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Introducing Mac OS X
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Installing 2

The Desktop 4

Finder windows 6 This book helps you get started

using Mac OS X—a new way to

The Dock 8 use your Mac. Based on a modern

system that’s powerful and reliable,

Changing settings 10 Mac OS X is appealing to look at

and a pleasure to use.

Using Mail 12
To get started, follow the instructions

Saving and opening 14 on the next page to install Mac OS X.

Then let this book help you discover

Printing 16 how easy Mac OS X is to use.

Applications 18

Troubleshooting 20

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Before you start

While you can install Mac OS X on your computer by itself, if you want to continue using your
Mac OS 9 applications with Mac OS X you must have Mac OS 9 installed on your computer. If you
don’t have Mac OS 9 installed on your computer, you should do so before you install Mac OS X.
There are two ways you can install Mac OS X to continue using Mac OS 9:
m You can install Mac OS X on the same disk you have Mac OS 9 installed on. Doing so does not
change Mac OS 9 or the other contents on your disk (except to move them to a special folder on
your computer).

Installing m You can install Mac OS X on a separate disk or disk partition, keeping Mac OS 9 on its own disk
or disk partition.

Important If you use separate disk partitions, be sure Mac OS 9 is installed on the first partition.

To set up Mac OS X after installation finishes, you need information about your network settings. If
you don’t know this information, ask your system administrator or Internet service provider.

Installing Mac OS X software

To install Mac OS X:
1 Insert the Mac OS X CD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon.

2 Click Continue. The Installer restarts your computer.

3 When the Installer appears again, follow the onscreen instructions.
When the installation is finished, your computer restarts.

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Setting up Getting more information

Throughout this book, you’ll see questions like
After you finish installing Mac OS X, the Setup Assistant appears. The Setup Assistant guides you
the one below to ask Mac Help. To get answers,
through setting up important features of Mac OS X, such as network and Internet settings, email, choose Mac Help from the Help menu, type the
and the first user account for your computer. Follow the instructions in each panel. When you question, and click Ask.
finish, restart your computer.

Important Be sure to remember the user name and password you enter because you need it to Type the
log in to your computer. question
here, then
click Ask.

Logging in
When your computer starts up, you log in using the user name and password you created with the
Setup Assistant. Why do I need to log in?
Logging in makes your computer more secure
because it determines your access privileges to
the computer. You can create other users to let
other people use your computer, but control
their access privileges.

Type your user name

and password here,
then click Login.

The user you create with the Setup Assistant has privileges to administer your computer. When you
log in you can access all the folders on your computer, change system settings, install new
applications, and create other users.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I use Help?

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When Mac OS X starts up, you see the Desktop application with a Finder

window and the Dock—a new way to organize the applications and

documents you use frequently.

Use the Finder window to access and

The
This menu includes the commands organize your documents and applications.
for setting application preferences At first, it shows your “home” folder—

Desktop
and quitting. your private space on your computer.

Click here
to change
the view of
the Finder
window.

Click an
icon in the
Dock to
open an
application.

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Finder views What’s a “home” folder?

Each user on your computer has a “home”
You can view Finder windows in three ways. Click the View button to change the view.
folder—a private space on the computer for
documents. Users can control access to their
home folders so that other people using the
In list or icon view computer can’t open their documents.
double-click a folder
to see its contents
Where are my Mac OS 9 applications
in the Finder window.
and documents?
To see your Mac OS 9 applications and
documents, click the Computer button in the
Finder window, then open the Mac OS 9 folder.
This folder also contains your Mac OS 9
documents.
Column view shows the
Open a window for a folder
path to the selection on
your disk or the network. To open a separate window for a folder, press
Try column view to see the Option key while you double-click the
how your disk is organized.
folder’s icon.

The application menu

All Mac OS X applications have an application menu, which contains important commands such as
setting application preferences and quitting the application.
The application’s name

Choose this to set the

application’s preferences.
Choose this to quit the
application. To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I use the Desktop?

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A Finder window is your gateway to your computer and network.

In a Finder window you see icons for your documents, folders,

disks, and servers.

Click a toolbar button to

Finder
Click this button see your disks, open
to see your disks your home folder, or

windows
and servers. open other folders.

Shows
the folders
(path) that
contain the
selected
item

Shows
information
about the
selected
item. If it’s
a picture,
you see
a preview.
If it’s a
movie, you
can play it.

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Toolbar buttons Move, copy, or make an alias to a file

To move a file to another folder, drag it. To copy
The toolbar buttons at the top of a Finder window open special folders on your hard disk. Here’s
the file, press the Option key while you drag. To
what you see when you click each button: make an alias to it, press the Command and
Computer
Option keys while you drag.

Your disks, CDs, and servers Open another Finder window

If you need to open another Finder window to
move or copy a file, choose New Finder Window
Home from the File menu.
Your home folder—your private space on the computer
To set access privileges to a folder
Select the folder and choose Show Inspector
Apps from the File menu, then choose Sharing from
the Show pop-up menu.
The Applications folder in your home folder.
Change the Desktop picture

Docs
Choose Preferences from the Desktop menu and
click the Desktop tab.
The Documents folder in your home folder ( You see this folder when you save or
open a document in an application.) Can’t find it?
Click the Sherlock icon in the Dock, then click
Favorites Files in the Sherlock window. Type what you’re
The Favorites folder in your home folder ( You see items in this folder when you save looking for, then click the magnifying glass.
or open a document.)
People

The Users folder on your hard disk where user home folders are located

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I use the

Finder window?

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The Dock makes it easy to open applications and to see which

applications and documents are open. To open an application

in the Dock or make an application or document active, click its icon.

The
Dock

Desktop Mail Trash

See your disks, Send and receive email. Drag files here to throw
folders, and them away. Drag disks
documents any time. here to eject them.

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Adding icons to the Dock See the names of items in the Dock
Drag the pointer over the icons.
The Dock includes several applications that come with Mac OS X. You can add icons to the Dock
for applications, documents, folders, servers, Web sites, and QuickTime TV channels. To add an Rearrange the Dock
icon, drag it to the Dock. Application icons go on the left; all other icons go on the right. Drag icons to where you want them.

Remove an icon
Putting windows in the Dock
Drag it out of the Dock.
You can put windows in the Dock by clicking buttons in the window.
Open a document using an application
Click to put the in the Dock
window in the Dock. Drag the document’s icon to the application’s
Click to display only one icon in the Dock.
window at a time. Other
windows go in the Dock. Changing the Dock

Click to display To resize the tiles in the Dock, make them zoom
several windows. when you drag over them, hide the Dock,
choose Desktop & Dock Preferences from the
Desktop menu, and click the Desktop tab.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I use the Dock?

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Use the Preferences application to change your computer settings. To

open Preferences, choose System Preferences from the Desktop menu.

Then click a button at the top.

If this icon is locked, click it; Click a button to show

Changing
then type the password for a the panel containing the
user with access privileges to settings you want to

settings
administer your computer. change.

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Important settings panels Set application preferences

The Preferences application is where you set
These are some important settings panels in the Preferences application. To change some settings,
system preferences. Applications also have
you need the password of a user with access privileges to administer your computer. preferences. To set preferences for a Mac OS X
Classic
application, make the application active and
choose Preferences from its application menu.
If you have more than one Mac OS 9 system available, select which one your Mac OS 9 Preferences for Mac OS 9 applications remain
applications use. where they were, usually in the Edit menu.
International Return to Mac OS X from Mac OS 9
Change the language your computer uses and the way dates, time, and numbers are You can use the System Disk panel to select
displayed. a Mac OS 9 startup disk. When you restart,
your computer starts up using Mac OS 9. To
Login Items start up using Mac OS X again, use the Mac OS 9
Pick the applications or documents that open automatically when you log in. System Disk control panel, which is on the
Mac OS X CD.

Monitors

Change your monitor’s resolution and colors.

Network

Enter network and Internet settings.

Password

Change your login password.

System Disk

Select a startup disk for your computer. You can select a disk with Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X.
To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I change computer

settings?

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Use the Mail application included with Mac OS X to send and

receive email. Your email can include pictures, sounds, and movies

as well as text.

Using
Each email account has one mailbox. You can
create more mailboxes (folders) to organize your Click here to write

Mail
email. Drag an email to a mailbox in this window. a new email message.

Click here
to see your
mailboxes
(folders for
storing mail
you receive).

Click here
to get your
mail.

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Sending email Setting up

When you set up Mac OS X using the Setup
To send an email message, click the Compose button, type the address, and prepare your message.
Assistant, you also set up how to send and
receive your email. To change settings or create
other mail accounts, choose Preferences from
the Mail menu.
As you type an address,
Change the active account
Mail selects matching
addresses from your Mail lets you receive email from more than one
address book. When you email account. To make an email account active,
find the one you want, click the Active column next to the account’s
press the Tab key.
name in the Accounts preferences panel. To see
your messages, select the account’s mailbox in
To add a picture, sound,
the Mailboxes window.
or movie to your message,
drag it from the Finder to
Organize addresses
your message. (You can
also use Mail services to add Use the AddressBook application to store email
these to your message.) addresses and add them to your email quickly.

Use Mail services

To send pictures, sounds, or movies in an email
message directly from the application where
you create them, choose Services from the
application menu, choose Mail, then choose
Mail To.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I send and receive

email?

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Mac OS X applications have new ways to save and open documents

that make it faster and easier.

Saving and The panel is

attached to the Choose a recent or Click here to show other folders

opening
document. favorite folder here. or switch to another disk.

Choose
folders
here using
the column
view.

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Opening documents Save a document in your home folder

When you save a document the first time, the
When you choose Open in a Mac OS X application, you see a new panel for locating your
panel shows your home folder. Type a name and
documents. click Save.

Add a folder to your favorites

Choose a recent Select the folder, then click Add to Favorites.
or favorite folder here.
Mac OS X puts an alias of it in the Favorites
folder in your home folder.

A column view similar

to the Finder window.

You can type the path

to a document here.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I save a document?

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Mac OS X provides a new way to print your documents. First use

PrintCenter to select printers and set them up. Then print your work.

Printing Choose how to connect

to the printer here.
Select a printer you want to
add to the PrintCenter here.

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Setting up Select a default printer

The default printer is the printer selected in the
Before you can print a document, you need to select a printer using the PrintCenter. If you haven’t
Print panel when it opens. If you don’t select a
selected a printer when you print the first time, the PrintCenter opens. Using the Print Browser default printer, the PrintCenter picks one for
panel, select how to connect to the printer and double-click the printer you want to add. you. To select or change the default printer,
select the printer in the PrintCenter window
and choose Make Default Printer from the
Printing a document
Printers menu.
To print a document, choose Print from the File menu. The Print panel opens with the default
Change the destination printer
printer selected.
When you print a document, the default printer
is the destination. To select a different printer,
choose one from the Destination pop-up menu.
Default printer
Choose a different
printer here.

Click here for Click here to preview

more options. the document.

Previewing a document
When you print a document, you can click Preview to open the Preview application and see how it
will look.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I print my documents?

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Mac OS X includes several applications designed for Mac OS X.

You can also continue to use your Mac OS 9 applications.

AddressBook

Keep all your email addresses and other information about people in one place.

Sherlock

Applications Find what you’re looking for on your disks or network, or on the Internet.

QuickTime Player

Play movies, view pictures, listen to music, watch QuickTime TV.

Preview

Preview documents.

Multiple Users

Give other people access to your computer.

TextEdit

Create text documents with text styles.

Grab

Take pictures of your desktop or a window.

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Where to find the applications Copy and paste between documents

Select what you want to copy and drag it to the
The Applications folder on your hard disk: The location where Mac OS X applications are installed
other document. You can copy between
so that all the users of your computer can access them. You need to log in as a user with access documents in different applications.
privileges to administer your computer to install applications in this folder.
Use application services
The Mac OS 9 folder: Contains the Mac OS 9 applications installed on your computer before you
installed Mac OS X. Mac OS X applications may provide services that
you can use with other applications. For
example, Mail lets you select a picture in an
Using Mac OS 9 applications application and send it in an email message. To
see the available services, select something in an
After you install Mac OS X, your Mac OS 9 applications work the same way they always did. To open application and choose Services from the
a Mac OS 9 application or document, just double-click its icon. application menu.

Update your software

Mac OS X includes the Software Updates
application so that you can get the latest version
of your Mac OS X applications and system
software.
When you open a Mac OS 9 application, the Mac OS 9 system needs to start up. To have the
Mac OS 9 system start up when you log in, click the Preferences icon in the Dock, then click Classic
and select the “Start up on login” checkbox.

To learn more, search Mac Help for:

How do I use my applications?

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You see a message about updating the firmware.

If you see a message that you need to update your computer’s firmware, you should do so before
proceeding with the installation. The updater and instructions are available at the Apple Software
Updates Web site (http://asu.info.apple.com/).
The Installer cannot repair your hard disk.

The Installer repairs your hard disk before it installs Mac OS X. If you see a message that the disk
can’t be fixed, try these solutions:
m If a file is open, quit all programs. If file sharing is on, turn it off. Then try installing again.

Troubleshooting m If you still get the message, use DiskFirstAid (provided on the Mac OS X CD), to repair the disk.
m If you can’t repair the disk using DiskFirstAid, you may need to reinitialize it. Back up your hard
disk before you erase all the files on it. Then use the Drive Setup program (provided on the
Mac OS X CD), to initialize the disk. After you initialize the disk, use the Mac OS X Installer to
install the software again, then reinstall your application programs and documents from your
backup copy.
The Installer cannot update the hard disk driver.

The Installer cannot update non-Apple hard disks. Use the disk utility recommended by the
manufacturer of your hard disk to update your drivers before installing Mac OS X. Make sure to use
a version of the utility that is compatible with Mac OS X.
Installing Mac OS X was interrupted and now I can’t restart my computer.

If this happens and you have Mac OS 9 installed on your computer, try restarting your computer
while pressing the Option key to start up using Mac OS 9.
If you cannot start up using Mac OS 9, insert a Mac OS 9 CD in your computer and press the C key
while restarting your computer.

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You can’t log in to your computer.

First, make sure you are entering your password with the same capitalization and punctuation that
you used originally. If you still can’t log in, log in as a user with administrator privileges and change
the password for your user account using the MultipleUsers application.
Network services don’t seem to be working.

If your network services don’t seem to be working properly, try these solutions:
m Make sure that your computer is connected to the network properly.
m Use DiskFirstAid to make sure your hard disk is working properly.
m Check your computer’s AppleTalk and TCP/IP configurations.
m See if you can access AppleTalk devices on the network.
m See your server administrator to make sure the server you are trying to connect to is available.
You can’t quit an application.

If you can’t quit an application, you can force it to quit. Press the Command, Option, and Escape
keys, select the program in the Applications panel, and click Force Quit. ( You do not need to
restart your computer.)

Important When you force an application to quit, any unsaved changes to documents open in
the application are lost.

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Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries.
Finder and Sherlock are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Digital imagery® copyright 2000 PhotoDisc, Inc.
Portions of Mac OS X utilize third-party copyrighted material. Acknowledgements,
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