Whether you're a new Mac user or someone who has been using Macs for years but struggles to understand how everything works, this book is for you. It's a beginner-friendly guide to all the major features and apps on your Mac, from the hardware (What are all those ports for? What do those funny symbols on the keyboard mean?) to macOS itself (What's the Finder? How do I find my way around?) to using apps, customizing your settings, keeping your data safe, and much more.
iPhones and iPads are wonders of modern technology, and Apple seems to assume everything about them is self-explanatory. But whether you're a beginning user or someone who has been using Apple tech for years but simply never took the time to delve into it in detail, it's easy to miss some of the best and most helpful features. In this book, Josh Centers helps you discover everything that makes your iPhone or iPad great.
Your iPhone, Android phone, Apple Watch, or Wear OS watch can do more than just send text messages and count your steps. The devices you carry on your person can also help to protect you against a wide variety of threats—both digital and physical. From monitoring your health to alerting emergency services automatically in a car crash to deterring abuse and stalking, your mobile tech can help you stay safer. Mobile security expert Glenn Fleishman explains how in this book.
Learn how to prevent and solve Mac problems like a pro in this detailed, user-friendly book by Joe Kissell. Begin with cleanup and preparatory tasks that will make it easier to fix things later. Then discover 14 easy troubleshooting techniques and the solutions to 25 common problems, before moving on to figure out the solutions to more unusual problems. You'll also learn how and where to seek help when a problem resists all your efforts to solve it.
Your iPhone camera isn't just for snapshots and selfies! You can also use it to create professional-quality portraits, landscapes, time-lapse images, videos, and much more. Although the basic controls are easy to use, a wealth of powerful features can be found below the surface. This book from photographer and author Jeff Carlson helps you make use of every photographic tool the iPhone offers, as well as providing advice on composition, settings, file formats, and more.
Do you have anything to hide? Whether or not you think you do, your online activities are being tracked and analyzed—and not always to your benefit. Joe Kissell explains who wants your data (and why!) and helps you develop a personalized privacy strategy. You'll learn how to manage privacy with your internet connection, web browsing, email, social media, mobile devices, and more.
Apple's macOS, iOS, and iPadOS operating systems contain a host of features designed to keep your devices and their data safe. This detailed book walks you through the risk factors you may encounter, and the tools and techniques you can use to protect yourself. It also covers heavy-duty steps you can employ in the most serious situations.
Glenn Fleishman’s Take Control of Find My and AirTags takes you inside Apple’s Find My ecosystem. Once a way to track the whereabouts of your iPhone by having it ping the internet at regular intervals, now Find My encompasses sharing and following people (with permission), much of Apple’s hardware and some Beats audio gear, and new trackers from Apple and third parties (including the AirTag). This book helps you understand how it all fits together, and how to keep yourself safe by preventing, identifying, and blocking unwanted tracking.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with so many digital photos that you can never find the one you're looking for? Photographer and author Jeff Carlson reveals the secrets of photo organization and management in this detailed guide. Written for Mac and Windows users alike, this book helps you develop a workload to import, sort, and tag your photos, bringing order to the chaos! Covers Apple’s Photos, Adobe Lightroom, and numerous other apps.
Apple's Shortcuts app brings advanced automation capabilities to iOS and iPadOS—and, starting in Monterey, macOS, too. Shortcuts lets you take a building-block approach to creating time-saving automations, but it also includes advanced features that let you create elaborate custom capabilities. In Take Control of Shortcuts, automation expert Rosemary Orchard tells you everything you need to know to turn your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into an automation powerhouse.
Glenn Fleishman is back with the book you never knew you needed but can't live without! Take Control of FaceTime and Messages is the complete, detailed guide to Apple’s FaceTime, Messages, and Phone apps for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. You’ll communicate more effectively, discover useful hidden features, have more fun, and understand how these three powerful communication apps interact with each other and with other Apple products.
In Glenn Fleishman’s Take Control of Untangling Connections, you'll get practical advice (as well as technical details) that will help you make sense of the many varieties of USB, Thunderbolt, HDMI, DisplayPort, and other common ports. Figure out which cable or connector to use to get the maximum data throughput, charging speed, or display resolution you need. Learn about adapters, hubs, and docks; how to tell cables apart; what all those inscrutable logos mean, and more!
Photos, the app that replaced iPhoto and Aperture, provides a user-friendly way to organize, sync, share, and even edit your photos and videos. It's available on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. But it's more that a simple digital shoebox. This app has extensive hidden capabilities that can do wonders for your photo collection. Jason Snell takes you in depth in this complete guide to Photos.
The Apple Watch is a wirelessly connected supercomputer you wear on your wrist—truly a marvel of modern technology. But most Apple Watch owners use only a tiny fraction of its capabilities. In Take Control of Apple Watch, Jeff Carlson helps you discover all the ways your watch can help you communicate, stay healthy and fit, make payments, manage your schedule and to-do items…and even tell time!
Downloading, creating, and editing files of all kinds is simple on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad. But figuring out a logical way to name and organize them? Not so much. And when it comes time to find a file later, you might get lucky…or you might have to wade through hundreds of Spotlight results. All these problems have solutions, and in Take Control of Managing Your Files, Jeff Carlson helps you develop a file management strategy that works for you—and makes your life that much easier.
Everyone who uses Apple devices has at least one Apple Account (previously called Apple ID). Understanding how and when it's used, and what to do when something goes wrong, can save you time and eliminate pain. Glenn Fleishman spells out everything you need to know about your Apple Account(s) and exactly what to do if you encounter problems with it in Take Control of Your Apple Account.
