1 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Moving Media and Documents Betwixt Computers

      2 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Too-Cool Function KeysTABLE 3-2 Big Sur Keyboard Shortcuts of Distinction

      3 Chapter 11TABLE 11-1 Wireless versus Wired Networks

      4 Chapter 12TABLE 12-1 Common Music Keyboard Shortcuts

      5 Chapter 14TABLE 14-1 Video Formats Supported by iMovie

      6 Chapter 17TABLE 17-1 Movement Shortcut Keys in Numbers

      7 Chapter 18TABLE 18-1 Keynote Slideshow Shortcut Keys

      8 Chapter 19TABLE 19-1 Start-Up Keys and Their Tricks

      1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The charismatic form of a typical Mac laptop.FIGURE 1-2: Behold the MacBook Air.FIGURE 1-3: The BookBook case provides protection and camouflage for your MacBo...

      2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Monitor your battery usage from the System Preferences Battery pane...

      3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Everything Big Sur starts here: the macOS Desktop.FIGURE 3-2: The Dock can contain all sorts of exotic icons.FIGURE 3-3: Clicking a menu displays a list of menu commands.FIGURE 3-4: Welcome to your shortcut menu!FIGURE 3-5: Click a Dock icon to launch that application.FIGURE 3-6: A plethora of helpful window controls.FIGURE 3-7: Drag a box around icons to select them.FIGURE 3-8: Mission Control is the desktop manager in Big Sur.FIGURE 3-9: Choose a Desktop background of more interest.FIGURE 3-10: The Control Center makes it easy to quickly change global settings...FIGURE 3-11: Stacks make it easy to access your stuff from the Dock.FIGURE 3-12: The Print Sheet is available from any application with any real gu...

      4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Things don’t get much easier than the new Control Center.FIGURE 4-2: With the Battery display, you can monitor how your MacBook is used.

      5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The powerhouse of settings and switches: System Preferences.FIGURE 5-2: The Sound pane, proudly showing off the Sound Effects panel.FIGURE 5-3: Searching for specific settings is a breeze with the search box.FIGURE 5-4: The Display pane makes it easy to change your screen resolution.FIGURE 5-5: Pick your own Desktop background.FIGURE 5-6: Set your Mission Control preferences here.FIGURE 5-7: Appearances may not be everything, but they’re easy to find here.FIGURE 5-8: Reduce your MacBook’s power consumption from the Battery pane.FIGURE 5-9: Customize your Dock with these controls.FIGURE 5-10: Use the controls in the Sharing pane to share your toys.FIGURE 5-11: Put Time Machine to work, and your data is always backed up.FIGURE 5-12: Control and configure your iCloud activity with these settings.FIGURE 5-13: Each application that uses notifications can be configured individ...

      6 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Lots of power purrs behind this single Spotlight search box.FIGURE 6-2: The spacious borders of the Finder’s search windowFIGURE 6-3: Fine-tune your Spotlight settings from System Preferences.FIGURE 6-4: When certain folders and disks must remain private (even from you!)...

      7 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: The main Reminders window in action.FIGURE 7-2: Editing a reminder.FIGURE 7-3: The notable Notes application window.FIGURE 7-4: Notification Center muscles your desktop to the side.FIGURE 7-5: The Statue of Liberty shines in the Maps application.FIGURE 7-6: Looks like this pizza joint is highly rated.FIGURE 7-7: Standard view reminds me of an auto GPS unit.FIGURE 7-8: The Directions panel is ready to provide directions to your next cr...FIGURE 7-9: Here’s a Guide for 24 hours in the Big Apple.

      8 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Safari at a glanceFIGURE 8-2: The Share button makes it easy to spread goodness and light!FIGURE 8-3: Adding your own home page is an easy change you can make.FIGURE 8-4: The Sidebar's Bookmarks tab puts all your bookmarks in easy reach.FIGURE 8-5: Hang on, Martha; we’ve struck tabs!

      9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: iCloud works by pushing data among all your iOS devices.FIGURE 9-2: Each of these iCloud folders can joyously store documents.FIGURE 9-3: The iCloud panel appears in System Preferences.FIGURE 9-4: Checking on your iCloud storage.

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