The Mac Book Vol 12 RE 2015 UK

3% FREE Leet APPS ¥ ist OVER Leet M&c Book The ultimate CDC Mac users - Set up your Mac - 100% independent - Solve common problems With every new Mac model, Apple continues to demonstrate that computers can be beautiful both inside and out. The company’s determined focus on design and functionality brings us to the sleek machines we know and love today, Luckily, there is amodel for everyone, whether it's the extremely portable MacBook Air or the powerhouse of processing that is the Mac Pro. At the heart of each is OS X, most recently updated for El Capitan, which our new edition of The Mac Book will help you navigate. We cover ll the standard OS X apps and guide you through the process of customising your user experience. Next, earn about the features that will shape your computing in the future with iMovie, Keynote and more. Then discover how to enhance your Mac experience with programs such as Final Cut and Logic Pro. 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Mac © 2015 Apple Inc ‘The Mac Book Volume 12 Revised Edition © 2015 Imagine Publishing Ltd Part of the iCreate bookazine series Contéerits a the power of the new El Capitan OS 18 Discover the hidden Apple Loops Utility 20 Set up widgets in Notification Centre 22 Customise Notification Centre 24 Explore the Get Info Panel 25 Use Calendar’s smart suggestions 26 Create a custom user account 28 Inspect HTML on web pages 30 Save credit cards with Safari 32 Set up Instant Hotspot on Mac 33 Use the Current app for Facebook 34 View conversation details in Messages 6 The Mac Book 36 Set up SMS Relay in Messages 38 Sign documents in Mail 39 Skip between different devices 40 Share purchases with Family Sharing 42 Discover Spotlight’s new features 44 Add privacy settings to Spotlight 46 Airdrop files between devices t creative on your Mac 50 Photos made easy 58 Create a synth track in GarageBand 60 Mix tracks like a pro in GarageBand 62 Create a custom pedalboard 64 Use the Score Editor in GarageBand 66 Master feedback and noise protection 67 Get shooting advice from place holders 68 Import and edit GoPro clips in iMovie 70 Master iMovie's editing timeline 72 Speed up or slow down clips in iMovie 74 Master the classic Ken Burns effect 76 Add blockbuster FX to your movies 78 Enhance your movie with a soundtrack 80 Apply filter effects to your photos 82 Move your iPhoto library to Photos Remove blemishes in Photos 5 Explore the editing options in Photos 38 Create your own photo book Turn your pictures into glossy prints Design an amazing slideshow in Photos 4 Create stunning black-and-white photos Track Changes and Comments in Pages Create a bespoke invitation Build an interactive chart in Pages Share ideas and feedback in Pages Design your own business cards Create and save a custom template Learn how to visualise data in Numbers Create amazing charts Use formulas in Numbers Insert your own media into spreadsheets Discover Keynote’s new features Set up Multipeer Connectivity Dazzle with cinema quality animations Punch up data with charts Design your own theme in Keynote Build a website with apps Replace dodgy drum kit sounds in Logic Pro Use Quick Swipe Comping in Logic Use Logic’s Speed Up, Slow Down FX Create an amazing digital double with Final Cut Pro X Create a time-lapse sequence Add multiple moves to static footage Lock down your Mac with 1Password Map any Mac disk with Disk Map Free up vital disk space with DaisyDisk Access your Mac remotely 56 100 Essential Mac apps Find answers to FAQs The Mac Book 7 @ iMac Ifyou own an iMac from mid 2007 or newer, then you're in luck. El Capitan will run on your machine, even ifit is eight years old @ MacBook Pro It’s good news too for anyone with a MacBook Pro from mid/late 2007. As long as you have 2GB of RAM to run the OS TOMO OSRABOSREZATO®®” BE MASTER OS X EL CAPITAN 32 exciting reasons why you need to update today Announced at this year’s WWDC conference, OS X El Capitan is the latest iteration of Apple’s Mac Operating system. As one of the most popular rock formations in the Yosemite National Park, El Capitan symbolises refinement rather than revolution to your Mac. It follows the OS X naming convention that can be seen in the updates from Leopard to Snow Leopard and Lion to Mountain Lion. And just like those new versions, there are no sweeping changes. OS X 8 The Mac Book Yosemite bought a radical, iOS-style makeover and a swathe of new features like ‘Cloud Drive, Handoff and Continuity. E] Capitan builds on Yosemite's foundations, bringing under-the-hood improvements that make your Mac even more joyful to use. That's not to say that there aren't some great new features; we've been hands-on with El Capitan for two months now, and we're mightily impressed. Apps like Notes, Mission Control and Spotlight have been reworked to boost the user experience. Safari and Mail have also gained new features that, when mastered, you'll wonder how you ever lived without. Photos has gained support for third-party extensions, giving users more choice for getting perfect images. In this guide we list 32 reasons why you should be excited about your Mac's new operating system. Check out the annotations above to confirm your Mac's compatibility, and then get ready to discover everything there is to know about the next generation of OS X. @ MacBook late 2008 you'll be fine. Otherwise, a white or": + @ MacBook Air Any MacBook Air from late 2008 or newer has all the tools needed to run El Capitan and experience every new feature in full If your MacBook is the aluminium version from unibody MacBook unit from early 2009 isneeded new font Just 12 months on from Helvetica Neue, OS X has another new system-wide font, San Francisco is similar to Helvetica, and can also be spotted in watchOS 2and iOS 9 too. @ Mac Pro and Xserve They might not be the most popular devices, but a Mac Pro from early 2008 or newer is compatible, asis an early 2009 Xserve @ Mac mini ‘A Mac mini from early 2009 or newer will run 5 10.11. Make sure you're already running OS X *——— snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later What's new in El Capitan? Quick cursor finder Wiggle your mouse or finger and your Mac's cursor will get larger and easier to find. Mute Safari tabs You can easily mute a single tab or every tab in Safari from the new Mute menu, AirPlay web videos Compatible web videos in Safari can now be sent straight to. Apple TV via AirPlay. Full-screen apps easily Drag an app's window next to a desktop in Mission Control to immediately make it full screen. Preview links in Mail Hover over a website link in Mail for an option to preview the site without loading Safari kh ®) Cal |S ® |@ ‘a Find photos easily with Spotlight Search Spotlight for ‘Photos | took in New York’ and it'll dig them out instantly. Find My Friends widget There's now a Find My Friends widget available for Notification Centre to save loading the app. Sports schedules See the upcoming fixtures for your favourite football team simply by searching for them in Spotlight. Add everything to Notes. Well... not quite everything. But PDFs, videos, images, websites and audio can all be added. Move and resize Spotlight Spotlight doesn’t have to stay centred any longer. You can move it and re-size it easily. The Mac Book 9 Set up Split View Sort out your first Split View in under 60 seconds There are two ways to set up Split View in El Capitan — from Mission Control and from the windows of apps themselves. This quick guide covers the latter method, The key is in that recently refactored green full screen button. Here’s how you should go about it rr) 1: Open your apps In order to use Split View, you'll need at least two compatible apps open in a single desktop. In other words, don't expect every third-party app to work straight away. 2: Go for green In the first app you'd like to see in Split View, click and hold on the green full screen button in the top-left of the window until half your screen turns blue. 3: Drag, drop and click Drag your mouse left or right to choose which side of Split View your app will occupy, then click on the other app you'd like to use on the opposite side. 10 The Mac Book 2 Split View Manage your windows and multitask with ease require a fe clicks, while arching While window management apps have been around in OS X for along time, Split View has taken the best of what the third parties had to offer and simplified things significantly. Power u might stil prefer to head to the App Store, but Boost producgivity i in OS X There's more than on @ Aneven split? Apps in Split View don't have to occupy equal spaces. A 50/50 split is default, but you can dlick and drag on the gap between the apps to multitask in El Capitan... @ Breaking up the apps With Mission Control open, you can easily remove apps from Split View by hovering over their space and clicking on the icon that appears in the top- change this as you please left comer. They'll appear back on the desktop @ Splitting up is a drag Ifan app you want to use in Split View is in full- screen mode, fire up Mission Control and drag your second app’s window into the full screen app's space. It’s that easy! @ A space for every split Apps set up in Split View appear as their ‘own spaces in El Capitan and are named appropriately (App 1 & App 2), so they're easily found in Mission Control What's new Videos, weather, stocks and sports scores now all feature in the OS X essential Going off-centre Click and drag inside the top of Spotlight’s search box and you'll now be able to position it anywhere on your desktop. Don't worry, though, there are also guides that help you snap it back into the centre feittpeis, Make way for video Among Spotlight’s increasing set of search F (4) results, you may start seeing online videos, Drag it out as Apple now counts the likes of YouTube q Spotlight search results can and Vimeo as search results sources. They'll take ~ now be lengthened so you can see more of the list at once. Simply click and drag on the top or bottom edge to see more without the need to scroll © Mission Control See apps in one place with an improved — you to the video in Safari Mission Control = Mission Control might have been around since 2003, when it was a __ Eg launched with OS 10.3 Panther as Exposé, but that hasn't stopped Apple from refining it in El Capitan. Where Yosemite grouped windows from the same app together in Mission Control, El Capitan keeps them separate. It's a simple change, but one that makes it far easier to find what youre looking for if you've got multiple windows open. To make room for showing more windows, Apple has had to make a number of compromises. For a start, when there are lots of windows to display, placing them separately means they'll show up smaller. El Capitan also drops the icons that used to appear underneath windows, replacing them with the app name that appears when you hover your mouse over them. Those small sacrifices make way for a much improved feature, though. El Capitan's Mission Control shows every window in full You can drag windows into their own, full screen spaces and feels far cleaner asa result with ease in the new Mission Control Is that rain? rs) Along with stocks, sports scores and Natural language processing Spotlight now supports natural language processing (NLP), meaning you can type things like ‘PDFs | edited last Tuesday’ and get the right results for your query. schedules, Spotlight now shows weather information for anywhere you search for. IF you're using iOS, the results will look pretty familiar, too, with hourly and weekly results on display The end of Dashboard? El Capitan turns off Dashboard by default; here’s how to get it back With Dashboard recently celebrating its tenth birthday (it was introduced in 2005 with OS X 10.4 Tigen), it looks like Apple might be putting it into retirement. By default, Dashboard is turned off in El Capitan. To re-enable it, head to System Preferences>Mission Control The Mac Book 11 The things that Apple didn't tell you During its keynotes, Apple rightly focuses on the show-stopping new features. But we've been delving deep into OS x to discover some hidden features that Apple didn't tell us about. Here’s what we found. Hide the menu bar In El Capitan you can hide and unhide the menu bar, just like you can with the Dock. Go to System Preferences>General and tick ‘Automatically hide and show the menu bar’. Now hover over it to see it. Redesigned Disk Utility Taking design cues from Yosemite, Disk Utility has been redesigned to make it more user friendly. You'll find a simple to understand user interface and flat, bright colours. Two-Factor Authentication Two-step verification has been replaced by an entirely revamped two-factor authentication system, which uses a new way of ‘trusting’ devices and does away with recovery keys. Head to your Apple ID account to set it up. 12 The Mac Book Mail Better manage your email with Mail's latest upgrades If there's one OS X essential that’s seen the most competition from third-party apps in the last year, it’s ——= Mail. Whether it’s Dropbox’s Mailbox, Google's Sparrow (which is no longer in development, but still a good alternative) or App Store favourite Airmail, there are plenty of alternatives to Apple's email client. El Capitan’s upgrades to what is often OS X's most criticised app really do help it keep up with the competition. From Mailbox-style swiping to trash and mark messages as read, to events and contacts picked out automatically by the app, there's plenty to keep Mail up there with some of the best third-party apps. Whether youre a die-hard Mail fan or you ditched it for an alternative, read on to find out what's new. New features in Mail Tab between drafts In full-screen mode, different drafts are grouped together as tabs in the same compose window. It's useful when sending different emails about the same subject. Save time with swipes Use two fingers and swipe a message to the right to mark it as read (or unread), swipe it to the right to Trash it. It's a giant time-saver on the road to inbox zero. One-click events and contacts Mail now looks out for new contacts that send you emails and references to dates, times and locations in your messages so you can add then to Contacts and Calendar in one click To the inbox and back If you're composing a draft email in full screen (15) view, clicking outside of the compose window will slide it down to the bottom of the screen so you can return to your inbox. B iN otes Store just about anything useful in pa Notes & the new Notes iCloud leW features in Notes = Notes, iCloud and ios 9 From the Share menu in Safari, you can send any website to Notes as a small - the perfect partnership preview card. The same applies tolocations MULLS oo esp Molt eee ee Wheceetachenn = in Maps and items from a number of other apps Boerne Sincc The attachments button in the I @) sey ios ee a satin top menu will show you an Mac with iCloud means overview ofall the attachments you've added to Notes in one place. it’s _ anything you add to Notes will a great way to get an overview without be synced across all of them. That searching too hard me ~ extends right down to individual items in checklists, too, so you'll always know where you're at, whether it’s with a shopping list or a larger project. You'll need to be running iOS 9 to take full advantage of all the latest features of Notes in El Aquick preview Capitan, though. ‘Add an image into any of your notes, and you'll see a small preview next to a note’s title in the list view. It’s a great way to quickly scan for a particular note eet ORES b I Ifyou accidentally delete a fa note and need to recover Checking it out at it, all is not lost! In fact, By clicking on the tick icon in the top menu, ‘ it's likely sitting in the j you can turn any list into a checklist. While Recently Deleted y there is a Reminders app, Checklists in notes folder. y can make alot more sense Pinned tabs Mute all tabs AirPlay to Apple TV Pinned tabs are housed in the far left of Safari has gained a new Mute All Tabs In El Capitan you can AirPlay a video the tab bar, keeping frequently visited button, which you'll see to the right of from Safari to Apple TV without sharing websites in easy reach. These sites refresh inthe the address bar when a video is playing- great your whole desktop. Compatible videos will background to ensure they are always up todate _ for anyone who often has a large number of display an AirPlay icon that will stream to Apple when you need them. tabs open at once. TV automatically. Use third-party extensions in =. Maps @ New Transit tab gives you access to directions on Photos public transport Fans of Aperture have bemoaned Step-by-step | Get public transport directions the lack of advanced editing options inside Photos, but that could all change : in El Capitan with the introduction of third- — party extensions that give you extra editing power from your favourite apps inside the Photos interface. 1: New option When you open Maps, you have a new menu option in the top-tight comer. Hit the Transit tab and Maps automatically changes to a public transport overview. 1: Activate Head to System Preferences> Extensions to 2: Directions When you enter your Start and End points under the Directions tab, and have Transit selected, the options provided all include public transport selections see which of your apps are available as an editing extension in Photos. Check the box next to the apps you want to use. = 2: Editing Now when you open up the Edit suite you'll see anew Extensions option at the bottom. Click on it and then again on the app extension you'd like to use. 3: Extra details To get step-by-step directions, just click on the Details button. Your journey is then laid out in steps for you. Click More to see steps that need you to walk. 4: Availability Transit mode is currently limited to a select few cities, including London, Berlin, New York, Toronto, Mexico City and a host of cities in Apple's next stranglehold, China. New pricing tiers give you more space Apple announced a new iCloud pricing structure to coincide with the launch of its two new operating systems. You still get just 5GB of free storage — not a lot when you take into consideration iCloud Photo Library and your iOS device backups — but every tier has been given a dramatic price drop. Any monthly plan purchased before September 16 2015 was automatically upgraded Check out the table below for the new prices. 3: What else is new? The Faces feature has been streamlined, § and there are new tools for adding locations to single images or complete = | 5GB Moments. You can now search images § z 50GB £0.79/$0.99 20068 178 £2.49/$2.99 £6.99/$19.99 in albums by date, title and more. 14 The Mac Book Apps will get even better Innovative programming language makes app announced at this year’s OS X, iOS and watchOS. It’s now availability checking and lots of \ . Swift code to implement new mucn improve cae developer's hand. So what does this 2 better and better. “= performance in games, high-performance apps and key system-level rendering is up to 50 per cent quicker and 40 per cent more efficient. This is 0 see much of the beach Metal improves draw call performance and sets new levels of realism. OS X El Capitan colours. creation more democratic Swift 2, Apple's soon-to- be open-source programming language WWODG is packed with features that produce safe, fast applications for “ ~t easier to write better code, ae. including advanced error handling, enhancements to syntax. Because Swift is compatible with Objective-C, developers can use becomes open source, full creative New graphics technology eases the load on your Mac contro! will be back in the ]—™") With El Capitan, Apple has brought Metal, its new graphics core mean for the average Mac user? t\__ technology, to the Mac. Asa result OS X users will enjoy more fluid Mill your apps at bound to gee graphics operations. Metal gives games and apps almost direct access to your Mac's graphics processor to enhance performance. System-wide graphics because Metal lets the main processor and graphics processor work in harmony. which igredesigned It works brilliantly in high-powered apps, and more prominently in games, where flatter and brighter is about making subtle tweaks in the background that help make the user experience even better. @ £1 Capitan is quicker than Yosemite You might not notice many of the changes to El Capitan straight-away, but the under- the-hood improvements that have been made will make your Mac, however old it may be, feel faster and much more responsive. The Mac Book 15 20 22 24 25 26 28 30 32 “The Notification Centre provides a space to view new iMessages, Discover the Apple Loops Utility Set up widgets in Notification Centre Customise Notification Centre Explore the Get Info panel Use Calendar's smart suggestions Create a custom user account Inspect HTML on web pages Save credit cards with Safari Set up Instant Hotspot on Mac 34 36 38 39 40 42 44 48 Use the Current app for Facebook View conversation details Set up SMS Relay in Messages Sign documents in Mail Skip between different devices i Share purchases with Family Sharing Discover Spotlight’s new features Add privacy settings to Spotlight AirDrop files between devices emails and appointments” Set up widgets 16 The Mac Book Farmly Sraring Explore Get Info Add events to Calendar Create a custom signature The Mac Book 17 @ Transients tab lick here to view the waveform Knowledge base ° : itself and make edits to the defined - "> transients. These are the audio peaks Why an Apple Loop? that define beat detection based on the Transient Division selected above. Apple The Apple Loops Utility is ease cited Loops Utility detects these automatically essentially a conversion and cataloguing companion app for making music on OS X. Exported loops, once saved in Apple Loop (.AIFF) format, can be added to libraries searchable by GarageBand and also Logic. The benefit of this is @ Assets Drawer that genuine Apple Loops ‘ This section is known as the Assets Drawer can then betime-stretched ; and is shown by default. It ists each file and manipulated more = currently open within the app, complete with effectively by both apps, Add File (+) and Remove File () buttons and offering far more flexibility column for indicating changes than a typical audio file —s = = @ Search Tags and Descriptors The most relevant Search Tags are Genre and Instrument, which are useful for Loop library searches in GarageBand or Logic. Equally important are the Descriptors @ Property Tags These first few fields in the main window are important for defining if the audio is non-looping or looping. You can then buttons, which define keywords edit number of beats, key, scale, time and for additional Loop Library filtering authoring information within those apps Discover the hidden Apple Loops Utility Familiarise yourself with OS X’s handy helper for creating and cataloguing Apple Loops Apple Loops Utility is a legacy app for OS X that exports audio snippets in Apple Loop (AIFF) format. Some users may know it as a ‘hidden’ app, so-called because previously it resided within the Applications>Utilities folder as a companion to music apps such as GarageBand. El Capitan users can still download the app via apple. co/1K8zWup and a free Apple Developer account (requires Apple ID). Once saved in AIFF format, loops can be added to libraries used by GarageBand and also Logic. What's more, Apple Loops Utility lets you add tagging and metadata to these loops for effective searching. We will not only reveal the ‘hidden’ Apple Loops Utility here, but identify key features to saving a new loop. 18 The Mac Book Apple Loops Utility | Make the most of Apple Loops Utility A ur Nid r yo TET 1: Open the app Apple Loops Utilty resides within Applications>Ulities. ifyou don't have it, the app dmg (SDK 3.0.1) must be downloaded from apple.co/IK8zWup. 2: Adding files An Open panel shows on start, so navigate to the file or files you wish to open and click the Open button or simply drag the files into the Assets Drawer to the right. iW Hi eeagy (TY ii a my 4: Properties and Descriptors 5: Tempo and volume Set properties for key, scale and time depending on the instrumentation. Use the various tagging controls toalso set Search Tags and then Library Descriptors as desired, Controls below let you set the key and original tempo of the loop. Use the slider to adjust or type the BPM manually, while the volume slider boosts decibel output. Inside the Transients tab Aside for the Tags tab within the main window, the Transients tab displays the open waveform below a beats ruler. With the audio region defined as ‘Looping’ on the Tags tab, the waveform will have a series of markers overlaid for indicating the transients, or highest amplitude points. These are detected and used within the Apple Loop for Flex Time or Groove Matching etc “The waveform will have a series of markers overlaid for indicatin the transie Transient markers Transients are automatically detected and indicated on the waveform with interval markers. These can be clicked and dragged to preferred positions. When previewing audio, you will notice a playhead on the timeline. 3: Define as looping Each opened file can now have information tagged within the Tag panel. Crucially we'll first set the File Type Property Tag to Looping. 6: Save the loop When happy with all the parameters, you can save the loop. Apple Loops Utility saves in AIFF format and will prompt you whether you wish to edit the new or source file. 2: Division and Sensitivity The Transient Division pop-up ranges from Whole Notes to 1/64 Notes and sets the beat value at which transients are detected. The Sensitivity slider is used to adjust the level for that detection from minimum to maximum. The Mac Book 19 Set up widgets in Notification Centre Extend Notification Centre's functionality through time-saving widgets 4ee2 Mountain Lion operating system and for the past few years it has served as an at-a-glance method of viewing everything that’s going on in your world. One major change in OS X Yosemite 10.10 was the introduction of the Today view, which — just like iOS - gives you a run-down of your day’s events from Calendar entries, Reminders, weather forecast and so on. What's even better is that you can now add a multitude of widgets to your Today view by hitting Edit, for a fully customisable Notification Centre. We're going to guide you through setting up and using third-party widgets to Notification Centre, giving you a time-saving method of checking vital information. Notification Centre was introduced to Macs back in the { 1: Basic setup Access Notification Centre through the three-lines icon in the top-right corner of the menu bar. The basic Today view looks useful but limited ication Centre | Set up widgets 2: Mac App Store 3: Edit tab There are a host of great apps already supporting The Edit button holds the key to powering up the widget feature and you can find a handy list on Notification Centre. Click the option and you're the Mac App Store's Featured page. presented with a new row of compatible widgets. 4: Click the plus To add a widget you simple click on the green plus sign next to the its name. Click Done in the and the widget is instantly added to your Today view. 20 The Mac Book 5: Use a widget 6: Add social accounts Most widgets will require a bit of setting up. Take Some widgets require you to add account details, the World Clock, for example. Hit the ‘i button and —_like the Social widgets added here. Click Add add a face by typing in a place name. Account to get up and running. ®@ Do Not Disturb ®@ Notifications Taking your Mac into an important Don't forget the traditional Notifications meeting? Sleeping with it under the tab, which lists all your unseen pillow? Activate Do Not Disturb, set a time notifications and enables you to respond period for silence and tweak the settings straight from Notification Centre story Maat Wednesday 10" Decembe' wee The end for fe Pe Chat condom wh 2! mh wats «Dashboard? When widgets for Notification Centre announced at WWDt everyone shared the same thought: this is the end for Dashboard, Apple’s home of the simple widget. Well, it still exists but its days are surely numbered. Using a widget in Notification Centre makes a lot of se and is supported by a thriving community of third-party developers. etiieaton Comer vous your sar youre dong. Stow and fade Nettcaton Cart by Ctckng te @ In-depth info Most widgets are expandable and provide B even more information with just a couple of clicks — just like the Weather widget shown here. Time to wrap up warm @ App Store The ultimate place for an essential list of compatible apps can be found via this App Store shortcut in Edit mode under the Today view 7: Time saver 8: Reorder 9: System Preferences Once you've done that, you won't need to use the Notification Centre also enables you to reorder the In Edit mode you get direct access to Notifications’ relevant app or a web browser. Send a Facebook widgets on your Today view. Simply click and drag System Preferences via the cog in the bottom-right. update with all the usual additions from right here. to reorder and banish by hitting the red minus icon. You can customise how you receive notifications. The Mac Book 21 @ System Preferences @ Notifications There's a direct link to System Preferences The Notifications panel is still the bread in Notification Centre, and from there you and butter of Notification Centre for any can tweak individual apps OS X user Goodbye Dashboard Previously, Dashboard was the place in OS X where widgets lived. When Apple announced to developers at WWDC that it was to allow third-party widgets to be used in Notification Centre, everyone presumed that meant the end of the road for good old Dashboard. Well, it still exists, but surely its days are numbered when ®@ Do Not Disturb @ New widgets you consider the thriving You can always get some peace and quiet When you download an app that has a vidget community that by turning off all notifications by simply widget, it will end up in the Item sidebar exists already? activating Do Not Disturb mode ‘over on the right when you hit Edit Customise Notification Centre Edit Notification Centre's Today view for a more personal experience X Mountain Lion and serves as a one-stop, at-a-glance way of viewing everything that’s going on in your world. Accessible by hitting the three-line icon in the very top-right corner of your Mac’s menu bar, Notification Centre provided a useful place to view new iMessages or emails. In truth it was fairly limited, but that all changed in OS X Yosemite with the introduction of the Today view. Now you can see exactly what your day entails, from appointments coming up in your Calendar to the performance of the day’s stocks. And best of all, it's fully customisable with a host of third-party widgets ready to give your Mac a truly personalised Notification Centre, packed with vital information. Let's take a closer look. Spa Centre has been around since its introduction in OS iy 22 The Mac Book Notification Centre | Customise the Today view 1: Standard view Here's the standard Notification Centre view, giving you some basic information. Thankfully you can tweak it by adding third-party widgets from the App Store. o= i= o= E: p= o= @= B= B= B= 2: Mac App Store Hit the Mac App Store shortcut in Notification Centre and you'll be transported to a page full of apps that have compatible widgets, ready for you to download. 3: Edit tab The key to customising Notification Centre is the Edit tab at the bottom-left of the Today View. A new sidebar opens, where your third-party widgets live, 4: Add widget All you need to do to add a widget is to hit the green plus icon next to its title. Then, click Done in the bottom-left to see it added to the Today view. 5: Tweak widget Most widgets will need a bit of tweaking to get them up and running as you wish. The World Clock widget, for example, needs you to add places to it. 6: Using a widget Once you've got it set up, though, you'll find it can save you a lot of time. Here we're posting to our Facebook wall without having to leave Notification Centre. 7: Reorder Notification Centre will automatically add a newly added widget to the top of the Today view, but you can change that by dragging and dropping it around. 8: System Preferences You can tweak Notification Centre even further by heading to System Preferences. Here we'e setting a time when we don't want to be disturbed 9: Individual apps Itis also possible to tweak individual apps, choosing how notifications are displayed, the sounds they make and whereabouts they are shown on screen The Mac Book 23 Explore the Get Info panel Learn how to correctly label your files and much more When attempting to transfer large quantities of files at Here youre able to change a surprising amount of information about said file that you wouldn't normally consider. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through some of the options at your disposal when using this menu. Let's get started. Finder | Edit information in Get Info By Saving 14.ip0 Modi: Thursday, 4 July 2019 12:16 once onto your Mac, you can be forgiven for not correctly labelling them at the time. There's an easy system to fix this = issue afterwards, while also having a plethora of additional options at your disposal through a single menu. By right-clicking on a file and + selecting the Get Info option, a separate panel will appear on screen. Grant and restrict permissions The Get Info panel is an easy way to let contacts have access to specific files and folders stored on your Mac 1: Open the panel a na 8 @ed Home | ia © Orange “© Yellow © Green @Biue = iS © Purple © Gray Snow All wns er Dimensions: $840 «3804 Device make: SONY . Device modet: DSC-AX1 St olor space: AGB 2: Add tags Select any file on your desktop and right-click on it. From the menu that appears, select the Get Info panel. You'll be able to see an overview of the file. Adding tags can make it easier to identify the file in a Documents folder. Select from various colours, or create your own tags at the top of the panel. 1: Select a contact ‘Instructions: 1P20SayzSzWaH@cNEZNOG ‘Keywords: Landscape. Sorina. Sun hese > Name & Extension = = B ¥ Comments: Wet ected im Phots yee 3: Leave comments 4: Set default program The Comment tab is ideal if you need to leave little For images you'll find the default program they notes to yourself. It's a great place to mention if an open in is Preview. Select the Open With option and image needs some editing work done to it. 24 The Mac Book you can change this to Photos or another app Press on the + icon at the bottom of the Get Info panel to add a contact who can access this file. Everyone stored in your address book will appear on a new menu SCT dos aa tence ‘yn Mare 2: Grant permissions Once you've selected a contact, press on the up and down arrow icon next to their name. This will enable you to grant them specific permissions for that file. Use Calendar’s smart suggestions Add events to your calendar easily with smart suggestions Calendar is really smart. Obviously, the app can help you stay organised with events that sync across all your devices through iCloud. You can also add location = information to your events, so each one will contain a map showing you nas exactly where you need to go, and even offer an estimate of your travel ———s time, sending you a notification when you need to leave. Calendar also remembers the events you've created in the past and uses that information to suggest new events you might want to create. These smart suggestions will appear as soon as you start typing out a new event name, so you can click one to add it to your calendar again, then edit it. Let's find out how. a Creating quick events Typea short phrase in normal English and Calendar will work out what you mean and create an event accordingly 1: Quick event 2: Start typing To create a quick event, you don't have to double- Start typing the name of the event that you want click on any day in the calendar - instead, simply to add. As soon as you type the first letter, Calendar click on the + button in the top-left of the toolbar. will suggest options based on previous events. A Type ito Click the + button in Calendar's toolbar and start typing out a phrase like ‘Meeting with Mike at 4pm on Thursday’. The app will start analysing what you type for context. = E 2: Mission accomplished You can see suggestions for your event listed below. Just click the option that is correct and the event will be added to your calendar instantly — it’s as simple as that! 3: Pick a suggestion 4: Edit the options Either use the up and down arrows on the keyboard The event will be added for the next available or your mouse to hover over the event you want to. opportunity - double-click it to edit the time, add, then hit Enter, or click, to add it to the calendar. location and any other details that are different. The Mac Book 25 Removing users @ Users —$—<— Allof the user accounts will be if you want to delete a displayed in this column, with the user account from your current user displayed at the top. Click system then open up the ona user to view their various options Users & Groups pane in and privileges, such as parental System Preferences, click controls and passwords on the user that you wish toremove in the left-hand column and then click on the’~' symbol at the bottom of the column. A prompt will appear asking ifyou'te sure, so click ‘Delete User’. @ Login Options Click on the Login Options icon in order to view and set various general options relating to logging in to user accounts. These options include the way the user names are displayed, password hints and much more @ Adding and removing accounts ®@ Authorising changes You can create new user In order to make changes to your System accounts by clicking on Preferences and create new users, you the “¥ icon at the bottom must click on the padlock and then enter of the list, where you will an administrator's password. Then, once go through the process the changes have been made, click on this outlined in this tutorial. icon again to lock in the changes Likewise, you can remove created user accounts simply by clicking on the ‘icon Create a custom user account Make new user accounts for friends and family members to keep everything organised If there is more than one person using your Mac, then itis a = good idea to create a new user account for each person. That be a way, you don't have to put up with files being strewn all over your -— desktop and things being moved out of position. The good news is that creating a new user account is a quick and easy process and, once done, can keep your Mac experience reassuringly familiar. When a new user account is set up, you can apply parental controls to limit what apps are used, which websites are accessed, and what people are interacting with, plus add time limits to when the Mac can and cannot be used. We'll guide you through the process of setting up a new user account on your Mac, which is done through the System Preferences app. 26 The Mac Book System Preferences | Give each Mac user their own account ceeas —— * a 1: Open System Preferences Start off by opening your System Preferences app from your Mac's Dock and then click on the Users & Groups pane in the fourth section of the window. ihe tad B -—-~— = 5 ceci ee te ee = od om (rsteem comer ' Bune is - == 4: Create a password if the password for the new user isn’t the same as their iCloud password, click on the ‘Use separate password! option and enter and verify the new password, Peet tren het sto ne rae tate ree eee eee ° 7: Enable parental controls IF you wish to assign parental control over the new user, click on the ‘Open Parental Controls’ button and then click ‘Enable Parental Controls. ro — | oe ip nee a 2: Unlock to make changes To create a new account you will need to click on the padlock icon in the lower-left comer and then enter your password to start making changes to the system. 5: Enable password assistant When entering a new password, click on the key icon to bring up the Password Assistant. This handy guide checks the security of your password. fez ot — peer = oe ee te eee = Pore orerneny 8: Set the controls You can now apply various options, such as simplifying the Finder and controlling what apps the user can ‘open. Click the padlock to secure the changes. 3: Create new user Now click on the icon at the bottom of the users column on the left-hand side of the screen and then enter a name and account name for the new user. 6: Edit the avatar Now that the custom account has been set up, you can click on the auto-assigned avatar picture to change it for something different. 9: Switch users To log out as the current user and then select your new user, click on the Apple menu and then choose the ‘Log Out' option before logging in as the new user. The Mac Book 27 ® Get it working @ Older Safari versions The main benefit is that you can make Most websites should work with the latest websites work that normally don't version of Safari, but if you need an older function when using Safari version, you can trick the website like this How does it work? When you request a webpage by opening it, before the data is loaded allot of information is exchanged between your computer and the website. One of the pieces of information is the browser that you're using - if you need a specific browser to. view a page, it will know before it’s loaded. This system simply tricks the site by sending across different information @ Other Mac browsers @i0S browsers Ifa web page ‘only works in Chrome’, for _ If you want to see a mobile version of a example, you can make it load by pretending website, choose the iOS 8 version of the you're using the browser from here browser from here Inspect HTML on web pages View website information using the developer tools in Safari The biggest benefits of using Safari have to be its integration - 5 | seks | o with OS X and the speed of the websites when you're . browsing. But it has many more tricks up its sleeve than you might realise. With a few clicks you can add the Develop option to the menu bar, and with it, access many extra functions to the app. Anyone can enable the options, and once they're active you can view website information, or trick websites into thinking that your browser is running on an iPad or iPhone. You can even choose to disable things on a specific site such as images or JavaScript, or view any errors that have occurred on the page. It's a really handy option to enable, and one that is well worth adding to your toolkit. 28 The Mac Book 2: Switch it on At the bottom of the Advanced tab is the option titled ‘Show Develop menu in the menu bar’ Check this box and the new option should appear at the top. 1: Preferences To enable the option within Safari, first open up the Settings menu by choosing Safari>Preferences in the menu bar, then select the Advanced tab. 3: Open elsewhere The first option in the menu gives you the ability to instantly open the page youre viewing with another of the browsers installed on your Mac with a click. 5: View Source and more To view the source code of the website yout on, click the View Source option. The menu at the bottom will show the source code of the website you're viewing. 4: Web Inspector Choose Show Web Inspector and a new menu will appear at the bottom. You can click Inspect, then choose a specific element of the website to inspect. 8: Cache options You can often solve problems with Safari by clearing the caches of data that the app has saved — in the Develop menu you can do this with a click. 7: Timeline Recording Activate the Timeline Recorder here, which will start recording network requests, layout and rendering, and JavaScript. Click the same option to stop recording. 6: Start developing if you want to start developing web extensions, you can choose the Show Extension Builder option, click the 4 icon, and start creating a new extension. 9: Disable options The Develop menu has the tools to disable specific options on a page, including images and JavaScript ~ click the option you want in the menu to remove it. The Mac Book 29 Save credit cards with Safari Make shopping easier with Safari's tools for saving and managing credit cards — 1 One of Safari's more handy new features is its ability to save rer es | o credit card information within the app itself, so that ¥ 7 whenever you need to buy something online, you don’t = have to spend a lifetime typing in the same old information. = Of course, this feature doesn't save every piece of info that you need —— Mlk - to buy something — you'll still need to enter at least the security code on ” the back of the card before you can make a purchase. However, there are obviously some safety concerns associate with this, so remember that if you plan on saving credit cards, you should definitely add a password to your user space on your Mac. Here’s how to get set up and manage your credit cards through Safari, Add and manage credit cards 1: View the option 2: See the cards 3: Edit information First, add some card details to Safari. Click Safari in You will see a list of all your saved cards, with details Double-click on any text boxs to edit the card the menu bar and choose Preferences, then open of each one crossed out for extra security. Click on information. As in step 2, if you want to edit secure the Autofill tab and click Edit next to Credit Cards. the crosses and enter your password to view them. —_ information you need to enter your password. 4: Add a new card 5: Choose a description 6: Add your details To add a new card to your collection, clickthe Add You'll need to choose a card description. This canbe Input the credit card number printed across the button in the bottom-left of the menu. Anew blank —_ a type of card, like MasterCard, or something more card, the expiry date, and the name listed on the card will appear in the list for you to add details to. personal, like ‘House savings account, for example. card, or on your bank account, in the right boxes. 30 The Mac Book @ View your cards @ Not every website If you want to keep track of which cards Not all online stores will allow you to you have registered, take a look in Safari’s saved cards, but if they're set up in tht Preferences menu right way Safari should work it all out PAYMENT INFORMATION No automatic sales use RT ae nal 5 This system is different to those on websites like Amazon. Those sites will save credit card info to. your account, so you can buy more quickly. If you're using an online shop for the first time, or are buying without signing into an count, this will fll in your details quickly and easily to save you time and effort. @ Adda password To make sure nobody will be able to spend = —___] thousands of pounds if they steal your laptop, add a user password here 7: Icon specific 8: Pick a card The icon on the left of the window will quickly show Tt pay for something online, enter the Checkout you what kind of cards you currently have saved on _ area of the website and click on the Card Number your Mac - this will auto updates for new cards, too. —_ box. This popup will appear ~ simply pick your card @ Click and go When you click in the text box to enter your card details, a pop-up should appear listing all saved cards 9: Security code To add an extra layer of security, you'll still need to enter the three-digit security code on the back of your card before you can buy anything. The Mac Book 31 Set up Instant Hotspot on Mac Use your iPhone's cellular data to get your Mac working online without a Wi-Fi connection = Apple has been busy. Not only has it rolled out El Capitan for en ~ ae @ Maz, it has given iPhone and iPad users iOS 9.1, both of which tosines (Ges B boast a feature called Continuity. This enables users to produce an Instant Hotspot — whenever you look for a Wi-Fi connection, your ” *. Spel ae cellular iPhone or iPad will be available. c= 2 The beauty of this is that once you have established a connection, <=. ¥ es Fir a your Mac will look for the same hotspot again should you be in an area without Wi-Fi. Best of all, the Mac recognises when you are not using the hotspot and disconnects. This saves your data and it also protects the battery life of your iPhone or cellular iPad. Just make sure that all of your devices are connected to the same iCloud account. Creating your own internet hotspot “ng “= § ee 1: Adjustments Import your clips and create a new movie. In the Adjustments bar, select the Crop icon, the third icon from the left. Click on Crop. ee eS ee = = ee 3: Split it up Your video will now be cropped for its duration. if you only want a certain timeframe to be cropped, right-click, split the clip and add a transition. 32 The Mac Book B Srom Watuorn 9 mera bat naw 2: Crop in By clicking Crop To Fill and selecting the subject we can eliminate the black borders and get rid of superfluous distractions around the focal point. 17 4 we Tum Des Cocke | /~* | re 4: Ken Burns If you want your crop to move, try using the Ken Burns effect. Drag the start and end points to where you want them. Troubleshooting Ifyou have trouble establishing a connection (sometimes your phone will not show on your Mad), use these tried and tested methods of getting things up and running again... 1: Rename iPhone Firstly, flick Wi-Fi off and on and see if that refreshes Instant Hotspot. If not, you could rename your device in Settings>General> About>Name on your iPhone. Reset All Settings Erase All Content and Settings Reset Network Settings 2: Reset network Or, as a last resort, you can reset your iPhone's network settings by heading to your Settings app and selectin General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. Use the Current app for Facebook Make browsing and posting on Facebook far easier with this dedicated app ‘| ) Facebook can take up a lot of your time. It's become a way Z of life; a way to message friends and a way to keep in touch with what others are doing. But it brings with it an overriding i urge to constantly check in that entails opening the social media site in a browser. Current improves indefinitely on the Facebook experience. It makes the site just as accessible on the Mac as it is on your iPhone and iPad by turning Facebook into a native app. Current lets you instantly access your messages and reply to them without having to launch the site in a web browser and it allows for the use of group chat and stickers. You can set the app so that it only bothers you if a message is received and you can view photos and videos in their own pop-out windows. Using Current's cool Facebook features Tweak Current's preferences Tailor the app’s features to make it a perfect companion for your Facebook activity 1: Browsing photos 2: Choose preferences Click on a photo in your feed, it opens up in its own Go to Current>Preferences and decide how you window. This enables you to browse through them, would like your notifications to be presented: either comment, view full screen or like, tag and share. in the Dock, the menu, the Notification Centre or all. aunch at login You can get Current to launch automatically when you log in to your Mac. Ideal for anyone with a social networking addiction, or those who need it for work. ern ~—-——-— Me ace Nettoancn Cane fi a =. —S 2: Hide Chat windows If you're busy, Chat windows can be hidden 3: Open new tabs 4: Message windows when Current is in the background, while Current lets you open new Facebook tabs. This is Click on a message and it will open in its own box. links can be opened within the default web great if you are managing more than one page at a You can have as many messages open in this way browser or in the background. time or if you want to have a section handy. as you wish. The Mac Book 33 Contact specific @ It’s a picture @ Application options sounds if you've assigned profile pictures to your contacts, in the menu bar, lick Messages>Preferences ——— you can see them all listed in the Details tab, as and you can change settings like notifications UB YU PGE AILS ‘well as in the Messages sidebar on the left about messages from unknown contacts is messaging you before you even look at your you can set specific Window Help 7vase “ 4) SHG) Sun tide 10080m OQ ae ~you can ¢ i c yp Vee you want to use the Text tone section to select a different sound for the specific contact. Dota IM apptcation: © Messages ‘Agpleation: Save nistory when conversations are closed 'Notity me avout messages from untnown contacts Notity me when my nama a mactaned FI Pray sound wflacts @ Change the sound @ Do Not Disturb You can alter the alert sound for when you You can activate a Do Not Disturb for receive a message so that itis recognisably a specific Messages conversation by different from new emails checking the box in the Details tab View conversation details in Messages Find out more about your Messages conversations The Messages app was updated in OS X Yosemite to give youa [ae lot of extra abilities that you simply didn’t have before. You can, Jere of course, now send voice messages simply by clicking the microphone icon next to the message entry field. However, clicking the Details button in the top-right of the window will open up a pop-up menu that can show you all kinds of other useful information about the conversation youre having. Whether youre chatting to more than one person ina single thread, or have just been sending text messages to a friend, there are plenty of handy things you can do from this menu, from. adding numbers to your Contacts app, to viewing a friend's location on a map. Let's take a look at its most useful abilities. 34 The Mac Book View information with the Details tab 2: Open the menu To see more information about the contact or the conversation, click the Details button in the top-right of the window. A new menu will open. 1: Choose a conversation Open up Messages and choose a conversation from the left-hand sidebar. Message conversations will probably include more information than SMS chats. 4: Make a call if you have a mobile number or a FaceTime email address associated with the contact, you should be able to make a call from your Mac to speak via audio. 5: Share your screen If your friend is using Messages on a Mac as well, you will see an option to share their screen. Once they have accepted, you will see a live view of their display. 7: Location, location, location You can choose to share locations within iMessages — if your friend chooses to share theirs, you will be able to see them on a map, and zoom in for accuracy. 8: Shared photos At the bottom of the menu you'll see all the photos that have been sent back and forth between you both, in reverse order, so you can quickly find a shot. 3: See the contact You will see either a contact image, or just two letters ina grey circle - you can double-click here to open up the person's contact card within the Contacts app. 6: Screen Sharing In Screen Sharing mode, you can click to highlight a specific part of the other person’s screen, and share copied items using the controls in the menu bar. 9: View it big Click on one of the image thumbnails in the menu and hit the Spacebar on your keyboard to preview it at full size, or just drag it to your Desktop to save the shot. The Mac Book 35 Set ujpp SMS Relay in Messages Get your text messages delivered to your Mac with iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan es e If you've upgraded to OS X El Capitan and own an iOS device, you may already be taking advantage of some of the great features on offer for those that use several Apple devices. One of these fantastic features is called Continuity, allows you to keep more things than ever in sync over iCloud, so you can make and receive — phone calls on your Mac, AirDrop files from Mac to iOS and back again, and now even get your texts delivered to more devices than just your iPhone. Everything syncs wirelessly, and when you get a text it will appear as a notification on all your devices, allowing you to reply from anywhere. All you need to take advantage of this is an iCloud account and youre ready to get started. Set up SMS Relay fo = a 8 cern BZ rm Bw a en Dacre My Acces Ont Centers Meat teh BL) Pemnsen 2 @ am ates 1: Sign into iCloud Make sure that both your Mac and iPhone are signed into iCloud, Open System Preferences, click Cloud and input your Apple ID and password, (eesco TESCO 1137 pm < Messages Text Message Forwarding A and receive text messages Stephen's iMac (Mac) Stephen's MacBook Air (Mac) 4: Text Message Forwarding Go back so that you're viewing the general Message settings, then tap Text Message Forwarding, Here, you'll see a list of devices you can use to send texts. 36 The Mac Book 2) 05 am 2: Check message settings On your Mac, open Messages, click Messages in the menu bar and click Accounts. Ensure that you're signed in with the same ID as your iCloud account. Jeecce TESCO # 11:38 pm < Messages Text Message Forwarding ‘Stephen's iMac (Mac) Stephen's MacBook Air (Mac) ©) 5: Choose your devices Each device that is compatible with SMS Relay will have a switch next to it. To activate, simply switch it on. You should see results within seconds. o 00% mm Apple ID Add Another Email 3: On your iOS device Open the Settings app and tap Messages. Ensure iMessage is switched on, tap Send & Receive and check the email and phone number are checked To sand and receive your iPhane tat messages tom "oat T9V7 BE2227" om th s+) Mao, enter the ede below en your iPhone hatin 6: Check the code On your Mac, you will see a pop-up box appear within messages showing a cade. You'll need to enter this code on your iOS device to start sharing, ®@ Get specific Ifyou want to know exactly when a message was received or sent, simply hover your cursor over the message ey mete, carr! rem vor Brow tangle 8 @ Details Click the Details tab and you can get information about the contact, and see the attachments Bluetooth and Wi-Fi led on both your devices to ensure best Boat > @ SMS or iMessage You'll see when Messages switches between texts and iMessages thanks to this small note that appears Text Message Forwarding Enter the code shown on your Mac to allow iPhone text messages to also be sent and received on “Stephen's MacBook Air”. 114473 Cancel 7: Type it in On your iOS device, a keypad will appear asking you to input the code on your Mac. Once you've put it in, the pop-ups on both devices will disappear. 7 TL pied 8: Check your settings (On your Mac, open up the Messages Preferences and check that settings are correct. Choose which number new messages are sent from here, too. REESy man) operation of the SMS Rela eu even if you leave your iPhone ina different room, (0 not Detar @ Smiley! To send an emoji, click the smiley face on the right of the message bar, then pick the icon you want 9: Send and receive You will now be able to send and receive SMS messages from your Mac. When your Mac uses an SMS, the bubbles will show up green in the thread The Mac Book 37 Sign documents in Mail Create custom handwritten signatures and use them in Mail ie When you get documents that need to be signed sent to you via email, it can be a real challenge to get them filled ——" out and sent back quickly. You have to print the form out, fill itin and sign it, then scan it back in to return to the sender. It's a real hassle — but it's a hassle that Apple has removed. In El Capitan there is a feature you can use called Markup to add text and signatures within Mail, so you can fill in documents and even sign them by hand without ever switching on your printer. You can create signatures with the trackpad if your Mac has one, or even just use your Mac's iSight camera. It's quick, easy and you only have to do it once to then enjoy hassle-free digital signatures. Here’s how it works. | Mail | Sign documents with Mail | Sign documents with Mail oo —— ase eel Fora sim . STEPHEN ASHBY ——— : 1: Choose Markup 2:Adda signe When you've added a PDF or image to your Click the Signature button in the top tool bar. If message, hover the cursor over the document and you've added a signature previously it will appear click the arrow, top-right. Choose the Markup option. here and you select it, or you can Create Signature. 3: Sign it off Click to start your signature, then sign using your finger. Once you're happy, tap any key on the keyboard to stop writing, then accept or clear. 4: Put it in place When you've got a signature you're happy with, select it, then drag it into the location required, and use the handles to resize it. 38 The Mac Book Signing options You have a couple of options for getting your signature into Markup. The most straightforward should be using a trackpad, but if that goes wibbly, you can always call upon your Mac’s camera 1: Sign on the trackpad Click the ‘Click here to begin’ button, then sign your name on your trackpad using your finger. You can clear the whole thing if you want to start again. Use the camera Alternatively, click the Camera tab to activate your Mac’s camera. Sign your name ona piece of paper, then hold it up to the camera to add it to your library. Get your devices working in perfect harmony with Handoff a = ] If you have more than one Apple device, Handoff can help | § you move between them more easily than ever. The system s detects when your iPhone or iPad is nearby, allowing you to pick up where you left off on that device with a tap. So, if you're composing an email on your iPhone as you walk home, when you get back you can switch on your Mac and with a click finish it off and hit the Send button. Or, if you're reading an article on your iMac but want to sit on your sofa with an iPad, you can quickly jump straight to the same article with just a swipe and carry on reading where you left off. The system is really easy to use, and makes it simpler than ever to use multiple devices together. Set up Handoff I NY a om ———— [ D 1: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Ensure both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are switched on - they need to be on in order to establish the connection to your devices and start using Handoff. 2: System Preferences Before you can use Handoff, you'll need to activate it on your Mac. Open up System Preferences and choose the General settings in the top-left comer. ae a — ee tot tee OAmmety teed mee w meet ett Be ee re a et nt ae nt eo et armen ne ae 3: Switch it on Check the box to allow Handoff to work. On iOS, choose Settings>General>Handoff & Suggested Apps>On. Make sure you're signed into iCloud. 4: App pop-ups If youre using an app like Mail or Safari on another device, an icon will appear on your Dock. Click it and the app you were using opens where you left off. between different devices Pick up where you left off The beauty of using Handoff is the ability to use another device and access whatever you were doing on the previous machine = a A a+ c 2c ze 1: On your other device When you want to jump to another iOS device from your Mac, double-click the home button. Swipe right to see a screen showing the Mac app you were using. ea anos On your Mac Ifyou're reading an article in Safari on your iPad, for example, you can pick it up by simply clicking the icon on the left of the Dock - the same page will open right up. eva" Be The Mac Book 39 Family security @ Hierarchy @ Shared payments ee ‘As the organizer, you can choose to set up Family Sharing also shares your payment For those worried by the members as a Parent/Guardian, who can approve method with other family members - don’t security implications of ‘Ask To Buy requests forget to hit Ask To Buy! setting your children up you'll be pleased to know that you can switch on the ‘Ask To Buy option and be prompted to confirm every purchase your children make and limit the content they can access ~ ensuring they never break the bank with your payment details. @ Multiple IDs @ Authorisation Ifyou link one of your child’s account to the family, you'll need to authorise before they download paid content You can link together up to six Apple IDs as part of a single family. Just hit the plus icon to adda member Share purchases with Family Sharing Get started with one of OS X’s best features = Previously, family members either needed individual iTunes ——— a accounts, each with credit cards attached, to buy apps, or a they would all have to share a single account and amily Shating — potentially rack up huge bills when the kids decided to plump for - in-app purchases. Thankfully, Apple has done something about it in the shape of Family Sharing. In this tutorial we're going to show you how to set up the feature, and get you up and running by adding family members. It won't be long before you've got yourself a ‘family’ of Apple IDs, where you can download apps, music and movies from any one of the linked @eo accounts. It serves a gatekeeper for parents too, notifying you when they try to buy apps or select in-app purchases. 40 The Mac Book Family Sharing | Set up and use Family Sharing 1:iCloud preferences In order to get started with Family Sharing, head to your System Preferences. Head down to iCloud and click on it. Now click on Set Up Family on the left. 2: In detail This is the screen that appears, describing in detail exactly what Family Sharing entails. Have a read and hit Continue to move on to the next step. Family Sharing 3: Organizer You have to decide whether you want to be the organizer for the family youre setting up. If you accept youll be the one sending out invites to family. 4: Apple ID Nowiit's time to enter your Apple ID credentials (|D and password). This is the Apple ID that you want to use to share purchases from, so choose the right one! wor all 5: Billing details Because you entered your Apple ID and password in the previous step, you'll see the billing details attached to that account now. Check it and hit Continue. e™ Sats ee reste ott ey mens 0 ert we meen enor a 6: Share location One of Family Sharing's better features is being able to search the location of members. It works with the Find My Mac service and Find My iPhone for iOS devices. Git.) 7: Add members It's time to add members. Hit the plus sign in the bottom-left corer and enter the family member's name or email address. You can create an ID for a child, 8: Confirm details Check the details are correct and decide which account will be used to share purchases with. You can also decide if you want to share their location, too. 9: Up and running Press Continue and your invitations will be sent out. Recipients will get an email that explains everything, Simply click on that plus icon to add more members. The Mac Book 41 Discover Spotlight’s new features OS X El Capitan supercharges Spotlight and puts it centre stage Spotlight was another part of OS X that was given a new lease of life recently. Previously it was left in the top-right of your menu bar, accessible by the magnifying symbol. It was a good way to search for files on your machine, but it was never pronounced and rarely used by most Mac users. Spotlight is still accessible by clicking the magnifying icon (and the Cmd+Space keyboard shortcut), but it now opens up in the centre of your Mac's screen and packs some brilliant new functionality, which we're about to walk you through, like searching iTunes and displaying Wikipedia entries. Some functions are currently only available to American users, like accessing film times at your local cinema just by searching a film title. What's new in Spotlight 1: Centre stage 2: Open an app 3: Calculator Spotlight now opens proudly in the middle of your Spotlight makes it easy to open an app. Simply type ~~ No need to open Dashboard up to find your Mac’s Mac's desktop when you summon it. Previously it the name of the app into Spotlight, select it and built-in Calculator; just type a sum into the search lived only the in top-right corner of OS X's menu bar. _ press Enter. bar and see the answer appear on the right. 4: Weather 5: Sports scores 6: Natural language The El Capitan Mac OS X update brings a selection If you type the name of your favourite sports team In El Capitan you can type more natural sounding of new functions to Spotlight, such as getting into the Spotlight search then it will deliver the latest requests into Spotlight, such as “Documents | weather reports for where you are. scores and other assorted team news. worked on last week", to find what you want. 42 The Mac Book @ Privacy ‘Anyone concerned with what Spotlight is. able to access should head to the Privacy tab for peace of mind @ System Preferences Spotlight has its own section in your Mac's System Preferences where you can customise what it is that gets shown @ Shortcut More functionality Spotlight results are impressively accurate and tocome provide a shortcut to the full app in question, such as Safari You can expect to seea whole host of new features dded to Spotlight in the future iterations of SX. It won't be long before you can search iMessages and other forms of communication just by hitting the acebarCommand keyboard shortcut. Other US-only features should be rolled out universally too, which will no doubt make Spotlight even better. @ Snapshot When you search, Spotlight splits into two windows; one for listing results and the other an in-depth snapshot 7: iTunes You'll be presented with ‘Tunes results when you type in an artist's name or an album title. Click the result and iTunes will load up in a separate menu. 8: App Store Spotlight will trawl through the App Store, searching for any app you type. You'll get a detailed description of the app and its App Store rating. 9: System Preferences In Spotlight’s System Preference tab you can select which services the app searches for. Just click and unclick the checkbox next to the search result. The Mac Book 43 @ Block specific files Press on the Privacy tab to set up the individual files and folders that you want to prevent Spotlight from searching. Use the + and - icons to add and remove new files Change order of results To alter the order in which Spotlight displays your results of the categories you have left enabled, simply drag up and down on the category. To keep things organised, it’s @ Select apps and features best to drag the disabled ‘ Use the checkboxes down the left side of the categories to the bottom ; app to limit the searches that Spotlight can of the menu. When you make. Some options relate to apps, while then back out of the some represent other OS X features menu, the changes will automatically save. @ Disable suggestions When you perform a search in @ Remove keyboard shortcuts Spotlight, you may find it offers its Open the Keyboard Shortcuts menu to ‘own suggestions occasionally. You remove shortcuts related to Spotlight. can eradicate these suggestions by Similarly, you can use this menu to disabling the option that is found at disable shortcuts for other OS X tasks the bottom of the window Add privacy settings to Spotlight Keep important files and folders away from prying eyes by editing privacy settings > Spotlight is undoubtedly one of the leading features available = we in OS X, especially when it comes to keeping tabs on the pn ory nt esis <iframe} various files and folders stored on your Mac. However, due to the intrusive nature of Spotlight, it can lead to problems if your Mac falls into «| — the wrong hands. One quick search can lead to all your secure files being easily found, so it’s important to implement certain privacy settings to help minimise this access. While you'll want to look to third-party apps from the Mac App Store to encrypt files, Spotlight does include some basic privacy settings that can make it a little harder to find them. Use the following steps to add some much needed privacy settings to Spotlight on OSX. 44 The Mac Book Add privacy to Spotlight searches i a 1 = = — 2®mpegpaeor Simatistessse SS © eS i a =a. a poviennspntaiann eer csoaeioan mss “a -@ee¢o0 & 2 ® + & 0 —— ee om Sn sims = — nr ne rm en Og ee ene oe nae foe aReaelcenbains Sewers ben tretns ois 1: Open System Preferences ‘Open the System Preferences menu on your Mac, before looking for the Spotlight option that you'll find on the top bar of icons. Open this menu to continue. 2: Explore Search Results The Search Results tab will now open. Here youll find all the files and folders that Spotlight currently can search within, indicated by the blue tick to the left. 3: Remove Spotlight access To remove Spotlight access to any directories listed, click on the checkbox to disable it. Feel free to perform a quick Spotlight search to make sure it worked, - = — ee ae ts ad te nar ent rae apr ter foal aire epeen ietntosemtontotonng preteen te ne 4: Select Privacy Tab Open the Privacy tab located next to Search Results. With the blank page in front of you, start adding specific files and folders to your Spotlight block list. 5: Add a new file Press on the icon to the bottom left and use the Finder menu to locate a file you want to add, before pressing the Choose option to confirm your choice. Remove Spotlight keyboard searches Another simple way of adding extra security to Spotlight is by managing the keyboard shortcuts associated with it. By tweaking the keyboard shortcuts used, you can prevent your Mac from displaying certain windows and files, Follow the next couple of steps to get your Spotlight keyboard shortcuts removed and check out the keyboard shortcuts available for other OS X features. “By tweaking the keyboard shortcuts, you can prevent your Mac from displaying certain files” Open Keyboard Shortcuts With the Spotlight menu open within System Preferences, click on the Keyboard Shortcuts option found on the bottom left of the menu A list of available keyboard shortcuts for all OS X features will now appear. 6: Perform a search To be even more specific with the files, use the search function to the right of the window to find the exact file youte after. 2: Disable Spotlight shortcuts Select Spotlight from the myriad of OS X features. You'll find that only two keyboard shortcuts work within Spotlight, so de-tick the box to the left of each of them to disable them from now working on your Mac. The Mac Book 45 @ Finder @ Share menu Launch Finder and select AirDrop Right-click on any file on your desktop from the left-hand column to view and choose Share from the pop-out available devices to share with menu to access your AirDrop options Troubleshoot your AirDrop issues ifyou'te struggling to receive files via AirDrop, it could (0 security issues concerning your Mac's firewall software. Head over to your System Preferences and click Security & Privacy>Firewall Now click on the Firewall Options button and disable the 'Block all incoming connections’ option. You can always @ Shortcut @ AirDrop or iCloud? activate this security Ifyou can’t find AirDrop in Finder, AirDrop works best between devices measure again once you click the Go menu in your menu that are less than 30 metres apart - done with AirDrop bar and choose the AirDrop option use iCloud for anything greater AirDrop files between devices Learn how to seamlessly share files between Mac and iOS 2. You'll have seen AirDrop menus on your Apple devices in = »)) previous operating systems. You may even have used it to ~~ transfer files between Mac and Mac or iPhone and iPhone. Until now, though, it was impossible to transfer between different devices. We're going to walk you through the process of AirDropping between Mac and iPhone and vice versa. To complete the tutorial you'll need a Mac manufactured in 2012 or later and an iOS device running iOS 7 or newer. AirDrop is handy because it creates a connection between your phone and Mac to wirelessly send files such as photos almost instantly. Long gone are the days of unintuitive USB transfers or, even worse, emailing files when the recipient is sat across the room! Let's get sharing. 46 The Mac Book Set up and use AirDrop Procemsor 25 GH init Core S Memory 12.08 1339 ste COD marae Dan acetoen HO ‘Grapnice AUD Raseon WO €7SOM $12 UB Ae ent CAMA ‘Speer Hepen omar Update 1: Compatibility This might sound obvious, but youll need to check your Mac and iOS device is compatible, You'll need a 2012 Mac at the very least and iOS 7 or above. on Contacts Only Everyone 4: Turn on AirDrop On your iOS device youll need to activate AirDrop. The easiest way to do this is from the AirDrop menu in your Control Centre. Select who you want to AirDrop with. 7: Accept Your file is instantly sent over AirDrop to the recipient. All the recipient needs to do is press Accept when the notification appears on the screen. 2: Wi-Fi on For AirDrop to work you'll need to make sure a couple of your devices’ settings are activated. Ensure Wi-Fi is turned on and both devices are on the same network. ere — sry sewacent |= } t 5: Finder window To get AitDrop working on your Mac, open a new Finder window and click on the AirDrop menu, Adjust Visibility to see other devices ready to connect with. 3: And Bluetooth Bluetooth will need to be activated. On your Mac you can check by heading to the menu bar and hunting down the Bluetooth icon. Use Control Centre in iOS. 6: Get sharing It’s time to share a file with one of those devices in the AirDrop window. As youd expect, Apple makes it so simple to share files - drag and drop onto the device. fom in heme eat tym a pyemeet foe a | 8: And in reverse You can also send a file from your iOS device to your Mac. Select the file and hit the usual Share menu. At the top youll see an AirDrop menu. Tap to send, 9: Save That file will be sent to your Mac. In the AirDrop Finder window youll find a pop-up action menu where you can Save and Open the file or decline it. The Mac Book 47 OOD shsbROSne8e wt 48 The Mac Book These apps are staples that no creative Mac user should be without Photos made easy Create a sit track in GarageBand Mix tracks like a pro Create a custom pedalboard Use the Score Editor Master feedback and noise protection Import and edit GoPro clips in iMovie Master iMovie's editing timeline Speed up or slow down iMovie clips Master the classic Ken Burns effect Add blockbuster FX to your movies Enhance with a soundtrack Apply filter effects to your photos Move your iPhoto library to Photos Remove Bieniithes with the Repair tool Explore the editing option in Photos Create your own photobook ‘ i Turn your pictures into glossy prints Design an amazing slideshow Create black-and-white photos Apply filters The Mac Book 49 be Getcreative on you PH MAD Improve your photos in minutes with these powerful tips and tricks Try a project The Projects tab is where you'll find things like Photo Books, Calendars, Cards and Slideshows. You ® will only find this tab on Macs and MacBooks —s @ Make albums The easiest way to create items like books and calendars is to set up an album with the images you want to use, then select this album when you start your new project 50 The Mac Book ‘@ Press Play You can starta slideshow quickly and easily by hitting the Play button in the toolbar here. A pop-up menu will appear and show you your slideshow options @ Search If you're looking for an individual picture in your library, use the Search menu on the top-right of the app. For this to work, you'll need to have named the image, however pple loves photography. From iconic advertising to beautiful desktop wallpapers, the company has always been associated with incredible images. It has even created the most popular camera in the world, in’the shape of the iPhone. And now, with Photos, you have the perfect app for editing, organising and showing off your incredible snaps, no matter what kind of device you're using. But while Photos seems incredibly Straightforward, there are actually plenty of useful and powerful features that aren’t as obvious as they first seem. From.iCloud Photo Streams to editing and ordering photos from Apple’s own printing servic of ways to make playing with and sharing more straightforward and fun. In this feature, we will not only be taking through some useful tips and tricks to make using the Photos app even easier, we will also be taking things to the next level, with more advanced tips to help you do things like filling in missing EXIF data to your shots and optimising your library to save storage space on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. There’s something for everyone here, so let's get started with an overview of the brilliant Photos app. Tone it down Fast liking You can use the sliders in this menu to You can quickly Like all of the photos that a @ fine-tune the colour, light and more friend has posted using the Like All button, in your photo. If you've used Enhance in the top-right of the interface. They will first, you can tweak its settings here get a notification of your appreciation Fast editing To get great results from your shot in ~ less than a second, just tap the Enhance ~ button in the top-left of the screen and Photos will do the rest for you Fi Stay active App-tastic The Activity section of the Tap the ‘...’ button to open up a menu Shared tab will show you the containing editing tools from other apps latest photos you and your installed on your iOS device - you can use friends have shared or liked, them without ever leaving the Photos app laid out in a beautiful grid The Mac Book ng organised Photos Ensure you® jays find what you want iPhoto was never the most powerful photo editing s6ftware on the Mac, but it did do an excellent job of organising all your photos. And this still carries through to the Photos app, with almost all the same tools making the transition to the new app. Photos is a really neat and actually very powerful way to keep your photos/6fganised, whether you're using iCloud or not. Here, we'll show you how to get your photo library properly set up and organised, and solve some common problems that may have cropped up during the transition from iPhoto. 1: Get Info 2: Adjust the date 3: Set the time Sometimes, when importing or transferring If the dates are wrong, select all the affected In the menu, use the Adjusted box to fill in the from an iPhoto library, your photo dates may photos by dragging a box around them with the correct time, and set the right time zone for the be incorrect. To check, select a photo and click cursor, and click Image>Adjust Date and Time in time you are setting. Alll the selected photos will Window>info, or hit Crnd+. the menu bar. be adjusted by the same amount. / Manual photo imports | Use keywords to search While iCloud Photo Library may handle the imports of all your You can use keywords ° Ps iPhone and iPad shots, that doesn’t mean other, more advanced Re to search for photos cameras are left out in the cold. You can import your digital camera | quickly and find a shots just as easily as before, simply by find and selecting them in Finder and particular shot that you want. dragging and dropping Places and dates are ¥ them into the photo library automatically searchable using can use the Import section, but you can use the Info box to manually. Alternatively, you | the Search bar in the top-right, which appears when a | add keywords and descriptions digital camera or SD card is to your shots at any time to wa : connected to your Mac, to | make them easier to find. For select the shots to import example, a shot taken from a within Photos itself and recent mountain hike will be then click Import to much easier to find if a keyword complete the process, of ‘Mountains’ is added to the Either way, it’s a simple Info box. Do this with as many task that should not images as possible to make give you any trouble. finding the right one easy. Fix iCloud Leave no image behind ae. Be Photo Library seas i Get creative on your Mac between your devices, sadly there are sometimes problems that can cause your library to be mixed up, or your photos can simply be stuck ‘on the ‘uploading’ option for hours if not days on end. Don't worry, though — 7 While iCloud Photo Library is meant to sync all your photos seamlessly there is a solution, and in next to no time you'll be happily snapping away, secure in the knowledge that all your shots are safe and secure up in the cloud so you won't ever need to worry if you lose a device. Here are a few quick tips for mastering iCloud control. tlt ale 1: Switch it on First of all, if you're not seeing all your images from all your devices, check the most obvious setting = make sure iCloud Photo Library is enabled on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. 3: Manage the settings In the Photos app, check your iCloud settings by choosing Photos>Preferences. In this window you will be able to check all the boxes you like - we recommend ticking them all. 2: Wait it out If an upload is taking a long time, or you don't instantly see a photo you've just taken on other devices, be patient - it can take a few moments for new shots to appear. Missing EXIF data? Sadly, Apple ren the ability to add location data in Photos. You'll need to hi ack into iPhoto, or use a third party tool, to do this before importing 4: Optimise storage We would also recommend you optimise your storage in this menu, too — it may take longer to download a shot or play a video, but your devices won't run out of space as quickly. You can use multiple You can choose libraries with Photos ~ simply hold down the application to create a new one. Photos library. View>Show Sidebar to return to the classic Altkey when starting the _ | sidebar, giving you faster access to parts of your Unlock hidden features Your videos will be separated into different albums for time-lapses, slow-motion, panoramas etc. You'll even find a Bursts album. Ifa photo or set of photos have a location associated, you can click this location to see where, exactly, the snaps were taken. Sort your snaps with Faces 1: Find the album First, you'll need to navigate to the Albums top. Click it, th m the 2: Select a face Along the bottom of the windo of faces that P nd in your snaps. Double-click one to get started and type in the name of the person. 3: Check the rest hrough all thi the The Mac Book 53 Other images Click the small icon next to Instant enhancement Click the magic wand icon the traffic light buttons and a drawer will open showing the rest of your shots in thumbnails. You can quickly edit other images from here Crop control The Crop section contains much more than simple cropping - you can also rotate your image to straighten uneven shots, flip your photo or just click the Auto button and let Photos do the work for you Create stunning e ‘over the older iPhoto app is photo editing. Photos now lets you quickly adjust light and colour in your shots, but also offers you the controls to fine-tune the settings of each photo, to manually adjust options. There is actually a lot more power than first appears, too - you can add editing options from the Adjust menu to get even more advanced tools. Plus, with a range of stunning % One of the areas that has been given a significant upgrade in Photos 54 The Mac Book and you'll instantly apply an automatic light and colour improvement tailored to the specific shot using a quick calculation within Photos Brush repairs The Retouch tool returns from iPhoto, but it’s better than ever. You can now use it with a click or drag to quickly repair an area, or hold Alt and click to activate the Clone and Stamp option dits In Photos filters, a brilliant Retouch tool and a simple red-eye removal tool, you've got a full suite for free. And Photos on iOS is even better; the app allows you to use the editing tools of third-party apps without ever needing to leave Photos. This gives you almost unlimited editing options to try on your shots. Read on to find out just how useful these new tools can be. Access more Uncover t When you select the Adjust menu in the Edit section of Photos, by default you'll only see three options - Light, Color and Black & White. There is no denying that these are three great options, and can certainly make a really impressive changes to your shots, but don’t be fooled into thinking that this is all Photos has to offer on the Mac. You may be pleasantly surprised to discover that the app actually has seven other editing options that are hidden away in the Edit menu. In this tutorial, we'll introduce you to these commands and show you how you can utilise advanced options like the Histogram, as well as adjustment options for Sharpness, Vignette and even more. 1: See available options In the Edit menu, click the Adjust option from the sidebar. You will see that by default you only have three sections available. To change this, click Add at the top of the sidebar. 3: Enable, disable or remove Now you have a full editing suite available. If you don’t want to use a setting on a certain image, simply uncheck the box next to its name, or use the Add menu to disable them. editing options 2: Add more options A new menu appears; the three options you currently have are all ticked, but you can add more simply by clicking them. If you want to have them all at your fingertips, you can. 4: Save your settings When you're happy with your setup, open the Add menu again and choose Save as Default. This will ensure you see these options next time you open the Adjust menu The Mac Book 55 Share your favourite images Show your beautifully-edited photos to the world Siicjeseesecyey) Set up iCloud Photo Albums How to use iCloud Photo Sharing iCloud has revolutionised the way we share photos with friends and family - it’s now incredibly easy to create an online album and share it with only the people you select, for them to view and contribute to on any device. It's a brilliant service that simply requires you to log into iCloud on your devices and switch on to set up. But what really makes the albums shine is the way in which you can discuss the shots you upload — with iCloud Photo Albums you can like and add comments to any image, enabling you to talk about your photos with friends and family without having to leave the app and move to iMessage or Facebook. Here's how to get started with iCloud Photo Sharing. 2: Add a comment You can add a comment before you upload your 1: Pick and click First, you need to pick the images you want to share, then click the Share button in the toolbar and choose iCloud Photo Sharing — or just click Share on a Moment. shots ~ the other people that you're sharing with will see this when they get the notification about new images. Copycats ee a ell 4: Create new album Alternatively, you can create a new album 3: Add to album You can choose one of your existing shared With iCloud Photo Albums, you can talk about your photos — choose the option from the menu, then give and albums without having to leave the app Set up a Family album te a Family unt. This not ou to share iTunes ie 56 The Mac Book albums to add the images to simply by clicking them in the list. Once you do, your photo will upload, and you're done. 2: Add family iCloud preferences menu ight options You can add family memb the + button in the b emember tc your album a name and invite friends and family from your address book m-left of the them up using if you're ya updated yet becai Gan do it in Photos? ® Layout options P © Order up! You can click the Option button to open this menu ~ click a photo and this will change to a menu to add a filter, crop or When you're happy with your design, click the Buy Book button in the top- right of the window. The size, design and properly edit your selected shot number of pages determine the price ® Photo drawer ® Page controls The drawer at the bottom -left displays Using the control in the top-right of the all of the images you've selected for your ’'-_ ae choose whether to show card or calendar project; you can close it at your contact’s birthdays, alter the starting any time to get a better view Of YOUr PaCS | eee month or even change your theme , Where are all the features that | used to have in Aperture!? The short answer is this: missing, for now. It’s very likely that Apple will add more features to Photos as new versions are released, but for now it’s still in its infancy. It’s worth noting that Apple hasn't disabled Aperture — you can still use it exactly as you could before, so if you're missing all the powerful features it offers, you can still use it for your shots. I've got a lot of problems, like incorrect dates, since moving from iPhoto — what should | do? = 1: Back it up 2: Start the process 3: Waiting game Always back up your library before Now, quit the Photos app. Open it Depending on the size of your library, running a repair on your Mac; if again, and immediately hold down _it could take minutes or hours. When something goes wrong, atleast you the Cmd and Alt keys, then clickthe _ it’s done, your problem should be have a copy of it elsewhere. Repair button. solved forever! é The Mac Book 57 ne © Play it cool ® Green for go ‘As soon as you create a new Raid GarageBand's Loop Browser for loops 1 software instrument track, you can with a green icon. These are MIDI loops that play the sound assigned to it froma you can drag into your timeline, then change —Facod We Shaw Vw wy connected MIDI keyboard. To record the sound assigned to them fora limitless Seto a performance, simply hit the R key = =ssscemees supply of prefabricated synth parts ® Musical Typing ® Piano Roll Select this option from the Window This area, revealed by clicking the scissors menu in order to be able to play the button in the Transport bar, is where current sound using your computer Sa you can change the pitch, timing and keys as a makeshift MIDI keyboard duration of the notes in your MIDI parts Create a synth track in GarageBand It's time to explore GarageBand’s library of synth sounds! It has to be said that despite the fact it comes preloaded free on every Mac, GarageBand is a bit of a music production powerhouse. Behind its unassuming exterior lies a veritable cornucopia of sounds and instruments to build your music projects. The selection includes a large number of software instruments, from drum kits and orchestral instruments to piano and strings. Since these are all modelled in software, it goes without saying that a large portion of the library consists of synthesizer sounds, from warm, fat analogue basses to soaring leads and thick, layered presets perfect for dance music. So in this tutorial, we're going to look at how to mine this rich seam of synth sounds and get some synthsational electronic sounds into your tracks. 58 The Mac Book Working in a new, empty GarageBand project, set the tempo to 130bpm, then click the + button at the top of the track list in order to create a new track. Click the image of the synthesizer on the left to create a software instrument track, allowing you to select and play any of the software instruments in the library. Now click on Create to add the new track to your project. The Library pane on the left will open up with the default Classic Electric Piano preset selected. From the Library pane, which contains a menu of all the available instruments, select the Synthesizer category. Several subcategories will appear. Import the file ‘Emotive Pulse.mid’ onto the Emotive Pulse track (or you could record your own MIDI part) Hit Play to hear the result — it needs a little adjustment Click a preset’s name to select it. We've gone for Emotive Pulse. You may need to download additional content via the File menu. Seb ebenenenoned Hit the Smart Controls button to bring up some controls for the sound. To make the sound shorter, we need to bring the Release control down close to zero. Import the files ‘GBX Synth Track Drumsaif’ and 'GBX Synth Track Bassaif from FileStio by dragging and dropping them from Finder into your project timeline. Tturn up the Delay control to add more delay effect to the sound. To try out another synth sound, pick a new ne from the Library pane and hit Play once again. The Mac Book 59 Mix tracks like a pro in GarageBand Master essential mixing tricks for adding that final dash of audio polish to your tracks Once you've captured satisfactory musical performances a within your project tracks, the process becomes about mixing them together. This is a blending process, creating a harmonious ‘picture’ in sound, initially using volume to level things out. By then applying reverb effects, stereo panning and adjusting frequency with the visual EQ, you can achieve more dynamism. Here we'll examine using those tools and also identify the Master Track for applying project-wide edits more swiftly. The results are subjective, of course, but over the next few steps you should discover