Take Control Of Solving Mac Problems
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Take Control of Solving Mac Problems
Maintain, troubleshoot, and speed up your Mac! Version 1.1, published January 7, 2025 Macs are generally quite reliable computers, but things still can and do go wrong. When you encounter an error message, an ornery app, or other unwanted behavior, don't panic. Take a deep breath and turn to the expert advice in Take Control of Solving Mac Problems. This book—which replaces, updates, and extends Joe's earlier books Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, and Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac—is a complete guide to both preventing and solving Mac problems. You'll learn how to think like a technician, use powerful tools and techniques, and cope with surprises. The book covers three distinct areas. Maintain Your Mac Perform preventive maintenance steps that will reduce the likelihood of problems—and make it easier to recover if something does go wrong: • Make sure macOS and other software is up to date. • Free up disk space and reduce clutter. • Learn about backups, creating a troubleshooting account, and other measures to take before disaster strikes. • Explore third-party maintenance apps that may simplify common operations. • Follow a simple, ongoing maintenance routine. Troubleshoot Mac Problems The heart of the book is about diagnosing problems and finding solutions: • Learn 14 useful troubleshooting techniques that you can apply to a wide range of issues. • Find ready-to-use solutions to 25 common Mac problems. • Discover how to approach novel or unusual problems without obvious remedies. • Understand the best (and worst) ways to search for help online. • Figure out when it's time to seek professional help, and where to find it. Speed Up a Slow Mac Learn what to do if individual apps bog down or your entire system seems sluggish: • Find out what to do if web browsing is unusually slow. • Get to know Activity Monitor to find out what's going on under your Mac's hood. • Learn ways to reduce CPU and RAM usage. • Find memory leaks and tame background processes. • Determine your options for hardware upgrades when software fixes aren't enough. That's just a taste of the extensive material in this detailed, 189-page book. It's designed for Macs running macOS 11 Big Sur or later, including macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 14 Sonoma, and macOS 15 Sequoia. The following Mac models are at least capable of running a supported version of macOS: • iMac (mid 2014 or later) • iMac Pro • Mac mini (late 2014 or later) • Mac Pro (late 2013 or later) • Mac Studio • MacBook (2015) • MacBook Air (2013 or later) • MacBook Pro (late 2013 or later) In other words, any Mac released in 2014 or later, plus the 2013 models of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro.
Take Control of Sequoia
Get up to speed quickly with macOS 15! Version 1.2, updated April 29, 2025 macOS 15 Sequoia is one of Apple's most ambitious updates in years. Along with the usual range of new features, it introduces Apple Intelligence, which permeates many parts of the system and fundamentally changes the sorts of things you can do with your Mac and how you do them. This book is your complete guide to what's new in Sequoia. Sequoia adds a great many features to macOS, although some of them didn't appear until later releases. This book, now up to date through version 15.4.1, covers all the changes so far. You'll learn about Apple Intelligence capabilities, new window tiling features, iPhone mirroring, videoconferencing tools, the much-discussed Passwords app, how Siri is becoming more powerful, new ways of formatting messages in the Messages app, additional features in Notes, among other changes. Joe also walks you carefully through the upgrade process from earlier versions of macOS. This book teaches you things like: • How to tell whether your Mac is compatible with Sequoia • Steps you should take before upgrading • How to perform an in-place upgrade—or do a clean install and migrate your old data from a backup • What's new in the System Settings app • Using new Safari 18 features, such as page highlights, a redesigned Reader view, a tool to remove distracting page elements, and a new video viewer • What Apple Intelligence can do so far (including Siri changes, ChatGPT integration, writing tools, and image generation) • The many ways you can now tile your windows, and how to turn off the annoying bits • What the new Passwords app can and can't do (and why it probably won't replace your current password manager) • Using the new iPhone Mirroring app to interact with your iPhone right on your Mac's screen • How to enhance video calls (using apps like FaceTime, Zoom, or Slack) with background replacement and better screen sharing controls • Ways to format text and add animations in Messages, plus smart replies, scheduled replies, and emoji or sticker tapbacks • New ways to use Notes, including new text formatting options, transcription of live audio, collapsible sections, and text highlighting • How to use Math Notes for calculations without a calculator or spreadsheet (and not just in the Notes app) • Small but interesting changes throughout macOS, such as accessibility improvements and new capabilities for AirPods • Improvements to bundled apps, including Calculator, Calendar, Finder, Freeform, Home, Mail, Maps, Music, Photos, Podcasts, Reminders, TV, and Weather
Take Control of Apple Mail, 6th Edition
Master Mail for Mac, iPhone, and iPad! Version 6.2.2, updated June 8, 2025 Use Apple Mail more effectively! Email expert Joe Kissell explains what's new with Mail for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and how to best set up your Gmail, iCloud, IMAP, and Exchange accounts. He then shows you how to take Mail to the next level with plugins and automation, manage your incoming email, customize Mail, and solve common problems. Take Control of Apple Mail is your complete guide to Apple's Mail app. In this book, Joe explains core concepts like special IMAP mailboxes and email archiving, reveals Mail's hidden interface elements and gestures, and helps with common tasks like addressing and adding attachments. He also offers tips on customizing Mail, including a nifty chapter on how plugins and automation can dramatically improve the way you use Mail. Joe also covers finding that message in the haystack with Mail's natural-language search, improving the messages you send, how digital signatures and encryption work in Mail, and—perhaps most important—an award-winning strategy for avoiding email overload. You’ll quickly find the information that’s most important to you, including: • Key changes in Mail for Sequoia, Sonoma, iOS 18/iPadOS 18, and iOS 17/iPadOS 17, such as Mail Categories, Priority Messages, Message and Thread Summaries, Smart Replies, and Apple Intelligence Writing Tools • How to take advantage of the Mail privacy features Mail Privacy Protection and Hide My Email • Getting through your email faster with gestures • Using advanced search techniques to find filed messages • Using third-party add-ons to significantly enhance how you use Mail • The whys and hows of sending attachments • Defeating spam with the Junk Mail filter—and what to do if you need more firepower • Understanding special mailboxes like Sent, Drafts, and Junk • Taking charge of email organization with rules and other measures • Backing up and restoring email • Importing email from other apps, older versions of Mail, or another Mac • Deciding whether you should encrypt your email, along with detailed, real-world steps for signing and encrypting messages • Taking Mail to the next level with AppleScript and Automator • Key skills for using Mail for iPhone and iPad, such as working with incoming and outgoing messages, using attachments, and configuring accounts • Fixing problems: receiving, sending, logging in, bad mailboxes, and more Although this book primarily covers Mail in macOS 10.14 Mojave through macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18/iPadOS 18, and iOS 17/iPadOS 17, the majority of it is also applicable to earlier versions.