A
- AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) files, 222
- Accent Color setting, 96
- access, restricting, 240–241
- account name, 171
- actions, 125
- activation hot corner, 93
- Add List button (Reminders), 119
- add-ons
- audio hardware, 375
- external drive arrays, 374
- external drives, 372–373
- game controllers, 373
- internal drive, 371
- memory, 366–370
- MIDI controllers, 375
- overview, 365
- video controllers, 375
- Add Reminder button (Reminder), 119
- Add to Favorites toolbar button (Photos), 248
- administrator, 169
- AIFF files, 222
- AirDrop, 196
- air flow, checking for, 27
- AirPlay, 90, 238
- AirPort Express, 193
- AirPort Extreme, 193
- AirPort Time Capsule, 31, 193
- AirPort wireless devices, 14
- ALAC (Apple Lossless), 222
- album, 251
- alerts, 124
- Alert Style buttons, 105
- aliases
- creating, 51
- e-mail addresses, 83
- icons, 51
- reasons for, 52
- Allow Handoff Between this Mac and Your iCloud Devices check box, 163
- Allow Handoff Between this Mac and Your iCloud Devices setting, 97
- Allow My iCloud Account to Unlock My Disk option, 185
- Allow Wallpaper Tinting in Windows setting, 96
- AMD Radeon Pro cards, 15
- Animate Opening Applications check box, 98
- Appearance setting, 95
- AppleCare, 27
- Apple ID
- and iCloud, 160
- iCloud configuration, 163–164
- preferences, 102–104
- Apple Lossless (ALAC), 222
- Apple menu
- icon, 38
- launching applications, 42–43
- overview, 38
- quitting applications, 45
- Apple Music
- Apple ID requirement, 236
- finding songs, 379
- Internet connection requirement, 236
- Listen Now, 234–235
- Apple Music Radio, 236
- Apple Service Providers, 27, 364, 373
- Apple Silicon processor, 8
- Apple TV, 225, 241
- Application menu, 38
- applications (apps)
- adding to the Dock, 68
- associated files, 381–382
- Help, 74
- launching/quitting, 42–45
- migrating to new iMac, 30
- printing from, 73–74
- removing, 380–381
- switching between, 49
- troubleshooting, 360
- windows, 38–39
- Application Windows corner, 94
- App Store
- creating Apple ID, 161
- downloading free office productivity apps, 19, 306, 319, 335
- launching, 42–43
- uninstalling apps purchased from, 380
- Arrangement marker (GarageBand), 296–297
- Arrangement track (GarageBand), 296–297
- Ask to Keep Changes When Closing Documents setting, 96
- aspect ratio (Keynote presentation), 336–337
- associated files, 381–382
- assumptions, 1–2
- At a Location check box, 120
- audiobooks, 222
- audio CD
- burning from GarageBand, 301–302
- burning from Music, 238
- defined, 238
- playing, 224, 225
- audio files
- burning to CDs, 238–239
- buying, 242–244
- formats, 222
- importing into iMovie, 272–274
- playing, 223–226
- ripping, 232–233
- audio line out jack, 14
- Audio Mute key, 57
- audio options, 12
- Auto Enhance button (Photos), 260
- Auto Enhance button (Photos app), 260
- AutoFill button (Safari), 142
- Auto Login, 182–183
- Automatically Hide and Show the Dock check box, 98
- Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar check box, 99
- Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar in Full Screen check box, 99
- Automatically Rearrange Spaces Based on Most Recent Use check box, 93
- Automatic Login, 184
- Automator, 390–391
- Auto-Save feature, 308
- AVCHD files, 272
B
- Back button (Safari), 141
- background
- adding to Keynote presentations, 344
- adding to movies, 281
- adding to Pages documents, 315
- desktop, 65–66, 91, 397
- backing up
- to cloud, 384
- to DVDs, 384–385
- to external drives, 384
- Time Machine, 385–388
- before upgrading internal drive, 373–374
- Back Up Automatically check box, 101
- Badge App Icon check box, 105
- base stations, 192–194
- Bluetooth
- bonus chapter on, 4, 27, 207
- as built into every iMac, 15
- checking connection, 27
- pairing, 3
- as requirement for AirDrop, 196
- as requirement for Handoff, 162–163
- as requirement for Sidecar, 163
- wireless Bluetooth speakers, 12, 14
- bonus chapter, 4
- bookmarks, 145–147
- Bookmarks button (Safari), 142
- Brightness slider, 90
- burning
- audio CDs from GarageBand, 301–302
- audio CDs from Music, 238–239
- backups from Finder, 385
- buttons, defined, 41
C
- cables
- buying, 23
- cables, 18–19
- Cat5/ Cat5E/Cat6 cables, 197, 198
- Ethernet cable, 18–19, 198
- power cable, 12
- Thunderbolt cable, 31, 197
- troubleshooting, 361
- Calendar
- notifications, 124
- overview, 21–22
- pushing events to and from your iOS devices, 103, 164
- Spotlight search, 109, 111, 112
- Calibrate button, 90
- camera, 15
- Cat5/ Cat5E/Cat6 cables, 197, 198
- CCleaner for Mac, 382–383
- CD audio, 222. See also audio CD
- CDW (website), 367
- cells
- channels, 133–134
- charts (Numbers), 332–333
- Cheat Sheet, 4
- check boxes
- Allow Handoff Between this Mac and Your iCloud Devices check box, 163
- Animate Opening Applications check box, 98
- Automatically Hide and Show the Dock check box, 98
- Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar check box, 99
- Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar in Full Screen check box, 99
- Back Up Automatically check box, 101
- Badge App Icon check box, 105
- On Day check box, 120
- Double-Click a Window’s Title Bar to Minimize/Zoom check box, 98
- Exit Presentation After Last Slide check box, 346
- At a Location check box, 120
- Look Up check box, 41
- Minimize Windows into Application Icon check box, 98
- Play Sound for Notifications check box, 105
- Prevent Cross-Site Tracking check box, 155
- Recent Applications check box, 44
- Require Password to Exit Slideshow check box, 346
- Secondary Click check box, 41
- Show in Control Center check box, 67
- Show Indicators for Open Applications check box, 99
- Show in Notification Center check box, 105
- Show Notifications on Lock Screen check box, 105
- Show Recent Applications in Dock check box, 99
- Show Time Machine in Menu Bar check box, 102
- Sync Library check box, 244
- Tap to Click check box, 41
- Three Finger Drag check box, 41
- children. See parental controls
- cleaning, recommendation for, 407
- Clipboard, 311
- Close button, 45
- closed wireless networks, 195
- Close Windows When Quitting an App setting, 96
- cloud storage, 384
- collections (bookmarks), 147
- ColorSync profile, 90
- column (spreadsheet), 324, 329
- Column view (Pages), 398
- Command key, 57
- composing (GarageBand), 288
- connecting
- to Ethernet ports, 18–19
- to Internet, 18–19
- power cable, 18
- printers, 207–209
- to wired networks, 197
- to wireless networks, 192
- Contacts, 21, 103
- Contacts list, 215
- Content & Privacy pane, 179
- Content & Privacy Restrictions panel, 239–240
- Content library (iMovie), 268
- Content pane
- Contour Design (website), 375
- Control Center
- customizing, 66–67
- displaying, 66
- overview, 36
- controllers (MIDI), 299
- conventions, 2–3
- conversation, 217
- cookies, 154–155
- copying
- on different drive, 54
- multiple items to another location, 54
- one item to another location, 54
- on same drive, 55
- Create New Message icon, 216–217
- cropping, 258–260
- Crucial (website), 367
- Ctrl key, 57
D
- damages, checking for, 17, 26–27
- data CD, 238
- dead pixels, 27
- Default for Display radio button, 90
- default locations, 62
- Default Web Browser setting, 96
- Delete key, 57
- Desktop
- background, 65–66, 91
- corner, 94
- creating, 64
- displaying peripherals and network connections, 66
- icons, 65
- launching applications, 43
- overview, 34–35
- personalizing, 64–66
- Stacks, 69
- switching with Spaces, 63–64
- desktop publishing application, 305
- DHCP server, 192
- Dictation feature, 396
- Disk Utility, 356–359, 360
- display (screen)
- checking for damages, 26
- LED, 9
- Retina, 9
- Display Calibrator, 90
- Display Login Window As login setting, 184
- Displays Have Separate Spaces check box, 94
- Displays pane, 90–91
- Dock
- adding applications, 68
- adding individual files and volumes, 68
- adding several files or folder, 68
- adding websites, 68
- customizing, 67–71
- overview, 35–36
- preferences, 48
- quitting applications, 45
- Recent Applications feature, 69
- resizing, 71
- speeding up your iMac, 398
- Stacks, 69–71
- Dock and Menu Bar pane, 98–99
- documents
- background, 315
- creating, 305–306
- exporting, 318
- iCloud, 160–162
- importing documents from previous iMac, 30–31
- importing documents from Windows, 31–32
- opening, 306–307
- printing, 317
- sending, 318
- sharing, 318
- Documents folder
- defined, 61
- migrating to new iMac, 30
- subfolders, 61
- Do Not Disturb feature, 125
- Double-Click a Window’s Title Bar to Minimize/Zoom check box, 98
- downloading
- files, 149–150
- free productivity apps, 19
- printer software, 210
- Downloads folder, 61
- dragging items, 53
- drive arrays, 374
- Drive Genius, 404
- Drummer track (GarageBand), 290
- Duplicate command, 55
- duplicating items, 55
- Duration Settings button (Photos), 262
- DVD drives, 384–385
- DVD Player, 21
- DVD-ROM, 238
- DVDs, 384–385
- DV files, 272
- DV widescreen files, 272
E
- Edit button (Photos), 248
- Edit sheet, 119–120
- Effects button, 212–213
- Eject icon, 71
- Electric Guitar and Bass tracks (GarageBand), 290
- e-mail. See also Mail app
- “alias” email addresses, 83
- Hide My Email, 82
- iCloud Mail, 102, 165
- notifications, 125
- sending messages with web links, 143, 154
- sending movie as attachment, 284
- sending presentations as attachments, 347
- Spotlight search, 109, 112
- web page links, 143
- web page links in, 125
- emojis, 216
- Energy Saver pane, 97
- equalizer, 233–234
- Ethernet cables, 198
- Ethernet port, 13, 197
- Event/Project Library pane (iMovie), 268, 275
- Excel spreadsheets, opening in Numbers, 320
- Exclude These Items From Backups list, 102
- Exit Presentation After Last Slide check box, 346
- external devices, 360
- external drives, 101, 372–373, 384
F
- Facebook, 284
- FaceTime
- about, 21
- Contacts list, 215
- exporting video clips to iMovie, 270–271
- group calls, 215
- HD camera, 15
- inviting in, 215
- overview, 214–215
- Recent Calls list, 215
- starting calls, 215
- web links, 83
- FaceTime HD camera, 212
- Fast User Switching, 181–183, 184
- Favorites
- news reports, 133–134
- Safari, 138
- files
- adding to the Dock, 68
- deleting unnecessary files, 379–380
- downloading, 150
- network file sharing, 202
- sending through Messages app, 217
- transferring by AirDrop, 196
- FileVault, 185–186
- filters, 261
- Finder
- launching applications, 44
- menu bar, 38
- search window, 112–113
- speeding up your iMac, 399
- Finder Tabs, 56
- Finder windows
- closing, 49
- Column view, 46
- List view, 46
- minimizing and restoring windows, 47–48
- moving and zooming windows, 48
- opening new tab, 56
- scrolling in and resizing windows, 46–47
- Find My Mac, 103, 165
- firewall, 203–205
- First Aid, 359
- Flag button, 119
- flash drives, 23
- flubs, 300
- Focus
- creating, 125
- enabling, 125
- overview, 81–82, 125
- preferences, 104–105
- setting up, 125
- folders
- adding to the Dock, 68
- deleting unnecessary folders, 379–380
- duplicating, 56
- opening in tabs, 56
- Folders list, 121
- fonts (Pages), setting default, 316–317
- foot, 11
- footprint, 11
- Force Quit, 45, 353
- For Dummies (website), 75
- formulas, 320, 330–331
- Forward button (Safari), 141
- “free” versions of commercial software, 405
- full-screen mode, 48
- function keys, 57
- functions, 320
- Fusion Drive, 14
G
- Gallery view, 46
- game controllers, 374
- gamepad, 374
- games, 22
- GarageBand
- adding loops, 295
- adding score to iMovie, 294
- adding songs from, 273
- adding tracks, 289–291
- Arrangement track, 296–297
- burning audio CD, 301–302
- changing volume or balance of tracks, 296
- choosing loops, 291–294
- composing, 288
- controls, 286–288
- creating song files in Music, 300–301
- deleting tracks, 289
- exporting project, 301
- How Did I Play feature, 300
- Learn to Play feature, 300
- muting tracks, 296
- overview, 285
- repeating loops, 294–295
- resizing loops, 294–295
- sharing your songs, 299–302
- Songwriter project, 291
- tracks, 290
- tweaking settings for tracks, 297–298
- using MIDI instruments with, 299
- Visual Equalizer window, 298
- Gear icon, 62
- General pane, 95–97
- Genius, 225
- Go menu, 400
- Go to Beginning button (GarageBand), 287
- graphics box (Pages), 310
- Grid layout (Keynote), 346
- Group Windows by Application check box, 94
- Guest accounts, 175–176
- Guides feature (Maps app), 130–132
H
- Handoff, 162–163
- handouts (Keynote), 346
- hard drive
- external, 372–373, 384
- maintaining drive health, 388
- partitioning, 372
- permission errors, 388
- remotely wiping, 165
- troubleshooting, 358–359
- HDV files, 272
- headphone jack, 14
- heat, keeping iMac away from, 402
- Help Center, 364
- help resources
- about, 74
- Apple web-based support center, 75
- Help menu, 74
- local Mac user groups, 75
- magazines, 75
- Help system, 32
- Hide My Email, 83, 102, 165
- History button (Safari), 143
- History list, 150–151
- Home app, 104
- Home button (Safari), 142
- Home folder
- launching, 61–62
- overview, 60–61
- subfolders, 61
- Hot Corners, 94
- Hot Corners button, 93
- housekeeping
- automating chores, 388–391
- backing up, 383–385
- cleaning data deposits, 377–383
- cleaning things manually, 379–381
- deleting unnecessary files/unneeded folders, 379–380
- maintaining drive health, 388
- managing storage, 378–379
- removing applications, 380–381
- removing associated files in other fielders, 381–382
- Time Machine, 386–388
- updating macOS automatically, 391
- using commercial cleanup tool, 382–383
- How Did I Play feature (GarageBand), 300
I
- iBooks Store, 161, 179
- iCloud
- configuring, 163–165
- Find My Mac, 165
- free online storage, 161
- Handoff, 162–163
- Hide My Email, 165
- how it works, 159–161
- managing storage, 165
- moving, saving, and opening documents, 160
- overview, 159
- PhotoStream, 164–165
- pushing in, 160
- saving Keynote presentations, 338
- Sidecar, 163
- Universal Clipboard feature, 163
- iCloud Drive, 102
- iCloud ID, 28
- iCloud Keychain, 156
- iCloud Mail, 102, 165
- iCloud Photos, 164–165, 262–263, 347
- iCloud Tabs button (Safari), 143, 152
- icons
- alias icons, 51
- applications icons, 51
- Desktop, 36–37, 65
- Document icons, 51
- file icons, 51
- Hardware icons, 51
- overview, 50
- removing from Dock, 68
- used in this book, 3
- iMac
- described, 8
- Intel, 8
- as Internet-sharing device, 191
- location for, 15–16
- M1, 8
- major parts, 9–15
- registering, 29
- unpacking, 17–18
- iMac Pro, 15
- iMac Troubleshooting Tree, 359–363
- images. See also Photos app
- importing, 248–250
- making use of still images (iMovie), 272
- organizing and sorting, 250–257
- iMovie
- adding clips to movies, 275–276
- adding GarageBand score, 294
- adding maps and backgrounds, 281
- adding songs from Music and GarageBand, 273
- adding sound effects, 273–274
- adding still images, 272
- browsing video library, 283
- building cinematic basics, 275–281
- controls and displays, 267–269
- creating new movie project, 265
- cropping video clips, 278
- editing clips, 278–279
- importing/adding audio, 272–274
- importing building blocks, 270–275
- importing movie files, 270–271
- launching, 266
- marking clips, 276–277
- moviemaking process, 269
- overview, 265–266
- pulling in video clips, 270–271
- removing clips, 277
- reordering clips, 277
- rotating video clips, 278
- saving movie on hard drive, 284
- sharing your movie, 284
- themes, 267
- titles, 280–281
- trailers, 266, 281–283
- transitions, 279–280
- trimming video clips, 279
- video formats, 272
- voiceover narration, 274–275
- Import button (iMovie), 268
- importing documents/data
- from previous Mac, 30–31
- from Windows, 31–32
- Info button (Photos), 248
- Inspector (Numbers), 323
- Inspector pane (Keynote), 339
- Inspector window (Pages), 309
- Intel iMac, 356–359
- overview, 8
- repairing hard drives, 358
- Safe mode, 355
- Intelligent Tracking Prevention, 155
- internal drive
- importing images from, 272
- overview, 14
- replacing, 373
- storage capacities, 14
- upgrading, 371–374
- Internet
- connecting to Ethernet ports, 18–19
- sharing connection wirelessly, 201–202
- troubleshooting, 361
- wired connections, 18–19
- Internet Protocol(IP), 192
- Internet radio station
- creating custom Music Radion Station, 235
- described, 234–235
- playlists, 235
- tuning in your own stations, 234
- Internet routers, 191–192, 197–198
- Internet-sharing device, 191–192, 197
- invoice, storing, 18
- iPad, 21, 28, 40, 43, 60, 80, 91, 105, 117, 120, 126, 143, 147, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 193, 216, 225, 237, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 262, 268, 269, 270, 272, 288, 290, 335, 345
- iPhone, 21, 28, 40, 43, 60, 80, 105, 117, 120, 126, 143, 147, 160, 161, 163, 165, 193, 216, 225, 237, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 262, 268, 269, 270, 272, 288, 290, 335, 345
- iPod touch, 160, 248, 269, 272
- items
- adjacent, 53
- copying, 54
- duplicating, 55
- login items, 176–177, 362
- moving, 54
- nonadjacent, 53
- recent, 97
- selecting, 52–53
- iTunes Store
- access restrictions, 179, 239–240
- buying music, 242–244
- cover art, 232
- downloading deleted items in the future, 379
- finding songs, 227
- iCloud storage for purchased items, 161
- overview, 225
K
- keyboard
- checking for damages, 27
- described, 10–11
- function keys, 57
- keeping beverages away from, 404
- layout, 11
- setting up Monterey, 28
- keyboard shortcuts, 58, 94
- Keynote slideshow, 345
- Music Library, 224
- Numbers, 325
- speeding up your iMac, 399
- Keychain, 103, 156
- Keynote app
- adding and editing slide text, 341
- adding background shape, 344
- adding slides, 340
- aspect ratio, 336
- creating new Keynote project, 335
- creating slideshow, 344–345
- deleting slide text, 341
- formatting slide text, 342
- media for presentation, 343
- opening presentations, 337
- overview, 335
- printing slides and notes, 346–347
- saving your presentation, 338
- selecting themes, 336
- slideshow shortcut keys, 345
- using Presenter's Notes, 342
- window, 338–339
- working with text, shapes, and graphics boxes, 340–341
- keys
- Audio Mute, 57
- Command, 57
- Ctrl, 57
- Delete, 57
- Media Eject, 11
- Option, 57
- Page Down, 48
- Page Up, 48
- special keys, 57
- start-up, 355–356
- Volume Up/Volume Down, 57
- Keystation 88 MK3, 375
- keywords, 254–256
- “kracked” applications, 405
L
- language, setting up Monterey, 28
- Launchpad
- corner, 95
- customizing, 44
- launching applications, 43
- launching from keyboard, 11
- layout, Desktop & Screen Saver pane, 92
- Layout pane (Keynote), 339
- Layout pane (Pages), 309
- LCD cleaning wipes, 407
- Learn to Play feature (GarageBand), 300
- LED screen, 9
- Leisure Mode, 212
- Libraries list (iMovie), 268
- lighting, 16
- Listen Now, 234–235
- List login, 181
- local Mac user groups, 75
- location of iMac
- cool, 16
- lighting, 17
- outlets, 16–17
- picking the right, 15–16
- plan to expand, 17
- wall-mounted iMacs, 15–16
- Location Services, 120
- locked application, 353
- logging out, 184
- login items, 176–177, 362
- Login Items list, 44
- login options, 181–183
- Look Up check box, 41
- Loop Browser (GarageBand), 291–293
- loops (GarageBand)
- adding, 295
- choosing, 291–294
- cutting/copying/pasting, 296
- defined, 287
- repeating, 295
- resizing, 295
M
- M1 iMac
- graphics, 15
- overview, 8
- repairing hard drives, 358
- Safe mode, 355
- Touch ID keyboard, 9
- wall-mounted, 15
- M1 processor, 8
- MacMall (website), 367
- macOS Monterey. See Monterey
- Macworld (website), 75
- magazines, 75
- Magic keyboard, 10–11
- Magic Mouse, 41
- Magic Mouse 2, 10–11, 40
- Magic Trackpad 2, 9
- configuring, 40
- Multi-Touch gestures for, 41
- tracking speed, 41
- Magnification slider, 98
- Mail app
- configuring accounts, 28
- described, 21
- Focus settings for, 125
- notifications, 125
- overview, 21
- sending FaceTime invites, 347
- sending presentations, 347
- Spotlight search, 112
- synchronizing account settings between devices, 103
- web page links using, 125, 143, 154
- Mail button (Safari), 143
- Manage Storage feature, 378–379
- manual, 18
- maps, adding to movies, 281
- Maps app
- default mode, 128
- entering information, 127
- getting directions, 128–130
- overview, 126
- Satellite mode, 128
- switching views in, 128
- Transit mode, 128
- zooming in/out, 127
- Mark's maxims
- access restrictions, 168
- applications bundled with printer/scanner, 212
- backing up, 383
- buying Apple hardware and software, 184
- deleting unnecessary user accounts, 175
- encryption, 195
- firewall, 100–101, 203
- fixing your iMac, 352
- on Home folder, 61
- keeping the boxes for the life of the machine, 18
- logging out, 184
- memory, 366
- only one window can be active at one time, 50
- phishing, 403
- power of M1 iMac, 9
- rebooting, 352, 353
- registering your iMac, 29
- saving work often in GarageBand, 298
- Time Machine, 387–388
- user accounts, 168
- M-Audio (website), 375
- Media Browser, 343
- Media Eject key, 11
- memory
- figuring how much you have, 365–366
- installing memory modules, 367–370
- online sources for, 367
- speeding up your iMac by adding, 396
- Menu Bar, 48
- menu commands, 3
- menus
- Apple menu, 38, 42–43
- Application menu, 38
- Finder, 38
- Go menu, 400
- menu bar, 37–38
- Monterey, 37–38
- Recent Items menu, 400
- right-click menu, 38, 40–41
- shortcut menu, 40
- Messages
- account name, 171
- communicating with friends and family, 188
- overview, 21
- sending and receiving messages, 216–217
- sending FaceTime invites, 215, 347
- sending links, 83
- sending Pages documents, 318
- sending presentations, 347
- sharing maps, 130
- sharing notes, 122
- sharing photos, 247
- MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), 299
- MIDI controllers, 299, 375
- Migration Assistant
- defined, 29
- launching, 29
- using, 30–31
- Minimize Windows into Application Icon check box, 98
- Minimize Windows Using pop-up menu, 98
- Mission Control
- corner, 94
- launching, 62–63
- launching from keyboard, 11
- preferences, 93–95
- Spaces feature, 63–64
- MMS text messaging, 216
- Monterey
- Control Center, 36
- Desktop, 34–35
- Dock, 35–36
- Help system, 74
- icons, 36–37
- menu, 37–38
- as personal operating system, 34–39
- setting up, 28–29
- Setup Assistant, 26
- updating, 360, 391
- mouse
- checking for damages, 27
- shortcuts, 94
- Mouse pane, 40–41
- MOV (Quicktime) files, 272
- movies. See also iMovie
- adding clips to, 275–276
- adding songs from Music and GarageBand, 273
- adding sound effects, 273–274
- adding still images, 272
- browsing video library, 283
- building cinematic basics, 275–281
- creating, 265
- cropping video clips, 278
- editing clips, 278–279
- importing/adding audio, 272–274
- importing building blocks, 270–271
- importing movie files, 270–271
- marking clips, 276–277
- moviemaking process, 269
- pulling in video clips, 270–271
- removing clips, 277
- reordering clips, 277
- rotating video clips, 278
- saving movie as file, 284
- sharing, 284
- themes, 267
- titles, 280–281
- trailers, 266, 281–283
- transitions, 279–280
- trimming video clips, 279
- video formats, 272
- voiceover narration, 274–275
- Movie tracks (GarageBand), 290
- MP2 files, 222
- MP3 CD, 238
- MP3 files, 222
- MPEG-2 files, 272
- MPEG-4 files, 272
- Multi-Touch gestures, 41
- multiuser iMac
- adding users, 169–170
- administrator, 169
- changing login settings, 182–183
- deleting user accounts, 174–175
- FileVault, 185–186
- guest accounts, 175–176
- logging out, 184
- login items, 176–177
- login options, 181–183
- managing account's access settings, 177–180
- modifying user accounts, 172–174
- overview, 167
- passwords, 171–172
- Shared folder, 184
- user accounts, 168
- music. See audio files; GarageBand
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), 299
- Musical Typing keyboard (GarageBand), 289–291
- Music Library
- adding songs from, 273
- browsing, 226
- cover art/album artwork, 232
- deleting songs, 227
- described, 223
- finding old music, 227
- keyboard shortcuts, 224
- knowing your songs, 230–232
- playing songs, 223–224
- playlists, 228–229
- removing songs, 227
- setting/changing song information manually, 231
- setting the song information automatically, 231
- song information, 226
- syncing with iPhone and iPad, 237
- viewing, 224–225
- Music Sidebar, 224, 229, 241, 243
- My Photo Stream, 263–264
N
- Name and Password login, 181
- narration, 274–275
- network-attached storage (NAS), 374
- network printers, 210–211
- networks
- advantages of, 188
- connecting to, 200–203
- file sharing, 202
- firewall, 203–205
- migrating network settings to new iMac, 30
- network Internet connections, 201–202
- overview, 187–189
- troubleshooting, 361
- wired connections, 197–200
- wired versus wireless, 189–190
- wireless connections, 192–196
- Newegg (website), 367
- New Note button, 121
- News, 103
- News app, 132–133
- News Sidebar, 132
- New Track button (GarageBand), 287
- Night Shift feature, 90–91
- non-Apple base stations, 194
- Notes app, 103, 121–123
- Notes label, 120
- Notes list, 121
- Notification Center, 123–125
- Notification Center corner, 95
- Notification Grouping drop-down list, 105
- notifications, setting of in Safari, 157
- Notifications preferences, 104–105
- Numbers app
- adding chart, 332–333
- aligning cell text, 327–328
- creating new Numbers document, 320–321
- deleting characters, 326
- entering/editing data, 325–326
- formatting with shading, 328–329
- formulas, 330–331
- inserting/deleting rows and columns, 329
- keyboard shortcuts, 325
- navigating/selecting cells, 324
- opening existing spreadsheet file, 321–322
- overview, 319
- printing spreadsheets, 334–335
- saving spreadsheets, 322–323
- selecting correct number format, 326–327
- window, 323–324
O
- On Day check box, 120
- OneDrive, 160
- online help, 364
- opening
- documents on iCloud, 160
- existing Pages document, 306–307
- existing spreadsheet file, 321–322
- Keynote presentation, 337
- optical discs, 22
- optical drive, 224
- Option key, 57
- outlets, 16
- Outline layout (Keynote), 346
- Outline tab (iMovies), 282
- out-of-date utility programs, avoiding, 404
P
- packing materials, 17–18
- Page Down key, 48
- Pages app
- adding background, 315
- adding photos, 314–315
- adding tables, 312–313
- Auto-Save feature, 308
- components and controls, 309
- copying text and images, 311
- creating new document, 305–306
- cutting, 311
- Document mode, 309
- entering/editing text, 310
- exporting documents, 318
- Format mode, 309
- formatting text, 311–312
- opening existing documents, 306–307
- overview, 305
- pasting, 311
- printing documents, 317
- reverting to older version of document, 308
- saving your work, 308
- sending documents, 318
- setting default fonts, 316–317
- spell-checking, 316
- using text, shapes, and graphics boxes, 310
- Pages list, 309
- Page Up key, 48
- pairing, 27
- panes
- Content & Privacy pane, 179
- Content & Privacy Restrictions, 239–240
- Content pane (News), 133
- Content pane (Safari), 138
- Desktop & Screen Saver pane, 92–93
- Displays pane, 90–91
- Dock and Menu Bar pane, 98–99
- Energy Saver pane, 97
- Event/Project Library pane (iMovie), 268, 275
- General pane, 95–97
- Inspector pane (Keynote), 339
- Layout pane (Keynote), 339
- Layout pane (Pages), 309
- Presenter Notes pane (Keynote), 339
- Printers & Scanners pane, 211
- Project pane (iMovie), 268, 275
- Screen Time pane, 239–240
- Sharing pane, 100–101
- Thumbnails pane, 247
- Time Machine pane, 101–102
- Trailer pane (iMovie), 282
- Users & Groups pane, 170, 172, 174, 175–176, 180, 183
- parental controls, 239–241
- partitioning, 373
- parts
- audio, 12
- Bluetooth, 14
- connections for external audio, 14
- FaceTime HD camera, 15
- foot, 11
- internal drive, 14
- keyboard, 10–11
- mouse, 10–11
- overview, 9
- ports, 12–13
- power button, 12
- power cable, 12
- screen, 9
- SDXC card slot, 15
- video cards, 15
- wireless Ethernet, 14
- passwords
- for locked notes, 123
- multiuser iMac, 171–172
- not relying on single, 403
- Safari, 156
- patch, 360
- People tool, 253–254
- permission errors, 388
- personal information, 28
- phishing, 402–403
- Photo Booth, 212–214
- photos
- adding as floating object in Pages, 314
- adding as inline object in Pages, 315
- adding to reminders, 121
- applying effects, 213–214
- deleting, 213
- importing from internal drive to Photos, 250
- Photo Booth, 214–215
- Photos app
- Add to Favorites toolbar button, 248
- album, 251
- Auto Enhance button, 260
- browsing your memories, 257
- cropping, 258–260
- digging through your library with keywords, 256
- Edit button, 248
- Edit mode, 257–262
- filters, 261
- Full Screen, 247
- iCloud Photos, 262–263
- importing images from, 248–250
- importing images into iMovie, 272
- Info button, 248
- My Photo Stream, 263–264
- Organize mode, 254–256
- organizing and sorting images, 250–257
- overview, 245
- People tool, 253–254
- pushing to other devices, 102
- removing red-eye, 260–261
- retouching, 260
- Rotate Counterclockwise button, 248
- rotating tipped-over shots, 258
- Search button, 248
- searching by locations where photos were taken, 256–257
- Share button, 248
- Show Thumbnails as Square or Full Aspect Ratio, 247
- Sidebar, 246
- slideshow, 261–262
- Smart Album, 251–252
- tagging face, 253–254
- Thumbnails pane, 247
- toolbar, 246–247
- Viewer, 247
- Zoom slider, 247
- PhotoStream, 164–165
- pinned tabs, 153
- Piriform (website), 382
- Play button (GarageBand), 287
- Play Full Screen button (iMovie), 276
- Playhead (GarageBand), 287
- Playhead (iMovie), 269
- playlists
- creating, 228–229
- described, 225, 228
- Internet radio stations, 235
- Smart, 229
- Play Sound for Notifications check box, 105
- pointer, 41
- POP3/IMAP mail server, 28
- pop-up ads, allowing/blocking, 157
- pop-up banners, 125
- ports, 12–13
- Position on Screen button (Dock and Menu Bar pane), 98
- power button, 12
- power cable, 12
- PowerPoint presentations, opening in Keynote, 337
- power strip, 406
- power switch, 25–26
- Prefer Tabs setting, 96
- presentations
- adding background shape, 344
- adding slides, 340
- aspect ratio, 336–337
- creating, 336–337
- creating slideshow, 344–345
- deleting slide text, 341
- formatting slide text, 342
- media for, 343
- opening, 337
- overview, 335
- PowerPoint, 337
- rehearsing slideshows, 342
- saving, 338
- themes, Chrome, 336–337
- using Presenter's Notes, 342
- Presenter Notes check box (Keynote), 342
- Presenter Notes pane (Keynote), 339
- Prevent Cross-Site Tracking check box, 155
- preview
- Finder, 46
- iMovie, 269, 275
- notification, 105
- Print sheet, 73
- screen saver, 92–93
- slideshow (Photos), 262
- thumbnail (Photo Booth), 213
- trailer, 282–283
- Print button, 74
- Print button (Safari), 143
- printing
- connecting printers, 207–209
- Keynote slides and notes, 346–347
- network printers, 210–211
- overview, 72–73
- Pages documents, 317
- sharing network printer, 203
- spreadsheets, 334–335
- USB printers, 208–210
- web pages, 153–154
- Print sheet, 74
- privacy
- cookies, 154–155
- protecting, in Safari, 154–156
- Privacy Report, 155
- Project pane (iMovie), 268, 275
- Prosoft Engineering (website), 404
- Public folder, 61
- pushing, 160
Q
- Quick Actions, 60
- Quick Look, 44
- Quicktime movies, 272
- QuickTime Player, 150
- Quit command, 45
R
- Radio, 233–234
- Radio and Listen Now, 225
- RAID array, 374
- random access memory (RAM). See memory
- Random Order check box, 92
- Real instrument tracks (GarageBand), 290
- rebooting, 353–354
- Recent Applications check box, 44
- Recent Applications feature, 69
- Recent Calls list, 215
- Recent Items menu, 400
- Recent Items selection, 43
- Recent items setting, 97
- recertified hardware, 406
- Recommendations category, 378
- red-eye, removing, 260–261
- refurbished hardware, 406
- registering your iMac, 29
- registration information, 29
- remanufactured hardware, 406
- Reminders, 103, 118–121
- Reminders Sidebar, 118–121
- Remove History Items pop-up menu, 156–157
- repeating reminders, 120
- Require Password to Exit Slideshow check box, 346
- resolution, 90
- Retina display, 9
- Retouch feature (Photos app), 261
- Rewind/Forward One Measure buttons (GarageBand), 287
- right-click menu, 38, 40
- ripping, 232–233
- RJ-45 connectors, 197
- root account, 405
- Rotate Counterclockwise button (Photos), 248
- routers, 191–192, 197–198
- row (spreadsheet), 324, 329
- Roxio (website), 385
S
- Safari
- about, 20
- address box, 149
- bookmarks, 145–147
- clearing history, 156–157
- configuring home and start pages, 144–145
- downloading files, 149–150
- major sections of Safari window, 138–139
- navigational controls, 141–143
- notifications, 157
- overview, 137–139
- passwords, 156
- pinned tabs, 153
- pop-up ads, allowing/blocking, 157
- printing web pages, 153–154
- privacy, 154–156
- Reading List, 147–148
- synchronizing bookmarks, 103
- tabbed browsing, 151–152
- Translation feature, 148
- using History, 150–151
- visiting websites, 138
- Safe Boot, 355
- Safe mode, 355
- Satellite mode (Maps app), 128
- saving
- in GarageBamd, 298
- iCloud documents, 160
- in iMovie, 284
- presentations (Keynote), 338
- spreadsheets (Numbers), 322–323
- work in Pages, 308
- Scaled radio button, 90
- scanners, 211–212
- Schedule button (Energy Saver pane), 98
- scoring, 290
- screen (display), 9
- screen saver
- settings, 92–93
- turning off, 363
- Screen Time pane, 239–240
- screen wipes, 23
- scroll bars, 47, 96
- SDXC card slot, 15
- search box
- Search button (Photos), 248
- secondary click, 40
- Secondary Click check box, 41
- selecting items, 52–53
- service center, 27
- setting up Monterey, 28–29
- Setup Assistant, 26
- shapes box (Pages), 310
- Share button (Notes), 122
- Share button (Photos), 248
- Shared folder, 184
- sharing
- iMovie, 284
- Internet connection wirelessly, 201–202
- network file sharing, 202
- news, 133
- Pages documents, 318
- Safari bookmarks, 147
- songs, 299–302
- web pages, 143–144
- Sharing pane, 100–101
- Sheet canvas (Numbers), 323
- Sheets tab (Numbers), 323
- shortcut menu, 40
- Shortcuts
- adding to collections, 60
- adding to Finder menu bar, 60
- creating, 59, 81
- features, 80
- overview, 59
- Shot List tab (iMovies), 283
- Show/Exit Tab Overview button (Safari), 142
- Show in Control Center check box, 67
- Show Indicators for Open Applications check box, 99
- Show in Notification Center check box, 105
- Show Notification Preview, 105
- Show Notifications on Lock Screen check box, 105
- Show Recent Applications in Dock check box, 99
- Show Screen Saver After, Desktop & Screen Saver pane, 92
- Show Scroll Bars setting, 96
- Show Tab Overview button (Safari), 151
- Show Time Machine in Menu Bar check box, 102
- Show with Clock check box, 93
- shutting down, 353
- ShuttlePRO V2, 375
- Sidebar, 47, 55
- Sidebar (Safari), 138, 143
- Sidebar Icon Size setting, 96
- Sidecar, 163
- Siri
- about, 21
- launching applications, 43
- sending messages, 216
- speeding up your iMac by using, 397
- synchronizing configurations, 104
- Size slider, 98
- slides (Keynote), adding, 340
- slideshow
- Keynote, 344–345
- Photos, 261–262
- Slides list (Keynote), 338
- slide text (Keynote), adding and editing, 341
- Small Dog Electronics (website), 367
- Smart Album, 251–252
- Smart Controls tab (GarageBand), 298
- Smart playlist, 229
- smileys, 216
- SMS text messaging, 216
- SMTP mail server, 28
- sneakernet, 187
- software, pre-installed, 19–21
- Software instrument tracks (GarageBand), 291
- software piracy, 405
- solid-state drive (SSD), 14
- songs
- adding, 283
- buying, 242–244
- deleting, 227
- finding, 227, 379
- knowing your, 230–232
- playing, 223–224
- sharing your, 299–302
- Songwriter project, 291
- sound effects (iMovie), 273–274
- Spaces, 63–64
- special keys, 57
- speeding up your iMac
- column mode, 398
- desktop background, 397
- Dictation feature, 396
- Dock, 398
- Finder, 399
- Go menu, 400
- keyboard shortcuts, 399
- memory, 396
- overview, 395
- Recent Items menu, 400
- Siri, 397
- spell-checking (Pages), 316
- Spotlight
- basic searches, 108–110
- customizing, 114–116
- Finder search window, 112–113
- overview, 107
- search criteria, 111–112
- security, 111–112
- Spotlight Search box (System Preferences), 89
- spreadsheets, 326–327
- adding chart, 332–333
- aligning cell text, 327–328
- cells, 320
- creating, 320–321
- defined, 320
- deleting characters, 326
- entering/editing data, 325–326
- Excel, 320
- formatting with shading, 328–329
- formulas, 320, 330–331
- functions, 320
- inserting/deleting rows and columns, 329
- navigating/selecting cells, 324
- opening, 321–322
- printing, 334–335
- saving, 322–323
- Stacks
- stand, 11
- standard user accounts, 169–170
- Start Page button (Safari), 142
- start-up keys, 355–356
- Status bar, 138
- step-by-step troubleshooting
- check your Internet and network connections, 361
- check your login items, 362
- check your Trash, 361
- disk repair, 358–359
- Disk Utility, 356–359, 360
- iMac Troubleshooting Tree, 359–363
- investigate recent changes, 360
- myths about, 352
- overview, 351, 353
- rebooting, 353–354
- running System information, 363
- start-up keys, 355–356
- using Safe mode, 355
- viruses, 361–362
- still images, adding, 272
- Stocks, 103
- Stop/Reload button (Safari), 142–143
- Storyboard tab (iMovies), 283
- streaming Internet radio, 222–223
- subfolders, 61
- surge protector, 16
- surge suppressor, 22–23, 406
- switch, 197–198
- Sync Library check box, 244
- System Administrator account, 405
- System Information, running, 363
- System Preferences
- Apple ID, 102–104
- changes to, 360
- Desktop & Screen Saver pane, 92–93
- Displays pane, 90–91
- Dock and Menu Bar pane, 98–99
- Energy Saver pane, 97
- General pane, 95–97
- launching, 86
- migrating to new iMac, 30
- Mission Control preferences, 93–94
- Notifications and Focus preferences, 104–105
- overview, 86–88
- Printers & Scanners pane, 211
- Screen Time pane, 240
- searching for controls, 89
- Sharing pane, 100–101
- special setting, 88–89
- Spotlight, 89
- Time Machine pane, 101–102
T
- Tab bar (Safari), 138
- tabbed browsing, 151–152
- tab groups, 152
- tables (Pages), 312–313
- Tab Overview, 151
- tagging face, 253–254
- tags, 82
- Tap to Click check box, 41
- terabyte, 14
- text (Pages)
- box, 310
- cutting/copying/pasting, 311
- editing, 310
- entering, 310
- formatting, 311–312
- Theme Picker button (Photos), 262
- Three Finger Drag check box, 41
- three-key shortcuts, 59
- Thunderbolt 2, 372
- Thunderbolt 3, 13, 372
- Thunderbolt cable, 31, 197
- Timeline (GarageBand), 287
- Time Machine, 31, 383, 385–388
- Time Machine pane, 101–102
- Time/Tempo display (GarageBand), 287–288
- title bar, 48
- Toast 19 Titanium, 385
- toolbars
- Touch ID keyboard, 9
- trackers, 155
- tracking speed, adjusting, 41
- Track list (GarageBand), 286
- trackpad, 9
- Trackpad pane, 40–41
- tracks (GarageBand)
- adding, 289–291
- address, 290
- Arrangement, 296–297
- changing volume or balance of, 296
- defined, 286
- deleting, 289
- muting, 296
- tweaking settings for, 297–298
- Trailer pane (iMovie), 282
- trailers, 266, 281–283
- transitions, 279–280
- Transit mode (Maps app), 128
- Translation feature (Safari), 147–148
- Trash
- ejecting removable devices, 68
- emptying, 72, 380
- overview, 71
- rescuing items from, 72
- sending items to, 72
- troubleshooting, 361
- troubleshooting
- Apple Service Providers, 364
- check your Internet and network connections, 361
- check your login items, 362
- check your Trash, 361
- disk repair, 358–359
- Disk Utility, 356–359, 360
- iMac Troubleshooting Tree, 359–363
- investigate recent changes, 360
- macOS Help Center, 364
- myths about, 352
- online help, 364
- overview, 351
- rebooting, 353–354
- running System information, 363
- start-up keys, 355–356
- step-by-step, 352–363
- using Safe mode, 355
- viruses, 361–362
- TWAIN device standard, 211
U
- uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 16, 22–23, 353, 406
- Universal Clipboard, 163
- “universal” serial numbers, 405
- UNIX, 39
- unpacking your iMac, 17–18
- updating macOS, 360, 391
- upgrading
- internal drive, 371–374
- memory, 366–370
- out-of-date utility programs, 404
- overview, 365
- USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables, 159, 208, 237, 249, 288, 373
- USB ports, 13, 207–208, 237, 292
- USB 3.0 connections, 13, 23, 372
- USB-C ports, 13
- USB flash drives, 23
- USB joystick, 374
- USB printers
- compatibility, 208
- connections, 208
- downloading software, 210
- installing software, 208–209
- installing without software, 209–210
- USB scanners, 211–212
- user accounts
- account name, 171
- adding, 169–170
- Admin (administrator), 169
- changing login settings, 182–183
- defined, 168
- deleting, 174–175
- guest, 175–176
- managing access settings, 177–180
- migrating to new iMac, 30
- modifying, 172–174
- standard, 169–170
- Users & Groups pane, 170, 172, 174, 175–176, 180, 183
V
- VESA mounting adapter, 11
- video
- adding to iMovie, 276
- cropping, 278
- editing, 278–279
- marking, 276–277
- pulling in, 270–271
- removing from movie, 277
- reordering, 277
- rotating, 278
- trimming, 279
- watching with TV, 241–242
- video cards, 15
- video controllers, 375
- Viewer (iMovie), 268
- View/Hide Loop Browser button (GarageBand), 287
- View/Hide Media Browser button (GarageBand), 287
- Vimeo, 284
- viruses, 361–362
- visual bookends, 279
- Visual Equalizer window, 298
- visualizer, 239
- voiceover narration, 274–275
- Volume slider (GarageBand), 287–288
- Volume Up/Volume Down key, 57
W
- warranty, 373, 406
- WAV files, 222
- web pages
- muting audio, 152
- printing, 153–154
- reminder, 120
- sharing, 143–144
- Website Preferences button (Safari), 143
- websites
- adding to the Dock, 68
- Apple, 75
- Apple Service Providers, 364
- CDW, 367
- Contour Design, 375
- cookies, 154–155
- Crucial, 367
- For Dummies, 75
- MacMall, 367
- Macworld, 75
- M-Audio, 375
- Newegg, 367
- online help, 364
- Piriform, 382
- Prosoft Engineering, 404
- Roxio, 385
- Small Dog Electronics, 367
- visiting, 139–141
- web surfing, 21, 137, 141–144
- When Switching to an Application check box, 93
- widescreen aspect ratio, 9
- windows
- applications, 38–39
- closing, 49
- Column view, 46
- List view, 46
- minimizing and restoring, 47–48
- Monterey, 38–39
- moving and zooming windows, 48
- only one active at once, 50
- scrolling in and resizing, 48
- Windows, switching from, 31–32
- Windows Migration Assistant, 31
- wired networks
- advantages of, 189–190
- connecting to, 197
- grafting wireless access to, 190
- hardware, 197–198
- security, 190
- speed, 189
- wireless Ethernet, 14
- wireless networks
- advantage of, 190
- base stations, 192–194
- closed, 195
- connecting iMac to, 192
- convenience, 190
- Internet routers, 191–192
- joining, 194–196
- using iMac as sharing device, 191
- Word documents, opening in Pages app, 308
- workflows, 389
- wrist rest, 23
Z
- Zoom button (Safari), 142
- Zoom feature, 48
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