Teach Yourself VISUALLY macOS High Sierra E-Book

Paul McFedries

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Seitenzahl: 280

Beschreibung

Take a guided tour of macOS High Sierra and discover just how much your Mac can do Teach Yourself VISUALLY macOS High Sierra is the perfect introduction to Apple's operating system. With clear, step-by-step instructions and plenty of rich visuals, it walks you through the new macOS High Sierra and demonstrates the essential tasks you need to know. You'll learn how to manipulate Preferences to customize your experience, make the most of your digital media, and streamline your workflow while having a little fun. You'll tour Photos, Messages, and Notifications, and get acquainted with Mission Control, the App Store, and Siri. New Mac users will appreciate the straightforward instruction, while veteran users will enjoy getting up to speed on the latest features introduced or upgraded in macOS High Sierra. macOS High Sierra is the latest incarnation of Apple's macOS, boasting elegant new visuals, several new features, and more seamless integration of Mac and iOS devices. If you use a Mac, you're going to want a guided tour that shows you just what macOS can do for you. Teach Yourself VISUALLY macOS High Sierra is your go-to guide, from the fundamentals to the neat little tricks that make the Mac experience something far beyond computing. * Edit and enhance photos with the powerful new tools on the Photos app * Browse the web safely with Safari's new privacy features * Share files quickly and easily using iCloud Drive * Use Siri to accomplish more in less time Like any computer, your Mac is a tool. And like any tool, the more you know about it, the more you get out of it. Discover the beauty, simplicity, and sheer functionality that millions already enjoy--and get ready to master your Mac with Teach Yourself VISUALLY macOS High Sierra.

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About the Author

Paul McFedries is a full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring computer books since 1991, and he has more than 90 books to his credit. Paul’s books have sold more than four million copies worldwide. These books include the Wiley titles Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2016, The Facebook Guide for People Over 50, and iPhone Portable Genius. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (www.wordspy.com), a website that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the language. Paul invites you to drop by his personal website at www.mcfedries.com and follow him on Twitter @paulmcf or @wordspy.

Author’s Acknowledgments

It goes without saying that writers focus on text, and I certainly enjoyed focusing on the text that you’ll read in this book. However, this book is more than just the usual collection of words and phrases. A quick thumb-through the pages will show you that this book is also chock full of images, from sharp screenshots to fun and informative illustrations. Those colorful images sure make for a beautiful book, and that beauty comes from a lot of hard work by Wiley’s immensely talented group of designers and layout artists. I thank them for creating another gem. Of course, what you read in this book must also be accurate, logically presented, and free of errors. Ensuring all of this was an excellent group of editors that included project editor Sarah Hellert, copy editor Scott Tullis, and technical editor Galen Gruman. Thanks to all of you for your exceptional competence and hard work. Thanks, as well, to Wiley executive editor Jody Lefevere for asking me to write this book.

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Who This Book Is For

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Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ macOS High Sierra™

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Chapter 1: Learning Basic macOS Tasks

Start an Application

Start an Application Using Launchpad

Locate the Mouse Pointer

Switch Between Applications

View Running Applications with Mission Control

Run an Application Full Screen

Split the Screen with Two Applications

Search Your Mac

Voice-Operate Your Mac with Siri

Save a Document

Open a Document

Print a Document

Copy a File

Move a File

Rename a File

Delete a File

Open a Folder in a Tab

Open a Document in a Tab

Chapter 2: Browsing the Web

Open a Web Page in a Tab

Navigate Web Pages

Navigate with the History List

Change Your Home Page

Bookmark Web Pages

Pin a Web Page Tab

Set the Default Zoom Level for a Website

Mute a Web Page Tab

Control Automatic Media Playback for a Website

Display a Web Page Video as Picture-in-Picture

Search for Sites

Download a File

View a Page Without Distracting Features

Create a Web Page Reading List

Chapter 3: Communicating via Email

Add an Email Account

Send an Email Message

Add a File Attachment

Add a Signature Block

Receive and Read Email Messages

Reply to a Message

Forward a Message

Open and Save an Attachment

Create a Mailbox for Saving Messages

Add Events and Contacts from a Message

Process Messages Using Gestures

Chapter 4: Enhancing Online Privacy

Delete a Site from Your Browsing History

Ask Websites Not to Track You

Install and Use a Content Blocker

Remove Saved Website Data

Enable Private Browsing

Delete a Saved Website Password

Delete Saved Credit Card Data

Move Spam to the Junk Mailbox Automatically

Configure Advanced Junk Mail Filtering

Disable Remote Images

Chapter 5: Talking via Messages and FaceTime

Sign In to Messages

Send a Message

Send a File in a Message

Sign In to FaceTime

Connect Through FaceTime

Chapter 6: Tracking Contacts and Events

Add a New Contact

Edit a Contact

Create a Contact Group

Navigate the Calendar

Create an Event

Create a Repeating Event

Send or Respond to an Event Invitation

Chapter 7: Playing and Organizing Music

Understanding the iTunes Library

Navigate the iTunes Window

Play a Song

Create a Playlist

Purchase Music from the iTunes Store

Apply Parental Controls

Subscribe to a Podcast

Chapter 8: Learning Useful macOS Tasks

Integrate macOS and Your iPhone or iPad

Using Handoff to Switch Between a Device and macOS

Install a Program Using the App Store

Write a Note

Enhance Notes with Attachments

Create a Reminder

Create a New Reminder List

Work with the Notification Center

Organize Files with Tags

Search Files with Tags

Search for a Location

Get Directions to a Location

Install a Font

Access Non-Keyboard Characters

Chapter 9: Connecting to Social Networks

Sign In to Your Facebook Account

Post to Facebook

Publish a Photos Album to Facebook

Sign In to Your Twitter Account

Send a Tweet

Connect to Your LinkedIn Account

Post to LinkedIn

Update Your Social Network Profile Picture

Connect to Your Flickr Account

Send Photos to Flickr

Set Up Your Vimeo Account

Send a Video to Vimeo

Share Information with Other People

Chapter 10: Viewing and Editing Photos and Videos

View a Preview of a Photo

View a Slideshow of Your Photos

Import Photos from a Digital Camera

View Your Photos

Create an Album

Crop a Photo

Rotate a Photo

Enhance a Photo with a Filter

Straighten a Photo

Remove Red Eye from a Photo

Add Names to Faces in Your Photos

Mark Your Favorite Photos

Set an Album’s Key Photo

Email a Photo

Take Your Picture

Play Digital Video with QuickTime Player

Chapter 11: Securing macOS

Change Your Password

Require a Password on Waking

Disable Automatic Logins

Configure App Downloads

Turn On the Firewall

Configure Location Services

Enable the Guest User Account

Chapter 12: Customizing macOS

Display System Preferences

Change the Desktop Background

Set Your Mac’s Sleep Options

Change the Display Resolution and Brightness

Create an App Folder in Launchpad

Add a User Account

Customize the Dock

Add an Icon to the Dock

Hide the Dock

Add a Widget to the Notification Center

Extend the Desktop Across Multiple Displays

Customize the Share Menu

Customize Siri

Customize the Mouse and Trackpad

Chapter 13: Maintaining macOS

Empty the Trash

Organize Your Desktop

Check Hard Drive Free Space

Uninstall Unused Applications

Force a Stuck Application to Close

Configure Time Machine Backups

Restore an Earlier Version of a File

Restore Files Using Time Machine

Recondition Your Mac Notebook Battery

Restart Your Mac

Chapter 14: Working with iCloud

Create an Apple ID

Set Up iCloud Synchronization

Generate a Website Password

Activate and Configure iCloud Drive

Manage Your iCloud Storage

Set Up Family Sharing

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

Chapter 15: Networking with macOS

Understanding Networking

Connect a Bluetooth Device

Connect to a Wireless Network

Connect to a Network Resource

Turn On File and Printer Sharing

Share a Folder

Share a Printer

Add a Shared Printer

View macOS on Your TV

End User License Agreement

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Chapter 1

Learning Basic macOS Tasks

macOS has a few basic tasks that you need to know to make the rest of your Mac chores faster and easier. These chores include starting and managing applications, searching your Mac for documents and data, saving your work, and fundamental file operations such as opening, printing, and copying.

Start an Application

Start an Application Using Launchpad

Locate the Mouse Pointer

Switch Between Applications

View Running Applications with Mission Control

Run an Application Full Screen

Split the Screen with Two Applications

Search Your Mac

Voice-Operate Your Mac with Siri

Save a Document

Open a Document

Print a Document

Copy a File

Move a File

Rename a File

Delete a File

Open a Folder in a Tab

Open a Document in a Tab

Start an Application

To perform tasks of any kind in macOS, you use one of the applications installed on your Mac. The application you use depends on the task you want to perform. For example, if you want to surf the World Wide Web, you use a web browser application, such as the Safari program that comes with macOS. Before you can use an application, however, you must first tell macOS what application you want to run. macOS launches the application and displays it on the desktop. You can then use the application’s tools to perform your tasks.

Start an Application

Using the Dock

If the application that you want to start has an icon in the Dock, click the icon to start the application.

You can position the mouse pointer () over a Dock icon to see the name of the application.

Using Spotlight

Click Spotlight ().

Start typing the name of the application you want to start.

macOS displays a list of matching items.

When the application appears in the results, click it to start the program.

Using Finder

Click Finder ().

The Finder window appears.

Click Applications.

Note: You can also open Applications in any Finder window by pressing  +  +  or by clicking Go and then clicking Applications.

Double-click the application you want to start.

Note: In some cases, double-clicking the icon just displays the contents of a folder. In this case, you then double-click the application icon.

The application appears on the desktop.

macOS temporarily adds an icon for the application to the Dock.

The menu bar displays the menus associated with the application.

Note: Another common way you can launch an application is to use Finder to locate a document you want to work with and then double-click that document.

Tips

How do I add an icon to the Dock for an application I use frequently?

To add an icon to the Dock, repeat steps 1 to 3 in the subsection “Using Finder.” Right-click the application’s Dock icon, click Options, and then click Keep in Dock.

How do I shut down a running application?

To shut down a running application, right-click the application’s Dock icon and then click Quit. Alternatively, you can switch to the application and press  + .

Start an Application Using Launchpad

You can start an application using the Launchpad feature. This is often faster than using the Applications folder, particularly for applications that do not have a Dock icon.

Launchpad is designed to mimic the Home screens of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. So if you own one or more of these devices, then you are already familiar with how Launchpad works.

Start an Application Using Launchpad

Click Launchpad ().

The Launchpad screen appears.

If the application you want to start resides in a different Launchpad screen, click the dot that corresponds to the screen.

Launchpad switches to the screen and displays the applications.

If the application you want to start resides within a folder, click the folder.

Launchpad opens the folder.

Click the icon of the application you want to start.

macOS starts the application.

Note: To exit Launchpad without starting an application, you can press .

Locate the Mouse Pointer

Your Mac includes a feature that helps you locate the mouse pointer. This is useful because although you can control certain features of macOS using the keyboard or by using gestures on a trackpad or similar device, most macOS tasks require the mouse or trackpad. Clicking, double-clicking, dragging, and other standard mouse techniques make using macOS easy and efficient, but not if you have trouble locating the mouse pointer. This can happen very easily if your screen is crowded with windows.

Locate the Mouse Pointer

Jiggle the pointer several times:

If you have a mouse, you can move the mouse quickly back and forth.

If you have a trackpad or a Magic Mouse, you can slide your finger quickly back and forth on the surface of the trackpad or the top of the Magic Mouse.

macOS temporarily increases the size of the mouse pointer ().

Switch Between Applications

If you plan on running multiple applications at the same time, you need to know how to easily switch from one application to another. In macOS, after you start one application, you do not need to close that application before you open another one. macOS supports a feature called multitasking, which means running two or more applications simultaneously. This is handy if you need to use several applications throughout the day.

Switch Between Applications

Click the Dock icon of the application you want to switch to.

Note: If you can see part of the application’s window, you can also switch to the application by clicking its window.

macOS brings the application window(s) to the foreground.

The menu bar displays the menus associated with the application.

Note: To switch between applications from the keyboard, press and hold and repeatedly press until the application that you want is highlighted in the list of running applications. Release to switch to the application.

View Running Applications with Mission Control

The Mission Control feature makes it easier for you to navigate and locate your running applications. macOS allows you to open multiple applications simultaneously, and the only real limit to the number of open applications you can have is the amount of memory contained in your Mac. In practical terms, this means you can easily open several applications, some of which may have multiple open windows. To help locate and navigate to the window you need, use the Mission Control feature.

View Running Applications with Mission Control

Click Launchpad ().

Click Mission Control.

Note: You can also invoke Mission Control by pressing or by placing four fingers on the trackpad of your Mac and then swiping up.

Mission Control displays each open window.

To switch to a particular window, you can click it.

To close Mission Control without selecting a window, you can click Desktop or press .

Run an Application Full Screen

You can maximize the viewing and working areas of an application by running that application in full-screen mode. When you switch to full-screen mode, macOS hides the menu bar, the application’s status bar, the Dock, and the top section of the application window (the section that includes the Close, Minimize, and Zoom buttons). macOS then expands the rest of the application window so that it takes up the entire screen. Note that not all programs are capable of switching to full-screen mode.

Run an Application Full Screen

Click View.

Click Enter Full Screen.

You can also press  +  + .

In applications that support Full Screen, you can also click Zoom ().

macOS expands the application window to take up the entire screen.

Note: To exit full-screen mode, move the mouse pointer () up to the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar, click View, and then click Exit Full Screen. You can also click Zoom (), press , or press  +  + .

Split the Screen with Two Applications

You can make your macOS desktop more convenient and more efficient by splitting the screen with two application windows. This is called Split View and it means that macOS switches to full-screen mode, where one application window takes up the left side of the desktop, and a second application window takes up the right side of the desktop. With these windows arranged side by side, the content of both windows remains visible at all times, so you can easily refer to one window while working in the other.

Split the Screen with Two Applications

Click and hold Zoom ().

macOS displays a blue background to show you where the application window will reside.

Release the mouse.

macOS moves the application window to the left side.

To move the window to the right side, you can drag the mouse pointer () to the right. When the blue background switches to the right side, release the mouse.

macOS activates Split View and displays the application in the half of the screen you selected.

macOS displays thumbnail versions of the other open windows. (Applications already in full-screen windows are not available for Split View.)

Click a window.

macOS displays the window in the other half of the screen.

Note: To exit Split View, move the mouse pointer () to the top of the screen for either application window, click View, and then click Exit Full Screen. You can also click Zoom (), press , or press  +  + .

Search Your Mac

You can save time and make your Mac easier to use by learning how to search for the apps, settings, or files that you need.

After you have used your Mac for a while and have created many documents, you might have trouble locating a specific file. You can save a great deal of time by using the macOS Spotlight search feature to search for your document. You can also use Spotlight to search for apps as well as information from the Internet, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and more. Alternatively, you can use Finder’s Search box to search just your Mac.

Search Your Mac

Search with Spotlight

Click Spotlight ().

You can also press  + .

The Spotlight window appears.

Type a word or short phrase that represents the item or information you want to locate.

As you type, Spotlight displays the Mac and online items that match your search text.

Click the item you want to view or work with.

macOS opens the item.

Search Your Mac

Click Finder ().

If you want to search within a specific folder, open that folder.

Click inside the Search box.

Type a word or short phrase that represents the item you want to locate.

As you type, Spotlight displays the items that match your search text.

If you are searching a specific folder, you can click This Mac to switch to searching your entire Mac.

Click the item you want to work with.

macOS opens the item.

Tip

Can I remove item types from the Spotlight search results?

Yes. Spotlight supports a number of different categories, such as Applications, Documents, and Contacts. If there are categories that you never search for, such as system preferences or movies, you should remove them to make it easier to navigate the Spotlight search results.

To remove one or more categories from the Spotlight results, click System Preferences () in the Dock and then click Spotlight. In the Search Results pane, click the check box beside each category you want to remove ( changes to ).

Voice-Operate Your Mac with Siri

If your Mac comes with a built-in microphone or if you have connected a headset or microphone to your Mac, you can use the Siri voice-activated assistant to control macOS. You can use Siri to search your Mac, search the web, and start apps. You can also use Siri to run commands within certain apps. For example, you can use Siri to schedule appointments, start an email, or display a contact.

Before you can use Siri, you must have a microphone — either one that comes with your Mac or one that you connect to your Mac — and you must enable Siri in System Preferences.

Voice-Operate Your Mac with Siri

Enable Siri

Click Siri () in the Dock.

macOS asks you to confirm that you want to enable Siri.

Click Enable Siri.

You can now use Siri to operate your Mac with voice commands.

Access Siri

Click Siri () in the Dock.

The Siri window appears and prompts you to ask something.

You can also click Siri () in the menu bar.

Use your microphone to ask a question.

The Siri window runs through several screens that show you the types of questions you can ask.

Note: To learn how to customize Siri, see Chapter 12.

Tips

Are there other ways to access Siri?

Yes, you can also access Siri by holding down  +  until the Siri window appears. Alternatively, click System Preferences (), click Siri, and then click the Show Siri in menu bar check box ( changes to ). You can then access Siri by clicking Siri () in the menu bar.

Can I use Siri via the keyboard?

Yes. To enable this feature, click System Preferences (), click Siri, and then click the Enable Type to Siri check box ( changes to ). You can now type commands and questions when the Siri window is open.

Save a Document

After you create a document and make changes to it, you can save the document to preserve your work. When you work on a document, macOS stores the changes in your computer’s memory. However, macOS erases the contents of the Mac’s memory each time you shut down or restart the computer. This means that, unless the app you are using saves changes automatically, as many now do, the changes you make to your document are lost when you turn off or restart your Mac. Saving the document preserves your changes on your Mac’s hard drive.

Save a Document

Click File.

Click Save.

In most applications, you can also press  + .

If you have saved the document previously, your changes are now preserved, and you do not need to follow the rest of the steps in this section.

If this is a new document that you have never saved before, the Save As dialog appears.

Type the filename you want to use in the Save As text box.

To store the file in a different folder, you can click the Where and then select the location that you prefer from the pop-up menu.

Click Save.

The application saves the file.

Open a Document

To work with a document that you have saved in the past, you can open it in the application that you used to create it. When you save a document, you save its contents to your Mac’s hard drive, and those contents are stored in a separate file. When you open the document using the same application that you used to save it, macOS loads the file’s contents into memory and displays the document in the application. You can then view or edit the document as needed.

Open a Document

Start the application you want to work with.

Click File.

Click Open.

In most applications, you can also press  + .

The Open dialog appears.

To select a different folder from which to open a file, you can click and then click the location that you prefer.

Click the document.

Click Open.

The document appears in a window on the desktop.

Print a Document

When you need a hard copy of your document, either for your files or to distribute to someone else, you can send the document to your printer. Most applications that deal with documents also come with a Print command. When you run this command, the Print dialog appears. You use the Print dialog to choose the printer you want, as well as to specify how many copies you want to print. Many Print dialogs also enable you to see a preview of your document before printing it.

Print a Document

Turn on your printer.

Open the document that you want to print.

Click File.

Click Print.

In many applications, you can select the Print command by pressing  + .

The Print dialog appears.

The layout of the Print dialog varies from application to application. The version shown here is a typical example.

If you have more than one printer, click the Printer to select the printer that you want to use.

To print more than one copy, type the number of copies to print in the Copies text box.

Click Print.

macOS prints the document. The printer’s icon appears in the Dock while the document prints.

Tip

Can I print only part of my document?

Yes, you can print either a single page or a range of pages, although the steps you use to specify what you want to print vary from one application to another. In the Pages word-processing application, for example, you use the Pages pop-up menu to select what you want to print: All, Single, or Range.

If you select the Single option, use the text box (or the stepper, ) to specify the number of the page you want to print.

If you select the Range option, use the two text boxes (or their associated steppers, ) to specify the numbers of the first and last pages you want to print.

Copy a File