Setting up your MacBook
Start with confidence. Learn the essential macOS features — Finder, Spotlight, Mission Control and shortcuts — to organize files, move faster and shine in your projects.
Welcome to your Mac 👋
At first, a new Mac can feel a little intimidating — different windows, different icons, different shortcuts. Don't worry. This course is like a guided tour: step by step, you'll discover the tools teachers and creators use every day. By the end, you'll feel right at home.
What you'll learn
Pause, rewind and re-watch any chapter. Go at your own pace.
- 00:00Chapter 1
Meet your Mac
The menu bar, Dock, Desktop and sidebar. Where everything lives on macOS.
- 05:20Chapter 2
Finder & organizing files
Create folders, use color tags and keep your Desktop tidy like a clean bedroom.
- 11:10Chapter 3
Spotlight — your magic wand
⌘ + Space opens any app, file or calculation in 1 second.
- 16:45Chapter 4
Mission Control & Spaces
Multiple desktops to separate school, games and projects.
- 22:30Chapter 5
Essential keyboard shortcuts
⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘Z, ⌘Tab — the superpowers that save you hours.
- 28:15Chapter 6
Screenshots & screen recording
Shift + ⌘ + 5 to capture, annotate and record your screen.
- 34:00Chapter 7
iCloud, AirDrop & Continuity
Send files to your iPhone with a tap and access everything anywhere.
- 39:45Chapter 8
Challenge: build your workstation
Tidy your Desktop, create a projects folder and customize your Dock.
Build your creator workstation
- ✅ Tidy the Desktop — keep only the shortcuts you use every week.
- ✅ Create a folder called Projects with 3 subfolders: School, Code, Games.
- ✅ Customize your Dock: keep only your 6 favorite apps.
- ✅ Take a screenshot (Shift + ⌘ + 4) of your new Desktop.
Press ⌘ + Space, type the first 2 or 3 letters of any app's name and hit Enter. You'll never hunt for icons in the Dock again. Programmers call this flow — and now you have one too.