<i>OS X For Dummies </i>explains Apple’s desktop and laptop operating system in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the <i>Dummies</i> series for more than twenty years. The key features of the software covered include OS X basics, customizing your workspace, working with the Dock, introducing the Finder and Finder Tabs, understanding files, folders, and tags, finding things with Spotlight, working with Mission Control and Launchpad, organizing your life with Calendar, Reminders, Notes, and Notifications, browsing the web with Safari, setting up, sending, and receiving e-mail, communicating with Messages, enjoying music, movies, and digital photos on your Mac, processing words with TextEdit, working with Maps, connecting a printer and printing documents, running Multiple Displays, networking and files sharing, curling up with iBooks, making your Mac type for you with Dictation, backing up and restoring your system with iCloud and Time Machine, running Windows on your Mac, staying safe with Gatekeeper, troubleshooting OS X, and more.