Apple MB577Z/A User Guide
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Welcome to Leopard Welcome to Leopard - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 2
1 How to get started www.apple.com/support - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 3
and other countries. Aperture, Cover Flow, Finder, iPhone, Leopard, Safari, and Spotlight are trademarks of Apple Inc. AppleCare is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. .Mac is a service mark of Apple Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 4
Install Leopard To upgrade to Mac OS X Leopard, insert your installation disc and double-click Install Mac OS X. Then click Restart. Your computer restarts, and the Mac OS X Installer opens. Install Leopard - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 5
of Mac OS X you want to upgrade. Select a volume. You may not be able to install Leopard on some volumes. Click Options if you want to select a different type of installation. Look here for important information about the installation. For additional information, see the Instructions folder - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 6
Begin installation When you're ready, click Install to begin installing Mac OS X Leopard. When the installation is finished, your computer will restart. Click Customize if you want to change what's installed. Install Leopard - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 7
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2 Meet Leopard www.apple.com/macosx - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 9
Desktop From the menu to the Dock, Leopard introduces a great new look and Stacks-a brand-new way to stay organized. Desktop - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 10
Stacks Stacks provide a convenient way to get to your documents. Folders already in the Dock become stacks automatically. To create a stack, drag a folder of documents to the Dock. When you click a stack, the items appear in a grid or a fan above the icon. Desktop - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 11
The Downloads stack The Dock includes a Documents stack and a Downloads stack. Items you download in Safari, Mail, or iChat always go to the Downloads stack so that you can find them quickly. 10 Desktop The latest download appears here. Click the Downloads stack to see items you've downloaded. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 12
Customization Stacks appear as a fan or a grid automatically based on the number of items in the stack. You can specify which style you want to use and change the stack's sort order. To customize a stack, position the pointer over the stack icon and then hold down the mouse button until a menu - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 13
Finder See your files in Cover Flow and browse through them quickly. 12 Finder - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 14
Cover Flow Cover Flow lets you see your movies, presentations, PDF files, and more in large-size previews as you flip through them. Click this button for Cover Flow. Move the pointer over an item to play a movie or see the pages of a document, for example. Drag the slider to thumb through your - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 15
Sidebar The Finder sidebar makes it easy to get to folders on your computer, shared computers on your network, and your saved searches. Shared computers available on your network automatically appear here. Commonly used searches are included in the sidebar, and you can add your own searches. 14 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 16
Spotlight In a Finder window or the menu bar, use Spotlight to search for items on your computer. If you use the same search often, save it in the Search For section of the sidebar. Type your search in the search field. Click Save to add a Smart Folder to the sidebar. See your search results in - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 17
Shared computers Shared computers on your network automatically appear in the sidebar so that you can quickly find the documents they contain. Search for documents on shared computers. Get immediate access to the Public folder on any shared computer. 16 Finder - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 18
Screen sharing Use screen sharing to get to the desktop of shared computers on your network. You can monitor use, change settings, and much more from your computer. Select the computer and then click Share Screen. To see the toolbar, choose View > Show Toolbar. You'll see the desktop of the other - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 19
Sharing You can share your files, your website, your screen, and much more with other computers on your network. To start, open System Preferences and then click Sharing. Click the Add (+) button to select any folder you want to share. Click the Add (+) button to select users and groups who can - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 20
Back to My Mac With your .Mac membership, an Internet connection, and Back to My Mac and sharing services turned on, you can access any of your computers from anywhere on the Internet. Back to My Mac computers appear in the sidebar. Back to My Mac is on automatically. Finder 19 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 21
Quick Look See stunning previews of movies, PDF files, presentations, spreadsheets, and more without opening an application. 20 Quick Look - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 22
View documents You can use Quick Look in the Finder, Time Machine, and Mail. To view an item in Quick Look, select it and then press the Space bar. Click the Quick Look button in the Finder window toolbar. Click here for a full-screen preview. Quick Look 21 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 23
Browse contents When you view the documents in Quick Look, you can flip through each page of your document or view each slide of a Keynote presentation. Each slide of a Keynote presentation appears here. 22 Quick Look - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 24
Show collections You can use Quick Look to view several items at once. To automatically scan through the items, click the Play button. Click a picture in the index sheet to view it. Click the Index Sheet button to view all the items. Click the Camera button to add a photo to iPhoto. Quick Look 23 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 25
Time Machine Automatically back up your Mac. If you're missing a document, travel back in time to recover it. 24 Time Machine - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 26
Turn on Time Machine To start using Time Machine, just connect a FireWire or USB disk to your computer, and then click "Use as Backup Disk" in the dialog that appears. When you turn on Time Machine, it backs up your computer to the disk you've selected. Time Machine 25 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 27
Recover files Easily find a missing document by seeing how your desktop looked in the past. Time Machine does a backup each hour of the current day, and then saves daily backups. Use Quick Look to check a document before you restore it. Browse items in your backup using Cover Flow. Type in the - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 28
Set Time Machine preferences To set Time Machine options, open Time Machine preferences. You can select a different backup disk or specify folders or disks you don't want to include in your backups. Click Options to select items you don't want to back up. Time Machine 27 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 29
Spaces Organize your work and play by grouping application windows into a "space." Then quickly switch between your spaces. 28 Spaces - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 30
Arrange windows Turn on spaces in Exposé & Spaces preferences, and then press F8 to show your spaces. To organize your windows, drag them from the current space to a different space. Drag windows you want to use together into the same space. Spaces 29 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 31
Switch spaces To switch between spaces, type Control + [an arrow key]. To go directly to a space, type Control + [a number key]. Arrange the order of spaces to suit your needs. Drag spaces to rearrange their order. 30 Spaces Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch between spaces. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 32
spaces After you turn on spaces, you can add other spaces. You can also assign applications to each space so that the application's windows always open in the same space. Click the Add (+) button to assign applications to spaces. Add rows and columns to create the spaces you need. Choose keyboard - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 33
Mail Use Apple-designed stationery to send gorgeous email messages complete with photos. 32 Mail - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 34
Stationery When you create a message, select stationery to give it the perfect style whether the occasion is fun or formal. Including photos is easy using the Photo Browser. Click to see the stationery you can use. Select a type of stationery, and then click the stationery you want to use. Select - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 35
Notes and to-do items Keep all your notes and to-do items in one place. Jot down reminders, shopping lists, and information you need. Include pictures, URLs, and attachments with your items. Click to create a note or to-do item. See your notes and to-do items in the Reminders section of the sidebar - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 36
Data detection You can turn dates in your email messages into iCal events. You can add names, phone numbers, and addresses to your contacts. You can even map addresses in Safari. Move the pointer over the date, name, or address, and then click the triangle to choose an action. Mail 35 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 37
iChat Make your chats more fun using video effects such as backdrops. Show off your work with iChat theater. 36 iChat - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 38
Video backdrops Use video backdrops with your chats to "be" anywhere in the world. iChat includes movies and still photos that you can use, or you can add your own. Select a video backdrop and then step out of the picture for a moment. Click Effects to select a video effect. Add your own movies or - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 39
Effects While you're in a video chat, you can select video effects to make your chats fun and interesting. Click the effect in the center for the original view. 38 iChat Click any effect to use it. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 40
iChat theater To show photos, movies, or presentations in a video chat, start the chat and then drag the file or files you want to show to the chat window. See how your presentation looks to your buddy. Control your presentation using this window. iChat 39 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 41
iChat screen sharing Screen sharing lets you take control of a buddy's computer to show how to do something, rather than just explain it. Click to switch screens. To copy a document to this computer, drag it here. 40 iChat Select a buddy with video chat capability, and then click the Screen - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 42
Tabbed chats Use tabbed chats if you have a lot of chats. To do so, open the Messages pane of iChat preferences, and then select "Collect chats into a single window." Click a chat to return to it. See the latest reply from your buddy. iChat 41 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 43
Presence If you have more than one .Mac, AIM, Jabber, or Google Talk account, you can log into all of them at the same time in iChat. Use an animated GIF as your buddy picture. 42 iChat Choose Invisible if you want to see who's available, but not be seen yourself. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 44
SMS messaging Exchange SMS messages from iChat with a buddy using a mobile phone, such as iPhone. Choose File > Send SMS, and then enter your buddy's phone number. This buddy can receive SMS messages. Note: SMS messaging is available only with U.S. mobile phones. iChat 43 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 45
Dashboard Create your own widget from any part of a webpage and see updates to it in Dashboard. 44 Dashboard - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 46
Web clip To create a widget, open a webpage in Safari and choose File > "Open in Dashboard." Safari automatically selects parts of the page as you move the pointer over the page. Go to the webpage in Safari and click this button. When you've selected the part you want, click Add. Drag the selection - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 47
Safari The most elegant web browser is even easier to use with dynamic tabbed browsing and other new features. 46 Safari - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 48
Tabbed browsing Now you can drag tabs to arrange them or pull them out into a new window. To merge open windows into a single tabbed window, choose Window > Merge All Windows. Drag a tab out of the window to put it in a separate window. Drag tabs to rearrange the order they're in. To switch between - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 49
Find To search for text in a webpage, choose Edit > Find > Find, and then type your search. To make it easier to see what you're looking for, Safari highlights all the results. Click these arrows to highlight individual occurrences. Safari highlights the results in the webpage so that they're easy - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 50
PDF viewing You can view PDF files in the Safari window. You'll find new controls that make it easier to work with these files. To see the controls, move the pointer to the bottom of the Safari window. Open the PDF file in Preview or save it in your Downloads stack. Safari 49 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 51
Parental Controls Give yourself peace of mind. Manage the time your children spend on the computer and what they do there. 50 Parental Controls - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 52
Time limits Manage when your children use the computer by setting time limits for weekdays, weekends, and nights. Specify how many hours a day your child may use the computer. Specify the hours during which your child may not use the computer on school nights and weekends. Parental Controls 51 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 53
Content limits To limit the websites your children may visit on the Internet, click Content and then select the level of restrictions you want to apply. Select to try limiting access to adult websites. Click Customize if you want to specify websites your children may and may not visit. Select to - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 54
Mail and iChat limits Protect your children from strangers by specifying who they chat with and exchange email with. Click the Add (+) button to add an address. Enter your email address to be notified if your children try to correspond with someone who isn't on the list. Parental Controls 53 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 55
Logs Use the Logs pane to check your children's activity on the computer and the Internet. Find out which websites your children have visited. 54 Parental Controls - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 56
Remote controls Manage parental controls on your child's computer from your computer. When you turn on parental controls, select "Manage parental controls from another computer." Select your child's computer and log in; then select your child's user name. Select this option on your child's computer. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 57
Photo Booth Discover more ways to have fun with new types of snapshots. Video backdrops add to the possibilities. 56 Photo Booth - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 58
Video backdrops "Be" anywhere in the world-or out of this world-by using video backdrops when you take a snapshot. Select a backdrop, and then step out of the picture for a moment. Photo Booth 57 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 59
4-up snapshots Now you can make a burst of four snapshots. You can export a 4-up snapshot as an animated GIF to use as your buddy picture in iChat. Click the 4-up button. 58 Photo Booth When previewing a 4-up snapshot, click a frame to preview that frame and select how to use it. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 60
Movie clips Make a movie of yourself using effects and backdrops. Use your movie as a video greeting complete with audio to send to your friends in an email message. Click the Movie Clip button. When you preview a movie, move the pointer over the image to control playback. Photo Booth 59 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 61
Front Row Enjoy your digital entertainment on your Mac from anywhere in the room. Grab a seat and your remote, and start the show. 60 Front Row - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 62
Apple Remote To open Front Row, click Menu on your Apple Remote. Click Volume Up and Volume Down to highlight items. Click Play to select an item. Click Menu to return to the previous menu. Select what you want to watch. Use your Apple Remote to sit back and enjoy the show. Front Row 61 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 63
Photo gallery Turn your Mac into a gallery for your favorite photos. With Front Row, you can show your photos in iPhoto, Photo Booth, and Aperture. Click to view shared photos on your network. Choose the photo album or iPhoto Event you want to show. 62 Front Row - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 64
Shared media From Front Row, you can view digital entertainment shared from other computers on your network. Select how you want Front Row to display your photos. Front Row 63 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 65
Boot Camp To use a Windows application on your Mac, install Boot Camp and your copy of Windows. Then you're ready to go. 64 Boot Camp - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 66
Boot Camp Open Boot Camp Setup Assistant (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder) and print the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide. Then create a partition for Windows. Print this document to follow the instructions while installing Windows. Drag the divider to set the size of the - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 67
Install Windows Insert your Windows XP or Windows Vista installation disc and click Start Installation. 66 Boot Camp Install the Windows drivers when you finish installing and setting up Windows. Click when you're ready to install Windows on your Mac. - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 68
Switch systems In Mac OS X, open Startup Disk preferences to select your Windows partition. In Windows, open the Boot Camp Control Panel and then click Startup Disk. Select your Windows partition and then click Restart. Select your Mac OS X startup disk and then click Restart. Boot Camp 67 - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 69
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software updates and manuals, find answers using the AppleCare Knowledge Base, or get help from Apple's discussion forums. Onscreen help You can often find answers to your questions, as well as instructions and problemsolving information by using the Help menu in some applications. Choose Help from - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 72
AppleCare service and support information Your Mac OS X product comes with 90 days of complimentary telephone support. AppleCare telephone support representatives can help you open and install applications and solve basic problems. Consult the table below, and then call the support center nearest - Apple MB577Z/A | User Guide - Page 73
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