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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023
Make friends with macOS Sonoma thanks to simple, Dummies-style instructions macOS Sonoma For Dummies is the go-to guide for finding your way around Apple's laptop and desktop operating system. For first-time Mac owners and longtime Apple aficionados alike, this book covers the essentials you need to navigate macOS Sonoma with ease. Get a guided tour of the latest updates to macOS widgets, improved video conferencing features, updated privacy and security help, and all the classic features of the software that powers MacBook, iMac, and Mac computers. With easy-to-follow instructions and crystal-clear illustrations, this Dummies guide makes you macOS proficient in no time--even if you've never used a Mac computer before. * Learn the ins and outs of macOS Sonoma for desktop and laptop computers * Discover valuable shortcuts, tips, and tricks for troubleshooting * Organize your files and ensure data security * Customize your computer so you can get things done faster If you're looking for a user-friendly tutorial on using macOS Sonoma and making the most of the latest updates, you can't go wrong with macOS Sonoma For Dummies.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with macOS
Chapter 1: macOS Sonoma 101 (Prerequisites: None)
Okay, What Does macOS Do?
Turning On Your Mac
Setting Up macOS Sonoma
Logging In
Meeting the macOS Desktop
Pointing, Clicking, and More
Putting Your Mac to Sleep and Shutting It Down
Care and Feeding of Your Mac
Getting Help
Chapter 2: Desktop and Windows and Menus (Oh My!)
Touring Finder and the macOS Desktop
Dissecting a Window
Opening a Dialog with Your Mac
Working with Windows
Sampling the Menus
Chapter 3: What’s Up, Dock?
Meeting Your Dock
Customizing Your Dock
Chapter 4: Getting to Know Finder and Its Desktop
Getting the Hang of Finder, the Desktop, and Icons
Alias Files and Folders
Opening a Window and Enjoying the View
Finder on the Menu
Customizing Finder Windows
Digging for Data in the Info Window
Chapter 5: Getting Fancy with the Desktop and Finder
Cleaning Up Your Desktop Automatically with Stacks
Adding Widgets to Your Desktop
Doing Things Faster with Quick Actions
Creating PDFs Without Launching an App
Shooting Screen Stills and Movies
Chapter 6: Setting Your Mac Straight
Introducing System Settings
Setting Wallpaper
Configuring a Screen Saver or Just Turning Off the Display
Configuring Appearance Settings
Choosing Desktop & Dock Settings
Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware
Configuring Sound Settings
Part 2: Getting Things Done
Chapter 7: Opening and Saving Files
Where Did That File Go?
Understanding the macOS Folder Structure
Saving Your Document
Open, Sez Me
Chapter 8: Managing Files and Folders the Smart Way
Organizing Your Stuff in Folders
Working with Files and Folders
Using iCloud, iCloud+, and iCloud Drive
Chapter 9: Eight Terrific Time-Saving Tools
Getting to Grips with Siri
Introducing the macOS Clipboard
Taking Actions from Quick Look
Finding Files and Folders Fast with Spotlight
Blasting Off with Mission Control
All the World’s a Stage … and You’re the Manager
Taking Control of Essential Settings
Configuring Launchpad to Launch Apps Quickly
Chapter 10: Organizing Your Life
Keeping Track with Calendar
Staying Organized with Reminders
Everything You Need to Know about Notification Center
Taking Notes with the Notes App
Taking a Quick Note with Quick Note
Tracking Activities with Screen Time
Chapter 11: Finding Your Way with Maps
Finding Your Current Location
Finding a Person, Place, or Thing
Viewing, Zooming, and Panning
Using Maps with Contacts
Saving Time with Favorites, Guides, and Recents
Getting Smart with Maps
Chapter 12: Using Stocks, News, Voice Memos, Shortcuts, and Home
Tracking Your Stocks
Keeping Current with News
Recording Memos with Voice Memos
Automating Repetitive Tasks with Shortcuts
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More with Home
Part 3: Getting Along with Others
Chapter 13: (Inter)Networking
Getting Connected to the Internet
Browsing the Web with Safari
Chapter 14: Dealing with People
Collecting Your Contacts
Syncing Your Contacts Across Your Devices
Making Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime
Chapter 15: Communicating with Mail and Messages
Sending and Receiving Email with Mail
Communicating with Messages
Chapter 16: Sharing Your Mac with Others
Introducing Networks and File Sharing
Setting Up File Sharing
Controlling Access and Permissions: Who Can Do What
Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote Mac
Changing the Password for Your Account
Resetting the Password for Another Account
Exploring Other Types of macOS Sharing
Part 4: Making the Most of Your Mac
Chapter 17: Mac Machine Music
Understanding iTunes Match and Apple Music
Getting Started with the Music App
Working with Media
Making the Most of Playlists
Chapter 18: The Multimedia Mac
Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player
Watching TV
Using the Books App
Finding and Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App
You’re the Star with Photo Booth
Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview
Chapter 19: Creating Documents and Printing
Font Mania
Creating Documents
Printing
Chapter 20: Features for the Way You Work
Going Over to the Dark Side
App Shopping Made Easy
Using Your iPhone as Your Mac’s Camera or Scanner
Talking and Listening to Your Mac
More Useful Goodies
Chapter 21: Safety First: Backups and Other Security Issues
Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do
Why You Need Two Backups
Non-Backup Security Concerns
Protecting Your Data from Prying Eyes
Chapter 22: Troubleshooting macOS
Understanding Start-Up Disks and Booting
Recovering with Recovery HD
If Your Mac Crashes at Start-up
Managing Storage with the Storage Feature
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Improve Your Mac Experience
Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts
Improve Your Typing Skills
Use Text Replacements and Automatic Correction
Change Your Resolution
Buy a Faster Mac
Add RAM
Add a Second Display
Use Your iPad as an Extra Display
Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive (SSD)
Get More Storage
Chapter 24: Ten Utilities That Make Your Life Easier
Calculator
Activity Monitor
Disk Utility
Keychain Access
Passwords System Preferences Pane
Migration Assistant
System Information
Terminal
Image Capture
Stickies
Index
About the Author
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
List of Tables
Chapter 3
TABLE 3-1 What Dock Icons Tell You
Chapter 16
TABLE 16-1 Permissions
Chapter 23
TABLE 23-1 Great Keyboard Shortcuts
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
FIGURE 1-1: If you’re seeing something like this, consult Chapter 22 for sugges...
FIGURE 1-2: On the login screen, click your username. You may sometimes need to...
FIGURE 1-3: Type your password, and then press Enter or click the arrow.
FIGURE 1-4: The default desktop with the About This Mac window open.
FIGURE 1-5: Always shut down your Mac by choosing ?⇒???Shut Down and then clic...
FIGURE 1-6: Mac Help is nothing if not helpful.
FIGURE 1-7: If you choose an item in the Menu Items section, an arrow points to...
Chapter 2
FIGURE 2-1: A typical Finder window in macOS Sonoma.
FIGURE 2-2: Use the scroll bars to scroll to view other parts of the active win...
FIGURE 2-3: An active window in front of an inactive window.
FIGURE 2-4: This Settings window offers most of the dialog controls you’re like...
FIGURE 2-5: Finder tabs let you view the contents of several folders merely by ...
FIGURE 2-6: The menu bar changes to reflect the active app.
FIGURE 2-7: Only relevant items appear on a contextual menu.
FIGURE 2-8: File menu with nothing selected (left) and with a file selected (ri...
FIGURE 2-9: The Apple menu's Recent Items selection, with its submenu popped ou...
Chapter 3
FIGURE 3-1: The Dock and all its default icons.
FIGURE 3-2: The Options submenu for an app icon (News) on the Dock.
FIGURE 3-3: Press and hold down or Control-click or right-click an open app’s D...
FIGURE 3-4: Adding an icon to the Dock is as easy as 1-2-3. Just drag the icon ...
FIGURE 3-5: The Desktop & Dock pane in System Settings.
FIGURE 3-6: The Recent Applications section of the Dock shows the three apps us...
FIGURE 3-7: My Documents folder’s Dock menu as a fan, grid, and list.
FIGURE 3-8: The contextual menu for my Documents folder.
Chapter 4
FIGURE 4-1: A typical Finder window and desktop.
FIGURE 4-2: A Finder window’s default toolbar.
FIGURE 4-3: Use the Action pop-up menu to perform common actions on selected it...
FIGURE 4-4: Icons come in many shapes and designs.
FIGURE 4-5: An alias (right) and its parent.
FIGURE 4-6: A Finder window in Column view.
FIGURE 4-7: A window in List view.
FIGURE 4-8: A Finder window in Gallery view.
FIGURE 4-9: The items in this window are grouped by Kind.
FIGURE 4-10: Services available with nothing selected (top), an icon selected (...
FIGURE 4-11: Traverse folders swiftly from this convenient pop-up menu.
FIGURE 4-12: The General pane (left) and Advanced pane (right) of the Finder Se...
FIGURE 4-13: A typical Info window for an image (Rainbow 97.jpeg).
Chapter 5
FIGURE 5-1: A messy, disorganized desktop.
FIGURE 5-2: Stacks (left) create order out of chaos. Click a stack (Images, rig...
FIGURE 5-3: Grouping stacks by Date Created gives you a different perspective f...
FIGURE 5-4: In the Widgets dialog, select the category of widgets, and then cli...
FIGURE 5-5: From the contextual menu, you can edit a widget’s data, change the ...
FIGURE 5-6: Click the Markup icon to see the Markup toolbar; click the Rotate i...
FIGURE 5-7: The Markup toolbar above an image with text and an arrow added usin...
FIGURE 5-8: The Shapes drop-down menu (left) and the loupe (right) in action.
FIGURE 5-9: Drag the handles to set the start and end points.
FIGURE 5-10: When two image files are selected in a Finder window, the Create P...
FIGURE 5-11: After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail appears in the bottom-rig...
FIGURE 5-12: The screenshot toolbar appears when you press ⌘ +Shift+5.
Chapter 6
FIGURE 6-1: The System Settings app gives you access to the full range of setti...
FIGURE 6-2: When you navigate to a lower-level pane, such as Language & Region,...
FIGURE 6-3: From the Wallpaper pane, you can apply a different wallpaper to eac...
FIGURE 6-4: If you want your Mac to use a screen saver, choose and configure it...
FIGURE 6-5: In the Lock Screen pane, choose when to start the screen saver and ...
FIGURE 6-6: Getting colorful in the Appearance pane in System Settings.
FIGURE 6-7: Spend some time choosing settings in the Keyboard pane to get the m...
FIGURE 6-8: The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog lets you play around with keyboard sh...
FIGURE 6-9: The Modifier Keys category enables you to remap the modifier keys f...
FIGURE 6-10: The Mouse pane in System Settings.
FIGURE 6-11: The Trackpad pane in System Settings offers controls for one-finge...
FIGURE 6-12: Use the Sound pane in System Settings to adjust sound effects, sou...
Chapter 7
FIGURE 7-1: A bird’s-eye view of key folders on your Mac.
FIGURE 7-2: Nested folders, going four levels deep.
FIGURE 7-3: Click the computer’s name in the sidebar to display its drive and t...
FIGURE 7-4: A guide to which Library folder is which.
FIGURE 7-5: A basic Save As dialog looks a lot like this example.
FIGURE 7-6: An expanded Save As dialog looks similar to this one (shown in Colu...
FIGURE 7-7: Saving a file in the Outgoing folder (which is in a subfolder of th...
FIGURE 7-8: Browse All Versions lets you compare all versions and revert to an ...
FIGURE 7-9: The Open dialog in Columns view.
FIGURE 7-10: Changing the app that opens this document and all others like it (...
FIGURE 7-11: To open a file with an app other than its default, right-click the...
Chapter 8
FIGURE 8-1: Place your Documents folder on the Dock to gain quick access to you...
FIGURE 8-2: A smart folder that displays PNG files opened in the past 15 days w...
FIGURE 8-3: The six items touched by the selection rectangle become selected.
Chapter 9
FIGURE 9-1: Speak to Siri now, or forever hold your peace.
FIGURE 9-2: The Show Clipboard command displays whatever is on the Clipboard if...
FIGURE 9-3: The Quick Look window displaying an image from one of the four sele...
FIGURE 9-4: The Slideshow controls appear automatically in full-screen Slidesho...
FIGURE 9-5: Type one character in the Search box, and the magic begins.
FIGURE 9-6: Search your entire Mac or a specific folder (and its subfolders) an...
FIGURE 9-7: Spotlight in Sonoma searching for
apple m2
.
FIGURE 9-8: Mission Control (Control+↑) gives you quick access to all your open...
FIGURE 9-9: Mission Control showing off three desktops and two spaces.
FIGURE 9-10: A cluttered desktop — the problem Stage Manager was built to solve...
FIGURE 9-11: In the Customize Stage Manager dialog, choose which items to displ...
FIGURE 9-12: Stage Manager quickly imposes order, placing the active window cen...
FIGURE 9-13: Clicking a window brings it to the central position, moving the pr...
FIGURE 9-14: Dragging a thumbnail onto the central window groups the apps.
FIGURE 9-15: When you make another app (Photos here) active, the grouped apps a...
FIGURE 9-16: The default Control Center (left) and its Wi-Fi controls (right).
FIGURE 9-17: Launchpad, in all its glory.
Chapter 10
FIGURE 10-1: The Calendar main window displaying Week view.
FIGURE 10-2: Invite people to your event.
FIGURE 10-3: When you create a list, assign it a name, a color, and an emoji or...
FIGURE 10-4: When a list (here, Home Improvements) is selected in the sidebar, ...
FIGURE 10-5: Location-based reminders are super-handy.
FIGURE 10-6: A Calendar alert banner (top), Calendar’s Up Next widget (second r...
FIGURE 10-7: Notes is for making notes on your Mac.
Chapter 11
FIGURE 11-1: Bubbles indicate matching locations; click a bubble to see its det...
FIGURE 11-2: Click the Map Mode icon to choose Explore view (shown), Driving vi...
FIGURE 11-3: A 3D satellite view.
FIGURE 11-4: Click the little blue pin to see this address in Maps.
FIGURE 11-5: Click Add Stop to add a stop along the way. Drag the stops into yo...
FIGURE 11-6: When Maps offers multiple routes, the selected route appears in da...
FIGURE 11-7: Click the Flyover Tour button to watch the 3D flyover tour of the ...
FIGURE 11-8: A look around view of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle.
Chapter 12
FIGURE 12-1: The Stocks app comes stocked with a short list of securities and i...
FIGURE 12-2: The Discover Channels screen with CNN, The Washington Post, WIRED,...
FIGURE 12-3: You can pause at any time and then click Resume or Done.
FIGURE 12-4: Explore more than 300 made-for-you shortcuts in the Shortcuts Gall...
FIGURE 12-5: On the details screen for a shortcut, click Add Shortcut if you wa...
Chapter 13
FIGURE 13-1: Click Wi-Fi in Control Center (left), and then click the network i...
FIGURE 13-2: Use the Find and Join a Wi-Fi Network dialog to join a Wi-Fi netwo...
FIGURE 13-3: From the Wi-Fi pane in System Settings, you can set up and configu...
FIGURE 13-4: In the Wi-Fi pane, choose whether to automatically join known netw...
FIGURE 13-5: In the Advanced dialog, you can control automatic joining and remo...
FIGURE 13-6: Use the Ethernet pane to learn the IP address and other details of...
FIGURE 13-7: Safari first displays a generic start page.
FIGURE 13-8: The Tab Overview for the Mac Stuff tab group.
FIGURE 13-9: The Profiles pane in Safari Settings before you create a profile.
FIGURE 13-10: Enter the profile’s name and details in the New Profile dialog.
FIGURE 13-11: The Profiles pane with a profile added and the preexisting Person...
FIGURE 13-12: Use the Profile pop-up menu to open a new window for a different ...
FIGURE 13-13: Creating a web app with the Add to Dock dialog.
FIGURE 13-14: Click the web app’s icon on the Dock to launch the web app.
FIGURE 13-15: Click the Sign In with iPhone button to sign in using your passke...
Chapter 14
FIGURE 14-1: Creating a new contact record in the Contacts window.
FIGURE 14-2: Adding six contacts to the Softball Team list.
FIGURE 14-3: Creating a smart list.
FIGURE 14-4: A FaceTime call.
Chapter 15
FIGURE 15-1: The main window in Mail.
FIGURE 15-2: Composing an email message.
FIGURE 15-3: Made a dreadful mistake? Click the Undo Send button this instant.
FIGURE 15-4: Use the Send Later dialog to schedule a message to go in the mail ...
FIGURE 15-5: Starting a new email to a contact is as easy as clicking twice.
FIGURE 15-6: Use the Remind Me dialog to schedule a reminder to deal with a par...
FIGURE 15-7: Configure junk-mail filtering on the Junk Mail tab of the Settings...
FIGURE 15-8: Set criteria for a smart mailbox.
FIGURE 15-9: You can include an image in a custom signature.
FIGURE 15-10: Creating a rule to process email automatically.
FIGURE 15-11: Choose Use Mail Drop in the alert box if you want to send a file ...
FIGURE 15-12: A text chat in the Messages app.
FIGURE 15-13: In the Info window, you can start an audio call or video call, sh...
Chapter 16
FIGURE 16-1: A typical home or home-office network includes smartphones, tablet...
FIGURE 16-2: At the top of the Sharing pane, rename your Mac if you want and th...
FIGURE 16-3: In the File Sharing dialog, choose which folders to share and with...
FIGURE 16-4: In the Options dialog, specify which users can share files via SMB...
FIGURE 16-5: Click the Add User button in the Users & Groups pane to start addi...
FIGURE 16-6: Name the new user, and your Mac suggests a shortened name and pass...
FIGURE 16-7: In the Group Options dialog, set the switches to On (blue) to add ...
FIGURE 16-8: Changing the permissions of the Recipes folder for the group Every...
FIGURE 16-9: The Mac is connected to Mac Pro as a guest and can see the Shared ...
FIGURE 16-10: In the Connect dialog, enter your password for the remote Mac.
FIGURE 16-11: The Mac is connected to Mac Pro as the user named
guy
and can see...
FIGURE 16-12: You can quickly eject a shared drive or folder, or disconnect fro...
FIGURE 16-13: Sharing a screen on a remote Mac.
FIGURE 16-14: In the Bluetooth Sharing dialog, choose settings for Bluetooth fi...
Chapter 17
FIGURE 17-1: What’s what and where in the Music interface.
FIGURE 17-2: The Music MiniPlayer window (left) and equalizer (right).
FIGURE 17-3: Drag and drop songs to the Music content pane or library to add th...
FIGURE 17-4: At the iTunes Store, buying music is as easy as clicking the Buy b...
FIGURE 17-5: Adding songs to a playlist is as easy as dragging them to the play...
FIGURE 17-6: Specify the criteria for your smart playlist.
FIGURE 17-7: Genius suggests songs that go nicely with the song on which the su...
Chapter 18
FIGURE 18-1: QuickTime Player is simple to use.
FIGURE 18-2: The picture-in-picture video (upper right) continues to play and r...
FIGURE 18-3: Buy books from the Book Store and add them to your Books library.
FIGURE 18-4: The Mac Geek Gab podcast from
The Mac Observer.
FIGURE 18-5: Photo Booth about to take a picture of yours truly using the Therm...
Chapter 19
FIGURE 19-1: Font Book in List view.
FIGURE 19-2: After displaying a font, you can switch between Specimen view and ...
FIGURE 19-3: A sample Microsoft Word document open in TextEdit.
FIGURE 19-4: The same Microsoft Word document open in the Pages app.
FIGURE 19-5: Select your printer on the Default tab of the Add Printer dialog.
FIGURE 19-6: Select a suitable driver in the Printer Software dialog.
FIGURE 19-7: In the Setting Up [printer name] dialog, select or deselect the ch...
FIGURE 19-8: The printer appears in the Printers & Scanners pane of System Sett...
FIGURE 19-9: In the Printer Sharing dialog, choose which users can print to you...
FIGURE 19-10: The Page Setup dialog in the TextEdit app.
FIGURE 19-11: A basic Print dialog. This one is from TextEdit, as you can tell ...
Chapter 20
FIGURE 20-1: Three windows, the menu bar, and the Dock in Dark mode (top) and L...
FIGURE 20-2: The Categories tab lets you drill down into nearly two dozen categ...
FIGURE 20-3: If the app supports Continuity Camera, the contextual menu contain...
FIGURE 20-4: Your iPhone or iPad captures the page automatically (left). Drag t...
FIGURE 20-5: The microphone icon for Dictation.
FIGURE 20-6: The Dictation Commands sheet displaying some things your Mac will ...
FIGURE 20-7: Use the Voice Control menu to wake up Voice Control and put it bac...
FIGURE 20-8: Handoff enables your Mac to pick up an active app from your iPhone...
FIGURE 20-9: Enable and configure Universal Control in the Advanced dialog for ...
FIGURE 20-10: In the Displays pane, click + and choose the iPad or Mac from the...
FIGURE 20-11: In the Arrange Displays dialog, identify the display you want to ...
FIGURE 20-12: Use the Screen Mirroring menu on the menu bar to switch between u...
FIGURE 20-13: Click Disconnect in the Displays pane of System Settings to disco...
Chapter 21
FIGURE 21-1: The Time Machine pane of System Settings and the Time Machine menu...
FIGURE 21-2: The Time Machine app is ready to restore an image file in Finder.
FIGURE 21-3: In the Automatic Updates dialog, choose which updates to install a...
FIGURE 21-4: Choose between allowing your iCloud account to unlock FileVault an...
Chapter 22
FIGURE 22-1: Any of these warnings means that it’s troubleshooting time.
FIGURE 22-2: If your disk is getting full, use the Storage recommendations to f...
Chapter 24
FIGURE 24-1: Calculator (left), Convert menu (middle), and Paper Tape (right).
FIGURE 24-2: The Activity Monitor window, two little CPU monitors, and the Acti...
FIGURE 24-3: Add a URL to the keychain manually by using Keychain Access.
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Introduction
Looks like you’ve made three good choices: You have a Mac, macOS Sonoma (aka macOS version 14), and this book. If you’re brand-new to the Mac, you’re all set to start enjoying computing with the finest operating system on the planet. If you’ve been using your Mac and macOS for a while, you’re ready to start enjoying using them even more. Sure, this book is a computer book, but it’s not one of those dull books best suited to serve as a doorstop; it’s one that makes discovering the ins and outs of macOS Sonoma easy and even fun!
About This Book
macOS Sonoma For Dummies is the latest revision of the best-selling book by legendary Mac maven Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus, technology columnist at the Houston Chronicle. The book has been completely updated for macOS Sonoma to cover all the latest features — such as desktop widgets, Safari profiles, and web apps — and everything else that has changed. This edition combines all the old, familiar features of dozens of previous editions with the very latest information on Macs and macOS Sonoma.
Why write a For Dummies book about macOS Sonoma? Well, Sonoma is a big, somewhat complicated, personal-computer operating system. So macOS Sonoma For Dummies, a not-so-big, not-too-complicated book, shows you what Sonoma is all about without boring you to tears or poking you with sharp objects.
This book is chock-full of information and advice, explaining everything you need to know about macOS Sonoma in easy-to-understand language — along with time-saving tips, tricks, techniques, and step-by-step instructions. I feel confident that you’ll find what you need to know about using macOS Sonoma in this book.
Still, a book this size can’t explain everything you might want to know about an operating system the size of macOS Sonoma and the apps that run on it. If you’re looking for information on topics such as Microsoft Office, Apple’s lifestyle and productivity apps (such as iMovie, GarageBand, Numbers, and Pages), or programming, I recommend you look at other books published by Wiley. The Wiley website (https://www.wiley.com/) is the best place to start.
Within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in print and want to visit one of these webpages, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, as though the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading it as an ebook, you’ve got it easy: Just click or tap the web address to be taken directly to the webpage.
Foolish Assumptions
Although I know what happens when you make assumptions, I’ve made a few anyway. I assume that you, gentle reader, know nothing about using macOS — beyond knowing what a Mac is, that you want to use macOS, that you want to understand macOS without having to digest an incomprehensible technical manual, and that you made the right choice by selecting this particular book. So I do my best to explain each new concept fully.
Icons Used in This Book
Little pictures (icons) appear to the side of text throughout this book. Consider these icons to be miniature road signs, telling you a little something extra about the topic at hand. Here’s what the icons look like and what they mean.
Look for Tip icons to find the juiciest morsels: shortcuts, tips, and undocumented secrets about Sonoma. Try them all; impress your friends!
When you see this icon, it means that this particular morsel is something you may want to memorize (or at least write on your shirt cuff).
Put on your propeller-beanie hat and pocket protector; these tidbits include the truly geeky stuff. They’re certainly not required reading, but they’ll help you grasp the background, get the bigger picture, or both.
Read these notes very carefully. Warning icons flag important cautionary information that could save you any amount of grief.
This icon highlights things new and different in macOS Sonoma.
App icons (such as the Launchpad icon shown here) and interface icons show you key items that you’ll be clicking, dragging, and otherwise interacting with.
Beyond the Book
In addition to what you’re reading right now, this book comes with a free access-anywhere cheat sheet that provides handy shortcuts for use with macOS Sonoma, offers recommendations for backing up your Mac to avoid losing data, and more. To get this cheat sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and type macOS Sonoma For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the Search box.
Where to Go from Here
The first few chapters of this book explain the basic things you need to understand to operate your Mac effectively. If you’re new to Macs and macOS Sonoma, start there.
Although macOS Sonoma looks slightly different from previous versions, it largely works the same as always. The first part of the book presents concepts so basic that if you’ve been using a Mac for long, you may think you know it all — and okay, you might know some (or most) of it. But remember that not-so-old-timers need a solid foundation, too. So skim the stuff you already know, and you’ll get to the better stuff soon enough.
Enough of the introduction. Turn the page, and let’s get started!
Part 1
Getting Started with macOS
IN THIS PART …
Master the basics, from starting your Mac to shutting it down.
Get a gentle introduction to Finder and its desktop.
Make the Dock work harder for you.
Find everything you need to know about Sonoma’s windows, icons, and menus.
Discover a plethora of Finder tips and tricks to make life with macOS even easier (and more fulfilling).
Wrangle System Settings to make your Mac easier to use.
Chapter 1
macOS Sonoma 101 (Prerequisites: None)
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding what an operating system is and is not
Turning your Mac on and off
Setting up Sonoma
Logging in to macOS
Meeting the desktop
Pointing, clicking, and dragging
Putting your Mac to sleep and shutting it down
Taking care of your Mac
Getting help from your Mac
So you’re the proud owner of a Mac running macOS Sonoma? Great choice! Your Mac gives you powerful hardware in a sleek package, and Sonoma — macOS version 14, if you’re feeling formal — puts an intuitive and easy-to-use interface on Unix, the best industrial-strength operating system in the world.
In this chapter, we’ll make sure you’re set up to put your Mac and macOS to good use. We’ll start by taking a quick look at what macOS actually does, although I bet you already have a fair idea. We’ll then move along to getting started by the numbers: turning on your Mac, going through the setup routine if it’s a new Mac or a new install, logging in, and meeting the desktop. We’ll review how to use your mouse or trackpad. We’ll go through a few essentials of treating your Mac well and avoiding avoidable damage. Last, we’ll look at how to get help on Macs, macOS, and apps.
If your Mac is all set up and you’re comfortable with start-up, login, navigation, and shutdown, feel free to skip this chapter and move ahead to whichever chapter will most benefit you immediately.
Before we start, a quick word about macOS version numbers and version names …
Each version of macOS has both a version number and a version name. This book covers macOS version 14, whose version name is Sonoma. Most people prefer the version names because they’re easier to remember.
What about previous versions? Well, macOS version 13 was Ventura, version 12 was Monterey, version 11 was Big Sur, version 10.15 was Catalina, 10.14 was Mojave, 10.13 was High Sierra, and 10.12 was Sierra. Before that, Apple called the operating system “OS X” (with the X pronounced “ten”) rather than “macOS.” OS X version 10.11 was El Capitan, 10.10 was Yosemite, 10.9 was Mavericks, 10.8 was Mountain Lion, 10.7 was Lion, 10.6 was Snow Leopard, 10.5 was Leopard, 10.4 was Tiger, 10.3 was Panther, 10.2 was Jaguar, 10.1 was Puma, and 10.0 was Cheetah.
Okay, What Does macOS Do?
The operating system (that is, the OS part of macOS) is what makes your Mac a Mac. Without it, your Mac is nothing but a pile of silicon and circuits — no smarter than a toaster.
The OS controls the basic and most important functions of your computer. In the case of macOS and your Mac, the operating system
Manages memory
Controls how windows, icons, and menus work
Keeps track of files
Manages networking and security
Does housekeeping (but only its own — not yours)
Other forms of software, such as word processors and web browsers, rely on the OS to create and maintain the environment in which they work. When you create a memo, for example, the word processor provides the tools for you to type and format the information and save it in a file. In the background, the OS is the muscle for the word processor, performing the following crucial functions:
Providing the mechanism for drawing and moving the on-screen window in which you write the memo
Keeping track of the file when you save it
Helping the word processor create drop-down menus and dialogs for you to interact with
Communicating with other programs
There’s much, much more — but you get the idea.
Turning On Your Mac
No great surprises here: You turn on your Mac by pressing the power button — once you find it. Here’s where to look:
MacBook:
At the upper-right corner of the keyboard
iMac:
At the back of the screen, lower-left corner or lower-right corner
Mac mini, Mac Studio:
At the back of the enclosure
Mac Pro:
On the front panel
The power button usually looks like the little circle icon you see in the margin — but on some Mac models, the power button doubles as the Touch ID button for authenticating you via your fingerprint and doesn’t show the icon.
What you should see on start-up
When you turn on your Mac, the Mac powers up, checks the hardware, and then loads macOS. While loading macOS, the Mac displays a white Apple logo in the middle of the screen, as shown in the margin here.
If you need to set up macOS Sonoma, the setup routine begins automatically. See the following section, “Setting Up macOS Sonoma.” Otherwise (assuming Sonoma has already been set up), the login screen appears, and you can log in. See the section “Logging In,” later in this chapter.
What you may see if things go wrong
If something is wrong with your Mac, you may see any of the following on start-up:
Blue/black/gray screen of death:
If any of your hardware fails when it’s tested, you may see a blue, black, or gray screen
.
See
Chapter 22
for moves to try to get your Mac well again. Failing those, it may need repairs. If your computer is under warranty, set up a Genius Bar appointment at your nearest Apple Store or dial 1-800-SOS-APPL, and a customer-service person can tell you what to do.
Prohibitory sign or flashing question mark in a folder: These icons mean that your Mac can’t find a start-up disk, hard drive, USB thumb drive, or network server containing a valid Mac operating system. See Chapter 22 for ways to ease your Mac’s ills.
Kernel panic:
You may occasionally see a block of text in several languages, including English, as shown in
Figure 1-1
. This means that your Mac has experienced a
kernel panic,
the most severe type of system crash. Restart your Mac (there’s no other choice). If either of these messages recurs, see
Chapter 22
for advice.
FIGURE 1-1: If you’re seeing something like this, consult Chapter 22 for suggestions.
Okay, assuming you’re not seeing any of the above nasties, let’s return to our scheduled programming: first, setup (if your Mac needs it), and then login.
Setting Up macOS Sonoma
If your Mac is new, or if you’ve just installed Sonoma from scratch rather than upgrading to it from an earlier version of macOS, you’ll need to run through a setup routine. The following list explains the main steps:
Specify your country or region.
On the Select Your Country or Region screen, click your country, and then click the Continue button.
Choose Accessibility features.
On the Accessibility screen, set up any accessibility features you need by clicking the Vision button, the Motor button, the Hearing button, or the Cognitive button, and then working through the resulting screens. You can set up most accessibility features at this point if you know that you or other users of the Mac will need them. However, you may find it better to set up only those features that you need now to help you complete the setup routine, and then configure other accessibility features after setup. If you don’t need to set up any accessibility features now, click the Not Now button to move right along.
Connect to a Wi-Fi network. On the Select Your Wi-Fi Network screen, click the network you want your Mac to use, and then type the network password in the Password box. Once the connection is established, click the Continue button.
If your Mac has an Ethernet port that is connected to your wired network via a cable, you won’t need to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
Read about data and privacy.
On the Data & Privacy screen, read the information, and click the Learn More link if you want to learn more. Click the Continue button when you’re ready to move along.
Choose whether to transfer your data to this Mac.
On the Migration Assistant screen, select the From a Mac, Time Machine Backup or Startup Disk option button if you want to transfer data from one of these Mac-based sources; or select the From a Windows PC option button if you want to transfer data from a PC; and then click the Continue button and follow the prompts to specify the data. If you don’t want to transfer data at all, or you want to transfer it later, click the Not Now button.
Sign in using your Apple ID.
On the Sign In with Your Apple ID screen, type the email address associated with your Apple ID. Enter the password, and then click the Continue button.
Accept the Terms and Conditions.
On the Terms and Conditions screen, read the terms and conditions. If you want to proceed, click the Agree button, and then click the Agree button again in the confirmation dialog.
Read the Find My information.
On the Find My screen, read how the Find My feature helps you retrieve your Mac when it goes missing and protects your Mac with Activation Lock. Click the Continue button to proceed.
Choose whether to enable Location Services.
On the Enable Location Services screen, select the Enable Location Services on This Mac check box if you want to turn on Location Services, which tell apps like Maps and services like Spotlight Suggestions where your Mac is located. Once more, click the Continue button to proceed.
Choose whether to share your Analytics information.
On the Analytics screen, choose whether to share your analytics data with Apple and with app developers. This is a public-spirited action that helps Apple and the developers improve their software, and Apple anonymizes the data so that it cannot come back to haunt you. Click the Continue button to move along.
Choose whether to enable Screen Time. On the Screen Time screen, read the details of the Screen Time feature, which enables you to set usage limits for the Mac for yourself and other users. Click the Continue button if you want to enable Screen Time now; if not, click the Set Up Later button.
The setup routine presents Screen Time with the implication it’s something you should want to use. Screen Time can certainly be useful, especially if you need a commitment device to limit your Mac usage in certain ways (such as setting time limits on social media) or you need to manage family members’ usage. But if your Mac is yours alone and you don’t need or want Screen Time, don’t set it up. Screen Time is not a notorious resource hog, but it certainly doesn’t make your Mac run faster.
Choose whether to enable Ask Siri.
On the Siri screen, select or clear the Enable Ask Siri check box, as needed, and then click the Continue button. If you enable Ask Siri, choose a voice on the Select a Siri Voice screen. Click the Continue button to keep moving along.
Choose whether to set up Touch ID.
If your MacBook or your Mac’s keyboard includes a Touch ID fingerprint reader, set up Touch ID fingerprint recognition by clicking the Continue button on the Touch ID screen, and then following the prompts. If you prefer to set up Touch ID later, click the Set Up Touch ID Later link.
Choose Light Mode, Dark Mode, or Auto Mode.
On the Choose Your Look screen, click the Light button, the Dark button, or the Auto button, as needed. Auto Mode switches between light and dark to match the time of day in your current location. Click the Continue button one final time.
The setup routine finishes, and your desktop appears. Move on to the section “Meeting the macOS Desktop,” later in this chapter.
Logging In
After starting up successfully, macOS displays the login screen. Figure 1-2 shows an example of the login screen with four user accounts set up on the Mac. As you can see, the user accounts appear at the bottom of the screen.
FIGURE 1-2: On the login screen, click your username. You may sometimes need to change the input language.
Click your username to display the Enter Password field (see Figure 1-3), type your password, and then press Return or click the little right-arrow-in-a-circle to the right of the password. The arrow appears once you’ve typed something in the Enter Password field.
FIGURE 1-3: Type your password, and then press Enter or click the arrow.
Login should be straightforward, provided that you know your password and can type it without mistakes (and without seeing the characters). But there are three things that might trip you up:
Caps Lock or Num Lock is enabled.
If Caps Lock or Num Lock is enabled on the keyboard, your password likely won’t match. The login screen may or may not show a warning that Caps Lock or Num Lock is on. If in doubt, look at the keyboard to see if there’s a status light showing that Caps Lock or Num Lock is on.
The keyboard is set to a different layout.
Look at the readout in the upper-right corner of the screen to make sure the keyboard is set to the appropriate layout, such as U.S. If not, click the readout, and then choose the right layout on the menu that appears. This problem occurs only when you’ve set up the Mac to use multiple layouts, such as the U.S. layout and the Dvorak layout.
Your Bluetooth keyboard isn’t connected or isn’t working.
If you’re using a Bluetooth keyboard, make sure it’s showing its usual lights. If not, try connecting the keyboard via USB (if it supports that) or using a different keyboard.
If you don’t want to type your password every time you start or restart your Mac, you can set up automatic login. Full disclosure: This is almost never wise, but some people find it useful. See Chapter 20 for details.
Meeting the macOS Desktop
Once you’ve logged in, the macOS desktop appears. Figure 1-4 shows how the desktop looks before you customize it. The desktop is mostly empty space at first, so for visual interest, this figure also shows the About This Mac window, whose macOS readout shows the version of macOS your Mac is running — Sonoma 14.0 in this example. To open this window, click the icon in the upper-left corner of the screen, and then click the About This Mac command on the menu that opens. To close the window, click the red button in its upper-left corner.
Here are the elements you see in the figure:
Apple menu:
This menu always appears at the left end of the menu bar. It gives you access to essential system commands, including Sleep, Restart, Shut Down, and Log Out.
FIGURE 1-4: The default desktop with the About This Mac window open.
Menu bar:
This bar appears across the top of the screen and displays the menus for the active app. In
Figure 1-4
, the active app is Finder, the macOS file-management app.
Chapters 4
and
5
dig into Finder in depth.
Wallpaper: This is the background that appears on the desktop. macOS includes a wide range of wallpapers, but you can also use your own pictures.
Wallpaper — on the desktop? If the term seems strange — yes, it is. OS X and earlier versions of macOS used to call the wallpaper the “desktop background,” but Apple switched to “wallpaper” a few years ago to make macOS more like iOS and iPadOS, which use the term “wallpaper” for the background on the iPhone and iPad.
Close button:
You click this button to close the window on which it appears.
A window:
Most apps and features appear in separate windows on the desktop. You can reposition windows as needed.
Chapter 2
tells you what you need to know about windows.
Menus:
These little menus identified by icons appear on the right side of the menu bar and give you quick access to frequently used features, such as Wi-Fi and Spotlight Search.
Control Center:
This menu opens the Control Center panel, which lets you quickly control important settings, such as display brightness and sound volume.
Siri:
This menu enables you to trigger the Siri virtual assistant with a click of your mouse or trackpad.
Clock:
This readout shows the day, date, and time but also gives you access to the Notification Center panel, which contains a variety of widgets.
Dock:
This feature gives you access to all your running apps and enables you to launch other apps whose icons appear here.
Chapter 3
gives you the lowdown on the Dock.
Pointing, Clicking, and More
Now that you’ve got the macOS desktop on your screen, let’s take a minute to make sure we’re clear on pointing and all the different forms of clicking. Here are the terms and what they mean:
Point: Before you can click or press anything, point to it. Place your hand on your mouse, and move it so that the pointer arrow is over the object, such as an icon or a button.
If you’re using a trackpad, slide your finger lightly across the pad until the pointer arrow is over the object.
Click: Also called single click. Use your index finger to push the mouse button (or the left mouse button if your mouse has more than one) down and then let it come back up. Usually the button will make a clicking sound. Use a single click to select an icon, press a button, or activate a check box or window.
In other words, first you point and then you click — point and click, in computer lingo.
If you’re using a trackpad, press down on it to click. You can also configure the trackpad so that you can tap to click; see Chapter 6.
Double-click:Click twice in rapid succession. You double-click to open a folder or to launch a file or app.
Trackpad users: Press down on the pad two times in rapid succession. If you've enabled Tap to Click, you can double-tap to double-click. Again, see Chapter 6.
Control-click or right-click: Also called secondary click, this click displays the contextual menu or shortcut menu for the object you click — a menu that contains commands related to that object. Early Mac mice had only a single button, so to issue the secondary click, you would hold down the Control key on the keyboard while clicking. You can still use this method if you like, even if your mouse bristles with buttons; but usually it’s easier to click with the secondary mouse button. Usually, this is the right button — hence the term right-click.
On the trackpad, either hold down the Control key while you press down on the trackpad with one finger, or tap the trackpad with two fingers without holding down the Control key.
If tapping your trackpad with two fingers didn’t bring up a little menu, check your Trackpad pane in System Settings (see Chapter 6).
Drag:
Dragging
something usually means you have to click it first and hold down the mouse or trackpad button to keep hold of the object. Then you move the mouse (or your finger on the trackpad) so that the pointer and the selected object move across the screen to the object’s destination, at which point you release the mouse button or trackpad button to drop the object. This technique is often called
drag-and-drop
.
Wiggle (or jiggle):
If you lose the pointer on your screen, just wiggle your mouse back and forth (or jiggle your finger back and forth on the trackpad) for a few seconds. The pointer magically gets much bigger, making it easier to see. When you stop wiggling or jiggling, the pointer returns to its normal size.
Choose an item from a menu:
To get to macOS menu commands, you open a menu and then choose the option you want. Click the menu name to open the menu, and then click the command you want. When the menu is open, you can also type the first letter or letters of the item to select it, and then press the spacebar or Return to execute the command.
You can also use the menus a different way. Move the pointer over the menu’s name, and then click to open the menu. Keep holding down the button and drag downward until you select the command you want. When the command is highlighted, let go of the button to execute the command. Some people find this method preferable, but even if you don’t, it can come in handy. For example, you may realize mid-click that the pointer is pointing at the wrong menu item. To fix that, hold the click down, move the pointer to the right menu item, and then release the click.
The terms given in the preceding list apply to all Macs — both MacBooks and Mac desktop systems. If you use a trackpad with your Mac, you'll want to add a few more terms — such as tap, swipe, rotate, pinch, and spread — to your lexicon. You can read all about them in Chapters 2 and 11.
Putting Your Mac to Sleep and Shutting It Down
When you’ve finished using your Mac for now, you can put it to sleep or shut it down. If you’re planning to use your Mac again in the near future, as will usually be the case, put it to sleep. But if you’re not intending to use your Mac for several days, shutting down is the better choice.
If you have a MacBook, and it will be enclosed in a bag or briefcase for more than a few hours, turn it off. Otherwise, it could overheat — even in Sleep mode.
Putting your Mac to sleep
When you put your Mac to sleep, it goes into a state in which it consumes only minimal amounts of electricity but from which it can usually be ready to use in a few seconds when you wake it.
To put your Mac to sleep, choose ⇒ Sleep. To wake it, press any key on the keyboard or click the mouse or trackpad.
You can put a MacBook to sleep by closing its lid and wake it (you’ve guessed!) by opening the lid.
