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Explore macOS Sequoia! macOS Sequoia brings new features and enhanced performance to your Mac, making it more intuitive and efficient. Whether you're a longtime Mac user or new to the Apple ecosystem, this comprehensive guide will help you master everything macOS Sequoia has to offer. With a focus on simplicity and productivity, macOS Sequoia builds on the seamless integration between macOS, iPadOS, and iOS, creating a unified experience across your Apple devices. This guide takes you through every step of getting the most out of your Mac, from setting it up to navigating its most powerful ...

Discover the Power of Samsung Galaxy S24 with One UI 6.1 Unleash the Full Potential of Your Galaxy S24 Dive into the world of Samsung Galaxy S24, a marvel of modern technology, and explore its myriad of impressive features with this comprehensive and user-friendly guide. Perfect for anyone eager to harness the capabilities of their new device, this book is your key to unlocking the Galaxy S24's full potential. The Galaxy S24 stands out in the smartphone market, not just for its sleek design and high-end specs but for its unmatched accessibility and value. It's a device designed to cater to ...

Mastering the Samsung Galaxy S25 Series: Your Essential Guide Step into the future with the Samsung Galaxy S25 series—a lineup that pushes the boundaries of speed, innovation, and intelligent technology. Whether you’ve chosen the S25, S25+, or the powerhouse S25 Ultra, this comprehensive guide is designed to help you navigate every important feature and setting your new device has to offer. More than just a smartphone, the Galaxy S25 series is a productivity tool, a creative studio, and a daily companion packed with AI-driven enhancements, next-level cameras, and seamless connectivity. ...

Understanding Apple Intelligence is your essential guide to the powerful AI features woven into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. This short book is designed for novice users, guiding them through the innovative capabilities of Apple’s devices to enhance daily tasks, creativity, and communication, while safeguarding privacy at every step. From writing aids that refine text on the go to intelligent notifications that prioritize what matters, Understanding Apple Intelligence shows how AI makes Apple’s ecosystem more intuitive and personal. You'll discover how to leverage new Writing ...

The Apple watch is hard to define. It’s a great device to make calls, send messages, and use apps. The problem with defining it is there isn’t one feature that it’s good at. It’s good at many things and used for multiple purposes. It’s good for fitness. But, it’s also good for kids to communicate with you from school. And, it’s good for your health. And...well, you get the idea. It has many purposes depending on who you are. In almost every situation, however, the Apple watch will save you time and help you stay organized.

★★★ Take your note taking to the next level with OneNote ★★★ Word? Of course you've heard of it! Excel? You betcha! PowerPoint? How'd you do a presentation without it! But Microsoft OneNote? If you are like most people, you probably have never tried Microsoft’s powerful note taking software. That’s a shame, because it’s one of the most powerful ways to collaborate on ideas and take projects to the next level. Microsoft OneNote was released in 2003—before things like Pinterest had taken the world by storm. Its intuitive software environment allows users to work either...

For 40-some-odd years, the world of spreadsheets has been ruled by one king: Microsoft Excel. Sure, there were far away challengers that tried to overtake the beast—I’m looking at you, Lotus 1-2-3—but none have come close to dethroning the powerful tool…until Google Sheets. So what is Google Sheets? It’s a cloud-based spreadsheet. Think Excel, but online. “But Excel is online,” you say. Yes! But Google was there first, and really has the advantage over Excel in this arena. It’s quicker and easier to use for collaboration. Google Sheets is also free; Excel has monthly/yearly ...

Times have certainly changed. It wasn’t that long ago when videoconferencing was cutting edge. It was something expensive companies did for board meetings with people who couldn’t make it in. This is still true today, but videoconferencing has evolved. Today it’s used both globally and regionally to connect remote workers. As more and more companies are switching to either partially remote or fully remote workplace environments, Like most software today, Zoom is pretty easy to get up and running, but it takes time to learn it’s most powerful features. This book will walk you ...

Say goodby to Word, and take your writing to the Cloud with Google Docs Like hundreds of millions of people, you probably lived your whole life using one-word processing tool: Microsoft Word. It's great software! Powerful software! Resourceful software! And...expensive software! Google Docs is the Google equivalent of Microsoft Word, but it's free. Free as in ad-supported, right? One paragraph in and you have to watch a 30 second video of some emoji game you would never play! Wrong! Free as in free. As in no ads. Nothing to pay later. Free! Who wouldn't want software like that? For the ...

Rethink communications It didn’t seem so long ago that instant messaging and texting in the workplace was not only frowned upon but outright banned. Times have changed. Chatting online is now not only part of workplace culture, but the preferred way teams communicate. When it comes to this type of communication, there is one service that rules them all: Slack. Slack lets you communicate with your company and teams within the company in a way that is private, secure, and fun! This book will teach you what you need to know to use the popular service. This book is not endorsed by Slack ...

Mac users love the Safari browser. It’s fast, privacy is front and centered, and new tab groups make browsing more efficient than ever. At its core, it’s pretty easy to work—just like any other browser. But there’s plenty of things built-in that you may not even know. Inside you will learn how to become a power-user; it will cover things like tab groups, privacy features, extensions, and much more! If you’re ready to make the switch and want to make sure you understand all of the features, then read on!

You just spent a good chunk of your life writing the book that you always knew you had in you, and now it’s time to publish it! But you’re an author, not a graphic designer, and you need an eye-catching book cover that will make readers say yes to buying your book. Some book distributors have tools to help you out, but they rely on templates that are less than de-sirable and scream, “This book has been self-published!” You can also find a professional to do it for you, but if you’re on a budget this isn’t necessarily ideal. There’s a third way: Canva! Canva is a cloud-based (...

★★★ Get started with Apple TV ★★★ Tired of paying too much for cable? Who can blame you? It’s time to get streaming! Apple TV is an investment, but can if you do it right, then you can make up that investment quickly by saving on cable costs. There are, of course, other media player options, but Apple TV is arguably one of the best. It’s slick. It’s fast. It’s everything you’d expect from Apple. But if you already know all this, but are confused about how it actually works, then this book can help. This book will guide you through all the features you should know...

★★★ Get started with Firefox ★★★ Surfing the Internet requires an Internet Browser. While some people use the browser that comes with their computer (typically Internet Explorer and Safari) others download a separate browser. Google Chrome is arguably the most popular, but Firefox is definitely a worthy contender in the browser wars. Developed by the non-profit organization "Mozilla Foundation" Firefox is open-source, fast, and offers top security. If you are tired of the browser that came with your computer and want to try something different, then this book will help you ...

Cut the Cable Cord! The streaming wars are here! If you want to watch the latest and greatest TV shows, put aside your cable box and plug in your streaming box! Apple TV is arguably the best streaming device out there; yes, there are cheaper ones—lots of them—but Apple TV feels like everything else Apple does: premium. You aren’t just paying for a device that can play movies; you’re paying for something that can play games, apps, and mirror your other Apple products. Even more, you are paying for a slick user interface that isn’t confusing, slow or buggy. It just works! This guide...

You’ve probably heard the success stories: au-thor self-publishes book and now they’ve quit their job and are living off the income. What author wouldn’t want to be that person? The fact is most authors are not. In fact, most self-published authors are probably earning less than $50 a year from their book. $50 a year! That’s depressing! People spend months—years even—writing their book. And all they have to show for it is $50? You probably didn’t write the book for money. Money would be nice, but what you really want is readers. You want to know someone out there is reading ...

Music has changed a lot since mobile phones were introduced. Today, most people don’t buy albums or songs—they buy streaming services. One of the biggest streaming subscriptions in the world is Apple Music. If you are considering subscribing to Apple Music, but want to know a little bit more about it, then this short guide will help; it will also help new users navigate their way around the app. Ready to get started? Read on!

★★★ Create documents like never before ★★★ Adobe InDesign is arguably one of Adobe’s more underappreciated programs. Many people have gotten used to creating brochures and books using Word and Pages. If you are a professional who cares about design, then there is no greater tool for creating a document than InDesign. This book is intended to get you started, so you can understand what all the important features are and how to use them. You’ll learn how to: Use menus Change colors Arrange images, shapes, and text Create spreads Create columns Perform wraps Export to ...

★★★ Get started with the HomePod Mini ★★★ When the HomePod launched in 2018, critics praised its sound quality while also questioning how it would ever compete in the competitive smart speaker market. Critics’ speculation was mostly correct for several years; the price of the stunning sounding speaker was too great for most consumers. Things changed in 2020. Apple had spent years perfecting the HomePod and was ready to power their knowledge into something smaller and cheaper: the HomePod mini. The HomePod mini lacks the multiple speakers of its larger companion but still ...

There’s a real good chance that you grew up in a Microsoft Word world. The first document you created were from the Office Suite. But if you are reading this, then you are ready to make the leap to cloud-based (and free) word processing with Google Docs. If you are thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quickly as possible. Let’s get started! Note: This book is the Google Docs...