December 2019
Beginner to intermediate
864 pages
27h 45m
English
Content preview from macOS Catalina: The Missing Manual
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Chapter 1. Folders, Windows & Finder Tabs
These days, the graphic user interface (icons, windows, trash cans) is standard. MacOS, Windows, Chrome OS, Android, iOS—every operating system is fundamentally the same, and a very long way from the lines of typed commands that defined the earliest computers.
That’s not to say that the graphic interface hasn’t evolved, though; it has. Herewith: a grand tour of the state of the art in computer desktops—the one in Catalina.
Getting into macOS
When you first turn on a Mac running macOS, an Apple logo greets you, soon joined by a skinny progress bar that lets you know how much longer you have to wait.
Logging In
What happens next depends on whether you’re the Mac’s sole proprietor or have to share it with other people in an office, school, or household.
If it’s your own Mac, a password box awaits you, as shown in the inset of Figure 1-1. Log in; you arrive at the macOS desktop.
If it’s a shared Mac, you may encounter a choice of accounts, shown in Figure 1-1. It’s like a portrait gallery, set against a blurry version of your usual desktop picture. Click your icon.
Enter your password and then click Log In (or press Return). You arrive at the desktop. Or, if your Mac has a Touch Bar (“The Touch Bar + Fingerprint Reader”) and you’ve registered your fingerprint, just touch that finger to the sensor at the right end of the bar.
Chapter 12 offers much more on this business of accounts and logging in.
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