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Yosemite Tips and Tricks Flashcards

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What is the latest operating system for MAC?

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Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

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Which version is the OS X Yosemite operating system?

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Eleventh major release of OS X

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What are some of the new features with OS X 10.10.2?

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In OS X Yosemite, the operating system included a revamped look and number new features like I Cloud Drive and Continuity. The OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 update fixed a number of issues in Yosemite including Wi-Fi to disconnect.

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What are some of the names of operating systems for Mac?

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  1. OS X Yosemite
  2. OS X Yosemite 10.10
  3. OS X Mavericks
  4. OS X Lion
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When was OS X Yosemite released to developers at WWDC?

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It was released on June 2, 2014 at WWDC 2014

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When was Yosemite released to public beta testers?

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On July 24, 2014

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When was Yosemite released to consumers?

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October 16, 2014

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What was Mavericks and Yosemite named after?

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Following California landmark-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, Yosemite is name after the national park.

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What preceded OS X Mavericks?

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OS X Yosemite

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What design changes happed to Yosemite?

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  • Yosemite introduced a major overhaul of OS X user interface
  • Graphics replaced ‘skeuomorphism’ with ‘flat graphic design’ and blurred translucency effects
  • Followed aesthetics introduced with iOS 7
  • Maintain OS X Desktop Metaphor
  • New icons, light and dark color schemes
  • Replacement of Lucida Grande with Helvetica Neue as default system typeface
  • The dock is now 2D translucent rectangle instead of skeumorphic glass shelf, reminiscent of Dock design used in Tiger
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How does Yosemite’s new feature focus on theme of continuity?

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  1. Increase its integration with other Apple services and platforms such as iOS and iCloud
  2. Handoff functionality allows to integrate with iOS8 devices over Bluetooth IE and WiFi
  3. Users can place and answer phones using iPhone as conduit
  4. Send and receive text message
  5. Active personal hotspots
  6. Load items from mobile app (mail or numbers) directly into desktop
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What is different in the notification center in iOS?

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  1. New “Today” view, similar to iOS
  2. Today view display information + updates such as widgets
  3. Similar to iOS8
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What replaced photos in OS 10.10.3?

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Photos replaces iPhoto and Aperture. It uses iCloud Photo Library to upload all user photos across devices

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What is a more prominent part of the operating system?

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Spotlight, it now includes search box in center of screen. Include resutls from online sources such as Bing, Maps and Wikipedia

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How has some stock applications like Safari and Mail been updated?

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  1. Many security features have been added to Safari, such as custom historing clearing option
  2. Let’s users clear history, cookies, other data from previous hour, day or two days
  3. Apple added DuckDuckGo to its search offerings, non-tracking search engine that doesn’t store users data
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What new functionality support full screen mode?

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  1. The ‘green’ zoom button on windows.
  2. Instead of simply enlarging window, the button now enters full screen mode
  3. Eliminates the full screen button at top right corner of windows, been present since Mac OS Lion
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How would you invole the original behavior of a window to simply enlarge the window?

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Hold down the OPTION KEY while clicking the zoom button or double-clicking on window chrome

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What is the new system-wide support for scripting?

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JavaScript for Automation (JXA)

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What is JXA?

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JavaScript for Automation. It is a the new system-wide support for scripting with JavaScript, built upon JavaScriptCore and Open Scripting Architecture. It features an objective-C bridge which enbalbes entire Cocoa applications to be programmed in JavaScript.

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What new practise initiated Apple, which has not been seen since 2000?

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  • A new public beta program for OS X.
  • A practice not seem with its operating system since 2000
  • US$29.95 Mac OS X Public Beta preceded the release of Mac OS X v 10.10
  • Yosemite is part of a OS X Beta Seed Program, a public program that allows first 1 million users to download and test Yosemite, free of charge
  • Beta Users is required to acknowledge potential risks involved with prerelease software and sign a non-disclosure agreement
  • Six public betas of Yosemite were released
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When was OS X Yosemite 10.10 released?

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Original mac app store released in October 16, 2014

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When was OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 released?

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Update in November 17th, 2014

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When was OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 released?

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January 27, 2015 - March 2015

(Various security updates)

Shipped with early 2015 MacBook Air

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When was OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 released?

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April 8 & 16, 2015 (supplemental update)

This release unified previously forked build for early 2015 MacBook Air

Fixes issues with video driver that may prevent Mac from starting up when running certain apps that capture video

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What are some of the system requirements for OS X Yosemite?

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  1. Most MACs capable of running OS X Mountain Lion are supported by Yosemite
  2. All models capable of running OS X Mavericks can run OS X Yosemite
  3. They have the same requirements
  4. Take full advantage of Handoff feature, additional minimum system requirements include a Mac with Bluetooth LE
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Can you list exceptions of models compatible with OS X Yosemite?

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  1. iMac
  2. MacBook
  3. MacBook Pro
  4. Mac Mini
  5. Mac Pro
  6. Xserve
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What are some of the ongoing discussion among developers and webloggers about Apple software quality and stability?

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  1. OS X Yosemite and iOS 8
  2. Some users upgraded to Yosemite complained that Finder fails to show the contents of Application folder
  3. Spotlight on Yosemite by default reports the user’s current location (at the city level) and all their search queries to Apple and third parties
  4. Reporting by Spotlight can be disabled by the uder, although, even if this is done, the Safari web browser will continue to send search terms to Apple unless the funcation is separately disabled
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What is the automator application developed by Apple for OS X?

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  1. Implements point-and-click (drag or drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately
  2. The icon features a robot holding a pipe, references to pipelines, a computer science term for connected data workflows
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What are some tasks Automator can do?

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You can create folder action to clear desktop during download

30
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How do you pronounce Yosemite?

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YOU-SEM-MEN-ITY

31
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How do you make the following change:

You want to show the following three items on your desktop:

Hard disks

External disks

CD, DVD and iPods

Connected Servers

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Finder Preferences / General / Hard disks; external disks; CD DVD or iPods; and Connected servers

32
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You want to open folder in tabs instead of new windows. Where do you go?

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Finder preferences / General / Select - Open folder in tabs instead of new window

33
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How do you access your library folder? What are some things you can edit once you are there?

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Finder / Go / Library

  • You can show various of data in columns: date created, modified, last opened, date added, size, kind, versions, comments, tags
  • You can arrange by name, date, size
  • You can use relative dates, calculate all sizes, show icon preview or library folder
34
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How can you add a shortcut for the library?

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Keyboard / App Shortcut / Application: Finder

Menu Title: Library

Keyboard Shortcut: ALT+OPT+L

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How do you use AirDrop between your Mac and iOS device?

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  1. You can make yourself discoverable to everyone or only people in your contacts if you select AIRDROP
  2. It appears at bottom of screen
  3. Airdrop lets you share instantly with people nearby
  4. It allows you to be discoverable
  5. They can automatically share another photo with you from one computer to the next (no emailing)
  6. You can tap and then share it with others via AIRDROP
36
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How do you slim down your SSD?

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Symbolic links

37
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You want to add your DOWNLOADS folder to your favorites panel in the windows. How do you do this?

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You drag folder to favorites pnale inside window

38
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What does command-click title do?

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Show path

39
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What is the shortcut for spotlight search?

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command-space

40
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You want to quickly figure out square root of 9. What can you do?

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You can click command-space to bring up spotlight search, type in calculator, and the square root of 9.

41
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What does this mean in spotlight search?

sqrt()

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square root

42
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What does this mean in spotlight search?

sin()

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sine

sin(8)

43
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What does this mean in spotlight search?

cos()

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cosine

44
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What does this mean in spotlight search?

tan()

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tangent

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What is Spotlight?

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It can help you quickly find things on your computer and show suggestions from the Internet, iTunes, App Store, movie showtimes, locations nearby and more

46
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You want to change your selection of what can appear in spotlight search? For ex: deselect mail & messages

How do you do this?

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You go to “spotlight search” by pressing “command-space” for the search bar to appear. Then you go to search results / deselect “mail & messages”

47
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You are importing your photos through iPhoto. How do you convert your images to greyscale as you import?

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  1. Library / Photos / Add photos to album / Add
  2. Copy finder items TO: Converted
  3. Change type of images to JPG
  4. Scale images to 480px
  5. Image capture / Import All
48
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You have a lot of files on your desktop. How do you clear the decks?

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  1. Library / Actions / Workflow /
  2. Open Automator / Files & Folders / Drag “Get specified finder items” inside “ask for finder items”
  3. Inside Automator you will see specified finder items: desktop / name of person / desktop
  4. Get Folder Contents
  5. Drag “my desktop stuff” to move finder items
  6. Hit pause button
  7. Save calendar alarm to run the action on day/time
    8.
49
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How do you back up your mac with your voice?

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  1. System preferences / dictation / ON + Use enhanced dictation
  2. Automator / Library / Workflow / Choose
  3. Activate fonts / get specified finder items / back this up / add
  4. Finder / actions / files & folders / ask finder items / copy finder items / back up
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How do you make a recording of your camera, voice and screen with QuickTime player?

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  1. QuickTime Player / File / FaceTime HD or HD Pro Webcam
  2. File / New Audio Recording / Display Audio
  3. Click to record the full screen. Drag to record part of screen. End recording by clicking the stop button in menu bar.
51
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How do you view your video shot in QuickTime on your iphone or iPad?

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  1. Plug it into computer
  2. Select location to save file from QuickTime
  3. Pick iPad
  4. Save
52
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How do you use two microphones with your Mac?

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Audio devices / airplay / output

Aggregate device / MiC and Blue Microphones Spark Digital

GarageBand / Vintage Electric Piano / Classic Electric Piano

GarageBand / Vintage Electric Piano: Software Instrument, Audio and Drummer

53
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Your home video (uploaded from DVD) is missing whenever you open iTunes. How do ou view it with your movie selection?

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  • iTunes / Home Videos
  • Select your uploaded video
  • Right click / Home Video
  • My Movies / It should appear
54
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How can you convert music and video for MAC playback?

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  1. Take your .AVI file
  2. Use “smart converter” and “music converter”
  3. Drop your video and music file into “smart converter”
  4. Drop your music into “music converter”
  5. It will convert it to .wmav format
  6. Play .m4a format
55
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You have problems reading a disk. How can you repear or verify it?

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  1. You go to disk utility / macintosh HD
  2. Click on Verify Disk
  3. First Aid
  4. Disk Utility / File / Blank Disk Image
  5. Desktop / Name / Save at .MB
  6. Encryption is none
  7. Image format is sparse bundle disk image
  8. Enter new password
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How do you resize partitions with disk utility?

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  1. Disk utiliity / select drive
  2. Partition / Partition layout: 2 partitions
  3. Partition information: Name, format and size
  4. Ensure current partition is 75 GB / 119.69 GB
  5. Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
57
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Your mac is running really slow. How can you monitor the activity of CPU to show energy impact?

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  1. Finder / type into spotlight search bar
  2. Activity Monitor
  3. Process Name, % CPU, CPU Time, Threads, Idle Wake Ups, PID, User
  4. Shows system, user and idle
  5. Select activity that is idling
  6. Force Quit or Quit
  7. Monitors / Show activity monitor
  8. CPU History
  9. Energy Impact
58
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How do you access keychain access?

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Inside spotlight search type

Keychain Access

Login / Private Exchange Key

Category / All Items

accounts.google.com

Enter passwords

59
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You want to filter your email starting with recipient, description of content and move message to specific mailbox inside Entourage or MAIL

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  1. Open Mail / Inbox
  2. Click on email
  3. Enter new mailbox / location with name
  4. Rules / description: NAME OF PERSON
  5. if any of following conditions are met:
  6. any recipient contains NAME OF PERSON
  7. Perform the following actions: Move message to mailbox folder
  8. Rules / Description: Content
  9. if any of the following conditions are met:
  10. content-type contains EMAIL ADDRESS
  11. Mark as flagged RED
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You want to create smart mailboxes inside your mail. How do you include messages from trash or sent?

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  • Mail / Inbox / Smart Mailbox Name
  • Contains messages that match all of the following conditions:
  • Any recipient contains anel@anelhenning.com
  • Include messages from trash or sent
61
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How do you remove old autofilled email recipients?

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Mail / Inbox

Previous recipients

Name / Email / Last Used

Remove from list

Delete

62
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You have to send a 1.73 GB file via email. How can you send it?

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  1. You send huge email attachments via Mail Drop
  2. Open Mail / attach file
  3. AIRPLANE ICON (left) allows you to send via MAIL DROP
  4. Mail drop can deliver a large attachment using iCloud
  5. Recipient recieves email with link to download
63
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What are some things you can do with iCloud Drive?

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  • Preview
  • Pixelmator: gaussian, motion, median, soften, distortion
  • Pages
  • TextEdit
  • Automator
  • Keynote
  • Safari
  • Notes
  • Reminders
  • Calendars
  • Contacts
  • Mail
  • Photos
  • iMovie
  • QuickTime Player
64
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You have problems finding your keynote presentation on icloud. How can you unearth it?

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Finder / Go / Library

65
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How does family sharing work?

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  1. You login to icloud
  2. Click “Set up family”
  3. System preferences / icloud / details
  4. Continue
  5. Add family member’s emails
  6. Enter child’s information (DOB)
  7. Parent Privacy Disclosure
  8. Click “ask to buy” or “allow to see your location”
  9. Rate or restrict movies, tvs, apps, books
  10. Disable podcast, internet radio or iTunes store
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