Index
A
- abbreviation expansion, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- About This Mac, System Information
- About [this program], The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- accented characters, The Many Languages of macOS Text
- accessibility, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- Accessibility Keyboard, Hardware
- closed captioning, Speech
- display options, Customizing your zoom
- dwell control, Accessibility Keyboard
- General tab, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- mouse and trackpad, Using the Accessibility Keyboard
- privacy settings, Twelve Privacy Shields
- screen flashing, Speech
- screen reader, General Tab
- Slow Keys, Hardware
- switch control, Mouse & Trackpad
- typing assistance, Dictation
- video descriptions for blind, Speech
- VoiceOver, General Tab
- zooming the screen, Zoom Tab
- Accessibility Keyboard, Hardware
- Accessibility Options (Windows), The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- accounts, Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
- Administrator accounts, Administrator accounts
- changing short names, Deleting Accounts
- choosing a picture, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
- creating, The First Account
- defined, Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
- editing and deleting, Simple Finder
- Family Sharing, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- fast user switching, Sharing Across Accounts
- groups, Guest account
- Guest accounts, Sharing Only accounts
- Managed accounts, Administrator accounts
- name and short name, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
- parental controls, Phase 4: Login Items (Startup Items)
- protecting with FileVault, Gatekeeper
- restoring a deleted account, Deleting Accounts
- sharing files between, Sharing Across Accounts
- Sharing Only, Administrator accounts, The System Preferences Method
- Standard accounts, Administrator accounts
- startup items, Phase 3: Choose a Picture
- your first one, The First Account
- action menus, The Get Info Panels
- Activity Monitor, Utilities: Your macOS Toolbox
- ad hoc networks, Wi-Fi Networks
- Add Hardware (Windows), The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- Add/Remove Programs (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- Address Book (see Contacts app)
- address/search bar, Safari
- Administrator accounts, Administrator accounts
- advertising
- AirDrop, File Sharing: Three Ways
- between phone and Mac, Handoff
- canceling a transfer, Receiving a File by AirDrop
- defined, File Sharing: Three Ways
- receiving a file, Eight Reasons AirDrop Might Seem Not to Work
- sending a file, File Sharing: Three Ways
- sending QuickTime videos, Post to YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook
- Share button, The Share Button
- troubleshooting, Sending by AirDrop
- AirPlay, Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors)
- AirPort (see Wi-Fi)
- AirPort base stations, Wi-Fi Networks
- alerts (see Notification Center, notifications)
- aliases, Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
- All My Files, The Sidebar
- All Programs (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- alphabetical order
- Alt key (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- Amazon, Favorites View
- animations
- antialiasing, General
- Apache Web server, Virtual Private Networking
- App Nap, Get Info
- App Store, Documents, Programs & Mission Control
- appearance settings, Extensions
- Apple
- Apple File System, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- Apple ID, Editing and deleting playlists
- Apple Mouse, Notes on Right-Clicking, Dictation
- Apple Music, Editing and deleting playlists
- Apple Pay, Life in Family Sharing
- Apple TV
- Apple Watch
- AppleScript, Automator
- Application menu, Windows That Auto-Reopen
- Applications folder, Your Home Folder
- apps (see programs)
- Archive Utility, Share
- arrow notation, About This Book
- aspect ratio, Auto Enhance
- attachments, Writing Messages
- Audible.com, Podcasts
- audio (see sounds)
- Audio MIDI Setup, The System Monitor tabs
- audiobooks, Podcasts
- Auto Save, The Open Dialog Box
- Auto-Play
- auto-reopening windows, Folders
- auto-wake, Checkbox Options
- autocomplete, Replace abbreviations with much longer phrases
- autocorrect, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- automatic login, Setting Up the Login Process
- Automatic Update (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- Automator, Automator
B
- Back button, Column View, The Finder Toolbar
- Back to My Mac, Lots of Misc.
- backing up., Editing the Share Menu
- Backspace key (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- battery
- Bcc (blind carbon copy), Writing Messages
- Beats, Introduction, Apple Music
- bedtime parental controls, Time Tab
- beta testing, Directory Utility
- BIOS (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- Bluetooth, FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
- Bluetooth File Exchange, FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
- BMP files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Bonjour, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- bookmarks, Searching the Web
- Books app, Automator
- alternatives to, Automator
- bookmarks, Reading
- controlling with Siri, What to Say to Siri
- downloading books, Automator
- highlights and notes, Reading
- navigating with Touch Bar, Reading
- parental controls, Parental tab
- parental restrictions on store, Apps Tab
- reading and turning pages, Your Library
- settings, Notes, Highlighting, and Other Options
- viewing ePub files, Downloading Books
- viewing PDF files, Downloading Books
- working with your library, Downloading Books
- Boolean searches, Limit by metadata
- Boot Camp, Audio MIDI Setup
- brightness
- brightness keys, The Mac Keyboard
- broadband, Multihoming
- bullets, Writing Messages
- bundles (app icons), Launchpad
C
- cable modems, Multihoming
- caching, Sharing
- Calculator app, Parental tab
- Calendar app, Conversions
- advantages, Calendar
- controlling by voice, What to Say to Siri
- data detectors, Data Detectors, Filters
- day/week/month views, Calendar
- defined, Conversions
- deleting events, Searching for events
- editing events, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- force-clicking in, The Force Touch Trackpad
- in Notification Center, Notifications Tab
- integration with Maps, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- invitations, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- making an appointment, Working with Views
- organizing into categories, Searching for events
- printing events, Editing events
- publishing calendars, The “Calendar” Category Concept
- Quick Event feature, Making an Appointment
- reminder sounds, Customizing the Notification Center
- repeating events, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- rescheduling events, Editing events
- searching for events, Searching for events
- setting time zones, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- sharing in Family Sharing, Life in Family Sharing
- show as busy, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- subscribing to online calendars, Publishing
- syncing with Facebook, Google, and Yahoo calendars, Publishing
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- syncing with other devices, Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers
- travel-time calculation, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- calling, Audio and Video Chats
- camera, Dictionary
- (see also FaceTime)
- auto-importing photos, Import To:
- taking photos with your i-gadget, AirDrop
- Camera and Scanner Wizard (Windows), Add or Remove Programs control panel
- capitalization
- Caps Lock
- Cc (carbon copy), Writing Messages
- CDs and DVDs, Directory Utility
- cellphones, Automatic Backup
- cellular internet
- cellular modems, Tethering (Personal Hotspot)
- Character Map (Windows), CDs and DVDs
- Character viewer, Input Sources
- checkboxes, The Very Basics
- Chess app, Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers
- children
- Chinese characters, Input Sources
- clean install of macOS, After Installing over an Older Version
- Clean Up command, Sorting
- Clear History command, Privacy and Security Features
- Clear key, The Mac Keyboard
- clicking, About → These → Arrows
- Clipboard
- clock
- Close button, Close Button
- closed captions, Speech
- cloud (see iCloud)
- Cocoa apps, The Cocoa Advantage
- Colemak keyboard, Input Sources
- colors
- as window backgrounds, Show item info
- color coding with Finder tags, Finder Tags
- Color Picker dialog box, Background
- ColorSync, Designing collections and favorites
- ColorSync utility, Keyboard translation guide
- Dark Mode, Designing Your Desktop
- DigitalColor Meter app, ColorSync Utility
- Dynamic Desktop pictures, Clock Tab
- grayscale, Customizing your zoom
- highlight color, Extensions
- inverting, Customizing your zoom
- monitor color profiles, The Arrangement Tab
- retouching photos in Preview, Fixing up photos
- True Tone settings, Displays
- ColorSync, Designing collections and favorites
- column view, Rearranging Columns
- Command key, The Mac Keyboard
- command line, System Information
- comments
- compressing
- Computer window, What’s in Your Home Folder
- Connect to Server command, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- Console, ColorSync Utility
- console mode, Method 1: Disk Utility
- Contacts app, Using the Junk Mail Filter
- adding contacts from Mail, Creating Address Cards
- adding pictures to contacts, Removing someone from a group
- adding someone, Filters
- backing up, Printing Options
- controlling by voice, What to Say to Siri
- creating contacts, About vCards
- data detectors, Filters
- editing contacts, Creating Address Cards
- finding contacts, Free headshots from Facebook
- groups, Adding addresses from Mail
- importing addresses, Contacts
- printing, Finding an Address
- privacy settings, Twelve Privacy Shields
- recovering data with Time Machine, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- searching from Spotlight, Spotlight Results Tips
- smart groups, Groups
- sorting, Finding an Address
- syncing contacts with iCloud, Email Address
- troubleshooting, Creating Address Cards
- vCards, Importing from Yahoo, Google, Exchange, or another internet service
- Continuity, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- contrast
- Control key, The Mac Keyboard
- Control Panel (Windows), CDs and DVDs
- Control Strip, The Fingerprint Sensor
- cookies, Privacy and Security Features
- Copy, Cut, and Paste, Copying by Dragging, Data Detectors
- Cover Flow view (see gallery view)
- crashed programs, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- credit cards, Autofill: Credit Cards
- cropping, Auto Enhance
- Ctrl key (Windows), CDs and DVDs
- Ctrl+Alt+Delete (Windows), Taskbar
- curly quotes, Insert the proper typographical symbols
- cursor
D
- Dark Mode, Designing Your Desktop
- Dashboard, Two Eccentric Spaces Settings
- Dashboard key, The Mac Keyboard
- dashes, Insert the proper typographical symbols
- data
- data detectors, Keyboard Viewer, Filters
- addresses, Data Detectors
- date and time, Data Detectors
- flight numbers, Data Detectors
- force-clicking, The Force Touch Trackpad
- gesture to open, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- package tracking, Data Detectors
- phone numbers, Data Detectors
- turning off, Data Detectors
- web addresses, Data Detectors
- Date & Time
- Declaration of Independence, Dictionary
- deleting
- accounts, Simple Finder
- backgrounds from photos, Fixing up photos
- browsing history, Privacy and Security Features
- buttons from Safari toolbar, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- calendar events, Searching for events
- email messages, Finding Messages
- family member from Family Sharing, Setting Up Family Sharing
- Favorites bookmarks, Favorites View
- files accessed on the network, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- files and folders, The Mini-Finder
- fonts, Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
- from the print queue, Making the Printout
- notes, Creating a Note
- photos and videos, Places
- playlists, Playlists
- programs, Folders, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- smart folders, Smart Folders
- Trash, The Trash
- Voice Memos recordings, Voice Memos
- Windows Recycle Bin, Power Options
- desktop, Logging In
- (see also wallpaper)
- adding printer icons, Printer Preferences
- auto-changing picture, Making the picture fit
- Dark Mode, Designing Your Desktop
- defined, Logging In
- Desktop folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- differences from Windows, Defragment and Optimize Drives
- drag-and-drop, Drag-and-Drop
- Dynamic Desktop pictures, Clock Tab
- Full Screen mode, The App Switcher
- Macintosh HD icon, Organizing Your Stuff
- Mission Control, Exiting Split Screen Mode
- picture settings, Clock Tab
- screen saver, Making the picture fit
- sounds, Dark Mode
- Split Screen mode, Split Screen Mode
- stacking icons, What’s in Your Home Folder
- diacritical marks, The Many Languages of macOS Text
- dialog boxes
- dictation, Dictation & Siri
- capitalization and formatting, Punctuation
- changing the keyboard shortcut, Enhanced Dictation
- changing the language, Enhanced Dictation
- Enhanced Dictation, Punctuation
- fixing errors, Dictation Step by Step
- keyboard shortcut, Dictation
- phone numbers, Punctuation
- privacy, Speech Settings
- punctuation, Punctuation
- settings, Enhanced Dictation
- speaking to trigger commands, Speech
- step by step, Dictation
- Dictionary app, Studying Your Games
- digital cameras
- DigitalColor Meter, ColorSync Utility
- directions, Finding Friends and Businesses
- directories (see folders)
- Directory Utility, System Information
- disabilities (see accessibility)
- Disk Defragmenter (Windows), Defragment and Optimize Drives
- disk images, The Mac App Store, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- Disk Utility, Disk Utility
- disks, Notes on Right-Clicking
- displays, The Arrangement Tab
- Do Not Disturb, Insta-Respond to Bubbles
- Dock, Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
- adding icons to, The Dock
- adding tags, Using Tags
- auto-hiding, Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
- basics of, Logging In
- defined, Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
- Dock Exposé, One-App Exposé
- Downloads folder, Fan vs. grid vs. list
- drag and drop, Find Secret Menus
- dragging into, Find Secret Menus
- folders, Setting Up the Dock
- force-opening documents, Find Secret Menus
- hiding and showing programs, Find Secret Menus
- hiding “open program” dots, Find Secret Menus
- in vertical position, Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
- Keep in Dock command, Find Secret Menus
- keyboard control, Keyboard Control
- keyboard shortcuts, Go menu
- magnifying icons, Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
- on multiple monitors, The wireless way
- Open at Login command, Find Secret Menus
- opening icons from, The Dock
- organizing, Setting Up the Dock, Find Secret Menus
- quitting programs, Find Secret Menus
- recent apps, The Dock
- removing icons, Setting Up the Dock
- rotating and moving, Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
- self-updating icons, Fan vs. grid vs. list
- setting up, The Dock
- shortcut menus, Using the Dock
- Show in Finder command, Find Secret Menus
- shrinking and enlarging, Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
- stacks, Setting Up the Dock
- switching programs, Using the Dock
- vs. Windows taskbar, Shortcuts
- window management, Using the Dock
- documents, Putting Files onto the iCloud Drive
- adding to iCloud Drive, Putting Files onto the iCloud Drive
- aliases, Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
- arranging, Use as Defaults
- Auto Save feature, The Open Dialog Box
- auto-reopening, General
- choosing startup items, Phase 3: Choose a Picture
- copying from an old computer, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- deleting, The Mini-Finder
- document scanners, More power to you
- Documents folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- drag and drop, Find Secret Menus
- duplicate names, Copying by Dragging
- file name extensions, How Documents Know Their Parents
- file sharing, FireWire Networks
- fonts, Creating PDF Files
- force-opening in different program, Find Secret Menus
- HEIF and HEVC formats, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- iCloud Desktop & Documents, Sharing iCloud Drive Files
- in the cloud, Rewinding to an earlier version
- launching from a Dock icon, Dragging from the Title Bar
- list of searchable kinds, Spotlight Results Tips
- locked, Emptying the Trash II: Even Easier
- moving data between, Data Detectors
- Open dialog box, The Mini-Finder
- Open With command, How Documents Know Their Parents
- opening in Boot Camp, Keyboard translation guide
- Optimized Storage features, Share
- printing lists of, Renaming Batches of Files
- Recent Items, General
- recovering with Time Machine, Changing Time Machine Settings
- relationship to parent programs, How Documents Know Their Parents
- renaming, Desktop Stacks
- renaming in batches, Rename One File
- Save and Open dialog boxes, Redefining a Keystroke
- sharing across accounts, Sharing Across Accounts
- sorting, Grouping
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- syncing with iCloud Drive, Rewinding to an earlier version
- Trash, The Trash
- Versions feature, Auto Save and Versions
- DOS prompt (Windows), DOS prompt
- dots, Writing Messages
- double-clicking, About → These → Arrows
- downloads
- drag and drop, Cut, Copy, and Paste
- Drop Box, Sharing Across Accounts
- Dropbox service, Exchanging Data with Other Macs
- DSL
- DuckDuckGo, Searching the Web
- DVDs (see CDs and DVDs)
- Dvorak keyboard, Input Sources
- dwell control, Accessibility Keyboard
E
- ebooks, Automator
- Edit menu
- editing
- accounts, Simple Finder
- address/search bar, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- annotating PDF files, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- bookmarks, Organizing Bookmarks in the Sidebar
- icons, What’s Good About Aliases
- Memories, Memories
- permissions, The Get Info Method
- photos, My Projects
- playlists, Playlists
- Safari Favorites page, Favorites View
- saved passwords, Autofill: Your Passwords
- screenshots, The Screenshot Toolbar
- stocks portfolio, Customizing Your Portfolio
- tags, Creating Tags
- Touch Bar, The Control Strip
- video in QuickTime Player, Fancy Playback Tricks
- voice recordings, Editing Your Recording
- Eject key, The Mac Keyboard
- email, Mail & Contacts
- (see also Mail app, VIPs (in Mail app))
- dragging to attach a document, Dragging from the Title Bar
- for file transfer, Exchanging Data with Other Macs
- free iCloud address, Shared Albums
- Outlook, The Mailboxes List
- POP vs. IMAP vs. Exchange vs. web, The Mailboxes List
- sending QuickTime videos, Post to YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook
- Share button, The Share Button
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- voice control, What to Say to Siri
- emoji
- encryption, Disk Utility, the disk-image program
- End key, The Mac Keyboard
- End Task (Windows), DOS prompt
- Energy Saver, The Arrangement Tab
- Enhanced Dictation, Punctuation
- Enter key, The Mac Keyboard
- ePub files, Downloading Books
- erasing
- error beeps, Alert Beeps and You
- Esc key, The Mac Keyboard
- Ethernet networks, Manual Configuration
- Excel
- Exchange servers, The Mailboxes List
- Explorer (Windows), DOS prompt
- exporting
- Exposé, More Widgets
- extensions, Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
F
- Facebook
- FaceTime, Dictionary
- facial recognition, Memories
- Family Sharing, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- appointments, photos, and reminders, Life in Family Sharing
- approving purchases, Setting Up Family Sharing
- credit cards, Family Sharing
- for kids under, Folders, Windows & Finder Tabs, Setting Up Family Sharing
- locating family members, Life in Family Sharing
- setting up, Family Sharing
- using, Setting Up Family Sharing
- Fandango.com, Searching Your Mac
- fans
- fans (Dock folders), Fan vs. grid vs. list
- fast user switching, Sharing Across Accounts
- favicons, Tabbed Browsing
- favorites
- faxing, Printer Sharing
- Feedback Assistant app, Directory Utility
- file formats
- File menu
- file names
- file sharing, FireWire Networks
- accessing Home folder, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- accessing Public folder, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- accessing shared files, The System Preferences Method
- AirDrop, File Sharing: Three Ways
- Bonjour, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- connecting to server, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- defined, FireWire Networks
- disconnecting, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- disconnecting access to your Mac, Disconnecting Others
- macOS Server, Virtual Private Networking
- saving steps, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- sharing any folder, Sharing Your Public Folder
- sharing permissions, Sharing Your Public Folder
- sharing Public folder, Sharing Your Public Folder
- troubleshooting, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar, Screen Sharing
- using the Sidebar, The System Preferences Method
- workgroups, Screen Sharing
- files (see documents, icons)
- FileVault, Gatekeeper
- filters
- Find My Mac, Find My iPhone, Data Synchronization
- Finder, Column View
- (see also column view, gallery view, icon view, list view)
- aliases, Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
- buttons explained, Do Your Filing
- Computer window, What’s in Your Home Folder
- Dock, Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
- Finder menu keyboard shortcuts, Menu
- folder proxy icon, Full Screen Button
- Get Info, Get Info
- Home folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- keyboard shortcuts, Keys to hold down at startup
- moving and copying icons, Selecting by Clicking
- Quick Look, Keep Folders on Top
- selecting icons, Selecting Icons
- setting default window view, Background
- Simple Finder mode, Other Tab
- tabs, Fun with Quick Look
- tags, Finder Tags
- toolbar, Do Your Filing
- window views, The Preview Pane
- windows, Disk icons on the desktop
- Finder tags, Finder Tags
- finding (see searching, Spotlight)
- fingerprint sensor, The Fingerprint Sensor
- firewall, FileVault
- FireWire disk mode, Via iCloud Drive
- FireWire networking, Wi-Fi Networks
- firmware password, Setting Up the Login Process
- flagging
- flash drives, Via iCloud Drive
- Flickr
- flight information, Searching the Internet
- flippy triangles, Sorting the List
- Flyover, Public Transportation
- fn key, The Mac Keyboard
- Folder Actions Setup app, Directory Utility
- folders, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- (see also icons, windows)
- aliases, Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
- All My Files, The Sidebar
- Apple File System, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- auto-opening, Dragging from the Title Bar
- compared with Windows folders, DOS prompt
- create new from selection, Shortcut Menus, Action Menus
- Desktop, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- Documents, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- Downloads, What’s on Your Hard Drive, Reduce Clutter
- Drop Box, Sharing Across Accounts
- flippy triangles, Sorting the List
- folder path notation, Status Bar
- folder proxy icon, Full Screen Button
- in Launchpad, Launchpad
- in Mail app, Redirecting Messages, Finding an Address
- in Notes app, Locking Notes
- keeping on top, The Preview Pane
- Library, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- Movies, Music, Pictures, What’s in Your Home Folder
- navigating, Two Clicks, One Window
- navigating by keyboard, Title Bar
- organizing in Dock, Do Your Filing
- Public, What’s in Your Home Folder
- Recents, The Sidebar
- recovering with Time Machine, Changing Time Machine Settings
- sharing on a network, Sharing Your Public Folder
- Sites, What’s in Your Home Folder
- smart folders, Smart Folders
- Trash, The Trash
- what’s in your home folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- Windows vs. Mac storage locations, Defragment and Optimize Drives
- “Calculate all sizes” command, Other View Options
- Font Book, Fonts—and Font Book
- fonts, Creating PDF Files
- adding, removing, and hiding, Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
- antialiasing, General
- Character Viewer, Input Sources, Designing collections and favorites
- choosing, Font libraries
- collections, Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
- color and effects, Designing collections and favorites
- designing collections and favorites, Designing collections and favorites
- duplicates, Printing a reference sheet
- exporting, Font libraries
- Font Book, Fonts—and Font Book
- Fonts panel, Font libraries
- in desktop icons, Designing Your Desktop
- Keyboard Viewer, The Character Viewer
- libraries, Font collections
- locations, Fonts—and Font Book
- previewing, Looking over your fonts
- printing a reference sheet, Looking over your fonts
- setting default sizes, Designing collections and favorites
- showing previews in Fonts panel, Designing collections and favorites
- Typography palette, Designing collections and favorites
- viewing in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- Force Touch trackpad, The Force Touch Trackpad
- force-quitting, Force-Quitting Programs, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- Forward button, The Finder Toolbar
- forward delete
- Forward Delete key, The Mac Keyboard
- frozen programs, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- fsck (file system check), Method 1: Disk Utility
- FTP, FTP, SSH, VPN & Web Sharing
- Full Screen mode, Minimize Button, The App Switcher
- function keys, The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
G
- gallery view, Grouping the Column Contents
- GarageBand, Receiving Calls
- Gatekeeper, Two-Factor Authentication
- General settings, Extensions
- genie effect, Minimize Button
- geotagging, Memories
- gestures
- basics of, The Very Basics
- clicking, Point & Click
- deleting Mail messages, Finding Messages
- dictionary lookup, Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- double-tap to magnify, Full Screen and Gestures
- Force Touch trackpads, The Force Touch Trackpad
- Magic Mouse, Trackpad gestures
- marking mail as read/unread, Flagging Messages
- Mission Control, Starting and Stopping Mission Control
- next page, Quick Look
- opening and closing Tab view in Safari, Tab View
- opening app Exposé, Scroll & Zoom
- opening desktop Exposé, Scroll & Zoom
- opening Launchpad, Scroll & Zoom
- opening Mission Control, Scroll & Zoom
- opening Notification Center, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- right-clicking, Point & Click
- rotating an image, Scroll & Zoom
- Spaces, Switching Spaces
- swiping between apps and pages, Scroll & Zoom
- tracking speed, Point & Click
- trackpad, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay, Trackpad gestures
- viewing data detectors, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- zooming in/out, Zoom Tab, Point & Click
- Get Info, Get Info
- comments, The Get Info Panels
- creation date, The Get Info Panels
- defined, Get Info
- file name extension, The Get Info Panels
- file size, The Get Info Panels
- Inspector, Get Info
- panels, Get Info
- preview files, The Get Info Panels
- Sharing & Permissions, The Get Info Panels
- sharing folders with, Sharing Your Public Folder
- summary window, Get Info
- viewing disk space, Status Bar
- “Open with” panel, The Get Info Panels
- GIF files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Gmail
- Go menu
- Go to Folder command, Status Bar
- Google
- GPS, Meet Maps
- Grab app (see screenshots)
- grammar checker, Notes on Right-Clicking
- Grapher, Disk Utility, the disk-image program
- graphic equalizer, Keyboard control
- graphics, ColorSync
- graphics tablets
- grids
- Group By, Use as Defaults
- group FaceTime, Placing a Call
- Guest accounts, Sharing Only accounts
H
- Handoff, Instant Hotspot
- handwriting recognition, Keyboard Viewer
- hard drives, Editing the Share Menu
- (see also Time Machine)
- Activity Monitor, Utilities: Your macOS Toolbox
- Apple File System, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- Disk Utility, Disk Utility
- erasing, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- fsck (file system check), Method 1: Disk Utility
- Internet Recovery, The Recovery HD
- journaling, The Standard Installation
- optimized storage features, Share
- partitioning, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- partitioning for macOS installation, The Standard Installation
- performing a clean install, After Installing over an Older Version
- physical recovery disks, Internet Recovery
- RAID Utility, Network Utility
- recovering with Time Machine, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- Recovery HD, Gray Screen During Startup
- repairing, Minor Eccentric Behavior, Use a Local Snapshot to Rewind Your OS
- Safe Boot mode, Kernel Panic
- single-user mode, Method 1: Disk Utility
- troubleshooting, Disk Utility
- hardware, Notes on Right-Clicking
- headphones
- HEIF format, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Help, Shut Down
- HEVC format, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- hibernation (Windows), Folder Options
- hiding
- app purchases, The Mac App Store
- categories from Spotlight, Customizing Spotlight
- Dock, Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
- file name extensions, The Get Info Panels
- Finder toolbar, Hiding or Shrinking the Toolbar
- fonts, Adding, removing, and hiding fonts
- Hide Others command, Hiding the Program You’re Using
- menu bar, The menu bar
- preview pane, The Preview Pane
- programs, Exposé Tip-O-Rama
- Sidebar, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- Sidebar headings, Disk icons on the desktop
- System Preferences icons, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- Touch Bar Control Strip, The Control Strip
- windows, Close Button
- highlighting, Selecting Icons
- history
- Home app, Receiving Calls
- Home folder
- Home key, The Mac Keyboard
- home page
- HomeKit
- hot corners, Mission Control keystrokes
- Hotmail accounts, The Mailboxes List
- hotspots, Wiring the Network
- HTML files
- hyperlinks (see links)
- hyphenation
I
- iChat (see Messages app)
- iCloud, Turning On Internet Sharing
- adding storage, Shared Albums
- Apple ID, Editing and deleting playlists
- Apple Pay on the Web, Life in Family Sharing
- automatic backups, Automatic Backup
- Continuity features, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- credit card syncing, Autofill: Credit Cards
- data synchronization, Email Address
- email address, Shared Albums
- Find My Mac and Find My iPhone, Data Synchronization
- iCloud Desktop & Documents, Sharing iCloud Drive Files
- iCloud Drive, Rewinding to an earlier version, Shared Albums
- iCloud Tabs, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- Keychain password tool, Autofill: Your Passwords
- online storage of movies, music, etc., Automatic Backup
- Optimized Storage features, Share
- photo storage, Turning On Internet Sharing
- publishing calendars, The “Calendar” Category Concept
- screen sharing, Sharing Your Screen
- sharing a Photos album, Shared Albums
- storage prices, Shared Albums
- Store in iCloud button, Store in iCloud
- storing text message history, iMessages
- subscribing to calendars, Publishing
- syncing AutoCorrect settings, Replace abbreviations with much longer phrases
- syncing the Reading List, Pinned Tabs
- viewing tabs open on other devices, Tab View
- VIPs, VIPs
- iCloud Desktop & Documents, Sharing iCloud Drive Files
- iCloud Drive, Rewinding to an earlier version
- icon view, The Four Window Views
- icons, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- adding to Safari toolbar, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- adding to toolbar, Apple’s toolbar-icon collection
- adjusting size in Sidebar, Extensions
- aliases, Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
- basics of, The Very Basics
- changing previews, Show item info
- Clean Up command, Sorting
- copying by dragging, Selecting by Clicking
- customizing, Hiding or Shrinking the Toolbar
- deleting, The Mini-Finder
- designing your own, What’s Good About Aliases
- desktop stacks, What’s in Your Home Folder
- discontiguous selection, Selecting by Clicking
- Get Info, Get Info
- hiding in column view, Grouping the Column Contents
- hiding System Preferences icons, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- in Finder toolbar, Do Your Filing
- in list view, Free dragging—and grid spacing
- label font, Designing Your Desktop
- Macintosh HD icon, Organizing Your Stuff
- magnifying in Dock, Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
- moving with Copy and Paste, Copying by Dragging
- naming conventions, Desktop Stacks
- on the desktop, Disk icons on the desktop
- previews, Icon Size
- resizing, Icon Size
- selecting, Selecting Icons
- self-updating, Fan vs. grid vs. list
- size in list view, Other View Options
- Trash, The Trash
- Image Capture, Home
- IMAP accounts, The Mailboxes List
- iMessages, Messages
- iMovie, More power to you
- importing, Drag-and-drop to the desktop
- Ink (handwriting recognition), Keyboard Viewer
- Input menu
- Inspector, Get Info
- installing macOS, Installing macOS Mojave
- clean installation, After Installing over an Older Version
- copying files from an old computer, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- hardware requirements, Hardware Requirements
- making a homemade installer disk, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- Migration Assistant, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- on multiple machines, The Standard Installation, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- Setup Assistant, The Standard Installation
- slowdown and running fans, Troubleshooting
- standard installation, Hardware Requirements
- Instant Hotspot, Texting from the Mac
- instant messaging, Messages
- international settings, Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps
- internet, Two Eccentric Spaces Settings
- (see also Dashboard, FTP, iCloud, networking, Safari, web pages)
- bridging networks, Turning On Internet Sharing
- broadband connections, Multihoming
- favicons, Tabbed Browsing
- Instant Hotspot, Texting from the Mac
- Internet Accounts settings, iCloud
- location settings, Dial-Up Modem Connections
- Messages app, Messages
- multihoming, Network Central and Multihoming
- port forwarding, Remote Access with SSH
- privacy and security, Per-Website Settings
- remote access, FTP, SSH, VPN & Web Sharing
- Safari web browser, Safari
- setup, Internet Setup & iCloud
- sharing, Creating a New Location
- smartphone tethering, Commercial Hotspots
- VPN, Remote Control Program Killing
- ways to get online, Internet Setup & iCloud
- Wi-Fi, Manual Configuration
- Internet Accounts pane, iCloud
- Internet Explorer, Folder Options
- Internet Options (Windows), Folder Options
- invitations (in Calendar), Location, alarms, travel time, and other details, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- IP addresses, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- iPad
- automatic backups, Automatic Backup
- cloud storage, Automatic Backup
- Continuity features, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- File Sharing for iPad, Virtual Private Networking
- locking or erasing a lost device, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- recording the screen, Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
- setting up with macOS Server, Virtual Private Networking
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- universal Clipboard feature, Continuity Camera
- using as a camera accessory, AirDrop
- iPhone
- automatic backups, Automatic Backup
- cloud storage, Automatic Backup
- Continuity features, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- controlling Safari tabs from your Mac, Tab View
- locking or erasing a lost device, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- recording the screen, Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
- setting up with macOS Server, Virtual Private Networking
- syncing, Podcasts
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- tethering, Commercial Hotspots
- universal Clipboard feature, Continuity Camera
- using as a camera accessory, AirDrop
- iPhoto, More power to you
- iPod Touch
- automatic backups, Automatic Backup
- cloud storage, Automatic Backup
- Continuity features, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- locking or erasing a lost device, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- recording the screen, Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
- setting up with macOS Server, Virtual Private Networking
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- universal Clipboard feature, Continuity Camera
- using as a camera accessory, AirDrop
- iTunes, More power to you
- (see also Apple Music)
- audiobooks, Podcasts
- defined, More power to you
- finding your stuff, iTunes
- getting media onto your computer, Four Ways to Fill Your Library
- graphic equalizer, Keyboard control
- importing from CD, Four Ways to Fill Your Library
- iTunes Store, iTunes Store
- keyboard shortcuts, Keyboard control
- playback, Connecting over Wi-Fi
- playlists, Four Ways to Fill Your Library
- searching with Spotlight, Searching the Internet
- smart playlists, Playlists
- syncing gadgets, Podcasts
- iTunes Match, Apple Music
- iTunes Store, iTunes Store
- iTunes U, Podcasts
K
- Keep in Dock command, Find Secret Menus
- kernel panic, Frozen Programs (Force-Quitting)
- kerning, Style Sheets
- keyboard, Data: Typing, Sharing & Backing Up
- (see also typing)
- abbreviation expansion, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- accented characters, The Many Languages of macOS Text
- Accessibility Keyboard, Hardware
- adjusting key backlights, iCloud
- aluminum, One-App Exposé, Data: Typing, Sharing & Backing Up
- Clear key, The Mac Keyboard
- Colemak layout, Input Sources
- Command key, The Mac Keyboard
- Control key, The Mac Keyboard
- Dashboard key, The Mac Keyboard
- Dvorak layout, Input Sources
- Eject key, The Mac Keyboard
- Esc key, The Mac Keyboard
- F1, F2… keys, The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
- fn keys, The Mac Keyboard, The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
- Forward Delete key, The Mac Keyboard
- Help key, The Mac Keyboard
- Home/End keys, The Mac Keyboard
- international layouts, Formats
- keyboard brightness keys, The Mac Keyboard
- Mute key, The Mac Keyboard
- numeric keypad, The Mac Keyboard
- Option key, The Mac Keyboard
- Pg Up/Pg Down keys, The Mac Keyboard
- playback keys, The Mac Keyboard
- QuickType keyboard, Customizing the Touch Bar
- remapping modifier keys, Keyboard Tab
- repeating keys, The Many Languages of macOS Text, iCloud
- Return/Enter keys, The Mac Keyboard
- screen brightness keys, The Mac Keyboard
- settings, iCloud
- Slow Keys, Hardware
- troubleshooting, Keyboard Tab
- volume keys, The Mac Keyboard
- keyboard shortcuts, Reassigning a certain document—permanently, The Master Secret Keystroke List
- add icons to Sidebar, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- adding or changing, Control Tool Palettes
- address/search bar, Searching the Web
- Back, Forward in Safari, Safari
- basics of, The Very Basics
- Cocoa-only shortcuts, Cool Text-Selection Tricks
- column view, Column View
- controlling the Mail Favorites bar, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- customizing, Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut
- cycle through windows, Title Bar
- dialog boxes, Control Tool Palettes, Trackpad gestures
- Dock, Keyboard Control, Go menu
- Edit menu, File menu
- emailing a link, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- Exposé, More Widgets
- File menu, Menu
- Finder, Keys to hold down at startup
- Finder menu, Menu
- fit QuickTime movies to screen, QuickTime Player
- flippy triangles, Flippy Triangles
- folder navigation, Title Bar
- for important folders, Your Home Folder
- Go menu, File menu
- hiding programs, Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- Home folder, Your Home Folder
- in Cocoa apps, Cool Text-Selection Tricks
- in windows, Keyboard Control
- iTunes playback and visuals, Keyboard control
- jump to beginning or end of movie, QuickTime Player
- jump to favorites, tabs in Safari, Organizing Bookmarks in the Sidebar
- jumping through Mail messages, Conversation View
- Launchpad, Opening macOS Programs
- logging in, Identifying Yourself
- logging out, Shut Down, Identifying Yourself
- managing programs, Managing programs
- menu, Menu
- menulets, Control Tool Palettes
- menus, The menu bar, Keyboard Control
- Mission Control, Starting and Stopping Mission Control
- open screenshot toolbar, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- opening programs, Disk images (.dmg files)
- opening Searching window, The Searching Window
- opening sound settings panel, Sharing
- opening Spotlight, Spotlight
- operating stacks, The Finer Points of Pop-Up Dock Folders
- power keys, Go menu
- Quick Look, Keep Folders on Top
- quitting programs, Windows That Auto-Reopen
- restarting, Sleep Mode
- Safari, The Reading List
- selecting icons, Selecting by Clicking
- shutting down, Shut Down
- Sleep Mode, Tabs in Other Apps
- Spaces, Switching Spaces
- speech recognition, Keys to hold down at startup
- start dictation, Dictation
- the logic of, Your Home Folder
- triggering Siri, Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
- View menu, File menu
- Window menu, Go menu
- window navigation, Two Clicks, One Window
- Windows vs. Mac keystrokes, Using Boot Camp
- zooming the screen, Zoom Tab
- “Old Finder Mode”, Two Clicks, One Window
- Keyboard Viewer, The Character Viewer
- Keychain, The Keychain, Autofill: Your Passwords
- Keynote app
- kill command
L
- languages
- laptops, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- (see also battery, gestures, trackpad)
- and Time Machine, Local Snapshots
- auto-dimming to save power, Energy Saver
- battery menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual, Checkbox Options
- energy graph, The System Monitor tabs
- Find My Mac, Data Synchronization
- Force Touch trackpads, The Force Touch Trackpad
- hiding menu bar, Extensions
- Instant Hotspot, Texting from the Mac
- key illumination, The Mac Keyboard
- location settings, Dial-Up Modem Connections
- locking or erasing a lost device, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- multihoming, Network Central and Multihoming
- Power Nap, Checkbox Options
- power options, The Arrangement Tab
- right-clicking with a trackpad, Notes on Right-Clicking
- tethering to an iPhone, Commercial Hotspots
- Touch Bar, The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
- trackpad settings, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- Wi-Fi, Manual Configuration
- Launchpad, Opening macOS Programs
- defined, Opening macOS Programs
- deleting apps from, Folders
- folders, Launchpad
- hot corners, Mission Control keystrokes
- keyboard shortcuts, Opening macOS Programs
- multiple pages, Launchpad
- rearranging icons, Launchpad
- removing apps from, Disk images (.dmg files)
- search box, Launchpad
- ways to open, Opening macOS Programs
- Library folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- ligatures, Style Sheets
- links, Tables
- list view, Free dragging—and grid spacing
- adjusting column widths, Rearranging Columns
- as default view, Your Choice of Columns
- columns, Your Choice of Columns
- comments column, Your Choice of Columns
- flippy triangles, Sorting the List
- icon size, Other View Options
- making changes universal, Other View Options
- rearranging columns, Rearranging Columns
- relative dates, Other View Options
- show icon preview, Other View Options
- sorting, Sorting the List
- text size, Other View Options
- “Calculate all sizes”, Other View Options
- location settings, Dial-Up Modem Connections
- Lock screen
- locked files, Emptying the Trash II: Even Easier
- logging in/out, Folders, Windows & Finder Tabs, Deleting Accounts
- accounts, Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
- Apple Watch login, Logout Options
- auto-logout, Logout Options
- automatic login, Setting Up the Login Process
- choosing startup items, Phase 3: Choose a Picture
- fingerprint sensor, The Fingerprint Sensor
- hiding buttons, Setting Up the Login Process
- hiding list of users, Setting Up the Login Process
- Input menu, Setting Up the Login Process
- Mac vs. Windows, Folder Options
- message on Lock screen, Logout Options
- password hints, Setting Up the Login Process
- Safe Boot mode, Kernel Panic
- settings and preferences, Deleting Accounts
- switching accounts quickly, Sharing Across Accounts
- Touch ID, Software Update
- with no password, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
M
- MAC addresses, Commercial Hotspots
- Mac App Store (see App Store)
- Macintosh HD icon, Organizing Your Stuff
- macOS Mojave, Simple Finder
- (see also accounts, installing macOS, keyboard shortcuts, programs, what’s new in Mojave)
- automatic updates, Software Update
- basics, About → These → Arrows
- folder structure, Organizing Your Stuff
- free programs included with, The Free Programs of macOS
- getting help, Shut Down
- getting in, Folders, Windows & Finder Tabs
- getting software for, Documents, Programs & Mission Control
- installed fonts, Fonts—and Font Book
- installing, Installing macOS Mojave
- logging out and shutting down, Tabs in Other Apps
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting
- what’s new, Introduction
- macOS Server, Virtual Private Networking
- MacPaint files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Magic Mouse, Dictation
- magic wand, My Projects
- Mail app, Mail & Contacts
- (see also email)
- adding people to Contacts, Filters
- adjusting icon and type size, Extensions
- alerts, The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- archiving email, Turning deleted mail invisible
- attachment options, Store in iCloud
- attachments, Writing Messages
- autofill feature in To field, Dark Mode in Mail
- Bcc, Reply-To, and Priority, Writing Messages
- checking email, Setting Up Mail
- Classic layout, Tweaking the Classic Layout
- data detectors, Keyboard Viewer, Filters
- deleting email, Finding Messages
- dimmed messages, Emptying the Trash folder
- discontiguous text selection, The Cocoa Advantage
- Emoji browser, Writing Messages
- exporting mailboxes, Turning deleted mail invisible
- filing email, Redirecting Messages
- flagging email, Filing Messages
- folders, Checking Your Mail
- formatted vs. plain text, Writing Messages
- forwarding email, Replying to a Message
- having the Mac messages aloud, Signatures
- importing old email, Setting Up Mail
- in Notification Center, Customizing the Notification Center
- keyboard shortcuts, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- lines of preview text, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- Mail Drop, Attaching Files to Messages
- Mail folder, Finding an Address
- marking email as read/unread, Flagging Messages
- message rules, Exporting Mailboxes
- message window width, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- opening file attachments, Data Detectors
- printing email, Redirecting Messages
- reading and processing email, Signatures
- recovering with Time Machine, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- redirecting email, Redirecting Messages
- Reply-To, Writing Messages
- replying to email, Opening File Attachments
- search tokens, Finding Messages
- searching for email, Flagging Messages
- sending attachments to Windows PCs, Attaching Files to Messages
- sending autoreplies, Conversation View
- setup, Mail & Contacts
- signatures, Marking Up, Signing, and Drawing on Attachments
- smart message filing, Filing Messages
- sorting the lists, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- spam (junk mail), The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- subject line, Writing Messages
- symbols and buttons, Mail Drop: Sending Huge Attachments
- tailoring Dark Mode, Dark Mode in Mail
- tailoring the look, The Mailboxes List
- threading (conversation view), Reading Email
- three-column layout, Tailoring the Look of Mail
- toolbar, Dark Mode in Mail
- Top Hits, Finding Messages
- troubleshooting, Emptying the Trash folder
- type size, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- VIPs, VIPs
- warn when sending outside domain, Writing Messages
- window tabs, Tabs in Other Apps
- writing messages, Dark Mode in Mail
- Mail Drop, Attaching Files to Messages
- Mail, Contacts & Calendars (see Internet Accounts pane)
- Managed accounts, Administrator accounts
- Maps app, Keyboard control
- Bookmarks/Recents/Contacts menu, Searching the Maps
- controlling by voice, What to Say to Siri
- details screen, Searching the Maps
- finding friends and businesses, Finding Friends and Businesses
- Flyover, Public Transportation
- getting directions, Finding Friends and Businesses
- integration with Calendar, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- opening from Contacts, Finding an Address
- opening with a force-click, The Force Touch Trackpad
- searching for addresses, Meet Maps
- simulated GPS, Meet Maps
- Street vs. Satellite view, Meet Maps
- traffic reports, Public Transportation
- troubled history, Keyboard control
- viewing and using, Maps
- window tabs, Tabs in Other Apps
- markup tools, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- mathematical tools, Disk Utility, the disk-image program
- Maximize button (Windows), Mail control panel
- Media browser, The Mini-Finder
- Memories, The time groupings
- memory
- menu, The Dock
- menu bar, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- menulets, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Battery, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Bluetooth, Menulets: The Missing Manual, Pairing
- Clock, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- defined, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Displays, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Eject, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- hiding and showing automatically, Extensions
- keyboard controls, Control Tool Palettes
- rearranging or deleting, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Text Input, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Time Machine, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- User, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Volume, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- VPN, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Wi-Fi, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- WWAN, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- menus
- adding options to Searching window, Name
- basics of, The Very Basics
- customizing keyboard shortcuts, Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut
- differences from Windows, Mail control panel
- finding commands, Getting Help in macOS
- keyboard control, Keyboard Control
- menu bar, The menu bar
- menulets, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Recent Items, General
- shortcut and action menus, The Get Info Panels
- message bubbles (see Notification Center)
- Messages app, Messages
- audio chats, Audio and Video Chats
- chat tabs, Let the Chat Begin
- emoji, iMessages
- finding old attachments, iMessages
- group chats, iMessages
- iMessages, Let the Chat Begin
- in Notification Center, Customizing the Notification Center
- overview, Messages
- saving transcripts, Audio and Video Chats
- screen sharing, Audio and Video Chats
- sending QuickTime videos, Post to YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook
- setting up accounts, Welcome to Messages
- starting a chat, Welcome to Messages
- storing history in iCloud, iMessages
- tapbacks, iMessages
- turning off read receipts individually, iMessages
- voice control, What to Say to Siri
- metadata, Limit by kind
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Windows, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- Connect to Server command, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- exchanging data with, Fetching a file
- exchanging disks with, Does the file have the correct file name suffix?
- exporting contacts, Importing from Yahoo, Google, Exchange, or another internet service
- file formats, Fetching a file
- finding Windows features on the Mac, The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- keyboard differences, Using Boot Camp
- Microsoft ID, Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC
- migrating from, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- networking with, Disconnecting Others
- running with Boot Camp, Audio MIDI Setup
- sending file attachments to, Attaching Files to Messages
- virtualization (Parallels, Fusion), Boot Camp Assistant
- Windows-to-Mac translator, The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
- MiFi, Internet Setup & iCloud
- Mighty Mouse, Dictation
- Migration Assistant, Grapher, After Installing onto a Blank Drive
- military time, CDs & DVDs
- minimizing
- mirroring, Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors)
- missingmanuals.com, About → These → Arrows
- Mission Control, Exiting Split Screen Mode
- Mission Control key, The Mac Keyboard
- modems, Wi-Fi Networks
- monitors, The wireless way
- mouse
- accessibility options, Using the Accessibility Keyboard
- Apple Mouse, Notes on Right-Clicking
- assigning secondary buttons, Primary Mouse Button
- basics of, About → These → Arrows
- Magic Mouse gestures, Trackpad gestures
- operating with dwell control, Accessibility Keyboard
- right-clicking, QuickType on the Touch Bar
- setting double-click speed, Double-Click Speed
- setting primary button, Primary Mouse Button
- setting scrolling speed, Primary Mouse Button
- settings, Using the Accessibility Keyboard, Dictation
- tracking speed, Primary Mouse Button
- movies, Directory Utility
- (see also CDs and DVDs, QuickTime movies, video)
- auto-deleting, Store in iCloud
- DVD Player app, Directory Utility
- editing in QuickTime Player, Fancy Playback Tricks
- in Photo Booth, Photo Booth
- information in Spotlight, Searching Your Mac
- Movies folder, What’s in Your Home Folder
- online storage, Automatic Backup
- parental controls on ratings, Apps Tab
- playback controls, QuickTime Player
- Rotten Tomatoes, Searching Your Mac
- trivia and showtimes from Siri, What to Say to Siri
- viewing in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- watching in QuickTime Player, Movies & Sound
- multihoming, Network Central and Multihoming
- multiple monitors, The wireless way
- music, More power to you
- (see also iTunes, sounds)
- finding with Spotlight, Searching the Internet
- graphic equalizer, Keyboard control
- identifying songs, What to Say to Siri
- internet radio, Podcasts
- iTunes Store, iTunes Store
- iTunes Store alternatives, iTunes Store
- Music folder, What’s in Your Home Folder
- online storage, Automatic Backup
- playing with Visualizer, Connecting over Wi-Fi
- syncing via iTunes, Podcasts
- mute key, The Mac Keyboard
N
- Network (Windows), Mail control panel
- Network Utility, Directory Utility
- networking, Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
- (see also AirDrop, file sharing)
- auto-waking for access, Checkbox Options
- Bonjour, Connection Method B: Connect to Server
- bridging networks, Turning On Internet Sharing
- broadband connections, Multihoming
- cellular modems, Tethering (Personal Hotspot)
- connecting to server, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
- connection sequence, Network Central and Multihoming
- content caching, Sharing
- defined, Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
- direct Ethernet cable trick, Wiring the Network
- DSL, Multihoming
- equipment, Wi-Fi Networks
- Ethernet connections, Manual Configuration
- file sharing, FireWire Networks
- FireWire networks, Wi-Fi Networks
- Internet Sharing, Creating a New Location
- location settings, Dial-Up Modem Connections
- MAC addresses, Commercial Hotspots
- multihoming, Network Central and Multihoming
- Network Utility, Directory Utility
- PPPoE, Multihoming
- printer sharing, Managing Printouts
- screen sharing, Screen Sharing
- setting up a network, Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
- Sharing Only accounts, Administrator accounts
- sharing permissions, The Get Info Method
- tethering, Commercial Hotspots
- viewing system information, System Information
- Wi-Fi, Wiring the Network, Manual Configuration
- with Windows PCs, Disconnecting Others
- News app, Flyover
- Night Shift, The Arrangement Tab
- Notes app, News
- accounts, Tables
- adding photos or files, Creating a Note
- checklists, Creating a Note
- collaborating on notes, Creating a Note
- controlling by voice, What to Say to Siri
- deleting notes, Creating a Note
- finding attachments, Locking Notes
- formatting notes, Creating a Note
- locking notes, Collaborative Notes
- new notes, News
- organizing notes, Creating a Note
- organizing notes in folders, Locking Notes
- pinning a note to the top, Creating a Note
- searching, Creating a Note
- syncing notes in iCloud, Email Address
- tables, Notes Folders
- vs. Windows Notepad, Mail control panel
- Notification Center, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- (see also notifications)
- alert bubbles, Insta-Respond to Bubbles
- alert sounds, Customizing the Notification Center
- alerts vs. banners, Customizing the Notification Center
- Calendar, Notifications Tab
- customizing, Notifications Tab
- defined, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- Facebook, Notifications Tab
- FaceTime, Customizing the Notification Center
- getting Mail alerts, The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- hot corners, Mission Control keystrokes
- Mail, Customizing the Notification Center
- menu bar icon, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- Messages, Customizing the Notification Center
- Notifications tab, The Notification Center
- opening and closing, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- opening the relevant app, The Notification Center
- Safari, Customizing the Notification Center
- showing notifications on Lock screen, Customizing the Notification Center
- Siri results, Siri’s Personality
- Today tab, The Notification Center
- trackpad gesture, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- ways to alert you, Customizing the Notification Center
- notifications, Notifications
- Number of Recent Items, General
- Numbers app
O
- Open dialog box, Redefining a Keystroke
- opening
- apps from Recent Items, Disk images (.dmg files)
- Dashboard, Dashboard
- documents, Redefining a Keystroke
- files and apps with Spotlight, Spotlight Results Tips
- files in Trash, The Trash
- force-opening in different program, Find Secret Menus
- from Quick Look, Fun with Quick Look
- menus, The Very Basics
- Open at Login command, Find Secret Menus
- Open dialog box, Redefining a Keystroke
- Open With command, How Documents Know Their Parents
- programs with Launchpad, Opening macOS Programs
- recently used apps from Dock, The Dock
- Spotlight search result, Calculations and Conversions
- System Preferences, System Preferences
- using Siri to open apps, Type to Siri
- with different default programs, How Documents Know Their Parents
- Optimized Storage, Share
- Option key, The Mac Keyboard
- Outlook email, The Mailboxes List
P
- packages (app bundles), Launchpad
- padlock icon
- Pages app
- parental controls, Phase 4: Login Items (Startup Items)
- activity reports, Apps Tab
- bedtime, Time Tab
- defined, Phase 4: Login Items (Startup Items)
- dictionary, Privacy Tab
- email limits, Parental Controls
- Family Sharing, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- in Books, Parental tab
- limiting applications, Parental Controls
- Managed accounts, Administrator accounts
- movie ratings, Apps Tab
- remote management, Privacy Tab
- Stores tab, Apps Tab
- time limits, Time Tab
- web filter, Apps Tab
- partitioning, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- passwords and passcodes
- administrator password, FileVault
- bypassing with fingerprint reader, The Fingerprint Sensor
- firmware password, Setting Up the Login Process
- forgotten, Identifying Yourself
- in Safari, Autofill: Your Name and Info
- Keychain vs. login, Locking and unlocking the Keychain
- looking up with Siri, What to Say to Siri
- Password Assistant, The Firewall
- password hint, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status, Setting Up the Login Process
- recovery key, FileVault
- resetting, Identifying Yourself
- root password, FileVault
- simple or nonexistent, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
- syncing with iCloud, Email Address
- to exit screen saver, Nonphotographic displays
- to unlock screen saver, Logout Options
- types, FileVault
- using Touch ID, Software Update
- using VoiceOver, Setting Up the Login Process
- viewing master list, Autofill: Your Passwords
- path bar, Scroll Bars
- PCs (see Microsoft Windows)
- PDF files, Making the Printout, PDF Files
- creating, Creating PDF Files
- defined, PDF Files
- filling in forms, Signing PDF Documents with Your Real Signature
- force-clicking, The Force Touch Trackpad
- from Image Capture imports, Import To:
- in gallery view, Gallery View
- in Safari, The History Menu
- marking up in Preview, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- navigating a table of contents, Converting file formats
- opening, PDF Files
- reading in Preview, Converting file formats
- saving pages as TIFFs, Preview as PDF Reader
- searching for text, Preview as PDF Reader
- sending web pages as, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- signing, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- viewing in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- web receipts, Creating PDF Files, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- peer-to-peer AirPlay, The wireless way
- permissions, The Get Info Method
- personal hotspot, Commercial Hotspots
- Personal Web Server (Windows), Mail control panel
- Pg Up/Pg Down keys, The Mac Keyboard
- phone (see calling, cellphones, FaceTime, iPhone)
- Photo Booth app, Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- 4-Up photos, Photo Booth
- defined, Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- exporting photos and videos, Exporting Shots and Movies
- mirroring, Photo Booth
- movies, Photo Booth
- photo and video backdrops, Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- still photos, Photo Booth
- photos, Exporting Shots and Movies
- (see also Photos app)
- adding to Contacts, Removing someone from a group
- as wallpaper, Using your own pictures
- as window backgrounds, Background
- editing in Preview app, Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
- for accounts, Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
- gesture to rotate, Scroll & Zoom
- iCloud Photo Library, Photos
- iCloud storage, Turning On Internet Sharing
- importing and scanning with Image Capture, Home
- importing into Preview app, More control sliders
- in Spotlight menu, Spotlight Results Tips
- My Photo Stream, Photos
- removing backgrounds in Preview, Fixing up photos
- retouching in Preview, Fixing up photos
- saving from internet, Graphics Worth Saving
- scanning, Import Some, Import All
- sharing in Family Sharing, Life in Family Sharing
- viewing in Quick Look, Quick Look
- Photos app, Exporting Shots and Movies
- (see also photos)
- Adjust tab, Auto Enhance
- Albums tab, Places
- aspect ratios, Auto Enhance
- Auto Enhance, My Projects
- Collections, The time groupings
- creating a shared album, Shared Albums
- cropping, Auto Enhance
- desktop pictures, Using your own pictures
- development of, Exporting Shots and Movies
- editing photos, My Projects
- facial recognition feature, Memories
- filters, Auto Enhance
- layout, Photos
- magic wand button, My Projects
- Memories feature, The time groupings
- Moments, The time groupings
- navigating with a Force Touch trackpad, Force-click
- opening photos, My Projects
- Places feature, Memories
- Projects tab, My Projects
- Recently Deleted folder, Places
- red-eye removal, Adjust
- retouching, Adjust
- Sidebar list, The time groupings
- using Photoshop with, My Projects
- Years, The time groupings
- Photoshop
- PICT files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- picture-in-picture video, The History Menu
- Pictures folder, What’s in Your Home Folder
- ping command, Directory Utility
- playback keys, The Mac Keyboard
- playlists, Four Ways to Fill Your Library
- plug-ins, Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
- PNG files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- podcasts, iTunes Store
- POP email accounts, The Mailboxes List
- port forwarding, Remote Access with SSH
- Power Nap, Checkbox Options
- Power Options (Windows), Power Options
- power settings, The Arrangement Tab
- PowerPoint
- PPPoE, Multihoming
- preference files
- preferences (see System Preferences)
- Preview app, More control sliders
- adding signatures to PDFs, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- as graphics editor, Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
- as PDF editor, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- as PDF reader, Converting file formats
- converting file formats, Fixing up photos
- cropping images, Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
- defined, More control sliders
- filling in PDF forms, Signing PDF Documents with Your Real Signature
- importing photos, More control sliders
- opening Office and iWork documents, More control sliders
- PDF markup, Annotations and Drawing Tools
- removing photo backgrounds, Fixing up photos
- scaling and resampling images, Fixing up photos
- scanning, Operating Your Scanner
- toolbar, Fill in PDF Forms
- viewing multiple pages, Operating Your Scanner
- viewing slideshows, Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
- zooming, Converting file formats
- preview pane, The Preview Pane
- printing, Printing, Fonts & Graphics
- calendars, Editing events
- checking ink levels, Printer Preferences
- choosing default printer, Setting Up a Printer
- collating pages, Making the Printout
- ColorSync, Making the Printout
- contacts list, Finding an Address
- cover page, Making the Printout
- desktop printer icons, Printer Preferences
- email, Redirecting Messages
- font reference sheet, Looking over your fonts
- just certain pages, Making the Printout
- Mac vs. Windows printer sharing, Power Options
- multiple pages on one sheet, Making the Printout
- number of copies, Making the Printout
- paper orientation, Making the Printout
- paper trays, Making the Printout
- pausing, resuming, and deleting printouts, Making the Printout
- preferences, Setting Up a Printer
- presets, Making the Printout
- print queue, Making the Printout
- printer list, Making the Printout
- printer sharing, Managing Printouts
- printing options, Making the Printout
- reverse order, Making the Printout
- saving as PDF, Making the Printout
- scheduled printouts, Making the Printout
- setting up a printer, Printing, Fonts & Graphics
- windows, Renaming Batches of Files
- privacy, Managing Keychain
- accessibility features, Twelve Privacy Shields
- advertising, Twelve Privacy Shields
- camera and mircophone, Twelve Privacy Shields
- contacts, calendars, reminders, Twelve Privacy Shields
- cookies, Privacy and Security Features
- cross-site tracking, Cookie Control—and Privacy Control
- dictation, Speech Settings
- encrypting Time Machine backups, Setting Up Time Machine
- erasing History list, Privacy and Security Features
- in Spotlight searches, Customizing Spotlight
- Location Services, Managing Keychain
- private browsing, Privacy and Security Features
- Touch ID, Touch ID
- usage data, Twelve Privacy Shields
- privileges (see permissions)
- PrntScrn key (Windows), Power Options
- Processes table, Utilities: Your macOS Toolbox
- Program Files folder (Windows), Power Options
- programs, The Free Programs of macOS
- About This Mac, System Information
- Activity Monitor, Utilities: Your macOS Toolbox
- AirPort Utility, The System Monitor tabs
- App Store, Documents, Programs & Mission Control
- Audio MIDI Setup, The System Monitor tabs
- auto-reopening, General
- automatic updates, The Mac App Store, Sound Effects Tab
- Automator and AppleScript, Automator
- Bluetooth File Exchange, Audio MIDI Setup
- Books, Automator
- Boot Camp Assistant, Audio MIDI Setup
- buying, Documents, Programs & Mission Control
- Calculator, Parental tab
- Calendar, Conversions
- Chess, Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers
- choosing startup items, Phase 3: Choose a Picture
- ColorSync Utility, Keyboard translation guide
- Console, ColorSync Utility
- Contacts, Using the Junk Mail Filter
- Core Services apps, System Information
- customizing keyboard shortcuts, Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut
- Dashboard, Two Eccentric Spaces Settings
- deleting, Folders
- Dictionary, Studying Your Games
- DigitalColor Meter, ColorSync Utility
- Directory Utility, System Information
- Disk Utility, Disk Utility
- DVD Player, Dictionary, Directory Utility
- Exposé, More Widgets
- FaceTime, Dictionary
- Feedback Assistant, Directory Utility
- Folder Actions Setup, Directory Utility
- force-quitting, Force-Quitting Programs, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- frozen, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- Full Screen mode, The App Switcher
- GarageBand, Receiving Calls
- Grapher, Disk Utility, the disk-image program
- hiding, Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- hiding purchases in App Store, The Mac App Store
- Home, Receiving Calls
- Image Capture, Home
- iMovie, More power to you
- in the Utilities folder, Editing Your Recording
- installing, The Mac App Store
- installing plug-ins, Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
- iPhoto, More power to you
- iTunes, More power to you
- keyboard shortcuts, Managing programs
- Mail, Mail & Contacts
- Maps, Keyboard control
- Migration Assistant, Grapher
- Network Utility, Directory Utility
- News, Flyover
- Notes, News
- Numbers, Pages, and Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- online storage, Automatic Backup
- Open at Login command, Find Secret Menus
- Open dialog box, The Mini-Finder
- opening, Disk images (.dmg files)
- opening with Siri, Type to Siri
- parental controls of, Parental Controls
- Photo Booth, Numbers, Pages, Keynote
- Photos, Exporting Shots and Movies
- Preview, More control sliders
- quitting from Dock, Find Secret Menus
- RAID Utility, Network Utility
- reassigning documents to, How Documents Know Their Parents
- Recent Items, General
- Reminders, Fill in PDF Forms
- reopening on startup, Folders
- Safari, Safari
- Save and Open dialog boxes, Redefining a Keystroke
- Script Editor, Grapher
- Split Screen mode, Split Screen Mode
- Stickies, Lists
- Stocks, Saving Sticky Notes
- stored as bundles, Launchpad
- switching among, Force-Quitting Programs
- switching with the Dock, Using the Dock
- System Image Utility, Storage Management
- System Information, Grapher
- TextEdit, System Preferences
- uninstalling, Disk images (.dmg files)
- utilities, Editing Your Recording
- Voice Memos, TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools
- warning on opening first time, Opening macOS Programs
- Wireless Diagnostics, Storage Management
- projectors, Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors)
- pronunciation
- Properties dialog box (Windows), Power Options
- Public folder, What’s in Your Home Folder, Sharing Across Accounts
- punctuation
- Put Back command, Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash
Q
- Quartz graphics engine, ColorSync
- query language, What to Do with Search Results
- Quick Actions buttons, The Preview Pane
- Quick Event calendar feature, Making an Appointment
- Quick Look, Keep Folders on Top
- Quick Website Search, Favorites View
- QuickTime Player, Movies & Sound
- combining movies, Editing Movies
- defined, Movies & Sound
- editing movies, Fancy Playback Tricks
- exporting video, Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
- fitting movies to screen, QuickTime Player
- jumping to beginning or end of movie, QuickTime Player
- movies in gallery view, Gallery View
- playback controls, QuickTime Player
- playing movies, Movies & Sound
- recording movies, Editing Movies
- recording sounds, Making the Recording
- recording the Mac or i-gadget screen, Recording Movies with QuickTime Player
- saving movies to disk, Post to YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook
- splitting clips, Editing Movies
- viewing movies in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- QuickType keyboard, Customizing the Touch Bar
- quitting
- quotes
R
- radio
- radio buttons, The Very Basics
- RAID Utility, Network Utility
- RAW files
- read receipts, iMessages
- Reader, The Download Manager
- reading (see Books app, speech)
- Reading List, Pinned Tabs
- Recent Items command
- Recents folder, The Sidebar
- recovery key, Identifying Yourself, FileVault
- Recovery mode
- Recycle Bin (Windows), Power Options
- red-eye removal, Adjust
- Reddit, Favorites View
- Regional and Language Options (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- Registry (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- Reminders app, Fill in PDF Forms
- controlling by voice, What to Say to Siri
- creating reminders, Fill in PDF Forms
- creating to-do lists, The Details Bubble
- importing and exporting data, Lists
- notes feature, The Details Bubble
- reminders based on a location, The Details Bubble
- reminders based on a time and date, The Details Bubble
- repeating reminders, The Details Bubble
- setting priorities, The Details Bubble
- sharing reminders in Family Sharing, Life in Family Sharing
- syncing reminders, Lists
- remote access, FTP, SSH, VPN & Web Sharing
- Remote Apple Events, Sharing
- Remote Management, Sharing
- Remote Wipe, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- renaming
- repeating keys, The Many Languages of macOS Text
- Reply-To email address, Writing Messages
- reporting to Apple, Rewinding to an earlier version
- Reset Password utility, Identifying Yourself
- resolution, Displays
- restarting, Sleep Mode
- restaurants, What to Say to Siri
- Return key, The Mac Keyboard
- Revert command, Rewinding to an earlier version
- right-clicking, QuickType on the Touch Bar
- root password, FileVault
- rotating
- Dock, Shrinking and enlarging the Dock
- in Grapher, Grapher
- in Image Capture, More power to you
- in Maps, Maps
- in Preview, Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
- in preview pane, The Preview Pane
- in QuickTime Player, QuickTime Player
- on a trackpad, Scroll & Zoom
- photos, Auto Enhance
- screen for FaceTime, Placing a Call
- screenshots, The Screenshot Toolbar
- Rotten Tomatoes, Searching Your Mac
- routers, Wi-Fi Networks
- Run command (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
S
- Safari, Safari
- address/search bar, Safari
- autofilling credit card info, Autofill: Credit Cards
- autofilling passwords, Autofill: Your Name and Info
- autofilling your name and info, Customizing the Toolbar
- Back and Forward buttons, Safari
- bookmarks, Searching the Web
- choice of search service, Searching the Web
- cookies, Privacy and Security Features
- designating home page, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- double-tap to magnify, Full Screen and Gestures
- downloads, The Reading List
- emailing a page, Customizing the Toolbar
- enlarging text forms, Graphics Worth Saving
- erasing History list, Privacy and Security Features
- extensions, Searching the Web
- Favorites bar, Organizing Bookmarks in the Sidebar
- Favorites view, Favorites Bar
- finding text, Designate Your Start Page
- Full Screen mode, Top Sites
- History button, Customizing the Toolbar
- History menu, Designate Your Start Page
- Home button, Customizing the Toolbar
- iCloud Tabs, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- in Notification Center, Customizing the Notification Center
- keyboard shortcuts, Safari, The Unified Address/Search Bar, The Reading List
- Mail button, Customizing the Toolbar
- Open in Dashboard, Customizing the Toolbar
- PDF viewer, The History Menu
- per-website settings, Picture-in-Picture Video
- picture-in-picture video, The History Menu
- pinned tabs, iCloud tabs
- pop-up/pop-under windows, Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders
- privacy and security features, Per-Website Settings
- Quick Website Search feature, Favorites View
- Reader, The Download Manager
- Reading List, Pinned Tabs
- saving images from internet, Graphics Worth Saving
- saving web pages to disk, Graphics Worth Saving
- scrolling, Full Screen and Gestures
- showing favicons, Tabbed Browsing
- status bar, The Download Manager
- Stop/Reload button, The Unified Address/Search Bar
- storing credit cards, Autofill: Credit Cards
- Tab view, Tab View
- tabbed browsing, Autofill: Text-Message Authentication Codes
- Top Sites, Favorites View
- turning off auto-play videos, Per-Website Settings
- two-factor authentication autofills, Autofill: Credit Cards
- ways to enlarge text, Full Screen and Gestures
- web receipts, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- web searches, The Unified Address/Search Bar
- zooming in and out, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- Safe Boot mode, Kernel Panic
- Safe Mode (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- saving, Versions
- ScanDisk (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- scanning
- Scheduled Tasks (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- scrap files (Windows), Regional and Language Options control panel
- screen, The Arrangement Tab
- screen capture (see screenshots)
- screen reader (see speech, VoiceOver)
- screen savers, Making the picture fit
- screen sharing, Screen Sharing, Audio and Video Chats
- defined, Screen Sharing
- dragging files between computers, Your Mac: Take Control
- iCloud, Sharing Your Screen
- Observe Mode, Your Mac: Take Control
- port forwarding, Remote Access with SSH
- security considerations, Screen Sharing
- taking control across the network, Other Mac: Give Permission in Advance
- toolbar, Your Mac: Take Control
- using Messages, Audio and Video Chats
- with Linux, Other Mac: Give Permission in Advance
- with Windows, Other Mac: Give Permission in Advance
- screenshots, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- defined, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- dialog box, menu, window, or icon, One Section of the Screen
- old keystroke, The Screenshot Editor
- Options menu, The Screenshot Toolbar
- recording screen videos, The Screenshot Toolbar, Recording Movies with QuickTime Player
- rectangular region of the screen, The Screenshot Editor
- screenshot editor, The Screenshot Toolbar
- screenshot toolbar, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Script Editor (see AppleScript)
- scrolling, Two Clicks, One Window
- fattening up scroll bars, Scroll Bars
- horizontally, Full Screen and Gestures
- in Safari, Full Screen and Gestures
- on a trackpad, Scroll Bars
- reversal in direction, Four New Apps
- scroll bar direction, Scroll Bars
- scroll bar settings, Extensions
- trackpad settings, Point & Click
- via keyboard, Scroll Bars
- with space bar, Full Screen and Gestures
- search tokens
- searching, Calculations and Conversions
- (see also Spotlight)
- contacts, Free headshots from Facebook
- from Save and Open dialog boxes, The Mini-Finder
- in Launchpad, Launchpad
- in Mail, Flagging Messages
- in Notes, Creating a Note
- in TextEdit, Working in TextEdit
- locations in Maps app, Meet Maps
- PDF files, Preview as PDF Reader
- text on a web page, Designate Your Start Page
- widgets, The Widget Browser
- with Bing, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo, Searching the Web
- security, Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper, Fast User Switching
- accounts, Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
- automatic updates, Software Update
- cookies, Privacy and Security Features
- Family Sharing, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- FileVault, Gatekeeper
- fingerprint access to apps, Touch ID
- firewall, FileVault
- Gatekeeper, Two-Factor Authentication
- hotspot management, Wi-Fi Connections
- in screen sharing, Screen Sharing
- Keychain, The Keychain
- locking System Preferences icons, Logout Options
- online, Per-Website Settings
- Password Assistant, The Firewall
- private browsing, Privacy and Security Features
- signed software, The Firewall
- Simple Finder, Other Tab
- two-factor authentication, Fast User Switching
- selecting, Selecting Icons
- server, Virtual Private Networking
- settings (see System Preferences)
- Setup Assistant, The Standard Installation
- Share button
- Add to Photos, The Share Button
- basics of, New Folder with Selection
- change Twitter profile picture, The Share Button
- in Mail, The Share Button
- in Messages, The Share Button
- in Notes, Creating a Note
- in Photo Booth, Exporting Shots and Movies
- in Quick Look windows, Fun with Quick Look
- in QuickTime Player, Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
- set account picture, The Share Button
- set buddy picture, The Share Button
- where to find it, The Share Button
- Shared folder, Sharing Across Accounts
- sharing, FireWire Networks
- Sharing Only accounts, Administrator accounts, The System Preferences Method
- shortcut menus, The Get Info Panels
- shortcuts (see aliases)
- Show in Finder command, Find Secret Menus
- Show Library Folder, Use as Defaults
- shutting down, Sleep Mode
- Sidebar, Disk icons on the desktop
- Add to Sidebar command, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- adjusting width, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- defined, Disk icons on the desktop
- drag and drop, Find Secret Menus
- Favorites section, Disk icons on the desktop
- file sharing, The System Preferences Method
- fine-tuning, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- hiding and showing elements of, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- hiding or showing, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- iCloud section, The Sidebar
- installing new icons, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- Locations section, The Sidebar
- Reading List, Pinned Tabs
- rearranging icons, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- removing icons, Fine-tuning the Sidebar
- “Old Finder Mode”, Two Clicks, One Window
- signatures
- Silicon Graphics files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Simple Finder, Other Tab
- single-user mode, Method 1: Disk Utility
- Siri, Speech Settings
- (see also dictation)
- adjusting computer settings, Type to Siri
- and Reminders, Fill in PDF Forms
- and Wolfram Alpha, What to Say to Siri
- as Yellow Pages, What to Say to Siri
- checking stocks, What to Say to Siri
- checking weather, What to Say to Siri
- cheeky answers, When Things Go Wrong
- choosing voice for, Siri Settings
- controlling the App Store, Type to Siri
- defined, Speech Settings
- dismissing, How to Use Siri
- displaying Mac information, Type to Siri
- fixing pronunciations, What to Do with Siri’s Results
- getting directions, What to Say to Siri
- history, Speech Settings
- how to use, Siri on the Mac
- in Notification Center, Siri’s Personality
- interacting with results, Siri’s Personality
- keyboard shortcut, Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
- looking up contacts, What to Say to Siri
- looking up passwords, What to Say to Siri
- making FaceTime calls, What to Say to Siri
- managing files, What to Say to Siri
- movie information, What to Say to Siri
- navigating your Mac, What to Say to Siri
- notes, What to Say to Siri
- opening apps, Type to Siri
- pinning results to Notification Center, Siri’s Personality
- playing music, What to Say to Siri
- reading and writing email, What to Say to Siri
- Reminders, What to Say to Siri
- restaurants, What to Say to Siri
- searching the web, What to Say to Siri
- sending and reading texts, What to Say to Siri
- settings, Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
- Siri Suggestions & Privacy, Siri Settings
- sports stats, What to Say to Siri
- teaching about relationships, What to Do with Siri’s Results
- time and date, What to Say to Siri
- turning off voice feedback, Siri Settings
- turning on, Siri on the Mac
- using with Calendar, What to Say to Siri
- what to say, Type to Siri
- “Hey Siri” feature, How to Use Siri
- Sites folder, What’s in Your Home Folder
- sleep mode, Tabs in Other Apps
- slideshows
- Slow Keys, Hardware
- Smart Copy/Paste command, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- smart folders, Smart Folders
- smart playlists, Playlists
- smart quotes, Insert the proper typographical symbols
- software updates, Sound Effects Tab
- sorting
- sounds, Saving the finished movie
- (see also music, speakers)
- announcing time, Clock Tab
- audio iMessages, iMessages
- chime to find missing device, Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- desktop sounds, Dark Mode
- error beeps, Sharing, Alert Beeps and You
- headphone balance, Sound Effects Tab
- inputs, Sound Effects Tab
- Messages app audio chats, Audio and Video Chats
- Mute button, Saving the finished movie
- muting tabs in Safari, iCloud tabs
- playing files in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- recording, Alert Beeps and You
- silent clicking, Point & Click
- sound settings, Sharing
- Sounds folder, Alert Beeps and You
- texting a sound clip, iMessages
- turning off message chimes, Customizing the Notification Center
- space bar
- Spaces, Managing Windows in Mission Control
- spam (junk mail), The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- sparse images, Disk Utility, the disk-image program
- speakers
- speech, Speech
- spelling checker, Notes on Right-Clicking
- spinning beachball of death, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- Split Screen mode, Split Screen Mode
- sports trivia, What to Say to Siri
- Spotlight, Spotlight
- advanced searches, Spotlight Results Tips
- and Photos app, Spotlight Results Tips
- Boolean searches, Limit by metadata
- calculations, Searching the Internet
- changing keystroke to open, Customizing Spotlight
- customizing, What to Do with Search Results
- file types recognized, Opening a Result
- finding points of interest, Searching the Internet
- finding System Preferences icons, The System Preferences Window
- flight information, Searching the Internet
- movie information, Searching Your Mac
- omitting categories, Customizing Spotlight
- opening a search result, Calculations and Conversions
- plug-ins, Opening a Result
- preview pane, Calculations and Conversions
- privacy settings, Customizing Spotlight
- query language, What to Do with Search Results
- quotation marks, Spotlight Results Tips
- restoring menu options, Name
- results menu, Spotlight
- searching by date, Limit by kind, Kind
- searching by file contents, Name
- searching by kind, Spotlight Results Tips, Power Searching the Old Way
- searching by metadata, Limit by kind, Name
- searching by name, Kind
- searching by tag, Limit by kind
- searching Contacts, Spotlight Results Tips
- searching iTunes Store, Searching the Internet
- searching music, Searching the Internet
- searching stocks, Searching the Internet
- searching the internet, Searching Your Mac
- searching the Mac, The Spotlight Menu
- searching web videos, Searching the Internet
- Searching window, Limit by metadata
- searching “the old way”, Power Searches with Tokens
- suggestions list, From the Finder
- tips and tricks, Opening a Result
- unit conversions, Calculations and Conversions
- using search tokens, The suggestions list
- weather forecasts, Searching the Internet
- working with results, What to Do with Search Results
- spring-loaded folders, Dragging from the Title Bar
- SSH (secure shell), Just Downloading from FTP Sites
- stacks, Setting Up the Dock
- Standard accounts, Administrator accounts
- Start menu (Windows), Shortcuts
- starting up
- startup disks, FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
- StartUp folder (Windows), Shortcuts
- Stationery, Dark Mode in Mail
- Stickies app, Lists
- Stocks app, Saving Sticky Notes
- Stop/Reload button, The Unified Address/Search Bar
- storage, Editing the Share Menu
- style sheets
- subtitles, Speech
- switch control, Mouse & Trackpad
- syncing
- Calendar app, Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers
- Continuity, Continuity: Mac+iPhone
- gadgets via iTunes, Podcasts
- Handoff feature, Instant Hotspot
- iCloud, Turning On Internet Sharing
- iCloud Tabs, Five Ways to Magnify a Page
- text replacement settings, Replace abbreviations with much longer phrases
- via Wi-Fi, Syncing an iPad or iPhone
- System folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- System Image Utility, Storage Management
- System Information, Grapher
- System Monitor, The list of processes
- System Preferences, System Preferences
- Accessibility, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- Bluetooth, Mouse & Trackpad
- brightness settings, Displays
- CDs & DVDs, CDs & DVDs
- changing settings with Siri, Type to Siri
- Control Strip, The Fingerprint Sensor
- Dashboard settings, Dashboard Tips
- Date & Time, CDs & DVDs
- defined, System Preferences
- Desktop & Screen Saver, Clock Tab
- Dictation & Speech, Enhanced Dictation
- Displays, Nonphotographic displays
- Energy Saver, The Arrangement Tab
- Extensions, Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
- file sharing, The Get Info Method
- General, Extensions
- hiding icons, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- installing new panes, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- international settings, Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps
- Internet Accounts, iCloud
- Keyboard, iCloud
- locking icons, Logout Options
- menulets, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Mouse, Dictation
- Night Shift, The Arrangement Tab
- opening, System Preferences
- opening from Spotlight, Spotlight Results Tips
- passwords, Autofill: Your Passwords
- Printers & Scanners, Setting Up a Printer
- redefining new window, Two Clicks, One Window
- searching, The System Preferences Window
- Sharing, Double-Click Speed
- showing disk icons on desktop, Disk icons on the desktop
- Siri settings, Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
- Software Update, Sound Effects Tab
- sorting, The System Preferences Window
- Sound, Sharing
- Startup Disk, FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
- technical underpinnings, Choosing a Preferences Pane
- Touch ID, Software Update
- Trackpad, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- Users & Groups, Guest account
- system tray (Windows), Shortcuts
- System window (Windows), Shortcuts
T
- tables
- tabs
- Targ files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Target disk mode, Via iCloud Drive
- taskbar (Windows), Shortcuts
- Terminal, System Information
- tethering, Commercial Hotspots
- text
- adjusting type size in Sidebar, Extensions
- baselines, Style Sheets
- Cut, Copy, and Paste, Data Detectors
- disabling Caps Lock key, Keyboard Tab
- drag and drop, Cut, Copy, and Paste
- enlarging in Safari, Full Screen and Gestures
- finding on a web page, Designate Your Start Page
- formatting emails, Writing Messages
- kerning, Style Sheets
- ligatures, Style Sheets
- QuickType keyboard, Customizing the Touch Bar
- selecting nonadjacent, Working in TextEdit
- selecting vertically, Working in TextEdit
- selection tricks, The Cocoa Advantage
- text boxes, The Very Basics
- Text Input menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- text substitution, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- TextEdit, System Preferences
- viewing in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- zooming in and out, Zoom Tab
- text to speech (see speech)
- TextEdit, System Preferences
- advanced typography, Style Sheets
- and Microsoft Word, TextEdit
- Auto Save and Versions, Auto Save and Versions
- bullets and numbering, Working in TextEdit
- data detectors, Keyboard Viewer
- defined, System Preferences
- discontiguous text selection, The Cocoa Advantage
- for web design, Tables
- formatting, Working in TextEdit
- hyphenation, TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools
- plain text vs. formatted, TextEdit
- preferences, TextEdit as Web Designer
- Save As command, Versions
- style sheets, Working in TextEdit
- tables, Style Sheets
- viewing files in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- window tabs, Tabs in Other Apps
- texting, Welcome to Messages
- thesaurus, Studying Your Games
- This PC (Windows), Taskbar
- threading (conversation view), Reading Email
- thumb drives, Via iCloud Drive
- Thunderbolt disk mode, Via iCloud Drive
- Thunderbolt jacks, Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors)
- TIFF files, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- Time Machine, Editing the Share Menu
- defined, Editing the Share Menu
- deleting something from backups, Recovering the entire hard drive
- eligible disks, Editing the Share Menu
- encrypted backups, Setting Up Time Machine
- excluding files from backups, Changing Time Machine Settings
- how it works, How the Backups Work
- local snapshots, Local Snapshots
- menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- moving to a new Mac, Recovering the entire hard drive
- multiple backups, Setting Up Time Machine
- recovering address book data, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- recovering files, Changing Time Machine Settings
- recovering hard drives, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- recovering mail, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- Restore From Time Machine Backup, Gray Screen During Startup
- running out of backup space, Recovering Lost or Changed Files
- setting up, Editing the Share Menu
- settings, Local Snapshots
- TinkerTool, Hiding the Program You’re Using
- tint, Displays
- title bar, Title Bar
- Today panel, The Notification Center
- tool palettes
- toolbars
- adding icons, Apple’s toolbar-icon collection
- address/search bar, Safari
- defined, The Very Basics
- in Finder windows, Do Your Filing
- Mail, Dark Mode in Mail
- Preview, Fill in PDF Forms
- rearranging and removing icons, Apple’s toolbar-icon collection
- screen sharing, Your Mac: Take Control
- “Old Finder Mode”, Two Clicks, One Window
- tooltips
- Top Sites (Safari), Favorites View
- Touch Bar, The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
- Touch ID
- traceroute command, Network Utility
- trackpad, Point & Click
- (see also gestures)
- accessibility, Using the Accessibility Keyboard
- adjusting click pressure, Point & Click
- clicking controls, Point & Click
- dictionary lookup, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- drawing Chinese characters, Input Sources
- enabling dragging, Using the Accessibility Keyboard
- Force Touch trackpads, The Force Touch Trackpad
- gestures, Point & Click, Trackpad gestures
- opening Notification Center, Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
- right-clicking, Notes on Right-Clicking
- rotating an image, Scroll & Zoom
- scrolling direction, Point & Click
- scrolling through tabs, Tabbed Browsing
- setting up a Bluetooth trackpad, Scroll & Zoom
- settings, Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
- silent clicking, Point & Click
- tracking speed, Point & Click
- VoiceOver, General Tab
- zooming and rotating, Point & Click
- traffic reports, Public Transportation
- transcripts
- transparency
- Trash, The Trash
- travel time, Location, alarms, travel time, and other details
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting
- (see also Help)
- AirDrop, Sending by AirDrop
- blurry LCD screen, Displays
- Contacts conflicts, Creating Address Cards
- Disk Utility app, Disk Utility
- file sharing, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar, Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar, Screen Sharing
- force-quitting, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- fsck (file system check), Method 1: Disk Utility
- gray screen at startup, Gray Screen During Startup
- hard drive problems, Use a Local Snapshot to Rewind Your OS
- help by phone, Single-user mode (-S at startup)
- help online, Single-user mode (-S at startup)
- Internet Recovery, The Recovery HD
- kernel panic, Frozen Programs (Force-Quitting)
- Mac calling feature, And if It’s Not Working
- Mail setup, Checking Your Mail
- minor eccentric behavior, Minor Eccentric Behavior
- performing a clean install, After Installing over an Older Version
- physical recovery disks, Internet Recovery
- preference files, Minor Eccentric Behavior
- program incompatibility, Minor Eccentric Behavior
- rebuilding Mail database, Emptying the Trash folder
- recovering files with Time Machine, Changing Time Machine Settings
- reinstalling a program, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- Report to Apple box, Rewinding to an earlier version
- restarting, Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
- Restore From Time Machine Backup, Gray Screen During Startup
- restoring from a local snapshot, Internet Recovery
- Safe Boot mode, Kernel Panic
- send diagnostic data to Apple, Twelve Privacy Shields
- single-user mode, Method 1: Disk Utility
- Siri, What to Say to Siri
- slowdown after installation, Troubleshooting
- Touch ID, Touch ID
- VPN, Setting Up the VPN Connection
- Wi-Fi hotspots, Wi-Fi Connections
- Windows networking, Screen Sharing
- Twitter
- two-factor authentication, Fast User Switching
- type size (see zooming in/out)
- typing
- abbreviation expansion, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- assistance with, Dictation
- auto-periods, auto-capitalization, Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps
- autocomplete, Replace abbreviations with much longer phrases
- case-swapping, Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps
- drawing Chinese characters, Input Sources
- features, Notes on Right-Clicking
- QuickType keyboard, Customizing the Touch Bar
- Smart Copy/Paste, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
- smart quotes, Insert the proper typographical symbols
- typographical symbols, The Spelling and Grammar Checker
U
- U.S. Constitution, Dictionary
- unit conversion, Calculator
- Universal Access (see accessibility)
- universal Clipboard, Continuity Camera
- Unix, System Information
- unread message filter, Filters
- usage data
- USB flash drives, Via iCloud Drive
- user accounts (see accounts)
- User Accounts (Windows), Taskbar
- User menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Users folder, What’s on Your Hard Drive
- Using Significant Energy list, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Utilities folder, Editing Your Recording
- Utilities menu
V
- vCards, Importing from Yahoo, Google, Exchange, or another internet service
- Versions, Auto Save and Versions
- video, Movies & Sound
- View menu
- view options
- Vimeo
- VIPs (in Mail app), VIPs
- virtual memory, FileVault
- virtualization software, Boot Camp Assistant
- Visualizer, Connecting over Wi-Fi
- VNC (see screen sharing)
- Voice Memos app, TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools
- voice to text (see dictation)
- VoiceOver, General Tab
- volume, Saving the finished movie
- volume keys, The Mac Keyboard
- VPN, Remote Control Program Killing
W
- walkie-talkie feature, iMessages
- wallpaper, Show item info
- weather
- web browser, The Reading List
- (see also Safari)
- changing default, General
- web clips
- web design
- web pages, The Reading List
- (see also Safari)
- customizing Safari settings, Picture-in-Picture Video
- expanding web forms, Graphics Worth Saving
- organizing web receipts, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- parental controls of, Apps Tab
- PDF files in, The History Menu
- PDF receipts, Creating PDF Files
- Reader, The Download Manager
- Reading List, Pinned Tabs
- Safari, Safari
- saving to disk, Graphics Worth Saving
- sending to friends, Saving Web Pages to Disk
- viewing in Quick Look, What Quick Look Knows
- website alerts, Customizing the Toolbar
- Web Sharing, Virtual Private Networking
- WebDAV
- what’s new in Mojave, Introduction
- additional accent colors, Designing Your Desktop
- advanced screenshot toolbar and editor, Graphics Formats on the Mac
- APFS functionality on more drives, Disk Utility, the hard drive repair program
- better handling of authentication codes, Autofill: Credit Cards
- broader knowledge in Siri, What to Say to Siri
- Core Services apps, System Information
- Dark Mode color scheme, Designing Your Desktop
- desktop stacks, What’s in Your Home Folder
- Dynamic Desktop pictures, Clock Tab
- emoji browser, Writing Messages
- expanded Siri abilities, Speech Settings
- expanded Siri Suggestions, Siri Settings
- gallery view, Grouping the Column Contents
- group FaceTime, Placing a Call
- Home app, Receiving Calls
- iCloud syncing of Voice Memos, Data Synchronization
- looking up passwords with Siri, What to Say to Siri
- News app, Flyover
- no keystroke to slow genie animation, Minimize Button
- Quick Actions buttons, The Preview Pane
- showing favicons, Tabbed Browsing
- Siri motorsports knowledge, What to Say to Siri
- smart email filing, Filing Messages
- Software Update preferences panel, Sound Effects Tab
- Stocks app, Saving Sticky Notes
- Top Hits in Mail app, Finding Messages
- True Tone setting, Displays
- using your i-gadget as a camera accessory, AirDrop
- Voice Memos app, TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools
- whois command, Network Utility
- Wi-Fi, Wiring the Network, Manual Configuration
- (see also internet)
- ad hoc network (Mac to Mac), Wi-Fi Networks
- AirPort Utility, The System Monitor tabs
- base stations, Wi-Fi Networks
- commercial hotspots, Wi-Fi Connections
- controlling by voice, Type to Siri
- diagnostic details, Commercial Hotspots
- Instant Hotspot feature, Texting from the Mac
- list of memorized hotspots, Wi-Fi Connections
- MAC address filtering, Commercial Hotspots
- menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- networking equipment, Wi-Fi Networks
- padlock icon, Wi-Fi Connections
- preferred hotspots, Wi-Fi Connections
- secret technical menu, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- silencing hotspot notifications, Wi-Fi Connections
- troubleshooting, Wi-Fi Connections
- Wireless Diagnostics app, Storage Management
- wireless syncing with iTunes, Syncing an iPad or iPhone
- Wi-Fi menulet, Wi-Fi Connections
- widgets (see Dashboard)
- wiggling icons, Folders
- Wikipedia
- windows, Disk icons on the desktop
- Back button, Column View
- background window control, The Cocoa Advantage
- Close button, Close Button
- color or photo backgrounds, Show item info
- column view, Rearranging Columns
- dragging from title bar, Dragging from the Title Bar
- Exposé, More Widgets
- Finder tabs, Fun with Quick Look
- flippy triangles, Sorting the List
- folder proxy icon, Full Screen Button
- Full Screen mode, Minimize Button
- Get Info, Get Info
- grouping and sorting files, Use as Defaults
- hiding, Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- hiding/showing from Dock, Using the Dock
- keyboard control, Keyboard Control
- layering, Split Screen Mode
- list view, Free dragging—and grid spacing
- menulets, Menulets: The Missing Manual
- Minimize button, Close Button
- Mission Control, Exiting Split Screen Mode
- navigating, Two Clicks, One Window
- opening copies, Show item info
- path bar, Scroll Bars
- preview pane, The Preview Pane
- printing, Renaming Batches of Files
- Quick Actions buttons, The Preview Pane
- Quick Look, Keep Folders on Top
- redefining new window, Two Clicks, One Window
- reopen when logging back in, Shut Down
- reopening on startup, Folders
- resizable edges, Scroll Bars
- setting default view, Background
- Sidebar, Disk icons on the desktop
- snapping to full screen, Scroll Bars
- Split Screen mode, Split Screen Mode
- status bar, Path Bar
- tabs in apps, Tabs in Other Apps
- title bar, Title Bar
- views, The Preview Pane
- Window menu keyboard shortcuts, Go menu
- “Old Finder Mode” button, Two Clicks, One Window
- Windows (see Microsoft Windows)
- Windows logo key, Taskbar
- Windows Media Player, Taskbar
- Windows/WINNT folder (Windows), Taskbar
- Wireless Diagnostics, Storage Management
- Wolfram Alpha
- Word of the Day, Screen Saver
- WordPad (Windows), Windows Messenger
- workgroups, Screen Sharing
- WWAN menulet, Menulets: The Missing Manual
Z
- zooming in/out, Zoom Tab
- enlarging text on a web page, Full Screen and Gestures
- in Maps, Maps
- in Photos, My Projects
- in Preview, Converting file formats
- keystrokes, Zoom Tab
- making windows full screen, Minimize Button
- on a PDF in Safari, The History Menu
- settings, Point & Click
- smart zoom, Point & Click
- Touch Bar zoom, Zoom Tab
- trackpad gestures, Zoom Tab
- type size in Mail, Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
- with monitor resolution, Displays
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