Mac The Beginners’ Guide > Your easy-to-use guide to the Apple Mac and its apps > Ba i Be 22:08 88a) Bees | @ Getting started with your Mac explained @ Learn to use all the key apps & features @ Keep your device & data secure & safeDiscover more of our Complete Manuals today... Qrer WhatsApp ihe Mal Manual Uosalss eyed tet etree) ea Manual‘) BDM's Essential Guide Series Mac The Beginners’ Guide Learn more about your Mac and Catalina Whether you're new to computers in general or have switched to Macs from Windows PCs, this guidebook is for you. Over the next 144 pages, our in-depth tutorials and plain-English guides get to the heart of your new Apple desktop or laptop, its macOS Catalina operating system and its in-built apps and features. It's fully illustrated, so our guides are easy to follow, and as well as bringing you the bare-bones basics, we also show you some of the more advanced features of your Mac, macOS and its apps Dianabompubicstonscom WF @txmpubs [FPEOMPudicatons — wwowodmpuoicaons. com14 16 20 22 24 26 28 £88 4 | versa ‘The Mac Range — Desktops & Notebooks First Time User? ~ Start Reading Here Set Up Your Mac — For the First Time Update macOS — 10.15: Catalina Launching Apps - And Quitting Them Get on the Internet — With Wi-Fi or Ethernet Gesture Controls — On Your Trackpad The Mac’s Desktop — And How to Use it Dark Mode — And Night Shift Desktop Stacks — For Organisation ‘The Mac's Menus —A Key Mac Feature 36 Using the Finder — Files, Folders & Apps 42. The Mac's Dock — For Most-used Apps 44 Notification Centre - See What's Going On 46 The Spotlight Feature — Search Your Mac 48 Setting Up Email — For the Mail App 4 50a Your Mac’s Key Software Apps Nee ey Eo aoa 52. Safari App — Your Web Browser 60 Mail App ~ Send and Receive Email 67 FaceTime App — Video & Audio Calls, 70 The Music App ~ Adios, ‘Tunes 76 TVApp—For Movies and Shows 78 Podcasts App - Listen and Subscribe 80 Find My — Friends and Gadgets 84 News App Siories and Features 86 Photos App — Manage Your Images 92 Contacts App ~ Your Address Book94 Calendar App — Plan Your Events 132 Top Tips — For Your Mac 98 Reminders App — Never Forget Again 100 Messages App — For On-screen Chats 132 App Tiling 132 Continuity Markup and Sketching 102 Books App — Buy and Read eBooks 433 ArDrop Fle Transfer 106 Notes App — Store Your Jottings 133 Using Bluetooth 110 Maps App — Plan Your Routes 134 The Quick Look Too! e 134 Quick Look Markup 114 App Store App — Buy More Sof 435 Socunty Features 135 Approve with Apple Watch 135 QuickTime Player Enhancements 136 Media Syncing 136 Read-only System Volume 436 Restore from Snapshot 137 Voice Control 140 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 142 Using Time Machine - Back Up & Restore 144 Glossary of Mac and Computing Terms 118 The iCloud Service — For Storage & Syncing 122 Sidecar — With Your iPad 124 Screen Time — Monitor Mac Use 126 Mission Control - Manage Your Desktop 127 The App Switcher — Speed Your Workflow 128 The Sharing Options ~ A Mac Regular 130 The Siri Feature — Your Digital PA 132 Top Tips — For Your MacRove uch oaesYou and Your Mac Newcomers, start here. If you’ve yet to buy a Mac, or simply want arecap on what your computer’s expansion ports are, we start with a guide to current Mac hardware. We also show you how to set up your new or second hand Mac out of the box, update its operating system to Catalina and get to grips with its basic functions. rs. The Mac Range Desktops & Notebooks Desktop or notebook? Portability or power? Big screen or external monitor? Buying your first Mac can be bewildering but we're here to help. We bring you a guide to the current Mac models, their strengths and weaknesses and an outline of their expansion options. Desktop Range ini ‘The Mac mini is the cheapest of Appl lac range, Mac mini however is sold without a keyboard, mouse or monitor; you Apple's smallest desktop Mac recently enjoyed a major —_ have to supply these yoursell ‘current Mac mini, which refit, but is this small form factor Mac right for you? Ports. Power Socket EJ HOM! port BD Etnernet pot EJ} Two USB 3 ports BD Four uss-c ports [J 3.5mm headphone port space grey, has processors with up to six cores aster graphics, providing a significant performance se, YoU Can opt for up lo 2TB of storage, with fast slate drives used across the entire Mac mini range. Suitability. Those on a budget or who are pressed for space. Also if you Siready have.a monitor, ireyboard and controler, the Mac mini ie all you need Price. Most expensive: £1,099, $1,099, 1.249 € Cheapest model: £799, $799, 899 €The Mac Range |i Desktop Range Na eas Sra oy iMac ee ee a eee Re aR OR eRe oe EE eam eRe een Re Roe Suitability. Pore ui cer linens ED Headphone socket Ly two use c ports BJ sxc card reader slot BJ ethomet por requirements EJ Four use 3 ports TF Power socket Price. Most expensive: £2,249, $2,299, 2.59 Cheapest model: £1,049, $1,099, 1.2 Sr)(4 You and Your Mac_| Notebook Range MacBook Air ‘The last refresh brought a host of new: features to the MacBook Air, without making it any less portable. 3 Suitability. Altday battery life and ightweight portabilly. A great choioe for those who cay tet notebook around alot Price. Ports. Most expensive: = SS ges Fr 220.7 490 ¢ KB) Two U6 pos Cheapest model: BB 250m nescphone port £1,099, $1,099, 1.249 € ——, 10 | wntemevecatonscomGroce | Notebook Range MacBook Pro The most powerful Mac in ees Se tas high-end notebook model. Although ened cia ese Ponte ete eee eer) eae ae en enn Suitabi Ce ncn Neto oa emer memory capability. The eee ort for most graphics, video and Deo ile Deters £2,799, $2,799, 3.199 € Teo ene RES Ports. BD Four use c ports: BJ Headphone socket eeeYou and Your Mac Pro Desktops iMac Pro ee a) orem nen ict De eee) Eee ta Peel ete ones es powered by Xeon processors with up to 18 ee eee Peete ee eta Deen ecco) Dee eg Cee east rac eet Ree ea Perse ees ante ta Use your Mac fora lot of heavy processing See oes = Cee ue Cee eae et ¢ ee ee a ta ac Sires eto oe ToL Eee tea a) Headphone socket Four USB C ports Pet lpeed bent hiete alts Efrat dear SSOXC card reader slot Ethernet port eee eae as Ports. Power socket ato Tee eect oant neeinenennrre penn eh PeeerinerersPro Desktops Mac Pro ‘Apple abandoned the unpopular ‘drum’ design for a new, smaller tower system. Its the most powerful Mac ever built! he latest Mac Pro + design but much smaller than the last M fers up to the most powerful Mac ever i. Based on a er, his one 8 cores of processing pow Pe uo Graphics and & figure up to 1.5 J eo o 305 2 gO 305 Firewall. atthe back of tis book, and it explains these technical terms, so You will then find yourself atthe window shown here if youre stuck, check tout Annotations Explained ‘Steps and Boxouts We often start a tutorial with an annotation; a screen-capture of Where necessary, Our tutorials are divided into self-contained the app or feature in question alongside a guide to the various sections thal teach you diferent aspects of the app or feature ‘buttons, icons and links you need to use it If you find in question. These tutorials are usually divided into numbered ‘something unfamiliar when using an app, i's worth checking _steps to be followed sequentially. Our baxed tips highlight a ‘our annotation, as it could be explained therein, specific function of an app. 14 | wonbereuticatnscomFirst Time User? Learning the basics on Your Mac ‘Switching Your Mac On To turn your Mac on, simply press the button with the symbol shown here. On a Mac notebook, the power button is at the top right of the keyboard. On a Mac mini iMac or cylindrical Mac Pro's around the back. On an older towerstyle Mac Pro, its atthe front ‘Awaken Your Mac from Sleep Ifyou leave your Mac unattended it goes into Sleep Mode to both conserve energy and protect your privacy When you try to use your Mac in Sleep Mode you will ee this screen, Enter your Mac's passcode chasen during the inal setup (not your ‘Apple ID) and then press Ener or clck the arrow adjacent to the textfield The Magic Mouse If your Mac came with a Magic Mouse, you might be Wondering where the buttons are. In fact, the whole mouse is a ‘button, on which you can also perform gestures. To learn more ‘about using your Magic Mouse go to System Preferences and ‘pen the Mouse pane, here you can also configure ito your (own requirements va Turning Your Mac Off When you need to turn your Mae off is important to do so in the correct sequence, dori just press the Power button (unless the soreen is frozen and nothing else works), Go tothe Apple menu inthe top let corner and select Shut Down... Your Mac wil then cose your apps and turn ist of Which Mac and macOS Do You Have? To find out which Mac model and macOS you're running go to the Apple menu and select About This Mac. You will see this window showing the model and OS version alongside important system information, Checking compatibility with ‘apps or peripherals is one of the many reasons for accessing this information, Scrolling on a Mac (ne of the mest important ways to interact wth your Mac is scroling within an onscreen window such a a Safa website, a «document ora photo To do this on trackpad place two fingers cn the surface and drag them up, down, let or right. Ori instead you ae using a Magic Mouse, drag a single finger over the back ofthe mouse.fou and Your Mac Set Up Your Mac For the First Time Setting up your new desktop or notebook Mac for the first time can be a daunting experience but it’s nothing to be afraid of. In this section we take you through the initial set up process, from switching it on and setting up or logging in with your Apple ID, all the way to having it ready to use. IE 2 2 sep ocho your terry as, where you Ive and will be using your Mac. You can scrol the id your own. Click your ‘and then click the arrow for your chosen territory are offered, but i Customize Seltings and set ‘and the keyboard layout to sult icon that appears when an Apple feature collects information, and needs your permission. There's nothing you need to do on this screen, just read it for reference and move supplied withthe router (on once more. 46 | wmterevticatonscomYoule invited to transfer information from a Mac or Time Machine backup, a Windows PC or not at al. To transfer data from your old computer, choose the correct option and follow the on screen instructions. Otherwise, choose the last option to start afresh. Set Up Your Mac For the Fit Time Now i's ime to sign in with your Apple ID. If you already have an Apple ID, sign in now with your password. If you dont, click the Create New Apple ID link and follow the on-screen instructions. There's also a link for if you've forgotten your Apple ID ou already have an Apple device, a six figure identifi tion number is sent, which you must type nove If it doesnt arrive for any reason, click the link under the number fields and follow the instructions, Otherwise, type the numbers and proceed. You're shown a screen of Terms and Conditions, which you can read by clicking More under each entry if you vhen you're ready, click the right-pointing arrow atthe foot of the screen to agree. Then click the Agree button on the: pop-up screen, ‘Your account name is based on your Apple ID name but yur password, which unlocks the computer, should be chosen naw: Choase something you can remember and enter int in case you forget. We recommend you agree to both heckbox options. On the Express Setup screen, you can set up your Mac quickly by allowing predetermined seltings to take effect, for things like Sir and Maps. You can customise these settings by clicking the link; we suggest you just click Continue instead, onscom | 17You and Your Mac ‘You now decide whether or not you want to set up BY | you accept the option to store all your files in your Screen Time. Click Continue to have Soren Time give Cloud service, documents and data on your Mac’s you updates on how you're using your Mac, or the Set Up desktop and in your Documents folder are synced across all ler link at the top to leave it be for nav. You can activate it the Apple devices lagged into the same Apple ID. This is. later in System Preferences. wenient ut takes up storage space. FileVault Disk Encryption You now decide on how you want your Mac to look. You Encryption. it you change your mind later, you can go 10 System Preferences > Security & Privacy, and click on the between them according to how high the sun is inthe File Vault tab. You can change your File Vault preferences decision is not permanent; you can change it in System from there, Preferences lat Setting Up Your Mi Now you walt for your Mac to fish setting up. Be patient If you change your mind aloout some of your chosen It might well take a few minutes to sort itself out. The ticks ‘options, you can change them in System Preferences, For ‘appear on your screen ane by one, and eventually the Catalina example, the Analytics option isin Securty & Privacy > Pri desktop appears. Your setup is now complete. ‘and the Light or Dark Appearance is found in the General pane.More Options You Might See We've shown you the simplest way of setting up your Mac but there are a few more options you might find If you're using a MacBook Pro, there's an additional step to register a fingerprint with Touch ID. This is used for unlocking your Mac and for making purchases with Apple Pay Fallow the on-screen instructions to register for Touch ID or Glick the lnk to set it up later. Set Up Your Mac For the First Time [iN Reset to Factory Conditions. I you acquired your Mac second hand, you might want to wipe it clean and start again. Just follow this guide, macOS Ulities eee iS oer First, restart your Mac whilst holding down CMD and R: keep them held until you see the Apple logo. A window appears, tiled ‘macOS Utilities’. Select Disk Utlity and click Continue. Select your startup disk (called Macintosh HD by default) and click Erase. If you dorit opt forthe Express Setup, you have to set up a fow things separately, such as whether you Enable. Location Services and whether to share analytical data with le and third-party developers. You can change your mind later if you wish Ep Sts 2p cigtaporeont assistant. The fet can ne enabled or disabled, depending on whether you fo use it. If you use the Express Setup, Si is turned on bt either way your choice can be changed in System Preferences later. On the next screen, the Format pulldown menu should read APFS if i's available or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) ifitisn't. Select the appropriate option and click Erase to Wipe your boot drive. When i's finished, click Done, then uit Disk Utity (CMD-Q), ‘macOS Catalina Now choose Reinstall macOS and continue. When invited to instal the operating system, do so; you might have to click on the WE-Fi icon in the menu bar and rejoin your wireless network. Agree fo T&Cs, select your main drive ‘and click Install to start afresh. vwnsedmpusestenscom | 18Update macOS 10.15: Catalina rare Leer If your Mac is running an older version of the operating system, you're probably keen to upgrade to the latest release of macOS, Catalina. Apple has made this very easy to do. As long as your Mac meets the minimum system requirements, you can upgrade over the Internet, and it's free. Visible on download pa Minimum Requirements. Before you stat, you should make sure your Mac is Powerful and recent enough to run macOS 10.15: Catalina. ‘The system requirements for Catalina are almost identical to those forts predecessor, Mojave. To upgrade to Catalina, your ‘Mac must have atleast 2GB of memory, be running OS X 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion or later, and have at least 12.5GB of free storage space: possibly up to 18.5 GB if you're running an operating system earlier than El Capitan. It must also be one of the following models. To check, goto the Apple menu and select ‘About This Mac. iMac Late 2012 or newer ‘Mac Pro 2017 or newer MacBook Early 2015 or newer MacBook Pro Mid 2012 or newer MacBook Air Mid 2012 or newer Mac mini Late 2012 or newer Mac Pro 2013 or newer 20 | wmbemeuticatonscom When you read all ab Make a Backup. Ii always a good idea to Keep a backup of your important files, so make sure yours is up o date. Upgrading the operating system isa big step, so as always, before making any major change to your computer, i's a good idea to make a backup of your data. The upgrade isa very safe process and won't damage your fies by itself but there's always the unexpected risk ofa drive failure or power cut System Preferences and PACE wo fingers together on the trackpad, then move them up then cok Trackpad dom. Tis wl scrol vertically up or down the document oF web page youre currently viewing, 26 | wmbereuticatonscomZoom In and Out “Two-finger pinching lets you zoom in or out on PDFs, images, photos, and other large visual documents or web pages. Place two fingers on the trackpad, then move them apart to zoom in, oF tog more you'll zoom, ther to zoom out. The quicker you move your fingers, the Rotating Images ‘You can rotate images by placing two fingers on the trackpad and then turning your hand so thal your fingers both move in a ve. It can be litle awkward on the wrist at frst but you'l soon get used to it. With practice, you wonder how you ever Access Mission Control You can access the macOS Mission Control at any time, even if you've got a full-screen app open. Simply place three fingers al the bottom of the trackpad and move them quickly upwards. 1d Mission Control appears. Switching Between Full-screen Apps If you've got several apps open full screen at once, you can Quickly fip between them using a gesture. Place three fingers on the trackpad and quickly slide them tothe left or right. This will scoot the current app aside, revealing the next in line. Force Click ‘The very latest Apple notebooks feature Force Touch trackpads, which can tell a soft tap from a hard tap. A hard tap, or Force Click, can be used to preview file, drop a pin in Maps, preview a Safar link, rename a file or folder and more. I's a concept that should prove very familar to those who have used the latest iPhone models. ‘Turn Off Force Click I you disike the Force Click gesture, and find it gets in the way of your workflow, its easy to tum it of. Open System Preferences (under the Apple menu in the top left comer), ‘and go to the Trackpad pane. Under the fist tab, Point & Click, you see a checkbox labelled ‘Force Click and haptic feedback’. Uncheck it to tur off this feature. simpsbicstonscom | 27 Gesture Controls EllThe Mac’s Desktop And How to Use it The desktop is at the heart of your Mac. Everything you do takes place on the desktop, including opening apps, interacting with files and folders and using the Dock. Here we show you how to use your desktop, app and folder windows, the top bar menu, menulets, Trash and other key desktop features. [JJ Finder File Edit View Go Window Hel Menulet: 4 Merulet is Finder Window: The {cut or link to Finder ullity is the central ‘About This Mac file, That way you point for navigation and fle don't have to navigate to it every —-—- manipulation. Browse and navigate pe reseal rererencse ime i's needed. applications, rents, external DEES dives and even access othe peeenttennl computers, long as they're Favourites $ setapp i settings, same network Force QuitFinder COD time and date Sleep 3 Dropbox (Per Restart. u Shut Down... aes From the favourite applications, documents, Movies Ey Are Menu: rome, fecurecpicas.cocmerss I tectscun wal shut down, restart or put the sly edited and customised to Log Out len OsborTeia Cana Computer into sleep mode, get make the most ofthe way you work Comprehensive information on the Apps you currently have open are (8 Documents always shown inthe Dock rays the Doc Boe. preferences, and open items youve Dock Folder: You can also © downloads recently closed put folders inthe Dock, as oo shown here, The folder can then be Desktop Wallpaper: Wy accessed lke a Dock app. @ Personal have a plain background en when you can spruce it up with your Open Application - favourite photo? If yuTe bored with Window: Aopication ihe same one day after day, setit to windows come in all shapes, sizes change regulary You can even use and designs. Your Mac's your own photos as wallpaper applications can be launched from the Launchpad, the Dock, from Folder Icon: inmacOS, Spotlight or using the Find folders work ju world counterparts. Y The Trash: To col them to store fles, data and other folder or application, drag it folders. You can call them anything into here, then right-click on it and you lke, choose Empty Trash’ from the menu. Customising the Dock. Go to System Preferences > Dock, where you can configure i to be Eee ea ee EIQ ial {drag your pointer over it. Experiment and see what you like best. 28 | wmbereuticatonscomThe Mac's Siri. Siri Apple's personal digital assistant and you can use ion your Mac. Just click on this icon and a Sit window opens. See the Si tutorial for more information on how to use ths feature Notifications. This icon gives you access to your Notification Center sidebar. You can swipe it into and out of view by swiping across the right-hand side of the ‘trackpad or by clicking on the three-tine icon in the top right corner. Again, we have a full tutorial on this, feature elsewhere. Wednesday 29 August NASCSs — Affinity Publisher Agenda Air Display Host Aired 4 Amadine “Amphetamine App Store anTet 3 ©... 118 foms, 64.26 68 avaiable rneccticsionscom | 2liek on 1. ple menu, select System Preferences, and The desktop is u p & Screen Saver option, Select the genre of withthe select paper mediately so if you're happy lose the window If you are not happy. another BAW you change your mind about your choice of image ‘The first three wallpapers are dynamic: changing in ‘and want to go back to the desktop you were originally brightness throughout the day. Location Services must Using, just find it among the wallpapers on offer, and click on it ge the dynamic desktop to an ordinary to restore it again pie using the pull-down menu, Use an Image from Your Photos Library. (Open the desktop preferences: Apple menu > System. ‘Select one of the options within to display any images found. Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver. Select the Photos Click on the required image to set it as your desktop’s item in the directory list, click the small arrow icon to open it. wallpaper, as you can see here. 30 | wntempubicatonscomHow to Add Your Own Folder to the Folders List System Preferences. , select the Desktop he System Preferences wi & Screen Saver option, Click the ne required folder should now be visible in the Folders tion of the directory ct your favourite image from the thumbnails, the ove, The Mac’s Desktop Automatically Change the Desktop Wallpaper. You can even have your Mac regularly change your desktop image to something new. Try its fun! Display the desktop preferences: Apple menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver. Toggle the Change Picture option to show a tick. This opens the choice menu to the right. The wallpaper can be set to change from every five ‘seconds to once a day. It can even be set to change when yyou log in, or when waking the computer from sleep mode, '50 you should be able to find something suitable. ‘Once you've selected a time option, you can opt to display the images randomly or simply work through sequentially by checking or unchecking the Random Order option. Close the window and enjoy your desktop slide show. wstsmpsbictonscom | 34Dark Mode Le And Night Shift If your screen’s too bright, there’s a couple of great desktop features that can help. Dark Mode inverts the Mac's colour scheme, making it much darker, and Night Shift Mode changes the colour hue, reducing blue light that can keep you awake if you use your Mac before going to bed. Dark Mode Night Shift Mode ¥en System Preferences. Click (on the Display pane and then on the Night Shift tab. F you can schedule Night Shift Mode to run from sun to ‘sunset or during custom times; or you can simply turn it on by ‘Auto lets you schedule the changes. checking the Manual box. With Dark Mode on, the colours are subdued in Finder, With Night Shift Mo windows, the Mac's builtin apps and more. Thir: shits from blue fo yellow Ifyou use your Mac late at ‘apps can be undated to take advantage of Dark night, too much biue light can interfere with sleep patterns, so you find it more comfortable to work on a dark screen, t Using Night Shift Mode when on your Mac close to bedtime excellent news ‘can prevent this. 32 | wobereuticatons comDark Mode and Desktop Stacks =a 4 Desktop Stacks For Organisation If your Mac's desktop regularly gets cluttered with folders, file icons and other such material that you're currently working on, there’s a solution at hand in macOS. With a click of your mouse or trackpad, you can organise them into stacks, grouped according to their file type. Here’s how to do it. To open a stack, ck on. The fers contained in 3 stack are revealed, allowing you to access ark invita fe. ie agan,cickon fe ov pointing fdr cle con that replaced the slack wen you cicked to open project for example, group You can choose how you group your stacks. In View, go to pick an option. f you use io identify files from y Tags keeps them together rneocicsionscom | 33fou and Your Mac ™ The Mac’s Menus A Key Mac Feature Menus are an essential part of interacting with your Mac. Whether it's a pull-down menu accessed by clicking on the top bar of your desktop or a contextual menu found by right-clicking or CTRL-clicking on a file or folder, you need to know how to use your menus if you are to get the most out of your Mac and Catalina. The Apple Menu The Apple menu is found Finder File Edit View Go Window Help inthe top leh comer of ‘About This Mac PY the desktop. To open it, lick on the Apple icon once, then choose an option. Its always there, whatever you're doing on your Mac. Applications BJ cro0se About Ths Mac for a window showing you technical information about your ‘computer. Tabs at the top of this window let you delve further, looking at ts Display, Storage maa eh ‘and more; and you can get a full ‘System Report by clicking @ Log Cus a OsboxeSang button Force Quit Finder C0880 Sleep root ‘Shut Down., ‘The System Preferences ‘option opens the Mac's System Preferences, which we discuss later in this book. This option opens the App Store. If updates are available for your Mac or any of its apps, this is noted here too. Hover your pointer over the Recent Items option to see the sub-menu showing apps, documents and servers you've recently used, Click here forthe Force Quit window. This window lists all currently open applications and notes if any of them are unresponsive, thats, they've crashed. You can force @ ‘crashed app to quit from here. 34 | wyonbereuticatonscomThe Mac’s Menus El Servers you've recent ry yt iy Click hereto put your APM Lock screen brings un PM By hovering ver the Mac into Sleep Mode. your password screen. Recent items option, accessed on your This saves energy and You have to enter your ‘you get this sub-menu. This wireless or Ethernet network password:protecis your Mac password to continue to use is alistof the applications appear here. We've while you're away from your your Mac. I's usefulif you're you've recently used. Click accessed quite a few keyboard leaving your Mac for a while on one of them to onen i. I's servers here, To open one and don't want anyone ‘a great way of going back to again, simply click on it in Click hereto restart snooping on it. a recently used application, the menu. if you never use your Mac. This is useful external servers, you can if you've installed new BY icc here 0 og BEY treseare the ignore this menu item. software or your Mac isrit yourself out but not documents youve behaving as it should shut down your Mac. Thisis recently used. If you need to Click here to only really useful you have open one again, this menu is completely clear the Click to shut down ‘more than one user account _a.quick and easy way todo entire Recent Items your Mac, that i, ‘on your Mac. You can then log so without having to go sub-menu and start afresh switch it of jut so another user can og in. through Findex with a clean slate, Contextual Menu Application Menus Files and folders have a Contextual Menu that you can access Each application has its own unique set of menus located next by right-clicking or CTRL-clicking on the item. This menu gives to the Apple menu. They will change when an application is you a range of options, including rename the fle, nave ito active and will revert back to the Finder menu when no apps ‘rash, duplicate or copy it, share it using the macOS Share {are active. Each is clearly labelled to make it easiex We'll add ‘options discussed later in the book and more. The Get Info specie detals for application menus when we look into the ‘option brings up a useful information window. applications themselves later Right-clicking and CTRL-clicking. Mac mice and trackpads only have one button, so how do you make a right-cick? It's actually easier than you think. BI Your Magic Mouse or Trackpad doesnt have two buttons, AW Click the checkbox for Secondary Click. There are also ‘but you can stil secondary-clck by holding the Control 2 few other options here such as click weighting, With (CTRL) key and clicking your mouse or trackpad. Alematively, Secondary Click activated, clicking on the right side of a ‘enable right-clicking. Go to Apple menu > System Preferences Magic Mouse or with two fingers on a Magic Trackpad is the > Mouse/Trackpad, depending on which you're using, ‘equivalent of right-clicking on a two button mouse. mstspablicsonscom | 35(4 You and Your Mac_| | Using the Finder Files, Folders & Apps As the Finder underpins everything you do in macOS, it pays to familiarise yourself with its features and functions. Here we show you how to use a Finder window, including a guide to its navigation controls, viewing options and also how to customise the window and get to grips with its advanced features. Components of the Finder Navigation Controls: the cre Under the gumdrops in the top let The Finder is an important part of your Mac's Catalina take you forwards or ba gh your navigation history operating system, so pay close attention to the guides ‘over the next few pages. Lessons leamed in this section serve you well whatever you're doing on your Mac. ‘much larger visual prev Window Contr close or minimise mode, See the tutorial ow Item Arrangement We to order the Click on the button 36 | wntemevecatonShare Button: The Share button is found in many places throughout macOS. Here you can highlight a fle cr folder and click the button to send it by email, AirDrop etc Tags Button: You can tag a fle or folder to make it easier to spot, group it with other documents and folders ‘and more, An item can have more than one tag, Search: If you'e looking for a specif tem, type its name or contents into the Search field and press Enter. ‘You can then revise your search if is stil not foun Displaying a Finder Window ‘There are several ways of opening a new Finder window ‘on your Mac's desktop. Let's take a look at each in tum, Using the Finder fi] ‘Sidebar: There are various options on the Finder windows sidebar You can open specific folders lke Documents or Downloads, access external drives and more File/Folder View: This shows the flles and folders Contained in the currently open folder. They're shown in the format chosen in the View Options (see 3) Preview: This is a preview of the currenlly selected fle in the main window. Itshows the tile, fle size and various details about it. There are options atthe foot of the sidebar How to Relaunch Finder If the Finder has crashed or isn't behaving as it should, follow this tip to close it ike @ crashed app and relaunch it. Using Menus Click a clear space on the desktop once, open the File menu, and select New Finder Window. A window then appears. Shortcut Keys Cio a clear space onthe desktop once to make sue youre in Finder then press the CMD and N together A new Finder window appears. Using the Dock I itisrit akeady displayed, move your mause cursor to the tom of the screen to open the Dock. Click the Finder Window to create a new window. Window Controls Options. ‘The coloured buttons found in the top left comer are used to resize or minimise the Finder window. Close Click once on the red button containing a cross, This will work with the majority ‘of windows and applications. Minimise Click the orange button containing a" sign. Again this will work with almost all windows and apps, Full Screen ©] Lette gcen rte conan Ea aes era toa full screen, It the Finder crashes you can relaunch it Ike you would a Crashed app. The easiest way to do this isto click on the desktop to make sure you're in Finder, hold down the Shift key and click on the Apple menu. The Force Quit option has become Force Quit Finder Incidentally you can use this method to quit any running app. Just cick on one of its ‘windows to bring ito the fore, hold Shift and click on the Apple menu: Navigation Controls. ‘These simple controls allow you to retrace your ‘steps backwards and forwards. Navigate to a Previous Page Ck the lft hand arow. To continue stepping backwards, repeat step one as many times as necessary Using the Forward Control I youve moved to a previous page, this button offers step-by-step navigation to your original starting point. Simply click the right-hand ‘arrow as many times as needed. mssimpscicstonscom | 37©] You and Your Mac View Options View Window Contents as Icons To display your fles and folders as a collection of icons, fst ‘open a Finder window then click the frst button on the toolbar, showing a group of six squares. View Window Contents as Lists \with an open Finder window, click the second button on the toolbar to use a simple but effective list display View Window Contents as Columns. Click the third button on the toolbar to view your fles as a series of columns. Its great for quick navigation and easy al identification using a handy image preview column. 38 | wobemeuticatons com fags sem pm View Window Contents as Gallery View The Gallery View gives a large preview of the fle or folder thats currently selected and a scrollable strip of everything else. Click on one of the files in the strip to see a larger version of Its thumbnail Change the Way Items are Arranged. ‘As well as changing the way the items are visually displayed, you can also change the way they are arranged within the fle and folder View area. Name: Alphabetical. Displays numbers fst, then AZ Kind: This groups each type of item together Application: Groups together items according to the application in which they were created or are opened Date Last Opened: Groups according to time and date they were opened. Date Added: Displays items in order of when they were ‘added tothe foldec Date Modified: Displays items in the order they were last modified or edited Date Created: Dispiays the tems according to when they ‘were created, Size: Arrange the fles according to their size. ‘Tags: Fes are aranged according to tags youve addedMore Sidebar Functions. I your sidebar is getting cluttered, you can show or hide its listed items by hovering over the tile (Favourites, Devices, Shared, Tags) and clicking the word Show/Hide that appears as shown. You can also eject external drives, ‘CDs and disk images from the sidebar, by clicking the «elect icon next to the device or image you wish to remove. Click an the cog-shaped icon for a drop-down menu, Here you can do a range of operations, from opening a fein a speciic application to checking the fle size via the Get Info option. The Finder’s Preview Panel. Finder windows have a right-hand sidebar that shows a preview ofthe currently selected file from the window. You can tum this sidebar on and off by going to the View menu and selecting the Hide/Show Preview option. Using the Finder fi] You can also clean up the entire Finder Window, ‘automatically tidying up and or reorganising the order of the fles according to various crteria such as their name (alphabetical, date, size and more. shutterstock 99858551 2.jpg B create Por {At the foot of the preview sidebar are new options. These vvary according to the type of file you're highiighting in the main window. For example, an image can be rotated, ‘annotated or turned into a PDF. asximpscestonscom | 39©] You and Your Mac Full-screen Mode You can view a Finder window, and ind application window, in fullscreen made. Click on the ‘green Enlarge button in the upper left corner of the window ‘and it ill expand to fil the entire screen. Alternatively, use the View pulldown menu or press CTRL-CMD-F B © i BY | ful-soreen mode, the menus usually found atthe top of the Mac desktop are stil there, but they're hidden away until you need them. To see them, mave the ‘mouse cursor to the top of the screen and the menu bar slides into view. © Finder Fie Edt View Go Widow Help ee Goren wees he Sune Be 6 e To exit rom fullscreen mode back to the usual window View, bring up the Menu bar and then simply click on the {gFeen button again. The window shrinks to its previous size ‘and no longer takes up the entire desktop. Hide Menu Bar. ‘You can hide the menu bar atthe top of the seen. Goto System Preferences > General and check ‘Automatically show and hide the ‘menu ber’ Its now hidden, but appears when you drag the pointer to the top of he screen, 40 | wntempubicatonscom You can also take a window out of full screen mode using the View pulldown menu atthe top of the screen or by pressing CTRL-CMD-F You can stil close a fullscreen window withthe red button (tp le). More Customisations. cd ee ‘Something else you can do in System Preferences > General Is to customise Finder windows. You can change the accent, colour, the highlight colour and the sidebar icon size. Try each in tum and see how you like i.Changing the Finder Window’s Background Colour or Image Using the Finder fi] Tabs and Tags. ‘You can use Window tabs and Finder tags to help keep you and your Mac organised and accessible. hen you'te using the Finder's Icon View, you can replace the white background with a black one or even 2 picture, To begin, with the Finder window in question open, select Show View Options from the View menu or press CMD. The windows Info window opens. Towards the bottom, you can see options listed under the header ‘Background! Select Colour and click onthe white square. You can now use the various options to change the background colout Select ‘Pictur’ and then drag an image into the box to the right of the background options to get a ph background. Alternatively click on the bax and then navigate to the picture you want to use through the Finder With a Finder window open, press CMD-T, or select New Tab in the File menu to open another tab. Click on tabs to switch ‘between them, and click the x’ in the left-hand side of a tab to close it. You can drag fles and folders between tabs. ‘You can open tabs this way in many applications. So, for ‘example, i you need two Maps windows open at once, you can open them in tabs instead of separate windows. To {gather separate windows into one, in the Windows menu, select Merge All ‘You can label fles and folders with tags; highlight them in Finder and use the Tags icon in the window's toolbar, as shown. A file can have more than one tag. You can then lick a coloured tag in the sidebar and see all fles labelled with that tag in the window. mssimpsbictonscom | 44You and Your Mac | The Mac’s Dock . For Most-used Apps The Dock is a great way of gaining quick and easy access to all of your most used applications, documents and folders. It is completely customisable, so over time, you can adapt it to best fit your needs. You can keep it on the screen at all times or have it hidden until you need it too. Here’s how to customise and use it. Accessing Your Applications from the Dock on at the left-hand sd, then click and crag location in the Dock, cli jon, As you move the item the ad ull move aside to indicate the final position, Open an Application To ope application thats in your Dock, simply drag the ointer onto the Dock and click on its icon, Notice that Side of the Dock, fram where they can be used like he app icon slightly bounces as the application opens before any other Dock app. Apps that are permanently in the Dock. he main app opens. aren't shown her. 42 | woterevtcatonscomAdding and Removing Stacks You can ad, remave and move folders in your Dock, in the same way you do with apps, These sit to the right ofthe Dock’s second divider and are called Stack. Accessing Stacks “To access the fles and folders within a Stack, click on itto display the contents. Clicking on a document or im wath an appropriate applica it in Finder ‘opens it Viewing Options Rightcick oF CTRL-cck on a Stack for a pop-up menu with a range of options. You can show your fles as a Stack (a pile of files) o ¥e how they're aisplayed when you click the Stack. The Mac's Dock [fj The Bin. ‘The Bin icon is located at the far right of the Dock and: can be filed and emptied just like a real rubbish bin, ‘You can delete a file, folder or app by dragging it into the Bin con the right-hand side of the Dock. Alternatively, right-click or (Ctl-click on it, and select Move to Bin from the contextual ‘menu that appears. ‘To retieve a fe from Bin, click on the Bin icon in the Dock to ‘open it in Finder, then drag the fle out of the Bin window. To ‘empty Bin, right-click on it and choose ‘Empty Bin’, orn the Bin window, click on the Empty button (tp right). Customising the Dock. You can customise your Dock in System Preferences from the Apple menu and selecting Dock. From here, you can place the Dock on the right, lft or bottom ofthe screen, ‘opt to show and hide it, change its size, change its ‘magnification, choose a minimisation effect and more, mostodmpiatenscom | ABYou and Your Mac ® Notification Centre —— See What's Going On The Notification Centre gathers together all your important updates, notifications and everything else you need to know, all in one place. You can configure it to suit your needs, and it also provides on-screen reminders and alerts so you'll never miss a thing. Here's how to access and use it in macOS Catalina. Responding to Notifications Click the icon showing three horizontal lines preceded BI icking on any notification in Notification Centre takes by bullet points, which is found on the far right-hand side You to its app. For example, ifthe notification is a new Of the Apple menu bar at the top of the screen, Click on the message, you'te laken to Messages where you can type your Notifications tab at the top to see your notifications. response. To clase a notification, cick the cross, (%@@ BB Wedé13pm 2 Q2 6 LE Notifications (NIGHT SHIFT (\ vonor pisTuRE. lay ° SNEWS 1831 Alternatively, use a two fingered rightto“eR swipe on a Tot of allonsreen arts, go to the Notfcatons pane, trackpad, Tis works with @ Magio Trackpad (shown scroll down tothe Do Not Disturb sito to mute notations here) or a Mac notebook’s bull trackpad, but you must forthe restof the day Ateraively hold At and cick on the ‘wipe at the extreme right side of the trackpad. Notfcations con inthe men bac When muted fis loon oreyed. 4 | wonbemeuticatnscomNotification Centre Settings Notification Centre To open the Notification Centre Stings pane, ether ‘open the Apple menu and select System Preferences or cick on System Preferences in the Dock. You can also find the NNotications preferences via the icon in the top right corner In the Notifications Setings pane you'l see a list of your ‘apps. You can select which ones you want to appear in Notification Center here, Click on an app to show its options in the panel on the right-hand side, as shown, ‘Allnotifcations appear in the Notification Centre sidebar pane regardless of the option you choose here. You can select different Alert Style settings for different apps, so some ‘are shown as banners, some as alerts and some not at all ‘Alternatively, open the Notification Centre as explained Con the previous page and click on the cog icon in the bottom right corner of the Notifications panel. The preference pane for Notfication Centre is opened straight away. sooo om a= o= Cm remem toon o= om. o== a= For Alert Style, select Banners and they appear briefly ‘on-screen and disappear For Alers the notification remains on the screen untl its actioned or manually dismissed, None turns off the app's notifications amon © terrence Om. — a: o= 8 =r ee ome Errore BE ose te pstcovn menu, you cn change tne orn which Notfication Centre displays is natfications. Order them manually by app and then you can drag the apps in the left-hand window into a preferred order vwnstmpusestenscom | 48You and Your Mac » The Spotlight Feature ” Search Your Mac Spotlight Search is Apple’s unique and ultra-powerful search system that can find almost anything on your Mac. There’s a whole raft of great features, making it a really powerful and useful tool that's integrated into the apps that you use every day. Here's how to get the most from the Spotlight feature. Using Spotlight’s Features To start using Spotigh, press CMD and the space bar AWM Start typing your search query into Spotight and oF cick the magnifying glass in the top menu, and the: immediately answers appear, with suggestions based on Spollight Search window appears. In Catalina, unlike older the contents of your computer as well as other sources. This versions of Spotlight, you can drag this window to wherever may mean you only have to type a few letters of your search you want on the screen; isnot fixed in position. term to find what you're looking for ‘Spotight can do instant unit conversions for you. For It works ina similar way with distances and lengths, ‘example, if you want to convert from imperial to metric which Spotight can instantly convert into other units. For Weights (or vice versa) you ust type in the number and a type example, if you type a distance in miles it instant shows what of unit, such as kilograms or pounds and Spotight instantly _itis in klometres, metres, yards, feet and inches. You can even Converts into other commonly used units. convert parsecs into ight years. 46 | wobereuticatonscomThe Spotlight Feature Spotight can do some currency conversions. Type in a For more conventional searches, Spotight pls is number and currency unit, such as dolars or pounds, information from a wide range of sources, such as ‘and Spotight gives you the equivalent value in a range of Wikipedia and documents it finds on your Mac. Search results currencies at the current market value. are listed by category down the left side of the search window. If you're looking for local businesses or sites of You can find people with Spotight too. Start typing the interest, simply type the name into Spotlight and you'll name of someone you knaw, and Spatight quickly finds ‘quickly find what you're looking for, complete with a link to that person in your Contacts ist and displays their contact the Maps app and the option of travel directions from your details in the results window. Things lke chat threads, current location. Facebook comments and emails are also listed, Spotight is also closely integrated ito the core macOS FAY Spotight can ind music by searching through your Tunes ‘apps, such as Photos. Slat typing in your search term, cellection to find albums, tracks and artsts, Type a band Ike the tte of a particular image or photo album in your Pholos name, a track name or even the name of a band membec ‘app, and Spotlight quickly locates it and takes you straight tit. Recordings with that name or by that band or person are shown, wussimpsbestonscom | APz Setting Up Email ~~ For the Mail App With email, you can send mails and attachments anywhere in the world, at the push of a button. It's there instantly too. Here we take a look at what email is, how you can get yourself an email address and how you can use your email accounts on your Mac, with Apple’s bundled email client, the Mail app. Setting Up Your iCloud Email If you set up your Apple ID during your Macs initial ‘Open the Mail application from the Dock and then under setup, or if you signed in with an existing Apple ID, your the Mail drop-down menu found in the left of the menu ‘Cloud email account is already in place. Buti not, or you ‘Ba, click on the Add Account... link. From the pop-up menu want to add another iCloud email account to your Mail client, that appears, select the iCioud lik and then click on the follow these instru Continue button, Civil War Times ‘Civ"WaR CARE? BY Now enter your Apple ID. This isthe Apple ID anc (On the next screen, click on Add Account and your rd you probably chase when you initially set up Cloud account is added to the Mail app, for you to use yur Mac. When you have confirmed your details you can then on your Mac. Your Cloud email can be your sole email account Click on the Sign In button to take you to the next step. ( you can use itn Mall or alongside others if you wish 48 | wyonbereuticatonscomSetting Up Email How do | use Virgin Media email with other mail clients? To configure your Mac to access your email account from your Internet service provider you need your email address, your password to access your email account, and POP, (or IMAP (incoming) and SMTP (outgoing) server ack When you first open Mail you're prompted to set up your first email account. If you've previously used Mail or set up another account, you can add further new accounts by ‘going to the File menu and selecting Add Account. CARE? ‘You're asked for the incoming mail server address. You should have been given an address when you signed up for your account. Type itn the box marked Incoming Mail Server You can add a description if you want and when you have it all correct, cick on Continue. Setting Up Email [SN Ey 1208 czars rcs asennad oma program, simply called Mall You can find iton the Dock, as it's there by default. The Mail App's icon looks lke @ postage stamp showing an eagle. Click on this icon to open the Mail app. You'te now asked to enter your full name (this appears in your awn, and other people's, contact lists), your email address and your password (oth supplied by your email service provider), Make sure you type them in correctly. = ‘You're asked for the SMTP or outgoing mall server adress, Type itwhere i says Outgoing Mail Server Check the Use Only This Server box and if your email service requires i, also check the Use Authentication box. Type in your username and password, then click Continue, vwnstdmpusestenscom | 48BIC Your Mac's key Software Apps |Your Mac’s Key Software Apps (eyo m Mem Une elev M Vote Mac and macOS Catalina is the bundled applications, or ‘apps’, that come with it. There’s an app for almost everything, and they’re great bia M CoM OCY- Ma oR Un oMy-ver (op UUM ECL CE-} look at the Mac’s key apps and show you how they work. Look out for their advanced features too. eT©) Your Mac’s Key Software Apps | Safari App Your Web Browser Safari is your gateway to the Internet, so it's important that you familiarise yourself with the browser's interface before you begin your online adventure. Navigation Controls: These two arrow contra buttons enable you to move back and forth between current and prev cd web pages. Toolbar Buttons: these 1s access to res. You can add is by tight-lck various Safari fe selecting Customize See the section on Customising the Sierra Finder for more information, EY URL Bar: crier the weoste address of your choice or a ‘search term that you wish to look up into this bar, then tap the Return key. Reload Page: Sometimes, if a web page fails to load property, you can fk the problem by Clicking on tis button and reloading the page, Share Buttor this bution to see your options for sharing the page you're viewing using email or social media net cluding adding the page to reading list ‘Show Open Pages: fn tis button to view all web pages you currently have open inthe Safari browser, on both your Mac and ‘ther devices signed into your iCloud, Safari Tabs: When youre browsing the Internet and you pages open at Sh of them in want to have seve their own separate tabs. $52 | wintemevelcatonscom Add a New Tab: Cickina this button wil o blank tab, which is then accessible by clicking on the fab and entering @ search parameter or a URL web address in the URL bac Sidebar: This area is opened ng on the sidebar toby, next tothe Navigation Controls. Its updated in reabtime nal splay nd closed by Bookmarks: Ciick on this button in the sid your bookmarks list, with your favourite web pages and sites, which can be visited by clicking the link. ar fo see Bpy Reading List: From here you can view all he pages you have added while browsing, using the Add to the Reading List button, Edit Bookmar Previous versions of Safari had an Edit button on the let pane This has now been removed but you can stil go to the Bookmarks menu and select Ecit Bookmarks. FEY Main Window: Ts is where the web page you're viewing is displayed. You can scroll Up and down by using the scroll function on your mouse. Links: Ciick on a web link to be taken to another page. links can be tex, which is usually Lndertined, ora picture as seen here. When you've moved to a new page, you can return using the Back bution (00 entry 1", on Navigation Controls), 1G Safari Fie Est _Vipw _Htoyy Bookmark © Pedr toe - Osborn PY © FutFact EG Later Foe stut | rebie {6 The Of TechuPR Who. © People's Pension Besey Bi ernatontskepes EF Facebook © Fist ect. Ww Wikipedia © zap > News 6 Google stutt =u wy witer ud © Publlishing) Craw! © Video Games, Wks, cheat © Powe ‘© IRIS OpenPaysins - Ane.Full Screen. jase Browse in full-screen ‘mode by clicking on the fl ‘green gumdrop inthe top left comer, selecting Enter Full Screen in the View ‘menu, of pressing Ctr-CMD-F. To go back to regular browsing, repeat any of these options. Open Tabs. Stat to type the address of a website thats already open in a dlflerent tab, and Safar offers that open tab as.a suggestion, e4 $ Develop Window Help $7 OOM ¥ 2, asin Cote. waioess coud top Areves- BOMPUbeabons it) Black Dog Media = Apple DB ‘Phone iPhone _GuideBook Seniors peers eet ol(3 Your Mac’s Key Software Apps Set New Home Page Open a new Safari window and navigate to the web page that you want Safari to laad each time you launch the ‘app. Click the Safari menu (top lett comer), then sel Preferences to display Safari's preferences dialog box spn eo reune Li 22082 Ensure the General tab is sele Current Page button. A small wind equiring confirmation; press Change Homepage to continue, The required page address now appears in the text box above, It's now your default home page. ‘and press the Set to may pop up Using Links. Display Status Bar Ensure a Safari window is open and active, Le. the window controls inthe top left are the usual colours, and not coloured grey. Click the View menu and select the Show ‘Status Bar option, which is found near the top of the menu, Cres mene cgi) You should now see a grey strip along the lower part of the window. If you hover the mouse aver a link, the status bar tells you exactly where the link is headed. This is very useful if you suspect the lik takes you somewhere you dorit want to go. ‘You navigate the worldwide web in Safari by using hyperinks or simply ‘inks’. Clicking on one takes you to a new page, Alnk in Safari can be a piece of undertined text, a picture or a button, or simply an area ofthe screen, Drag your mouse pointer ‘across Safari. When i's over a link, the pointer turns into a hand. Click there to open the linked page in your browser. {54 | wobereuticatonscom ‘Open Link in New Tab q (Open Link in New Window ‘Download Linke File Donia Linked File As. [Add Link to Bookmart. SEAT Link to Reading List (copy Link Photogra: . Ifyou dont want to navigate away from the page that you're ‘ourrently on, right-ick or Click on the link and from the pop-up ‘menu, choose Open in New Tab or Open in New Window. You. can then ook atthe new page without closing the old one,Display Tab Bar Add Tools to the Toolbar Essential Appl ‘Lean to do mare wt th ourinfo-packed siete nia + Oy mgr, ‘To toggle Satan's handy Tab bar on and off, open a Safar window and click View in the menu bar atthe top of the ‘screen. Select the Show Tab Bar option. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut: simply press CMD-Shif-. guides and tutorials for iPhone, Pad, Mac and More Irchng online forthe answers you need just reach into your Your current page should now have a tab marker just below the bookmarks bar, as shown in the screen ‘above. To add a new tab, click the + sign atthe right of the Tab Bar. If you want to hide the Tab Bar again, simply repeat step 1 and it will disappear Right-click or CMD-clck on he tootbar and select Customise Toolbar, oF cick the View menu and select the option from there. A window sides down, To adda button tothe toolbar simply ‘drag irom the selecton inthe window onto the Toolbar Repeat this with as many tools as you need. When you're finished, click Done. Ta remove a tool fram the toolbar, hold the CMD key and drag it of it disappears in a putt of ‘smoke, To reset the tools to how they were orginally, drag the default set of tools onto the Toolbar Tailor Site Settings and Block Auto-play Videos. If you want to customise your Safari window's Toolbar, there are a variety of useful tools that can be added. rae E nleUser ‘You can tailor specific settings tke the 200m level, location ‘services, content blockers and more for individual websites. These settings are then applied whenever you load that site. Open the ‘website and in the Safari menu, select Settings for This Website, guides! Page Zoom and Auto-Play are set with pull-down menus that appear ‘when you hover over ther current values. By default, the Auto-Play {uncon stops videos with sound automaticaly playing when you ‘open a site but you can override this using the Auto-Play menu. mspublicstonscom | 55(3 Your Mac’s Key Software Apps Safari’s Top Sites. Top Sites gives you a window full of useful shortcuts to your most frequently visited sites. Here's how it works. Pinned Sites (History “Bosimarks Develop Window Hip $7 @ a F ES ro det _- 58 Click on the URL fed a the top of the browser to access a window showing a grid view of website thuminals youve marked a favourites, along with those you've visted most recently. frks Develop Window Help $700 |W hosifbempubications con/buyfsadlessental- app Fa (ourites «oO me wtcssentil tut Pedigree Full Fact sh, ean re To add a site, cick the URL feld to open the Top Sites. Window and then drag the URL into it. You can drag icons around the Top Sites window to reorder them, or out ofthe window to remove them, ‘To the Top Sites window, macOS Catalina adds: Siri suggestions, sites from your Reading List, bookmarks, tabs that are open on other Apple devices signed into the same ‘Apple account as your Mac and more, {56 | wbempubicatonscom o [Bivprivwmercons (ors Wns ao se | If you're not currently in Tab view go to the View menu ‘and select the Show Tab Bar option near the top of the menu Now open the site you intend to pin and right or CTRL-click on its tab, From the pop-up menu, select the Pin Tab option tai ES Way esa Dd Woe ‘The site gels a small tab in the left-hand side of the tabs bat This is always in place, ready for you to click on it and open the site. You can pin mutiplestes in this way. They all appear as smal tabs, showing a symbol or letter indicating their content To remove a site's pinned tab, right-click or CTRL-cick (on it and from the pop-up menu, select Unpin Tab. The previously pinned tab then becomes a regular tab. You can reorder your pinned tabs by dragging them within the tabs barThe Safari Reading List (seer [OR The Tabs Audio Indicator narathons & air-con BI 10 save 2 page for later, cick the Share button and select ‘Add to Reading List. To view your Reading List, open the sidebar and click the middle bution (the spectactes). You see the tte, a thumbnail, and a brief summary of the page that you saved. To revisit any of the pages in your list, click on the, lst eniry to go straight toi BFW You can search your reacing lt by typing inthe search bar atthe top of the ist, and view only unread! inks by licking on the Unread button, To remove a site from your reading list, right-click or CTRL-clck on the site you want to delete and from the contextual menu that appears, select Remove Item. Stop Online Tracking. ‘Some Web advertisers track your online behaviour. To protect your privacy, Safari can block this. In the Safari ‘menu, open System Preferences, click on the Privacy tab and tick ‘Prevent cross-site tracking! St eee ter ae = Mele \ man Rl ug ites tap ec a son as you open te page ‘are really annoying, Thankllly individual tabs can be silenced using this simple Safari tip. In Safari you can tell which ‘one is making the sound, Just laok forthe tab with the speaker icon, shown on its right. Goanale You can mute this sound by simply clicking on the ‘speaker icon. If more than one tab is producing audio, right-click on it for more options. You can se8 which tabs are making a sound, mute that particular tab or mute all he others, If the audio is coming from a video, you can enter picture- in-pieture mode from the Audio icon; righi-cick on it and select the option. This puts the video ina floating window, which you can watch while doing other things on your Mac. vwnstmpubsestenscom | 87(3 Your Mac’s Key Software Apps Using Bookmarks. Ifyou find a site that you like and would like to keep ‘coming back to it, you can add a Safari bookmark. os ea so ‘Add a bookmark for asite by clicking on the Sharing icon and selecting Add Bookmark. You can also use the Add Bookmark option from the Bookmarks pulldown menu or press CMD-D. You can access your bookmarks by using the Bookmarks paulldown menu, Click on one of the listed sites to open it in the current window. Bookmarks can be arranged into folders, thus grouping similar sites. Click on Bookmarks and select Edit Bookmarks. From here, you can edit the names of bookmarks by right-clicking, arrange them into folders (see the New Folder button) and delete them by dragging into Trash, {58 | wbempubicatonscom Show All Tabs ‘The Show All Tabs view, available via the View menu, les you view thumbnals of all he tabs you have open, Click one to open it, and Click for a new one. Al the foot ofthe window, youl see tabs ‘open on other devices logged in withthe same Apple ID. Private Browsing Private Browsing les you browse te Inert without adding tracking cookies or recording where you've been in your bistory ‘Activate Privacy Mode by selecting New Private Window inthe Fie menu, In a prvate window, the URL field is darkened a a EO a ot ~~ Clear Browsing History Inthe History menu, the bottom option clears your browsing history and website data, Hold At while you select it to delete your browsing history, but not website data. To clear more Selectively select Clear History inthe Safar menu and use the pull-down menu.“le peewar may aay gece a ‘ovine thrged iss sturg cr Ba Weak Password Warning If you attempt to lg on to a website using a password thats weak or easiy guessed, Safar gives you a warning and suggests you change it Click Change Password and Saar suggests @ stronger one, which is stored in your keychain rs tk Dog Medi =n es SS Integrated Spotlight Search Spotlight search isa closely integrated feature of macOS, including Safar From the search bar you can find inks to web pages, bookmarks, browsing history and documents on your hard dive, simply by typing @ search term, The Reader View. Change Your Search Engine To change the search engine Safari uses by defau, select Preferences from the Safari menu. Click onthe Search tab and {tom the pulldown select the search engine you want to use The sites on ofer are Google, Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo, o4t 8299 iggo, Safari Extensions ‘You can add extensions to Safar to expand its functional Open Safari's Preferences window (Safari > Preferences) and select Extensions. Click on the Get Extensions button to 15s a web page, from where they can be installed. Safar's Reader View cuts down on the distractions and lets you concentrate on what its you're trying to read. ‘The Reader View isn't avaiable on every web page. Look for these lines that appear inthe left-hand side of the URL field ‘when you hover the pointer over it. If they're there, you can ‘cick them to access the Reader View, fora simpler (and easily, printed) page. ow ea Apple Inc. “tl mente aot carpe sink rae ‘The Reader View can be configured to your own requirements. 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The Baron hone * MacBooks « iPad * Mac * iPod touch » @Watch + #TV peers Te ‘Smart mailboxes let emails that meet the conditions applied appe: ‘a smart folder as wel as in the main inbox When Mail is downloading new emails, a message appears atthe foot of the sidebar showing how many there are, Your emais appear here, Unread emails are shown with a blue dot tothe lef. Click on an email to open itin the main window (22), This s the main window, showing the currently selected email Emails can contain tex, images, links andi more, Thisis the time th femail was sent, I it wasrit sent today, the date is shown here too, Ifthe emails sender is in your Contacts anc has a picture it appears here If not, its just a grey circle with an initial init Updated Classic Layout. ‘To use the classic, ‘column-based layout, inthe ‘View menu, select Use Column Layout. You can also check or Uncheck Show Side Preview, to set the email preview to the side or below the lst. vwnstrpusestenscom | 64(3 Your Mac’s Key Software Apps Sending a New Email Big sone alae inbox viPe~ Dias» Flagged ¥ Sortby Date v hima fe: Thunderaive Here we show you how to open a new, blank email, wite ‘a message and send it to a Given email address using the Mac's Mail app. To send a new email, click on the button in the top left corner of the screen, with a picture oni that looks like @ pen writing on paper ft_View “Mailbox Message Format Window Help ee 2 |= To: James Gale co Mar Attord ts Things to iscuss From: lan Osborne —josborne@icloud com BAW ts alvays a good idea to put something in the subject line, even if is just Hello’. Type the body of your ‘message in the large space below. An email can be as long as you lke and you can use different fonts, colours and sizes i you really eel the need, Customising Mai You can customise your Mail app by opening it and, in the Mall pulldown menu, selecting Preferences. Under the General tab, you can set an interval to check for new messages, decide ‘where downloaded attachments go and more. | wnnberpubicatonscom (a Sw Eos me) BF 10 send someone an email, type their email address into the box marked To:. To also send ito someone else, ‘add their email address in the Cc: box. Add multiple email addresses in elther box, separated by commas, to send the ‘same message to a group of people. (Once you've finshed typing your letter, click the Send button in the top left corner of the email panel to send it (n its way. Emails usually sent very quickly, and your addressee should receive it within a couple of minutes, as long as there are no issue with their connection or provider ‘The Fonts & Colours tab lets you change the fonts and text size used with incoming emails and change the colours of quoted text. Explore the Mail preferences and set up how you. choose, but be careful with the server setings.Receiving Email. ‘When you receive an email in your inbox, this is how you open and read it using the macOS Mail app. (Once you've set up your email account, you can send ‘and receive email. As soon as you launch Mal it Connects to your email service and collect any email that is wating for you. These messages are shown as a list in your Inbox. Glick on one and its displayed on the right maine ¥@inbox Dian's emails ‘While Mail is running, it periodically checks the server for new messages, You can also prompt Mail o look at the server immediately by clicking the button in the top left of the screen that looks ike an envelope. Adding Attachments. ‘Almost any type of fle can be attached and sent over the Intemet along with your email Replying to & Forwarding Email If someone you know sends you an email, you'l probably want to reply to them. Simply click on the email so you are viewing the text of it, then atthe top of the screen you'l ind a row of three buttons, The lefimost one has a single let-ponting arrow ‘oni. This is the Reply button, If you click on this you'l see a window pop up that looks a lot like the window for @ new email, but it will have the responder's ‘email address already in the To: box. ‘Next to the Reply button is a similar button with two left arrows Cont. This is the Reply All button; use this with extreme care. If you have been sent an email that has also been sent to a rhumber of other recipients, hitting Reply All will send your reply to everyone who received the original mail. Obviously f your reply was meant to be private this is a very bad idea, and has {got many people into trouble, ‘The rightmost button of these three is the Forward button, which is used fo send an email youve received to another recipient. Forwarding emails is another thing that requires care; make sure that you dor't accidentally send private information to someone who was not meant to receive i ‘To add an attachment, first start an email (or reply to one you recelved), and then click on the bution bearing the picture of a Paperciip, atthe top right of the email panel, This will open a Finder window, allowing you to navigate to the file or files that, ‘you want fo send. Select the ones you want, then click Choose File to attach them, In Mail, pictures you've included as attachments are shown in the body of the email for convenient viewing, This means you ‘can tum your email nto a mint-llusrated article if you want; or, if you don’ want to display it as an attachment, click on it and {rom the contextual menu, choose Show as leon. itcan stil be ‘opened by the recipient. ssimpscictonscom | 63Your Mac's Key Software Apps The Mail Markup Feature The M pictures that kup feature lets you add notes. [Ey 2% 20 te atzcted mage, end thn ek on he sma arrow that appears in the upper right corner of the photograph. Select the Markup option to open the Mail Markup feature, You can also use certain thir: edit photos this way EE 2 227227 120i intrace nat app drawings, or a tonto the photo, in the email ervironm ren you're ished, click the Done button and either mark up mor pictures or send your email as normal ars to acd tex, mbols directly 64 | nnberpubicaton. 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