Introduction to Your Mac Laptop

Introduction to Your Mac Laptop (iBook G4)

Changing your login name and password:

1. Click on Student. This will be your own account.

2. Click on the System Preferences icon in your Dock at the bottom of your screen.

3. Click on (lower left-hand corner in the “System” row)

 Delete “Student A/B/C”  Type in YOUR name. First and Last.

4. Click on  There is NO old password. Skip this box  Click in the “New Password” box and type in xx1234 (xx and the last four digits of your ID number).

 Click on the “Verify” box and type in your password again.

 Click on when finished.

Changing your login and desktop picture:

5. Click on Picture (it’s next to password) and choose a picture that will be next to your name on the log in screen.

6. Click on the back arrow

 Click on the Desktop & Screen Saver icon.  Choose a Desktop picture from one of the folders on the side. (Nature, Plants, Black & White, Abstract…)

7. Close System Preferences by clicking on the red button at the top left corner of the window. Setting up Safari, your web browser:

8. Open up your web browser, Safari. Look for the compass in your dock.

9. Go to View and click on Customize Address Bar…  Drag the Home button to the Safari toolbar.  You may also drag the Text Size and Stop/Reload buttons as well.

 Your tool bar should look like this.  Click on when finished.

10. In the address bar, type in http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/helms  You should see the Helms Middle home page.

 Click on the Safari and choose Preferences.  Click on  Close the window when finished (click on the X in the upper left-hand corner)

11. Click on your Home button to test to see if your home page works (Helms should pop up).

12. If that didn’t work, then go back to #10. If that worked, then now you will add some bookmarks that we will use often.

13. Type in the address window www.ed1stop.org  Click on the icon next to the web address and hold down the button.  Drag the icon onto your bookmark bar.

 Rename it “ed1stop”.

14. Type in the address window www.apexvs.com Follow the same directions as above.  Rename it “Apex”.

15. Your bookmark toolbar should look like this: