MacBook Pro 2021 with M1 Max Chip User Guide E-Book

Gauthier Victor A.

• Herausgeber: MarkHollis
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

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MacBook Pro 2021 with M1 Max Chip User Guide

A Comprehensive Manual with Hacks, Tips & Tricks to Set Up and Operate the MacBook Pro for Beginners, Seniors, and Experts

Victor A. Gauthier

Copyright © 2021 Victor A. Gauthier

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Content

Introduction

Chapter 1

Features of the MacBook Pro 2021

Setting Up Your MacBook Pro

Enable Automatic Updates on Your Mac

Setting up Time Machine

Restore Folder or Files from a Time Machine

Restore Hard Drive from Backup on a Time Machine

Managing Physical Disks

Creating a Partition

Deleting a Partition

Erasing a Container

Enlarging a Partition

Back Up your Device to Your MacBook

Back Up your iPad or iPhone to iCloud

Restore Your iPad or iPhone from a Backup

Sync Contents from Your Apple Devices with Your MacBook Pro

Sync Music Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Movies Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync TV Shows Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Podcast Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Audiobooks Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Books Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Photos Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Sync Files Between Your Mac and Other Apple Devices

Chapter 2

Change Apple ID Name

Modify Apple ID Email Address

Modify Apple ID Phone Number

Change Apple ID Password

Using Private Relay on your MacBook Pro

Turn On iCloud Private Relay

Turn Off iCloud Private Relay

Unsubscribe from a Mailing List in Mail

Schedule Emails on Your MacBook

Set up Email Schedules with an Automator

Creating an Email Workflow

Composing Your Email Message

Creating Email Automation

Schedule Email Using the Calendar

Chapter 3

Stream Video and Audio with Airplay

Play Videos, TV Shows, and Moves on the Big Screen

Listen to Music on Speakers

Share Photos with Everyone in the Room

Recording Audio

Creating an Audio Recording with Voice Memos

Creating an Audio Recording with QuickTime

Screen Record

Record Screen Using the Screenshot Toolbar

Record Screen Using QuickTime Player

QuickTime Settings

Use AirDrop to Send Files to Nearby Devices

Send Files with the Share Button

Send Files with the Finder App

Send Files from an App

Receiving Content Using AirDrop

Turn on AirDrop

Manage AirDrop Using Control Center

Speak Your Announcements on Mac

Turn on Speak Announcements

Speak Announcement Setup Option

Turn Off Speak Announcements

Make Siri Read Aloud on Mac

Activating Function

Deactivating Function

Change Speaking Voice of the Computer

Recovering Deleted Photos

Recovering Pictures from Trash

Recovering Pictures from Recently Deleted Folder

Recovering Pictures from iCloud

Recovering Pictures from Time Machine

Chapter 4

How to Use Focus Mode

Turn on Focus Manually

Turn Off Focus Manually

Create a Custom Focus Profile

Editing a Specific Focus Profile Settings

Remove App or Contact from Allowed Notifications List

Automatically Turn Focus Profile On and Off

Chapter 5

Hot Corners

Setting Up Hot Corner

Use Spotlight to Search on Mac

Accessing Spotlight Search

Using Spotlight to Search for Information

Interacting with Spotlight Search Results

Keyboard Shortcut Setup

Keyboard Shortcuts for Spotlight

Chapter 6

The Shortcut App

Creating your Own Shortcuts

How to Use Siri to Run Shortcuts

Using the Menu Bar

Using the Quick Actions Menu

Sync Your Shortcuts with Other Apple Devices

Using a Keyboard Shortcut

Translating Text Received from a Different Language

How to Substitute the Selected Text with Translated Text

Changing Translation Language

Chapter 7

Split View

How to Use Split View

How to Access Other Apps in Split View

Turning Split View Off

Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Mode in Safari

Accessing Picture-in-Picture using Tabs

Using Picture-in-Picture Mode on YouTube

How to Exit PiP Mode

Resizing and Moving PiP Videos

Chapter 8

The Finder App

Sorting items in Finder

Grouping Items in Finder

Exiting Sort Order

Neatly Arranging Icons in Finder

Sort Name in Alphabetical Order at the Top

How to Resize Columns in Finder

Sorting Icons in Particular Order in Finder

How to Hide or Show Column

How to Show Every Filename in a Column

Using Quick Look

Launch Quick Look for Multiple Files

Exiting Quick Look Full-Screen

Resizing the Quick Look Window

Rotate an Item in Quick Look

Zoom In and Out of an Item in Quick Look

Trim a Video or Audio File

Mark Up an Item in Quick Look

Show Multiple Items in a Grid

Browse Multiple Items

Share Item in Quick Look

Exiting the Quick Look Window.

Setting up Find My on Mac

How to Setup Location Services

Find My Mac Set Up

Track a Friend

Track a Device

Finding and Deleting Duplicate Files

Using Smart Folders to Find and Delete Duplicates

Chapter 9

The FaceTime App

Making a FaceTime Call

Call a Group of People

Leaving a FaceTime Call

How to Show Tiles in a Uniform Grid

Add Another Person to an Ongoing FaceTime Call

Creating FaceTime Links

Starting FaceTime Calls via Link

Deleting a FaceTime Link

Answering a FaceTime call.

Mic Mode Set Up.

Wide Spectrum in FaceTime

Voice Isolation in FaceTime

Spatial Audio in FaceTime

Use Portrait Mode to Blur FaceTime Background

Chapter 10

Family Sharing and Screen Time Setup

Set Up Family Sharing

Setting Up Purchase Sharing

Setting Up Location Sharing

Setting Up Ask to Buy

Upgrade or Share iCloud Storage

Screen Time Set Up

Add Passcode to Screen Time

How to Change Passcode to Screen Time

Enable Share Across Devices

Using App Limits

Turn on Downtime Schedule

Choose Apps Usage

Turn on Communication Limits

Set up Content and Privacy Restrictions

Turn Off Screen Time

Using Dark or Light Appearance on your Mac

Chapter 11

The Music App

Searching for New Music

Adding Music to the Music Library.

Set up Sync Library

Download Music to your Mac

Downloading Music in Dolby Atmos

Managing General Preferences in the Music App

Apple Music Subscription Set Up

Cancel Apple Music Subscription

Change Apple Music Subscription

Chapter 12

The Podcast App

Play Podcasts

Skip Episodes Backward

Skip Episodes Forward

Pause Episodes that You are Listening to

Fast-Forward or Rewind an Episode

How to Change Playback Speed

Episode Management

View Episode Description

Save Episodes to Your Library

Download Episodes to Your Library

Set up Automatic Downloads

Remove a Saved Episode

Remove a Downloaded Episode

Search for Podcasts on Mac

Podcasts Shared with You

Using Messages to Listen to Shared with You Podcasts

Play Episode or Show in Shared with You

View Episode or Show Details

Remove Show or Episode from Shared with You

Reply to the Sender in Messages

Chapter 13

The Apple TV App

Start Watching TV Shows and Movies

Play a TV Show or Movie

How to Subscribe to Apple TV+

How to Subscribe to Apple TV Channels

How to Change or Cancel a Subscription

Buy or Rent a Movie

Apple TV Up Next row

Add a TV Show or Movie to UP Next

Remove Content from Up Next

Sharing Content from Up Next

Watch a Movie or TV Show form Up Next

Set up AirPlay Mirroring

Chapter 14

The Reminders App

Add a Reminder

Add Notes to reminder

Add Time and Date to Reminder

Add Location to a Reminder

Tagging a Reminder

How to Flag a Reminder

Creating Multiple Reminders

Add a reminder from Another App

Create a Calendar Event Reminder

Create a Mail Message Reminder

Chapter 15

The Notes App

Create a New Note

Create a Duplicate Copy of a Note

Edit a Note

Copy All Text in the Note app

Paste Text in the Note app

How to Paste Text with Original Style in the Note App

How to Paste Text with Surrounding Style in the Note App

Adjusting Selected Text Formatting

Adjusting Text Alignment

How to Adjust Text Size, Color, Font, etc.

Paragraph Style Application in Paragraphs

Adjust Default Title Paragraph Style

Creating Lists in Notes

Adding a List to Note

Formatting Lists within Individual Notes

Adding a New Paragraph and Ending a List within a Note

Add to a List within a Note

Decreasing List Level

Increasing List Level

How to Move List Item down or up the List.

Adding Soft Return (Line Break) to a List Item

Add URL Links in Notes

Change Text to a Link

Open, Remove or Edit a Link

Attach Files, Photos, Videos, and More in Notes

Adding Files to Notes from the Desktop

Adding Files From your iPad or iPhone Camera

Adding Files to Note from the Photos Library

Changing the Size of an Attachment in Notes

Securing your Notes

Notes Password Setup

Locking a Note

Unlocking a Note

Remove Lock from Note

Notes that Cannot Be Locked

Chapter 16

Making Phone Calls and Sending Text Messages on Your Mac

Call Relay

Requirements for Call Relay

Turn on Call Relay on your iPhone

Set up FaceTime for Phone Calls

Make a Call

Receive a Call

Set up Do Not Disturb for Messages and Phone Calls

Receiving and Sending Messages

Transferring a Call to your iPhone Mid-Call

Chapter 17

Using the Continuity Camera

Inserting an Image with the Continuity Camera

Scanning Document with the Continuity Camera

Using Continuity Camera to Import Images

Using Sidecar on Your Mac Pro

Sidecar Set up and Connection

Disconnecting Side Car

Adjusting Sidecar Preferences

Conclusion

Introduction

The brand-new MacBook Pros (14 and 16 inches) with the M1 Max chip are phenomenal - the quickest computers among those that have been around so far, besides having the longest-lasting battery you can find in the market. Apple's decision to move away from AMD GPUs and Intel CPUs in preference to its own Apple Silicon chips seems to be met with success in several ways. And, if you have enough money to get one of these devices, you will not regret the purchase. They are excellent.

These new Apple machines have raised the bar, delivering in performance along with a battery life that is long-lasting, creating a new standard that Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and every other laptop manufacturer will be pushed to want to reach for. The new MacBook Pro supports an Apple ProMotion 120Hz with a high refresh rate on a dazzling Mini LED screen.

The fourteen-inch and sixteen-inch Apple machines with an M1 Max chip comes with 2TB of storage, 64 GB RAM, and 32 GPU cores. These are luxurious laptops from the start, even the base models with M1 pro processors are quite pricey. However, one obvious detail you will see after purchasing the new MacBook Pros is the substantiality of the machine as compared to previous MacBook Pros. The new MacBook Pros are weightier and larger than the preceding generation of MacBook Pros.

The additional thickness of the MacBook Pro allows the integration of some valuable ports, and improved cooling. You will find a standard SDXC slot, an HDMI port, and a Thunderbolt 4 port on the right side of the laptop; and a MagSafe power connector and 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports on the left side. Hence, this new design is actually good news of some sort and we should be glad for the return of the ports.