macOS Ventura For Dummies
- Length: 496 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: For Dummies
- Publication Date: 2022-12-01
- ISBN-10: 1119912873
- ISBN-13: 9781119912873
- Sales Rank: #292732 (See Top 100 Books)
Learn the ins and outs of macOS Ventura
macOS Ventura For Dummies is packed with all the information you need on this latest version of macOS. With expert tips, tricks, and troubleshooting ideas, it’s the trusted guide for those new to Mac computers and those upgrading their systems. Learn how to organize your files, ensure that your data is secure, work more efficiently, and take advantage of the newest features. Dummies helps you navigate the interface, use helpful shortcuts, and beyond—the easy way.
- Explore the features of macOS Ventura and get things done with ease
- Find out how to locate files, open and close programs, and customize the OS
- Troubleshoot common problems and keep your system running smoothly
- Make sure your data is secure and your computer is hacker-proof
This is the perfect Dummies guide for first-time macOS users, as well as people who are upgrading their systems and need a reference.
Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1 macOS Basics Chapter 1 macOS Ventura 101 (Prerequisites: None) Okay, What Does macOS Do? A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (or Any User) Turning the dang thing on What you should see on start-up Shutting down properly A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac Point-and-click Getting Help Chapter 2 Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!) Touring Finder and Its Desktop Anatomy of a Window Top o’ the window to ya! A scroll new world (Hyper)active windows Opening a Dialog with Your Mac Working with Windows Opening and closing windows Resizing windows and window panes Moving windows Shuffling windows Menu Basics The ever-changing menu bar Contextual (shortcut) menus: They’re sooo contextual! Recognizing disabled options Navigating submenus Under the Apple menu tree Using keyboard-shortcut commands Chapter 3 What’s Up, Dock? A Quick Introduction to Your Dock The default icons of the Dock Trash talkin’ Way Way 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 Global Dock settings Folder and disk Dock icon menu preferences Chapter 4 Getting to Know Finder and Its Desktop Introducing Finder and Its Minions: The Desktop and Icons Introducing the desktop Bellying up to the toolbar Figuring out what an icon is Identifying your Finder icons in the wild Aliases Are Awesome! Creating aliases Deleting aliases Hunting down an alias’s parent The View(s) from a Window Moving through folders fast in Column view Perusing in Icon view Listless? Try viewing folders as a list Hangin’ in the Gallery (view) What’s next on the (View) menu? Finder on the Menu The actual Finder menu Like a road map: The current folder’s pop-up menu Go places with the Go menu Customizing Finder Windows Adding folders to the sidebar Configuring Finder settings General pane Tags pane Sidebar pane Advanced pane Digging for Data in the Info Window Chapter 5 Delving Even Deeper into Ventura’s Desktop and Finder Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks Quick Actions: Now Playing All Over Ventura Getting the most out of Markup Trimming video without launching an app Doing Things Quicker with Finder Quick Actions Creating PDFs without launching an app Creating custom Finder Quick Actions Shooting Screen Stills and Movies Chapter 6 Having It Your Way 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 A Quick Primer on Finding Files Understanding the macOS Folder Structure Understanding nested folders From the top: The Computer folder Peeking into the Applications folder Visiting the Library folders Let it be: The System folder There’s no place like Home Your personal library card Saving Your Document Before It’s Too Late Stepping through a basic save Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result Open, Sez Me With drag-and-drop With a Quick Look When your Mac can’t open a file With the app of your choice Assigning a file type to an app Opening a file with an app other than the default Chapter 8 File and Folder Management Made Easy Organizing Your Stuff in Folders Working with files versus folders Organizing your stuff with subfolders Creating new folders Navigating with spring-loaded folders Using smart folders Shuffling 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 Are You Siri-ous? What Siri can do for you Working with Siri Making Siri your own Comprehending the macOS Clipboard Introducing the Clipboard Copying files and folders Pasting from the Clipboard Expanding your horizons with the Universal Clipboard With a Quick Look Share and share alike with the Share menu Slide into Slideshow (full-screen) mode Spotlight on Finding Files and Folders Faster Using the Find command Using the Spotlight menu and its keyboard shortcut Blast Off with Mission Control Setting Mission Control parameters Hot corners are hot stuff! 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 Launchpad: The Place for Apps 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 Inviting others to attend an event Setting an alert Reminders: Protection Against Forgetting Getting started with Reminders To do or not to do: Setting reminders Sharing lists and assigning reminders Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center Tweaking Notification settings Managing Widgets Using Notification Center Getting focused Use Notes for Making Notes Taking a Quick Note with Quick Note Tracking Productivity with Screen Time Chapter 11 Maps Are Where It’s At Finding Your Current Location with Maps Finding a Person, Place, or Thing Views, Zooms, and Pans Maps and Contacts Time-Saving Map Tools: Favorites, Guides, and Recents Favorites Guides Recents Smart Map Tricks Get route maps and driving directions Get walking directions Get directions for public transportation Get traffic info in real time Enjoying flyovers and look arounds Flyovers Look arounds Do more on the Info sheet Chapter 12 Apps Born in iOS Taking Stock of the Market with Stocks Adding and removing stocks, funds, and indexes Details, details, details Charting a course Read All about It in 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 Owning your toolbar Using the Safari sidebar Tab groups are the new pinned tabs Shared with You: Links from others Bookmarking your favorite pages Finding your bookmarks in the sidebar Managing your favorites and the Favorites bar What’s on your Reading list? Website-specific settings Reader view Controlling audio and video playback 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 Sync + Contacts = Your contacts everywhere Making Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime Making a FaceTime call Enjoying using SharePlay during a FaceTime call Chapter 15 Communicating with Mail and Messages Sending and Receiving Email with Mail Setting up Mail A quick overview of the toolbar Composing a new message Sending email from the Contacts app Checking your mail Dealing with spam Mailboxes smart and plain Plain old mailboxes Smart mailboxes Changing settings for Mail Sign here, please Mail rules rule Take a (Quick) look and (Slide) show me some photos Markup and Mail Drop Markup Mail Drop Unsubscribe and Block Sender Communicating with Messages What the heck is an iMessage? Chitchatting with Messages Chapter 16 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It Introducing Networks and File Sharing Portrait of home and home-office networking How to build your home or home-office network Setting Up File Sharing Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What Users and groups and guests Creating users Changing a user Removing a user macOS knows best: Folders shared by default Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions Making sense of permissions Sharing a folder 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 More Types of Sharing Sharing a screen Sharing the Internet Three more ways to share Part 4 Getting Creative Chapter 17 The Musical Mac Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock! Getting Started with the Music App Working with Media Adding songs Listening to Radio Finding songs quickly with the Filter Field Enabling and using Column Browser All about Playlists Creating a regular playlist Working with smart playlists Working with the Genius playlist What is Genius? How does Genius work? Burning a playlist to CD 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 Publish or Perish: 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 Connecting your printer Setting up a printer for the first time Sharing your Mac’s printer on the network 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 Printing a document Choosing among printers Choosing custom settings Saving custom settings Part 5 Care and Feeding 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 Keyboard pane in System Settings: You talk, and your Mac types Commanding your Mac by voice Listening to your Mac read your screen VoiceOver Text to Speech Automatic Automation Script Editor app: Write and edit AppleScripts Automator app: Automate almost anything A Few More Useful Goodies Accessibility pane in System Settings: Make your Mac more accessible Battery pane and Energy Saver pane in System Settings: For energy conservation and sleep Battery pane (MacBooks only) Energy Saver pane in System Settings (desktops only) Bluetooth pane in System Settings: Where Bluetooth lives Ink pane in System Settings: Visible to pen-input tablet users only Automatic Login: Skip the login screen Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac Boot Camp Assistant app: Run Windows on your Intel Mac . . . really AirPlay and AirPlay to Mac Handoff Universal Control Enabling and configuring Universal Control Connecting the iPad or Mac Choosing display options Disconnecting the iPad or Mac Chapter 21 Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do Backing up with Ventura’s excellent Time Machine Additional consideration What does Time Machine back up? How do I restore a file (or a contact, a photo, an event, and so on)? Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method Backing up by using commercial backup software Why You Need Two Sets of Backups Nonbackup Security Concerns About viruses and other malware Install 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 Utility Chest 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 Chapter 23 Troubleshooting macOS About Start-Up Disks and Booting Finding or creating a start-up disk They call it a prohibitory sign for a reason Recovering with Recovery HD Step 1: Run First Aid Step 2: Safe 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 Startup Managing Storage with the Storage Feature Part 6 The Part of Tens Chapter 24 Ten Ways to Speed Up 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 25 Ten Great Websites for Mac Freaks Macworld TidBITS The Mac Observer iMore AppleWorld.Today Wirecutter Apple Support Other World Computing Apple’s Refurbished and Clearance Store Six Colors Index EULA
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