MacOS Tahoe for Dummies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart-Davis, Guy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macintosh (Computer).

Operating systems (Computers).

MacBook (Computer).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Get up to speed on the latest macOS updates and features macOS Tahoe For Dummies is your up-to-date guide to the operating system that brings your Mac computer to life.Experienced macOS expert and educator Guy Hart-Davis walks you through a comprehensive set of instructions for navigating your Mac's features and capabilities.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

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 Diving into Tahoe

Okay, What Does macOS Do?

Turning On Your Mac

What you should see on startup

What you may see if things go wrong

Setting Up macOS Tahoe

Logging In

Meeting the macOS Desktop

Pointing, Clicking, and More

Putting Your Mac to Sleep and Shutting It Down

Putting your Mac to sleep

Shutting down your Mac

Looking After Your Mac

Feeding your Mac

Treating your Mac gently

Backing up your data

Getting Help

Getting the Lowdown on Apple Intelligence

Chapter 2 Navigating the Desktop, Windows, and Menus

Touring Finder and the macOS Desktop

Dissecting a Window

Zooming, splitting, and minimizing windows

Scrolling

Active and inactive windows

Opening a Dialog with Your Mac

Working with Windows

Opening and closing windows

Resizing windows and window panes

Moving windows

Shuffling windows

Sampling the Menus

Using the ever-changing menu bar

Using the contextual (shortcut) menus

Recognizing disabled commands

Navigating submenus

Using the Apple menu

Giving commands via keyboard shortcuts

Chapter 3 Coming to Grips with the Dock

Meeting Your Dock

Identifying the Dock's default icons

Talking Trash

Way #1

Way #2

Emptying the Trash

Opening app menus on the Dock

Reading Dock icon body language

Opening files from the Dock

Customizing Your Dock

Adding Dock icons

Removing an icon from the Dock

Resizing the Dock

Configuring your Dock settings

Global Dock settings

Folder and disk Dock icon menu preferences

Chapter 4 Getting to Know Finder and Its Desktop.

Getting the Hang of Finder, the Desktop, and Icons

Introducing the desktop

Coming to grips with the toolbar

Grasping what an icon is

Identifying your Finder icons in the wild

Working with Aliases

Understanding the advantages of aliases

Creating aliases

Deleting aliases

Hunting down an alias's parent

Opening a Window and Enjoying the View

Moving through folders fast in Column view

Perusing in Icon view

Viewing folders as a list

Playing to the Gallery

Grouping, sorting, and cleaning up icons

Using the Finder Menus

Using the Finder's app menu

Navigating with the current folder's pop-up menu

Going places with the Go menu

Customizing Finder Windows

Customizing folder icons

Adding files and folders to the sidebar

Configuring Finder settings

General pane

Tags pane

Sidebar pane

Advanced pane

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

Getting the most out of Markup

Trimming video without launching an app

Creating PDFs Without Launching an App

Shooting Screen Stills and Movies

Chapter 6 Setting Your Mac Straight

Navigating System Settings

Setting Wallpaper and a Screen Saver

Turning Off the Display When Idle

Configuring Appearance Settings

Choosing Desktop &amp

Dock Settings

Adjusting the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, and Other Hardware

Choosing keyboard settings

Tweaking your mouse

Configuring your trackpad

Configuring Sound Settings

Part 2 Getting Things Done

Chapter 7 Opening and Saving Files

Finding a Missing File

Understanding the macOS Folder Structure

Understanding nested folders

The Computer folder

The Applications folder.

The Library folders

The System folder

The Home folder

Opening your own Library folder

Saving Your Document

Understanding Auto Save and Versions

Stepping through a basic save

Save As versus Duplicate: Different names for the same result

Opening a File

Opening a file with drag-and-drop

Opening a file from Quick Look

When your Mac can't open a file

Opening a file with your choice of app

Assigning a file type to an app

Opening a file with an app other than the default

Chapter 8 Managing Files and Folders the Smart Way

Organizing Your Stuff in Folders

What's the difference between a file and a folder?

Organizing your stuff with subfolders

Creating new folders

Navigating with spring-loaded folders

Using smart folders

Working with Files and Folders

Moving files and folders

Selecting multiple items

Renaming items

Renaming multiple items at once

Compressing files

Getting rid of files and folders

Using iCloud, iCloud+, and iCloud Drive

Chapter 9 Maximizing Seven Terrific Time-Saving Tools

Commanding Your Mac with Spotlight

Launching apps with Spotlight

Finding files and folders

Using the Find command

Using the Spotlight menu and its keyboard shortcut

Getting to Grips with Siri

What Siri can do for you

Working with Siri

Making Siri your own

Using the macOS Clipboard

Copying files and folders

Pasting from the Clipboard

Expanding your horizons with the Universal Clipboard

Taking Actions from Quick Look

Share and share alike with the Share menu

Slide into Slideshow (full-screen) mode

Blasting Off with Mission Control

Setting Mission Control parameters

Setting actions for hot corners

Organizing desktops and spaces with Mission Control

Organizing Your Open Apps with Stage Manager

Enabling Stage Manager.

Using Stage Manager

Taking Control of Essential Settings

Chapter 10 Organizing Your Life

Keeping Track with Calendar

Navigating Calendar views

Understanding the Calendar list

Creating calendars

Sharing and publishing calendars

Deleting a calendar

Creating and managing events

Inviting others to attend an event

Setting an alert

Staying Organized with Reminders

Getting started with Reminders

Creating and managing reminders

Sharing lists and assigning reminders

Learning about Notification Center

Tweaking Notification settings

Using Notification Center

Minimizing Distractions with Focus

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 Places, Guides, and Recents

Places

Guides

Recents

Getting Smart with Maps

Getting route maps and driving directions

Getting walking directions

Getting directions for public transportation

Getting cycling directions

Creating custom routes

Getting traffic info in real time

Enjoying flyovers and look arounds

Flyovers

Look arounds

Doing more on the card for a location

Chapter 12 Using Stocks, News, Voice Memos, and Shortcuts

Tracking Your Stocks

Adding and removing stocks, funds, and indexes

Viewing the details for an item

Charting a course

Keeping Current with News

Selecting news channels

Reading stories

Managing your news

Recording Memos with Voice Memos

Recording a voice memo

Listening to a voice memo

Transcribing a voice memo

Naming a voice memo

Trimming a voice memo

Automating Repetitive Tasks with Shortcuts.

Part 3 Getting Along with Others

Chapter 13 Connecting to Networks and Browsing the Web

Getting Connected to the Internet

Choosing an Internet service provider (ISP)

Connecting your Mac to a network via Wi-Fi

Managing your Wi-Fi networks

Connecting your Mac to a network via Ethernet

Browsing the Web with Safari

Using and customizing the toolbar

Using the Safari sidebar

Working with tab groups

Shared with You: Links from others

Bookmarking your favorite pages

Finding your bookmarks in the sidebar

Managing your favorites and the Favorites bar

Keeping your Reading List

Website-specific settings

Reader view

Browsing smarter with Safari Highlights

Removing distracting items

Creating profiles for home and work

Creating your first Safari profile

Switch from one profile to another

Delete a profile

Creating web apps from websites

Controlling audio and video playback

Using passkeys

Chapter 14 Dealing with People

Collecting Your Contacts

Adding contacts

Importing contacts from other apps

Creating a basic list

Setting up a smart list (based on contact criteria)

Deleting a list or smart list

Syncing Your Contacts Across Your Devices

Making Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime

Making a FaceTime call

Using SharePlay during a FaceTime call

Chapter 15 Communicating with Mail and Messages

Sending and Receiving Email with Mail

Setting up Mail

Choosing whether to use mail categories

Identifying the toolbar icons

Composing a new message

Proofing and rewriting a message with Writing Tools

Sending email from the Contacts app

Checking your mail

Dealing with spam

Managing your mailboxes

Plain mailboxes

Smart mailboxes

Changing settings for Mail

Signing your messages the smart way

Ruling over your mail.

Running a slide show from Quick Look.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-394-37400-3

9781394374007

OCLC:

1549524925