We'll show you how to set up your Mac and get the most use from its powerful, friendly features.
Set up your new Mac
These simple steps will get you started. Learn how to turn on your Mac, use the setup assistant, and check for software updates.
Get your Mac up and runningSwitching from Windows?
Mac ease of use is legendary. If you're coming from Windows, you can learn how to click, copy, close, and more in no time.
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May 1, 2011 - Not to worry, you can join a Mac to your Windows domain and today I'm going to show you how. Setting Network and User Options on a Mac.
Bring your files and folders
Use Migration Assistant to copy all of your documents, apps, and settings to your new Mac from another Mac or Windows PC.
Navigate with gestures
Make your Mac do amazing things with a swipe, a tap, and a click. Navigating your Mac is easy with gestures for your trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, and mouse.
Use multi-touch gesturesUse keyboard shortcuts
Sometimes a quick press of the keys is faster than pointing and clicking. Save time with these keyboard shortcuts.
Learn handy shortcutsPersonalize your display
Quickly start a screen saver or put your display to sleep with hot corner shortcuts. You can also secure your Mac by requiring a password after the screen saver starts.
Set up screen saverCreate wonderful work with your Mac
Productivity is fun, easy, and collaborative with these powerful apps that come built into your Mac.
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Pick up where you left off with Continuity
Start an email on your iPhone, and finish it on your Mac. Copy text on your Mac, and paste it on your iPad. Use your iPhone as an Instant Hotspot. You can even unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch. Continuity makes it all easy.
Stay connected with ContinuityUse Messages to keep up the conversation
You can send and receive iMessages and text messages on your Mac, just like on your iPhone. Learn how to set up Messages and keep chatting.
Use Messages with your MacYour photos, organized and perfected
The Photos app and iCloud Photo Library give you a beautiful way to organize and view your photos on all your Apple devices. You can also share and edit your photos with powerful, intuitive tools.
Use Photos on your MacAccess your documents anywhere
When you store documents in iCloud Drive, you can open them on all your Apple devices and on iCloud.com. And your edits stay up to date everywhere.
Set up iCloud Drive on your MacLearn more
Get Mac Support, learn about the operating system that makes your Mac run, and brush up on the basics.
- [Voiceover] Welcome to Unix for Mac OS X users.My name is Kevin Skoglund, and as a web developer,I probably spend as much time working in Unixas I do writing code.In this course, we're going to learn to usethe powerful Unix operating system that's built-into Mac OS X.I will walk you through the fundamental concepts usedin Unix, we will discover the Unix file system.And learn to create, find, copy, and delete filesand directories all from the command line.We will see how user accounts function ina multi-user environment.And learn how to manage file ownership in user permissions.I will also cover dozens of useful Unix commands.
Everything from simple calculators to tools that monitorand manage every process running on your computer.And I'll introduce you to some Power User techniquesthat will allow you to find, alter, or capture almostany text or system information.Now, most of what we cover will be usefulin any Unix environment.Whether it's Mac, Lenox, or something else.But in the final chapter, I'll demonstrate many usefulMac only commands and techniques that can speed upyour work flow and give you more power and control overyour Mac.It doesn't matter if you're a complete beginner orhave some prior experience, we're going to cover allthe fundamentals you need to become comfortable workingfrom the Unix command line.
So let's get started learning Unix.