Apple macOS Ventura User Guide

Apple macOS Ventura

Product Information

Employee Starter Guide

• Mac Basics
• macOS Ventura
• Introduction:
• Mac provides you with all the tools you need to be more productive, collaborate in new ways, and manage your business  workflows like never before. If you already use an iPhone or iPad,you’ll see many of the same applications and controls on your Mac, so you can work in similar ways and seamlessly across all your Apple devices.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Hardware Overview
• Software Overview
• Browse and Manage Files
• Find and Organize Apps
• Search for Anything on Your Mac
• Navigate Between App Windows
• Work with Apps Simultaneously
• Create Multiple Desktops
• Get Help with Everyday Tasks
• Keep Track of Your Day
• Use Keyboard Shortcuts
• Set up Touch Bar and Touch ID
• Use Trackpad and Mouse Gestures
• Customize Your Desktop
• Configure Your Settings
• Work the Way You Do
• Getting Support

Product Usage Instructions

• Getting Started
  To get started on your enterprise network, you or your IT team will need to enroll your Mac into corporate services to access your corporate Wi-Fi, mail, and calendar. If you have any questions, contact your IT administrator for more information.

• Hardware Overview
  Your Mac is ready to help you do amazing things right out of the box. Take a tour of MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or iMac to familiarize yourself with the hardware features.

• Software Overview
  macOS is the operating system that powers every Mac. The first thing you see when you power on your Mac is the desktop, where you’ll do most of your work. Get to know your Mac desktop, explore the menu bar, and use the Dock to access your frequently used apps.

• Browse and Manage Files
  The Finder is the home base for your Mac. Use the Finder to organize and access your files, project folders, work apps, and practically everything else on your Mac. Browse files, find files, folders, or apps, organize files in folders, choose your view, and customize the sidebar.

• Find and Organize Apps
  Apps on your Mac can be arranged in a variety of ways to help you do your best work. Customize your Dock to access and open apps you use frequently. If the app you need isn’t in the Dock, open Finder or Launchpad to view and open any app on your Mac.

Introduction

• Mac provides you with all the tools you need to be more productive, collaborate in new ways, and manage your business workflows like never before.
• In this guide, you’ll learn about:
  • How to navigate and customize your Mac
  • Built-in features that support your personal productivity
  •  Mac tips if you’re switching from Windows
  •  What’s new in macOS Ventura
• If you already use an iPhone or iPad, you’ll see many of the same applications and controls on your Mac, so you can work in similar ways and seamlessly across all your Apple devices.

Getting Started

To get started on your enterprise network, you or your IT team will need to enroll your Mac into corporate services to access your corporate Wi-Fi, mail, and calendar.

Learn more about configuration profiles
If you have any questions, contact your IT administrator for more information.

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View Managed Features and Restrictions
Choose   > System Settings > Privacy & Security > Profiles.

Hardware Overview

Your Mac is ready to help you do amazing things right out of the box.

• Take a tour of MacBook Air
• Take a tour of MacBook Pro
• Take a tour of iMac

Hardware Overview

MacBook Air

Hardware Overview

MacBook Pro 13”

Hardware Overview

iMac

Software Overview

macOS is the operating system that powers every Mac. The first thing you see when you power on your Mac is the desktop, where you’ll do most of your work. The desktop is the space between the menu bar at the top and the Dock located at the bottom of your screen.

• Get to know your Mac desktop
• Explore the menu bar
• Use the Dock
• Discover what’s new on
• macOS Ventura
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  Mac Tips for Windows switchers
  Change your Mac settings, open apps, find, and delete files. Learn more

Browse and Manage Files

The Finder is the home base for your Mac. Use the Finder to organize and access your files, project folders, work apps, and practically everything else on your Mac.

• Browse files
• Find files, folders, or apps
• Organize files in folders
• Choose your view
• Customize the sidebar
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  Preview a file without opening it
  Use Quick Look to see a large preview of a file without opening it. Just select it and then press the Space bar. Learn more

Find and Organize Apps

Apps on your Mac can be arranged in a variety of ways to help you do your best work. Customize your Dock to access and open apps you use frequently. If the app you need isn’t in the Dock, open Finder or Launchpad to view and open any app on your Mac.

• Open apps on your Mac
• Open and arrange apps in the Dock
• View all your apps in Launchpad
• Manage app windows
• Close or quit apps
• Discover apps included on your Mac
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  Find an app quickly
  You can use Siri to open an app for you. Say something like “Open Calculator.” Or click Spotlight in the menu bar, enter an app’s name in the search field, then press Return. Learn more

Search for Anything on Your Mac

Quickly find apps, documents, photos, and other files on your Mac. Find specific topics in messages or the web, perform quick calculations, view scrollable previews of your files in Quick Look, and more.

• Search for anything on your Mac
• Narrow your search results
• Change your Spotlight settings
• Use Spotlight keyboard shortcuts
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  Search images
  Spotlight uses information from images in Photos, Messages, Notes, and the Finder to enable searching by locations, scenes, or even things in images like text, a doc, or a car. It also allows for searching images from the web. Learn more

Navigate Between App Windows

When you have multiple app windows open, only one window is active at a time. To make a different app or Finder window active, simply click on it. Organize your apps and windows into a single view with Stage Manager, so you can stay focused on your work at hand and easily move between tasks.

• Manage app windows
• Work on apps in full screen
• See all the open windows on your Mac
• Organize your active app windows
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  Quickly switch between app windows
  Press Command-Tab (or use Command-Tab with the arrow keys) to scroll through all the open apps.

Work with Apps Simultaneously

Split View lets you fill your Mac screen with two apps, for things like writing emails and annotating documents at the same time. You can use both apps side by side, without the distraction of other apps.
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• Work in two apps side by side
• Use your iPad as a second display
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  Work in Split View on other displays
  Make sure the “Displays have separate Spaces” option is turned on in Desktop & Dock settings. Learn more

Create Multiple Desktops

When you’ve got multiple app windows scattered across your desktop, Mission Control helps you navigate through them quickly and efficiently. Create additional desktops to support your business workflows, like sharing a presentation with coworkers in one desktop space while keeping confidential projects private in another.

• See all open windows and spaces in Mission Control
• Create additional desktop spaces
• Assign apps to different spaces
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  Make each desktop space unique
  After you assign System Settings to all desktops, you can change the desktop picture in each space. Learn more

Get Help with Everyday Tasks

Siri is like your own personal assistant and can help make everyday tasks easier. You can ask Siri almost anything, and Siri can help do it for you. For example, find and open files, send a message, create a calendar event, and more.

• Turn on and use Siri
• Explore other ways to use Siri
• Change Siri preferences
• Use Siri on all your Apple devices

Keep Track of Your Day

Notification Center helps you keep track of what’s happening during the day.
View upcoming appointments, emails, reminders, and more. And when you need to stay on task and minimize notifications, you can set up a Focus from Control Center.

• Manage and customize notifications
• Change notifications preferences
• Set up a Focus
• Turn a Focus on or off
• Change Focus settings

Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Mac keyboard shortcuts can help you save time and quickly accomplish tasks that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. Many of the keyboard combinations you may already be familiar with use the Command (⌘) key on the Mac.

• Use macOS keyboard shortcuts
• Explore symbols used for shortcuts
• Common keyboard shortcuts
• Create your own keyboard shortcuts
• Windows keys on a Mac keyboard
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  What’s it called on my Mac?
  The Command key on a Mac is similar to the Control key on Windows PCs. Simply substitute Command for Control to use PC shortcuts. Learn more

Set up Touch ID and Touch Bar

With Touch ID, you can unlock your Mac, log in from a login window, switch users, open password-protected items or sign into some third-party apps. And if your Mac has a Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard, it adapts to what you’re doing, gives you intuitive shortcuts, and app controls when you need them.

• Set up Touch ID
• Use the Touch Bar
• Customize the Touch Bar
• Show the function keys on Touch Bar

Use Trackpad and Mouse Gestures

With a Multi-Touch trackpad or Magic Mouse, you can use gestures to do things like zoom in on documents, browse through web pages, rotate photos, and so much more.

• Use Multi-Touch gestures
• See all trackpad or mouse gestures
• Change Trackpad preferences
• Change Mouse preferences
• Change Mouse tracking  and scrolling speed

Customize Your Desktop

Setting the lighting and appearance of your Mac can help improve your productivity. Turn on Dark Mode to see darkened controls and windows recede into the background, so you can focus on your work. Or use Night Shift to adjust the colors on your display for easier viewing at night or in low-light conditions.

• Customize the desktop picture
• Change the desktop appearance
• Organize your desktop
• Make your desktop easier
• to see at night

Configure Your Settings

Manage your accounts, set up Wi-Fi, update your password, and more in System Settings. Some settings may already be configured by your company. Be sure to review the Getting Started page or check with your IT administrator to learn more.

• Customize the settings on your Mac
• Connect to a Wi-Fi network
• Change your password or user picture
• Use Touch ID to unlock your Mac
• Use a screen saver for extra privacy
• Set a password to wake your Mac
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  Access Wi-Fi from the menu bar
  Choose > System Settings, click Control Center , find Wi-Fi from the list to the left, and make sure “Show in Menu Bar” is selected.

Work the Way You Do

Included on every Mac, accessibility features are designed to work the way you do. You can do things like make content larger on your screen, use the built- in screen reader called Voice Over, speak commands with Voice Control, and more.

• Set up accessibility features
• Control accessibility options with your keyboard
• Get accessibility support
• View general accessibility features

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Type Requests to Siri
Open System Settings from the dock, click Accessibility, then click Siri, and select the “Enable Type to Siri” checkbox. Learn more

Getting Support

It’s important to know where to go for help when you need it. Your IT department is a great starting point for help, however Apple does offer a full array of tutorials, in-person assistance, and programs to help support your everyday needs.
For help desk support or urgent downtime issues: contact your IT department.

• macOS Support
  macOS User Guide | macOS Support

• New to macOS
  Are you new to Mac? | Mac Tips for Windows switchers | What’s it called on my Mac?

• Mac Essentials guides
  MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | iMac

• Visit the Apple Support website
  Mac | iPhone | iPad | Apple Watch

• Connect to an Apple Support expert
  Attend an Apple Store event

• Ask a question at Apple Support Communities
  Download Apple Support app

• Follow Apple Support on Twitter
  Watch Apple Support videos on YouTube
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  Get Onscreen Help in macOS
  Use the built-in help on your Mac to get information about macOS, your Mac, and the apps you use. Learn more

References

• Accessibility Support - Official Apple Support
• Contact - Official Apple Support (HK)
• Take a tour: iMac - Apple Support (HK)
• Welcome to iMac Essentials - Apple Support (HK)
• Apps included on your Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Desktop & Dock settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Focus settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Mouse settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Notifications settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change a password or user picture on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Siri settings for accessibility on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Siri & Spotlight settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Siri & Spotlight settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Customise your Mac with System Settings - Apple Support (HK)
• Change Trackpad settings on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change how folders are displayed in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Customise the desktop picture on your Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Change mouse tracking, double-click and scrolling speed on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Use configuration profiles to standardise settings on Mac computers - Apple Support (HK)
• Connect your Mac to the internet using Wi-Fi - Apple Support (HK)
• Create keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Customise the Finder toolbar on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Customise the Touch Bar on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Get to know the Mac desktop - Apple Support (HK)
• Use the Dock on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Organise your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Use built-in help on your Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Get started with accessibility features on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• How to use Siri on your Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Make text and other items on the screen bigger on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• What’s in the menu bar on Mac? - Apple Support (HK)
• Narrow your search results on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Narrow your search results on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Use Notification Centre on Mac - Apple Support (HK)
• Use the Dock on Mac - Apple Support (HK)

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