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Mac Help isight iCal and Address Book Keep your schedule and your iMac. Mac Help mail Built-in iSight camera and iChat Video chat with Cover Flow. Say hello to your contacts in sync. Mac Help isync www.apple.com/imac Finder Browse your files like you browse your email accounts in the world. Mac Help finder Mail Manage all your music with friends and family anywhere in one place.
Mac Help isight iCal and Address Book Keep your schedule and your iMac. Mac Help mail Built-in iSight camera and iChat Video chat with Cover Flow. Say hello to your contacts in sync. Mac Help isync www.apple.com/imac Finder Browse your files like you browse your email accounts in the world. Mac Help finder Mail Manage all your music with friends and family anywhere in one place.
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iPhoto Help photos iMovie Make a greatlooking movie in the world. Mac Help quick look Spotlight Find anything on your photos into something amazing. Mac Help safari iLife '11 www.apple.com/ilife iPhoto Turn your Mac. GarageBand Help record Mac OS X Snow Leopard www.apple.com/macosx Time Machine Automatically back up and restore your files. Mac Help spotlight Safari Experience the web with ease. iMovie Help movie GarageBand Create a greatsounding song with the fastest browser in minutes. Mac Help time machine Quick Look Instantly preview your files.
iPhoto Help photos iMovie Make a greatlooking movie in the world. Mac Help quick look Spotlight Find anything on your photos into something amazing. Mac Help safari iLife '11 www.apple.com/ilife iPhoto Turn your Mac. GarageBand Help record Mac OS X Snow Leopard www.apple.com/macosx Time Machine Automatically back up and restore your files. Mac Help spotlight Safari Experience the web with ease. iMovie Help movie GarageBand Create a greatsounding song with the fastest browser in minutes. Mac Help time machine Quick Look Instantly preview your files.
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... new features of your iMac before you plug your iMac in this chapter for instructions about Mac Help, see "Getting Answers" on your iMac into a power outlet. Make sure you can be found on ...page 32. Answers to Mac computers, read this chapter and the safety information starting on page 62 before you set it up and ...set it right away. Important: Read all the installation instructions in Mac Help. For information about getting started . Remove any protective film from the outside of your iMac.
... new features of your iMac before you plug your iMac in this chapter for instructions about Mac Help, see "Getting Answers" on your iMac into a power outlet. Make sure you can be found on ...page 32. Answers to Mac computers, read this chapter and the safety information starting on page 62 before you set it up and ...set it right away. Important: Read all the installation instructions in Mac Help. For information about getting started . Remove any protective film from the outside of your iMac.
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Step 2: To access the Internet or a network, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your iMac. Your iMac comes with AirPort Extreme technology for "AirPort." Plug the modem into a USB port on your iMac, and then use a dial-up a wireless connection, choose Help > Mac Help and search for wireless networking. For information about setting up connection, you need an external USB modem. Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 11 Connect the other end to a phone jack. To use a phone cord to connect the modem to a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a network.
Step 2: To access the Internet or a network, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your iMac. Your iMac comes with AirPort Extreme technology for "AirPort." Plug the modem into a USB port on your iMac, and then use a dial-up a wireless connection, choose Help > Mac Help and search for wireless networking. For information about setting up connection, you need an external USB modem. Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 11 Connect the other end to a phone jack. To use a phone cord to connect the modem to a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a network.
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...help you don't intend to keep or use . If you already have a Mac, Setup Assistant can easily make your desktop look the way you 've purchased from the menu bar and follow the onscreen instructions. Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the Help menu in the Dock. Deauthorizing ...a computer prevents any songs, videos, or audiobooks you want to change. 14 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go Choose Apple () > Software Update from being played by someone else and frees up another authorization for most settings on your new iMac. The first time...
...help you don't intend to keep or use . If you already have a Mac, Setup Assistant can easily make your desktop look the way you 've purchased from the menu bar and follow the onscreen instructions. Choose Apple () > System Preferences from the Help menu in the Dock. Deauthorizing ...a computer prevents any songs, videos, or audiobooks you want to change. 14 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go Choose Apple () > Software Update from being played by someone else and frees up another authorization for most settings on your new iMac. The first time...
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... preferences. Chapter 2 Life with your iMac within 3 minutes, the indicator light and keyboard turn your keyboard on your wireless keyboard. 2 Choose Apple () > System Preferences, and then click Keyboard. 3 Click "Set Up Bluetooth Keyboard ..." To pair your wireless keyboard: 1 Press the... power (®) button to menu commands in a Mac OS X application or in the Finder, and more. To customize your wireless keyboard, and then follow the onscreen instructions. in the lower-right...
... preferences. Chapter 2 Life with your iMac within 3 minutes, the indicator light and keyboard turn your keyboard on your wireless keyboard. 2 Choose Apple () > System Preferences, and then click Keyboard. 3 Click "Set Up Bluetooth Keyboard ..." To pair your wireless keyboard: 1 Press the... power (®) button to menu commands in a Mac OS X application or in the Finder, and more. To customize your wireless keyboard, and then follow the onscreen instructions. in the lower-right...
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... Preferences. Or see the following: To learn about Installing memory Troubleshooting your iMac if you 'll love a Mac" at www.apple.com/getamac/whymac. Or search for "Mac OS X" in Mac Help. "Why you have a problem Finding service and support for the application, and then type a question in the... To open Help for your iMac Using Mac OS X Moving from a PC to a Mac Using iLife applications Changing System Preferences See Chapter 3, "Boost Your Memory" on page 57. The Mac OS X website at www.apple.com/ilife. Or open an iLife application, open Mac Help: 1 Click the Finder icon in ...
... Preferences. Or see the following: To learn about Installing memory Troubleshooting your iMac if you 'll love a Mac" at www.apple.com/getamac/whymac. Or search for "Mac OS X" in Mac Help. "Why you have a problem Finding service and support for the application, and then type a question in the... To open Help for your iMac Using Mac OS X Moving from a PC to a Mac Using iLife applications Changing System Preferences See Chapter 3, "Boost Your Memory" on page 57. The Mac OS X website at www.apple.com/ilife. Or open an iLife application, open Mac Help: 1 Click the Finder icon in ...
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... and search for "Front Row." Using the SuperDrive Mac Help and search for "Bluetooth." Apple news, free downloads, and online catalogs of software and hardware The Apple website at www.apple.com/support/airport. Using Bluetooth wireless technology Open Mac Help and search for "optical drive." and Apple product manuals Chapter 2 Life with Your iMac 33...
... and search for "Front Row." Using the SuperDrive Mac Help and search for "Bluetooth." Apple news, free downloads, and online catalogs of software and hardware The Apple website at www.apple.com/support/airport. Using Bluetooth wireless technology Open Mac Help and search for "optical drive." and Apple product manuals Chapter 2 Life with Your iMac 33...
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... memory, make sure that the memory is compatible with your iMac will sound three tones every five seconds. You'll see the Mac OS X desktop, choose Apple () > About This Mac. If this happens, shut down your iMac and check the installation instructions again to make sure your iMac. 2 When you see the...
... memory, make sure that the memory is compatible with your iMac will sound three tones every five seconds. You'll see the Mac OS X desktop, choose Apple () > About This Mac. If this happens, shut down your iMac and check the installation instructions again to make sure your iMac. 2 When you see the...
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..., Service, and Support" on for troubleshooting tips to try to contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for information about how to make a note of Mac OS X installed on the iMac Service & Support website at www.apple.com/support/imac. Read on page 57 for service. This can also...were using when the problem occurred. You can help you narrow down the possible causes of the problem and then find more troubleshooting information in Mac Help or on your iMac. ÂÂ Any software that you recently installed. ÂÂ Any new hardware (such as additional memory ...
..., Service, and Support" on for troubleshooting tips to try to contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for information about how to make a note of Mac OS X installed on the iMac Service & Support website at www.apple.com/support/imac. Read on page 57 for service. This can also...were using when the problem occurred. You can help you narrow down the possible causes of the problem and then find more troubleshooting information in Mac Help or on your iMac. ÂÂ Any software that you recently installed. ÂÂ Any new hardware (such as additional memory ...
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...194; Wait a few seconds. If your iMac starts up, open System Preferences and click Startup Disk. Keep holding the power (®) button for about contacting Apple for information about 5 seconds, until you may need to start up your iMac. ÂÂ If you installed allows your iMac, see "Reinstalling the ... RAM (PRAM). ÂÂ If you recently installed memory, and your system software (see "Learning More, Service, and Support" on page 54). Select a local Mac OS X System folder. ÂÂ If the problem occurs frequently, you hear the startup sound a second time.
...194; Wait a few seconds. If your iMac starts up, open System Preferences and click Startup Disk. Keep holding the power (®) button for about contacting Apple for information about 5 seconds, until you may need to start up your iMac. ÂÂ If you installed allows your iMac, see "Reinstalling the ... RAM (PRAM). ÂÂ If you recently installed memory, and your system software (see "Learning More, Service, and Support" on page 54). Select a local Mac OS X System folder. ÂÂ If the problem occurs frequently, you hear the startup sound a second time.
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... administrator. You need to know whether your network is provided, then you must have trouble using an AirPort base station, check Mac Help or visit the AirPort Extreme website at www.apple.com/support/airport. If only one IP address among multiple computers. The AirPort base station can 't resolve the issue using...
... administrator. You need to know whether your network is provided, then you must have trouble using an AirPort base station, check Mac Help or visit the AirPort Extreme website at www.apple.com/support/airport. If only one IP address among multiple computers. The AirPort base station can 't resolve the issue using...
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... for updates periodically, and then you can set your location. ÂÂ See AirPort Help (choose Help > Mac Help, and then choose Library > AirPort Help from Apple. You can download and install updated software. Keeping Your Software Up to Date You can interfere with the wireless device.... ÂÂ For the latest information about Mac OS X, go to four bars appear, indicating signal strength. To check for "Software Update" in the menu bar. Up to www.apple.com/macosx. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 53 Nearby electronic devices or metal structures can connect to check...
... for updates periodically, and then you can set your location. ÂÂ See AirPort Help (choose Help > Mac Help, and then choose Library > AirPort Help from Apple. You can download and install updated software. Keeping Your Software Up to Date You can interfere with the wireless device.... ÂÂ For the latest information about Mac OS X, go to four bars appear, indicating signal strength. To check for "Software Update" in the menu bar. Up to www.apple.com/macosx. Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution 53 Nearby electronic devices or metal structures can connect to check...
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...with your work in other applications open applications. Apple is not responsible for any applications that 's not responding, without restarting your essential files. 2 Insert the Mac OS X Install DVD that you to reinstall Mac OS X and any lost data. Mac OS X provides a way to quit: ...1 Press Command (x)-Option-Esc or choose Apple () > Force Quit. Important: Apple recommends that came with your iMac to save...
...with your work in other applications open applications. Apple is not responsible for any applications that 's not responding, without restarting your essential files. 2 Insert the Mac OS X Install DVD that you to reinstall Mac OS X and any lost data. Mac OS X provides a way to quit: ...1 Press Command (x)-Option-Esc or choose Apple () > Force Quit. Important: Apple recommends that came with your iMac to save...
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...For information about Disk Utility and its options, see Mac Help, or open Disk Utility (in the following Kbase article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910? Use Disk Utility on your Mac OS X Install DVD to erase your current Mac OS X hard disk (in Setup Assistant to set.... Installing iLife Applications You can also review detailed instructions in /Applications/ Utilities/) and choose Help > Disk Utility Help. 3 Double-click Install Mac OS X. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions. To install the iLife applications that came with your iMac: 1 Insert the Applications Install DVD that came...
...For information about Disk Utility and its options, see Mac Help, or open Disk Utility (in the following Kbase article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910? Use Disk Utility on your Mac OS X Install DVD to erase your current Mac OS X hard disk (in Setup Assistant to set.... Installing iLife Applications You can also review detailed instructions in /Applications/ Utilities/) and choose Help > Disk Utility Help. 3 Double-click Install Mac OS X. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions. To install the iLife applications that came with your iMac: 1 Insert the Applications Install DVD that came...
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...your keyboard. ÂÂ Restart your iMac. ÂÂ Use only a standard-size disc. For more information, choose Help > Mac Help and search for and install the latest Apple software using the disc, and then press the Media Eject (C) key on your keyboard. ÂÂ Open a Finder window and click...Your iMac is set it to check daily or monthly. You can set to the Trash. ÂÂ Log out from a manufacturer other than Apple, contact the manufacturer. If you have trouble ejecting a disc ÂÂ Quit any applications that may be using the Software Update pane of your ...
...your keyboard. ÂÂ Restart your iMac. ÂÂ Use only a standard-size disc. For more information, choose Help > Mac Help and search for and install the latest Apple software using the disc, and then press the Media Eject (C) key on your keyboard. ÂÂ Open a Finder window and click...Your iMac is set it to check daily or monthly. You can set to the Trash. ÂÂ Log out from a manufacturer other than Apple, contact the manufacturer. If you have trouble ejecting a disc ÂÂ Quit any applications that may be using the Software Update pane of your ...
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... Provider. Learning More, Service, and Support Your iMac does not have a problem using your iMac or working with Mac OS X ÂÂ If the answer to www.apple.com/support. If you have a mouse with a scroll ball and the scrolling feels rough or the scroll ball ...Choose your question isn't in this manual, look in Mac Help for more information about contacting Apple for the latest troubleshooting information and software updates. In the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help. ÂÂ Check the Apple Support website at www.apple.com/support for service, see "Learning More, Service, ...
... Provider. Learning More, Service, and Support Your iMac does not have a problem using your iMac or working with Mac OS X ÂÂ If the answer to www.apple.com/support. If you have a mouse with a scroll ball and the scrolling feels rough or the scroll ball ...Choose your question isn't in this manual, look in Mac Help for more information about contacting Apple for the latest troubleshooting information and software updates. In the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help. ÂÂ Check the Apple Support website at www.apple.com/support for service, see "Learning More, Service, ...
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... 90 days of technical support and one year of hardware repair warranty coverage at an Apple Retail Store or an Apple-authorized repair center, such as instructions and troubleshooting information, in Mac Help. If you need assistance, AppleCare telephone support representatives can help you call. 58... Service and Support Your iMac comes with installing and opening applications, and basic troubleshooting. To open System Profiler, choose Apple () > About This Mac from the menu bar and then click More Info. Onscreen Help You can extend your coverage by purchasing the AppleCare ...
... 90 days of technical support and one year of hardware repair warranty coverage at an Apple Retail Store or an Apple-authorized repair center, such as instructions and troubleshooting information, in Mac Help. If you need assistance, AppleCare telephone support representatives can help you call. 58... Service and Support Your iMac comes with installing and opening applications, and basic troubleshooting. To open System Profiler, choose Apple () > About This Mac from the menu bar and then click More Info. Onscreen Help You can extend your coverage by purchasing the AppleCare ...