Table of Contents
1 Introducing MacBooks 7
About MacBooks 8
MacBook Models 9
MacBook Jargon Explained 10
Getting Comfortable 13
Input Devices 15
MacBook Power Cable 17
Cleaning a MacBook 18
Spares and Accessories 19
2 Around a MacBook 21
Opening Up 22
MacBook Desktop 23
Apple Menu 24
Standard Keyboard Buttons 25
Touch Bar 26
System Preferences 28
Connecting a Printer 31
External Drives 32
3 Introducing macOS Big Sur 33
About macOS Big Sur 34
Installing macOS Big Sur 35
The Big Sur Environment 36
About Your MacBook 38
Customizing Your MacBook 42
Search Options 44
Using Siri 46
Searching with Siri 47
Accessibility 49
The Spoken Word 51
Shutting Down 52
4 Getting Up and Running 53
Introducing the Dock 54
Setting Dock Preferences 55
Stacks on the Dock 58
Dock Menus 60
Working with Dock Items 61
Trash 63
Control Center 64
Notifications and Widgets 66
About iCloud 70
About iCloud Drive 72
Continuity 74
Handoff 75
About Family Sharing 76
Using Family Sharing 77
Resuming 80
5 Finder 81
Working with the Finder 82
Finder Folders 83
Finder Views 85
Gallery View 88
Quick Look 89
Finder Toolbar 90
Finder Sidebar 91
Finder Tabs 92
Finder Tags 93
Finder Search 94
Copying and Moving Items 95
Working with Folders 96
Selecting Items 97
Actions Button 98
Sharing from the Finder 99
Menus 100
6 Navigating in macOS 101
Navigating with MacBooks 102
Pointing and Clicking 103
macOS Scroll Bars 105
Scrolling and Zooming 106
Mission Control and Spaces 112
Multi-Touch Preferences 114
7 Working with Apps 117
Launchpad 118
Full-screen Apps 120
macOS Apps 122
Safari App 124
Messaging 126
Photos App 128
Starting with the Music App 129
Notes App 130
FaceTime 132
Accessing the App Store 133
Downloading Apps 134
Finding Apps 136
Managing Your Apps 138
8 Sharing macOS 139
Adding Users 140
Deleting Users 142
Fast User Switching 143
Screen Time 144
9 MacBook Networking 147
Networking Overview 148
Network Settings 150
Connecting to a Network 152
File Sharing 155
Sharing with AirDrop 156
10 MacBook Mobility 157
Transporting Your MacBook 158
Keeping Your MacBook Safe 159
Temperature Extremes 160
Dealing with Water 161
Power Sockets 162
Airport Security 163
Some Apps for Traveling 164
11 Battery Issues 165
Power Cosumption 166
Managing the Battery 168
Charging the Battery 170
Low Power and Dead Battery 171
Battery Troubleshooting 172
12 MacBook Maintenance 173
Time Machine 174
Disk Utility 178
System Information 179
Activity Monitor 180
Updating Software 181
Gatekeeper 182
Privacy 183
Problems with Apps 184
General Troubleshooting 185
Index 187
