macOS Sonoma For Dummies

Chapter 13

(Inter)Networking

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting an overview of the Internet

Surfing the web with Safari

macOS Sonoma offers built-in Internet connectivity right out of the box. Sonoma comes with the following:

• Apple’s Safari web browser, which you use to navigate the web, download remote files, and more
• The FaceTime app for video chats with other users of Macs, iPhones, iPads, and even Windows PCs
• The Messages app, used for instant messaging (text), audio and video chatting, screen sharing, and file transfers
• The Mail app (for email)

This chapter and the two that follow cover the top things most people use the Internet for: surfing the web and video and audio chatting. You discover Safari in this chapter, Contacts and FaceTime in Chapter 14, and Mail and Messages in Chapter 15.

First, we need to make sure your Mac is connected to the Internet. If you’re already able to surf the web, send and receive email, or send and receive text messages, you’re connected and could skip many (if not most) of the steps in the following section.

Getting Connected to the Internet

Before you can use (or surf) the Internet, you need to connect to the Internet. If you’re a typical home user, you need three things to surf the Internet:

• A connection to the Internet, such as a cable modem, ...