Guy Hart-Davis - Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro & MacBook Air

Control Center closes.

Change Display Brightness and Configure Display Settings

Click Control Center( ).

Control Center opens.

Drag the Brightnessslider to set the screen brightness.

Move the pointer over the Display area.

An Expand button ( ) appears.

Click either Expand( ) or anywhere on the Display heading.

The Display panel opens.

Click Dark Mode( changes to ) to turn Dark Mode on.

Click Night Shift( changes to ) to turn Night Shift on.

Click True Tone( changes to ) to turn True Tone on.

Click outside the Display panel.

The Display panel closes.

Change the Sound Volume and Select an Output Device

Click Control Center( ).

Control Center opens.

Drag the Soundslider to set the sound volume.

Click the Soundheading.

The Sound panel opens.

In the Output list, click the output device you want to use.

Your MacBook directs the sound output to the device you selected.

Click outside the Sound panel.

The Sound panel closes.

Apply a Focus

Click Control Center( ).

Control Center opens.

Click the Focusheading.

Note: Click any part of the Focus button except for the Focus icon ( ).

The Focus panel opens.

Click the focus you want to apply.

The focus becomes active.

Click outside the Focus panel.

The Focus panel closes.

Tip

Can I change the controls displayed in Control Center?

Yes, macOS enables you to customize Control Center to some extent. See the section “ Configure the Menu Bar and Control Center” in Chapter 2for details.

Using Notifications

macOS’s Notification Center feature keeps you up to date with what is happening in your apps. Notification Center puts all your alerts, from incoming e-mail messages and instant messages to calendar requests and software updates, in a single place where you can easily access and manage them.

You open Notification Center by clicking the clock readout at the right end of the menu bar. Notification Center opens as a pane on the right side of the screen, and it contains sections you can expand or collapse as needed.

Using Notifications

View a Notification

When you receive a notification, a notification banner appears in the upper-right corner of the screen for a few seconds.

Note: Notification Center can display either banners or alerts. A banner appears for a few seconds and then disappears. An alert remains on-screen until you dismiss it.

If you want to see the item that produced the notification, click the banner.