Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus - macOS Big Sur For Dummies

macOS Big Sur For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020945957

ISBN 978-1-119-73010-1 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-73011-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-73013-2 (ebk)

1. Chapter 3
2. Chapter 18
3. Chapter 27

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27

You made the right choice twice: macOS Big Sur (version 11.0) and this book. Take a deep breath and get ready to have a rollicking good time. Thats right. This is a computer book, but its fun. What a concept! Whether youre brand spanking new to the Mac or a grizzled Mac vet, I guarantee that reading this book to discover the ins and outs of macOS Big Sur will make learning easy. If it werent true, I couldnt say it right on the cover!

This books roots lie with my international best seller Macintosh System 7.5 For Dummies, an award-winning book so good that long-deceased Mac clone-maker Power Computing gave away a copy with every Mac clone it sold (back in the '90s before Steve came back and killed off all Mac clones).

macOS Big Sur For Dummies is the latest revision and has been, once again, completely and thoroughly updated to include all the tasty goodness in macOS Big Sur. In other words, this edition combines all the old, familiar features of literally dozens of previous editions but, as always, Ive lovingly updated every page to reflect the latest and greatest offering from Apple as well as feedback from readers. If you have comments good or bad email me. (My email address appears in the last section.)

Why write a For Dummies book about Big Sur? Well, Big Sur is a big, somewhat complicated personal-computer operating system. So, I made macOS Big Sur For Dummies a not-so-big, not-too-complicated book that shows you what Big Sur is all about without boring you to tears, confusing you, or poking you with sharp objects.

In fact, I think youll be so darned comfortable that I wanted the title to be macOS Big Sur Made Easy, but the publishers wouldnt let me. Apparently, my publisher has rules, and using Dummies in this books title is one of them.

And speaking of dummies remember, thats just a word. I dont think youre a dummy at all quite the opposite! My second choice for this books title was macOS Big Sur For People Smart Enough to Know They Need This Book, but you can just imagine what Wiley thought of that.

The book is chock-full of information and advice, explaining everything you need to know about macOS Big Sur in language you can understand along with time-saving tips, tricks, techniques, and step-by-step instructions, all served up in generous quantities.

Another rule we Dummies authors must follow is that our books cannot exceed a certain number of pages. (Brevity is the soul of wit, and all that.) So, while I wish I could have included some things that didnt fit, I feel confident youll find what you need to know about using macOS Big Sur in this book.

Still, a few things bear further looking into, such as these:

• Information about many of the applications (programs) that come with macOS Big Sur: An installation of macOS Big Sur includes more than 50 applications, mostly located in the Applications and Utilities folders. Id love to walk you through each one of them, but that would have required a book a whole lot bigger, heavier, and more expensive than this one.