Intro to Mac for Parents
Thursday, May 21, 2015
● Mac Models
● Differences between Macs and PCs
● Creating Student Apple ID
● What questions do you have (open discussion)?
Overview of this 45 min session
2015 Macintosh Models
MacBook Air 13"
13-inch Display
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
256GB flash storage 4GB memory Intel HD Graphics 6000 Weight: 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg)
MacBookPro 13”
13-inch Retina display 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 256GB flash storage 8GB Memory Intel Iris Graphics 6100 Weight: 3.48 pounds (1.58 kg) MacBook 12”
12-inch Retina Display 1.1GHz Intel Core M processor 256GB flash storage
8GB memory Intel HD Graphics 5300 Weight: 2.03 pounds (0.92 kg)
Things to consider
Purchase in Vietnam or home country Apple Protection Plan (APP)
Speck Hard Shell / Carrying Case
Differences between Macs and PCs
This presentation is intended to help you make a smooth transition to Apple environments while highlighting the main differences between PCs and Macs.
Going from PC to Mac can be a shock to your system at first, but rest assured that even if a Mac feels like foreign territory at first, you will quickly become used to it and be up and running before the end of your first day with your new Mac.
1. Apple makes both hardware and software
Apple is the only company in the PC business that writes its own operating system and designs its own hardware. As a result you get a fully integrated system and everything works together seamlessly.
2. Sometimes less is more
This might sound like a bad thing, but it's true that sometimes less is more. Apple offers basically 3 main laptop models that come in various specs and with various build-to-order options to choose from. It is likely that there is a Mac that would suit your needs while providing consistency at school to ensure quality instruction.
3. User interface
Macs aren’t just pretty faces. Apple's design philosophy means more than just
beautiful boxes made out of aluminium: it's the user interface and the way you interact with the device that makes the difference.The design of every aspect of Apple's hardware and software! (not just the colour of the device but the first thing you see when you log on, what happens when you click in a particular place, and so on. Apple pays meticulous detail to the human interface, making the device intuitive to use and thereby reducing complexity.
4. Ease of use
Apple's attention to the human interface means that Macs are more intuitive and simple to use, although anyone who is a long-term PC user will need to spend a bit of time getting familiar with different ways of working. There are various aspects to OS X that make more complicated tasks far simpler on a Mac: Apple has made saving documents foolproof, deleting a program is a straightforward procedure,
5. Built-in apps
As I mentioned earlier, Apple makes the software and the hardware.
Every Mac comes with Safari web browser; Apple's email program Mail; iPhoto for editing images and organising your photo library; iMovie for making movies;
GarageBand so you can become a musician; iTunes for your music; Pages for word processing; Numbers for spreadsheets; Keynote for presentations; and some apps like Maps, Calendar, FaceTime, Messages, Reminders, Notes and iBooks. There's also the Mac App Store, which grants you access to a world of apps that you can install on your Mac.
A key objective is to enable all students to have ready and consistent access to a common set of software, hardware and network resources that talk well to one another. So that we can focus on quality instruction instead of troubleshooting. We want to make sure that curriculum drives the technology, and not the other way around
We’ll be able to help our students to walk through the biggest shift in literacy in the last 100 years, moving from the point where we were able to consume audiovisual media on a screen to the point where we can now create it. Students will become designers, musicians, moviemakers
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Endless capabilities for media creation.-
Good text editing capabilities. Easy to integrate with Google Apps.Plus you can run mainstays like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook on a Mac. And SSIS will provide these for students.
6. Safety
Virus attacks are incredibly rare on the Mac platform, and those numbers are small in comparison to the security breaches regularly experienced on the PC.
Mac operating system is Unix-based. Unix offers a number of security features built in, such as the way that executable code and data is stored in separate folders.
7. Customer support
Apple consistently ranks as one of the best for customer support. Apple also offers various service plans that you can pay for when you buy your Apple product. For example, if you purchase Apple Care it will extend your warranty service for your Apple products up to three years of additional hardware service options, both parts and labour.
8. Optimization
As I mentioned earlier, every component in every Mac is optimised for performance and to ensure that it requires less power. Drivers: on a Mac you can plug in a camera, printer or install software and it just works...Consistent performance across devices.
9. They work seamlessly with the iPad
They seamlessly work with our very successful iPad programs which makes it a natural transition throughout our technology programs
What is an Apple ID?
Features of Apple ID: iBooks access to content, iTunes = manage music , App Store manage apps, iCloud share content across devices.
Importance of iCloud for Students
Safety = Find My Mac, and other features we will be leveraging with students. Other services in iCloud that allow students to collaborate on assignments.
Importance of iCloud for Students
Safety = Find My Mac, and other features we will be leveraging with students. Other services in iCloud that allow students to collaborate on assignments.
Importance of iCloud for Students
Safety = Find My Mac, and other features we will be leveraging with students. Other services in iCloud that allow students to collaborate on assignments.
Student Apple ID (Parent Managed)
3. Parent Birthday
2. Parent knows password
1. Apple ID without credit card
We recommend you create this with your child, use the child email (personal or SSIS), and that you both know the password.
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Creating an Student Apple ID that is not setup with a credit card2.
Parent Managed because of the 13 years of age requirement from Applea.
This is common practice outside of the US (if we were in the US Apple has special under 13 years of age Apple IDs for students)Allows students to leverage Apple’s services. We will show you how to set this up without a credit card so that the student will be able to download free apps and use iCloud and other Apple services. You can gift apps to your child with your personal Apple ID or through gift cards which means as a parent you will likely want to have your own Apple ID if you don’t already have one.
How to setup Student Apple ID
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Creating Parent Managed Student Apple ID without credit card2.
You have a booklet with the specific steps to follow if you need help please contact us or the tech officeBefore you start
Install iTunes (PCs only)
1. Need to have iTunes installed (Macs already, PC need to install)
2.
Apple ID Country (your home of record). Content in different countries has slight variation but most the apps are the same.3.
Because of the 13 years of age requirement parents must use their birthday details (again this is common practice throughout the world) again this is a Student Apple ID (managed by Parents)Before you start
1.
Need to have iTunes installed (Macs already, PC need to install)2. Apple ID Country (your home of record).
Content in different countries has slight variation but most the apps are the same.
3.
Because of the 13 years of age requirement parents must use their birthday details (again this is common practice throughout the world) again this is a Student Apple ID (managed by Parents)Before you start
1.
Need to have iTunes installed (Macs already, PC need to install)2.
Apple ID Country (your home of record). Content in different countries has slight variation but most the apps are the same.3. Because of the 13 years of age requirement
parents must use their birthday details (again
this is common practice throughout the world)
again this is a Student Apple ID (managed by
Parents). Make sure this is YOUR birthday. Do
NOT use a false birthday as Apple will require it
when.
Before you start
1.
Need to have iTunes installed (Macs already, PC need to install)2.
Apple ID Country (your home of record). Content in different countries has slight variation but most the apps are the same.3. Because of the 13 years of age requirement
parents must use their birthday details (again
this is common practice throughout the world)
again this is a Student Apple ID (managed by
Parents). Make sure this is YOUR birthday. Do
NOT use a false birthday as Apple will require it
when.
Managing Apple Stores
Two Systems:
1. Gifting through Apple gift cards
2. Use your Personal Apple ID to
purchase Apps the Store and give
them to your kids
Student Apple ID
Features of Apple ID: iBooks access to content, iTunes = manage music , App Store manage apps, iCloud share content across devices.
