February 2026
Beginner
336 pages
11h 51m
English
Content preview from Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, 8th Edition
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Index
A
- accent, 56–57
- Accessibility screen, 9
- account creation, 10
- Activity Monitor, 124
- adult website blocking, 90
- advertisement, personalized ads, 303
- AirDrop
- AirPlay, 68
- alerts
- Always Allowed feature, 88–89
- analog/digital audio in/out port, 5
- Appearance pane, 56–57
- Apple ID
- Apple menu, 15
- Apple Pencil, double tap, 66, 67
- Apple Radio feature, 258–259
- Applications folder, opening apps, 97
- apps
- always available to user, 88–89
- App Store, 98
- assigning to desktop, 49
- crashed, force quit, 125
- download from website, 99
- full screen, 100–101
- installing, 98–99
- Login Items, 102–103
- opening, 96–97
- problem apps, 124
- quit, 97, 125
- removing, 122–123
- running automatically, 102–103
- switching between, 101, 106–113
- time limits for, 86–87
- uninstall utility, 123
- versions supported, 127
- windows, 14
- App Store
- App Switcher, 106, 107
- App & Website Activity, 92–93
- arrow keys, 7
- Ask to Buy setting, 82
- audio files
- Audio Music Apps folder, 131
- Automatically Hide ...
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