Macos Catalina Basics

Learn How to Use Your Mac

What you’ll learn
The basics of using macOS Catalina
Requirements
You should be using a Mac computer running macOS Catalina
Description
Learn the ins and outs of using macOS Catalina, the latest operating system for your Mac. This course includes more than 40 video tutorials and more than 4 hours of video instruction. It begins by showing you the basics of the desktop and then goes into detail about using the Finder, Safari and Mail. This course includes lots of tips, tricks and techniques.Each tutorial clearly presents a topic and shows you how to use macOS Catalina. You can watch while trying out techniques for yourself. Presented by the host of the MacMost video podcast, the creator of hundreds of online video tutorials and the author of books on the Mac and iPad.macOS Catalina Basics is brought to you by MacMost. The MacMost website contains hundreds of free video tutorials, but the ones in this course are unique to the course and give a deeper look at Catalina.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What’s New in macOS Catalina

Lecture 3 Switching From Windows

Section 2: Mac Basics

Lecture 4 A Tour of Your Mac

Lecture 5 The Menu Bar

Lecture 6 Launching, Quitting and Switching Apps

Lecture 7 Working With Windows

Lecture 8 Mission Control

Section 3: Files and Folders

Lecture 9 Finder Window Views

Lecture 10 Working With Files and Folders

Lecture 11 File and Folder Organization

Lecture 12 The Desktop

Lecture 13 iCloud Drive Basics

Lecture 14 Searching For Files

Lecture 15 Smart Folders and Tags

Section 4: Apps and Documents

Lecture 16 Customizing the Dock

Lecture 17 Creating, Saving and Opening Documents

Lecture 18 Installing Apps and the App Store

Lecture 19 Uninstalling Apps

Lecture 20 Media Apps Replacing iTunes

Section 5: Browsing the Web With Safari

Lecture 21 Safari Basics

Lecture 22 Bookmarks and History

Lecture 23 Safari Reader and Reading List

Lecture 24 Safari Password Management

Section 6: Sending and Receiving Email and Messages

Lecture 25 Setting Up Mail

Lecture 26 Reading and Organizing Mail

Lecture 27 Composing Mail

Lecture 28 Using Messages

Section 7: Organization and Productivity Apps

Lecture 29 Contacts

Lecture 30 Calendar

Lecture 31 Reminders

Lecture 32 Notes

Lecture 33 Siri

Section 8: Customizing Your Mac

Lecture 34 System Preferences Tour

Lecture 35 Desktop Backgrounds, Screensaver and Dark Mode

Lecture 36 Notification Center

Lecture 37 System and Software Information

Lecture 38 User Accounts and the Guest User

Section 9: Mastering Mac Techniques

Lecture 39 File Sharing

Lecture 40 Optimizing Storage

Lecture 41 Backing Up With Time Machine

Lecture 42 Spotlight

Lecture 43 Typing Special Characters

Lecture 44 Customizing Toolbars

Lecture 45 Getting Help

Those new to macOS,Those looking to refresh their macOS skills,Beginner Mac users who have just upgraded to Catalina