Essential Apple User Magazine - UK (2020-04)

First Steps with Your Mac

Your Mac is an incredible machine, and the things you can do with it

are almost endless. Here we present a range of small tips that help

you get even more from your Mac.

App Tiling is an alternative way of using your apps in split-screen

mode. Click and hold the green gumdrop for a menu that lets you

go full screen, or tile a screenshot on the left- or right-hand side

of the desktop. Choose a tiling option, then click on another app

that can be viewed in split-screen. It automatically tiles itself to

the other side of the screen, giving you a split-screen perspective

without having to drag app windows on to the desktop bar.

AirDrop lets you transfer files directly between

On your Mac, you can drag and drop a file

sent it is then offered the file. When someone

sends you a file, using AirDrop, you can accept

Using

Bluetooth

App Tiling

Continuity Markup

and Sketching

AirDrop

File^ Transfer

You can draw on a document, or even make a drawing from scratch,

on your iPad or iPhone and have the updates appear in real-time

on your Mac. This is especially useful if you have an Apple Pencil.

Connect your Mac to your iPad using the new Sidecar feature,

and open a PDF (for example). Then, using your iPad as if it was a

graphics tablet that also shows what’s on your Mac’s screen, you can

write on and annotate it using your Apple pencil.

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