Welcome to Yosemite in Under 5 Minutes, I'm Steve from RippleTraining.com.
No doubt you've already downloaded or you're about to download Apple's latest operating
system OS 10.10, aka Yosemite.
In the next several minutes, I'm going to give you the express tour of the most important
changes to your Mac desktop.
Let's begin with Markup.
Markup allows you to draw and add text to screenshots or images to any message you are
composing inside mail or within the Preview app.
You can also create custom signatures via the camera or using a wireless trackpad.
To make sure it's enabled go to System Preferences, Extensions, Actions and make sure this checkbox
is checked.
Now in any PDF, Screenshot, Image, or Preview window you can start marking up your photo
or document to get across whatever point you need to make.
Tab View in Safari is the perfect solution for those like me, who have more browser tabs
open than they can count or even identify.
By clicking the stacked paper button in the upper right of the window, your tabs are presented
in a nice grid layout.
Simply click the square for the webpage you want to bring forward, then keep adding tabs
to your hearts content.
The Notification Center has been completely remodeled and flattened to look like its iOS 8
counterpart.
It is very similar to the IOS 8 Notification Center in almost every way.
The Today tab holds all your widgets like your Calendar, or Today's Summary, allowing
you to easily and clearly see what's on your plate today.
It's also a fast way to post to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or start an iMessage conversation.
The Notifications Tab gives you an easy way to track all of your social media platforms
without ever having to open a web browser or an actual application.
You can click the menu icon in the top right of the OS X interface to reveal the Notification
Center, or if you have a track pad you can swipe to the right with two fingers.
Spotlight has a completely new look and some added functionality. You can search spotlight
for files on your Mac as always, but now you can search the web for answers too. For
example, if I type in Steve Jobs, it comes up with a Wikipedia article, books on Steve
Jobs in iBooks, audio books in my iTunes Library, Steve Jobs movies in iTunes, and the definition
of Steve Jobs in the Dictionary.
Handoff is one of the big new features that was added into Yosemite.
Handoff allows you to browse the web, begin a draft of an email on your iPad or iPhone,
then open them up right from where you left off on your Mac, or vice versa.
To enable Handoff, go to System Preferences and choose iCloud and sign in with the same
Apple ID that is used on your mobile device.
Now on your mobile device, go to Settings, General, Handoff and Suggested Apps, and make
sure Handoff is enabled.
Being able to answer a call on your Mac desktop that's coming in from your iPhone will save
you from ever having to say your phone was on silent. Or perhaps you left your phone
in your car, or in your bedroom charging, or in your pants from the night before.
To setup calling on your Mac, make sure your iPhone, Mac, or iPad are on the same WiFi
network. Then launch FaceTime on your Mac and login to FaceTime using the same Apple
ID that was used to register your iPhone.
You're now ready to receive FaceTime calls or just straight up audio calls on your Mac
or iPad.
Of course, you must have iOS 8 and Yosemite to do this.
You may have noticed my menu bar and dock are darker than normal.
This is achieved using a new feature called Dark Mode. Apple created and specifically
designed this for when you're using applications like Final Cut Pro X and iMovie allowing you
to not be distracted by the OS X interface.
To enable Dark Mode, go to System Preferences, General, and check the box for Dark Mode.
Welcome to the Dark Side.