Take Control Books imprint: 41 books

Master essential Mac facts, concepts, and skills! When we learn a new language, it's helpful to start with the basics, such as vocabulary and grammar. If we were to dive in without knowing these things, we'd have a hard time becoming fluent. In the same way, Take Control of Mac Basics is a...

Head off into High Sierra with confidence! Looking for a high-quality, in-depth guide to High Sierra? Look no further than Take Control of High Sierra by former Macworld editor Scholle McFarland! An expanded version of Scholle's popular Crash Course on macOS (previously for Sierra and El Capitan),...

Master Slack for work and fun! The Slack group messaging system has become an integral part of work life (and even social life) for millions of people. It's a feature of the modern business landscape, but how can you make the best use of this powerful, 21st-century tool to both get your job...

Work faster, increase your efficiency, and have more fun with automation! Looking for ways to work smarter and faster with your Mac? In this updated and expanded edition of his popular guide to Mac automation, Joe Kissell shows how anyone, at any level of experience, can save time and effort,...

Give better presentations with this handy guide covering Keynote for the Mac! Need to give a presentation, but worried about how you'll do? Steve Jobs relied on Keynote for his famous keynote presentations, and while using Keynote won't guarantee Jobs-level success, Joe Kissell's advice in...

Start podcasting or take it to the next level with our step-by-step guide! Start podcasting or take your podcast to the next level with start-to-finish guidance from Andy Affleck. You'll learn tricks of the trade as you assemble your hardware and software, make recordings, and add polish by...

Smooth your transition to Mojave! macOS 10.14 Mojave improves performance, fixes bugs, and adds new features. But upgrading from an older version of macOS can sometimes be a confusing and frustrating experience--especially if you're currently running a much older operating system, or if you...

Learn how to make the most of iOS 12! Although iOS 12 focuses largely on performance and usability improvements, it also contains dozens of useful new features. In Take Control of iOS 12, TidBITS Managing Editor Josh Centers takes you through all the new stuff--including some powerful but obscure...

Learn what's private online (not much)--and what to do about it! Nowadays, it can be difficult to complete ordinary activities without placing your personal data online, but having your data online puts you at risk for theft, embarrassment, and all manner of trouble. In this book, Joe Kissell...

Take control of all your information with DEVONthink and Joe Kissell's advice!With the information-management program DEVONthink 2, you no longer have to swim in a sea of Web bookmarks, email receipts, RSS feeds, scanned memos, and downloaded bank statements. DEVONthink stores your digital...

Explore everything your Apple Watch can do in watchOS 3! Updated December 2, 2016 You'll like your Apple Watch as much as author Jeff Carlson does after you've read this book and used its advice to integrate the Apple Watch into your life, taking advantage of its many features for helping...

Let LaunchBar's superpowers save you from Mac drudgery!Updated October 6, 2014Learn how to use LaunchBar, from Objective Development, to carry out nearly any Mac task more efficiently. To help you develop a mental map of all that LaunchBar can do, author Kirk McElhearn explains LaunchBar...

Keep your Mac running smoothly and prevent common problems with a simple, do-it-yourself maintenance program! Updated January 23, 2019 Macs, like all machines, are prone to break down eventually--in either a physical sense (a component going bad) or a logical sense (files becoming corrupted,...

Set up a rock-solid backup strategy so that you can restore quickly and completely, no matter what catastrophe arises. Updated January 23, 2019 Creating and maintaining a solid backup plan is essential to anyone who uses a Mac, in order to prevent the loss of important data if disaster...