Exploring MacOS: Big Sur Edition: The Illustrated, Practical Guide to Using your Mac (1)

Make the most of your Mac with this illustrated, easy to follow guide to macOS Big Sur. 

We've all been there before, glaring at a computer screen with no idea what to do -- don't worry Exploring Apple Mac is here to help. Written by best-selling technology author, lecturer, and computer trainer Kevin Wilson, Exploring Apple Mac is packed with easy to follow instructions, photos, illustrations, helpful tips, and video demos.

Updated to cover the Big Sur release of MacOS, Exploring Apple Mac will help you understand the fundamentals of your Mac and help you:
 

• Upgrade your Mac to Big Sur and explore new features
• Find your way around the desktop, dock, finder, and launchpad
• Master touch gestures, trackpads, and the magic mouse
• Use Notification Centre, Handoff, Spaces, Control Center, and Universal Clipboard
• Organising files and folders in Finder
• Browse the web with the Safari Web Browser safely and efficiently
• Keep in touch with friends and family using email, iMessage, and FaceTime video chat
• Set important appointments with Calendar
• Keep the people you correspond with in the Contacts app
• Set yourself reminders and 'to-do' lists
• Check the weather
• Record voice memos
• Download countless apps from the App Store
• Catch up with your favourite podcasts and the latest news
• Find your way around with the Maps App, get directions, create guides, explore places in 3D
• Stream music with Apple Music, buy tracks & albums from iTunes Store
• Stream TV programs & movies with the Apple TV App
• Getting started with Pages, Keynote and Numbers
• Using iCloud storage
• Get to know Siri
• Use the photos app to store and enhance your photos
• Create slideshows, photo albums and use iMovie to edit your home movies and more...

Finally, system updates and maintenance tips to help you keep your Mac running smoothly complete this invaluable guide. You'll want to keep this edition handy as you make your way around the new OS.
 
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With over 15 years' experience in the computer industry, Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master's degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin has held various positions in the IT industry including graphic & web design, programming, building & managing corporate networks, and IT support.

He serves as senior writer and director at Elluminet Press Ltd, he periodically teaches computer science at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England while researching for his PhD. His books have become a valuable resource among the students in England, South Africa, Canada, and in the United States.

Kevin's motto is clear: "If you can't explain something simply, then you haven't understood it well enough." To that end, he has created the Exploring Tech Computing series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.