macOS Mojave For Dummies

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 Mojave 101 (Prerequisites: None)
		Gnawing to the Core of macOS
		A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner (or Any User)
			Turning the dang thing on
			What you should see on startup
			Shutting down properly
			A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac
			Point-and-click Boot Camp
		Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu
	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
		Dialog Dealie-Boppers
		Working with Windows
			Opening and closing windows
			Resizing windows and window panes
			Moving windows
			Shuffling windows
		Menu Basics
			The ever-changing menu bar
			Contextual 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’
			Opening application 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?
			Setting your dock preferences
	Chapter 4 Delving Deeper into 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 touring folders in List view
			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
			Going places with the Go menu
		Customizing Finder Windows
			Adding folders to the sidebar
			Setting Finder preferences
		Digging for Icon Data in the Info Window
	Chapter 5 What’s New in Mojave’s Finder?
		Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks
			Managing your Stacks
		Quick Actions: Now Playing All Over Mojave
			Getting the most out of Markup
			Trimming video without launching an app
		Do It Quicker with Finder Quick Actions
			Creating PDFs without launching an app
			Creating custom Finder Quick Actions
		Four More Cool Mojave Tricks
			Shooting screens
			Dynamic desktop images
			Recently used apps in the dock
			Mentions of Gallery view
Part 2 How Stuff Works
	Chapter 6 Having It Your Way
		Introducing System Preferences
		Putting a Picture on the Desktop
		Setting Up a Screen Saver
		Putting Widgets on the Dashboard
		Giving Buttons, Menus, and Windows a Makeover
		Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware
		Styling Your Sound
	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 application of your choice
	Chapter 8 File and Folder Management Made Easy
		Organizing Your Stuff in Folders
			Files versus folders
			Organizing your stuff with subfolders
			Creating new folders
			Navigating with spring-loaded folders
			Smart folders
		Shuffling Files and Folders
			Moving files and folders
			Selecting multiple icons
			Playing the icon name game: Renaming icons
			Renaming multiple icons at once
			Compressing files
			Getting rid of icons
		The Incredible iCloud Drive
	Chapter 9 Comprehending the macOS Clipboard
		Introducing the Clipboard
		Copying Files and Folders
		Pasting from the Clipboard
		Mojave’s Universal Clipboard
Part 3 Getting Things Done
	Chapter 10 Four Terrific Timesaving Tools
		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
			The Mission Control pane: It’s painless
			Hot corners are hot stuff!
			Mission Control’s Spaces from 30,000 feet (an overview)
			Getting around in space(s)
		Launchpad: The Place for Applications
	Chapter 11 Organizing Your Life
		Keeping Track with Calendar
			Navigating Calendar views
			Creating calendars
			Deleting a calendar
			Creating and managing events
		Reminders: Protection Against Forgetting
			Getting started with Reminders
			To do or not to do: Setting reminders
		Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center
		Use Notes for Making Notes
	Chapter 12 Are You Siri-ous?
		What Siri Can Do for You
		Working with Siri
		Making Siri Your Own
	Chapter 13 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
		Timesaving map tools: Favorites, Recents, and Contacts
		Smart map tricks
	Chapter 14 Four New (iOS) Apps in Mojave
		Taking Stock of the Market with Stocks
			Adding and deleting 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
		Controlling Lights, Locks, and More with Home
Part 4 Getting Along with Others
	Chapter 15 (Inter)Networking
		Getting Connected to the Internet
			Your Internet service provider and you
			Plugging in your Internet-connection settings
		Browsing the Web with Safari
			Owning your toolbar
			Using the Safari sidebar
			Searching with Google
			Protect Yourself from Malice (and Ads)
			Checking out Help Center
		Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime
	Chapter 16 Dealing with People
		Collecting Your Contacts
			Adding contacts
			Importing contacts from other programs
			Creating a basic group
			Setting up a smart group (based on contact criteria)
			Deleting a group or smart group
			The view is lovely
			Sync + Contacts = your contacts everywhere
	Chapter 17 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
			Changing your preferences
			Sign here, please
			Mail rules rule
			Take a (Quick) look and (Slide) show me some photos
			Markup and Mail Drop
		Communicating with Messages
			Chit-chatting with Messages
	Chapter 18 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It
		Introducing Networks and File Sharing
			Portrait of home office networking
			Three ways to build a network
		Setting Up File Sharing
		Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What
			Users and groups and guests
			Creating users
			macOS knows best: Folders shared by default
			Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions
			Useful settings for permissions
			Unsharing a folder
		Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac
		Changing Your Password
			Changing your account password on your Mac
			Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac
			Changing the password for your account on someone else’s Mac
		More Types of Sharing
			Sharing a screen
			Sharing the Internet
			And yet more ways to share
Part 5 Getting Creative
	Chapter 19 The Musical Mac
		Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock!
		Introducing iTunes
		Working with Media
			Adding songs
			Adding movies and TV shows
			Adding podcasts
			Listening to iTunes Radio
		All about Playlists
			Creating a regular playlist
			Filtering your Library with Column Browser
			Working with smart playlists
			Burning a playlist to CD
			Looking at the Genius playlist
	Chapter 20 The Multimedia Mac
		Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player
		Books App on the Mac
			Buying an e-book
			Shopping for e-books without Apple
			Reading an e-book
		You’re the Star with Photo Booth
		Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview
		Importing Media
			Downloading photos from a camera
			Downloading DV video from a camcorder
	Chapter 21 Words and Letters
		Processing Words with TextEdit
			Creating and composing a document
			Working with text
			Adding graphics to documents
		Font Mania
			Types of fonts
			Managing your fonts with Font Book
			Installing fonts manually
	Chapter 22 Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing
		Before Diving In . . .
		Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer
			Connecting your printer
			Setting up a printer for the first time
			One last thing: Printer sharing
		Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup
		Print: Printing with the Print Sheet
			Printing a document
			Choosing among different printers
			Choosing custom settings
			Saving custom settings
		Preview and PDF Options
Part 6 Care and Feeding
	Chapter 23 Features for the Way You Work
		Finally, a Dark Mode
		App Shopping, Improved
		Using Your iPhone as Your Mac’s Camera or Scanner
		Talking and Listening to Your Mac
			Keyboard System Preferences pane: You talk and your Mac types
			Commanding your Mac by voice
			Listening to your Mac read for you
		Automatic Automation
			Script Editor app: Write and edit AppleScripts
			Automator app: Automate almost anything
		A Few More Useful Goodies
			Accessibility System Preferences pane: Make your Mac more accessible
			Energy Saver System Preferences pane: For energy conservation and sleep
			Bluetooth System Preferences pane: Where Bluetooth lives
			Ink System Preferences pane: Visible to pen-input tablet users only
			Automatic Login in the Users & Groups System Preferences pane: Don’t bother with the login screen
			Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac
			Boot Camp Assistant app: Run Windows on your Mac . . . really
			AirPlay Mirroring
			Handoff
	Chapter 24 Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues
		Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do
			Backing up with Mojave’s excellent Time Machine
			Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method
			Backing up by using commercial backup software
		Why You Need Two Sets of Backups
		Non-Backup Security Concerns
			About viruses and other malware
			Firewall: Yea or nay?
			Install recommended software updates
		Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes
			Blocking or limiting connections
			Locking down files with FileVault
			Setting other options for security
	Chapter 25 Utility Chest
		In the Applications and Utilities Folders
			Calculator
			Activity Monitor
			Disk Utility
			Grapher
			Keychain Access
			Migration Assistant
			System Information
			Terminal
		Capturing Your Screen
			Mojave screen-shooting 101
			Mojave screen-shooting options
			Mojave screen recording
	Chapter 26 Troubleshooting macOS
		About Startup Disks and Booting
			Finding or creating a startup 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
		Optimizing Storage
Part 7 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 27 Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience
		Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts
		Improve Your Typing Skills
		Change Your Resolution
		Get a Mac with a View — and Preferences, Too
		Purchase a Faster Mac
		Add a Second Display
		Add RAM
		Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive (SSD)
		Upgrade to a New Hybrid Drive
		Subscribe to My Free Newsletter
	Chapter 28 Ten Great Websites for Mac Freaks
		The Mac Observer
		Macworld
		TidBITS
		iMore
		AppleWorld.Today
		The Wirecutter
		Apple Support
		Other World Computing
		dealmac/dealnews
		Working Smarter for Mac Users
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