macOS Sierra For Dummies

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 7
 About This Book......Page 17
 Foolish Assumptions......Page 18
 Icons Used in This Book......Page 19
 Where to Go from Here......Page 20
Part 1 Introducing macOS Sierra: The Basics......Page 21
 Chapter 1 macOS Sierra 101 (Prerequisites: None)......Page 23
  Gnawing to the Core of macOS......Page 24
   Turning the dang thing on......Page 26
   What you should see on startup......Page 27
   Shutting down properly......Page 30
   A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac......Page 31
   Point-and-click boot camp......Page 33
  Not Just a Beatles Movie: Help and the Help Menu......Page 34
 Chapter 2 Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!)......Page 39
  Touring the Finder and Its Desktop......Page 40
  Anatomy of a Window......Page 41
   Top o’ the window to ya!......Page 44
   A scroll new world......Page 45
   (Hyper)active windows......Page 47
  Dialog Dealie-Boppers......Page 48
   Opening and closing windows......Page 50
   Resizing windows and window panes......Page 51
   Shuffling windows......Page 52
   The ever-changing menu bar......Page 55
   Contextual menus: They’re sooo contextual!......Page 56
   Recognizing disabled options......Page 57
   Navigating submenus......Page 58
   Under the Apple menu tree......Page 59
   Using keyboard shortcut commands......Page 60
 Chapter 3 What’s Up, Dock?......Page 61
   The default icons of the Dock......Page 62
   Trash talkin’......Page 65
   Opening application menus on the Dock......Page 67
   Opening files from the Dock......Page 69
   Adding Dock icons......Page 70
   Removing an icon from the Dock......Page 72
   Resizing the Dock......Page 73
   What should you put on your Dock?......Page 74
   Setting your Dock preferences......Page 75
Part 2 Inside macOS Sierra (Or How Stuff Works)......Page 79
 Chapter 4 Delving Deeper into the Finder and Its Desktop......Page 81
   Introducing the Desktop......Page 82
   Bellying up to the toolbar......Page 84
   Figuring out what an icon is......Page 87
   Identifying your Finder icons in the wild......Page 88
  Aliases Are Awesome!......Page 89
   Creating aliases......Page 90
   Hunting down an alias’s parent......Page 91
   Moving through folders fast in Column view......Page 92
   Listless? Try touring folders in List view......Page 94
   You gotta go with the flow......Page 96
   What’s next on the (View) menu?......Page 97
   The actual Finder menu......Page 98
   Like a road map: The current folder’s pop-up menu......Page 101
   Going places with the Go menu......Page 102
   Adding folders to the Sidebar......Page 104
   Setting Finder preferences......Page 105
  Digging for Icon Data in the Info Window......Page 109
  Introducing System Preferences......Page 113
  Putting a Picture on the Desktop......Page 116
  Setting Up a Screen Saver......Page 117
  Putting Widgets on the Dashboard......Page 119
   Translation......Page 121
  Giving Buttons, Menus, and Windows a Makeover......Page 122
  Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware......Page 125
   Keyboard......Page 126
   Mouse......Page 131
   Bluetooth......Page 132
   Trackpad (notebooks and desktops with a Magic Trackpad)......Page 133
  Styling Your Sound......Page 134
   Choosing output and input options......Page 135
 Chapter 6 The Care and Feeding of Files and Folders......Page 137
  Understanding the macOS Folder Structure......Page 138
   Understanding nested folders......Page 139
   From the top: The Computer folder......Page 141
   Visiting the Library folders......Page 142
   Let it be: The System folder......Page 143
   There’s no place like Home......Page 144
   Your personal Library card......Page 145
  Saving Your Document Before It’s Too Late......Page 147
   Stepping through a basic Save......Page 149
   Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result......Page 154
  Open, Sez Me......Page 156
   With a Quick Look......Page 158
   With the application of your choice......Page 159
   Files versus folders......Page 162
   Organizing your stuff with subfolders......Page 163
   Creating new folders......Page 164
   Navigating with spring-loaded folders......Page 165
   Smart folders......Page 166
  Shuffling Files and Folders......Page 168
   Moving files and folders......Page 169
   Selecting multiple icons......Page 170
   Playing the icon name game: Renaming icons......Page 171
   Getting rid of icons......Page 172
  The Incredible New iCloud Drive......Page 173
  Introducing the New and Improved Clipboard......Page 175
  Copying Files and Folders......Page 177
  Pasting from the Clipboard......Page 178
  Sierra’s New Universal Clipboard......Page 179
Part 3 Getting Things Done in macOS Sierra......Page 181
 Chapter 8 Four Terrific Timesaving Tools......Page 183
  With a Quick Look......Page 184
   Share and share alike with the Share menu......Page 186
  Spotlight on Finding Files and Folders Faster......Page 187
   Using the Search box in Finder windows......Page 188
   Using the Spotlight menu and window......Page 190
  Blast Off with Mission Control......Page 191
   The Mission Control pane: It’s painless......Page 192
   Hot corners!......Page 194
   Mission Control’s Spaces from 30,000 feet (an overview)......Page 195
   Getting around in space(s)......Page 197
  Launchpad: The Place for Applications......Page 198
  Customizing Your Launchpad......Page 199
 Chapter 9 Organizing Your Life......Page 201
   Navigating Calendar views......Page 202
   Deleting a calendar......Page 204
   Creating and managing events......Page 205
   Getting started with Reminders......Page 208
   To do or not to do: Setting reminders......Page 210
  Everything You Need to Know about the Notification Center......Page 211
  Use Notes for Making Notes......Page 214
  What Siri Can Do for You......Page 217
  Working with Siri......Page 219
  Making Siri Your Own......Page 220
  Finding your current location with Maps......Page 223
  Finding a person, place, or thing......Page 224
  Views, zooms, and pans......Page 225
  Maps and Contacts......Page 227
  Timesaving map tools: Favorites, Recents, and Contacts......Page 228
  Smart map tricks......Page 230
Part 4 Getting Along with Others in macOS Sierra......Page 235
 Chapter 12 (Inter)Networking......Page 237
   Your Internet service provider and you......Page 238
   Plugging in your Internet-connection settings......Page 239
  Browsing the Web with Safari......Page 241
   Owning your toolbar......Page 242
   Using the Safari Sidebar......Page 244
   Using the terrific Top Sites page......Page 248
   Searching with Google......Page 249
  Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime......Page 251
  Collecting Your Contacts......Page 255
   Adding contacts......Page 256
   Importing contacts from other programs......Page 258
   Creating a basic group......Page 259
   Setting up a smart group (based on contact criteria)......Page 260
   The view is lovely......Page 261
   Sync + Contacts = Your contacts everywhere......Page 262
  Sending and Receiving Email with Mail......Page 265
   Setting up Mail......Page 266
   A quick overview of the toolbar......Page 267
   Composing a new message......Page 269
   Sending email from the Contacts app......Page 271
   Working with stationery......Page 273
   Checking your mail......Page 274
   Dealing with spam......Page 275
   Mailboxes smart and plain......Page 276
   Sign here, please......Page 279
   Mail rules rule......Page 280
   Relative Newcomers: Markup and Mail Drop......Page 283
  Communicating with Messages......Page 285
   Chit-chatting with Messages......Page 286
 Chapter 15 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It......Page 289
  Introducing Networks and File Sharing......Page 290
   Portrait of home office networking......Page 291
   Three ways to build a network......Page 293
  Setting Up File Sharing......Page 295
  Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What......Page 296
   Users and groups and guests......Page 297
   Creating users......Page 298
   macOS knows best: Folders shared by default......Page 305
   Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions......Page 306
   Useful settings for permissions......Page 311
  Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac......Page 313
   Changing your account password on your Mac......Page 317
   Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac......Page 318
   Changing the password for your account on someone else’s Mac......Page 319
   Screen Sharing......Page 320
   Internet Sharing......Page 321
   And yet more ways to share......Page 322
Part 5 Getting Creative in macOS Sierra......Page 323
 Chapter 16 The Musical Mac......Page 325
  Apple Music and iTunes Match Rock!......Page 326
  Introducing iTunes......Page 327
   Adding songs......Page 330
   Adding movies and TV shows......Page 332
   Adding podcasts......Page 333
   Listening to iTunes Radio......Page 335
   Creating a regular playlist......Page 336
   Working with smart playlists......Page 338
   Looking at the Genius playlist......Page 339
  Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player......Page 343
  iBooks on the Mac......Page 345
   Buying iBooks......Page 346
   Shopping for books without Apple......Page 348
   Reading iBooks......Page 349
  You’re the Star with Photo Booth......Page 351
  Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview......Page 352
   Downloading photos from a camera......Page 354
   Downloading DV video from a camcorder......Page 356
  Processing Words with TextEdit......Page 359
   Creating and composing a document......Page 360
   Working with text......Page 361
   Adding graphics to documents......Page 365
   Types of fonts......Page 366
   Managing your fonts with Font Book......Page 367
   Installing fonts manually......Page 368
 Chapter 19 Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing......Page 369
  Ready: Connecting and Adding Your Printer......Page 370
   Setting up a printer for the first time......Page 371
   One last thing: Printer sharing......Page 373
  Set: Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup......Page 374
   Printing a document......Page 376
   Choosing custom settings......Page 377
   Saving custom settings......Page 380
  Preview and PDF Options......Page 381
Part 6 The Care and Feeding of macOS Sierra......Page 383
 Chapter 20 Features for the Way You Work......Page 385
   Keyboard System Preferences pane: You talk and your Mac types......Page 386
   Commanding your Mac by voice......Page 388
   Listening to your Mac read for you......Page 390
  Automatic Automation......Page 392
   Script Editor app: Write and edit AppleScripts......Page 393
   Automator app: Automate almost anything......Page 394
  A Few More Useful Goodies......Page 396
   Accessibility System Preferences pane: Make your Mac more accessible......Page 397
   Energy Saver System Preferences Pane: For energy conservation and sleep......Page 399
   Ink System Preferences pane: Visible to pen-input tablet users only......Page 400
   Automatic Login in the Users & Groups System Preferences pane: Don’t bother with the login screen......Page 401
   Boot Camp Assistant app: Run Windows on your Mac . . . really......Page 402
   AirPlay mirroring......Page 403
   Handoff......Page 404
 Chapter 21 Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues......Page 405
  Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do......Page 406
   Backing up with Sierra’s excellent Time Machine......Page 407
   Backing up by using the manual, brute-force method......Page 410
   Backing up by using commercial backup software......Page 411
   About viruses and other malware......Page 412
   Firewall: Yea or nay?......Page 415
   Install recommended software updates......Page 416
   Blocking or limiting connections......Page 417
   Locking down files with FileVault......Page 418
   Setting other options for security......Page 419
  Calculator......Page 421
  Activity Monitor......Page 422
   First Aid button......Page 424
   Mount/Unmount button......Page 425
  Grapher......Page 426
  Keychain Access......Page 427
  Migration Assistant......Page 429
  Terminal......Page 430
  About Startup Disks and Booting......Page 431
   They call it a prohibitory sign for a reason......Page 432
  Recovering with Recovery HD......Page 434
   Step 1: Run First Aid......Page 435
   Step 2: Safe Boot into Safe Mode......Page 436
   Step 4: Reinstalling macOS......Page 438
   Step 5: Things to try before taking your Mac in for repair......Page 439
  Optimizing Storage......Page 440
Part 7 The Part of Tens......Page 443
 Chapter 24 Ten (Or So) Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience......Page 445
  Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 446
  Improve Your Typing Skills......Page 447
  Resolution: It’s Not Just for New Year’s Day Anymore......Page 448
  A Mac with a View — and Preferences, Too......Page 449
  Get a New, Faster Model......Page 451
  Get an Accelerated Graphics Card......Page 452
  Get a Solid-State Drive (SSD)......Page 453
  Get a New Hard Drive......Page 454
  The Mac Observer......Page 457
  TidBITS......Page 458
  Download.com......Page 459
  Alltop......Page 460
  Other World Computing......Page 461
  dealmac......Page 462
Index......Page 463
EULA......Page 483