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OS X El Capitan Handbook | 5 s t n e t n o C | n a t i p a C l E X S O 6 | OS X El Capitan Handbook O S X E Contents l C a p i t Get started 85 Master your mouse a 86 Set up your sound n 87 Using Bluetooth Meet Apple’s new OS 88 Set up a printer 89 Network and sharing | and get your Mac set up 90 Share files C 91 Use airdrop 10 Meet El Capitan 92 Call and text forwarding o 16 75 hidden secrets of Apple’s new OS 93 Move tasks between devices n 32 Set up your new Mac 94 Facebook integration 34 Migrate to El Capitan t 36 Migrate from Windows Mac apps e 38 Dual boot with Boot Camp n Find out about all the amazing t The basics s apps that come with El Capitan 98 Browse the web with Safari Master the key elements of 100 Advanced features of Safari using a Mac and the new OS X 102 Master Mail’s new tricks 106 Become an expert Mail Markup 42 The El Capitan desktop 108 Make a date with Calendar 44 Master the Finder 110 Get from A to B with Maps 48 Customise the Finder sidebar 111 Master OS X Reminders 50 Discover OS X’s gestures 112 iCloud Drive 52 Master Mission Control 114 Download great books 54 Arrange apps in Split View 116 Master the Notes app 56 Manage your login items 120 Get to know iTunes 12 57 Launch apps quickly 124 Discover Apple Music 58 Using Notification Center 130 Do more with Photos 62 Discover the Today view 138 Discover the power of Preview 64 View files with Quick Look 140 More apps for your Mac 65 Discover the Dashboard 141 Using the App Store 66 Search with Spotlight 142 Free apps for your Mac Setup & preferences Advanced Make OS X work for you Back up your Mac, recover 70 Setting up your desktop lost files and much more! 72 Alter the look of your Mac 74 Setting OS X preferences 156 Back up with Time Machine 76 Using iCloud with a Mac 158 Never lose your work again 78 Set up iCloud keychain 160 Recover from major problems 79 Manage user accounts 162 Secure your Mac 80 Get more information about your Mac 163 Automate repetitive tasks 82 Enable El Capitan’s dark mode 164 Get started with Disk Utility 84 Manage multiple displays 166 Become an Apple Genius OS X El Capitan Handbook | 7 Get started Meet Apple’s new OS and get your Mac set up 10 Meet El Capitan Find out what’s new in OS X 10.11 El Capitan 16 75 hidden secrets of Apple’s new OS Jump straight into the best new El Capitan features 32 Set up your new Mac Get started with the latest OS X 34 Migrate to El Capitan Make the move with Migration Assistant. 36 Migrate from Windows If you’re transferring from a PC there’s a Windows Migration Assistant too… 38 Dual boot with Boot Camp Turn your Mac into a dual-booting machine OS X El Capitan Handbook | 9 GET STARTED | Welcome to El Capitan Welcome to El Capitan The latest OS X offers the perfect combination of simplicity and power The all-new, all-singing, all- If you have an iPad or an iPhone, you’ll Probably our favourite improvements in dancing, OS X 10.11 El Capitan is be right at home with El Capitan’s fresh- this version are the improvements to here – and you’ll love it! Like its looking interface, which takes many a cue managing how your apps are laid out on the predecessor, OS X 10.10 from iOS – in fact, as of their 2015 releases, screen. Mission Control does a much better Yosemite, it continues the theme of all three of Apple’s operating systems job of directing you to whatever window you Californian place names: El Capitan is the (watchOS being the other) use the same need to work in with just a simple gesture on name of a rock formation situated within system font – a custom one called San your trackpad or mouse and then a click. Yosemite National Park. Also like Yosemite, Francisco. Where Yosemite was criticised Even OS X’s full-screen mode is massively this new version can be downloaded for free for its sometimes overzealous application improved with the ability to display two apps from the Mac App Store. (Find out about of transparency effects, Apple has toned alongside each other: allocate all the available upgrading from an older Mac or migrating them down to make El Capitan even more screen space to the apps on which you need from a Windows PC on page 34 onwards.) pleasant to look at and use. to focus and shove all other distractions aside. El Capitan’s interface has a fresh, clean look with a new system font, a couple of new desktop backgrounds, and simplified icons to provide a real ‘easy on the eyes’ experience. Maps can provide you with directions that use public El Capitan even borrows a trick from the iPhone and iPad, El Capitan’s Notification Centre provides three different transport, though only for select locations, such as London. enabling you to simply swipe on emails to deal with them. ways to sort notifications. 10 | OS X El Capitan Handbook