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How to Update OS X Software By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Feb 8, 2016 This chapter from OS X Support Essentials 10.11 - Apple Pro Training Series: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X El Capitan shows you how to configure automatic software update settings, automatically update Apple-sourced software, and manually update Apple software.

Introduction to iCloud Photo Library By Jeff Carlson Aug 20, 2015 iCloud Photo Library is Apple’s grand attempt at making all your photos and videos available on any device, at any time. Jeff Carlson shows you how to work with it in this chapter from Photos for OS X and iOS: Take, edit, and share photos in the Apple photography ecosystem.

The Communications Abilities of Your Apple Watch By Scott McNulty Aug 6, 2015 This chapter from The Apple Watch Book: Master the most personal computer in your life covers the communication abilities of Apple Watch, including calling, texting, and using Digital Touch to reach your contacts. This section also covers how to set up and use Apple Pay on your watch, and more.

OS X Server for Yosemite: Managing Setup and SSL Certificates By Arek Dreyer, Kevin M. White Jun 1, 2015 This lesson from Managing Apple Devices: Deploying and Maintaining iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite Devices, 2nd Edition begins with a brief introduction of OS X Server before moving into the requirements and initial setup of OS X Server. This lesson also covers selecting and configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates required for Apple device management.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Describing How DHCP Works By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler May 20, 2015 This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite explains how DHCP works, including using DHCP networks, defining leases, comparing static and dynamic address assignments, and serving multiple subnets.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Configuring Time Machine as a Network Service By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler May 13, 2015 Time Machine is a powerful backup and restore service available to users of OS X. This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite shows how you can use the Time Machine service with OS X Server to provide a backup destination on your server to Time Machine users.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Introducing Account Management By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler May 6, 2015 This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite discusses account management in OS X Yosemite, including level of management, managing preferences for users in a group, managing device group accounts, managing apps, delivering profiles, remotely locking or wiping a device, and which preferences can be managed.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Configuring Open Directory Services By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler Apr 29, 2015 This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite shows you how to configure open directory services, including configuring OS X Server as an open directory master, creating an open directory archive, configuring OS X Server as an open directory replica, configuring OS X Server to use another open directory server, using directory utility remotely, and binding OS X to Your open directory service.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Backing Up with Time Machine By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler Apr 22, 2015 Time Machine has grown in capability and is a viable choice to back up OS X Server. This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite shows you how to use Time Machine for continuous data protection on OS X Server.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Describe SSL Certificate Basics By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler Apr 15, 2015 SSL is a system for transmitting data securely between hosts. This excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite covers SSL certificate basics and how to decide which certificate to use.

OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Upgrading or Migrating to OS X Server By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler Apr 8, 2015 Arek Dreyer and Ben Greisler offer the eight steps involved in upgrading or migrating to OS X Server, in this excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials 10.10: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Yosemite.

10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Pages By Mark Wood Apr 7, 2015 Mark Wood, author of Apple Pro Training Series: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, provides real-world time-savers (and occasional pitfalls) in Pages.

10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Keynote By Mark Wood Apr 2, 2015 Mark Wood, author of Apple Pro Training Series: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, offers 10 tips for making effective - maybe even genius! - Keynote presentations.

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite: Startup Shortcuts By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Apr 1, 2015 Your Mac firmware supports many keyboard shortcuts, which, when pressed and held down during initial power-on, allow you to modify the startup process. These alternative startup and diagnostic modes are often used for troubleshooting system issues. The authors of Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite cover some startup shortcuts in this excerpt.

10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Numbers By Mark Wood Mar 26, 2015 Mark Wood, author of Apple Pro Training Series: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, shares 10 ways to harness the real power of Numbers.

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite: General Network Troubleshooting By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Mar 25, 2015 The authors of Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite discuss common network issues you may run across.

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite: Application Troubleshooting By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Mar 18, 2015 Just as each application is designed to provide unique features, problems often manifest in unique ways as well. Fortunately, there are a variety of general troubleshooting steps you can take when diagnosing and resolving an application issue, as discussed in this excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite.

How to View Someone's Mac or iOS Device Remotely By Dan Moren Mar 16, 2015 Troubleshooting friends' or family members' computers is tricky when they’re far away, but thanks to OS X's built-in screen sharing capabilities, you can see exactly what they are is seeing on their Mac—or, with a little help from Yosemite—even on their iOS device. Mac expert Dan Moren, author of The Connected Apple Family: Discover the Rich Apple Ecosystem of the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, shows you that it doesn't have to be a frustrating process at all.

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite: Hidden Items By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Mar 11, 2015 OS X is a fully UNIX-compliant operating system, and as such includes a number of files that the average user never touches. Apple made the wise choice of configuring the Finder to hide these items from the average user. Realistically, the only people who even care about these normally hidden resources are going to be using the command-line interface via Terminal to do their work anyway. Should you want or need to open normally hidden items in the Finder, you have a choice of several methods, which the authors of Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite discuss here.

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite: FileVault Technology By Kevin M. White, Gordon Davisson Mar 4, 2015 The current FileVault solution is more than just a new volume format; it’s a system of new technologies that enables your Mac to transition from a standard system volume to a protected system volume. The authors of Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials 10.10: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Yosemite introduce FileVault technology in this excerpt.

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