macOS Mojave: The Missing Manual

macOS Mojave: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue
Released December 2018
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9781492040408

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Book description

Answers found here!

Apple’s latest Mac software, macOS Mojave, is a glorious boxcar full of new features and refinements. What’s still not included, though, is a single page of printed instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, delivering the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for 18 years straight.

The important stuff you need to know

  • Big-ticket changes. The stunning new Dark Mode. Self-tidying desktop stacks. FaceTime video calls with up to 32 people. New screen-recording tools. If Apple has it, this book covers it.
  • Apps. This book also demystifies the 50 programs that come with the Mac, including the four new ones in Mojave: News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos.
  • Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page.
  • Power users. Security, networking, remote access, file sharing with Windows—this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear.

MacOS Mojave gives the Mac more polish, power, and pep— and in your hands, you hold the ultimate guide to unlocking its potential.

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Table of contents

  1. The Missing Credits
    1. About the Author
    2. About the Creative Team
    3. Acknowledgments
    4. About The Missing Manuals
  2. Introduction
    1. What’s New in Mojave
      1. Dark Mode
      2. Accent Colors
      3. Desktop Stacks
      4. Preview Sidebar
      5. Screenshot Tools
      6. Continuity Camera
      7. Four New Apps
      8. Safari Defenses
      9. Lots of Misc.
    2. About This Book
      1. About the Outline
      2. About → These → Arrows
      3. About MissingManuals.com
    3. The Very Basics
  3. I. The macOS Desktop
  4. 1. Folders, Windows & Finder Tabs
    1. Getting into macOS
      1. Logging In
      2. The Elements of the macOS Desktop
    2. Windows and How to Work Them
      1. The Sidebar
      2. Title Bar
      3. Close Button
      4. Minimize Button
      5. Full Screen Button
      6. The Folder Proxy Icon
      7. Two Clicks, One Window
      8. The Finder Toolbar
      9. Old Finder Mode
      10. Scroll Bars
      11. Insta–Full Screen
      12. Resizable Edges
      13. Snappable Windows
      14. Path Bar
      15. Status Bar
      16. The Preview Pane
    3. The Four Window Views
    4. Icon View
      1. Icon Size
      2. Icon Previews
      3. Icon-View Options
      4. Group By and Sort By
    5. List View
      1. Sorting the List
      2. Grouping the List
      3. Flippy Triangles
      4. Your Choice of Columns
      5. Other View Options
      6. Rearranging Columns
      7. Adjusting Column Widths
    6. Column View
      1. Column View by Keyboard
      2. Manipulating the Columns
      3. Grouping the Column Contents
      4. View Options
    7. Gallery View
    8. The Preview Pane
    9. Keep Folders on Top
    10. Quick Look
      1. What Quick Look Knows
      2. The Quick Look Slideshow
      3. Fun with Quick Look
    11. Finder Tabs
      1. Creating Tabs
      2. Using Tabs
      3. Tab Management
    12. Tabs in Other Apps
    13. Logging Out, Shutting Down
      1. Sleep Mode
      2. Restart
      3. Shut Down
      4. The “Reopen Windows” Option
      5. Log Out
    14. Getting Help in macOS
  5. 2. Organizing Your Stuff
    1. The macOS Folder Structure
      1. Your Home Folder
      2. What’s on Your Hard Drive
      3. What’s in Your Home Folder
    2. Desktop Stacks
    3. Icon Names
      1. Rename One File
      2. Renaming Batches of Files
    4. Selecting Icons
      1. Selecting by Clicking
      2. Selecting Icons from the Keyboard
    5. Moving and Copying Icons
      1. Copying by Dragging
      2. Copying or Moving with Copy and Paste
      3. Dragging from the Title Bar
      4. Spring-Loaded Folders: Dragging Icons into Closed Folders
      5. Making Spring-Loaded Folders Work
    6. Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
      1. What’s Good About Aliases
      2. Broken Aliases
    7. Finder Tags
      1. What Tags Are Good For
      2. Creating Tags
      3. Editing Tag Names and Colors
      4. Two Sets of Favorites Tags
      5. Applying Tags
      6. Using Tags
      7. Detagging Files
    8. The Trash
      1. Rescuing Files and Folders from the Trash
      2. Emptying the Trash I: Quick and Easy
      3. Emptying the Trash II: Even Easier
      4. Locked Files: The Next Generation
    9. Get Info
      1. Uniwindow vs. Multiwindow
      2. The Get Info Panels
    10. Shortcut Menus, Action Menus
      1. New Folder with Selection
      2. Share
    11. Optimized Storage
      1. Store in iCloud
      2. Optimize
      3. Empty Trash Automatically
      4. Reduce Clutter
      5. More to Delete
  6. 3. Spotlight
    1. The Spotlight Menu
      1. Searching Your Mac
      2. Searching the Internet
      3. Calculations and Conversions
      4. The Preview Pane
      5. Opening a Result
      6. Spotlight Results Tips
      7. Advanced Menu Searches
    2. The Searching Window
      1. From Spotlight
      2. From the Finder
      3. The Basic Search
      4. Power Searches with Tokens
      5. Power Searching the Old Way
      6. What to Do with Search Results
    3. Customizing Spotlight
      1. Privacy Settings
    4. Smart Folders
  7. 4. Dock, Desktop & Toolbars
    1. The Dock
    2. Setting Up the Dock
      1. Organizing and Removing Dock Icons
      2. Pop-Up Dock Folders (“Stacks”)
      3. The Finer Points of Pop-Up Dock Folders
      4. Three Ways to Get the Dock Out of Your Hair
    3. Using the Dock
      1. Switch Applications
      2. Operate the Dock by Keyboard Control
      3. Find Secret Menus
      4. Conduct Speed Tests
      5. Drag and Drop
      6. Do Your Filing
      7. Find Great Things to Put in Your Dock
    4. The Finder Toolbar
      1. Hiding or Shrinking the Toolbar
      2. Customizing the Icons on the Toolbar
      3. Rearranging or Removing Toolbar Icons
    5. Designing Your Desktop
      1. Backgrounds and Screen Savers
      2. Accent Colors
      3. Dark Mode
      4. Desktop Sounds
    6. Menulets: The Missing Manual
  8. II. Programs in macOS
  9. 5. Documents, Programs & Mission Control
    1. The Mac App Store
    2. Other Ways to Get Mac Software
      1. Downloading Compressed Files
      2. Uninstalling Software
    3. Opening macOS Programs
    4. Launchpad
      1. Redesigning the Launchpad Screens
      2. Folders
      3. Deleting App Store Programs
    5. Windows That Auto-Reopen
    6. The Application Menu
      1. Quitting Programs
      2. Force-Quitting Programs
    7. The App Switcher
    8. Full Screen Mode
    9. Split Screen Mode
      1. Starting Split Screen Mode, Method 1
      2. Starting Split Screen Mode, Method 2
      3. Exiting Split Screen Mode
    10. Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
      1. Starting and Stopping Mission Control
      2. Managing Windows in Mission Control
    11. Spaces (Virtual Desktops)
      1. Creating a Desktop
      2. Switching Spaces
      3. Deleting a Desktop
      4. The Finer Points of Spaces
      5. Two Eccentric Spaces Settings
    12. Dashboard
      1. Turn on the Dashboard Feature
      2. Opening the Dashboard
      3. Using Dashboard
      4. The Widget Browser
      5. Dashboard Tips
      6. Dashboard Preferences
      7. Widget Catalog
      8. More Widgets
    13. Exposé
      1. One-App Exposé
      2. Desktop Exposé
      3. Exposé Tip-O-Rama
    14. Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
      1. Hiding the Program You’re Using
      2. Hiding All Other Programs
      3. The Bring-Forward, Hide-All-Others Trick
      4. Hiding (Minimizing) Individual Windows
    15. How Documents Know Their Parents
      1. Reassigning Documents to Programs
    16. Keyboard Control
      1. Control the Menus
      2. Control the Dock
      3. Cycle Through Your Windows
      4. Control Tool Palettes
      5. Control Menulets
      6. Control Dialog Boxes
      7. Changing a Menu Keyboard Shortcut
      8. Redefining a Keystroke
    17. The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
      1. Sheets
      2. The Mini-Finder
      3. Insta-Jumping to a Folder Location
      4. The File Format Pop-Up Menu
      5. The Open Dialog Box
    18. Auto Save and Versions
      1. Versions
    19. iCloud Drive
      1. iCloud Drive Defined
      2. Putting Files onto the iCloud Drive
      3. Sharing iCloud Drive Files
      4. iCloud Drive on Other Devices
      5. iCloud Desktop & Documents
    20. The Cocoa Advantage
      1. The Fonts Panel
      2. Title Bar Tricks
      3. Background Window Control
      4. Cool Text-Selection Tricks
      5. Secret Keyboard Shortcuts
  10. 6. Data: Typing, Sharing & Backing Up
    1. The Mac Keyboard
      1. The Complicated Story of the Function Keys
    2. The Touch Bar + Fingerprint Reader
      1. The Fingerprint Sensor
      2. The Control Strip
      3. Customizing the Touch Bar
      4. QuickType on the Touch Bar
    3. Notes on Right-Clicking
    4. Power Typing
      1. The Spelling and Grammar Checker
      2. Text Substitution (Abbreviation Expansion)
      3. Auto-Periods, Auto-Caps
      4. Case Swapping
    5. The Many Languages of macOS Text
      1. Formats
      2. Input Sources
      3. The Character Viewer
      4. Keyboard Viewer
    6. Ink: Handwriting Recognition
    7. Data Detectors
    8. Moving Data Between Documents
      1. Cut, Copy, and Paste
      2. Drag-and-Drop
      3. Export/Import
    9. Exchanging Data with Other Macs
      1. By AirDrop or Network
      2. By Email
      3. Using Dropbox
      4. Via iCloud Drive
      5. Via Flash Drive
      6. FireWire Disk Mode/Thunderbolt Disk Mode (Target Disk Mode)
      7. Via Bluetooth
    10. Exchanging Data with iPhones or iPads
    11. Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
      1. Preparing the Document for Transfer
      2. Notes on Disk Swapping
      3. Network Notes
      4. Via the Internet
    12. The Share Button
      1. Editing the Share Menu
    13. Time Machine
      1. Setting Up Time Machine
      2. How the Backups Work
      3. Local Snapshots
      4. Changing Time Machine Settings
      5. Recovering Lost or Changed Files
      6. Frequently Asked Questions
  11. 7. Dictation & Siri
    1. Dictation
      1. Dictation Step by Step
      2. Punctuation
      3. Enhanced Dictation
      4. Speech Settings
    2. Siri on the Mac
    3. How to Use Siri
    4. How to Use “Hey Siri”
      1. The Latest Models
      2. Older Models
      3. Type to Siri
    5. What to Say to Siri
      1. When Things Go Wrong
      2. Siri’s Personality
      3. What to Do with Siri’s Results
    6. Advanced Siri
      1. Teach Siri About Your Relationships
      2. Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
      3. Siri Settings
    7. The Mac Reads to You
      1. Setting Up the Mac’s Voice
  12. 8. Continuity: Mac+iPhone
    1. Mac as Speakerphone
      1. And if It’s Not Working
    2. Texting from the Mac
    3. Instant Hotspot
    4. Handoff
    5. AirDrop
    6. Continuity Camera
    7. The Universal Clipboard
    8. Apple Watch Login
  13. III. The Components of macOS
  14. 9. System Preferences
    1. The System Preferences Window
      1. Choosing a Preferences Pane
      2. Hiding the Icons You Never Use
    2. Accessibility
      1. General Tab
      2. VoiceOver Tab
      3. Zoom Tab
      4. Display
      5. Speech
      6. Descriptions
      7. Captions
      8. Audio
      9. Dictation
      10. Siri
      11. Keyboard
      12. Mouse & Trackpad
      13. Switch Control
    3. Bluetooth
      1. Pairing
      2. Advanced Options
      3. The Bluetooth Menulet
    4. CDs & DVDs
    5. Date & Time
      1. Date & Time Tab
      2. Time Zone Tab
      3. Clock Tab
    6. Desktop & Screen Saver
      1. Desktop Pictures
      2. Screen Saver
    7. Displays
      1. Display Tab
      2. Arrangement Tab (Multiple Monitors)
      3. The Arrangement Tab
      4. Color Tab
      5. Night Shift
    8. Dock
    9. Energy Saver
      1. Sleep Sliders
      2. Checkbox Options
      3. Scheduled Startup and Shutdown
    10. Extensions
    11. General
    12. iCloud
    13. Internet Accounts
    14. Keyboard
      1. Keyboard Tab
      2. Text Tab
      3. Shortcuts Tab
      4. Input Sources
      5. Dictation
    15. Language & Region
    16. Mission Control
    17. Mouse
      1. Scroll Direction
      2. Secondary Click
      3. Primary Mouse Button
      4. Tracking Speed
      5. Smart Zoom
      6. Scrolling Speed
      7. Double-Click Speed
    18. Network
    19. Notifications
    20. Parental Controls
    21. Printers & Scanners
    22. Security & Privacy
    23. Sharing
    24. Siri
    25. Sound
      1. Sound Effects Tab
      2. Output Tab
      3. Input Tab
    26. Software Update
    27. Spotlight
    28. Startup Disk
    29. Time Machine
    30. Touch ID
      1. Fingerprints for Apps, Websites, and Apple Pay
    31. Trackpad
      1. Point & Click
      2. Scroll & Zoom
      3. More Gestures
      4. The Force Touch Trackpad
    32. Users & Groups
    33. Wallet & Apple Pay
  15. 10. Notifications
    1. Insta-Respond to Bubbles
    2. Shutting Up the Bubbles
      1. Dismiss One Bubble
      2. Do Not Disturb (Manual)
      3. Do Not Disturb (Automatic)
    3. The Notification Center
      1. Today Tab
      2. Notifications Tab
      3. Customizing the Notification Center
  16. 11. The Free Programs of macOS
    1. Your Free Programs
    2. App Store
    3. Automator
    4. Books
      1. Downloading Books
      2. ePub Files
      3. PDF Files
      4. Your Library
      5. Reading
      6. Notes, Highlighting, and Other Options
      7. Books Settings
    5. Calculator
      1. Conversions
    6. Calendar
      1. Working with Views
      2. Making an Appointment
      3. What to Do with an Appointment
      4. The “Calendar” Category Concept
      5. “Publishing” Calendars to the Web
      6. Google, Yahoo, and Facebook Calendars
      7. Syncing Calendar with Your iPhone, iPad, and Other Computers
    7. Chess
      1. Playing a Game of Chess
      2. Chess Prefs
      3. Studying Your Games
    8. Contacts
    9. Dashboard
    10. Dictionary
    11. DVD Player
    12. FaceTime
      1. Placing a Call
      2. Group FaceTime
      3. FaceTime Audio Calls
      4. Receiving Calls
    13. Font Book
    14. GarageBand
    15. Home
    16. Image Capture
      1. Import To:
      2. Import Some, Import All
      3. Scanning
    17. iMovie
    18. iPhoto
    19. iTunes
      1. Your Stuff
      2. Four Ways to Fill Your Library
      3. Playlists
      4. Apple Music
      5. iTunes Store
      6. Internet Radio
      7. Authorizing Computers
      8. Syncing an iPad or iPhone
      9. Playing with Playback
    20. Launchpad
    21. Mail
    22. Maps
      1. Meet Maps
      2. Finding Yourself
      3. Searching the Maps
      4. The Details Screen
      5. Bookmarks, Recents, Contacts
      6. Finding Friends and Businesses
      7. Directions
      8. Public Transportation
      9. Traffic
      10. Flyover
      11. Flyover Tours
    23. Messages
    24. Mission Control
    25. News
    26. Notes
      1. Creating a Note
      2. The Notes List
      3. Collaborative Notes
      4. Locking Notes
      5. The Attachments Browser
      6. Notes Folders
      7. Tables
      8. Notes Accounts
    27. Numbers, Pages, Keynote
    28. Photo Booth
      1. Still Photos
      2. 4-Up Photos
      3. Movies
      4. Exporting Shots and Movies
    29. Photos
      1. The Layout
      2. The Sidebar
      3. Opening Photos
      4. Editing Photos
      5. The Rest of Photos
    30. Preview
      1. Importing Camera Photos
      2. Operating Your Scanner
      3. Multiple Pages, Multiple Views
      4. Preview as Graphics Viewer
      5. Preview as PDF Reader
      6. Annotations and Drawing Tools
      7. Signing PDF Documents with Your Real Signature
      8. Fill in PDF Forms
      9. The Toolbar
    31. Reminders
      1. The Details Bubble
      2. The Calendar of Deadline Hell
      3. Lists
      4. Syncing Reminders
    32. QuickTime Player
    33. Safari
    34. Stickies
      1. Creating Sticky Notes
      2. Growing and Shrinking Notes
      3. Formatting Notes
      4. Saving Sticky Notes
    35. Stocks
      1. Customizing Your Portfolio
    36. System Preferences
    37. TextEdit
      1. TextEdit’s Two Personalities
      2. Working in TextEdit
      3. Style Sheets
      4. Tables
      5. TextEdit as Web Designer
      6. TextEdit Preferences
      7. TextEdit’s Other Writing Tools
    38. Time Machine
    39. Voice Memos
      1. Editing Your Recording
    40. Utilities: Your macOS Toolbox
      1. Activity Monitor
      2. AirPort Utility
      3. Audio MIDI Setup
      4. Bluetooth File Exchange
      5. Boot Camp Assistant
      6. ColorSync Utility
      7. Console
      8. DigitalColor Meter
      9. Disk Utility
      10. Grapher
      11. Keychain Access
      12. Migration Assistant
      13. Screenshot
      14. Script Editor
      15. System Information
      16. Terminal
      17. VoiceOver Utility
    41. Core Services: The Island of Misfit Apps
      1. About This Mac
      2. Archive Utility
      3. Directory Utility
      4. DVD Player
      5. Feedback Assistant
      6. Folder Actions Setup
      7. Network Utility
      8. RAID Utility
      9. Screen Sharing
      10. Storage Management
      11. System Image Utility
      12. Wireless Diagnostics
  17. IV. The Technologies of macOS
  18. 12. Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
    1. Introducing Accounts
      1. The First Account
    2. Creating an Account
      1. Phase 1: Choose an Account Type
      2. Phase 2: Name, Password, and Status
      3. Phase 3: Choose a Picture
      4. Phase 4: Login Items (Startup Items)
    3. Parental Controls
      1. Apps Tab
      2. Web Tab
      3. Stores Tab
      4. Time Tab
      5. Privacy Tab
      6. Other Tab
    4. Editing Accounts
      1. Deleting Accounts
    5. Setting Up the Login Process
    6. Signing In, Logging Out
      1. Identifying Yourself
      2. Logging Out
      3. Logout Options
    7. Sharing Across Accounts
    8. Fast User Switching
    9. macOS and Security
      1. Two-Factor Authentication
      2. Gatekeeper
      3. FileVault
      4. The Firewall
      5. The Password Assistant
      6. The Keychain
    10. Twelve Privacy Shields
  19. 13. Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
    1. Wiring the Network
      1. Ethernet Networks
      2. Wi-Fi Networks
      3. Cell Networks
      4. FireWire Networks
    2. File Sharing: Three Ways
    3. AirDrop
      1. Sending by AirDrop
      2. Eight Reasons AirDrop Might Seem Not to Work
      3. Receiving a File by AirDrop
    4. Sharing Your Public Folder
    5. Sharing Any Folder
      1. The Get Info Method
      2. The System Preferences Method
    6. Accessing Shared Files
      1. Connection Method A: Use the Sidebar
      2. Connection Method B: Connect to Server
      3. Disconnecting Yourself
      4. Disconnecting Others
    7. Networking with Windows
      1. Seated at the Mac, Seeing the PC
      2. Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac
      3. More Mac-Windows Connections
    8. Screen Sharing
      1. Other Mac: Give Permission in Advance
      2. Your Mac: Take Control
      3. The Toolbar
      4. Variations on Screen Sharing
    9. More Dialing In from the Road
  20. 14. Printing, Fonts & Graphics
    1. Mac Meets Printer
      1. Setting Up a Printer
      2. Printer Preferences
    2. Making the Printout
      1. Printing
    3. Managing Printouts
    4. Printer Sharing
    5. Faxing
    6. PDF Files
      1. Opening PDF Files
      2. Creating PDF Files
    7. Fonts—and Font Book
      1. Where Fonts Live
      2. Font Book: Installing and Managing Fonts
      3. The Fonts Panel
    8. ColorSync
      1. Getting ColorSync Profiles
      2. Default Profiles
      3. More on ColorSync
    9. Graphics in macOS
      1. Graphics Formats on the Mac
    10. Screen-Capture Keystrokes
      1. The Screenshot Toolbar
      2. The Screenshot Editor
      3. The Old Whole-Screen Keystroke
      4. One Section of the Screen
      5. A Dialog Box, Menu, Window, or Icon
  21. 15. Movies & Sound
    1. QuickTime Player
      1. Fancy Playback Tricks
      2. Editing Movies
      3. Recording Movies with QuickTime Player
      4. Recording Screen Movies from the Mac
      5. Recording Movies from an iPhone or iPad Screen
      6. Ways to Export Your Video
    2. Playing Sounds
      1. Controlling the Volume
      2. Alert Beeps and You
    3. Recording Sounds
      1. Making the Recording
  22. V. macOS Online
  23. 16. Internet Setup & iCloud
    1. The Best News You’ve Heard All Day
    2. Network Central and Multihoming
      1. Multihoming
    3. Broadband Connections
      1. Automatic Configuration
      2. Manual Configuration
      3. Ethernet Connections
      4. Wi-Fi Connections
      5. Commercial Hotspots
    4. Tethering (Personal Hotspot)
    5. Cellular Modems
    6. Dial-Up Modem Connections
    7. Switching Locations
      1. Creating a New Location
      2. Making the Switch
    8. Internet Sharing
      1. Turning On Internet Sharing
    9. Meet iCloud
    10. Photos
      1. iCloud Photos
      2. My Photo Stream
      3. Shared Albums
    11. iCloud Drive
    12. Email Address
    13. Data Synchronization
    14. Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
    15. Family Sharing
      1. Setting Up Family Sharing
      2. Life in Family Sharing
    16. Apple Pay on the Web
      1. The Setup
      2. The Shopping
    17. More iCloud Features
      1. Automatic Backup
      2. Continuity
      3. Books, Music, Apps, Movies: The Locker in the Sky
  24. 17. Mail & Contacts
    1. Setting Up Mail
      1. Importing Old Mail
    2. Checking Your Mail
      1. The Mailboxes List
    3. Tailoring the Look of Mail
      1. Tweaking the Three-Column Layout
      2. Tweaking the Classic Layout
      3. Tweaking the Full-Screen Layout
      4. Dark Mode in Mail
      5. The Toolbar
    4. Writing Messages
      1. Attaching Files to Messages
      2. Mail Drop: Sending Huge Attachments
      3. Marking Up, Signing, and Drawing on Attachments
      4. Signatures
    5. Reading Email
      1. Conversation View
      2. Filters
      3. Adding the Sender to Contacts
      4. Data Detectors
      5. Opening File Attachments
      6. Replying to a Message
      7. Forwarding Messages
      8. Redirecting Messages
      9. Printing Messages
      10. Filing Messages
      11. Flagging Messages
      12. Mark as Read/Unread
      13. Finding Messages
      14. Deleting Messages
      15. Exporting Mailboxes
      16. Message Rules
    6. VIPs
    7. The Anti-Spam Toolkit
      1. Using the Junk Mail Filter
      2. More Anti-Spam Tips
    8. Contacts
      1. Importing Addresses
      2. Creating Address Cards
      3. Groups
      4. Adding Pictures
      5. Finding an Address
      6. Changing the Contacts Display
      7. Printing Options
      8. Contacts Backups
  25. 18. Safari
    1. The Unified Address/Search Bar
      1. Searching the Web
      2. Address/Search Bar Tips
    2. Bookmarks, Favorites, and Top Sites
      1. Adding a Bookmark
      2. Organizing Bookmarks in the Sidebar
      3. Organizing Bookmarks in the Editor
      4. Favorites Bar
      5. Favorites View
      6. Top Sites
    3. Full Screen and Gestures
    4. Scrolling
    5. Five Ways to Magnify a Page
    6. Customizing the Toolbar
    7. Autofill: Your Name and Info
    8. Autofill: Your Passwords
      1. The master password list
    9. Autofill: Credit Cards
    10. Autofill: Text-Message Authentication Codes
    11. Tabbed Browsing
      1. Tab View
      2. Pinned Tabs
    12. Tips for Better Surfing
      1. The Reading List
      2. Keyboard Control
      3. The Download Manager
      4. Status Bar
      5. Reader
      6. Graphics Worth Saving
      7. Expanding Web Forms
      8. Saving Web Pages to Disk
      9. Sending a Page to a Friend
      10. Designate Your Start Page
      11. Finding Text on Web Pages
      12. The History Menu
      13. PDF Pages Online
      14. Picture-in-Picture Video
    13. Per-Website Settings
    14. Privacy and Security Features
      1. Erasing Your History
      2. Private Browsing
      3. Cookie Control—and Privacy Control
      4. Stifle Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders
  26. 19. Messages
    1. Welcome to Messages
    2. Let the Chat Begin
    3. iMessages
      1. Group Chats
      2. Audio and Video Chats
    4. Sharing Your Screen
      1. iCloud Screen Sharing
  27. 20. FTP, SSH, VPN & Web Sharing
    1. FTP
      1. Uploading and Downloading from FTP Sites
      2. Just Downloading from FTP Sites
    2. Connecting from the Road
    3. Remote Access with SSH
      1. Getting In
      2. Remote Control Program Killing
    4. Virtual Private Networking
      1. Setting Up the VPN Connection
      2. Connecting to a VPN
      3. The Fine Points of VPN
  28. VI. Appendixes
  29. A. Installing macOS Mojave
    1. Hardware Requirements
    2. The Standard Installation
    3. The Setup Assistant
      1. After Installing over an Older Version
      2. After Installing onto a Blank Drive
    4. The Homemade Installer Disk
      1. How to Use Your Emergency Disk
  30. B. Troubleshooting
    1. Slowdowns and Fans
    2. Minor Eccentric Behavior
      1. First Resort: Repair the Disk
      2. Second Resort: Look for an Update
      3. Third Resort: Toss the Prefs File
      4. Fourth Resort: Restart
      5. Last Resort: Trash and Reinstall the Program
    3. Frozen Programs (Force-Quitting)
    4. Startup Problems
      1. Kernel Panic
      2. Safe Mode (Safe Boot)
      3. Gray Screen During Startup
      4. Forgotten Password
    5. Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks
      1. The Recovery HD
      2. Internet Recovery
      3. Physical Recovery Disks
    6. Use a Local Snapshot to Rewind Your OS
    7. Fixing the Disk
      1. Method 1: Disk Utility
      2. Method 2: fsck at the Console
    8. Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
      1. Help Online
      2. Help by Telephone
  31. C. The Windows-to-Mac Dictionary
    1. About [this program]
    2. Accessibility Options control panel
    3. Add Hardware control panel
    4. Add or Remove Programs control panel
    5. All Programs
    6. Alt key
    7. Automatic Update
    8. Backspace key
    9. BIOS
    10. Calculator
    11. Camera and Scanner Wizard
    12. CDs and DVDs
    13. Character Map
    14. Clean Install
    15. Clipboard
    16. Command line
    17. Control Panel
    18. Copy, Cut, Paste
    19. Ctrl key
    20. Date and Time
    21. Defragment and Optimize Drives
    22. Delete key (Forward Delete)
    23. Desktop
    24. Directories
    25. Disks
    26. Display control panel
    27. (My) Documents, (My) Music, (My) Pictures
    28. DOS prompt
    29. Drivers
    30. End Task dialog box
    31. Exiting programs
    32. Explorer
    33. Favorites
    34. File Sharing
    35. Folder Options
    36. Fonts
    37. Help and Support
    38. Hibernation
    39. Internet Explorer
    40. Internet Options
    41. Java
    42. Keyboard control panel
    43. Logging in
    44. Mail control panel
    45. Maximize button
    46. Menus
    47. Minimize button
    48. Mouse control panel
    49. Network Places
    50. Notepad
    51. Personal Web Server
    52. Phone and Modem Options control panel
    53. Power Options
    54. Printer Sharing
    55. Printers and Faxes
    56. PrntScrn key
    57. Program Files folder
    58. Properties dialog box
    59. Recycle Bin
    60. Regional and Language Options control panel
    61. Registry
    62. Run command
    63. Safe Mode
    64. ScanDisk
    65. Scheduled Tasks
    66. Scrap files
    67. Screen Saver Gallery
    68. Search
    69. Shortcut menus
    70. Shortcuts
    71. Start menu
    72. Startup folder
    73. System control panel
    74. Notification area
    75. Taskbar
    76. This PC or (My) Computer
    77. “Three-fingered salute”
    78. Tooltips
    79. User Accounts control panel
    80. Windows (or WINNT) folder
    81. Windows logo key
    82. Windows Media Player
    83. Windows Messenger
    84. WordPad
    85. Zip files
  32. D. The Master Secret Keystroke List
    1. Keys to hold down at startup
    2. Speech recognition
    3. In the Finder
      1. Menu
    4. Finder menu
    5. File menu
    6. Edit menu
    7. View menu
    8. Go menu
    9. Window menu
    10. Help menu
    11. Power keys
    12. The Dock
    13. Managing programs
    14. Dialog boxes
    15. Trackpad gestures
    16. Magic Mouse gestures
  33. Index

Product information

  • Title: macOS Mojave: The Missing Manual
  • Author(s): David Pogue
  • Release date: December 2018
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9781492040408