Mac For Beginners

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Mac for Beginners

The ultimate guide to your Mac • Taking you through everything you need to know to get started on your Mac

OS X • The advantages of the sophisticated Mac operating system

Top 10 tips • Mac OS X is a joy to use compared to Windows, with many user-friendly and powerful features that make your life easier. Here are some top tips to get started with OS X, from changing the appearance of your desktop to creating multiple user accounts and securing your system

The Dock • The Dock at the bottom of the screen enables you to access commonly used applications with ease

Shortcut tips

iTunes top tips • Organise your music collection with iTunes, stream over 30 million tracks with Apple Music and sync songs with mobile devices

Sync an iPhone or iPad

Mac App Store • Browse thousands of Mac applications, all located in one convenient App Store

The complete user guide to macOS • Inside Apple’s incredible, all-new operating system for your Mac

Will my Mac run macOS Sierra?

What’s new in macOS Sierra?

Siri’s Mac-specific commands • Siri works just like on iOS, but there are some special commands for your Mac

Siri • Apple’s personal assistant debuts on the Mac

Which Siri searches are you able to pin in the Notification Center? • Did you know that you can pin Siri searches and have them automatically update in your Today menu?

Copy & paste between devices • Use Universal Clipboard to copy images, video and text from iPhone to Mac

Unlock your Mac with an Apple Watch • Be more secure, but keep things simple

Let your Mac save space automatically • Optimized Storage keeps rarely used files in the cloud

Access your Mac’s desktop anywhere • iCloud Drive is now more powerful and useful than ever before

Rediscover memories in Photos • A rundown of what’s new in macOS’s most popular image editor

Inside your new Messages app • How Messages has livened up the way you communicate

Find and discover your favourite songs • Apple Music has been completely redesigned for Mac

Use your Mac’s new Picturein- Picture mode • Float a video window from Safari or iTunes over your desktop or a full-screen app

Pay for goods with Apple Pay on Safari • Apple Pay is the easiest and safest way to pay for goods

Connect to the internet • Gain access to the world wide web by hooking up your Mac to Wi-Fi

Add a new user account • Share your Mac with the family by creating multiple user accounts

Where is everything kept on your Mac? • Put an end to the common problem of keeping track of your files and folders

Set up iCloud in OS X • Access your contacts, photos and documents everywhere

Work with applications • Without applications your Mac would just be a beautiful table decoration. Time to fire up some incredible creative tools…

Find your way around Mission Control • Delve into the revamped desktop management feature within OS X El Capitan

Organise Launchpad • Make Launchpad work for you with folders and Home screens

Get started with Dashboard • Learn everything you need to know about how Dashboard can make your life easier

Get to know Notification Centre • An invaluable central place to view all your important alerts, updates and more on your Mac

Set up widgets in Notification Centre • Extend Notification Centre’s functionality by using time-saving widgets that'll enhance your lifestyle

Get started with Siri on Mac • Siri is as useful on a Mac as it is on an iPhone

Take advantage of Spotlight • Learn all about Spotlight’s new features and...

Mac For Beginners