Guide

That little red number on the Mail icon in your Dock is called a badge. It counts your unread emails

A notification preview is the first line of a message or an email, shown right inside the notification. On a

Handoff is the Apple feature that lets you start something on one device and finish it on another, like opening

Night Shift warms the colours on your Mac screen in the evening so the display feels easier on the eyes.

Every time you install a new app, macOS shows a small alert: Background Items Added. It looks like a setting

To turn off the Mac startup sound, open System Settings, go to Sound, and switch off Play sound on startup.

Your Mac screen keeps getting brighter and dimmer on its own, and it always seems to pick the wrong moment.

Spotlight is supposed to find anything on your Mac in seconds: an app, a document, an email. When it starts

By default, every screenshot on a Mac lands on the Desktop. That is fine for the first few captures. After

Key takeaways Stage Manager stacks your open apps along the left edge of the screen. Turning it off brings back

Hot Corners turn each corner of your Mac screen into a shortcut. Flick the pointer into the top-left corner and

Key Takeaways What it does: The Caps Lock key on your Mac can act as an Escape key, a second