| Introduction |
|
1 | (1) |
| About This Book |
|
1 | (2) |
| Foolish Assumptions |
|
3 | (1) |
| Icons Used in This Book |
|
3 | (1) |
| Beyond the Book |
|
4 | (1) |
| Where to Go from Here |
|
4 | (1) |
|
|
|
5 | (106) |
|
Chapter 1 macOS Big Sur 101 (Prerequisites: None) |
|
|
7 | (16) |
|
Gnawing to the Core of macOS |
|
|
8 | (2) |
|
A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (or Any User) |
|
|
10 | (9) |
|
Turning the dang thing on |
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
What you should see on startup |
|
|
11 | (4) |
|
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu |
|
|
19 | (4) |
|
Chapter 2 Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!) |
|
|
23 | (22) |
|
Touring Finder and Its Desktop |
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
|
|
25 | (7) |
|
|
|
27 | (2) |
|
|
|
29 | (1) |
|
|
|
30 | (2) |
|
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
|
|
34 | (4) |
|
Opening and closing windows |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
Resizing windows and window panes |
|
|
35 | (1) |
|
|
|
35 | (1) |
|
|
|
36 | (2) |
|
|
|
38 | (7) |
|
The ever-changing menu bar |
|
|
38 | (1) |
|
Contextual (shortcut) menus: They're sooo contextual! |
|
|
39 | (2) |
|
Recognizing disabled options |
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
Under the Apple menu tree |
|
|
42 | (2) |
|
Using keyboard shortcut commands |
|
|
44 | (1) |
|
Chapter 3 What's Up, Dock? |
|
|
45 | (20) |
|
A Quick Introduction to Your Dock |
|
|
46 | (8) |
|
The default icons of the dock |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
|
|
48 | (3) |
|
Opening application menus on the dock |
|
|
51 | (2) |
|
Reading dock icon body language |
|
|
53 | (1) |
|
Opening files from the dock |
|
|
54 | (1) |
|
|
|
54 | (11) |
|
|
|
54 | (3) |
|
Removing an icon from the dock |
|
|
57 | (1) |
|
|
|
58 | (1) |
|
What should you put on your dock? |
|
|
58 | (2) |
|
Setting your dock preferences |
|
|
60 | (5) |
|
Chapter 4 Getting to Know Finder and Its Desktop |
|
|
65 | (32) |
|
Introducing Finder and Its Minions: The Desktop and Icons |
|
|
66 | (7) |
|
|
|
66 | (2) |
|
Bellying up to the toolbar |
|
|
68 | (3) |
|
Figuring out what an icon is |
|
|
71 | (1) |
|
Identifying your Finder icons in the wild |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
|
|
73 | (3) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
Hunting down an alias's parent |
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
The View(s) from a Window |
|
|
76 | (7) |
|
Moving through folders fast in Column view |
|
|
76 | (2) |
|
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
Listless? Try touring folders in List view |
|
|
78 | (2) |
|
Hangin' in the Gallery (view) |
|
|
80 | (1) |
|
Whafs next on the (View) menu? |
|
|
81 | (2) |
|
|
|
83 | (6) |
|
|
|
83 | (3) |
|
Like a road map: The current folder's pop-up menu |
|
|
86 | (1) |
|
Going places with the Go menu |
|
|
86 | (3) |
|
Customizing Finder Windows |
|
|
89 | (4) |
|
Adding folders to the sidebar |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
Setting Finder preferences |
|
|
90 | (3) |
|
Digging for Icon Data in the Info Window |
|
|
93 | (4) |
|
Chapter 5 Delving Even Deeper into Big Stir's Desktop and Finder |
|
|
97 | (14) |
|
Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks |
|
|
97 | (4) |
|
|
|
100 | (1) |
|
Quick Actions: Now Playing All Over Big Sur |
|
|
101 | (4) |
|
Getting the most out of Markup |
|
|
101 | (3) |
|
Trimming video without launching an app |
|
|
104 | (1) |
|
Do It Quicker with Finder Quick Actions |
|
|
105 | (2) |
|
Creating PDFs without launching an app |
|
|
105 | (1) |
|
Creating custom Finder Quick Actions |
|
|
106 | (1) |
|
Four More Cool Big Sur Tricks |
|
|
107 | (4) |
|
|
|
107 | (2) |
|
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
Recently used apps in the dock |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
|
|
110 | (1) |
|
|
|
111 | (70) |
|
Chapter 6 Having It Your Way |
|
|
113 | (20) |
|
Introducing System Preferences |
|
|
113 | (3) |
|
The Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences Pane |
|
|
116 | (3) |
|
|
|
117 | (1) |
|
|
|
118 | (1) |
|
The General System Preferences Pane |
|
|
119 | (3) |
|
Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware |
|
|
122 | (9) |
|
The Keyboard System Preferences pane |
|
|
122 | (6) |
|
The Mouse System Preferences pane |
|
|
128 | (1) |
|
The Bluetooth System Preferences pane |
|
|
129 | (1) |
|
The Trackpad System Preferences pane |
|
|
129 | (2) |
|
The Sound System Preferences Pane |
|
|
131 | (2) |
|
|
|
132 | (1) |
|
Choosing output and input options |
|
|
132 | (1) |
|
Chapter 7 Opening and Saving Files |
|
|
133 | (26) |
|
A Quick Primer on Finding Files |
|
|
134 | (1) |
|
Understanding the macOS Folder Structure |
|
|
134 | (9) |
|
Understanding nested folders |
|
|
136 | (1) |
|
From the top: The Computer folder |
|
|
137 | (1) |
|
Peeking into the Applications folder |
|
|
138 | (1) |
|
Visiting the Library folders |
|
|
138 | (1) |
|
Let it be: The System folder |
|
|
139 | (1) |
|
There's no place like Home |
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
Your personal library card |
|
|
141 | (2) |
|
Saving Your Document Before Ifs Too Late |
|
|
143 | (10) |
|
Stepping through a basic save |
|
|
145 | (6) |
|
Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result |
|
|
151 | (2) |
|
|
|
153 | (6) |
|
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
When your Mac can't open a file |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
With the application of your choice |
|
|
156 | (3) |
|
Chapter 8 File and Folder Management Made Easy |
|
|
159 | (16) |
|
Organizing Your Stuff in Folders |
|
|
159 | (8) |
|
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
Organizing your stuff with subfolders |
|
|
160 | (3) |
|
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
Navigating with spring-loaded folders |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
|
|
164 | (3) |
|
Shuffling Files and Folders |
|
|
167 | (5) |
|
|
|
167 | (2) |
|
|
|
169 | (1) |
|
Playing the icon name game: Renaming icons |
|
|
170 | (1) |
|
Renaming multiple icons at once |
|
|
171 | (1) |
|
|
|
171 | (1) |
|
|
|
172 | (1) |
|
The Incredible iCIoud Drive |
|
|
172 | (3) |
|
Chapter 9 Comprehending the macOS Clipboard |
|
|
175 | (6) |
|
Introducing the Clipboard |
|
|
175 | (2) |
|
Copying Files and Folders |
|
|
177 | (2) |
|
Pasting from the Clipboard |
|
|
179 | (1) |
|
Big Sur's Universal Clipboard |
|
|
179 | (2) |
|
PART 3 GETTING THINGS DONE |
|
|
181 | (72) |
|
Chapter 10 Five Terrific Time-Saving Tools |
|
|
183 | (20) |
|
|
|
184 | (3) |
|
Share and share alike with the Share menu |
|
|
185 | (1) |
|
Slide into Slideshow (full-screen) mode |
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
Spotlight on Finding Files and Folders Faster |
|
|
187 | (4) |
|
|
|
187 | (3) |
|
Using the Spotlight menu and its keyboard shortcut |
|
|
190 | (1) |
|
Blast Off with Mission Control |
|
|
191 | (7) |
|
The Mission Control pane: Ifs painless |
|
|
191 | (3) |
|
Hot corners are hot stuff! |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
Mission Control's Spaces from 30,000 feet (an overview) |
|
|
194 | (3) |
|
Getting around in space(s) |
|
|
197 | (1) |
|
Taking Control of Essential Settings |
|
|
198 | (2) |
|
Launchpad: The Place for Applications |
|
|
200 | (3) |
|
Chapter 11 Organizing Your Life |
|
|
203 | (20) |
|
Keeping Track with Calendar |
|
|
204 | (6) |
|
Navigating Calendar views |
|
|
204 | (1) |
|
|
|
205 | (1) |
|
|
|
206 | (1) |
|
Creating and managing events |
|
|
207 | (3) |
|
Reminders: Protection Against Forgetting |
|
|
210 | (3) |
|
Getting started with Reminders |
|
|
210 | (1) |
|
To do or not to do: Setting reminders |
|
|
211 | (2) |
|
Sharing lists and assigning reminders |
|
|
213 | (1) |
|
Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center |
|
|
213 | (5) |
|
Tweaking Notification settings |
|
|
214 | (2) |
|
|
|
216 | (1) |
|
Using Notification Center |
|
|
217 | (1) |
|
Use Notes for Making Notes |
|
|
218 | (3) |
|
Tracking Productivity with Screen Time |
|
|
221 | (2) |
|
Chapter 12 Are You Siri-ous? |
|
|
223 | (6) |
|
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
|
|
226 | (1) |
|
|
|
226 | (3) |
|
Chapter 13 Maps Are Where It's At |
|
|
229 | (12) |
|
Finding Your Current Location with Maps |
|
|
229 | (1) |
|
Finding a Person, Place, or Thing |
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
|
|
231 | (2) |
|
|
|
233 | (1) |
|
Time-saving Map Tools: Favorites, Guides, and Recents |
|
|
234 | (2) |
|
|
|
234 | (1) |
|
|
|
235 | (1) |
|
|
|
235 | (1) |
|
|
|
236 | (5) |
|
Get route maps and driving directions |
|
|
236 | (1) |
|
|
|
237 | (1) |
|
Get directions for public transportation |
|
|
237 | (1) |
|
Get traffic info in real time |
|
|
238 | (1) |
|
Flyovers and look arounds |
|
|
238 | (2) |
|
Do more on the Info sheet |
|
|
240 | (1) |
|
Chapter 14 Apps Born in iOS |
|
|
241 | (12) |
|
Taking Stock of the Market with Stocks |
|
|
241 | (4) |
|
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes |
|
|
243 | (1) |
|
Details, details, details |
|
|
244 | (1) |
|
|
|
244 | (1) |
|
Read All about It in News |
|
|
245 | (3) |
|
|
|
246 | (1) |
|
|
|
247 | (1) |
|
|
|
247 | (1) |
|
Recording Memos with Voice Memos |
|
|
248 | (3) |
|
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
Listening to a voice memo |
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
|
|
250 | (1) |
|
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More with Home |
|
|
251 | (2) |
|
PART 4 GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS |
|
|
253 | (80) |
|
Chapter 15 (Inter)Networking |
|
|
255 | (18) |
|
Getting Connected to the Internet |
|
|
256 | (3) |
|
Your Internet service provider and you |
|
|
257 | (1) |
|
Plugging in your Internet-connection settings |
|
|
258 | (1) |
|
Browsing the Web with Safari |
|
|
259 | (11) |
|
|
|
261 | (2) |
|
|
|
263 | (4) |
|
|
|
267 | (2) |
|
Protect yourself from malice (and ads) |
|
|
269 | (1) |
|
|
|
270 | (1) |
|
Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime |
|
|
270 | (3) |
|
Chapter 16 Dealing with People |
|
|
273 | (8) |
|
|
|
273 | (8) |
|
|
|
274 | (2) |
|
Importing contacts from other programs |
|
|
276 | (1) |
|
|
|
276 | (1) |
|
Setting up a smart group (based on contact criteria) |
|
|
277 | (2) |
|
Deleting a group or smart group |
|
|
279 | (1) |
|
Sync + Contacts = your contacts everywhere |
|
|
279 | (2) |
|
Chapter 17 Communicating with Mail and Messages |
|
|
281 | (22) |
|
Sending and Receiving Email with Mail |
|
|
281 | (18) |
|
|
|
282 | (1) |
|
A quick overview of the toolbar |
|
|
283 | (1) |
|
|
|
284 | (2) |
|
Sending email from the Contacts app |
|
|
286 | (2) |
|
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
|
|
289 | (1) |
|
Mailboxes smart and plain |
|
|
289 | (3) |
|
Changing your preferences |
|
|
292 | (1) |
|
|
|
293 | (1) |
|
|
|
294 | (2) |
|
Take a (Quick) look and (Slide) show me some photos |
|
|
296 | (1) |
|
|
|
297 | (2) |
|
Communicating with Messages |
|
|
299 | (4) |
|
Chit-chatting with Messages |
|
|
300 | (3) |
|
Chapter 18 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It |
|
|
303 | (30) |
|
Introducing Networks and File Sharing |
|
|
304 | (5) |
|
Portrait of home office networking |
|
|
305 | (2) |
|
Three ways to build a network |
|
|
307 | (2) |
|
|
|
309 | (2) |
|
Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What |
|
|
311 | (14) |
|
Users and groups and guests |
|
|
311 | (1) |
|
|
|
312 | (5) |
|
macOS knows best: Folders shared by default |
|
|
317 | (1) |
|
Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions |
|
|
318 | (4) |
|
Useful settings for permissions |
|
|
322 | (2) |
|
|
|
324 | (1) |
|
Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac |
|
|
325 | (3) |
|
|
|
328 | (2) |
|
Changing your account password on your Mac |
|
|
329 | (1) |
|
Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac |
|
|
329 | (1) |
|
|
|
330 | (3) |
|
|
|
330 | (1) |
|
|
|
331 | (1) |
|
And yet more ways to share |
|
|
332 | (1) |
|
|
|
333 | (60) |
|
Chapter 19 The Musical Mac |
|
|
335 | (16) |
|
Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock! |
|
|
336 | (1) |
|
Introducing Music (the App Formerly Known as iTunes) |
|
|
337 | (3) |
|
|
|
340 | (4) |
|
|
|
341 | (2) |
|
|
|
343 | (1) |
|
|
|
344 | (7) |
|
Creating a regular playlist |
|
|
344 | (2) |
|
|
|
346 | (1) |
|
Working with smart playlists |
|
|
347 | (1) |
|
|
|
348 | (1) |
|
Looking at the Genius playlist |
|
|
348 | (3) |
|
Chapter 20 The Multimedia Mac |
|
|
351 | (18) |
|
Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player |
|
|
351 | (2) |
|
|
|
353 | (1) |
|
|
|
354 | (6) |
|
Buying an e-book or audiobook |
|
|
355 | (2) |
|
Shopping for e-books without Apple |
|
|
357 | (1) |
|
|
|
358 | (2) |
|
Finding and Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App |
|
|
360 | (1) |
|
You're the Star with Photo Booth |
|
|
361 | (2) |
|
Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview |
|
|
363 | (2) |
|
Importing Media from a Camera or Camcorder |
|
|
365 | (4) |
|
Chapter 21 Words and Letters |
|
|
369 | (10) |
|
Processing Words with TextEdit |
|
|
370 | (5) |
|
Creating and composing a document |
|
|
370 | (1) |
|
|
|
371 | (3) |
|
Adding graphics to documents |
|
|
374 | (1) |
|
|
|
375 | (4) |
|
|
|
376 | (1) |
|
Managing your fonts with Font Book |
|
|
376 | (3) |
|
Chapter 22 Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing |
|
|
379 | (14) |
|
|
|
380 | (1) |
|
Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer |
|
|
380 | (4) |
|
|
|
381 | (1) |
|
Setting up a printer for the first time |
|
|
381 | (2) |
|
One last thing: Printer sharing |
|
|
383 | (1) |
|
Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup |
|
|
384 | (2) |
|
Print: Printing with the Print Sheet |
|
|
386 | (4) |
|
|
|
386 | (1) |
|
Choosing among different printers |
|
|
387 | (1) |
|
|
|
387 | (3) |
|
|
|
390 | (1) |
|
|
|
390 | (3) |
|
|
|
393 | (74) |
|
Chapter 23 Features for the Way You Work |
|
|
395 | (26) |
|
|
|
396 | (1) |
|
|
|
397 | (2) |
|
Using Your iPhone as Your Mac's Camera or Scanner |
|
|
399 | (3) |
|
Talking and Listening to Your Mac |
|
|
402 | (7) |
|
Keyboard System Preferences pane: You talk and your Mac types |
|
|
402 | (2) |
|
Commanding your Mac by voice |
|
|
404 | (2) |
|
Listening to your Mac read for you |
|
|
406 | (3) |
|
|
|
409 | (4) |
|
Script Editor app: Write and edit AppleScripts |
|
|
409 | (1) |
|
Automator app: Automate almost anything |
|
|
410 | (3) |
|
A Few More Useful Goodies |
|
|
413 | (8) |
|
Accessibility System Preferences pane: Make your Mac more accessible |
|
|
413 | (2) |
|
Battery and Energy Saver System Preferences panes: For energy conservation and sleep |
|
|
415 | (1) |
|
Bluetooth System Preferences pane: Where Bluetooth lives |
|
|
416 | (1) |
|
Ink System Preferences pane: Visible to pen-input tablet users only |
|
|
417 | (1) |
|
Automatic Login in the Users & Groups System Preferences pane: Don't bother with the login screen |
|
|
417 | (1) |
|
Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac |
|
|
418 | (1) |
|
Boot Camp Assistant app: Run Windows on your Mac really |
|
|
418 | (1) |
|
|
|
419 | (1) |
|
|
|
420 | (1) |
|
Chapter 24 Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues |
|
|
421 | (18) |
|
Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do |
|
|
422 | (6) |
|
Backing up with Big Sur's excellent Time Machine |
|
|
422 | (4) |
|
Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method |
|
|
426 | (1) |
|
Backing up by using commercial backup software |
|
|
427 | (1) |
|
Why You Need Two Sets of Backups |
|
|
428 | (1) |
|
Non-Backup Security Concerns |
|
|
429 | (5) |
|
About viruses and other malware |
|
|
429 | (2) |
|
|
|
431 | (2) |
|
Install recommended software updates |
|
|
433 | (1) |
|
Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes |
|
|
434 | (5) |
|
Blocking or limiting connections |
|
|
434 | (1) |
|
Locking down files with File Vault |
|
|
434 | (1) |
|
Setting other options for security |
|
|
435 | (4) |
|
|
|
439 | (18) |
|
In the Applications and Utilities Folders |
|
|
439 | (12) |
|
|
|
439 | (2) |
|
|
|
441 | (1) |
|
|
|
442 | (5) |
|
|
|
447 | (1) |
|
|
|
447 | (2) |
|
|
|
449 | (1) |
|
|
|
450 | (1) |
|
|
|
450 | (1) |
|
|
|
451 | (6) |
|
Big Sur screen-shooting 101 |
|
|
452 | (1) |
|
Big Sur screen-shooting options |
|
|
453 | (1) |
|
|
|
454 | (3) |
|
Chapter 26 Troubleshooting macOS |
|
|
457 | (10) |
|
About Startup Disks and Booting |
|
|
457 | (3) |
|
Finding or creating a startup disk |
|
|
458 | (1) |
|
They call it a prohibitory sign for a reason |
|
|
458 | (2) |
|
Recovering with Recovery HD |
|
|
460 | (4) |
|
|
|
460 | (1) |
|
Step 2 Safe boot into Safe mode |
|
|
461 | (1) |
|
Step 3 Zapping the PRAM/NVRAM |
|
|
462 | (1) |
|
Step 4 Reinstalling macOS |
|
|
463 | (1) |
|
Step 5 Things to try before taking your Mac in for repair |
|
|
463 | (1) |
|
If Your Mac Crashes at Startup |
|
|
464 | (1) |
|
|
|
465 | (2) |
|
|
|
467 | (18) |
|
Chapter 27 Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience |
|
|
469 | (10) |
|
Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts |
|
|
470 | (1) |
|
Improve Your Typing Skills |
|
|
471 | (1) |
|
|
|
471 | (2) |
|
|
|
473 | (1) |
|
|
|
473 | (1) |
|
|
|
474 | (1) |
|
Use Your iPad as a Second Display |
|
|
474 | (1) |
|
Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive (SSD) |
|
|
475 | (1) |
|
|
|
476 | (1) |
|
Subscribe to My Free Newsletter |
|
|
477 | (2) |
|
Chapter 28 Ten Great Websites for Mac Freaks |
|
|
479 | (6) |
|
|
|
480 | (1) |
|
|
|
480 | (1) |
|
|
|
480 | (1) |
|
|
|
481 | (1) |
|
|
|
481 | (1) |
|
|
|
481 | (1) |
|
|
|
482 | (1) |
|
|
|
482 | (1) |
|
|
|
483 | (1) |
|
Working Smarter for Mac Users |
|
|
483 | (2) |
| Index |
|
485 | |
