Part I Introducing OS X Yosemite: The Basics
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3. Even if you re an experienced Mac user you may want to read this section Chances are you ll see at least a few things you ve forgotten that will come in handy now that you ve been reminded of them Turning the dang thing on Okay This is the big moment turning on your Mac Gaze at it longingly first and say something cheesy such as You re the most awesome com puter I ve ever known If that doesn t turn on your Mac and it probably won t keep reading Apple in its infinite wisdom has manufactured Macs with power buttons on every conceivable surface on the front side and back of the computer itself and even on the keyboard and monitor So if you don t know how to turn on your Mac don t feel bad just look in the manual or booklet that came with your Mac It s at least one thing that the documentation always covers These days most Macs have a Power button near the keyboard notebooks or the back iMacs It usually looks like the little circle thingy you see in the margin Don t bother choosing HelprMac Help which opens the Help Viewer pro gram It can t tell you where the switch is Although the Help program is good for finding out a lot of things the location of the power button isn t among them If you haven t found the switch and turned on the Mac of course you can t access Help anyway D oh What you should see on startup When you finally do turn on your Macintosh you set in
4. The Care and Feeding of Vosemite ausc 377 Chapter 18 Features for the Way You Work 319 Talking and Listening to Your MAC iese esse esse ese ee se ee Re Ge ee ee ee ee 379 Dictation You talk and your Mac tYDES eise sesse se ee ee ee ee Re 380 Commanding your Mac by VOICE sesse ses ee ee ee Ga Re RR AR 381 Listening to your Mac read for YOU ee sees sees see ee ee ee ee ee ee Re 384 Automatic Automation sesse ee ee ee ee ee Re RA Ge ee GR GR ee ee ee ee 386 O EA OE EA EE RE AE 387 Automator RE GE EDE 388 A Few More Useful Goodies ese ee ee GR AR Re ee Re GR Re RE RE 391 opel GE EE RT EE EE KOEKE 391 ACCOSSIDIMI Y cinc EO 391 DUS TAS Ad OE EN EN attra EE eesti 394 BluetOOtl EE ER idad 396 Mk EE EE aa EN RE N Ge oie 396 Automatic Login Users amp Groups System Preferences pane 396 Bo0t CMD idas 397 AirPlay Mirroring sesse ese ese ese ee ee ee Re GR ee non ee Re ee ee ee ee 399 O 399 Chapter 19 Safety First Backups and Other Security Issues 401 Backing Up Is Not Hard to DO sees esse ese se Ge Re ee Ge ee Gee Re ee 402 Backing up with Yosemite s excellent Time Machine 402 Backing up by using the manual brute force method 406 Backing up by using commercial backup software e 406 Why You Need Two Sets of Backups iese sesse ee ee Re ee Re Re Re Re 407 Non Backup Security Concerns cooooooccocnconnnonnnonccnononon
5. 349 Creating and composing a document esse se 350 Working with text ese Re RA Re Re Re Re Re ee ee 352 Adding graphics to documents sesse ee ee AAR Re RA ee 356 Font M la aeos eenen eaeoe e E EATE EEE EE EE EENE RE E 357 Types of OS iia EER ses E E N E R R E 358 Managing your fonts with Font Book esse sesse ese ese ee ee ee AA 358 Installing fonts manually esse see see ee Re Re AA RR ee AA 359 Chapter 17 Publish or Perish The Fail Safe Guide to Printing 361 Before Diving Dia diia ED Ee geb Gee 361 Ready Connecting and Adding Your Printer esse sesse ese see ee ee 362 Connecting your printer oooooccnonconnnocnconcnoncnnncnnnonononn nono Re Re ee 362 What about wireless printing sesse esse ee AR Re Re ee ee 363 Setting up a printer for the first time esse see see ee RR ee 364 One last thing Printer sharing sesse see see see sa Re Re Re ee RR ee 366 Set Setting Up Your Document with Page Setup ocoocccccnonccononononononnnonos 367 Print Printing with the Print Sheet see sesse aa GR Re ee RR ee 369 Printing a document rssicon Sesde ee SNR SR ge Ee as 369 Choosing among different printerS iese sesse se Re ee AA 371 Choosing custom settingS sesse ese ee AA ee Re ee 371 Saving custom settings sesse ee ee AR Re AA Re Re ee ee 373 Preview and PDF Options cccccesesseesesseeseeeeceeceeeeseeaeeaeceeeeeeseneesaeeaeens 374 Kiii xi YU O0SXYosemite For Dummies Part V
6. Media esse SR SERS dads Gede sede Gee ee rae TEn ee RR GE gee ep ie bee S 318 Adding SONES iia cai ada sa sees 319 Adding movies and TV ShOWS esse sesse ee ee ee AA ee ee 321 Adding Podcasts a 321 Table of Contents Learning from iTunes U oonoconcccoccnocanocanonconnconnconnconarnno nono AA ee 322 Listening to iTunes Radio 200 esse see Re ee AA 323 All About Playlist iio tidad 326 Creating a regular playlist ees sesse ee ee AR Re Re Re ee Re Re ee 326 Working with smart playlists iese esse esse se se ee ee AR ee 329 Burning a playlist to CD sesse ese Re Re AA GR Re Re ee ee RR ee 329 Looking at the Genius playlist sees se AR Re Re ee Re Re 330 Chapter 15 The Multimedia Mac oo00oooooommo o 333 Playing Movies and Music in QuickTime Player sesse ee ee ee 333 iBooks on tH EIM AG asec N EE ostias 335 BUYING TBROOKS i cies si ses ees Es Ge Ge Gee tied sales ei Ge Ge Re Ne ee De ee se 336 Shopping for books without Apple esse sesse Re AA 338 CAMAS AA TAN 339 You re the Star with Photo BOOR sesse ee ee ee ee AA Re RA ee 341 Viewing and Converting Images and PDFs in Preview 343 Importing Media sessenta aana ii 345 Downloading photos from a Camera esse ee RR Re 345 Downloading DV video from a camcorder iese sesse ee ee 347 Chapter 16 Words and LetterS 0ooooocoooommomo 349 Processing Words with TextEdit oooonooconncccnonncooncconcncnonnnconnncnnnccnnnncnnnnos
7. Moving through folders fast in Column view iese sees ee ea Re 82 Perusing in Icon Vi Wena iniciales ee Ge Ke 85 Listless Try touring folders in List VieW ees see see sesse se ee ee 85 You gotta go with the fIOW ees ee ee ee ee ee Re Re ee ee ee Re 87 What s on the View menu 2 0 ese se se ee ee ee ee Re GR ee Ge Ge ee Re ee 87 Finder on the Me aliada 89 The actual Finder Menu ou ce se ese ee ee Re Ge ee ee Re Ge ee ee ee 89 Like a road map The current folder s pop up MENU iese esse 91 Going places with the Go MENU ees ese es ee ee Re Re Re ee ee 92 Customizing Finder Windows ccccccsssesssssseceeecsscesecescesecesseeeseeeseceeeeeees 94 Adding folders to the Sidebar ooconconococococonononcnonconncnnnconnnancconocnnoo 95 Setting Finder preferenceS oocococccocnnonononononcnnnconnnoncconccnnnon nono ee ee ee 95 Digging for Icon Data in the Info WindOW esse sees ee ee se ee ee ge 100 Table of Contents IX Part Il Inside Vosemite Or How Stuff Works 105 Chapter 5 Have It Your Way ese ese eek Re RR ek Re ek Re RR ee 107 Introducing System Preferences ccceccessssseescesceseeseeseeseceeeeeeeseeeesseeaeens 107 Putting a Picture on the DesktoOp oocoocccnoccccoonnnonnnonononononononcnnnoncnanoncnnnnos 110 Setting Up a Screen Saver conooococccoccoonooonoonnconnconnnonncnnnnnnononconnono nono n ee ee ee 112 Putting Widgets on the Dashboard ooooconoccnoccnoccnocano
8. X will crash less often than an older pre OS X Mac or a Windows machine which means less downtime Being Unix based also means get ting far fewer viruses and malicious software But perhaps the biggest advantage OS X has is that when an application crashes it doesn t crash your entire computer and you don t have to restartthe whole computer to continue working By the way since the advent of Intel powered Macs a few years ago you can run Windows natively That s right you can now install and run Microsoft Windows on any Mac powered by an Intel processor as describe in Chapter 18 Don t let that Unix stuff scare you It s there if you want it but if you don t want it or don t care like most of us you ll rarely even know its there In fact you ll rarely if ever see the word Unix again in this book As far as you re con cerned Unix under the hood means your Mac will just run and run and run without crashing and crashing and crashing 1 2 Part I Introducing OS X Yosemite The Basics A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner or Any User In the following sections I deal with the stuff that OS X Help doesn t cover or doesn t cover in nearly enough detail If you re a first time Macintosh user please please read this section of the book carefully it could save your life Okay okay perhaps I m being overly dramatic What I mean to say is that reading this section could save your Mac or your sanity
9. Your PC Disks Work TO0l ccccccessesscssseeseeeseesseesseesseeseeeseees 199 Part 111 Getting Things Done in Vosemite ccce 201 Chapter 9 Organizing Your Life 0ooooooommmm o 203 Keeping Track with Calendar sesse sesse RR ee AA RR Re AA 204 Navigating Calendar VieWS eise sees se ee Re Re RR Re Re RA Re ee 204 Creating calendarSS coonocnoonnoonononnononononnnononconnconnnonnnonc AA ee Ee 205 Deleting a calendar sesse AA RR RA ee RA ee ee ee 206 Creating and managing events iese sesse ee RR Re EA Re ee 207 Table of Contents xi Reminders Protection Against Forgetting esse esse ss ee ee Re ee 210 Getting started with Reminders esse sesse se ee 210 To do or not to do Setting reminderS ii sesse sesse ee 212 Everything You Need to Know about the Notification Center 213 Use Notes for Making Notes esse RA Re Re Re ee ee 216 Chapter 10 InterlNetworking eise ee ee ke ke Re kak ke 219 Getting Connected to the Internet sesse ese ee Re Re Re ee 220 Your Internet service provider and VOU esse see ER 220 Setting up your MOEM sesse see ee ee Re AA ee Re ee 221 Plugging in your Internet connection settings ss esse ee 222 Browsing the Web with Safari ees ee Re Re AA GR Re Re AA 223 Owning your toolbar esse ese ese ee ee ee AA EA ee ee Re ee 224 Using the Safari Sidebar esse ese ese ee ee RR ee Re 227 What s on yo
10. media that is referenced by or accompanies a standard print version you may request this media by visiting http booksupport wiley com For more information about Wiley products visit us www wiley com Library of Congress Control Number 2014946665 ISBN 978 1 118 99119 0 pbk ISBN 978 1 118 99121 3 ebk ISBN 978 1 118 99122 0 ebk Manufactured in the United States of America 1098765 43 2 Contents ata Glance Introduction ie SS ee ee ee ee ee ee ese I Part I Introducing OS X Vosemite The Basics acc Y Chapter 1 OS X Yosemite 101 Prerequisites None esse sees ee ee AA Re Re Rg 9 Chapter 2 The Desktop and Windows and Menus Oh My esse sesse ese ee ee ee 23 Chapter 3 What s Up DOCK ooooooncocccoccoccconanononononononononnncnnnconncon RR E Re RA ee Re ee ee 47 Chapter 4 Delving Deeper into the Finder and Its DesktOP cocncicncnmmmmmomms 69 Part Il Inside Vosemite Or How Stuff Works 105 Chapter 5 Have lt Your Way ees sesse ese ese eek ee ee AA Re Re Ge ee AA ee Re Re Re ee ee ee Re ee 107 Chapter 6 The Care and Feeding of Files and FoldevS cccccscesseeceeseeseeseeeeees 131 Chapter 7 Four Terrific Timesaving TOOLS esse see see se ee ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee Re Re ee 175 Chapter 8 Dealing with Disks oonoocnoccnocanocononononononconncnnnconncon non nncnnononcnnnnnncnn nono conos 197 Part 111 Getting Things Done in Vosemite aac 201 Chapter 9 Organizing
11. motion a sophisti cated and complex series of events that culminates in the loading of OS X and the appearance of the OS X Desktop After a small bit of whirring buzz ing and flashing meaning that the OS is loading OS X first tests all your hardware slots ports disks random access memory RAM and so on If everything passes you hear a pleasing musical tone and see the tasteful gray Apple logo in the middle of your screen as shown in Figure 1 1
12. ooooocnonoconnnononononononononononnnonn Re Re Re Re Re ee ee 282 Access and Permissions Who Can Do What ees sae ee AR Rg 284 Users and groups and guests esse RA AA Re ee 284 Creating USES AE N EN 285 OS X knows best Folders shared by default sesse see 292 Sharing a folder or disk by setting permissions iese sesse ese 293 Useful settings for permisSiONS iese esse RR Re Ee ee 298 Unsharingaioldef asses EENS ER Es VERG Ee ER bee Ede es gee bee Eran S 301 Connecting to a Shared Disk or Folder on a Remote MaC iese 301 Changing Your Password esse see see se ee ee AR Re RA AA Re Re ee ee ee ee 305 Changing your account password on your Mac ies sesse ese ese ese 305 Changing the password of any account but your own On your MAC ies end een ese es SR ee REDE Ge GER NE GE De ek ed seke 306 Changing the password for your account on someone else Mac RE RE EE DE DE EE ee ee 307 More Types of ShariN8 oooooccoccconncononononononononnnonn conocio ono ono ee ee ee Re ee ee 308 Screen Shaxing cccccsscsssessccssccssscssecscssscsssesssesseeseessessesssesseessness 308 doele el ARE HEN EA OE OE EO OE EN 309 Internet Sharing s sisie seke sees dok ed ee ds sig esse eek ee gee ide eek 309 And yet more ways to share esse esse ese ee RA ee ee Re ee 310 Part IV Getting Creative in Vosemite iss 313 Chapter 14 The Musical Mac 0 00cee cence eee 315 Introducimg MS 315 Working with
13. se ee eek Re ee 53 Reading Dock icon body language sees see se Re RR ee Re ee 56 Opening files from the DocCk ooooconoconocanonccnnconnconononcconoconononononconncnnos 57 Customizing Your DOC esse sesse ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee Re Re ee ee ee 57 Adding Dock iCONS ee ee ee ee ee Ee Re Re Re RA ee Re Re ee ee ee 57 Removing an icon from the Dock iese sesse se ee ee Re Re ee ee 60 Resizing the Dockers ies Sies cnn ge dee SeSe se ee ee Ge Ne Ek ie 61 What should you put on your DOCK 00 ss sesse esse ee see ee ee ee ke ee 62 Setting your Dock preferences iese ese se ee ae Ge ee AR Re Re ee ee 63 Chapter 4 Delving Deeper into the Finder and Its Desktop 69 Introducing the Finder and Its Minions The Desktop and Icons 69 Introducing the Desktop ooonoccccccnocnnocanocconnnonanonanoncnnnnonnnn nono ee Re 70 Bellying up to the toolbar esse see ee ee ee Ge ee Re RA ee ee Re 72 Figuring out what an icon iS esse ese ee ee ee ee Ge ee Re RA ee ee 76 Identifying your Finder icons in the wild esse sesse esse se se ee ee ee 76 Aliases Are Awesome 200 ese ee Re ee ee ee AR Re RA ee ee Re Re ee 79 Creating aliases iese ee ee Re Re Re Re RA ee Re ee ee ee ee ee Re 80 Deleting aliases iis Ge EER N SR ESEG GR DS nnee a ER Ge Abe E 81 Hunting down an alias s parent iese ss se see ee ee Re ee Re Re ee Ge ee 82 The View s from a WindOW ees sees ee ee Re Ge Ge Ge GR Re ee Ge Re Ge conos 82
14. that now deceased Mac cloner Power Computing gave away a copy with every Mac clone it sold OS X Yosemite For Dummies is the latest revision and has been once again completely updated to include all the tasty OS X goodness in Yosemite In other words this edition combines all the old familiar features of previous editions but is once again updated to reflect the latest and greatest offering from Apple as well as feed back from readers Why write a For Dummies book about Yosemite Well Yosemite is a big somewhat complicated personal computer operating system So I made OS X Yosemite For Dummies a not so big not too complicated book that shows you what Yosemite is all about without boring you to tears confusing you or poking you with sharp objects In fact I think you ll be so darned comfortable that I wanted the title to be OS X Yosemite Made Easy but the publishers wouldn t let me Apparently we For Dummies authors have to follow some rules and using For Dummies and OS X Yosemite in this book s title are among them And speaking of dummies remember that s just a word I don t think you re a dummy at all quite the opposite My second choice for this book s title was OS X Yosemite For People Smart Enough to Know They Need This Book but you can just imagine what Wiley thought of that C mon that s the whole point of the name they insisted Besides it s shorter our way 2 OS X Yos
15. About Startup Disks and Booting cocnoccnoconoccnononanonnnoonnconcconcnnncnononononnnon 429 Finding or creating a startup disk esse esse esse ese ee ee ee Re 430 They call it a prohibitory sign for a reaSON sesse esse esse se 430 Recovering with Recovery HD sesse ese sesse ese ee ee ee Re Ge ee ee ee ee 431 Step 1 Run First Aid oo esse ese ese ee ee Re ee ee Re AA ee Re Re 433 Step 2 Safe Boot into Safe Mode esse se RR Re 434 Step 3 Zapping the PRAM NVRAM cccccssssseeseeessessseeseesseeneees 435 Step 4 Reinstalling OS X ees Re Re RR Re Re RA Re ee 436 Step 5 Things to try before taking your Mac in for repair 436 If Your Mac Crashes at StartUD cooonocncononononononnnonnnonn nono nonnnonnonn non nonnncinncnns 437 Part UI The Part of Tens ooooniccccccccoccccanacicanacacacacasa 39 Chapter 22 Almost Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience 441 Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts esse sesse ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee 441 Improve Your Typing Skills esse ss esse se ee RR Re ee ee Re ee ee 443 Resolution It s Not Just for New Year s Anymore iese esse ese 443 A Mac with a View and Preferences TOO ooooccccnnocnccnonannnninnnnncnonannanon 445 Get a New Faster Model ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 447 You Can Never Have Too Much RAM ees esse ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee 447 Get an Accelerated Graphics Card esse sesse ee ee RR Re Re EA 448 Get a New Hard DrivV ooonocccn
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17. Your Life sesse ese ee AAR Re ee AA Re Re Re Re ee Re Re ee 203 Chapter 10 nterNetworking ese sesse ese ee AAR Re ee AA Re Re Re Re ee ee Re Re ee 219 Chapter 11 Finding People and PlaceS iese sesse ske ae ee AA Re Re Re Re ee Re Re ee 237 Chapter 12 Communicate with Mail and Messages sesse se ee ee ee AR Re ee 255 Chapter 13 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It esse sesse see ee ee RR Re Re AA RR EG 277 Part IV Getting Creative in Vosemite ccccccsscccceeeee 313 Chapter 14 The Musical Mac esse ees ee ee RR ee AA Re ee RA ee Re ee 315 Chapter 15 The Multimedia MaAC ooonccccocononanonononononononconncnnncnncnn non nnonncnonono nono ncnn nro conos 333 Chapter 16 Words and Letters sesse se sesse ee Re ee GR Ge ee GR Ge ee Re ee Re ro cnn Re Ge ee Ge ee 349 Chapter 17 Publish or Perish The Fail Safe Guide to Printing eee 361 Part V The Care and Feeding of Vosemite ss 307 Chapter 18 Features for the Way You WOTk e esse esse see se ee ae Re Re Re Re ee AR Re ee 379 Chapter 19 Safety First Backups and Other Security Issues iese sesse ese ee ee 401 Chapter 20 Utility Chest sesiis seediere ivii nises AA AA ee SE Re ee 417 Chapter 21 Troubleshooting OS K R Re Re ee AA Re Re Re Re ee AR Re ee 429 Part Vi Th Part of TOUS asses GN se AG N 439 Chapter 22 Almost Ten Ways to Speed Up Your Mac Experience esse sesse 441 Chapter 23 Ten or So Great Websites for Mac Freaks sees
18. and Receiving Email with Mail esse sesse sae sa ee ee RR ee 255 setting Up Mail is eke Ee ER Ge idas 256 A quick overview of the toolbar ees see ee ee RR ee 256 Composing a NEW MEeSSage ese ee Re AA RR ee AA 259 Sending email from the Contacts app iese esse ese se Re 261 Working with stationery iese sees ee ee RA RA RA Re Re RA Re 262 xi Ji OS X Yosemite For Dummies Checking your mail oo cece ss ese ee Re Re Re Re ee Re AR Re ee ee ee 263 Dealing with SPaMm cscccscsssccsssssseescessesssesssesssessesseeessessneesseesness 264 Changing your preferences sesse ese ee Re ee Re ee ee ee 265 Mail rules dil RE N OE Ee 265 Mailboxes smart and plain sesse see RA RA RA RA Re Re 267 Sign here please ee ee ee RA Re Re RR AA ee Ee 270 Take a Quick look and Slide show me some photos 271 The Yosemite Duo Markup and Mail Drop cooonoccnoccnocanicanincnanannnos 272 Communicating with Message esse ea Re ee AA GR Re Re AA 274 What the heck is an iMessage ees ee AR Re RA Re 274 Chit chatting with MessageS esse ese ss ee se ee AA Re Re ee ee ee 275 Chapter 13 Sharing Your Mac and Liking It 271 Introducing Networks and File Sharing esse sesse sea se ee Re Re AA 278 Portrait of home office NetworkiN8 oooocnoccccoccnnoccnnonnnnonnnnonnnonnnnonos 279 Three ways to build a network iese esse se Re AR ER Re 281 Setting Up File Sharing
19. answer is that an OS controls the basic and most important functions of your computer In the case of OS X and your Mac the operating system 14 Manages memory 14 Controls how windows icons and menus work 14 Keeps track of files 14 Manages networking 14 Does housekeeping No kidding Other forms of software such as word processors and web browsers rely on the OS to create and maintain the environment in which they work their magic When you create a memo for example the word processor provides the tools for you to type and format the information In the background the OS is the muscle for the word processor performing crucial functions such as the following 14 Providing the mechanism for drawing and moving the onscreen window in which you write the memo 14 Keeping track of a file when you save it 14 Helping the word processor create drop down menus and dialogs for you to interact with 14 Communicating with other programs 14 And much much more stuff that only geeks could care about Chapter 1 OS X Yosemite 101 Prerequisites None 1 1 So armed with a little background in operating systems take a gander at the next section before you do anything else with your Mac One last thing As mention in this book s Introduction Fm repeating it here only in case you normally don t read introductions OS X Yosemite comes with more than 50 applications Although Td love to tell you all about each and every one have only
20. e Re Re Re Re Re ee ee ee ee 28 A scroll NEW ie die RA EE OE ri asais 29 Hyper Active WindOWS esse esse see se ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee 30 Dialog Dealie BOpperS oooocooccocnnocnnonononononononononcnnnconnono nono ee Re Re Re ee ee 32 Working with Windows ocoooconoconononnnconononconnonnononononono ee Re ee EA ee ee ee 33 Opening and closing WindOWS ooocooccocnconononononononcnnncnnnonnnnnononcnnnonnos 34 Resizing windows and window panes cccconcccooncnononononnnonnnnnonancnnnonons 34 Moving WindOWS occoccooconononononnnoonnnonncnnononononononcnn nono nc nncnnncnn nn ncnoncnnnonnss 35 Shuffling WINdOWS ocoocccoonononononconnconnonnnonnononononono nono ncnnncnn Re ee ee ee ee 35 Me nit EES EO ii EE ED iria 37 The ever changing Menu bar sesse esse ese ee Re Re Re EA Re Re ee 37 Vili OS X Yosemite For Dummies Recognizing disabled Options sees ese ee ee Re Re ee ee ee Re ee 40 Navigating submenus ssisssskeisis sesse eise se ek ieke se Re DERE es SR ks 41 Underneath the Apple Menu tree sesse se Re AR Re RE 41 Using keyboard shortcut commands sesse esse ee ese ee ee ee ee 43 Chapter 3 What s Up Dock ooooooococcconon Re 47 A Quick Introduction to Your DOCkK oooocccnoconoccconcconnnoncnonocnononccnnconncnnnnnnos 48 The default icons of the DOCK sesse see se ee se ee Re RA ee ee Re 48 doe dir oi ii EE 51 Opening application menus on the Dock iese sesse
21. emite For Dummies The book is chock full of information and advice explaining everything you need to know about OS X in language you can understand along with time saving tips tricks techniques and step by step instructions all served up in generous quantities Another rule we For Dummies authors must follow is that our books cannot exceed a certain number of pages Brevity is the soul of wit and all that So I wish I could have included some things but they didn t fit Although I feel confident you ll find everything you need to know about OS X Yosemite in this book some things bear further looking into including these 14 Information about some of the applications programs that come with OS X Yosemite An installation of OS X Yosemite includes roughly 50 applications mostly located in the Applications folder and the Utilities folder within it Pd love to walk you through each one of them but that would have required a book a whole lot bigger heavier and more expen sive than this one I brief you on the small handful of bundled applications essential to using OS X Yosemite and keep the focus there namely Calendar Contacts Messages Mail Safari TextEdit and the like as well as important utilities you may need to know how to use someday For what it s worth many books cover the applications that come with OS X Yosemite as well as applications commonly bundled with Yosemite on a new Mac such as iLife the
22. er bugs me or makes me smile When I m ranting imagine foam coming from my mouth Rants and raves are required to be irreverent irrelevant or both I try to keep them short for your sake Well now what could this icon possibly be about Named by famous edito rial consultant Mr Obvious this icon highlights all things new and different in OS X Yosemite Where to Go from Here The first few chapters of this book are where I describe the basic things that you need to understand to operate your Mac effectively If you re new to Macs and OS X Yosemite start there Even though OS X Yosemite is somewhat different from previous Mac operat ing systems the first part of the book is so basic that if you ve been using a Mac for long you might think you know it all and okay you might know most of it But hey Not so old timers need a solid foundation So here s my advice Skip the stuff you know you ll get to the better stuff faster I would love to hear how this book worked for you So please send me your thoughts platitudes likes and dislikes and any other comments Did this book work for you What did you like What didn t you like What questions were unanswered Did you want to know more or less about something Tell me I have received more than 100 suggestions about previous editions many of which are incorporated here So please please keep up the good work Email me at Yosemite4Dummies boblevitus com I appreciate your
23. feedback and I try to respond to all reasonably polite email within a few days So what are you waiting for Go Enjoy the book 6 OS X Yosemite For Dummies getting started with dl In this part In the beginning The most basic of basics including how to turn on your Mac A gentle introduction to the Yosemite Finder and its Desktop Your Dock Making it work harder for you Everything you need to know about Yosemite s windows icons and menus oh my All the bad puns and wisecracks you ve come to expect A plethora of Finder tips and tricks to make life with Yosemite even easier and more fulfilling OOOO OOO 00 OE OOO 00 000 00 OS X Yosemite 101 Prerequisites None In This Chapter Understanding what an operating system is and is not Turning on your Mac Getting to know the startup process Turning off your Mac Avoiding major Mac mistakes Pointing clicking dragging and other uses for your mouse Getting help from your Mac ongratulate yourself on choosing OS X which stands for Macintosh Operating System X and that s the Roman numeral ten not the letter X pronounced ten not ex You made a smart move because you scored OS X 1 0 9 more than just an operating system OS upgrade OS X Yosemite includes several new features that make GE ME es cond and mouse cines using your Mac easier and dozens of improvements r Learn the basics that help you do more work in less time m i Find anyt
24. hing on your Mac Install update and uninstall apps Get notifications in one place In this chapter I start at the very beginning and talk Get connected about OS X in mostly abstract terms then I move a aaa ie on to explain what you need to know to use OS X Use Dictation to create messages and docum Yosemite successfully gt Use accessibility features Solve problems If you ve been using OS X for a while some of the informa E tion in this chapter may seem hauntingly familiar a number of features that I describe haven t changed from earlier ver sions of OS X But if you decide to skip this chapter because you think you have all the new stuff figured out I assure you that you ll miss at least a couple of things that Apple didn t bother to tell you as if you read every word in OS X Help the only user manual Apple provides anyway Tantalized Let s rock 1 0 Part I Introducing OS X Yosemite The Basics Y One last thing If you re about to upgrade to Yosemite from an earlier version of OS X you might want to peruse the article on installing and reinstalling Yosemite in full and loving detail found at www dummies com extras osxyosemite Gnawing to the Core of OS X The operating system that is the OS in OS X is what makes a Mac a Mac Without it your Mac is a pile of silicon and circuits no smarter than a toaster So what does an operating system do you ask Good question The short
25. i GE OE GE RE aes ae sachs Ge ee Ge ee Ee ee 150 With drag and drop cooccococonccoconononnnnnonnonncnncnnnonnonnrnncnncnn Re Re RA ee 152 Witha Quick Look see Ee dida ee de 152 When your Mac can t open a file esse esse se ee Re Re Re ee 153 With the application of your choice esse sesse ese ee ee Re ee 154 Organizing Your Stuff in Folder iese sesse se ee ee Re ee Re ee ee 157 Files versus folders ccsccsccssesseeseeseeseeeeceeeeseeseesecseceeeeeeeseeseeeeaeees 157 Organizing your stuff with subfolders ooonooonncnoonconnconnconccononnon 158 Creating new foldersS ooooononcnoonconnnoncconononconnonononononn nono nonnnconocnncnnnoo 160 Navigating with spring loaded folders esse see ee ee ee 161 Smart TOV EUS ini iia ee Ge en oe ee ee ed edge Ee EE EG GE 162 x OS X Yosemite For Dummies Shuffling Files and Folders iese sesse ee RR Re Re AR Re Re ee 164 Moving files and folder esse see ee RR AA Re ee 165 Selecting multiple iCONS oooonoonconnnonncononononononononnnonn Re Re RA Re ee 166 Playing the icon name game Renaming icons esse eg 168 Comprehending the Clipboard esse ss esse se Re RA Re 169 Copying files and folders oooooocnocccocanononononononononn AR EA Re ee 170 Pasting from the Clipboard esse sesse ee RR Re Re RA Re 171 Compressing fil S ccscssscsssccsseessesssessseseeeseeessessseesceesseesseessessees 171 Getting rid Of ICONS
26. itional topics at www dummies com extras osxyosemite 14 Updates to this book if we have any are at www dummies com extras osxyosemite Icons Used in This Book ar Little round pictures icons appear off to the left side of the text throughout this book Consider these icons miniature road signs telling you a little some thing extra about the topic at hand Here s what the different icons look like and what they all mean Look for Tip icons to find the juiciest morsels shortcuts tips and undocu mented secrets about Yosemite Try them all impress your friends When you see this icon it means that this particular morsel is something that I think you should memorize or at least write on your shirt cuff Put on your propeller beanie hat and pocket protector these parts include the truly geeky stuff It s certainly not required reading but it must be inter esting or informative or I wouldn t have wasted your time with it Read these notes very very very carefully Did I say very Warning icons flag important cautionary information The author and publisher won t be responsible if your Mac explodes or spews flaming parts because you ignored a Warning icon Just kidding Macs don t explode or spew with the exception of a few choice PowerBook 5300s which won t run Yosemite anyway But I got your attention didn t I Introduction These icons represent my ranting or raving about something that eith
27. nccconocononccononcnonnnononcnonanonnanonnnnnrnnnnonnnrnnnnnonanonns 448 Get a Solid State Drive SSD iese Re RA AA RR Ee AA 449 Chapter 23 Ten or So Great Websites for Mac Freaks 451 MacWorld iuris EE N E EE OER EE ias 451 AM TE Te ES au AR RE EE N dida 452 The Unofficial Apple Weblog ccooocnoncccoocncoocnconnnconnnononcnnonnncononcnonnconnnos 452 A O 453 Download COM ee Ee EE Ee EE dtia 453 XUI OS X Yosemite For Dummies Apple Support ccsccssccsssesscesssssscsssesssececssecsnsesssesssssesenecsseceseseesseesnsens 455 Other World Computing iss ese ese eek ee ee ee GR Re Ee RA Re Re ee RA Re ee ee Ge 455 EW ONY MAC COM anita EO EE 455 COAlIMAC iii 456 Dr Mac Consulting esse se sae ee RR AR Re ee GR GR ee ee ruosos ruere ruere sapt 456 Appendix A Devices and Continuity ees see ee 459 Introduction ou made the right choice twice OS X Yosemite OS X 10 10 and this book Take a deep breath and get ready to have a rollicking good time That s right This is a computer book but it s fun What a concept Whether you re brand spanking new to the Mac or a grizzled Mac vet I guarantee that reading this book to discover the ins and outs of OS X Yosemite will make everything easier The publisher couldn t say as much on the cover if it weren t true About This Book This book s roots lie with my international best seller Macintosh System 7 5 For Dummies an award winning book so good
28. nnonononononnncoononnnconcnnns 408 About viruses and other malware ooococccnoccnoncnonnoncconcconononannnccnnonnos 409 Firewall SS Te DEd narrada OR tinca sir EE NN A11 Install recommended software updates es ee Ee ee 412 Protecting Your Data from Prying EyeS esse esse ese esse ees ee see see ee ee ee ee 413 Blocking or limiting connections iese se see se ee ee Re ee Re 413 Locking down files with FileVault ees es see se ee ee RA ee ee 414 Setting other options for Security oooococooccooncoonnoncconnconcnnncnononnncn nooo 415 Chapter 20 Utility Chest ooooooocooocoorrnrr ooo 417 Calla N EE ea A17 SS AE EE RE EE EA 418 AirPort del Y iii EE EE 420 ColorSync Utility ooooonnoconoconocconcconononononononcnnnccnnonn nono ee AR ee Re Re ee ee ee 420 DigitalColor Meter issie ses seek ge SG RS RE RR Re de Rek sd BRAD RA RR Reg de SR Eed 421 DO SE EE Ee GE ee Ee ee Ee 421 First EA EO OO OE EE 421 Erase tardara rotas cta 422 Table of Contents KV Partition tap eeste sestigs sk ss Reese Dee ese sk Ee Gee see Ge Ee idas 422 RAID Hab RO OE EE EE a RE 423 Restore tab sesse RAN 424 EE EE RE OE EN 424 GRAPHER PP A N EG 425 Keychald ACCESS AA EE N ER Ed ERG 425 Migration Assistant esse esse ee ee RR Re RA Re AR ee Re Re Re Re 427 System Information esse see see ee ee RA AA Re Re AR ee ee ee 427 Terminal id ias ita 428 Chapter 21 Troubleshooting OS X 0oooooooommmmm 429
29. nononanonconnconcconcconccnnnon 113 AAS LAGI ON RE N 116 Flight Tracker AA AE N EE ED 117 Giving Buttons Menus and Windows a Makeover oooooonocccococonocononnnonos 118 Adjusting the Keyboard Mouse Trackpad and Other Hardware 121 A A A 121 Mouse nn lt a tae tonic telar EO re oe EE Dee ee 126 Bluetooth inienn OE EE RO EE NE ies 127 Trackpad notebooks and desktops with a Magic Trackpad 128 Styling Your Sound ii EE en ER se e Ee EG aE ee ee De GE De ge Ge ig 129 Changing sound effects iese see Re RA RA ee ee Re ee 130 Choosing output and input options esse sesse ee Re ee 130 Chapter 6 The Care and Feeding of Files and Folders 131 A Quick Primer on Finding Files sesse ee ee ee AA Re RA ee ee 132 Understanding the OS X Folder Structure esse esse ses seek ee AR 132 Understanding nested folder sees ese ee ee ee 133 From the top The Computer folder iese see see ee 134 Peeking into the Applications folder sees 135 Visiting the Library folders sesse se Re Re Re Re Re Re ee 135 Let it be The System folder sesse see ee RR Re Re EA Re 136 There s no place like Home esse esse ee Re AR Re 137 Your personal Library card sesse esse AR Re Re ee Ee 139 Saving Your Document Before It s Too Late esse ses sesse ee Re ee 141 Stepping through a basic SaVe ii iese ee Re RR Re Re 142 Save As versus Duplicate Different names for same result 147 Open SEZ Me i
30. ns electronic mechanical photocopying recording scanning or otherwise except as permit ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without either the prior written permission of the Publisher or authorization through payment of the appropriate per copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center 222 Rosewood Drive Danvers MA 01923 978 750 8400 fax 978 646 8600 Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department John Wiley amp Sons Inc 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030 201 748 6011 fax 201 748 6008 or online at http www wiley com go permissions Trademarks Wiley the Wiley logo For Dummies the Dummies Man logo Dummies com Making Everything Easier and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley amp Sons Inc and or its affiliates in the United States and other countries and may not be used without written per mission Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respec tive owners John Wiley amp Sons Inc is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book LIMIT OF LIABILITY DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THE PUBLISHER AND THE AUTHOR MAKE NO REP RESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURP
31. one my publisher suggested I recommend is OS X Yosemite All in One For Dummies written by Mark L Chambers which is of course also published by Wiley 14 Information about Microsoft Office iLife iWork Adobe Photoshop Quicken and most other third party applications Okay if all the gory details of all the bundled read free OS X Yosemite applications don t fit here I think you ll understand why digging into third party applications that cost extra was out of the question Information about programming for the Mac This book is about using OS X Yosemite not writing code for it Dozens of books most of which are two or three times the size of this book cover programming on the Mac this one doesn t Introduction 3 Conventions Used in This Book To get the most out of this book you need to know how I do things and why Here are a few conventions l use in this book to make your life easier 14 When I want you to open an item in a menu I write something like Choose File gt Open which means Pull down the File menu and choose the Open command 14 Stuff you re supposed to type appears in bold type like this 14 Sometimes an entire sentence is in boldface as you see when I present a numbered list of steps In those cases I leave the bold off what you re supposed to type like this 14 Web addresses programming code not much in this book and things that appear onscreen are shown in a special monofont t
32. se een see ee ee Ga 451 Appendix A Devices and Continuity esse ee ese 459 Table of Contents re Oe OE N OE OE EE N About This BOOK sees esse ee ed n n AA RA EA ee a 1 Conventions Used in This BOOK sees ees ee ee ee Re Re ee Re ee ee 3 Foolish AssumptONS ee sees see ee AR Re E AR ee RA ee Re Re ee 3 Beyond the BOOK iesin ek isa 4 Icons Used in This BOOK iese ee ee ee ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee ee Re ee 4 Where to Go from Her sesse see ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee 5 Part I Introducing OS X Vosemite The Basics acc Y Chapter 1 OS X Yosemite 101 Prerequisites None 9 Gnawing to the Core of OS M R a aaa 10 A Safety Net for the Absolute Beginner or Any User esse sesse eg 12 Turning the dang thing ON esse se AA RR RA Re Re Ee 12 What you should see on StartUPD coonocconocccnonnnconnnnonnnonnnnnnonncnnnnnonnnnnnns 12 Shutting down Properly iese se RR AR ee ee ee 16 A few things you should definitely not do with your Mac 17 Point and click boot Camp sesse esse AR Re RA Re Re Ee 18 Not Just a Beatles Movie Help and the Help Menu esse esse sesse esse 20 Chapter 2 The Desktop and Windows and Menus Oh My 23 Touring the Finder and Its Desktop oococcoccoccconnconncanncononononononononononononnnos 24 Anatomy of a WiNdOW eoccccooccnonoooncnnnonnononconnnonnonononn Re Re Re AR Re ee ee ee 25 Top o the window to Val esse ss ese ese ee R
33. so many pages at my disposal If you need more info on the programs I don t cover may I again recommend OS X Yosemite All in One For Dummies written by Mark L Chambers or iLife For Dummies written by my old friends Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes both published by Wiley The Mac advantage Most of the world s personal computers use Microsoft Windows although more and more people are switching to the Mac But you re among the lucky few to have a computer with an OS that s intuitive easy to use and dare say fun If you don t believe me try using Windows for a day or two Go ahead You prob ably won t suffer any permanent damage In fact you ll really begin to appreciate how good you have it Feel free to hug your Mac Or give it a peck on the disc drive slot assuming that your Mac has one most including the MacBook Air and Mac Mini at this writing don t Just try not to get your tongue caught As someone once told me Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows because more people use Windows is like saying that all other restaurants serve food that s inferior to McDonald s We might be a minority but Mac users have the best most stable most modern all purpose operating system in the world and here s why Unix on which OS X is based is widely regarded asthe bestindustrial strength operating system on the planet For now just know that being based on Unix means that a Mac running OS
34. ur Reading List sesse esse ese ese see ee ee ed ee ee 229 Using the terrific Top Sites Dage iese see see ee RR ee AA 230 Searching with Google esse sees see ee Re Re Re Re Re ee Re ee 231 Checking out Help Center sesse esse ese ee ee ee Re Re ee ee ee 234 Audio and Video Calls with FaceTime iese sesse ese ee Re Re AA Re Reg 234 Chapter 11 Finding People and Places 231 Collecting Your ContacCtS sesse ss esse ese ee a ee Re Re ee Re ee ee 237 Adding Contacts iss E Ge DR deeg SERE Ne de eed 238 Importing contacts from other DrOSramS esse sesse sesse ee ee 240 Creating a basic group ocoocccccoononononononononononnnonnnonn Re AA Re Re Re ee 240 Setting up a smart group based on contact criteria 242 Deleting a group or smart SFOUD sesse esse esse ese ee ee ee ee 243 dd SEA ER EE IE 243 Sync Contacts Your contacts everywhere i esse ese ese ees 243 Maps Are Where It s At esse ee RR AA AA Re Re Re ee ee ee 244 Finding your current location with Maps ees esse esse esse ese ee 244 Finding a person place or thing esse esse AR Re Re 245 Views zooms and pPanS esse ese RA AR Re Re ee Ee 248 Maps and Contacts iese sees ee Re Re Re Re AR ee ee ee 249 Timesaving map tools Favorites Recents and Contacts 250 Smart map TICKS AE OE N N ER EO OE EE 252 Chapter 12 Communicate with Mail and Messages 255 Sending
35. ypeface like this If you re reading an e book version of this book web addresses are clickable links 14 For keyboard shortcuts I write something like 38 A which means to hold down the 38 key the one with the little pretzel and or symbol on it and then press the A key on the keyboard If you see something like 98 Shift A that means to hold down the 8 and Shift keys while pressing the A key Again for clarity I never refer to the 98 key with the d symbol I reserve that symbol for the menu Apple menu For the Command key I use only the 38 symbol Got it Very cool Foolish Assumptions Although I know what happens when you make assumptions I ve made a few anyway First I assume that you gentle reader know nothing about using OS X beyond knowing what a Mac is that you want to use OS X that you want to understand OS X without having to digest an incomprehensible technical manual and that you made the right choice by selecting this particular book And so I do my best to explain each new concept in full and loving detail Maybe that s foolish but that s how I roll Oh and I also assume that you can read If you can t ignore this paragraph OS X Yosemite For Dummies Beyond the Book I have written a lot of extra content that you won t find in this book Go online to find the following 14 The Cheat Sheet for this book is at www dummies com cheatsheet osxyosemite 14 Online articles covering add
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