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Teach Yourself Visually Macos Sierra
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Learning Basic macOS Tasks


Start an Application 4


Start an Application Using Launchpad 6


Locate the Mouse Pointer 7


Switch Between Applications 8


View Running Applications with Mission Control 9


Run an Application Full Screen 10


Split the Screen with Two Applications 11


Search Your Mac 12


Voice?Operate Your Mac with Siri 14


Save a Document 16


Open a Document 17


Print a Document 18


Copy a File 20


Move a File 21


Rename a File 22


Delete a File 23


Open a Folder in a Tab 24


Open a Document in a Tab 25


Chapter 2 Browsing the Web


Open a Web Page in a Tab 28


Navigate Web Pages 30


Navigate with the History List 32


Change Your Home Page 34


Bookmark Web Pages 36


Pin a Web Page Tab 38


Mute a Web Page Tab 39


Display a Web Page Video as Picture?in?Picture 40


Search for Sites 41


Download a File 42


View Links Shared on Social Networks 44


Create a Web Page Reading List 46


Chapter 3 Communicating via Email


Add an Email Account 50


Send an Email Message 52


Add a File Attachment 54


Add a Signature Block 56


Receive and Read Email Messages 58


Reply to a Message 60


Forward a Message 62


Open and Save an Attachment 64


Create a Mailbox for Saving Messages 66


Add Events and Contacts from a Message 68


Process Messages Using Gestures 69


Chapter 4 Enhancing Online Privacy


Delete a Site from Your Browsing History 72


Prevent Websites from Tracking You 74


Remove Saved Website Data 76


Enable Private Browsing 78


Delete a Saved Website Password 80


Delete Saved Credit Card Data 82


Move Spam to the Junk Mailbox Automatically 84


Configure Advanced Junk Mail Filtering 86


Disable Remote Images 88


Chapter 5 Talking via Messages and FaceTime


Sign In to Messages 92


Send a Message 94


Send a File in a Message 96


Sign In to FaceTime 98


Connect Through FaceTime 100


Chapter 6 Tracking Contacts and Events


Add a New Contact .104


Edit a Contact .106


Create a Contact Group .108


Navigate the Calendar 110


Create an Event .112


Create a Repeating Event 114


Send or Respond to an Event Invitation


Chapter 7 Playing and Organizing Music


Understanding the iTunes Library .120


Navigate the iTunes Window 121


Play a Song .122


Create a Playlist 124


Purchase Music from the iTunes Store .126


Apply Parental Controls 128


Subscribe to a Podcast 130


Chapter 8 Learning Useful macOS Tasks


Integrate macOS and Your iPhone or iPad 134


Using Handoff to Switch Between a Device and macOS 136


Install a Program Using the App Store 138


Write a Note .140


Enhance Notes with Attachments .142


Create a Reminder 144


Create a New Reminder List .146


Work with the Notification Center 148


Organize Files with Tags .150


Search Files with Tags 152


Search for a Location .154


Get Directions to a Location 156


Install a Font 158


Access Non?Keyboard Characters 160


Chapter 9 Connecting to Social Networks


Sign In to Your Facebook Account 164


Post to Facebook .166


Publish a Photos Album to Facebook .168


Sign In to Your Twitter Account .170


Send a Tweet 172


Connect to Your LinkedIn Account 174


Post to LinkedIn 176


Update Your Social Network Profile Picture 178


Connect to Your Flickr Account 180


Send Photos to Flickr .182


Set Up Your Vimeo Account .184


Send a Video to Vimeo 186


Share Information with Other People 188


Chapter 10 Viewing and Editing Photos and Videos


View a Preview of a Photo .192


View a Slideshow of Your Photos 194


Import Photos from a Digital Camera 196


View Your Photos .198


Create an Album 200


Crop a Photo .202


Rotate a Photo 204


Straighten a Photo .206


Remove Red Eye from a Photo 208


Add Names to Faces in Your Photos 210


Mark Your Favorite Photos .212


Set an Album’s Key Photo 213


Email a Photo 214


Take Your Picture .216


Play Digital Video with QuickTime Player .218


Chapter 11 Securing macOS


Change Your Password 222


Require a Password on Waking .224


Disable Automatic Logins 226


Configure App Downloads 228


Turn On the Firewall .230


Configure Location Services .232


Enable the Guest User Account 234


Chapter 12 Customizing macOS


Display System Preferences 238


Change the Desktop Background 240


Set Your Mac’s Sleep Options .242


Change the Display Resolution and Brightness .244


Create an App Folder in Launchpad .246


Add a User Account 248


Customize the Dock 250


Add an Icon to the Dock .252


Hide the Dock .254


Add a Widget to the Notification Center 256


Extend the Desktop Across Multiple Displays 258


Customize the Share Menu 260


Chapter 13 Maintaining macOS


Empty the Trash 264


Organize Your Desktop 265


Check Hard Drive Free Space 266


Uninstall Unused Applications .268


Force a Stuck Application to Close 270


Configure Time Machine Backups 272


Restore an Earlier Version of a File .274


Restore Files Using Time Machine .276


Recondition Your Mac Notebook Battery 278


Restart Your Mac 280


Chapter 14 Working with iCloud


Create an Apple ID .284


Sign In to iCloud Online .288


Set Up iCloud Synchronization .290


Set Up iCloud Keychain .292


Generate a Website Password .294


Activate and Configure iCloud Drive 296


Access Your Desktop and Documents on Other Devices 298


Save and Open Documents Using iCloud Drive 300


Manage Your iCloud Storage 302


Set Up Family Sharing 304


Locate and Lock a Lost Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad 306


Chapter 15 Networking with macOS


Understanding Networking 310


Connect a Bluetooth Device .312


Connect to a Wireless Network .316


Connect to a Network Resource 318


Turn On File and Printer Sharing 320


Share a Folder .322


Share a Printer 324


Add a Shared Printer 326


View macOS on Your TV .328


Index 330

About the Author

Paul McFedries (Toronto, Ontario) is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been programming since he was a teenager in the mid-1970s, has programmed everything from mainframes to desktops to bar code scanners, and has worked with many different languages, including Fortran, assembly language, C++, and, of course, JavaScript. Paul has written more than three dozen books that have sold more than two million copies worldwide. These books include iPhone Portable Genius and Teach Yourself VISUALLY OS X El Capitan. Paul encourages all readers to drop by his Web site, www.mcfedries.com.

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