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elcom
e t
o Ma
c O
W
elcome to Mac OS
X,
the world’
s most advanced
operating system.
This book helps you start
using Mac OS X.
First install the softwar
e,
then discover how easy
it is to use.
2
Installing Mac OS X
4
Aqua
6
The Dock
8
The Finder
10
Customization
12
Applications
14
Classic
16
Users
18
Changing Settings
20
Getting Connected
22
iT
ools
24
Using Mail
26
Printing
28
Tr
Step 1:
Upgrade to Mac OS
9.1 using the CD included with Mac OS X
Step 2:
Get information you need to set up
To
use yo
ur
cu
rren
t iT
o
ols a
cco
un
t, have yo
ur
m
ember nam
e an
d password available. T
o use yo
ur
cu
rren
t network settin
gs, lo
ok
in these Ma
c OS
9.1 con
trol panels.
Settings
In Mac OS 9
TCP/IP
TCP/IP contr
o
l panel
Inter
net and mail
Inter
net contr
o
l panel
Dial-up connection (PPP)
Remote Access and Modem contr
o
l panels
If yo
u can
’t fin
d this infor
m
ation, lo
ok
in the applications yo
u use t
o get em
ail or bro
wse the W
eb.
If yo
u d
on
’t kno
w the infor
m
ation, con
ta
ct yo
ur
In
te
rnet ser
vice prov
ider or sys
te
m adminis
trat
or
.
Step 3:
Decide where you want to install Mac OS
X
On the same disk Install Mac OS X on the same disk or disk partition as Mac OS 9.
‚
Do not format the disk.
If your computer alr
eady has
Mac OS 9.1 installed, you can skip this step.
Or a different disk Install Mac OS X on a dif
fer
ent disk
or disk partition fr
om Mac OS
9.
Installing
Mac OS X
Step 4:
Insert the Mac OS
X CD, then double-click Install
Mac OS
X
Step 5:
Set up and register Mac OS
X
When yo
u set up Ma
c OS
X, yo
u creat
e a user a
cco
un
t. This user is an adminis
trat
or
. As an
adminis
trat
or
, yo
u can add user a
cco
un
ts, set up Ma
c OS
X for multiple users, chan
ge cer
tain
sys
te
m settin
gs, an
d have great
er a
ccess t
o the comput
er
.
If yo
u set up Ma
c OS X for severa
l users, yo
u need t
o type a user nam
e an
d password t
o gain
access t
o Ma
c OS X. T
o adminis
ter yo
ur
comput
er yo
u need t
o
log in
as the user yo
u creat
ed when
yo
u set up Ma
c OS X, so yo
u sho
uld rem
ember this user nam
e an
d password.
Installation tips
Why you need Mac OS
9.1 installed
Mac OS X pr
ovides Classic so that you can use
your Classic Mac OS applications. When you open a Classic Mac OS application, Classic starts using an available Mac OS 9.1 system. Read before you install Be sur
e to open the READ BEFORE YOU INST
ALL
document on the Mac OS X CD. If you ar
e using
Mac OS 9, you can open this document using Acr
obat
™
Reader
, available on the CD. If you ar
e
using Mac OS X, you can open the document using Pr
eview
.
If you have trouble If you have tr
ouble installing Mac OS
X, setting it
up, or logging in, see “T
roubleshooting” at the end
of this book. Y
ou will also find information about
installing Mac OS
X if you alr
eady use Mac OS
X.
Starting up with Mac OS
9 again
See “T
roubleshooting” to lear
n how to start up with
Mac OS
9 after you start up in Mac OS
X.
Installing developer software The Developer T
ools CD contains softwar
e and
documentation for developing applications on Mac OS X. For information about installing and using this softwar
e, see the document “About
Developer T
ools” on the CD. Only install this
softwar
e if you ar
e a pr
ogrammer or intend to
develop applications. Getting more information For mor
e
information about Mac OS X, visit the
Mac OS X W
eb site:
www
.apple.com/macosx
Y
ou need to type this name and passwor
d
exactly the same way if you set up Mac OS
X
Aqua makes using your Mac easier than ever
. Its color
, depth, and
motion guide you thr
ough your tasks, while the Finder and Dock pr
ovide
easy access to your computer and network.
4
Aqua
Use the Apple menu to change settings, get Mac OS X softwar
e, open r
ecent items,
and r
estart or shut down your computer
.
The Finder shows document icons in several ways, including large, detailed icons that pr
eview document contents.
Sheets for saving and printing attach to windows making these tasks even simpler
.
The Dock keeps handy your disks, folders, applications,
documents, minimized windows, QuickT
ime movies, digital
images, links to W
Finder windows
When yo
u firs
t s
tar
t Ma
c OS X, the F
in
der win
do
w
sho
ws yo
ur
“hom
e,” yo
ur
persona
l spa
ce on
yo
ur
comput
er for d
ocum
en
ts, applications, fon
ts, an
d other sof
tware.
If yo
u set up severa
l users, ea
ch user has a hom
e for a secu
re pla
ce t
o k
eep their d
ocum
en
ts.
Buttons
Color
ful, anim
at
ed butt
ons m
ak
e i
t clear what t
o d
o.
Here’
s ho
w t
o use the three win
do
w
butt
ons.
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
What is my “home?” Your home is a secur
e place to keep your
documents if your computer is connected to a network or you set up several users. Changing computer settings Choose System Pr
efer
ences fr
om the Apple menu
to change settings for your computer
, instead of
using contr
o
l panels.
Mac OS X tips
Getting help Thr
oughout this book, you’ll see questions like the
one below
. T
o
get answers to these questions,
choose Mac Help fr
om the Help menu, type the
question, and click Ask. Then click an answer
.
Click to minimize the window
, which puts it in
the Dock.
Click to close the window
.
Click to enlarge or r
educe
the window
.
Click Home to see your personal space. Folders in your home help you organize your documents, pictur
es, and movies.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How do I use Help?
Ty
p
e
t
h
e
question her
e, then
click Ask.
If a button pulses, you can press the Enter or Retur
n
key
The Dock makes it easy to open applications, documents, and other
items you use fr
equently
. T
o
open an item in the Dock or make it active,
click its icon. T
o
see a pop-up menu, pr
ess the icon.
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The
Dock
Drag this bar
up or down to
resize the Dock.
Pr
ess a folder icon
to see its contents and open items in it.
The triangle indicates the application
is open.
This icon shows the status of the Dock Extra. This side of the Dock shows everything else.
What’s in the Dock
Finder
Click t
o see a F
in
der win
do
w
an
d m
en
us.
One of the applications included in the Dock. The n
umber sho
ws ho
w m
any m
essages
yo
u have t
o read.
Dock Extra
Press the icon t
o chan
ge settin
gs.
Document
A d
ocum
en
t added t
o the Dock. Click t
o open i
t.
Folder
Press the icon t
o see the con
te
nts of the folder an
d cho
ose i
tems t
o open them.
Web site
A W
eb si
te
added t
o the Dock. Click t
o open the W
eb si
te
in yo
ur
bro
wser
.
Minimized window
Yo
u can put any win
do
w
in the Dock. Click t
o open the win
do
w
.
Late-Breaking News
Click this icon t
o get up-t
o-dat
e infor
m
ation abo
ut Ma
c OS
X.
Trash
Drag files here t
o thro
w them away
.
For the experienced
Mac OS user
What’s the Dock for? Instead of using the Apple menu, keep items you use r
egularly in the Dock. Click items in the
Dock to make them active, rather than the application switcher
.
Opening a document Drag the document’
s
icon to the application’
s
icon in the Dock. Ejecting disks To
eject a disk, drag its icon to the T
rash.
Mac OS X tips
Adding icons to the Dock To
add an item to the Dock, drag its icon to the
Dock. T
o
r
e
move an item, drag its icon fr
om the
Dock. (This does not change the item.) Adding disk icons to the Dock Add disk icons to the Dock, then pr
ess the icon to
see the contents. Choose items fr
om the pop-up
menu to open them. Changing how the Dock works To
change the way the Dock looks and works,
choose Dock fr
om the Apple menu, then choose
Dock Pr
efer
ences.
Switching between applications Press the Apple key
, then pr
ess the T
ab key until
you select the application you want to use. Release both keys to make the application active.
Sear
ching Mac Help
The Finder is the gateway to your computer and network. Use the
Finder to access disks, connect to servers, and open your documents.
8
The
Finder
Y
our home contains your documents. Turn
on file sharing to let others
access your Public folder
.
Pr
ess her
e to
choose toolbar items that ar
e
hidden.
Click toolbar buttons to open your home and other places.
Click her
e to show
or hide the toolbar
.
Use the Finder application menu to set prefer
How your Mac OS X disk is organized
If yo
u set up Ma
c OS X for severa
l users, yo
u need t
o log in as an adminis
trat
or
, such as the one
yo
u creat
ed when yo
u set up Ma
c OS X, t
o add i
tems t
o the Applications an
d Librar
y folders.
Finder views
V
iew F
in
der win
do
w
s in icon, lis
t, or column v
iew
. Column v
iew lets yo
u quickly see where i
tems
are locat
ed.
The Applications folder contains the Mac OS
X
applications available to all users of your computer
.
The Utilities folder in it contains utility applications. Library contains fonts, plug-ins, Inter
net sear
ch sites,
and other items available to all users of your computer
.
Users contains your home. System contains the Mac OS
X
softwar
e. Y
ou cannot
change it. You’ll see Applications (Mac OS 9) and System Folder if you install Mac OS X on the same disk with Mac OS 9.
Click her
e to change the view
.
This ar
ea shows information
about the item. If it’
s a pictur
e,
you see a pr
eview
. If it’
s a
movie, you can play it.
For the experienced
Mac OS user
Using Library folders Put fonts, Inter
net plug-ins, and other items in the
Library folder
. Items in the main Library folder ar
e
available to all users. Keep items for your personal use in the Library folder in your home. The Library also stor
es your pr
efer
ences.
Opening recent items To
open r
ecent applications and documents, use
the Recent Items command in the Apple menu. T
o
open r
ecent folders, use the Go menu. Y
ou can
also open r
ecent items using the pop-up menu in
the Open, Save, and Connect T
o
Server dialogs.
Opening folders If the toolbar is showing and you double-click a folder
, the folder opens in the same window
. If you
pr
ess the Apple key or the toolbar is hidden, a
separate window opens.
Mac OS X tips
Opening another Finder window To
open another Finder window
, choose New
Finder W
indow fr
om the File menu.
Finding anything on your computer To
find anything on your computer
, choose Find
fr
om the File menu to open Sherlock.
Using favorites To
add an item to your Favorites, select it and
choose Add T
o
Favorites fr
om the File menu.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How is my hard disk organized?
Mac OS X gives you many ways to customize the way it looks
and works so that it’
s best for you. Her
e ar
e some ways you can
customize the Finder
.
10
Customization
To
select a pictur
e for the
desktop, choose Pr
efer
ences
fr
om the Finder menu and
click Select Pictur
e.
Change the toolbar to make it look the way you want it.
To
use a pictur
e or color for
a folder backgr
ound, choose
Show V
iew Options fr
om the
Vi
ew menu in the Finder
Changing the Finder window toolbar
To
set up the t
o
olbar the way yo
u wan
t i
t, cho
ose Cus
to
mize T
o
olbar from the V
iew m
en
u.
Here are som
e other thin
gs yo
u can d
o t
o cus
to
mize the t
o
olbar:
m
To
add a disk, ser
ver
, or folder t
o the t
o
olbar
, drag i
ts icon from a F
in
der win
do
w
or deskt
op t
o
the t
o
olbar
.
m
Drag i
tems in the t
o
olbar t
o ar
ran
ge them.
m
To
remove an icon, press the Apple k
ey an
d drag i
t from the t
o
olbar
.
These buttons open folders in your home. Drag this to the toolbar to use the default toolbar again. Click this when you’r
e
finished.
Choose how to display the toolbar her
e.
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
What’s the Finder toolbar for? Put folders, servers, and disks that you want to open fr
equently in the Finder toolbar
.
Changing appearance settings To
change the colors used by Mac OS
X and the
highlight color
, open the General pr
efer
ences pane.
Changing the size of icons To
change the size of icons in icon view
, open the
Vi
ew Options window and drag the slider
.
Mac OS X tips
Changing global view options By default, Finder windows use global view options.
To
change these, choose Show V
iew
Options and click Global. Changing view options for a window If you want to set view options for a window that are dif
fer
ent fr
om the global view options, choose
Show V
iew Options, click WIndow
, and uncheck
Use Global V
iew Pr
efer
ences.
Seeing the path to a folder Add the Path pop-up menu to the toolbar to see the folders that contain the curr
ent folder
. Y
ou can
also pr
ess the Apple key and click the name of the
folder in the window title bar
.
Seeing a folder’s status To
see the number of items in a folder and your
privileges to change the folder
, choose Show
Status Bar fr
om the V
iew menu.
Sear
ching Mac Help
Her
e ar
e some of the specially designed applications included with
Mac OS
X that you will use most fr
equently
.
Finder
Open yo
ur
applications an
d d
ocum
en
ts, connect t
o ser
vers, an
d a
ccess disks an
d
ser
vers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 Preview
U
se Microsof
t In
te
rnet Explorer t
o bro
wse the W
eb.
Sen
d an
d receive em
ail m
essages that include pictu
res an
d mov
ies. Set up t
o get
yo
ur
Ma
c.com m
ail aut
om
atica
lly
.
Sherlock
Fi
nd
what yo
u’re lo
okin
g for on yo
ur
disks, yo
ur
network, or the In
te
rnet.
System
Preferences
Chan
ge comput
er settin
gs such as In
te
rnet preferences.
QuickTime Player
Play mov
ies, v
iew pictu
res, lis
ten t
o music, wat
ch QuickTim
e TV
.
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More applications
Here are som
e other applications yo
u’ll fin
d in the Applications an
d Utili
ties folders.
Internet Connect
U
se In
te
rnet Connect t
o connect t
o the In
te
rnet usin
g a modem or AirP
or
t.
Address Book
Keep a
ll yo
ur
em
ail addresses an
d other infor
m
ation abo
ut people in one pla
ce.
Preview
Open PDF an
d graphics files, prev
iew d
ocum
en
ts before yo
u prin
t them, an
d save
them in PDF for
m
at.
TextEdit
Creat
e d
ocum
en
ts wi
th for
m
att
ed t
ext an
d pictu
res.
Disk Utility
Erase disks, t
es
t an
d repair disks, an
d par
tition disks.
Built for Mac OS
X
Lo
ok
for this symbol t
o pu
rchase sof
tware specia
lly designed for Ma
c OS
X.
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Using the Applications folder Applications in the Applications folder ar
e available
to all users of your computer
. Keep applications for
your personal use in your home. Installing applications If you set up several users, you must log in as an administrator user to install softwar
e in the
Applications or Library folder
. The user you cr
eated
when you set up Mac OS X is an administrator
.
The application menus Each application has an application menu next to the Apple menu that contains commands such as Pr
efer
ences and Quit.
Mac OS X tips
Updating your software Toupdate your softwar
e, open System Pr
efer
ences
and click Softwar
e Update.
Checking the iDisk Applications folder Check the Applications folder on your iDisk for new Apple applications, updates to curr
ent applications,
and demonstrations of applications fr
om other
developers. Forcing an application to quit If you can’
t quit an application, choose For
ce Quit
fr
om the Apple menu. Y
ou can also pr
ess the
Option key
, click the application’
s icon in the Dock,
then choose For
ce Quit fr
om the pop-up menu.
Sear
ching Mac Help
Mac OS
X
includes Classic so you can continue to use your Classic
Mac OS 9 applications. T
o
use a Classic application, just double-click it.
Classic starts automatically
.
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Classic
Wi
ndows and dialogs
have the Classic Mac OS appearance.
Commands, such as Quit and Pr
efer
ences, r
e
main in
the Classic menus.
When it starts, which takes some time, a Classic icon appears in the Dock, then disappears when it’
s r
eady
Starting Classic applications
When Classic s
tar
ts i
t uses an available Ma
c OS 9.1 sys
te
m. If yo
u have Ma
c OS 9.1 ins
ta
lled on
more than one disk, use Classic preferences t
o cho
ose the one Classic uses. Y
ou can a
lso s
tar
t
Classic or have i
t s
tar
t aut
om
atica
lly when Ma
c OS X s
tar
ts.
Finding your Classic software and documents
If yo
u ins
ta
ll Ma
c OS X on the sam
e disk or disk par
tition as yo
ur
Ma
c OS 9 sys
te
m, yo
ur
Classic
applications an
d d
ocum
en
ts are in the sam
e folders where they w
ere locat
ed before yo
u ins
ta
lled
Ma
c OS X.
15
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Classic requires Mac OS 9.1 To
use Classic, you must have Mac OS
9.1
installed on your computer
. Use the Mac OS
9.1
CD pr
ovided with Mac OS
X to upgrade.
Setting memory for a Classic application To
set the memory used by a Classic application,
choose Show Info fr
om the File menu, then choose
Memory fr
om the Show pop-up menu.
Printing from Classic applications To
print fr
om a Classic application, you select
printers to use the same way you do in Mac OS for example by using the Chooser
.
Mac OS X tips
Forcing Classic applications to quit If you can’
t quit a Classic application, choose
For
ce Quit fr
om the Apple menu. Select the
application and click For
ce Quit.
Restarting Classic If you need to r
estart Classic, click Restart in the
Classic pr
efer
ences pane. Y
ou will be able to save
changes to documents befor
e Classic r
estarts.
Forcing Classic to quit In some cases you may need to for
ce Classic to
quit. Open the Classic pr
efer
ences pane and click
For
ce Quit. This also quits Classic applications
without saving changes to your documents.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How do I use Classic applications?
Select this checkbox to start Classic automatically when Mac OS X starts. Click her
e to start Classic
immediately
Mac OS X lets several people use the computer so that their documents
and softwar
e ar
e secur
e. Y
ou can easily set up your computer for
several people by adding user accounts and r
equiring users to log in.
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Users
Use the Users pane in System Pr
efer
ences to
add user accounts.
Finder
, Dock, iT
ools, Mail and other
pr
efer
ences ar
e kept for each user in the
user’
s
home, so users can customize
Mac OS X the way they want it.
Each user has access to the Shar
ed folder
.
Each user has a home with the name of the user
.
To
give access to the Public
folder
, a user can tur
n
on file
sharing in Sharing pr
efer
Requiring users to log in
To
require users t
o en
ter their user nam
e an
d password t
o log in, yo
u mus
t tu
rn
off aut
om
atic
login. Y
ou can d
o so when yo
u creat
e a new user or use the L
ogin Win
do
w
preferences.
If yo
u tu
rn
off aut
om
atic login, yo
u see the login win
do
w
when yo
u s
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er
.
Setting up iTools accounts for new users
When yo
u creat
e a new user
, go t
o the iT
o
ols W
eb si
te
to
creat
e an iT
o
ols a
cco
un
t for the user
. Give
the user the iT
o
ols m
ember nam
e an
d password t
o en
ter in the In
te
rnet preferences pane. This
will set up Mail t
o get the user’
s Ma
c.com em
ail aut
om
atica
lly
.
Click to uncheck this option to r
equir
e
users to log in.
Type a user name and passwor
d her
e,
then click Log In.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How do I work as an administrator?
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Multiple users As with Multiple Users in Mac OS 9, you can requir
e
Mac OS X users to log in; users who ar
e
not administrators will have r
estricted access to
the computer
.
Mac OS X tips
Administrator users The user you cr
eated when you set up Mac OS X
is an administrator
. Y
ou can cr
eate other
administrators. An administrator can cr
eate other
users, change settings, and install softwar
e in the
Applications and Library folders. Keeping your computer secure When you log in as an administrator you have greater access to the computer
, so you may not
want to leave your computer unattended. To
secur
e your computer
, set Scr
een Saver
pr
efer
ences to r
equir
e
a passwor
d. For the
most security
, log in as a user who is not an
administrator
.
Logging in from a Mac OS
X network
If you use a Mac OS X network, your home is on a server
. Log in fr
om any computer on the network
to see your home and use your settings. If you have questions, see your system administrator
Use the System Pr
efer
ences application to change your computer
settings. Choose System Pr
efer
ences fr
om the Apple menu,
then click a button.
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Changing
Settings
Click her
e
to see all the prefer
ences.
Drag buttons for pr
efer
ences
you use fr
equently to the
toolbar
, then click them to
Important settings panes
Internet
En
ter settin
gs for yo
ur
iT
o
ols a
cco
un
t, em
ail an
d W
eb bro
wser
. Y
ou can a
lso sign up for
yo
ur
iT
o
ols a
cco
un
t here.
NetworkEn
ter settin
gs t
o connect t
o yo
ur
network. Set up multiple network connections an
d
creat
e “locations” — collections of network settin
gs.
Sharing
Tu
rn
on file sharin
g so that other people on the network can a
ccess yo
ur
Public folder
.
Tu
rn
on W
eb sharin
g t
o publish yo
ur
persona
l W
eb si
te
.
Software Update
Get updat
es t
o yo
ur
Ma
c OS
X applications an
d sof
tware.
Startup Disk
Select a s
tar
tup disk for yo
ur
comput
er
. Y
ou can s
tar
t up usin
g Ma
c OS 9 or Ma
c OS
X.
Screen Saver
Select the screen saver yo
u wan
t t
o use an
d if yo
u wan
t t
o require a password t
o wak
e
the screen saver
.
19
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Where are the control panels? Use System Pr
efer
ences to change computer
settings instead of the contr
o
l panels in Mac OS 9.
Changing the alert sound Use the Sound pr
efer
ences pane to select a
dif
fer
ent alert sound and set the volume.
Setting QuickTime preferences Use QuickT
ime pr
efer
ences to r
egister for
QuickT
ime Pr
o and select your QuickT
ime
connection speed.
Mac OS X tips
Adding items to the toolbar To
add an item to the System Pr
efer
ences toolbar
click Show All and drag the icon to the toolbar
. T
o
re
move an item, drag it fr
om the toolbar
.
Using a different language To
work in a dif
fer
ent language, open Inter
national
pr
efer
ences and drag the language you want to
use to the top of the list. If you use a special keyboar
d for your language, click the Keyboar
d
Menu tab and select it fr
om the list. Log in again to
see menus and dialogs in the language you chose. Choose your keyboar
d fr
om the Keyboar
d menu
(the one with the flag). Gaining access to settings If the settings in a pane ar
e dimmed and the lock
icon is locked, click the lock and enter a name and passwor
d for an administrator to change the
settings.
Sear
ching Mac Help
Mac OS X pr
ovides integrated Inter
net and network access, which you
set up when you set up Mac OS X. Y
ou can set up other network
connections, tur
n on W
eb and file sharing, and access network servers.
20
Getting
Connected
Use Inter
net Connect to
connect to the Inter
net
using AirPort or a modem.
Use Network pr
efer
ences to
set up each of the network
connections you use.
Choose New Location her
e to
name a collection of network settings. To
choose the settings, choose
Location fr
om the Apple menu.
This indicates that you ar
Accessing network servers
When yo
u cho
ose Connect T
o Ser
ver from the Go m
en
u (in the F
in
der), this dia
log appears.
Ma
c OS
X lets yo
u connect t
o m
any types of ser
vers:
m
Ma
c OS X shared Public folders
m
Yo
ur
iDisk (type “iDisk.m
ac.com”)
m
W
eb-based file sharin
g ser
vers (
W
ebD
AV
)
m
Ma
c OS
X
Ser
vers
m
Any file ser
ver that suppor
ts AFP over T
C
P/IP
m
Ma
c OS 9 W
eb Sharin
g si
te
s
m
Ma
c OS 9 file sharin
g folders over T
C
P/IP
Af
ter yo
u connect t
o a ser
ver
, an icon for the ser
ver appears on the deskt
op an
d a F
in
der win
do
w
opens. Y
ou can a
lso see ser
vers when yo
u click the Comput
er butt
on in a F
in
der win
do
w
to
olbar
.
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Connecting to servers To
connect to servers in Mac OS X, you use
Connect T
o
Server rather than the Chooser or
Network Br
owser
.
Creating and using locations You can cr
eate collections of network settings for
dif
fer
ent places you use your computer
. T
o
cr
eate
a location, open Network pr
efer
ences and choose
New Location fr
om the Location pop-up menu.
To
use a location, choose Location fr
om the
Apple menu. Turning on Web and file sharing To
tur
n
on W
e
b sharing and file sharing, open
System Pr
efer
ences and click Sharing.
Mac OS X tips
Using multiple network connections Mac OS
X lets you use several network
connections simultaneously
.
Disconnecting servers To
disconnect fr
om a server
, select it in the Finder
and choose Eject fr
om the File menu.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How do I connect to the Internet?
Choose a r
ecent server fr
om
this pop-up menu. Click a network neighborhood, then click a server
. Items that
appear her
e ar
e set up by your
system administrator
.
Type the name of a server her
Fr
om setup to email to publishing on the W
eb, Mac OS
X makes it easy
to communicate with your friends, family
, and colleagues using iT
ools.
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iDisk
No
w yo
ur
iDisk is jus
t a click away
. S
tore mov
ies, pictu
res, an
d d
ocum
en
ts on
yo
ur
iDisk, then share them wi
th others.
Mac.com
Prov
ides complet
e em
ail ser
vice that works wi
th yo
ur
favori
te
em
ail program.
If yo
u use Mail, i
t’s
set up t
o use yo
ur
Ma
c.com a
cco
un
t.
iCards
Creat
e persona
lized iCards usin
g phot
os on yo
ur
iDisk. Sen
d notices t
o
colleagues or pictu
res of the kids t
o the folks.
HomePage
Build a persona
l W
eb si
te
in three easy s
teps. Creat
e a phot
o a
lbum, publish
an iMov
ie, pos
t yo
ur
résumé, an
d share yo
ur
iDisk Public folder
.
Setting up a new iTools account
When yo
u set up Ma
c OS X, yo
ur
iT
o
ols a
cco
un
t is set up aut
om
atica
lly
. If yo
u set up other users
for yo
ur
comput
er
, go t
o the iT
o
ols W
eb si
te
to
set up iT
o
ols a
cco
un
ts for them, then give ea
ch user
a m
ember nam
e an
d password t
o en
ter in the iT
o
ols pane of the In
te
rnet preferences. New users
can a
lso sign up for their iT
o
ols a
cco
un
ts usin
g the iT
o
ols preferences pane.
Using iDisk to share your files with others
Other m
embers who kno
w yo
ur
iT
o
ols m
ember nam
e can easily v
iew an
d copy anythin
g in yo
ur
Public folder
. H
ow
ever
, no one but yo
u can add or chan
ge anythin
g in this folder
. If yo
u prefer
, yo
u
can publish yo
ur
phot
os, mov
ies, an
d d
ocum
en
ts on the W
eb so that anyone can a
ccess them,
regardless of the comput
er they are usin
g.
Click this button to sign up for a new iT
ools account.
For the experienced
Mac OS user
Accessing your iDisk Your iDisk is permanently available so you don’
t
have to go to the iT
ools W
eb site to open it. Just
click the iDisk icon in a Finder window toolbar or choose iDisk when you open or save a document. Mac.com stores your mail Mac.com now stor
es your email on the Apple
server so it’
s always available to you and you can
access it fr
om dif
fer
ent computers. If you need mail
when you ar
e of
fline, save it in a local folder
.
Mac OS X tips
Using Mail to get your Mac.com mail The Mail application is set up to check your Mac.com mail account automatically
.
Learning more about iTools Vis
it the iT
ools W
e
b site and click Help to lear
n
mor
e
about using iT
ools.
Sear
ching Mac Help
Use Mail to send and r
eceive email. Y
our email can include pictur
es,
sounds, and movies as well as text. And, Mail is set up to check your
Mac.com mail automatically
.
24
Using
Click Mailbox to see this drawer
.
Use the Addr
ess Book to
stor
e information about
friends and colleagues.
Click her
e to sear
ch an
addr
ess dir
ectory for
an email addr
ess.
To
change the toolbar
,
choose Customize T
oolbar
fr
om the V
Sending email
To
sen
d em
ail, click the Compose butt
on, type the address, an
d wri
te yo
ur
m
essage.
Using the Address Book
Click New in the Address
Bo
ok
to
olbar t
o add infor
m
ation abo
ut som
eone.
25
To
change the toolbar
, choose
Customize T
oolbar fr
om the V
iew menu.
As you type, Mail selects matching addr
esses fr
om your addr
ess book.
To
select one, pr
ess the T
ab key
.
To
add a pictur
e, sound, or movie
to your message, drag it fr
om the
Finder to your message.
To
see a pictur
e in email you
receive fr
om this person, drag
the pictur
e her
e.
Mail will enter this email addr
ess
when you type the person’
s name
in the T
o
or Cc fields of a message.
Sear
ching Mac Help
How do I send and receive email?
For the experienced
Mac OS
user
Using Mail for your email Mail works with your Inter
net pr
efer
ences and the
Addr
ess Book application. If your iT
ools member
name and passwor
d ar
e in the iT
ools pr
efer
ences
pane, Mail gets your Mac.com mail automatically
Mac OS X tips
Setting up mail When you set up Mac OS
X, you also set up how
to send and r
eceive your email. T
o
change settings
or add other accounts, choose Pr
efer
ences fr
om
the Mail menu. Setting up for a new user If you cr
eate a new user
, the first time you log in as
that user and open Mail a dialog appears to set up Mail. If you put an iT
ools member name and
passwor
d in the iT
ools pr
efer
ences pane, Mail
automatically checks for Mac.com mail. Using several Mac.com accounts If you have several iT
ools accounts, you can use
Mail to check Mac.com for each one. Choose Mac.com fr
om the Account T
ype pop-up menu
when you cr
Choose Print fr
om the File menu to print a document. If you use a USB
printer
, it’
s alr
eady selected. Use the Print Center to select network
printers you want to use.
26
Printing
Click her
e to see how the document
will look befor
e you print it.
Use the default printer or choose a dif
fer
ent printer her
e.
Printers and applications can
Selecting printers using Print Center
Ma
c OS X prov
ides built-in suppor
t for som
e of the mos
t popular USB prin
ters so that they are set
up aut
om
atica
lly
. Before yo
u prin
t a d
ocum
en
t t
o a network prin
te
r, use Prin
t Cen
ter t
o add i
t t
o
the Prin
ter Lis
t.
Creating a PDF
To
creat
e a PDF
of a d
ocum
en
t, cho
ose Prin
t, then cho
ose Output Options from the pop-up m
en
u
an
d select the “Save as PDF
File” checkbox, then click Save. Y
ou can a
lso click Prev
iew
, then save
the d
ocum
en
t as a PDF
from the Prev
iew application.
This printer is the default. T
o
change
the default printer
, select a printer in
the list and choose Make Default from the Printers menu. Choose the type of connection for the printer her
e.
Select a printer if a list appears or enter information to connect to the printer
.
Click her
e to add a printer
.
For the experienced
Mac OS user
Where is the Chooser? You use Print Center to select and set up printers (rather than the Chooser). Mac OS
X does not have
desktop printers; you can select a printer right in the Print dialog. Printing a Finder window If you want to print a Finder window or the desktop, first set it up the way you want. Use Grab to take a scr
een shot of the window
, then print the
scr
een shot.
Mac OS X tips
Selecting a default printer When you print a document, your default printer is selected automatically
. T
o
change the default
printer
, select a printer in Print Center and choose
Make Default fr
om the Printers menu.
Setting up a document to print Befor
e
you print a document, choose Page Setup
fr
om the File menu to select page options.
Sear
ching Mac Help
Installing Mac OS X
You want to install Mac OSX and you are using Mac OS
X.
If yo
u a
lready have Ma
c OS
X ins
ta
lled, yo
u cannot s
tar
t the ins
ta
llation by d
ouble-clickin
g the
Ins
ta
ll Ma
c OS
X icon on the CD. Ins
tead, inser
t the Ma
c OS X CD an
d res
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er while
pressin
g the C k
ey
.
The Installer doesn’t appear.
If yo
u d
ouble-click Ins
ta
ll Ma
c OS X an
d the Ins
ta
ller d
oesn
’t appear
, inser
t the CD an
d res
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er while pressin
g the C k
ey
. If the Ins
ta
ller s
till d
oesn
’t appear
, select the Ma
c OS X CD as
yo
ur
s
tar
tup disk. If yo
u are usin
g Ma
c OS X, use S
tar
tup Disk preferences. If yo
u are usin
g Ma
c OS
9, copy the S
tar
tup Disk con
trol panel on the Ma
c OS X CD t
o the Sys
te
m F
older an
d use i
t t
o
select the CD.
You see a message about updating your computer’s firmware.If yo
u see a m
essage that yo
u need t
o updat
e yo
ur
comput
er’
s fir
mware, d
o so before yo
u ins
ta
ll
Ma
c OS X. U
pdat
ers are available on yo
ur
Ma
c OS X CD. Y
ou can a
lso check the Apple sof
tware
updat
es W
eb si
te
(asu.info
.apple.com).
The Installer cannot repair your hard disk.
If yo
u see a m
essage that the Ins
ta
ller cannot repair the disk, yo
u m
ay need t
o refor
m
at i
t. Res
tar
t
usin
g the Ma
c OS X CD an
d click “Prepare My Hard Disk for Ins
ta
llation” when the Ins
ta
ller
appears.
28
The Installer cannot update the hard disk driver.
The Ins
ta
ller cannot updat
e non-Apple hard disks. U
se the disk utili
ty recomm
en
ded by the
ma
nufa
ctu
rer of yo
ur
hard disk t
o updat
e yo
ur
drivers before ins
ta
llin
g Ma
c OS X. Mak
e su
re t
o use
a version of the utili
ty that is compatible wi
th Ma
c OS X.
Installing Mac OS
X was interrupted and now you can’t restart your computer.
If this happens an
d yo
u have Ma
c OS
9.1 ins
ta
lled on yo
ur
comput
er
, tr
y res
tar
tin
g yo
ur
comput
er
while pressin
g the Option k
ey t
o s
tar
t up usin
g Ma
c OS
9.1. If yo
u cannot s
tar
t up this way
, inser
t
the Ma
c OS 9.1 CD in yo
ur
comput
er an
d press the C k
ey while res
tar
tin
g yo
ur
comput
er
. Open
the S
tar
tup Disk con
trol panel an
d select yo
ur
Ma
c OS 9.1 disk.
Logging in to Mac OS X
You can’t log in to your computer.Firs
t, m
ak
e su
re yo
u are en
terin
g yo
ur
password wi
th the sam
e capi
ta
lization an
d punctuation that
yo
u used origina
lly
. If yo
u s
till can
’t log in, log in as an adminis
trat
or
, open the Multiple U
sers
application, an
d chan
ge yo
ur
nam
e or password.
If yo
u cannot log in t
o yo
ur
NetInfo a
cco
un
t, yo
u can log in t
o yo
ur
comput
er as the loca
l user
“Adminis
trat
or
.” U
se yo
ur
NetInfo a
cco
un
t password.
You forgot your password.
If yo
u for
get the password for yo
ur
comput
er
, inser
t the Ma
c OS
X CD an
d res
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er
while pressin
g the C k
ey
. When the Ins
ta
ller appears, cho
ose Reset Password from the Ins
ta
ller
me
nu
an
d follo
w the onscreen ins
tr
uctions.
Tr
oubleshooting X tips
Getting support For information about the support available for this product see the Apple Softwar
e Services and
Support Guide included with Mac OS X. Getting help To
sear
ch for solutions to pr
oblems you ar
e having
with Mac OS
X, open Mac Help, type a question,
and click Ask. Getting news about Mac OS
X
Click the Late-Br
eaking News icon in the Dock
to get the latest information about Mac OS
X,
Mac OS
X applications, har
dwar
e and Classic
compatibility
.
Sear
ching Mac Help
What’s the latest news about Mac OS
Using Mac OS X
Network services don’t seem to be working.If network ser
vices aren
’t available, m
ak
e su
re yo
ur
comput
er is connect
ed t
o the network an
d that
yo
ur
network settin
gs are cor
rect (in Sys
te
m Preferences). See yo
ur
sys
te
m adminis
trat
or t
o m
ak
e
su
re the ser
vice is available or if yo
u have ques
tions abo
ut the settin
gs yo
u sho
uld be usin
g.
You can’t quit an application.
If yo
u can
’t qui
t an application, cho
ose F
orce Qui
t from the Apple m
en
u, select the program in the
lis
t, an
d click F
orce Qui
t. (
Yo
u d
o not need t
o res
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er
.)
ImportantWhen yo
u force an application t
o qui
t, any unsaved chan
ges t
o d
ocum
en
ts are los
t.
You need to start up your computer using Mac OS 9.
To
s
tar
t up usin
g Ma
c OS 9, open Sys
te
m Preferences an
d click S
tar
tup Disk. Select yo
ur
Ma
c OS 9 disk an
d res
tar
t yo
ur
comput
er
.
You want to start up in Mac OS X after starting up in Mac OS 9.
If yo
u s
tar
t up yo
ur
comput
er wi
th Ma
c OS 9.1, then wan
t t
o s
tar
t up wi
th Ma
c OS X, use the
Star
tup Disk con
trol panel t
o select yo
ur
Ma
c OS X disk. If yo
u are usin
g Ma
c OS 9, use the S
tar
tup
Disk con
trol panel prov
ided on the Ma
c OS X CD. T
o use the con
trol panel, drag i
t t
o the Sys
te
m
Folder on yo
ur
Ma
c OS 9.1 disk.
© 2001 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, AppleTalk, Mac, Macintosh, the Mac OS logo, QuickTime, the QuickTime logo, and Sherlock are
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. AirPort, Aqua, Disk First Aid, Finder, and iMovie are tradema
rks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Acrobat is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Digital imagery
®
copyright 2001 PhotoDisc, Inc. Acknowledgements: Portions of Mac OS X utilize
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