Macos Big Sur For Dummies

Your "get-started" guide to the world of macOS Big Sur Wherever you like to Mac—at home in front of your trusty iMac or over a coffee with your portable MacBook Air—macOS provides you with the seamless, efficient, and reliable user experience that makes these devices so famously a pleasure to use. macOS Big Sur For Dummies is here to heighten the experience for new users and upgraders alike by providing the very latest on the ways macOS Big Sur can enhance how you work and play. Written in a no-jargon style by Bob LeVitus—the Houston Chronicle’s much-loved "Dr. Mac" since 1996—this guide starts with the basics, like getting set up, and explains more advanced uses, like making music and movies, exploring the expanding universe of apps and giving tips on how to save time and enhance productivity along the way. With this book, you'll learn to Set up and connect your Mac Get friendly with Siri Enhance your world with apps Work better and faster Use the comprehensive capabilities of macOS Big Sur to do anything and everything you would like to do—and do it even better. For beginners and experts alike, macOS Big Sur For Dummies is the best way to step into the magical world of getting things done with Mac.

Your "get-started" guide to the world of macOS Big Sur Wherever you like to Mac—at home in front of your trusty iMac or over a coffee with your portable MacBook Air—macOS provides you with the seamless, efficient, and reliable user experience that makes these devices so famously a pleasure to use. macOS Big Sur For Dummies is here to heighten the experience for new users and upgraders alike by providing the very latest on the ways macOS Big Sur can enhance how you work and play. Written in a no-jargon style by Bob LeVitus—the Houston Chronicle’s much-loved "Dr. Mac" since 1996—this guide starts with the basics, like getting set up, and explains more advanced uses, like making music and movies, exploring the expanding universe of apps and giving tips on how to save time and enhance productivity along the way. With this book, you'll learn to Set up and connect your Mac Get friendly with Siri Enhance your world with apps Work better and faster Use the comprehensive capabilities of macOS Big Sur to do anything and everything you would like to do—and do it even better. For beginners and experts alike, macOS Big Sur For Dummies is the best way to step into the magical world of getting things done with Mac.

MacOS Fundamentals is the perfect companion for your new iMac, Macbook, Mac Mini or Mac Pro. Written by best-selling technology author, lecturer, and computer trainer Kevin Wilson, MacOS Fundamentals is packed with step-by-step instructions, photos, illustrations, helpful tips and video demos. Updated to cover MacOS Big Sur, MacOS Fundamentals is here to help you get the most out of your computer and will help you: Install or upgrade to Big Sur New features introduced in Big Sur Master the basics of the traditional features such as the desktop, dock, finder, launchpad and navigation To use Notification Centre, Control Center, Handoff, Sidecar, Spaces, and Universal Clipboard Organising files and folders Search the web with the Safari Web Browser Keep in touch using email, iMessage, and FaceTime video chat Learn about apps such as weather, news, stock, voice memos, and how to download more Organise and listen to your music with Apple Music and the iTunes Store. Download movies, and TV Programs with the TV App Understand how iCloud storage works, and use it for free storage and sharing files Get to know Siri, the voice-activated Personal Digital Assistant who can perform various tasks for you Organise and enhance photos taken with your iPhone or digital camera. Share them, print them, create calendars, slideshows and greetings cards. Edit videos from your iPhone or digital camera with iMovie. And a whole lot more... Finally, maintenance, system updates, backups, and general housekeeping tips complete this invaluable guide. You'll want to keep this edition handy as you make your way around your Mac. Have Fun!

Make the most of your Mac with this witty, authoritative guide to macOS Big Sur. Apple updates its Mac operating system every year, adding new features with every revision. But after twenty years of this updating cycle without a printed user guide to help customers, feature bloat and complexity have begun to weigh down the works. For thirty years, the Mac faithful have turned to David Pogue’s Mac books to guide them. With Mac Unlocked, New York Times bestselling author Pogue introduces readers to the most radical Mac software redesign in Apple history, macOS Big Sur. Beginning Mac users and Windows refugees will gain an understanding of the Mac philosophy; Mac veterans will find a concise guide to what’s new in Big Sur, including its stunning visual and sonic redesign, the new Control Center for quick settings changes, and the built-in security auditing features. With a 300 annotated illustrations, sparkling humor, and crystal-clear prose, Mac Unlocked is the new gold-standard guide to the Mac.

The Apple-Certified Way to Learn macOS Support Essentials 11, the official book for macOS support, is a top-notch primer for anyone who needs to support, troubleshoot, or optimize macOS Big Sur, such as IT professionals, technicians, help desk specialists, and ardent Mac users. This is the only Apple Pro Training Series book that covers Big Sur. You'll find in-depth, step-by-step instructions on everything from upgrading, updating, reinstalling and configuring macOS Big Sur to setting-up network services like the Content Caching service. This book covers updated system utilities and new features in macOS Big Sur, including security and privacy enhancements, Control Center and Notification Center, Safari, system extensions, macOS Recovery, Startup Security Utility, and the Signed System Volume (SSV). This book includes the following content: Authoritative explanations of underlying technologies, troubleshooting, system administration, and much more Focused lessons that take you step by step through practical, real-world tasks A Web Edition that provides the full text of the book online The Apple Pro Training Series is Apple's official self-paced learning resource. Books in this series offer downloadable lesson files and an online version of the book. Additional information on this and other books in this series can be found at www.peachpit.com/apple. For more on certification, visit training.apple.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK macOS Big Sur for beginners is a book designed for understanding what macOS Big Sur is all about including it's features which are: Control Center for Mac App Integration Notification Center Safari 14 Messages Guides and Maps Application Store Privacy New language features Apple Silicon support System Security Devices supporting macOS Big Sur It also reveals how macOS Big Sur can be downloaded and installed on your Mac or MacBook. You can also find how you can easily Customize on macOS Big Sur to your desire. Additionally common issues arising while downloading, installing and using the macOS Big Sur and how it can be resolved. Furthermore, you can also discover how to set up your new Mac and the fundamentals of using macOS. The next thing is iCloud and macOS. You would also learn about maintenance and backups on macOS, navigations in macOS, how to work with files and folders, using shortcuts on macOS, common computer task, understanding user accounts and keyboard shortcuts in macOS. Finally, it unveils the common applications found in macOS such as safari, mail, calendar, messages, app store, time machine, photos, iTunes as well as system preferences.

MacOS Big Sur is the new operating system for MacOS that was officially released on June 22, 2020 and made available to the general public on November 12, 2020. MacOS Big Sur is the 17th version of Apple's computers that transited from macOS 10 (also known as Mac OS X) to macOS 11 for the first time since 2000. MacOS Big Sur includes faster updates that begin in the background and finish all the faster, making it simpler to stay up to date with the most recent macOS updates, as well as a cryptographically signed system volume that secures against alteration. MacOS Big Sur has a completely redesigned features and changes that give it an edge over the previous version. These changes in design are the biggest addition to the system as described by Apple executives. This book will teach you everything you need to know about macOS 11, including requirements, features, and how to install the latest release in the macOS line. Here are some of the topics: How To Customize the Control Center How To Hide The Menu Bar How To Drag A Control Out Of The Menu Bar How To Setup Assistant Accessibility How To Play Sound On Startup Option How To Use Safari's Built-In Translation How To Control Wallpaper Tinting In Windows How To Use Guides In Apple Maps Instructions for Using Macos Big Sur's Fast User Switching How To Enhance Voice Memo Recordings How To Edit Videos How To Import Settings And Passwords From Chrome How To Pin Some Control Center Widgets To The Menu Bar How To Add More Settings To The Control Center How To Use Cycling Directions In Apple Maps And so much more...

Work, play, connect, and share with the ultimate tour to macOS 'X' macOS 'X' For Dummies is the ultimate tour guide to the Mac operating system, written by Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus himself! Whether you're upgrading your trusty old MacBook or venturing into new territory for the very first time, this easy to use guide will get you up and running quickly. It's all here: navigation, preferences, file management, networking, music and movies, and so much more. From the absolute basics to advanced techniques, this book shows you everything you need to know to turn your Mac into an extension of your brain. Concerned about security? Need to troubleshoot an issue? Want to make your Mac perform even better? Let Dr. Mac walk you through it with clear explanations and a little bit of humor. Read this book beginning-to-end for a complete tutorial, or dip in and out as needed when things take an unexpected turn; if you have macOS questions, Dr. Mac has the answers you need. macOS has powered Macs since 2001. Each free annual update improves the system's functionality, and typically offers a few new tools and fixes old issues. If you need to learn your way around this year's update quickly, easily, and thoroughly, this book is for you. Get organized and find your way around the interface Customize your Mac's look, "feel," and behavior Get connected, get online, and into the cloud Access your movies and music, back up your data, and more! Famous for its reliability and usability, macOS offers the sort of streamlined tools and operations you won't find anywhere else. macOS 'X' For Dummies helps you discover just how much your Mac can do for you.