6 things you should know if you just bought a Mac

 Apple has recently released updates on its MacBook range. For example, just a few days ago, a MacBook Pro update from 13 inches. You may be thinking of buying one of these new models or you may have done recently and you have already received it. Whatever your case, in this article We reveal to you 6 things you can do with your new macOS computer.

6 tricks that will improve the experience with your new MacBook

Set up the backup on macOS

macOS has an interesting tool called Time Machine. This time machine allows you to restore your Mac to a previous state so simple. You will thus recover files and settings easily. Time machine It acts "photographing" the state of our MacBook and saving an image of it to be able to recover the system completely.

You can start configuring your backup by following these steps:

1. Click on the menu of the manzanita, up to the left.
2. Select Preferences and later Time Machine.
3. Select a disk to perform the backup. You can use an external disk.
4. Check the box Automatic backup to be performed regularly and automatically.

Start using iCloud

Although Time Machine helps us to create a backup, iCloud can also be a good helper in that regard. Additionally, iCloud allows us to have our files anywhere. So although not you have your MacBook close, you can consult documents, spreadsheets and images on the iPhone or iPad. Apple's cloud is also available for Windows and can be downloaded from Microsoft itself Store. Therefore, our files will be available outside the circle of Apple devices, if necessary.

How to activate iCloud on a MacBook? Very easy:

1. Open the Apple menu, in the top left-hand corner.
2. Open system preferences and on the top banner click on login. You will need an Apple ID to continue.
3. Enter your credentials and then activate or deactivate the iCloud features you need.
4. From now on you can find your files in the Finder.

Start consuming content with Music, Podcast, Apple TV + and others

Although initially, this type of content was within the iTunes application, little by little Apple has been breaking apart all areas of multimedia from your store in separate applications. This is due, in part, that services have become independent of each other and now require a subscription. Once you are logged into your MacBook with your Apple account, you can automatically access all multimedia services offered by Apple.

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Set up email and calendar

In the Mac App Store, you can find fantastic applications to manage your mail and your calendar in a very complete way. However, the applications Included in the system may be more than enough for you. Mail and Calendar have been refined over the years and have nothing to envy third-party applications. You can configure any account in the mail and calendars. If you are already signed in with your Apple account, You have the calendar and the email of iCloud configured. you do not have to do anything plus. However, you may need to add some other account, such as Gmail or Outlook.

You can do it in a simple way by following these steps:

1. Go to the top toolbar and click Mail. In the context menu select Add account.
2. Select a provider from the list that Mail shows below.
3. Enter your credentials to personalize the experience by selecting the data you want to synchronize and the frequency.

Optimize the storage of your MacBook

There may be an important difference between the storage you have contracted in iCloud and the capacity of the hard disk of your new MacBook. iCloud has a very interesting function for these cases. If the data that we have stored in the cloud exceeds the storage capacity of our Mac, it is possible to optimize the storage.

One way to activate this is to let the disk fill up. That At the moment, MacOS will not notify us of the problem and will ask us if we want to optimize storage. Files that we do not use will not be downloaded on our device, although visually they will be in Finder. If at some moment we need them, they will be downloaded automatically.

To activate it before this happens, you can follow these steps:

1. Accesses the Apple menu, in the upper left corner, and press About this Mac.
2. In the pop-up window that will appear, select the tab Storage.
3. If we click on Manage we can activate this feature.

Keep your MacBook up to date

Apple presents each year a new version of its desktop operating system, macOS. However, it also releases minor updates that improve the stability, general operation and security of our device. Of course, developers do the same with their applications. Keeping our MacBook updated is absolutely necessary if we want to Enjoy a good experience and avoid security holes. All this we can do it automatically.

This is possible thanks to the automatic download function that is activated like this:

1. Open the Mac App Store and on the top toolbar click the eponymous menu.
2. Click Preferences.
3. In the popup that just opened, select Updates automatic. To deactivate them, repeat the same process and deactivate the box.

If we spend a little time customizing some MacOS settings, we can substantially improve the user experience by improving aspects such as security, the management of storage and productivity. Do you know any other trick that you would like to share? Leave it in the comments.

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