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... release new versions and updates to its system software, so the images shown in this MacBook. Your MacBook is designed so that you can be slightly different from what you look over the information in Mac Help. Many answers to get started . Important: Read all the installation instructions (and the safety information starting on page 57) carefully before setting up quickly and start using it...
... release new versions and updates to its system software, so the images shown in this MacBook. Your MacBook is designed so that you can be slightly different from what you look over the information in Mac Help. Many answers to get started . Important: Read all the installation instructions (and the safety information starting on page 57) carefully before setting up quickly and start using it...
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... Box MENU AC plug 60W MagSafe Power Adapter Apple Remote AC power cord Setting Up Your MacBook Your MacBook is designed so that you through the setup process, including these tasks:  Plugging in the 60W MagSafe Power Adapter  Connecting cables and accessing a network  Turning on your MacBook and using the trackpad  Configuring a user account and other settings using Setup Assistant  Setting up quickly and start using it up the Mac OS...
... Box MENU AC plug 60W MagSafe Power Adapter Apple Remote AC power cord Setting Up Your MacBook Your MacBook is designed so that you through the setup process, including these tasks:  Plugging in the 60W MagSafe Power Adapter  Connecting cables and accessing a network  Turning on your MacBook and using the trackpad  Configuring a user account and other settings using Setup Assistant  Setting up quickly and start using it up the Mac OS...
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..., videos, or audiobooks that you don't use your MacBook. Go to keep or use Setup Assistant to deauthorize it later using Migration Assistant. For information about deauthorizing, in iTunes, open Utilities, and double-click Migration Assistant. If you 've purchased from the iTunes Store. Step 4: Configure your MacBook, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant helps you enter your Internet and email information and set up a user...
..., videos, or audiobooks that you don't use your MacBook. Go to keep or use Setup Assistant to deauthorize it later using Migration Assistant. For information about deauthorizing, in iTunes, open Utilities, and double-click Migration Assistant. If you 've purchased from the iTunes Store. Step 4: Configure your MacBook, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant helps you enter your Internet and email information and set up a user...
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... Your MacBook to Sleep If you'll be away from the menu bar. You can quickly make the desktop look the way you want to change. NOTICE: Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating that appears. Â Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer. As you get to sleep or shut...
... Your MacBook to Sleep If you'll be away from the menu bar. You can quickly make the desktop look the way you want to change. NOTICE: Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating that appears. Â Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer. As you get to sleep or shut...
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... dialog that appears. If you left them. When your MacBook wakes from draining completely. 16 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go To wake your MacBook: Â If the display is already open, press the power (®) button or any key on the keyboard. Shutting Down Your MacBook If you aren't going to use your MacBook for a day or two, it's best to...
... dialog that appears. If you left them. When your MacBook wakes from draining completely. 16 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go To wake your MacBook: Â If the display is already open, press the power (®) button or any key on the keyboard. Shutting Down Your MacBook If you aren't going to use your MacBook for a day or two, it's best to...
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... button next to the lights, and the lights glow briefly to let the battery recharge, or replace the drained battery with a charged one indicator light is left . To replace a low battery with a fully charged battery (see page 35). If no lights are working, attach your MacBook. Turning off features such as AirPort Extreme or Bluetooth® wireless technology can run your MacBook draws power...
... button next to the lights, and the lights glow briefly to let the battery recharge, or replace the drained battery with a charged one indicator light is left . To replace a low battery with a fully charged battery (see page 35). If no lights are working, attach your MacBook. Turning off features such as AirPort Extreme or Bluetooth® wireless technology can run your MacBook draws power...
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If you use a particular application, check with your computer's system software. See "Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook" on the computer. 2 Click Force Quit. If the problem occurs frequently, choose Help > Mac Help from this dialog. Search for the word "freeze" to shut down the power (®) button for instances when the computer freezes or doesn't respond. To get help for a few...
If you use a particular application, check with your computer's system software. See "Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook" on the computer. 2 Click Force Quit. If the problem occurs frequently, choose Help > Mac Help from this dialog. Search for the word "freeze" to shut down the power (®) button for instances when the computer freezes or doesn't respond. To get help for a few...
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... repair the disk: Â Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 into a functioning power outlet. After the computer starts up . Â Choose Installer > Open Disk Utility. Select a local Mac OS X System folder. Â If that doesn't work, try using Disk Utility doesn't help, you plug in order until that came with Your MacBook" on : Â Make sure the power adapter is glowing continuously. 46 Chapter 4 Problem...
... repair the disk: Â Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 into a functioning power outlet. After the computer starts up . Â Choose Installer > Open Disk Utility. Select a local Mac OS X System folder. Â If that doesn't work, try using Disk Utility doesn't help, you plug in order until that came with Your MacBook" on : Â Make sure the power adapter is glowing continuously. 46 Chapter 4 Problem...
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... its factory settings by disconnecting the power adapter, removing the battery, and holding down the Command (x), Option, P, and R keys simultaneously until you hear the startup sound a second time. See whether removing it is compatible with your computer. This resets the parameter RAM (PRAM). Â If you recently installed additional memory, make sure that it is correctly installed and that are connected to your MacBook...
... its factory settings by disconnecting the power adapter, removing the battery, and holding down the Command (x), Option, P, and R keys simultaneously until you hear the startup sound a second time. See whether removing it is compatible with your computer. This resets the parameter RAM (PRAM). Â If you recently installed additional memory, make sure that it is correctly installed and that are connected to your MacBook...
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... device you are using to connect to your Internet connection, you can try the steps in this section starting with Your Internet Connection Your MacBook has the Setup Assistant application to help walk you are trying to connect to open Network Diagnostics. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 49 If Apple Hardware Test doesn't detect a hardware failure, the problem may be software related. For...
... device you are using to connect to your Internet connection, you can try the steps in this section starting with Your Internet Connection Your MacBook has the Setup Assistant application to help walk you are trying to connect to open Network Diagnostics. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 49 If Apple Hardware Test doesn't detect a hardware failure, the problem may be software related. For...
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...: Instructions that DSL and cable modem users do not apply to LAN users. To check PPP0E settings: 1 Choose Apple () > System Preferences. 2 Click Network. 3 Click Add (+) at the bottom of the network connection services list, and choose PPPoE from the modem to the wall jack. Also check the cables and power supplies for a few minutes, and then turn the power off and on to reset the modem hardware Turn...
...: Instructions that DSL and cable modem users do not apply to LAN users. To check PPP0E settings: 1 Choose Apple () > System Preferences. 2 Click Network. 3 Click Add (+) at the bottom of the network connection services list, and choose PPPoE from the modem to the wall jack. Also check the cables and power supplies for a few minutes, and then turn the power off and on to reset the modem hardware Turn...
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... are connecting to a wireless network. 5 Enter the information you must have two or more computers sharing an Internet connection, be sure that your network is set up menu. You need to share one IP address is plugged into your MacBook and into the network. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 51 If only one IP address among multiple computers. Network Connections Make sure the Ethernet cable is...
... are connecting to a wireless network. 5 Enter the information you must have two or more computers sharing an Internet connection, be sure that your network is set up menu. You need to share one IP address is plugged into your MacBook and into the network. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 51 If only one IP address among multiple computers. Network Connections Make sure the Ethernet cable is...
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... your MacBook to four bars appear, indicating signal strength. Also see if any updates are available for updates periodically, and then you can connect to the Internet and automatically download and install the latest free software versions, drivers, and other computer or the network's access point. Repositioning or rotating the computer might improve reception. Â Check the AirPort (Z) status icon in the menu bar. You can set...
... your MacBook to four bars appear, indicating signal strength. Also see if any updates are available for updates periodically, and then you can connect to the Internet and automatically download and install the latest free software versions, drivers, and other computer or the network's access point. Repositioning or rotating the computer might improve reception. Â Check the AirPort (Z) status icon in the menu bar. You can set...
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... Software. Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook You can use the software installation discs that came with your computer to www.apple.com/macosx. To check for updated software: 1 Open System Preferences. 2 Click the Software Update icon and follow the onscreen instructions. Â For more information, search for any applications that came with your essential files. Apple is connected and plugged in Mac Help...
... Software. Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook You can use the software installation discs that came with your computer to www.apple.com/macosx. To check for updated software: 1 Open System Preferences. 2 Click the Software Update icon and follow the onscreen instructions. Â For more information, search for any applications that came with your essential files. Apple is connected and plugged in Mac Help...
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..." pane of the Installer, and then select "Erase and Install." Learning More, Service, and Support Your MacBook does not have any user-serviceable parts, except the memory. You can look for installation, continue following the onscreen instructions. You can search the AppleCare Knowledge Base, check for software updates, or get help , System Profiler, or Apple Hardware Test. Choose Help > Mac Help. 54 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution Your computer...
..." pane of the Installer, and then select "Erase and Install." Learning More, Service, and Support Your MacBook does not have any user-serviceable parts, except the memory. You can look for installation, continue following the onscreen instructions. You can search the AppleCare Knowledge Base, check for software updates, or get help , System Profiler, or Apple Hardware Test. Choose Help > Mac Help. 54 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution Your computer...
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... is free of its internal and external parts are missing may be harmful to the port. For your safety, have positioned the connector correctly in relation to your equipment's manual may be dangerous and may damage your MacBook or other than those specified in your eyes if disassembled. Operating the computer when parts are in place. When connecting...
... is free of its internal and external parts are missing may be harmful to the port. For your safety, have positioned the connector correctly in relation to your equipment's manual may be dangerous and may damage your MacBook or other than those specified in your eyes if disassembled. Operating the computer when parts are in place. When connecting...
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... 5 Last, but Not Least Cleaning the MacBook screen To clean the MacBook screen, first shut down your MacBook, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery. When storing your computer for an extended period of your MacBook and its components, first shut down your MacBook, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery. Cleaning your MacBook When cleaning the outside of time, keep it from your MacBook. Then use aerosol sprays, solvents, or abrasives...
... 5 Last, but Not Least Cleaning the MacBook screen To clean the MacBook screen, first shut down your MacBook, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery. When storing your computer for an extended period of your MacBook and its components, first shut down your MacBook, unplug the power adapter, and remove the battery. Cleaning your MacBook When cleaning the outside of time, keep it from your MacBook. Then use aerosol sprays, solvents, or abrasives...
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... changing the desktop 15 password 48 System Preferences 15 checking memory 42 cleaning the display 62 your computer 62 computer disposal 70 freezes 45 putting to sleep 15 shutting down 16 turning on 12 won't turn on 46 connecting to a network 11 Control-click 26 controls brightness 23 media 23 volume 23 cord, AC power 10 D Dashboard 23 desktop, customizing 15 discs software installation 53 supported 62 display cleaning...
... changing the desktop 15 password 48 System Preferences 15 checking memory 42 cleaning the display 62 your computer 62 computer disposal 70 freezes 45 putting to sleep 15 shutting down 16 turning on 12 won't turn on 46 connecting to a network 11 Control-click 26 controls brightness 23 media 23 volume 23 cord, AC power 10 D Dashboard 23 desktop, customizing 15 discs software installation 53 supported 62 display cleaning...
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... specifications 34 mercury 70 microphone 21 mini-DVI port 25 modem 11 mouse 25, 64 See also trackpad Mute control 23 N network connections 51 Network Diagnostics 49 Network Setup Assistant 49 O online resources 54 optical drive about 21 supported disc size 62 P password, resetting 48 Play/pause key 23 plug, AC 10 ports on MacBook 25 power adapter plugging in 59 port 25 using 10 power button 12, 21 problems computer...
... specifications 34 mercury 70 microphone 21 mini-DVI port 25 modem 11 mouse 25, 64 See also trackpad Mute control 23 N network connections 51 Network Diagnostics 49 Network Setup Assistant 49 O online resources 54 optical drive about 21 supported disc size 62 P password, resetting 48 Play/pause key 23 plug, AC 10 ports on MacBook 25 power adapter plugging in 59 port 25 using 10 power button 12, 21 problems computer...
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... SDRAM specifications 34 secondary click 26 security slot 25 serial number, locating 56 service and support 55 Setup Assistant 13 shutting down 16 sleep mode indicator light 21 putting computer to sleep 15 Q question mark, flashing 45 R RAM. screen goes black 47 trouble ejecting a disc 48 trouble using Mac Help 54 See also problems turning on your MacBook 12 typing position 63 U updating software 52 USB connections 31 ports 25 V video camera indicator light 21 mini-DVI port 25 volume controls...
... SDRAM specifications 34 secondary click 26 security slot 25 serial number, locating 56 service and support 55 Setup Assistant 13 shutting down 16 sleep mode indicator light 21 putting computer to sleep 15 Q question mark, flashing 45 R RAM. screen goes black 47 trouble ejecting a disc 48 trouble using Mac Help 54 See also problems turning on your MacBook 12 typing position 63 U updating software 52 USB connections 31 ports 25 V video camera indicator light 21 mini-DVI port 25 volume controls...
