Essential Apple User Magazine - UK (2020-04)

The Music, TV, and Podcasts apps, which replace the old

iTunes app, all sync their content through iCloud. So, if you

buy or rent media on one device, it’s made available on all

your Apple gear that’s signed into your Apple ID.

a critical system file accidentally.

If you open System Preferences and click on the Apple

ID pane in the top right, you can access all your account

information and settings in one place. Your options and

Apple devices are found in the left-hand sidebar.

modify root files. Your watch does the

floating window, which is always on top of

in-depth information about the open file,

Your Mac’s desktop often fills with files and folders,

giving a very cluttered workspace. To use Desktop

Stacks, first, click on the desktop to make sure Finder is

active. Click on the View menu in the top bar and select

Use Stacks. Your files are stacked on the right-hand

side of your desktop, according to their type.

Click on a stack to access and open individual files.

To close a stack again, click on the down-pointing

Triangle icon that replaced the stack when you clicked

to open it.

To choose how you group your stacks, in View, go to

Group Stacks By and then pick an option.

The first time you open an

app, Gatekeeper checks

for known security issues.

If it’s from an unidentified

developer, you have

to give it permission to

open through System

Preferences. Open the

Security & Privacy pane,

click on the General

tab and click the Open

Anyway button.

Desktop

Stacks

Restore from

Snapshot

Read-only

System Volume

Apple ID Pane

Opening Apps from Unidentified Developers

Media Syncing

Approve

with Apple

Watch

QuickTime Player Enhancements

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