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Safari gains some excellent new options, such as browsing profiles and the ability to save a website to the Dock and use it like an app. Look out for some awesome new video chat features too. 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The new macOS Sonoma wallpapers and screensavers are covered, as are the Desktop Widgets that let you check important information straight from your Desktop. Look out too for guides to Spotlight, Notifications, the Dock, Sonoma’s menus and more. 3 al e Ce Learn more >First Steps with macOS Sonoma | =~ Set Up Your Mac “ For the First Time If you have a new Mac but have not yet set it up, follow this guide. It's nothing to be afraid of; follow the guide and the on-screen instructions, and step by step, you get to set your Mac's language, take it onto the Internet with your Wi-Fi network, sign in with your all-important Apple ID and more. BEB 322 rate soe ts vino ting youto choose Now you must choose your territory, that is, where you. the language you use to set up your Mac. The most and will be using your Mac. You can scrol the lst of popular languages ae atthe top of the lst, but if you want to {and down to find your own, or start to type It to use an alternative one, scroll up unt you find it, click on it nd uicker. Click your country to highlight your choice, then click the arrow foottom right) then click Continve. st jage and input source. The territory are offered, but if you have a disability that makes it ha -omputer, the Mac's Accessibity too! in i you want to set up your Accessibi lick one of the buttons. not, cick Not Now sult your needs, later in Settings, 8 | wwnpcipubscatonscomNext comes the Data & Privacy screen. Youre sh icon that appears when an Apple feature coll information, and needs your permission. There's nothing you need to do on this screen, just read it for reference and move ‘on once more. Set Up Your Mac [@ IN You'e invited to transfer information from a Mac or Time Machine backup, a Windows PC or not at all To transfer data from your old computer, choose the correct option and follow the on screen instructions. Otherwise, choose the last option to start afresh, Beg Now's time to sign in with your Appl I. you already have an Apple ID, sign in now with your password. you dont, click the Create New Apple ID link and folio the on-screen instructions. There's also a link for if youve forgotten your Apple ID. You're shown a screen of Terms and Conditions, which you can read by scroling #f you wish. When you're ready Click the checkbox labelled have read and agreed to the Cloud terms and conditions, then click the Agree button in the bottom-right comer of the window. BE) 12 secant nee tased on your Anni D nae bt your password, which unlocks the computer, should be cchasen now. Choase something you can remember and enter ahhintin case you forget. Click the smal picture to choose a iferent one, or take a photo using the Mac's camera, You can also change your avatar now if you wish, Simply lick on the one you have at the moment =the image in the circle to the right of your fullname and account name — and you're given the chance to change it to a Memoj. Emoj, monogram, photo and more, velco com | 9First Steps with macOS Sonoma | q BP "vow you decide whether to Ensble Location Services or ‘ot. Its up to you, but there's alot of Mac features that depend on being able to tellwhere you are to work, for example finding your location in Maps. Click the box f you want to enable it, and ther You can now choose whether you allow analytic information to be sent to Apple andlor third-party software developers so they can improve their products. you're concerned about privacy, you can deci, but its helpful ick Continue, if you agree to share. BJ You now decide whether ornot you want to setup Screen Time, Click Continue to have Screen Time give ‘you updates on how you'r using your Mac, or the Set Up Later when you say. Hey Siri’ Click the checkbox in the middle of the linkat the top to leave it be for now. You can activate itlaterin window if you wish to do so, then click Continue and follow the macOS Sonoma's System Settings. on-screen instructions. BP] ''s timo to setup Sir and decide whether or not you want Apple's own digital personal assistant to activate BI You can now choose a Sit Voice, thats the voice used by the Sir digtal assistant when you use this feature on your Mac. Click on each voice in turn to hear whet it sounds like, and then click the one you want and click Continue. You can change tin Settings later ifyou wish. Do you wish to send information to Apple for it to use in improving the Siri and Dictation features? These recordings are shared with privacy in mind, and Apple never knows who sent which recording. Click Share Audio. Recordings or Not Nom. 10 | wowocpubicators.comSet Up Your Mac [I 900% =S0*e"B880- 78% a Choose how your Mac will look when in use. You can, Your Mac soon boots into macOS Sonoma, the late {0 for the default light look, with white as the version of the Mac's operating system. If you open predominant background colour, or dark, with black ‘System Settings (from the Apple menu, Dock or Applications, backgrounds. Auto switches between light and dark folder), you can change its appearance and wallpaper, should depending on the ambient light. you not lke it as itis Reset to Factory Conditions Ifyou acquired your Mac second hand, you might want to wipe it clean and start again. Just follow this guide, Fist, restart your Mac whilst holding down cmd-Shift-AItR (Intel From the window, select Disk Utility (the bottom of the four ‘Mac) or by pressing and holding the power button (Apple Siicon options) and click Continue. Select your startup disk (called Mac}. he Mac continues to boot, but instead ofthe regular Macintosh HD by default) and in the toolbar at the top of the desktop, awindow appears showing four optionsas seen here. Disk Utilities window, click the Erase icon to wipe it clean. (On the next screen, the Format pull-down menu should read [Now choose to install macOS and continue. When invited to install APS ifs available or Mac OS Extended Jouraled)ifitis. _the operating system, do so; you might have to click on the Wi-Fi ‘Select the appropriate option and click Erase to wipe your boot _iconin the menu bar and rejoin your wireless network. Agree to dive, When its finished, cick Done, then quit Disk Utility (emd-Q. T&Cs, select your main drive and click instal to stat afresh. woceutcatons.com | 11Gi First Steps with macOS Sonoma 77~\\ Using Touch ID im On Your Mac If your Mac supports it, you can unlock your computer using your fingerprint instead of entering a password. Just place your finger on the fingerprint sensor and it springs into life. You can also use Touch ID to unlock your Mac, input passwords and make purchases, all by using your fingerprint. Setting Up Touch ID First ofall open the System Settings window. Click on To get started, click on the + icon captioned ‘Add “Touch ID & Password. I this option isnt there, your Mac Fingerprint. You can add more than one print to Touch ID doesn'thave the Touch ID feature. if you wish, but here, this is our fist. BWI Type your admin password when asked, the one you use Keep raising and lifting your finger. As you can see, the tounlock your Mac. As instructed, you must naw place ‘rey ingerprintin the window gradually tums red as the finger youintend to register on the Touch ID sensor, onthe Touch ID reads, analyses and records your fingerprint. Keep top-tight ofthe keyboard. doing this unt the centre section is full 12 | wowwocpubscators.comFP Touch 1D now needs to cover the edges of your finger. Continue iting and placing your finger, ut concentrate on having the edges ofthat fingerprint on the Tauch ID sensor. ‘The edges gradually go red, Eventually al the fingerprint area is red and the registration is complete. Click the Done button in the bottom-right comer, & & ‘There's list of things you can do with your Touch ID instead of typing your admin password. Take a look and Uncheck any that you dorit wish to use. Using Touch ID Purchases & Passwords Unlocking Your Mac ‘With Touch ID, you can place your finger on the sensor to, unlock your Mac, without your admin password. You stil need the password after itrestarts. Purchases and Log-ins. You can use your Touch ID to make App Store purchases and enter login details. Instead of typing a password to complete the purchase or log in, use Touch ID. CEE ‘Amar Yap. Login Window... Users & Groups Settings... Fast User Switching Ito people have accounts on your Mac, and you've enabled Fast User Switching from the menu bar, you can tse your Touch ID to switch between users too. ‘wupebubliationscom | 13(3 First Steps with macOS Sonoma Welcome to the Sonoma Desktop The desktop is at the heart of your Mac. Everything you do takes place on the desktop, including opening apps, interacting with files and folders and using the Dock. Here we show you how to use your desktop, app and folder windows, the top bar menu, Bin and more. Bg From the Apple menu youcan This is your Mac's Desktop, Pe log out, shut down, restart or Click on itto hide all open’ pputthe computer into sleep mode, windows, showing your Desktop ‘get comprehensive information on Widgets. If you've added them. You the computer's hardware and ccan change the picture or software, access the System wallpaper) used for the Desktop in Settings and open items youve ‘System Settings > Wallpaper. The recently closed. (one we have here is the standard macOS 14: Sonoma desktop, but The menu bar runningalong _there are plenty of awesome the top of the desktop gives pictures to choose from. ‘access to functions and conivo's for the app you currently have open at In macOS, folders work just ike the time. The app currently in use is their real-world counterparts, ‘shown to the rightof the Appleicon. You canuse themto store fles, data Inthis case its Finder. Openor cick and even other folders. You can call ‘on an app and its name is shown them anything you tke, click on a here instead: andits menus are listed —_folder's name and type in anew one. inthe menu bar, The Dock offers quick and EW Te Control Centres where easy access to your favourite you can access Bluetooth, applications, documents, folders Wii settings, display brightness, ‘and even the Bin. I's easly edited volume. Stage Manager, Soreen and customised to make the most Mirroring and much more. of the way you work. Apps you ‘currently have open are abvays Application windows come in shown in the Dock, all shapes, sizes and designs, Siedtontietaceatie EQ doccschamner ocon Dock fomspottaranig afta coatetinte dock ReptcalonsundewinFiasc: ——arothnonconaig rose Tsoi Window The Frerutlytecerta) RR Tein oma cle te pont ovation arc Tash ogee or Perini ovcanbows ord _apkoion dag trite hen hawgacappkatore cocoate. terrclekoniare Sence Eno Steralcnevacenscces — SiTfontemera N Sie commtreosloraas hye oC) Nie connected to the same network (cabled or wireless) 14 | wowocpubicators.comThe Sonoma Desktop Siri Date, Time, See Notifications & personal ig assistant and you Widgets Msc custelekon Ciik onthe time here andto open the Notifications and Widgets this icon anda Siri ‘window opens. See the Siri tutorial for sidebar. If you go into System Settings > Control Centre and Renee elck the Clock Options button, ro youcan set how the date and time caeaA are displayed here. this feature. © tondon ° ox ou @ PutlcTansort at Fe) = ‘wupebubliaionscom | 15Gi First Steps with macOS Sonoma ~) Screen Savers and Wallpapers Screen savers have come a long way since the flying toasters. Now you can have all sorts of graphics and images activate when your computer goes to sleep, and even integrate your screen saver with your Desktop's wallpaper. Here's how to use this great new Sonoma feature. Choosing a Screen Saver (Open System Settings from the Apple menu in the Bi There's some great slow-mo aerial shots on offer, divided top-left ofthe screen: In the left-hand sidebar, cick on into categories: Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater, Earth. ‘Soreen Saver. A range of saversis on offer, including current and The Shuffle Aerials option lets you use a screen saver chosen at past macOS savers, aerial photos and various graphics. random from one of these categories, BY] Scro!ltt and rigntaiong arow to see more screen ‘When i's downloaded, you can preview the screen saver ‘savers, or click Shaw All forall the options in a category. bby moving the pointer to the thumbnail and clicking on When choosing an aerial screen saver, ithasto download: see Preview. The soreen saver is shown. Pressa key, move the the progress circle in the top-right comer of the window. mouse or touch the trackpad to stop the preview. 16 | wowwocpubicators.comCustomising the Sonoma Desktop Choosing a Wallpaper ‘Turn on Show as Wallpaper anda stil rom the slow-mo In System Settings, click Wallpaper in the left-hand column. ssereen saver is used as your desktop image. Shaw on All These options let you set the wallpaper independently of ‘Spaces makes s0 for alyour desktops. Leave this off and you _the screen saver. The aerial photo wallpapers are there, can have diferent walpapers for each desktop. along with some from older versions of macOS, [Bp Shensetrgye ec tom ssn oghirtrnetoniznow, | There ae options to Show ae Screen Saver and Show on Al atthe footof the screen, out ofthe wayofthe beeutfulaerial Spaces atop the window too, You can also Add Photo or video. When you unlock your Me, the slow-mo video tunsinto the Add Photo or Album using the pull-downs if you want to use desktop, youre using tas a wallpaper too. a picture on your Mac as wallpaper. Brg Ax the foot ofthe Screen Saver options isa category ‘Some wallpapers have a Light and Dark mode, set using Called ‘Other. These give access to options you might the pulldown at the top of the Wallpaper options. have used on oider versions of macOS. You can also use one of ‘Automatic’ changes between light and dark according to your own photos as a screen saver here. the time. You can also use a solid colour as a wallpaper. ‘wupebubliaionscom | 17First Steps with macOS Sonoma_| Gesture Controls ef’. On Your Trackpad You can navigate your Mac using gesture controls, just like you do on your iPhone or iPad. These gesture controls can be performed on a Mac notebook's trackpad or on the Apple Magic Trackpad, which is available for desktop Macs. You can even do a few of them on a Magic Mouse. One of the things that makes the Mac such a pleasure to use is its large and responsive MacBook multi-touch trackpad or the desktop Mac’s Magic Trackpad. You can use the trackpad in much the same way as you would use the touchscreen of an iPhone or iPad: to quickly and easily access menus, sort through stacks of pictures or documents, scroll through documents and to zoom in and out of displayed images. Once you get used to it, you'll find that its a very easy and intuitive way of controlling your Mac and that it can do far more than just scrolling, ea tes ee Caterer en et ae Seat ea Pere bottom left or right corner of the trackpad or mouse, select Secondary Click in the Point & - ; Click pane of Trackpad preferences, and choos Single Click Eee Unlike most other tra works the same as the mouse pads, the entire MacBook trackpad can dick ‘anywhere on the track pad to Multi-touch Gestures. “The MacBook's advanced trackpad and Apple's Magic Trackpad support Multi-touch gestures. They might seem abit complicated a fist but once you get used to ther, ‘they quickly become second nature. Before long youl ‘wonder how you ever managed without them. The trick to Using the trackpad properly is to practise using more than ‘one finger at once. Some gestures use two fingers, whilst cothers use three or even four You need to apply light frm . pressure and move your fingers smoothly and evenly all at the same time. Like we sai, ittakes alittle practice but you cuickly become proficient att. To enable Mul-touch i gestures, view instructional videos of the gestures and set Scroll Vertically Upverous othertrckped optone, choose Apple> System Place two gers together onthe trackpad, then move them up Setingsandthen cles Tackpadinthelefehend adeber, of Son, Tis wil sol vercaly up or down the document or web page you'e currently viewing, 18 | wowocpubicators.comGesture Controls Zoom In and Out “Two-finger pinching lets you zoom in or out on PDFs images, photos, and other large visual documents or web pages. Place two fingers on the trackpad, then move them apart to zoom in, cr together to 200m out. The quicker you move your fingers, the more youll zoom, Rotating Images You can rotate images by placing two fingers on the trackpad {and then turning your hand so that your fingers both move in @ curve. It can bea litte awkward on the wrist at fst but youll ‘soon get used to it. Its a very handy gesture if youre laying outa page in a desktop publishing app. Access Mission Control You can access the macOS Mssion Control at any time, even i you've gota full-screen app open. Simply place three fingers at the bottom of the trackpad and move them quickly upwards and Mission Control appears Force Click ‘The very latest Apple notebooks feature Force Touch trackpads, which can tella soft tap froma hard tap. A hard. tap, or Force Click, can be used to preview file, drop a pin ‘Maps, preview a Safari link, rename a file or folder and more, It's a concept that should prove very familiar to those who have used the latest iPhone models. ‘Switching Between Full-screen Apps If you've got several apps open full screen at once, you can Desktop & Dock andin the Widgets a button marked ‘Edit Widgets’. Click on this and the Widget section use the Widget Style pul-down to select Monochrome cr —_pleker appears once more. From here, you can drag and Ful-colour They then stay that way ataltimes. drop Widgets into the sidebar to customise it. Br Aso inthe Widgets section ofthe Desktop & Dock Click on the minus sign in the top-left corner of a Widget to settings, you can choose whether to use Widgets from remove itfrom the sidebar. When you've finished, click the your iPhone on your Mac's Desktop, and whether they appear, Desktop or click the Done button atthe foot ofthe Widget ‘on the Desktop, in Stage Manager or bath, picker. Your customised sidebar is then ready for use. ‘wupcbubliatonscom | 21(3 First Steps with macOS Sonoma =(— Dark Mode “EB And Night Shift If your screen's too bright, there's a couple of great desktop features that help. Dark Mode inverts the Mac's colour scheme, making it much darker, and Night Shift Mode changes the colour hue, reducing blue light that can keep you awake if you use your Mac before going to bed. Dark Mode Night Shift Mode BI From the Apple menu, open System Settings. nthe From the Apple menu, open System Preferences. Click on left-hand column, click on the Appearance option. At the ul Displays in the left sidebar and then on the Night Shift top ofthe righchand section are the Light Dark and Auto button Fromhere you can schedule Night Shit Mode to run burtons Dark and Light burtons stitch those modes.end from suse to sunset or ding custom times: of you can Simpy Auto sets it according to your Nght Shift schedule. tum ton by checkeg the Merualbox With Dark Mode on, the colours are subdued or With Night Shift Mode enabied, the colour spectrum. reversed in Finder, windows, the Mac's builtin apps and shifts from blue to yellow If you use your Mac late at more, Third-party apps can be built to take advantage of Dark night, too much blue ight can interfere with sleep patterns, so Mode too. if you find it more comfortable to work on a darker using Night Shift Mode when on yourMac close to bedtime screen, this is excellent news. ‘can prevent this from happening, 22 | wmepopsticatonscomDark Mode & Desktop Stacks )) Desktop Stacks For Organisation If your Mac's desktop regularly gets cluttered with folders, file icons and other such material that you're currently working on, there's a solution at hand in macOS. With a click of your mouse or trackpad, you can organise them into stacks, grouped according to their file type. Here's how to do it. Your Mac's desktop often fis with fles and folders you RM From the View menu, select the Use Stacks option, Your know you need regularly but that can mean a very flles are stacked on the right-hand side of your desktop, Cluttered workspace. To use Desktop Stacks frst click onthe according to their type. For example, images are stacked desktop to make sure Finder is active, then click on the View together, as are documents. To turn this off again go to View ‘menu in the top bar, ‘and click Use Stacks, BW 7 open stack on your desktop, click onit. The tens You can choose how you group your stacks. In View, go contained in that stack are revealed, allowing you to to Group Stacks By and then pick an option. if you use access and open individual les, To close a stack again, click finder tags (see later in this book) to identify files from the (on the down-pointing triangle icon that replaced the stack same project. for example, grouping by Tags keeps them ‘when you clicked to open it. together and easier to find, ‘wupebubleaionscom | 23(3 First Steps with macOS Sonoma & Getting Online *® With Wi-Fi or Ethernet Asis the case with any modern computer, access to the Internet is a vital component for upgrading and getting hold of new apps that will help you get the most from your Mac. Getting online in Sonoma is remarkably easy and here's how to do it both wirelessly and with a cabled connection. Connecting with Wi-Fi FA Moke sure thet your Macs within range of your wireless AMI Ciick the Other Networks chevron and see a ist of Wi-Fi router's WF signal, then click on the W-F icon in the top networks available in your area, A lock to the right shows menubar. Youll see a ist of Wi-Fi networks. your Wi-Fils off a passwordis required. Click on the network you wish to join, ‘lick the switch to turit on whether it’s your own router or a public Wi-Fina cafe or bar. > Sr ee > Some high street locations such as libraries, bars and restaurants offer free WI-F to their customers. There are many different ways you can access public WEF. Some locations may have an unsecured connection, some require youto ask for their WEF Password, and for others you have to register via their Pop-up website; ust open Safari while in such a Wi-Fi zone and then follow the on-screen instructions that appear wien your Mac connects to the network, la passwordis required (t probably is), a window appears. Enter the password here. youre setting up at home, the password is probably supplied with your router. Your Mac then joins the network. and remembers t so you donithave to add the password every time you go onine 24 | wmepopsticatonscomConfiguring Your Wi-Fi (Click on the Wi-Fiicon inthe top bar, andi the menu that is shown, click Wi-Fi Settings at the bottom. The System, Settings window appears, with Wi-Fi aeady open. Scroll up and Click on the Advanced button, You can seea lst ofall the W-Fi networks your Mac has connected to, in order of preference. Where two networks are available the higher one is used. If you want to change this order, simply drag and drop them, BAY Cick Details next to your current network and then the TTCPIP button. You can see what IP address your Wi-Fi router has allocated to your Mac. Advanced users can then edit these settings and create your own static IP adress. Getting Online Going Online with Ethernet Ifyou prefer the stability and speed offered by a cabled, Ethernet connection, here's how to set this up. On (Once you've set up your router according to the instructions supplied with the device, getting online using Ethernetis relatively easy. First of all. you need a cable that looks like this. There should be at least one supplied with your router. Plug one end ofthe cable nto your Mac and the other end. into one of the router's Ethernet ports:it doesnt matter which cone. ifyour Mac doesnt havean Ethernet port. youneed an ‘adapter: You can get one online or from an Apple Store. your router isnt close enough to your Macto supporta cabled connection, consider using Home Plug AV instead. This uses your household electrical ‘wiring to send data. ‘Ask at your local computer store about a Home Plug AV starter kit. There are many different brands of HomePlug AV devices ‘to choose from, and as HomePlug AVis an industry standard, they're all compatible with each other. ‘nwupepubliaionscom | 25(4 First Steps with macOS Sonoma Sonoma’s Menus A Key Mac Feature Whether it's a pull-down menu accessed by clicking on the top bar of your desktop or a contextual menu found by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking ona file or folder, you need to know how to use your menus if you are to get the most out of your Mac and Sonoma. Here's a guide to your Mac's menus. The Apple Menu The Apple menu is Choose About Ts Mac always found in the fora window shoving top-left comer of Sonoma’s you technical information about desktop. To open it, click on your computer Cicking More the Apple icon once, then Info... leis you delve further ‘choose an option. This looking atts Dsplay Storage menu is always there, ‘and more; and you can get a whatever itis that you're full System Report by clicking doing on your Mac. the System Report bution too. The System Settings ‘option opens the Mac's System Settings, which we ‘discuss later inthis book. FF Tis option opens the App Store. If updates ‘are available for your Mac or any of its apps. Hover your pointer over the Recent Items option to see the sub-menu showing ‘apps, documents and servers you've recently used. You can ick on one of these items ‘and open it, offering a ‘convenient way of accessing things you recenty closed. 26 | wmepopsticatonscomlick here for the Force Quitwindow This ‘window lists al currently open applications and notes if any of them are unresponsive, thats, eye crashed. You can force a crashed app to uit from here, lick here to restart your Mac. This is useful it you've instaled new software or your Mac Isnt behaving as it should. Click to shut down your Maz, that, switch it oft Ba Cick hereto put your Mac into Sleep Mode. This saves energy and password:protects your Mac ‘while you're away from your keyboard for any time. Lock screen brings up your password screen. You have to enter your password to continue to use your Mae. It's useful if you're leaving your Mac for a while, Contextual Menu Files and folders have a Contextual Menu that you can access by fght-cScking or ct-ccking on the item, or clicking with two fingers ona trackpad, This menu gives range of options, which change according to what was you cicked on. There's usually a Share end a Move to Bin option in there, andthe Get Info option brings up an information window. Right-clicking and ctrl-clicking. [Serena wens BP Ck nere to log yourself out but not shut down your Mac. This is useful f you have more than fone user account on your Mac. You can then lag out so another user can log in. BEY Teseare the documents you've recently used. If you need to ‘open one again, this menu is a ‘ick and easy way to do so. Servers you've recenly us accessed on your wireless or Ethernet network appear hee, To open one again, simpy click on it PY By hovering over he Recent Items option, you get ths sub-menu. Tis is alist ofthe applications you've recently used. Click on ‘one of them to open it again rather than use the Dock. BY Cicicnere to completely lear the entre Recent thems sub-menu, Application Menus Each application has its own unique setof menus located next tothe Apple menu, They wil change when an application is active and will evert back tothe Finder menu when no apps are active. Each fs cleat labelled to make it easier. Well add specific details for application menus when we look into the appications themselves later. ‘Mac mice and trackpads only have one button, so how do you make a right-click? Its actually easier than you think. ‘Your Magic Mouse or Trackpad doesn't have two buttons, ‘but you can stil secondary-click by holding the Control, (ctr key and clicking your mouse or trackpad. Alternatively, tenable right-clicking. Goto Apple menu> System Settings > ‘Mouse/ Trackpad, depending on which you're using. P| Use the pull-down to choose an option for Secondary Click. With Secondary Click activated, clicking using your chosen optionis the equivalent of right-clicking on a ‘two button mouse. You can change the tracking speed and click strength here too, and more. ‘wupcbubliaonscom | 27First Steps with macOS Sonoma Using Finder Files, Folders & Apps Finder is the main app that underpins everything you do in macOS, so it's worth taking the time to discover its features and functions. On these pages you'll see how Finder works and how you can use the Finder window; including its navigation controls, viewing tabs and many more useful options. FI Window Control Options: Use the gumdrops to Close or minimise the window or open it in ful-screen mode, We'll cover this on the next page. Navigation Controls: The chevron buttons in the {op let comer of the window take you forwards or backwards through your navigation history View Options: These four buttons let you set-up how you view the files and folders in the Finder w whether a eons, ait, columns of 25a Cover Now which «gives you a much larger visual preview. Item Arrangement List: Cick on the button shown here to order the contents of the window, according to dale, alphabetically and more, Share Button: The Share button is found in many places throughout macOS, Here you can highlight a fie or folder and cick the button to send it by emal, ADrop and Messages, add it to Notes and more, Tags Button: You can tag a file or folder to make i easier to spot or group it wth other documents anct folders. An item can have more than one tag. Click or 28 | wmepoputicatonscomfag Perform Tasks: The Perform Tasks icon enables you to perform certain tasks within the folder or highlighted fle, such as create a New Folder Move to Bin, Duplicate and more. ‘Search Field: i you're looking fora specific item, type its name or contents info the Search fed and press Enter ‘Sidebar: There are various options on the Finder ‘window's sidebar You can open specific folders ike Documents or Downloads, access external or network drives land more. To hide and show the sidebar, use the View menu, or enter ctrl-eme:s. Displaying a Finder Window There are several ways of opening a new Finder window on your Mac’s desktop. Let's take a look at each in turn. PW ee Go cr View Window Using Menus Click clear space on the desktop once, open the File menu and select New Finder Window. A window then appears. Shortcut Keys Glick a clear space on the desktop once to make sure youre in Finder, then press cmd-N together. Anew Finder window appears on the desktop Using the Dock lfitisnt already dlsplayed, move your mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen to open the Dock. Click the Finder Window tocreate anew window, Window Controls Options. ‘The coloured buttons, or gumdrops, are foundin the top left ‘corner. Hover over them and a symbol appears in each of them. Close ‘across. This will work with the majority of windows and applications. Minimise Click the orange button containing a=" sign. Again this will work with almost all windows and apps. Full Screen Click the green button with two triangles. This wil full-screen most Finder and app windows. Click once on the red button containing Using the Finder {J;] BT] FilefFolder View: ths shows the files and folders contained in the currently open folder. They're shown inthe format chosen in the View Options (see item 3). Here, ‘a8 you can see, we've gone for the icon view. Preview: This isa preview of the currently selected file in the main window It shows the it, fle size and various details about it. There are also options atthe foot of the Preview sidebar, such as rolating or marking up a graphic or creating a PDF from a document. The preview sidebars ‘optional; you can close it in the View menu or by pressing ‘Shift-cm-P on your keyboard. How to Relaunch Finder If the Finder has crashed or isn't behaving as it should, follow ths tip to close it like a crashed app and relaunch it. a « Ifthe Finder crashes, you can relaunch it ke you would with any other crashed app. The easiest way to do this s to click on the desktop to make sure youre in Finder, hold down the Shift key ‘and click on the Apple menu. The Force Quit option has become Force Quit Finder. Incidentally you can use this method to quit any running app. Just click on one of its windows to bring itto the fore, hold Shiftand clickon the Apple menu Navigation Controls. ‘These simple controls allow you to retrace your steps backwards and forwards through Finder. Navigate toa © > AN Previous Page Click the lefthand arrow. To Continue stepping backwards, repeat step one as many times asnecessary. The Forward Control Ifyou've moved to a previous page, this button offers step-by-step navigation to your original starting point. Simply click the right-hand arrow as ‘many times as needed. <@ ‘wupebublcationscom | 28Gi First Steps with macOS Sonoma View Options View Window Contents as Icons ‘To display your files and folders as a collection oficons, frst ‘open a Finder window then click the frst button on the toolbar, showing a group of four squares. View Window Contents as Lists \With an open Finder window, click the second button on the toolbar to use a simple but effective list display View Window Contents as Columns (Click the third button on the toolbar to view your fles asa series ‘of columns I's great for quick navigation and easy visual identification using a handy image preview column. 30 | wenepoputicatons com View Window Contents as Gallery View ‘The Galery View gives a large preview ofthe fe or folder that’s ‘currently selected anda scrollable strip of everything else Click on ‘one ofthe flesin the stp to s2e alrger version oft thumb ‘Application Date Last Opened Change the Way Items are Arranged ‘As well as changing the way the items are displayed, you can also change the way they are arranged. ‘Name: Alphabetical. Displays numbers first, then A-Z. Kind: This groups each type of item together. Application: Groups together items according to the application in which they were created or are opened. Date Last Opened: Groups according to time and date they were opened. Date Added: Displays items in order of when they were added to the folder. Date Modified: Displays items in the order they were last modified or edited. Date Created: Displays the items according to when they were created. Size: Arrange the files according to their size. ‘Tags: Files are arranged according to tags you've added.More Sidebar Functions your sidebar is getting cluttered, you can show or hide its listed items by hovering over the title (Favourites, Locations, Cloud, Tags) and cicking the small down-facing chevron or right-acing chevron the right-facing chevron appears when the tite is hidden, and the down-facing chevron when they're ‘expended. You can also eject external drives, CDs and disk images from the sidebar; by clicking the ejecticon next to the device or image you wish to remove. Using the Finder {4L;] Highlight an item within your Finder window and cick on the three-dots-n-a-circeicon fora drop-down menu. Here you can do a range of operations trom opening a highlighted fie in specific application to checking the fle size va the Get Ifo option. The Finder's Preview Panel ‘You can also clean up the entie Finder Window, ‘automatically tidying up and or reorganising the order of the les according to various criteria such as their name {alphabeticaly, date, size and more. ° create POF convert mage £3 Remove Background customise Finder windows have a right-hand sidebar that shows a preview of the currently selected file from the window. You ‘can turn this sidebar on or offin the View menu (Hide/Show Preview) or press Shift-CMD-P on the keyboard. {At the foot of the preview sidebar are a set of new option These vary according to the type of fle you're previewing the main window. For example, an image can be rotated, annotated or converted into a POF. ‘wmpcbublcatonscom | 31(1 First Steps with macOS Sonoma Full-screen Mode Ifyou want to view the Finder window better or any other window for that matter, then you can always opt to view itn full-screen mode. Full-screen removes distractions and makes everything a little easier to read. Here's how it works. ese <> Mi creer seren 1 Tle wingon to et of Sean Uh Tie window to ight of Seren a a e _ 2 leew ome BI You can view a Finder window and indeed an appication window, in ful-screen mode. Click on the green gumdrop in the upper left comer ofthe window and fils the entire screen, ‘Ateratively use the View pull-down menu or press ctl-crnd-F Hovering over the umcrop gives this menu. seem To ext from ful-screen made back to the usual window view bring up the Menu bar and then simply click on the ‘green button again, The window shrinks to its previous size and 1 longer takes up the entire desktop, 32-Bit Apps No Longer Run - BS EAA — Beem SA Ga= | SEao@ i = Ba A Infu-sctean mode the menus usually founda he top of the Mac desktop ae sil here but theyre hidden avy vntyouneed them To see them, move the mouse cursor © the top of the screen and the menu bar slides into view and cisappears when the cursoris moved away. " PFW You can aso teke a window out of ful screen made using the View pull-down menu at the top of the screen or by pressing ctr-cmd-F. You can stil close a fullscreen window with the red button ftp left, ‘Apple has phased out support for applications built for 32-bit architecture. These will no longer run in macOS. — = — @ I Monterey and Ventura, you can no longer open applications made for older 32-bit processors (modem processors are 64-bit) Ifyou have such an app on your Mac, it appearsin the Applications ‘window oF Launchpad, witha crossed-out icon atop it. 32 | wmeppsticatons.com a. mo ‘Try to open a 32-bit app and you get a message saying it's ‘not compatible with this version of macOS. Check with its developer whether the app has since been updated to 64-bit, but ifit hasnt by now, it might well have been abandoned.Using the Finder {;] Changing the Finder Window's __ Accessing iCloud Drive Background Colour or Image iCioud Drive can store and share files across Mac ori devices logged into the same iCloud account. BERUREE BEESUeee BUROmEEe When you're using the Finder's Icon View, you can replace the white background with @ coloured ane or even Click on iCloud Drive in the Finder window's sidebar. You picture. To beain with the Finder window in question open, select _see the iCloud Drive folder is organised according to apps, ‘Show View Options from the View menu or press cmd. You can create your own folders here too. ‘The window Info window opens. Towards the bottom, you in canesoptons leduce teheade Bscksound eoxct FleSand folders found here are synced using Cloud Drive, ‘Cobur and cickonthewhtesquate Youcannow.setieveras 89 they'e available online at wwwicloud.com and also on aie cerce cee ‘ther devices linked to the same iCloud account. BIY) Select Piture’ and then drag an image into the box to the right ofthe background options to get a pictorial Here we've opened the Pages iOS app on an iPad. As you background. Alternatively, click on the boxand then navigate to _—_can see, the documents in the Mac's Pages iCloud Drive the picture you want to use through the Finder. folder are also available to open and edit here. ‘wupebublationscom | 33First Steps with macOS Sonoma § Sonoma’'s Dock © For Most-used Apps The macOS Dock is a feature that greatly speeds your workflow. It's perfect for gaining quick access to the most relevant and frequently used applications, documents and folders. It's customisable too, which means you'll come to personalise your Dock to best fit your own unique needs. Accessing Your Applications from the Dock ‘Add or Remove an Application Move an Application To add an app frst.clck the icon fled with multicoloured boxes To move an item toa new location in the Dock, click and drag ‘on the le-hand side of the Dock to bring up Launchpad. Then, to the required poston. As you move the item the adjacent cick and crag the ite you want onto the Dock To ermoveit, applications will nave aside to allow you to drop the ican into just drag it out. its intended place Open an Application Currently Open Apps “To open an application that’s in your Dock. simply move the Applications that ae currently open on your Mac but dont. mouse pointer onto the Dock and click oni icon. Notice _—_ usually vein the Dock are shown n their ov section inthe thatthe appicon sightly bounces as the application opens right-hand side ofthe Dock, You can ck on theiricons to before the mein app opens, bring ther to the fore 34 | wonepopsticatns comAdding and Removing Stacks You can add remove and move folders in your Dock inthe same way you do with apps, These stto the right ofthe Dock’s second divider and are called Stacks. Sonoma’s Dock | The Bin ‘The Bin icon is located at the far right of the Dock and can be filled and emptied just lke a real rubbish bin. ‘You can delete a file, folder or app by dragging it into the Bin on the right-hand side of the Dock. Alternatively, right-click or Ctrl-click on it and select Move to Bin from, the contextual menu that appears. Accessing Stacks To access the fles and folders within a Stack click onit to Gisplay the contents. Clicking on a document or image opens itwith an appropriate application and clicking on 2 folder ‘opens it in Finder, Viewing Options Right-click or ctrl-click on a Stack for a pop-up menu with a range of options. You can show your fies as a Stack (a ple of fles) or asa folder. You can also choose how theyre displayed ‘when you click the Stack ‘Toretrieve a file from Bin, click on the Bin con in the Dock to ‘open itn Finder, then drag the file out of the Bin window. To ‘empty Bin, right-click on itand choose Empty Bir, or in the Bin window, click on the Empty button (top right). Customising the Dock ‘You can customise your Dock in System Settings from the ‘Apple menu and selecting Desktop & Dock. From here, you ccan place the Dock on the right, left or bottom of the screen, opt to show and hide it, change its size, change its ‘magnification, choose a minimisation effect and more. ‘wupcbublcaionscom | 35First Steps with macOS Sonoma Notifications See What's Going On Apps and functions on your Mac can send you notifications, which let you know what's going on. When you receive a message or an email, for example, you can be notified that it's arrived. You can customise them too. ee Peet! ere Widget loving notifications to the Date and Tme and combing then ith widgets is a clever move on the partof Apple All you 1needto do to view your notifications ito lick on the Date and Time inthe top-right ofthe desktop I there are any they appear at the top ofthe side-in area that anpears from the right-side ofthe screen. Notifications are grouped together depending on the app they're coming from. For example, the News app displays "notifications based on what news channels you've decided can ‘send alerts to you. Ifyou cick on anotification in the group, the: rest expand so you can see all the available notifications of that ‘group. And clicking ona notification, whether it's from Messages, News and so on, opens up the corresponding app. This makes viewing notifications a much more efficient process, since there's a minimal need for mouse clicks, and its easy to see which notifcation belongs to which app. If you're on the lookout for an important news flash report, for ‘example, you can quickly get the information you need when it ‘appears on your screen. 36 | wonwocpubicators.com ‘rom gen Z to 80-plus NN Mike Johnson, key figure in efforts to covertutn the 2020 election, House speaker ttNews Top Stories 2éays 290 Tati braced for another by-election with [MP Peter Bone facing si-week suspension cover buying report Hover over a notification for an expansion chevron inthe: Upperight comer. Click and the notification expands to display ‘more information. In addition, by moving the mouse pointer over ‘the notification bubble youl also see an X in the opposite top ‘corner. for dismissing the notification.Creating and Removing Notifications ‘Adding and removing app notfcationsis as simple as ‘avigating to System Settings > Notifications It's the Bel” icon in the left-hand sidebar of the System Settings window. In the Notifications panel on the right. there's a few options at the top followed by along lst ofthe applications youhave installed on your Mac. Scroll through the list and find the app for ‘which you want to set the notifications. Click the app in question. Dow Grove Gann, Goresicume sas Drnera secon Bowie toe Bowne One Within the Notifications window, you can set a number of options for how you want to review any Noitications from the app you've activated. For example, the Alert Style can be adjusted to None, Banners (the default, and the one that most fok will use, and Alerts, You can also opt to display Notifications, Con the lock screen - although ths is considered a security riskif ‘you leave your Mac unattended, There's also options to playa ‘sound when a Noitication comes in and you can set the Notification Grouping to Automatic, By App or Oft © © a © © Gone a — Gowrucnwe Beene Drones BJ When youve found the app youwant to setthe Notification for, cick on the ‘low Notifications’ sider button to activate and deactivate notifications from that particular application ‘Asyou continue to use your Mac, the number of Notifications you'l generate over the course of a week or ‘evena day increases. Open the Notifications window, and click the oval button marked X more Notifications’ to show all the notifications currently avaiable. The chevron next to the words, ‘Notification Centre closes them again. ‘wupebubleaonscom | 37(3 First Steps with macOS Sonoma The Spotlight Feature Search Your Mac Spotlight Search is Apple's unique and ultra-powerful search system that can find almost anything on your Mac. There's a raft of great features, making it a really powerful and useful tool, and you can even use it to. launch applications. Here's how to use the Mac's Spotlight feature. Using Spotlight's Features Press omd-space bar or cick the magnifying gass inthe BRM Spotight can do conversions. To convert ftom imperialto top menu to open Spotlight. You can drag this window to metric (or vice versa) type in the number and a type of unit, ‘wherever you want on the screen. Type your search query into _ suchas kilograms or pounds and then click the chevron next to Spotight and answers appear, with suggestions basedon the the top result. Spotlight offers other cornmonly used units. t contents of your computer as wellas other sources. ‘works in a similar way with distances and lengths. ©. £200%n czar BW 10.40 currency conversions at curent market value, just For more conventional searches, Spotight pulls ts type in the amount you want to convert followed by ‘in information from a wide range of sources, such as [new curtency/: Here, we typed '€300 in €; but £300 in euros’ or Wikipedia and documents finds on your Mac. Double-click on a '300 pounds in euros’ works just as well result to open a document or glean more information. 38 | wenepoputicatons comThe Spotlight Feature It you'e looking for local businesses or sites of interest, You can find people with Spotight too. Start typing the simply type ts name into Spotight and youll quickly find name of someone you know, and Spotlight quickly finds ‘what you're looking for, complete with alink to the Meps app and thal person in your Contacts list and alsplays their contact the option of travel directions from your current location. Again, _detals inthe results window. Things ke chat threads, Facebook Click on the result to open, comments and emails are also sted. ‘Spotightis also closely integrated into the core macOS. ‘Spotight can find music by searching through your Music ‘apps, such as Photos. Start typing in your search term, collection to find albums. tracks and artists. Type band Tike the ttle ofa particular mage or photo albumin your Photos name, track name or even the name of a band member. ‘app, and Spotight quicky locates itand takes youstraighttoit. Recordings with that name or by that band or person are shown, ‘Avvery useful feature in Spotlight is Quick Look ‘Another useful feature feature is Quick Actions. These let Integration. After doing a spotight search, single-click youinstantly begin a process, such as starting a timer, ona search result to highlight it then press the space bar to running shortcut turing on a Focus and more, To start a ‘get a Quick Look preview, While previewing move up and down timer, for example, type ‘Clock’ find the Start Timer option and, thelist withthe arrow keys, cick it for an in-Spotight timer. ‘wupebubleaionscom | 38First Steps with macOS Sonoma | Launching Apps ® And Quitting Them There are several ways of launching an app on your Mac. You can: use the Launchpad, which is found in the Dock; you can open a Finder window and navigate your way to the application you wish to use; or you can click on the Spotlight feature and simply type its name. Here's how to do it. Using Launchpad To open the Launchpad, go to the Dack and click on it, or Ifyou have more than one page of apps, move between place four fingers on your trackpad and bring them. them by swiping let and right with two fingers or hold ‘together. The screen darkens and your apps are shown as cmd and use the arrow keys. lick and hold on an app andan icons. To launch an app from this screen, cick onit. To close appears in the top left comer, cick X’ to delete, Not all apps can Launchpad, press Esc or click on the desktop be deleted in this way, You can arrange your apps into folders on Launchpad too, ‘and close folders by clicking on and off th Just tke on an (OS and iPadOS Home screen, Just drag on the Launchpad screen. Yo ‘one app onto another anda fold ted, Youcanclickon —_into the folder by simply dragging them the name ifyou wish to change itand to remove an app from _also drag apps around the Launchpad window to change the that folder, dag it off the grey folder area. order in which they'e arran 40 | womepop.ticatons comUsing Spotlight ‘To launch an app using the Spotight feature first cick on the magritying glass found in the top right comer of the screen, A window saying ‘Spotlight Search’ pops up. it's yAveniently located, you can drag it round the desktop and maveit to wherever youlke, Using the Finder eee" w@ @ You can also launch an app using the Finder. pen a new Finder window (or use one that's already open) and click on Applications in the sidebar. All of your Mac’s apps are shown. ‘Scroll to find the one you want to use and then double click (on the icon to lau Quitting Apps aAWwBG * i) eo 680886 Launching Apps [ee Begin to type the name of the app you want to launch and ‘Spotight tries to complete for you. When you see the name of the app you want, scroll down to it and press Enter and itlaunches. o close the Spotight search window without launching anything just cick anywhere on the screen, Using the Dock You can launch an app from the Dock. f your Decks hidden, ‘move your pointer to the foot of the screen to reveal it and cick on the app you wish to use. To find out more about the Dock and how to customise itwith your favourite apps, see our tutorial later in the book (Open apps.are shown inthe Dock On the app's Dock con, you ccan click using the right-hand side of a Magic Mouse or trackpad (ight-c, hold the Control key and click anywhere (ctri-click) or ‘cick and hold, then cick on Quitin the pop-up window. ‘Alternatively, withthe app to the fore in Finder, click on its name in the top left comer and select Quit fapp name] from the menu; or hhold the Command key and press Q’. Just make sure the app is ‘open on your desktop or you might quitthe wrong application. ‘wupcbubleatonscom | 41Gi First Steps with macOS Sonoma Setting Up Email For the Mail App With email, you can send mails and attachments anywhere in the world, at the push of a button. Here we take a look at what email is, how you can get yourself an email address and how you can use your email accounts on your Mac, with Apple's bundled email client, the Mail app. Setting Up Your iCloud Email Ifyou set up your Apple ID during your Mac's initial BFW Oren the Mail application from the Dock and then under ‘setup, or if you signed in with an existing Apple ID, your the Mail drop-down menu found in the left of the menu iCloud email account is already in place. But ifnot, or ifyou bar, click on the Add Account. ink. rom the pop-up menu that ‘want to add another Cloud email account to your Mal client, appears, select the iCloud link and then click on the Continue follow these instructions. button to go to the next step. BY Now enter the Apple 0 forthe iCoud email account you On the next screen, click on Add Account and your iCloud ‘want to add to your Mail app, and then the password. ‘accounts added tothe Mail app, for you to use on your When you have confirmed your deals you can then click onthe Mac. Your iCloud email can be your sole email account or you Sign Inbbutton to take you to the next step. ‘can use it in Mail or alongside others ifyou wish, 42 | wmepop.ticatons comSetting Up Email Setting Up Other Emails Toconfigueyour Maco access youremallaccount fom RM rracOS Sonoma includes sophisticted emai progam. yourntemet senice provider you need your email adcress. simply called Mail You cn fndit onthe Dock asi’ there by your password to access your email account, and POP or IMAP _ default. The Mail App's icon shows the back of an envelope ona {incoming and SMTP (ogoing server addresses ‘be background Gick on this icon to open the Mal anp. Microsoft Exchange Narn: lan Geborne eotteres conse BJ When you fist open Mail you'e prompted to set up your MM it’s another web-based email service you're adding you first email account. If youve previously used Mail or set up ‘must now enter your full name this appears in your own, ‘another account, you can add further new accounts by going to and other people's, contact ists), your email address and your the Mail menu and selecting Add Account. ‘password. Do this, and your account is added ‘Ad 2 Mail account et sre ou te ening infest Name lon Osberne a Password PFW "youre adding an account from your Internet Service ‘The information required depends on the ISP. but typically Provider, select Other Mail Provider from the soreen in includes mail server addresses, your usemame, and your ‘Step 3. Enter detais such as username, password and server __password. Click on Sign into finish. You can change your settings information provided by your ISP The server information should later in System Settings > Intemet Accounts, or cick the Mall also be on the ISP's website. ‘menuand click Accounts to go straight there vweupetpusicatenscom | 43(1 First Steps with macOS Sonoma Installing New Apps WJ Including Third Party As you get to grips with your Maz, it's likely you'll want to install more software, or ‘apps’. There are two ways to do this. You can use the Mac App Store, just like you do on the iPhone or iPad, or you can download an app from the Internet and install it manually. Here we show you how to do both. From The App Store Downloading new apps from the Mac App Store is the BFW You can use the Search fel to look for an app by its ‘easiest way to get new software for your Mac. First open name, what t does and more, or simply navigate the App the App Store app; you can use the Apple menuto open this _-Storeusing the categoriesin the left-hand sidebar. Note the particular app or the Dock, Launchpad or Apps folder. fiters, opened by clicking the chevron in the top right too. = ol] Scrollup and down for more apos if button tothe rghit PFW ick on an app tle for more infomation on that app, ek displays a price that’s howmuch it costs. fit says Get, its its button to download it. fits a paid-for app, folow the free, but might offer n-app purchases. A cloud symbol means you on-screen instructions to make a purchase it's free, just cick ‘already bought itbutit sit on your Mac; Gownloaditagainforfree. install. You might have to sign in with your Apple ID. When t's ifitsays Opent, you already haveit Cick the button to open it. downloaded, you can open itjust ike any other app on your Mac. 44 | womepopsticatons comFrom Other Sources BI Not every app is foundin the App Store fthere's one you ‘want to install that isnt fst find its homme page on the web, and go to the Downloads section. Make sure you're downloading the correct version for your Mac, Here we're downloading Handbrake the popular open source video transcoder. Installing New Apps BY Cickthe downioadins andthe app downloads. Fyoute Using the Safari web browser, cick the down- pointing arrow icon to open pop-up window showing how muchhas downioaded ‘0 ar Itmay take along time iis big app. When its done the app is foundin your Downloads folder in the Dock or Finder. BAY Tre app usualy downloads as a dmg age thatis a vital isk Doube-cck onitto open. The window here shows ‘whats inside the downloaded fe; the app anda folder containing cdocurnentation Douibie-cick on the app to open it Because t's not from the App Store, youre asked f you want to open ere (0 ep Se rig rons Ifyouget a waming lke this one, saying the developer ccouldnot be verified, it's stil possible to open the app. (Open System Settings and go to Privacy & Security. Scrol the: ‘window up until you see the Security section, and click the Open Anyway button. Youdo so at your own risk of course. Ble careful Bb ‘Opt to openit and the app opens; you can now use it on ‘your Mac. you want to use the app more than once. isa 900d idea to dragit out ofthe disk image window and into the ‘Applications folder as shown which is foundin the sidebar of most Finder windows. After that. you can bin the mg fle Using Installers and Downloaders Larger apps might download an installer, which instals the ‘pp automaticaly to your Applications folder ora ‘downloader, small program that downloads the app from the Internet before installing it. f thisis the case, simply follow the on-screen instructionsas they appear. There's nothing difficult aboutit ‘wupebubliaonscom | 45macOS Sonoma’s Key Apps One of the best things about the Mac is the great apps that come bundled with macOS. For web browsing, there's Safari. For emails, check out Mail. Keep your scribblings in the Notes app, plan your events in Calendar and store your addresses in Contacts. We cover all these and more, including new Sonoma features such as Dock Applications, Safari Profiles, the new Screen Sharing app and more. FT aa manle leiInstallation Handing 2) UO Seg 2: | ee esemacOS Sonoma's Key Apps Safari Your Web Browser Safari is your Mac's web browser. You can explore the worldwide web, enjoy your social media accounts, do shopping and more. With macOS Sonoma, Safari gets new features like web apps and browsing profiles. This icon opens and closes the Clickhere for alist of terns sidebar on the left. Close the you've recently downloaded. sidebar to see the Profiles button, When you're curently downloading in - which lets you switch between Safa, progressis shown here too. on browsing profes youve set up. u BT ickonthe sharing onto see Brg Hereyou see how many tabs you yur options for shering the page ently have openin Safari A youre viewing adding itto Notes, chevron to the ight shows and hides al__-making a Quick Note and options for those tabsina lst here inthe sidebar, Add Bookmark and Add to Reading List. EW Trisicon gives youa menu that BBA Cick the +icon to open a new, lets you make a Tab Group of, bank tab. You can then go toa > cate the tabs you currently have open, or new website without closing the one start anew, empty Tab Group to youre currently viewing which you can add tabs manually This takes you to the Tab 3 ul These two chevrons are your Overview, showing all your navigation controls, which let_ open tabs as thumbnails in the main Yyournove forward and backward window. Click on one to open it, through your browsing history These are sites that youve pinned to your tab bar, where These icons are for Safari Extensions you've added. To they remain. Although smaller, they ‘add extensions, in the top bar's Safari function ust tke regular tabs, Gickon menu, select SafariExtensions. To one to open that tabbed site. manage them, select Settings from that menuand click Extensions, These are your currently open tabs, Click on one to open it, Click the Pageiconto showand hover over the tab and click the hide the ses Reader view Con the left-hand side of the tab to close it, and click the ‘+ icon {tem Ba The URL Bar. Enter the website 12) to open e new one address or a search term that Yyou wish to look up into this bar, then Your Tab Groups. Click a group tap Return. to close the tabs you currently have open, and open the group of tabs The frsticon|ets you translate you selected. To return to the tabs you the website youre looking at had open before, click the Tabs’ into another language. The second —_—_option abovelt tern 2). reloads the website, perhapsif t's stuck or might have been updated. 48 | wmpoprescatons comThis is where the web page you'e viewing is dspiayed. You Browser bi a a can then scroll up and down by using the scrol function on your mouse or Translations Soe trackpad and navigate to new pages { by clicking on links, which can be ‘menus, buttons, text or images. 2 profered Languages. Eu youre looking ata foreign | 6 sy sso» language website, click the ‘Translate icon in the URL fo 7 field and you can transiate it J Bry Here you can open your Tae or entorguarga You” Qetennateton Bookmarks or Reading List, 2° rane aaa ‘websites shared with you in Messages {and tabs open on your other Apple eee or ror languages from here, devices, shared through iCloua, 9 10 11 12 a eee OR Apple Ine — a ca History ‘wupcbubleationscom | 49macOS Sonoma's Key Apps Set New Home Page (Open a new Safari window and navigate to the web page that you want Safar to load each time you launch the app. Click the Safari menu (top left comer, then select Settings to display Safar preferences cialog box. Brg Ensure the Genera tabs selected and press the Set to Current Page button. The required page address now ‘appears in the text box above I's now your default home page. ‘The Home menuin the toolbar wil take you there. Using Links | 6 You navigate the Internet in Safari using hyperlinks, or simply ‘inks’ Alink can be a piece of underlined text, a picture, a button or simply an area of the screen. To opena link you'll need to move the mouse pointer over it and click. When the. pointer is over a link, i's replaced by a hand. 80 | wwwocpubicators.com Accessing Websites Toaccess a new website in the Safari browser frst double-cickin the URL bar, highighting the text within it then type a new URL inthis bar. A URLs the website's address, \which starts wun. Press retur at the end to go there. I youwant to search for something on the web, instead of typing @ URL in the URL bar, type what itis youre searching for, then hit Return. Your search results show relevant, sites. Scroll up and down the lst and click one to go to it. Clicking a link takes you to a new page or opens a new window based on what you've just clicked. Ifyou don't want to navigate ‘away from the page that you're currently on, right-click or (Ctrl-click on the link and from the pop-up menu, choose Open in New Tab or Open in New Window.Add Tools to the Toolbar Right-click oF Ctr-cick on the toolbar and select Customise Toolbar or cick the View menu and select the ‘option from there. A window slides down. To add button tothe toobar, simply drag it from the selection in the window onto the Toolbar within the Flexible Space sections. BY Fepeat this with as many tools as youneed. When you'e finished, click Done. To remove a too! from the toalbar, simply drag it out ofthe toolbar, release and itvanishes. To reset the tools to how they were originally displayed, drag the default set of tools onto the Toolbar. You can show or hide the Tab, Favourites andlor Status Bar fa strip along the bottom of the window showing the full URL) by Clicking the View option in the menu bar atop the screen, and selecting the option in question I your tab bar isn't showing, go to the View menu and select the Always Show Tab Bar option near the top. Now ‘open the site you intend to pin and right or etr-click on its tab. From the pop-up menu, select the Pin Tab option. eee eee ‘The site gets a small tab in the left-hand side of the tabs bar. This is always in place, ready for you to click on it and, ‘open the site. You can pin multiple sites in this way. They all appear as small tabs, showing a symbol or letter. ‘To remove a site's pinned tab, right-click or Ctrl-lick on it and from the pop-up menu, select Unpin Tab. The previously pinned tab then becomes a regular tab You can reorder your pinned tabs by dragging them within the tabs bar. ‘nwmpcbubleatonscom | 51(4 macos sonoma’s Key Apps Bookmarks and Reading List Rom Oa+a eben ott ro) Qxree tact fotion _AllPubicatione You can save a website you'e likely to return to often asa Bookmark A site you'e interested in but don't have time to read can be put on your Reading List. Both options are. availabe from the Share icon in the toolbar ‘Papercut ‘When adding a bookmark, a pop-up window appears. You can adda custom title for the website you'e saving plus there's an optional description field and a pull-down menu that lets you add your site one of your bookmark folders. « BI To.20cess your Bookmarks and Reading List, openthe sidebar and click on the option found atthe foot ofthe bar. (Glick site to open itn the Bookmarks sidebar, as shown you can right/Ctl click and add anew folder f you wish, The Start Page In the Reading List, drag a site left to save It for offine reading or to delete it The right/Ctr click menu has an ‘option to removelieletea ste from either list, Click the smal chevron, top left, to retum to the regular sidebar, ‘Start Page gives you a window full of useful shortcuts to your most frequently visited sites alongside its defaut choices. Click ‘on the URL field atthe top of the browser or in the Bookmarks menu, Select, Show Start Page to access a window showing a ‘Fd view of website cons, along with those youve visited most recently and the defauttlinks to other sites. {52 | wmepopsticatons.com ‘To adda site, click the URL field to open the Start Page and {drag the URL into it. You can drag sites and folders into this window from your Bookmarks too. Drag icons around the Start Page to reorder them, or drag out oft to remove them. Click a ‘Show More/Less link to expandicontract lists. Use the icon {bottom-right to include or exclude Start Page categories.Tab Groups ‘Amazon Eon tbe 1D Deve Tip © theca Shop f ‘Safar lets you save groups of tabs. You can then open a ‘group of tabs, temporarily closing what's open at the ‘moment. Open the sidebar then tap the New Tab Group icon in the top-right ofthe sidebar for a menu. eu Medium ° e © e ° Bi From the menu, you can make a group from althe tabs vyou currently have open, or start anew empty group and then add tabs to it. Well do the former here. Ether way, you get toname the new tab group. Press Return when done. BAW With yournew tab group open (see thehighight inthe sidebar, tap the + icon (top right) to open a new tab, then navigate tothe site you wish to save inthe tab group, Do this as ‘many times as you ike tol your tab group. Shared Tab Groups Shop Mac InmacOS Sonoma, you can share a group of tabs. Just the ‘thing for when working on a group project. To do so, hover the pointer over the tab group in the sidebar, click the three- dots icon and select Share Tab Group. Use the sidebar to switch between tab groups and the tabs you have open on your Mac. Tapa tab group and then tap the chevron toi right fora ist of tabs. Tap the icon in the top-right comer to see tabsas thumbnais. Tab Groups Start Pages BOYS < SSE) Each tab group can now have its own Start page, which you can customise. Click on a tab group and click the + icon to giveita Start page. Click the bottom-right icon ‘and you can customise this Start page. ‘wupebubleaionscom | 53(© macos sonoma’s Key Apps Private Browsing Private Browsing lets you browse the intemet without adding ‘racking cookies or recercing where you've been in your history Activate Privacy Mode by selecting New Private Window in the Flemenu Ina private window the URL fed is darkened. Tailor Site Settings BIg There's arumber of useful tools for talloring your experience on a per-site basis. Open the website and in the Safari menu, select Settings for the website]. You can enable ‘or disable content blockers, go straight to Reader View, change the page zoom stop auto-playing videos and more. ‘— oar — BY) Private Browsing windows are locked when your Mac ‘goes to sleep, and have to be uniocked on an individual basis with your password or Touch ID. To change ths, go to Safari > Settings > Privacy and uncheck Require Touch ID to view locked tabs" BW youhavea paid-forCioud subsoition you can turn on Private Relay which prevents websites from viewing your IP address. To turn iton and off, go to System Settings > Apple ID> iCloud and under Private Relay. click the Options button. 54 | wuwocpubicators.com Br] £292 Zoom and Auto-Flay are set with pul-down menus that ‘appeer when you clickther current values, By default the ‘Auto-Ply function stops videos with sound automaticaly playing but you can override this using the Auto-Playmenu These settings are applied whenever you load that ste The Reader View Ifa Page icon appears in the leftof the URL bar, that site can be Viewed in Reader View. Click it to toggle Reader View on and off Fight-cck on this icon for a settings windows that alows youto ‘set some sites to automatically open in the Reader ViewGetting More from Safari ‘Tabs Audio Indicator Hfatab is playing audio, thas a speaker icon onits ight. Ck this to toggle the sound on and off without having to open the tab, Right-cick on the icon for an options window, which lets you mute ‘more than one tab at once, or use Picture-in-Picture. Clear Browsing History Inthe Safari menus theres an option Clear History which erases your browsing history and website data. Hold Atwhile ou select elete yourbrowsing history butict website data nthe pop-up, choose whether to delete or fecenthistoy withthe pul-down. Sign in to your account» Suggested Passwords ‘When setting up a log-in account in Safari the app suggests a strong password for you. fyou choose touseit, youcan editit in case it doesnt ull the site's specic requirements. You can reviewal of your web passwords by opening Settings in the Safari menu, and cicking on Passwords n the toobar. Change Your Search Engine To change the search engine Safari uses by default, select Settings from the Safari menu. Click on the Search tab and from the pull-down select the search engine you want to use. You can use different search engines for regular browsing and for private browsing if you wish. Integrated Spotlight Search Spotlight search is a tightly integrated feature of macOS, including Safar. From the search bar you can find links to web pages, bookmarks and browsing history; simply by typing a search term. Click on one of the responses to open that | particular website in your browser. ‘Safari Extensions ‘To extensions to Safari to expand its functionality, open Safar's, Settings window (Safari > Settings) and select Extensions, Click More Extensions to access the App Store's extensions page, from where they can be installed. Your extensions are synced ‘across your Apple devices through iCloud, ‘wupcbubleaonscom | 85(4 macos sonoma’s Key Apps Add a Website to the Dock Master photo editing with Photoshop BI You canada website to the Mac's Dock and use tasfit Inthe window that pops up, you can edit the name of the \was a stand-alone application. In Safer open the page you site, which is to be the Web Apo's name, and also its URL want to addto the Dock asa Web App.Inthe top bars File menu, _ifnecessary. Short app names work best. When you're ready, select the Add to Dock option found towards the foot ofthe menu. click the Add button in the bottom-right of the window, eT es ican Tac) BW Toke a lookin your Mac's Dock. The new Web App is ‘The app. when itis opened, functions just like the there, and has the name you entered in the previous ‘website. You can navigate from page to page using step as'ts app name. It also has the website's icon for an app links, enter text intext fields and move forwards and icon. You can launch this app from the Dock, just like any backwards through your browsing history with the chevrons ‘other Dock application. in the (much-simpitieg) toolbar. Click on the app's name on the lei-hand side of the top You don't have to keep a web app in the Dock to useitasan men and select Settings. window appears in tis window, app. YOU can also find in the Applications folder, or launch it you can edtthename of the app andiorits URL, changeits icon from Launchpad or Spotight. you want to delete t, you can drag it «and more. The Privacy tab gives access to stil nore settings. into the bin from the Applications folder, ke any other app, 56 | wonocpubicators.comSafari Profiles ‘Yu can divide your browsing into profies, lowing you to AW In the Safari app, cick on the word Safar onthe left-hand Civide your saved websites into groups such as Personal, side ofthe top bar. From the menu, select Settings In the ‘Work or ‘Schoof. Each Profle has its own favourites, cookies, Settings window, click the Profiles icon inthe toolbar. As this is browsing history, Tab Groups, Safar extensions and website data. your frst profil click the Start Using Profies button, ‘Choose a name for your profil You also get to choose an You can create a new Favourites folder for bookmarks icon representing what the profiles for click the to go.with this profile, orif you already have a folder three-dots icon for more choices. Youan also give the icona —_containing the bookmarks you wish to use, click Use Existing new background colour: cick the rectangle next to Colourand Folder and select it from the menu that appears. When ‘choose one from those on offer finished, cick Create Profile, ‘You can make a few custornisations on the next window ‘Customise the default Personal’ profil by clicking tin {which you can open at anytime using Safari > Settings > profiles settings. Click the Plus to add anew profie, or Profles), Cick Extensions, and youcan choose which extensions _click a profile and click minus to delete one. The pull-down are active with the prof selected on the left ‘menu in the browser toolbar lets you open a new profile. ‘nwupcbublealonscom | 57Mail Send & Receive Email Sonoma has a great bundled email application, so sending and receiving emails is as easy as typing a message and clicking a button. Here's how to get the most from the Mail app. BI Tiss the sidebar which ets you select mailboxes, see emais from VIP senders or those which you've flagged, and more. You can resize and even close ths sidebar by ig and dragging the divider between this ‘and your eras ist. The ist of emails contained in the urrently selected mailbox. in this case, ‘Al Mailboxes. The number of emails in the box and the number of unread emai, are shown, You can resize this column by clicking ‘and dragging its lft or right edge. BEY Cick this crcuiariconto toggle between showing all emails and only unread emails This button downloads new emails. You can set your Mail app to check ‘automatically but this button does so manual, \When you want to write a new email fromsscratch click on this button to ‘open ablank one, This button archives the selected message. Very usefulif you want to make sure you dont delete I Ba youwantto throw away the currently selected email click here to senditto the Trash folder. This button moves the selected email to ‘your junk maifolder Use it to help the Mell app identify ‘spam, which is junk emails, This button lets you reply to the ‘currently selected ermal with the reply ‘going to its sender only 88 | wwwocpubicators.com <2 mms ane Mey DEVELOP Ava.The two lef-pointng wy arrows here is the Reply Alico. Use this button to reply tothe sender ofthe curenty selected ema, but alco to everyone ese that received ‘The single artowcuring tothe rightis the Forward button Ifyou want to forward an emallto third party that is, not the person who sentitto you use this, BPY ick the ag to mark the currently open ‘email witha flag of this colour, Glick the chevron next tothe flag fora pull-down ‘menu thatlets you select a ferent fag, Use this button to silence notifications Con threads that are sending you too many alerts. The ‘emails still arrive, but they don't send notifications “This pulldown menu uw is another way of ‘moving an emailinto another raibox o folder. Information about what 15) mailbox the open email isin,what ime twas received and the paper cp shows i has atachment BT To search fora spectic subject, person or word phrase use the field here. These are email us inboxes and as you can see, we have four eral accounts set up in Mai however, you can have more or fewer you prefer, Your emails appear here, Unread emai are shown with a bive dot to the left. ick on an email to open itin the main window. BY youraveapicture of the emalfs sender in Contacts. it appears here. rot its grey circle with iitas. To the rightis info about who sentand received the ‘open eral andits subject. Hover overthe top ofthe ‘open errailandicons from the toolbar are repeated, They function isthe same, By reopen emai nas attachments, cick here fora pul-down listing them al Youcan select and open them, Iryouve identified senders as VIPS they're listed here. Cick'VIPs'to open {and close this section, and click (ona VIP name to see emals ‘fom thet person. Here you can access emails you've flagged, cr those you have sent from your email accounts. BY] \eious otter maibares associatedwith the ‘accounts you've setup in Mall When new emals are uJ downloading or sending it says so here. The Column Layout To use the old-school, column-based layout, in the View menu, select Use Column Layout. Repeat this step to revert to the modern layout. ‘upebubleaonscom | $8(3 macos sonoma’s Key Apps Sending a New Emai e « [B) fo et him know. Cheers, Nic Inbox - Pipex email 2:56pm lof Reader VO role at Pears. BA ere we show youhow to open a new, biank emai write a message and senditto a given email address using the Mac's Mail app. To open a new email first click on the Compose New Message icon in the toolbar on top of the window the one that looks lite a pen wnting on paper. Nectar and British Your Nectar points Te: lan Osborne, Reply-To: Nectar Big To send someone an email type their emi address into the box marked Tor To also send to someone else, add their email address in the Cc: box. Add mutiple email addresses, in ether box, separated by commas, to send the same message to. group of people. B's always 2 good idea to put something in the subject BB inc, even ifits just Hello’. Type the body of your message in the large space below. An email can be as long {a8 you lke and you can use different fonts, colours and sizes. if you realy feel the need, Customising Mail ‘You can customise your Mail app by opening itand, in the Mail pull-down menu, selecting Settings. Under the General tab, you can set an interval to check for new messages, decide where downloaded attachments go and more, 60 | wonepoputicatonscom Once you've fished typing your letter, click the Send button in the top left comer of the email panel to send it on its way. Emil is usualy sent very quick, and your addressee should receive it within a couple of minutes, as long as there are 1 issues with their connection or provider. ‘The Fonts & Colours tab lets you change the fonts and text size used with incoming emails and change the colours of, ‘quoted text. Explore the Mall settings and set up how you ‘choose, but be careful with the server settings.Receiving Email When you receive an email in your inbox, this is how you open and read it using the macOS Mail app. ‘Once you've set up your email account. you can send and recelve email, As s00n as you launch Mail it connects to ‘your email service and collect any email thatis waiting for ‘you. These messages are shown asa lstin your Inbox. ‘Glick on one andit’s displayed on the right. ‘While Mails running, It periodically checks the server for new messages. You can also prompt Mail to look at the server immediately by clicking the button in the top left ofthe screen that looks like an envelope. Adding Attachments Replying to& Forwarding Email lf someone you know sends you an email, youll probably want toreply to them. Simply cick on the email so you are viewing the text oft then at the top ofthe screen you'l find a row of three buttons, as you can see here. [G) eltmestonas shel cing aro ont Misi (SY) the Rept button. you cick on tis youl S28 window pop Up that ooks aot he the window fora new emai but Rll have the responders emal access already in the To: box. ka Next to the Reply button isa simiar button with two eft arrows onit. This the Reply llbuttorc use this with extreme care. Ifyou have been sent an email that has also been sent toa number of other recipients, hitting Reply All will send your reply to everyone who received the original mail Obviously it your reply was meant to be private ths isa very bad idea, and, has got many people into trouble. [2] Terarmostouton of nese mee the Fararbuton ©) wchis used to serdan erayeuve eoeked to anther recent Forwrng ema anther thing thet eats care rake Sue that you dort accidently snd pte iraton Semeone who was natmeanttoreceNe Almost any type of file can be attached and sent over the Internet along with your email ‘To add an attachment, first start an email (or reply to one you received), and then click on the button bearing the picture of a paperclip, at the top right of the email panel. ‘This will open a Finder window, allowing you to navigate to the file or files that you want to send, Select the ones you ‘want, then click Choose File to attach them. Pictures you've added as attachments are shown in the body Of the email. f you don't want to display it as an attachment, right-click on itand from the contextual menu, choose View {as Icon. It can still be opened by the recipient. If your em: suggests you're sending an attachment but you forget to ‘add it, you get a reminder when you try to send the message. ‘nwupcbubleatonscom | 61