MacBook & macOS The Complete Manual

Are you getting the most from your Apple Macbook notebook? Do you use your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air to its full potential or do some of its features and apps remain untouched? The Complete MacBook Manual is packed with tutorials and guides for your Apple notebook, including its key bundled applications and features built into the latest version of the Mac’s operating system, macOS Majove. It’s ideal for beginners and experienced users alike with everything you need right at your fingertips. 100% unofficial.

MacBook Complete Manual

First Steps with Your MacBook

Set Up a MacBook For the First Time • If you have a new MacBook but have not yet set it up, follow this guide. It’s nothing to be afraid of; follow the guide and the on-screen instructions, and step by step, you get to set your Mac’s language, take it onto the Internet with your Wi-Fi network, sign in with your all-important Apple ID and more.

Update macOS To macOS 26 Tahoe • If your Mac is already set up but is running an older version of the operating system, you’re probably keen to upgrade to the latest release of macOS Tahoe. It’s completely free of charge, and as long as your Mac meets the minimum system requirements, it’s easy to do. You need an Internet connection, and it’s best to plug in your charger too.

Using Touch ID On Your MacBook • With Touch ID, you can unlock your MacBook, make purchases, enter login details and switch between users, all using your fingerprint.

Launching and Quitting Apps • There are several ways of launching an app on your MacBook. Here we show you how to launch software applications, and also quit them.

Welcome to the Tahoe Desktop • The desktop is at the heart of your MacBook. Everything you do takes place on the desktop, including opening apps, interacting with files and folders and using the Dock. Here we show you how to use your desktop, app and folder windows, the top bar menu, Bin and more.

Personalise Your MacBook • macOS 26 Tahoe gives you all sorts of ways of customising and personalising your Mac. You can change your desktop wallpaper to an image or pattern of your choosing, set up a screensaver, configure the menu bar, give the Mac’s folders their own individual colours and more.

Gesture Controls On Your Trackpad • You can navigate your MacBook using gesture controls, just like you do on your iPhone or iPad. These gesture controls can be performed on a Mac notebook’s trackpad or on the Apple Magic Trackpad, which is available for desktop Macs. You can even do a few of them on a Magic Mouse.

Desktop Widgets For Easy Access • If you click on the Mac’s time in the top-right corner of the screen, you get a sidebar showing notifications and Widgets. You can also place Widgets on the desktop, where they fade into the background until needed. They’re unobtrusive, easy to use and packed with information. Here’s how they work.

Dark Mode And Night Shift • If your screen’s too bright, there’s a couple of great desktop features that help. Dark Mode inverts the Mac’s colour scheme, making it much darker, and Night Shift Mode changes the colour hue, reducing blue light that can keep you awake if you use your Mac before going to bed.

Desktop Stacks For Organisation • If your Mac’s desktop regularly gets cluttered with folders, file icons and other such material that you’re currently working on, there’s a solution at hand in macOS. With a click of your mouse or trackpad, you can organise them into stacks, grouped according to their file type. Here’s how to do it.

Getting Online With Wi-Fi or Ethernet • As is the case with any modern computer, access to the Internet is a vital component for upgrading and getting hold of new apps that will help you get the most from your Mac. Getting online in Tahoe is remarkably easy and...