Mac Tips & Lessons
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macOS Classes5 Lessons
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New in macOS Sequoia3 Lessons
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Getting Started with the Mac13 Lessons
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14+ Tips for Getting Started with a New Mac (and older Macs)
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How to tell which macOS you are using
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Getting Around your Mac
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Working with Finder Windows
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Accessing Folders and Navigating Folders
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A Look a the Folder Hierarchy of the Mac
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Using Keyboard Shortcuts
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Notifications and the Notification Center
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Searching with Spotlight Search
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System Preferences Overview
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Mac Quick Look Demystified: Preview Files with Ease!
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Quickly access Mac system settings with Menu Bar or Dock
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Learn Cut, Copy, and Paste on Mac
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14+ Tips for Getting Started with a New Mac (and older Macs)
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Menu Bar Lessons for the Mac4 Lessons
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Dock Lessons for the Mac11 Lessons
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Automatically Hide the Dock
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Open Recent Documents from a Closed app with the Mac's Dock
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Open an App's Recent Documents through the Dock on the Mac
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Change the Position of the Dock
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Working with Applications in the Dock
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Documents and Folders in the Dock
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Customizing the Dock
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Add Printers to the Mac's Dock
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3 Easy Tips for Organizing your Folders in the Mac's Dock
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Unlock Hidden Settings for the Dock
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How to Add Folders to the Mac Dock
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Automatically Hide the Dock
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Finder Lessons for the Mac24 Lessons
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Opening an Enclosing Folder from a Finder Window
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Adding a Folder to the Sidebar in a Finder Window
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Cycle through your Open Finder Windows
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Set What Folder A New Finder Windows Shows
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Finder Window View Options
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View Unopened Documents with Quick Look
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Arranging Files and Folders
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Actions and Tasks
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Finder Windows as Tabs
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Customizing the Sidebar
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Customize the Finder Window Toolbar
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Show the Path Bar in a Finder Window
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Keep Folders on Top
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Show the Status Bar in Finder Windows
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Set what is searched in a Finder Window
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Hide your Hard Drives from the Desktop
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Add Documents to a Finder Window Toolbar
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Resizing Finder Window Columns
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Copy the location of a File or Folder as Pathname
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Set what your Finder Windows Open To
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Show the Mac's Clipboard in a Window
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Create a PDF from Multiple Images with Quick Actions on the Mac
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The ultimate guide to the Mac's Finder: 24+ tips included!
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Need help Organizing Your Mac? Master Smart Folders Today!
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Opening an Enclosing Folder from a Finder Window
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Manage Applications on the Mac24 Lessons
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Easily Open the Applications Folder
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Apps and Significant Energy
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Set which Applications Open at Login
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Add the Applications Folder to the Dock
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Close Windows when Quitting Apps
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5 Ways to Find and Open your Applications on the Mac
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Finding your Applications Folder
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Switching between Open Applications
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Hiding Open Applications
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Launchpad and Applications
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Opening Applications with Spotlight Search
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Installing Applications
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Removing or Uninstalling Applications
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Applications in Full-screen Mode
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Finding an App’s Preferences or Settings
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Open Apps with the Launchpad Icon
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Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Switch between Open Apps
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Shrink Apps to Prevent the MacBook Pro Notch from Obscuring App Controls
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Prevent In-App Rating & Review Notifications
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How to Check App Version History on Your Mac
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How to Use Multiple Desktops with Spaces
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Switch between open apps with the Mac's App Switcher
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Enhance your Mac experience by Installing iOS apps
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Add a Signature to a Document
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Easily Open the Applications Folder
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Manage Files and Folders on the Mac30 Lessons
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Selecting Documents and Folders
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Working with Save Dialog Boxes
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Deleting Files and Folders
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Copying, Moving, and Grouping Files
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Move Selected Files into a New Folder
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Specifying Applications for Documents
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4 Ways to Open a File on the Mac
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3 Ways to Force Quit an App on the Mac
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4 Ways to Edit Finder Window Sidebars on the Mac
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Create A New Folder with Selected Files on the Mac
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Using Spring-loaded Folders
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Compressing Files and Folders
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Convert and Compress Images with Quick Actions
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Viewing Document Information
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Renaming Files in Batches
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Tagging Files and Folders
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Set What App a Document Opens With
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Open Windows Media or WMV Files
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Tips for finding your Downloads Folder
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See Folder Sizes in a Finder Window
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Duplicate Documents with Stationery Pad on the Mac
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Reverse the Print Order of your Document
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Creating PDFs on a Mac: Two Easy Methods
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Save Time and Effort: How to Select Multiple Files on Your Mac
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How to Easily Zip and Unzip Files on Your Mac
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Learn how to use Find and Replace on the Mac
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Rename Multiple Files on the Mac
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How to Manage Storage on Your Mac - Easy Tips & Tricks!
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Ever Wondered How to Rename Mac Files? Top 7 Tips Here!
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11 Easy Ways to Optimize Your Mac's Desktop Experience
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Selecting Documents and Folders
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General macOS Lessons21 Lessons|1 Quiz
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Have your Mac Learn Spelling
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Close Notifications with a Swipe
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Working with the Today View
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Using Siri
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Using Mission Control
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Add Virtual Desktops with Spaces on the Mac
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Sharing Files with AirDrop
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iCloud Options
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Take a Screenshot of your Display
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Add Emojis as Text
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View All Open Windows as Thumbnails
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Copy, and Paste and Match Style
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Type Special Characters with the Keyboard Viewer
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Set where Screenshots are Saved
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Add a Timer to Screenshots
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Hide all your open windows to show the Mac's Desktop
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Turn on Do Not Disturb Temporarily
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Using Split View
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The Mac’s Magic Shortcut to Trashing Files and Photos Quickly
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10 Little Known Tips for the Mac
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Keyboard Navigation on the Mac
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Have your Mac Learn Spelling
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Preferences or Settings for the Mac34 Lessons
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Organize and Hide System Preference Panes
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General Preferences
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Working with Printers and Scanners
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Share Connected Printers with other Macs
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A Quick look at Sound Preferences
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A closer look at Internet Accounts
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Creating User Accounts
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Set an Animated Emoji for your Mac User Profile
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Customize the Date and Time in the Mac's Menu Bar
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Adding Parental Controls
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Change the Cursor Size
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Show the Date in the Menu bar
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Change the Clock in the Menu Bar from Digital to Analog
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Set the Scroll Bar to Always Show in a Window
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Create a New user Account
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Text Replacement
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Quickly Look up Information with the Trackpad
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Shortcuts for opening System Preference Panes
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Rename your Mac
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Searching your System Preferences
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Set the Default Browser on the Mac
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Reduce the Transparency in the Menu Bar and Dock
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Open Preference Panes from the Dock
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A closer look at Wi-fi Settings
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Using Hot Corners
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Select what macOS Updates you want to install
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Create Keyboard Shortcuts for Menu Items
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Use Keyboard Navigation to Move Focus
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Enable Fast User Switching to Switch between User Accounts
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Use Touch ID to Switch between Users on the Mac
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How to Zoom into your Mac's Display for Easier Reading
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How to Extend Your Mac Display to Your iPad
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Disabling Showing the Notification Center from the Trackpad
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Can Force Click Boost Your Productivity on your Mac? Find Out How!
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Organize and Hide System Preference Panes
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Troubleshooting Lessons for the Mac16 Lessons
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Finding Help for your Mac
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Backing Up with Time Machine
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Restoring Files with Time Machine
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Erase a Hard Drive
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Force Quit an App on the Mac
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Restart or Relaunch the Mac's Finder
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Force Quit Apps from the Apple Menu
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Putting it All Together
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Automatically delete items in the Trash after 30 Days
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Troubleshooting Bluetooth Connections
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Manage Storage Space with macOS Monterey and Earlier
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Reclaim Local Mac Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
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Disable Unused Sharing Options on Your Mac If You’re Not Using Them
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Forget Wi-Fi Networks that are Troublesome
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View memory usage in Activity Monitor on Mac
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Erase All Content and Settings on a Mac
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Finding Help for your Mac
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New in macOS Mojave12 Lessons
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Dark Mode Appearance
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Dynamic Desktop Pictures
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View Recent Apps in the Dock
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Gallery View for Files in Finder Windows
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macOS Software Updates in System Preferences
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Desktop Stacks for Files on the Desktop
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Keep Desktop Folders on Top of Files
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View File Metadata
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Quick Actions and Markup Files
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Continuity Camera from your iPhone or iPad
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New Privacy Options
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New Screenshot Options
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Dark Mode Appearance
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New in macOS Catalina19 Lessons
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See which apps will no longer work with macOS Catalina
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See which apps are 32-bit
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Opening Recent Folders from the Dock
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Reorganized System Preferences
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New Window Management Options
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New Screen Time Preferences
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New Music App
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New TV App
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New Podcasts App
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Manage your iOS Devices through the Finder
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What's New in the Photos App
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What's New in the Notes App
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What's New in Safari
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What's New in the Mail app
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New FindMy App
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New Catalyst Apps
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New Security and Privacy Features
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New Redesigned Reminders App
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Use an iPad as a second Display with Sidecar
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See which apps will no longer work with macOS Catalina
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New in macOS Big Sur15 Lessons
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What hasn't changed with macOS Big Sur
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Notification Center
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Allow Wallpaper Tinting in Windows
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Filtering Mail Messages
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New Control Center
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A look at the Finder Window Toolbar
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New with Desktop Pictures
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Play Startup Sound
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Drag and Drop Controls to the Menu Bar
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Battery Usage Preferences
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Change the Date & Time in the Menu Bar
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Do Not Disturb location in macOS Big Sur
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See what is Now Playing
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It’s Time to Consider Upgrading to macOS 11 Big Sur
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How to Reveal the Proxy Icon in Big Sur
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New & Updated in macOS Ventura12 Lessons
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How to Manage your Open Windows with Stage Manager
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New Setup Options and Filters in Focus on the Mac with macOS Ventura
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View Forecasts and More in the New Weather App on the Mac
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Add Multiple Stops to Routes in the Maps App with macOS Ventura
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Create Templates for Reminders Lists with macOS Ventura
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Maximizing Your Storage on macOS Ventura: A Guide to Managing Space
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Discover the New Clock App on MacOS Ventura
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How to Keep Scroll Bars Always Visible on Mac (macOS Ventura)
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Manage App Store and Streaming Services Subscriptions through the Mac
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Save time typing text and Emojis on your Mac with Text Replacement!
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3 Ways to Remove the Background in a Photo
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Stop Apps from Launching when your Mac Starts Up
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How to Manage your Open Windows with Stage Manager
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Favorite Features in macOS Sonoma9 Lessons
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Make Your Favorite Websites Act Like Apps with macOS Sonoma
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macOS Sonoma: Screensavers & Wallpapers
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Click your Wallpaper to Show the Desktop
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Add Widgets to your Mac's Desktop
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My 3 Favorite New Features in Reminders with macOS Sonoma!
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iCloud Passwords for Chrome: Seamless Access to Your Passwords
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Make your next Zoom Presentation stand out with Presenter Overlays
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Turn off Click Wallpaper to Show Desktop
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Build your own Apple Passwords app in 5 minutes! A Step-by-Step Guide
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Make Your Favorite Websites Act Like Apps with macOS Sonoma
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New in macOS Monterey6 Lessons
New TV App
Learn about the new TV app introduced in macOS Catalina.
In this lesson for What’s New in macOS Catalina, I look at the new TV app. In previous versions of macOS, you rented and purchased videos through iTunes. This is also where you would import your own movies. With macOS Catalina, you do this through the new TV App. You rent, purchase, and import movies directly through the TV App. You can create playlists and download movies and TV shows as well. In this lesson, I go through the interface and the basics of the new TV app in macOS Catalina.
Video Transcript (video also has closed captions):
Speaker: In this video, we’re going to take a look at the new TV app we have with macOS Catalina. Let’s go to my Mac. In my docu, you’re going to see I have the TV app. With the TV app, we can watch any movies and TV shows that we purchased or rented, and we can also import our movies into it. Again, this used to be in iTunes in previous versions of macOS. Well, with macOS Catalina, Apple separated all the different media types. We have a podcast app, we have a music app, and now, we have a TV app. Let’s click on it to open it up and take a look at it. Now, we’re looking at the TV app. Let’s go over to Watch Now. With Watch Now, we’re able to see any shows that we’re watching like the next episode of a show that we’re watching. Also, if we started watching a show, I started watching the Daryl Hall and John Oates concert, it shows up in Watch Now. I’m also an Apple TV+ subscriber, so if I wanted to the next episode of Servant, I click on this, and I’m able to watch episode 9 of the Servant. This keeps track of what episodes we’ve watched.
I’m going to swipe up here. We can also watch shows on other channels. I have HBO here. I click on it, and now I can browse around HBO. If I want to watch it, what I would first need to do is I would need to subscribe to it through Apple. I am an HBO subscriber, but I do it through Comcast, so I can now watch HBO through the Apple TV app because I did not subscribe through Apple. Let’s go back. I’m going to go back over and click on the left arrow; it takes us back. Now, we’re back at Watch Now. We also have movies, TV shows, and kids. This is where we can find different movies and TV shows and kid’s shows to watch.
When I click on Movies here, it’s going to show me different movies that I can watch. Let’s say I wanted to watch One Upon a Time in Hollywood. I click on it, and now, what I can do is I can buy it or rent it, and then I can also add it to Up Next. What does this do? Well, when I click on Up Next, it adds it to my Watch Now. Now I didn’t rent or buy it yet; all I did was added to my Watch Now. Let’s go ahead and click on Watch Now. You’re going to see we have when I swipe back down, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I’m ready to watch it. I click on it, and I go on rent it or buy it.
If I want to remove it from the Watch Now list, I click on it again, and when I click on In Up Next; it’ll remove it from Watch Now. Now, it is no longer going to be in Watch Now. We can do that with any movies, TV shows, as well as shows for kids. We also have our library. These are movies and TV shows that we’ve purchased, as well as anything that we’ve imported into the TV app. If I create my movie, I can import it into the TV app. To do that, we go up under File in the menu bar, and then we go over to Import. I can also drag and drop.
Over on the left in the sidebar, we have our different categories. I can see what’s been recently added. I can only see my movies, only my TV shows, and 4K and HDR movies and TV shows. I can also view them by genres. Now let’s say I import a movie and it’s actually a TV show. What I can do is I can view the information about anything that I import into the TV app and then I can change it.
Let’s go over to Cars here. Now I did not import this in. I purchased this, but I still have access to that information. To do that, what we’ll do is we click on the More button, the ellipsis here, and you’re going to see Get Info. A new window will open up, and now I can change the information about this movie. Now I can’t change everything. This is a movie, and when we go over to Options here, you’re going to see it as a movie, and I can’t change it.
If I import a movie, what I’m able to do is I’m able to change it to a TV show or another media type, so then it will show up in the right category here. Being that I bought this, I can’t change some of the information. If I want to change the genres, I go over to Details, and you’re going to see we have the genres here. If you want to change the information on a movie, click through the different categories and see what you can change. I’m going to click on Okay. Let’s go back over to my More button here, the ellipsis. I can also download it. I was going somewhere I didn’t have internet, I’d be able to download it and then watch the movie.
I can mark it as unwatched, so then it will show up in my Watch Now. Then I can also add it to a playlist. Now I do not have any playlist. Let’s go ahead and create a new playlist. When I do that, let’s click on Add Playlist, you’re going to see we have my playlists here. I can create playlists in different movies and TV shows. When we look at this, you’re going to see we have our download so I can download it. Then I have my ellipsis, which brings us back to my different options. Again, I can mark it as unwatched, add it to a playlist and get information, and then, I can remove it from a playlist and delete it from my library.
What else do we have? I’m just going to go back over to my movies here. To play a movie, all we have to do is click on the Play button. Controls will show over the top of the movie, or we can go up to the menu bar, and you’re going to see Controls. If you’re not signed in to your account, the first thing you’ll need to do is you’ll need to sign in to your account. Once you do that, you’ll be able to purchase, rent, and then view your purchased movies. When you click on Account, you can also redeem any gift codes, view your purchased items, and check for available downloads.
Then if you want to view the preferences, you go up under TV and then you’re going to see preferences. I select it; a new window opens up. From here, I can go through the different preferences. You saw a lot of the same options in iTunes. That’s a look at the TV app on the Mac. With the TV app, we can now watch and rent movies and keep our movies in a separate app. It is no longer in iTunes. It’s on the TV app. We have a lot of the same options as we did in iTunes. Let’s clarify a little bit more because we’re just dealing with our media. No longer are we dealing with our podcast and our music. Once we open up the TV app and sign in, we’re able to rent and purchase movies and TV shows, and then we can also import our movies into the app.
Speaker: In this video, we’re going to take a look at the new TV app we have with macOS Catalina. Let’s go to my Mac. In my docu, you’re going to see I have the TV app. With the TV app, we can watch any movies and TV shows that we purchased or rented, and we can also import our movies into it. Again, this used to be in iTunes in previous versions of macOS. Well, with macOS Catalina, Apple separated all the different media types. We have a podcast app, we have a music app, and now, we have a TV app. Let’s click on it to open it up and take a look at it. Now, we’re looking at the TV app. Let’s go over to Watch Now. With Watch Now, we’re able to see any shows that we’re watching like the next episode of a show that we’re watching. Also, if we started watching a show, I started watching the Daryl Hall and John Oates concert, it shows up in Watch Now. I’m also an Apple TV+ subscriber, so if I wanted to the next episode of Servant, I click on this, and I’m able to watch episode 9 of the Servant. This keeps track of what episodes we’ve watched.
I’m going to swipe up here. We can also watch shows on other channels. I have HBO here. I click on it, and now I can browse around HBO. If I want to watch it, what I would first need to do is I would need to subscribe to it through Apple. I am an HBO subscriber, but I do it through Comcast, so I can now watch HBO through the Apple TV app because I did not subscribe through Apple. Let’s go back. I’m going to go back over and click on the left arrow; it takes us back. Now, we’re back at Watch Now. We also have movies, TV shows, and kids. This is where we can find different movies and TV shows and kid’s shows to watch.
When I click on Movies here, it’s going to show me different movies that I can watch. Let’s say I wanted to watch One Upon a Time in Hollywood. I click on it, and now, what I can do is I can buy it or rent it, and then I can also add it to Up Next. What does this do? Well, when I click on Up Next, it adds it to my Watch Now. Now I didn’t rent or buy it yet; all I did was added to my Watch Now. Let’s go ahead and click on Watch Now. You’re going to see we have when I swipe back down, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I’m ready to watch it. I click on it, and I go on rent it or buy it.
If I want to remove it from the Watch Now list, I click on it again, and when I click on In Up Next; it’ll remove it from Watch Now. Now, it is no longer going to be in Watch Now. We can do that with any movies, TV shows, as well as shows for kids. We also have our library. These are movies and TV shows that we’ve purchased, as well as anything that we’ve imported into the TV app. If I create my movie, I can import it into the TV app. To do that, we go up under File in the menu bar, and then we go over to Import. I can also drag and drop.
Over on the left in the sidebar, we have our different categories. I can see what’s been recently added. I can only see my movies, only my TV shows, and 4K and HDR movies and TV shows. I can also view them by genres. Now let’s say I import a movie and it’s actually a TV show. What I can do is I can view the information about anything that I import into the TV app and then I can change it.
Let’s go over to Cars here. Now I did not import this in. I purchased this, but I still have access to that information. To do that, what we’ll do is we click on the More button, the ellipsis here, and you’re going to see Get Info. A new window will open up, and now I can change the information about this movie. Now I can’t change everything. This is a movie, and when we go over to Options here, you’re going to see it as a movie, and I can’t change it.
If I import a movie, what I’m able to do is I’m able to change it to a TV show or another media type, so then it will show up in the right category here. Being that I bought this, I can’t change some of the information. If I want to change the genres, I go over to Details, and you’re going to see we have the genres here. If you want to change the information on a movie, click through the different categories and see what you can change. I’m going to click on Okay. Let’s go back over to my More button here, the ellipsis. I can also download it. I was going somewhere I didn’t have internet, I’d be able to download it and then watch the movie.
I can mark it as unwatched, so then it will show up in my Watch Now. Then I can also add it to a playlist. Now I do not have any playlist. Let’s go ahead and create a new playlist. When I do that, let’s click on Add Playlist, you’re going to see we have my playlists here. I can create playlists in different movies and TV shows. When we look at this, you’re going to see we have our download so I can download it. Then I have my ellipsis, which brings us back to my different options. Again, I can mark it as unwatched, add it to a playlist and get information, and then, I can remove it from a playlist and delete it from my library.
What else do we have? I’m just going to go back over to my movies here. To play a movie, all we have to do is click on the Play button. Controls will show over the top of the movie, or we can go up to the menu bar, and you’re going to see Controls. If you’re not signed in to your account, the first thing you’ll need to do is you’ll need to sign in to your account. Once you do that, you’ll be able to purchase, rent, and then view your purchased movies. When you click on Account, you can also redeem any gift codes, view your purchased items, and check for available downloads.
Then if you want to view the preferences, you go up under TV and then you’re going to see preferences. I select it; a new window opens up. From here, I can go through the different preferences. You saw a lot of the same options in iTunes. That’s a look at the TV app on the Mac. With the TV app, we can now watch and rent movies and keep our movies in a separate app. It is no longer in iTunes. It’s on the TV app. We have a lot of the same options as we did in iTunes. Let’s clarify a little bit more because we’re just dealing with our media. No longer are we dealing with our podcast and our music. Once we open up the TV app and sign in, we’re able to rent and purchase movies and TV shows, and then we can also import our movies into the app.
Speaker: In this video, we’re going to take a look at the new TV app we have with macOS Catalina. Let’s go to my Mac. In my docu, you’re going to see I have the TV app. With the TV app, we can watch any movies and TV shows that we purchased or rented, and we can also import our movies into it. Again, this used to be in iTunes in previous versions of macOS. Well, with macOS Catalina, Apple separated all the different media types. We have a podcast app, we have a music app, and now, we have a TV app. Let’s click on it to open it up and take a look at it. Now, we’re looking at the TV app. Let’s go over to Watch Now. With Watch Now, we’re able to see any shows that we’re watching like the next episode of a show that we’re watching. Also, if we started watching a show, I started watching the Daryl Hall and John Oates concert, it shows up in Watch Now. I’m also an Apple TV+ subscriber, so if I wanted to the next episode of Servant, I click on this, and I’m able to watch episode 9 of the Servant. This keeps track of what episodes we’ve watched.
I’m going to swipe up here. We can also watch shows on other channels. I have HBO here. I click on it, and now I can browse around HBO. If I want to watch it, what I would first need to do is I would need to subscribe to it through Apple. I am an HBO subscriber, but I do it through Comcast, so I can now watch HBO through the Apple TV app because I did not subscribe through Apple. Let’s go back. I’m going to go back over and click on the left arrow; it takes us back. Now, we’re back at Watch Now. We also have movies, TV shows, and kids. This is where we can find different movies and TV shows and kid’s shows to watch.
When I click on Movies here, it’s going to show me different movies that I can watch. Let’s say I wanted to watch One Upon a Time in Hollywood. I click on it, and now, what I can do is I can buy it or rent it, and then I can also add it to Up Next. What does this do? Well, when I click on Up Next, it adds it to my Watch Now. Now I didn’t rent or buy it yet; all I did was added to my Watch Now. Let’s go ahead and click on Watch Now. You’re going to see we have when I swipe back down, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I’m ready to watch it. I click on it, and I go on rent it or buy it.
If I want to remove it from the Watch Now list, I click on it again, and when I click on In Up Next; it’ll remove it from Watch Now. Now, it is no longer going to be in Watch Now. We can do that with any movies, TV shows, as well as shows for kids. We also have our library. These are movies and TV shows that we’ve purchased, as well as anything that we’ve imported into the TV app. If I create my movie, I can import it into the TV app. To do that, we go up under File in the menu bar, and then we go over to Import. I can also drag and drop.
Over on the left in the sidebar, we have our different categories. I can see what’s been recently added. I can only see my movies, only my TV shows, and 4K and HDR movies and TV shows. I can also view them by genres. Now let’s say I import a movie and it’s actually a TV show. What I can do is I can view the information about anything that I import into the TV app and then I can change it.
Let’s go over to Cars here. Now I did not import this in. I purchased this, but I still have access to that information. To do that, what we’ll do is we click on the More button, the ellipsis here, and you’re going to see Get Info. A new window will open up, and now I can change the information about this movie. Now I can’t change everything. This is a movie, and when we go over to Options here, you’re going to see it as a movie, and I can’t change it.
If I import a movie, what I’m able to do is I’m able to change it to a TV show or another media type, so then it will show up in the right category here. Being that I bought this, I can’t change some of the information. If I want to change the genres, I go over to Details, and you’re going to see we have the genres here. If you want to change the information on a movie, click through the different categories and see what you can change. I’m going to click on Okay. Let’s go back over to my More button here, the ellipsis. I can also download it. I was going somewhere I didn’t have internet, I’d be able to download it and then watch the movie.
I can mark it as unwatched, so then it will show up in my Watch Now. Then I can also add it to a playlist. Now I do not have any playlist. Let’s go ahead and create a new playlist. When I do that, let’s click on Add Playlist, you’re going to see we have my playlists here. I can create playlists in different movies and TV shows. When we look at this, you’re going to see we have our download so I can download it. Then I have my ellipsis, which brings us back to my different options. Again, I can mark it as unwatched, add it to a playlist and get information, and then, I can remove it from a playlist and delete it from my library.
What else do we have? I’m just going to go back over to my movies here. To play a movie, all we have to do is click on the Play button. Controls will show over the top of the movie, or we can go up to the menu bar, and you’re going to see Controls. If you’re not signed in to your account, the first thing you’ll need to do is you’ll need to sign in to your account. Once you do that, you’ll be able to purchase, rent, and then view your purchased movies. When you click on Account, you can also redeem any gift codes, view your purchased items, and check for available downloads.
Then if you want to view the preferences, you go up under TV and then you’re going to see preferences. I select it; a new window opens up. From here, I can go through the different preferences. You saw a lot of the same options in iTunes. That’s a look at the TV app on the Mac. With the TV app, we can now watch and rent movies and keep our movies in a separate app. It is no longer in iTunes. It’s on the TV app. We have a lot of the same options as we did in iTunes. Let’s clarify a little bit more because we’re just dealing with our media. No longer are we dealing with our podcast and our music. Once we open up the TV app and sign in, we’re able to rent and purchase movies and TV shows, and then we can also import our movies into the app.
That’s a look at the new TV app on the Mac with macOS Catalina.