"This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to take full advantage of your MacBook's features, whether you're a PC convert or a Mac veteran. You'll learn the basics, from setting up your MacBook to navigating the latest OS and downloading apps, but there's so much more--staying connected with Messages and FaceTime, working with iCloud, getting creative with iMovie, and beyond."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes index. "Learning made easy" -- Cover. "Use the new Control Center to simplify macOS ; dive into features offered by the newest MacBook models ; create your own travel guides with maps" -- Cover.

Tie myself down with a desktop? Preposterous!. Hey, it really does have everything I need ; Turning on your portable powerhouse ; The MacBook owner's introduction to macOS Big Sur -- Shaking hands with macOS Big Sur. What's new in macOS Big Sur? ; A nerd's guide to system preferences ; Sifting through your stuff ; Using reminders, notes, notifications, and maps -- Connecting and communicating. Let's go on Safari! ; iCloud is made for MacBooks ; Your laptop goes multiuser ; Working well with networks -- Living the iLife. The multimedia joys of music and TV ; Focusing on photos ; Making film history with iMovie ; Recording your hits with GarageBand -- Getting productive and maintaining your MacBook. Desktop publishing with pages ; Creating spreadsheets with numbers ; Building presentations with Keynote ; When good Mac laptops go bad ; Adding new stuff to your laptop ; Tackling the housekeeping -- The part of tens. Ten laptop rules to follow ; Ten things to avoid like the plague.