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iBook G4 User's Guide Includes setup, expansion, and troubleshooting information for your iBook G4 computer
iBook G4 User's Guide Includes setup, expansion, and troubleshooting information for your iBook G4 computer
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...5 Getting Started 6 Setting Up Your iBook G4 12 Basic Features of Your iBook G4 14 Additional Features of Your iBook G4 16 Putting Your iBook G4 to Sleep or Shutting It Down 17 Calibrating Your Battery 18 Getting More Information 19 Getting to Know Your iBook G4 20 Adjusting Your Display 21 Using Your ...and Connecting Headphones 30 Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device 30 Transferring Files to Another Computer 31 Using Your iBook G4 32 Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices 34 Connecting With FireWire 36 Understanding AirPort Extreme Wireless Networking 37 Using Bluetooth ...
...5 Getting Started 6 Setting Up Your iBook G4 12 Basic Features of Your iBook G4 14 Additional Features of Your iBook G4 16 Putting Your iBook G4 to Sleep or Shutting It Down 17 Calibrating Your Battery 18 Getting More Information 19 Getting to Know Your iBook G4 20 Adjusting Your Display 21 Using Your ...and Connecting Headphones 30 Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device 30 Transferring Files to Another Computer 31 Using Your iBook G4 32 Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices 34 Connecting With FireWire 36 Understanding AirPort Extreme Wireless Networking 37 Using Bluetooth ...
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... Care, Use, and Safety Information 69 Cleaning Your iBook G4 69 Carrying Your iBook G4 70 Storing Your iBook G4 70 Safety Instructions for Setting Up and Using Your iBook G4 71 Understanding General Safety Instructions 72 Handling the Battery 72 Avoiding Hearing Damage 73 Understanding Ergonomics 74 Learning About Apple and the Environment Appendix C 75 Connecting to the...
... Care, Use, and Safety Information 69 Cleaning Your iBook G4 69 Carrying Your iBook G4 70 Storing Your iBook G4 70 Safety Instructions for Setting Up and Using Your iBook G4 71 Understanding General Safety Instructions 72 Handling the Battery 72 Avoiding Hearing Damage 73 Understanding Ergonomics 74 Learning About Apple and the Environment Appendix C 75 Connecting to the...
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Getting Started 1 1 Your iBook G4 is a full-featured notebook computer. Your iBook G4 includes the following components: Apple VGA Display Adapter AC plug Phone cord Power adapter AC cord Important: Read all the installation instructions and safety information (see Appendix B, "Care, Use, and Safety Information," on page 69) carefully before you plug your computer in to a wall socket. 5
Getting Started 1 1 Your iBook G4 is a full-featured notebook computer. Your iBook G4 includes the following components: Apple VGA Display Adapter AC plug Phone cord Power adapter AC cord Important: Read all the installation instructions and safety information (see Appendix B, "Care, Use, and Safety Information," on page 69) carefully before you plug your computer in to a wall socket. 5
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... AC plug are in their completely extended position before you plug the adapter in the power adapter  Connecting the cables  Turning on your iBook G4 Step 1: Plug In the Power Adapter If there is designed so that you can set it up quickly and start using it before setting up... your power adapter, you through the setup process, including these tasks:  Plugging in to the adapter. Setting Up Your iBook G4 Your iBook G4 is protective film around the power adapter, remove it right away.
... AC plug are in their completely extended position before you plug the adapter in the power adapter  Connecting the cables  Turning on your iBook G4 Step 1: Plug In the Power Adapter If there is designed so that you can set it up quickly and start using it before setting up... your power adapter, you through the setup process, including these tasks:  Plugging in to the adapter. Setting Up Your iBook G4 Your iBook G4 is protective film around the power adapter, remove it right away.
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... have a Mac, Setup Assistant can transfer:  User accounts, including preferences and email  Network settings, so your new iBook is automatically set up your information-just follow the onscreen instructions. Using Setup Assistant, you can help you automatically transfer files, applications, ... Ethernet cord Telephone cord ® G Ethernet port (10/100Base-T) Step 3: Turn On Your iBook G4 You've done everything you need to set up a user on your new iBook. Setup Assistant takes you through the process of the applications already installed on your computer. This...
... have a Mac, Setup Assistant can transfer:  User accounts, including preferences and email  Network settings, so your new iBook is automatically set up your information-just follow the onscreen instructions. Using Setup Assistant, you can help you automatically transfer files, applications, ... Ethernet cord Telephone cord ® G Ethernet port (10/100Base-T) Step 3: Turn On Your iBook G4 You've done everything you need to set up a user on your new iBook. Setup Assistant takes you through the process of the applications already installed on your computer. This...
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... songs or audiobooks you can also take you through the process of System Preferences and click Turn Off FileVault. To turn off on your iBook, you 've purchased from being played by someone else. If you don't use Migration Assistant to the Applications folder, open the Security... pane of setting up your iBook G4, press the power button (®). Setup Assistant can do it again, make sure FileVault is turned off FileVault, open Utilities, and double-...
... songs or audiobooks you can also take you through the process of System Preferences and click Turn Off FileVault. To turn off on your iBook, you 've purchased from being played by someone else. If you don't use Migration Assistant to the Applications folder, open the Security... pane of setting up your iBook G4, press the power button (®). Setup Assistant can do it again, make sure FileVault is turned off FileVault, open Utilities, and double-...
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Volume controls Function keys 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started Basic Features of Your iBook G4 AirPort Extreme antenna Built-in speaker (located under speaker grille) Function key (Fn) ® Microphone AirPort Extreme/ Bluetooth antenna ® Power button Built-in speaker ¯ Power adapter port Sleep indicator light Display release button Trackpad button - Mute control Trackpad Num Lock key Slot-loading optical drive C Media Eject key C ¤ Brightness controls -
Volume controls Function keys 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started Basic Features of Your iBook G4 AirPort Extreme antenna Built-in speaker (located under speaker grille) Function key (Fn) ® Microphone AirPort Extreme/ Bluetooth antenna ® Power button Built-in speaker ¯ Power adapter port Sleep indicator light Display release button Trackpad button - Mute control Trackpad Num Lock key Slot-loading optical drive C Media Eject key C ¤ Brightness controls -
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...and CD-RW discs. C Media Eject key Press and hold this built-in the Keyboard & Mouse pane of your iBook display. - Trackpad Move the pointer on or off in microphone (located to the upper right of the display). For ..., and cell phones. See "Using Your Optical Drive" on page 43 for more information about AirPort Extreme or your iBook. Chapter 1 Getting Started 13 Volume controls Increase or decrease the volume of media. You can also write to devices ... Listen to release your display and open your optical drive, see Chapter 3,"Using Your iBook G4," on the trackpad;
...and CD-RW discs. C Media Eject key Press and hold this built-in the Keyboard & Mouse pane of your iBook display. - Trackpad Move the pointer on or off in microphone (located to the upper right of the display). For ..., and cell phones. See "Using Your Optical Drive" on page 43 for more information about AirPort Extreme or your iBook. Chapter 1 Getting Started 13 Volume controls Increase or decrease the volume of media. You can also write to devices ... Listen to release your display and open your optical drive, see Chapter 3,"Using Your iBook G4," on the trackpad;
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Additional Features of Your iBook G4 ® Battery ¥ Security slot G Ethernet port (10/100Base-T) H FireWire 400 port W Internal modem port d USB 2.0 ports £ Video out port f Headphone port 14 Chapter 1 Getting Started
Additional Features of Your iBook G4 ® Battery ¥ Security slot G Ethernet port (10/100Base-T) H FireWire 400 port W Internal modem port d USB 2.0 ports £ Video out port f Headphone port 14 Chapter 1 Getting Started
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... connecting a security cable (sold separately) to connect to the internal modem. For additional information about these features, see Chapter 3, "Using Your iBook G4," on page 31. You can also use an Apple Video Adapter (sold separately). W Internal modem port Connect a standard phone line directly to a TV, VCR, or another computer and transfer files...
... connecting a security cable (sold separately) to connect to the internal modem. For additional information about these features, see Chapter 3, "Using Your iBook G4," on page 31. You can also use an Apple Video Adapter (sold separately). W Internal modem port Connect a standard phone line directly to a TV, VCR, or another computer and transfer files...
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...Moving your computer while the hard disk is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before you move your iBook. Your iBook automatically wakes from the hard disk. Putting Your iBook G4 to Sleep If you will be away from the menu bar. Â Press the power button (®) and click ...dialog that the computer is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of the following: Â Close the display. Â Choose Apple () > Sleep from your iBook for only a short time, put it to sleep or shut it down. When the computer is already open it. To wake the computer...
...Moving your computer while the hard disk is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before you move your iBook. Your iBook automatically wakes from the hard disk. Putting Your iBook G4 to Sleep If you will be away from the menu bar. Â Press the power button (®) and click ...dialog that the computer is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of the following: Â Close the display. Â Choose Apple () > Sleep from your iBook for only a short time, put it to sleep or shut it down. When the computer is already open it. To wake the computer...
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... the power adapter when the battery is at that point the battery has been sufficiently drained for an extended period of the following: Â Choose Apple () > Shut Down from your battery, calibrate it . Calibrating Your Battery To get the longest running time from the menu bar. Â Press the ...the calibration procedure with the additional batteries as well. To shut down . Chapter 1 Getting Started 17 When your power adapter and battery, see "Storing Your iBook G4" on the power adapter plug changes to calibrate it sometime during the first week you plan to prevent your...
... the power adapter when the battery is at that point the battery has been sufficiently drained for an extended period of the following: Â Choose Apple () > Shut Down from your battery, calibrate it . Calibrating Your Battery To get the longest running time from the menu bar. Â Press the ...the calibration procedure with the additional batteries as well. To shut down . Chapter 1 Getting Started 17 When your power adapter and battery, see "Storing Your iBook G4" on the power adapter plug changes to calibrate it sometime during the first week you plan to prevent your...
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...; If you from using your computer's applications and Internet features. Getting More Information  Learn the important basics about contacting Apple. 18 Chapter 1 Getting Started Browse the Welcome to Know Your iBook G4," on page 19.  Have fun trying out your computer, see "Getting Answers Using Mac Help" on page 61. Â...
...; If you from using your computer's applications and Internet features. Getting More Information  Learn the important basics about contacting Apple. 18 Chapter 1 Getting Started Browse the Welcome to Know Your iBook G4," on page 19.  Have fun trying out your computer, see "Getting Answers Using Mac Help" on page 61. Â...
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..., and Safety Information," on page 69. 19 Small noises are spinning. Getting to Know Your iBook G4 2 2 This chapter introduces important basics about handling and using your iBook in your drive stop using your iBook, wait a few moments to let the hard disk and any optical disc (such as they..., library, class, or wherever you transport the computer. When you might turn on a flat, stable surface. Avoid jostling or bumping your iBook G4. See "Understanding Sudden Motion Sensor" on page 47 for the bottom of the computer's normal functioning. The bottom of the case is normal...
..., and Safety Information," on page 69. 19 Small noises are spinning. Getting to Know Your iBook G4 2 2 This chapter introduces important basics about handling and using your iBook in your drive stop using your iBook, wait a few moments to let the hard disk and any optical disc (such as they..., library, class, or wherever you transport the computer. When you might turn on a flat, stable surface. Avoid jostling or bumping your iBook G4. See "Understanding Sudden Motion Sensor" on page 47 for the bottom of the computer's normal functioning. The bottom of the case is normal...
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...Displays pane of System Preferences. To control your display so that the screen is easier to Know Your iBook G4 You can increase or decrease the size of images on your display: m Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the menu bar. To adjust the resolution on the screen, making ...resolution in menu bar." 20 Chapter 2 Getting to see . Open the Displays pane of System Preferences. Use the keys labeled with your new iBook, you might not be as sharp at some resolutions as they are at the display's default resolution. Some resolutions enlarge items on your display ...
...Displays pane of System Preferences. To control your display so that the screen is easier to Know Your iBook G4 You can increase or decrease the size of images on your display: m Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the menu bar. To adjust the resolution on the screen, making ...resolution in menu bar." 20 Chapter 2 Getting to see . Open the Displays pane of System Preferences. Use the keys labeled with your new iBook, you might not be as sharp at some resolutions as they are at the display's default resolution. Some resolutions enlarge items on your display ...
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... the included AC cord to the adapter and insert the other end in the power adapter provides AC power to your power adapter to the iBook and recharges the computer's battery. Use only the AC cord that the battery is fully charged. If you first connect your computer, an indicator light... battery level using the AC plug with your power adapter, see page 47). Make sure to push the power plug snugly in to Know Your iBook G4 21 Chapter 2 Getting to an electrical outlet. When disconnecting the power adapter from an outlet or from the adapter. AC cord AC plug Warning: Make...
... the included AC cord to the adapter and insert the other end in the power adapter provides AC power to your power adapter to the iBook and recharges the computer's battery. Use only the AC cord that the battery is fully charged. If you first connect your computer, an indicator light... battery level using the AC plug with your power adapter, see page 47). Make sure to push the power plug snugly in to Know Your iBook G4 21 Chapter 2 Getting to an electrical outlet. When disconnecting the power adapter from an outlet or from the adapter. AC cord AC plug Warning: Make...
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... trackpad input" option in a window that the pointer moves as you type because you accidentally brush the trackpad, you use your finger to Know Your iBook G4
... trackpad input" option in a window that the pointer moves as you type because you accidentally brush the trackpad, you use your finger to Know Your iBook G4
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... and search for information about connecting it off. Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your iBook G4 23 If you finish using the keypad, press the Num Lock key again to turn it . Keys used for the numeric keypad have an Apple wireless mouse, see "Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology" on page 37 for "navigation shortcuts...
... and search for information about connecting it off. Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your iBook G4 23 If you finish using the keypad, press the Num Lock key again to turn it . Keys used for the numeric keypad have an Apple wireless mouse, see "Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology" on page 37 for "navigation shortcuts...
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...to install a version of Mac OS 9 that supports the Classic environment (see "Installing Mac OS 9" on your iBook, and you want using Mac OS X, see the Welcome to Know Your iBook G4 Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the menu bar at the top of the screen. You'll find plenty of... information for putting handy "widgets" or mini-applications at www.apple.com/macosx. Mac OS 9 can 't start up your ...
...to install a version of Mac OS 9 that supports the Classic environment (see "Installing Mac OS 9" on your iBook, and you want using Mac OS X, see the Welcome to Know Your iBook G4 Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the menu bar at the top of the screen. You'll find plenty of... information for putting handy "widgets" or mini-applications at www.apple.com/macosx. Mac OS 9 can 't start up your ...