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Pro tips for macOS from "Dr. Mac"
Your shiny new iMac or trusty old MacBook both rely on macOS to help you get things done. It helps to have an equally reliable guidebook to steer you through the tasks and steps that make macOS run efficiently.
This fun and friendly guide provides the direction you need to easily navigate macOS. Longtime expert Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus shares his years of experience to help you better understand macOS and make it a timesaving tool in your life.
* Take a tour of the macOS interface
* Get organized and save time with macOS applications
* Get pro tips on speeding up your Mac
* Back up your data with ease
Covering the fundamentals of the OS and offering insight into the most common functions of macOS, this is indispensable reading for new or inexperienced macOS users.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: macOS Basics 5
Chapter 1: macOS Mojave 101 (Prerequisites: None) 7
Chapter 2: Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!) 23
Chapter 3: What's Up, Dock? 45
Chapter 4: Delving Deeper into Finder and Its Desktop 65
Chapter 5: What's New in Mojave's Finder? 97
Part 2: How Stuff Works 113
Chapter 6: Having It Your Way 115
Chapter 7: Opening and Saving Files 137
Chapter 8: File and Folder Management Made Easy 163
Chapter 9: Comprehending the macOS Clipboard 177
Part 3: Getting Things Done 183
Chapter 10: Four Terrific Timesaving Tools 185
Chapter 11: Organizing Your Life 203
Chapter 12: Are You Siri-ous? 221
Chapter 13: Maps Are Where It's At 227
Chapter 14: Four New (iOS) Apps in Mojave 239
Part 4: Getting Along with Others 251
Chapter 15: (Inter)Networking 253
Chapter 16: Dealing with People 271
Chapter 17: Communicating with Mail and Messages 281
Chapter 18: Sharing Your Mac and Liking It 303
Part 5: Getting Creative 337
Chapter 19: The Musical Mac 339
Chapter 20: The Multimedia Mac 357
Chapter 21: Words and Letters 373
Chapter 22: Publish or Perish: The Fail-Safe Guide to Printing 385
Part 6: Care and Feeding 399
Chapter 23: Features for the Way You Work 401
Chapter 24: Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues 429
Chapter 25: Utility Chest 445
Chapter 26: Troubleshooting macOS 463
Part 7: The Part of Tens 473
Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience 475
Chapter 28: Ten Great Websites for Mac Freaks 487
Index 495
About the author
Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has been writing the "Dr. Mac" column for the
Houston Chronicle for more than 20 years. A regular contributor to a variety of technology publications, he's a proud Mac aficionado who's written or co-written more than 85 how-to books on all things Mac, including multiple Mac operating systems, the iPhone, the iPad, Office for the Mac, and GarageBand.
Summary
Pro tips for macOS from "Dr. Mac"
Your shiny new iMac or trusty old MacBook both rely on macOS to help you get things done. It helps to have an equally reliable guidebook to steer you through the tasks and steps that make macOS run efficiently.
This fun and friendly guide provides the direction you need to easily navigate macOS. Longtime expert Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus shares his years of experience to help you better understand macOS and make it a timesaving tool in your life.
* Take a tour of the macOS interface
* Get organized and save time with macOS applications
* Get pro tips on speeding up your Mac
* Back up your data with ease
Covering the fundamentals of the OS and offering insight into the most common functions of macOS, this is indispensable reading for new or inexperienced macOS users.
