering What Spotlight Can Do
114(2)
Expanding Your Search Horizons
116(2)
Customizing Spotlight to Your Taste
118(3)
Chapter 7 Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps
121(14)
Remind Me to Use Reminders
122(3)
Taking Notes the Catalina Way
125(2)
Staying Current with Notification Center
127(2)
Introducing the Maps Application
129(2)
Switching Views in Maps
131(1)
Getting Directions Over Yonder
132(3)
PART 3 CONNECTING AND COMMUNICATING
135(70)
Chapter 8 Let's Go on Safari!
137(20)
Pretend You've Never Used This Thing
138(1)
Visiting Websites
139(2)
Navigating the Web
141(3)
Setting Up Your Home Page
144(1)
Adding and Using Bookmarks
145(2)
Working with the Reading List
147(1)
Downloading Files
148(1)
Using History
149(1)
Tabs Are Your Browsing Friends
149(2)
Printing Web Pages
151(1)
Protecting Your Privacy
152(5)
Yes, there are such things as bad cookies
153(1)
Banishing pesky iCloud Keychain passwords
154(1)
Handling ancient history
154(1)
Setting notifications
155(1)
Avoiding those @*!^%$ pop-up ads
155(2)
Chapter 9 iCloud Is Made for MacBooks
157(8)
So How Does iCloud Work, Anyway?
158(1)
Moving, Saving, and Opening iCloud Documents
159(1)
Putting Handoff to Work
160(1)
Configuring iCloud
161(1)
Managing Your iCloud Storage
162(3)
Chapter 10 Your Laptop Goes Multiuser
165(20)
Once Upon a Time (An Access Fairy Tale)
166(1)
Big-Shot Administrator Stuff
167(11)
Deciding who needs what access
167(1)
Adding users
168(2)
Modifying user accounts
170(2)
I banish thee, mischievous user!
172(1)
Setting up login items and managing access
173(5)
Tackling Mundane Chores for the Multiuser Laptop
178(7)
Logging in and out of Catalina For Dummies
179(3)
Interesting stuff about sharing stuff
182(1)
Encrypting your Home folder can be fun
182(3)
Chapter 11 Working Well with Networks
185(20)
What Exactly Is the Network Advantage?
186(1)
Should You Go Wired or Wireless?
187(2)
Be a Pal: Share Your Internet!
189(1)
Using your MacBook as a sharing device
189(1)
Using a dedicated Internet-sharing device
189(1)
What Do I Need to Connect?
190(8)
Wireless connections
190(4)
Wired connections
194(4)
Connecting to the Network
198(5)
Verifying that the contraption works
198(2)
Sharing stuff nicely with others
200(3)
Use Your Firewall!
203(2)
PART 4 LIVING THE iLife
205(84)
Chapter 12 The Multimedia Joys of Music and TV
207(24)
What Can I Play in Music?
208(1)
Playing an Audio CD
209(1)
Playing Digital Audio Files
210(4)
Finding songs in your Music library
213(1)
Removing old music from the library
213(1)
Keeping Slim Whitman and Slim Shady Apart: Organizing with Playlists
214(2)
Know Your Songs
216(1)
Setting the song information automatically
217(3)
Setting or changing the song information manually
217(2)
Ripping Audio Files
219(1)
Tweaking the Audio for Your Ears
220(1)
A New Kind of Radio Station
220(1)
Tuning in your own stations
220(3)
Radio stations in your playlists
221(1)
Creating a custom Music Radio station
221(1)
iSending iStuff to iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad
222(1)
Burning Music to Shiny Plastic Circles
223(1)
Feasting on Music Visuals
224(1)
Exercising Parental Authority
225(1)
Watching Video with TV
226(2)
Buying Digital Media the Apple Way
228(3)
Chapter 13 Focusing on Photos
231(20)
Delving into Photos
231(3)
Working with Images in Photos
234(13)
Import images 101
234(2)
Organize mode: Organizing and sorting your images
236(6)
Edit mode: Removing and fixing stuff the right way
242(5)
Exploring iCloud Photos
247(1)
Putting My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing to Work
248(3)
Chapter 14 Making Film History with iMovie
251(20)
Shaking Hands with the iMovie Window
252(3)
A Bird's-Eye View of Moviemaking
255(1)
Importing the Building Blocks
256(5)
Pulling in video clips
256(2)
Making use of still images
258(1)
Importing and adding audio from all sorts of places
259(2)
Building the Cinematic Basics
261(7)
Adding clips to your movie
262(1)
Marking clips
263(1)
Removing clips from your movie
263(1)
Reordering clips in your movie
264(1)
Editing clips in iMovie
264(1)
Transitions for the masses
265(1)
Even Gone with the Wind had titles
266(1)
Adding maps and backgrounds
267(1)
Creating an Honest-to-Goodness Movie Trailer
268(1)
Sharing Your Finished Classic
269(2)
Chapter 15 Recording Your Hits with GarageBand
271(18)
Shaking Hands with Your Band
272(2)
Composing Made Easy
274(11)
Adding tracks
275(2)
Choosing loops
277(3)
Resizing, repeating, and moving loops
280(2)
Using the Arrangement track
282(1)
Tweaking the settings for a track
283(2)
Sharing Your Songs
285(4)
Creating song files in Music
285(2)
Exporting a project
287(1)
Burning an audio CD
287(2)
PART 5 GETTING PRODUCTIVE AND MAINTAINING YOUR MacBook
289(90)
Chapter 16 Desktop Publishing with Pages
291(14)
Creating a New Pages Document
292(1)
Opening an Existing Pages Document
293(1)
Saving Your Work
294(1)
Touring the Pages Window
295(1)
Entering and Editing Text
296(1)
Using Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
296(1)
The Three Amigos: Cut, Copy, and Paste
297(1)
Cutting stuff
297(1)
Copying text and images
297(1)
Pasting from the Clipboard
297(1)
Formatting Text the Easy Way
298(1)
Adding a Spiffy Table
298(2)
Adding Alluring Photos
300(1)
Adding a Background Shape
301(1)
Are You Sure About That Spelling?
302(1)
Printing Your Pages Documents
303(1)
Sharing That Poster with Others
303(2)
Chapter 17 Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers
305(16)
Before You Launch Numbers
306(1)
Creating a New Numbers Document
306(1)
Opening an Existing Spreadsheet File
307(1)
Save Those Spreadsheets!
308(1)
Exploring the Numbers Window
309(1)
Navigating and Selecting Cells in a Spreadsheet
310(1)
Entering and Editing Data in a Spreadsheet
311(1)
Selecting the Correct Number Format
312(1)
Aligning Cell Text Just So
313(1)
Formatting with Shading
314(1)
Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
315(1)
The Formula Is Your Friend
315(2)
Adding Visual Punch with a Chart
317(1)
Printing Your Spreadsheet
318(3)
Chapter 18 Building Presentations with Keynote
321(14)
Creating a New Keynote Project
322(1)
Opening a Keynote Presentation
323(1)
Saving Your Presentation
324(1)
Putting Keynote to Work
324(2)
Adding Slides
326(1)
Working with Text, Shapes, and Graphics Boxes
326(1)
Adding and Editing Slide Text
327(1)
Formatting Slide Text for the Perfect Look
328(1)
Using Presenter's Notes in Your Project
328(1)
Every Good Presentation Needs Media
329(1)
Adding a Background Shape
330(1)
Creating Your Keynote Slideshow
330(1)
Printing Your Slides and Notes
331(4)
Chapter 19 When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad
335(18)
Repeat after Me: Yes, I Am a Tech!
336(1)
Step-by-Step Laptop Troubleshooting
337(6)
The number-one rule: Reboot!
337(2)
Special keys that can come in handy
339(1)
All hail Disk Utility, the troubleshooter's friend
340(1)
Permissions and disk repair
341(2)
Using Mark's MacBook Troubleshooting Tree
343(4)
Step 1: Investigate recent changes
343(1)
Step 2: Run Disk Utility
344(1)
Step 3: Check your cables
344(1)
Step 4: Check your Internet and network connections
345(1)
Step 5: Check your Trash
345(1)
Step 6: Think virus
345(1)
Step 7: Check your login items
346(1)
Step 8: Turn off your screen saver
347(1)
Step 9: Run System Information
347(1)
Okay, I Kicked It, and It Still Won't Work
347(1)
Local service, at your service
348(1)
The Apple Help Center
348(1)
Apple Help online
348(1)
And Now... Windows?
348(5)
Figuring out how Boot Camp works
349(1)
Configuring Boot Camp
350(1)
Switching to Windows
351(2)
Chapter 20 Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop
353(12)
More Memory Will Help
354(5)
Figuring out how much memory you have
354(1)
Installing memory modules
355(4)
Considering an Internal Drive Upgrade?
359(4)
Ponder your external options
359(3)
Gotta have internal
362(1)
A List of Dreamy Laptop Add-Ons
363(2)
Game controllers
363(1)
Video controllers
363(1)
Music hardware
363(2)
Chapter 21 Tackling the Housekeeping
365(14)
Cleaning Unseemly Data Deposits
366(4)
Getting dirty (cleaning things the manual way)
366(3)
Using a commercial cleanup tool
369(1)
Backing Up Your Treasure
370(3)
Saving files
370(1)
Putting things right with Time Machine
371(2)
Maintaining Drive Health
373(1)
Automating Those Mundane Chores
374(3)
Updating macOS Automatically
377(2)
PART 6 THE PART OF TENS
379(18)
Chapter 22 Ten Laptop Rules to Follow
381(8)
Keep Your Laptop in a Bag
382(1)
Maximize Your RAM
382(1)
Keep Tabs on Your MacBook
383(1)
Keepeth Thy Drive Encrypted
384(1)
Brand Your MacBook
384(1)
Disable Your Wireless
385(1)
Take a Surge Protector with You
385(1)
Use Power-Saving Features
386(1)
Use an External Keyboard and Mouse
387(1)
Not Again! What Is It with You and Backing Up?
387(2)
Chapter 23 Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague
389(8)
USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Storage Devices
390(1)
Phishing Operations
390(1)
Oddly Shaped Optical Discs
391(1)
Submerged Keyboards
392(1)
Antiquated Utility Software
392(1)
Software Piracy
393(1)
The Forbidden Account
393(1)
Unsecured Wireless Connections
394(1)
Refurbished Hardware
394(1)
Dirty Laptops
395(2)
Index 397
Mark L. Chambers is the author of more than 30 computer books, including OS X Mavericks All-in-One For Dummies, Macs For Seniors For Dummies, 4th Edition, and previous editions of MacBook For Dummies. Currently a technology author, tech editor, and loyal Mac aficionado, he has also been a computer consultant, programmer, and hardware technician.