{"product_id":"9781457196454","title":"El Capitan: A Take Control Crash Course","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAscend El Capitan with Mac expert Scholle McFarland!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpdated November 24, 2015\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this crash course about OS X 10.11 El Capitan, former Macworld editor Scholle McFarland helps you discover and master changes in the Finder as well as in Apple's Notes, Safari, and Messages apps. The book's browsable layout makes it easy for you to find the information that you care about the most as you learn how to set up notifications sensibly, do more (or less) with your Dock, invoke Mission Control and set up a Split View, take phone calls on your Mac, locate all manner of things with Spotlight search, work fluidly between Apple devices with Handoff and AirDrop, dictate to your Mac -- and even tell it what to do -- plus lots more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholle closes with two under-the-hood topics, setting up a user account (for a child, guest, or troubleshooting) and essential troubleshooting techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you want to browse for a few tips or go deep, you'll learn about...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour techniques for invoking Mission Control, with its new Spaces Bar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe new Split View, which puts two apps side-by-side in an elegant way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow pinned tabs in Safari work differently -- and in some cases better -- than bookmarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe keyboard shortcut for auto-filling your personal information into a Safari form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding the new checkbox for auto-hiding the menu bar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow you can delete a file without emptying the entire Trash (finally!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat to do if you can't stand OS X's translucent menu bars and windows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to keep your Spotlight searches private\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe necessary settings for Handoff to work between devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting up the Mac's Notification Center so it's useful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing the Attachment Browser in El Capitan's new Notes app\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeciding whether to use plain or enhanced dictation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking your Mac announce incoming alert notifications with a custom voice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting up smart folders that bring tagged files into view easily\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential tips for decreasing Finder window overload with tabs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany picky details about AirDrop file transfer -- and ideas for alternatives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting up an account for a child with parental controls and age-based limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat to do if your Mac won't turn on, if you get the spinning beachball of death, or if you need to repair your disk -- and how to easily find out if your Mac still has AppleCare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of our Crash Course series, this book will provide the first-rate content you expect from us in short chunks so you can dip in and read quickly. Because so many Take Control readers give tech support to others, each concise chapter has sharing buttons and practical tweet-tips, making it easy to share a few pages with Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and others who really need the information. Crash Courses have a modern, magazine-like layout in PDF while retaining a reflowable design in the EPUB and Mobipocket versions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TidBITS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140867506416,"sku":"9781457196454","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781457196454_p0.jpg?v=1763861340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781457196454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}