Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro & MacBook Air, 6th Edition

CHAPTER 9

Organizing Your Life

To help you keep your daily life organized, your MacBook includes the Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, and Maps apps.

Manage Your Apple ID and iCloud Account

Navigate the Calendar App

Create a New Calendar

Create an Event

Share an iCloud Calendar with Other People

Subscribe to a Shared Calendar

Add Someone to Your Contacts

Change a Contact’s Information

Organize Contacts into Groups

Create Notes

Track Your Commitments with Reminders

Get Directions in the Maps App

Manage Your Apple ID and iCloud Account

Your Apple ID is your personal account for accessing Apple’s services, from iCloud to the iTunes store and from FaceTime to iMessage. Your MacBook uses your Apple ID for authentication, authorization, and payments on Apple’s services, so you should make sure that your Apple ID information is accurate. You can do so by working in the Apple ID pane in the System Preferences app.

Display the Apple ID Pane in System Preferences

Press  + click System Preferences () on the Dock to open the contextual menu, and then click Apple ID to display the Apple ID ...