Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ macOS™ Sierra
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Credits
Executive Editor
Jody Lefevere
Project Editor
Sarah Hellert
Technical Editor
Galen Gruman
Copy Editor
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Production Editor
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Manager, Content Development & Assembly
Mary Beth Wakefield
Vice President, Professional Technology Strategy
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About the Author
Paul McFedries is a full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring computer books since 1991, and he has more than 90 books to his credit. Paul’s books have sold more than four million copies worldwide. These books include the Wiley titles Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2016, The Facebook Guide for People Over 50, and iPhone 6 Portable Genius. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (www.wordspy.com
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Author’s Acknowledgments
It goes without saying that writers focus on text, and I certainly enjoyed focusing on the text that you’ll read in this book. However, this book is more than just the usual collection of words and phrases. A quick thumb-through the pages will show you that this book is also chock full of images, from sharp screenshots to fun and informative illustrations. Those colorful images sure make for a beautiful book, and that beauty comes from a lot of hard work by Wiley’s immensely talented group of designers and layout artists. I thank them for creating another gem. Of course, what you read in this book must also be accurate, logically presented, and free of errors. Ensuring all of this was an excellent group of editors that included project editor Sarah Hellert, copy editor Scott Tullis, and technical editor Galen Gruman. Thanks to all of you for your exceptional competence and hard work. Thanks, as well, to Wiley executive editor Jody Lefevere for asking me to write this book.
How to Use This Book
Who This Book Is For
This book is for the reader who has never used this particular technology or software application. It is also for readers who want to expand their knowledge.
The Conventions in This Book
Steps
This book uses a step-by-step format to guide you easily through each task. Numbered steps are actions you must do; bulleted steps clarify a point, step, or optional feature; and indented steps give you the result.
Notes
Notes give additional information — special conditions that may occur during an operation, a situation that you want to avoid, or a cross reference to a related area of the book.
Icons and Buttons
Icons and buttons show you exactly what you need to click to perform a step.
Tips
Tips offer additional information, including warnings and shortcuts.
Bold
Bold type shows command names, options, and text or numbers you must type.
Italics
Italic type introduces and defines a new term.
Chapter 1
Learning Basic macOS Tasks
macOS (formerly OS X) has a few basic tasks that you need to know to make the rest of Mac chores faster and easier. These chores include starting and managing applications, searching your Mac for documents and data, saving your work, and fundamental file operations such as opening, printing, and copying.
Start an Application
Start an Application Using Launchpad
Locate the Mouse Pointer
Switch Between Applications
View Running Applications with Mission Control
Run an Application Full Screen
Split the Screen with Two Applications
Search Your Mac
Voice-Operate Your Mac with Siri
Save a Document
Open a Document
Print a Document
Copy a File
Move a File
Rename a File
Delete a File
Open a Folder in a Tab
Open a Document in a Tab
Start an Application
To perform tasks of any kind in macOS, you use one of the applications installed on your Mac. The application you use depends on the task you want to perform. For example, if you want to surf the World Wide Web, you use a web browser application, such as the Safari program that comes with macOS. Before you can use an application, however, you must first tell macOS what application you want to run. macOS launches the application and displays it on the desktop. You can then use the application’s tools to perform your tasks.
Start an Application
Using the Dock
If the application that you want to start has an icon in the Dock, click the icon to start the application.
You can position the mouse pointer () over a Dock icon to see the name of the application.
Using Spotlight
Click Spotlight ().
Start typing the name of the application you want to start.
macOS displays a list of matching items.
When the application appears in the results, click it to start the program.
Using Finder
Click Finder ().
The Finder window appears.
Click Applications.
Note: You can also open Applications in any Finder window by pressing + + or by clicking Go and then clicking Applications.
Double-click the application you want to start.
Note: In some cases, double-clicking the icon just displays the contents of a folder. In this case, you then double-click the application icon.
The application appears on the desktop.
macOS temporarily adds a button for the application to the Dock.
The menu bar displays the menus associated with the application.
Note: Another common way you can launch an application is to use Finder to locate a document you want to work with and then double-click that document.
Start an Application Using Launchpad
You can start an application using the Launchpad feature. This is often faster than using the Applications folder, particularly for applications that do not have a Dock icon.
Launchpad is designed to mimic the Home screens of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. So if you own one or more of these devices, then you are already familiar with how Launchpad works.
Start an Application Using Launchpad
Click Launchpad ().
The Launchpad screen appears.
If the application you want to start resides in a different Launchpad screen, click the dot that corresponds to the screen.
Launchpad switches to the screen and displays the applications.
If the application you want to start resides within a folder, click the folder.
Launchpad opens the folder.
Click the icon of the application you want to start.
macOS starts the application.
Note: To exit Launchpad without starting an application, you can press .