Ibook G3 (14-Inch) Multilingual User's Guide (Manual)
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034-2095-A_UMCvr 11/28/01 10:50 AM Page 1 iBook User’s Guide ••Manuel de l’utilisateur • Benutzerhandbuch Manual del usuario • Manuale Utente • Guia do Usuário • Gebruikershandleiding • Handbok Brukerhåndbok • Brugerhåndbog • Käsikirja ••• To get started using your iBook, plug in the power adapter and connect a phone cord from a wall jack to the modem port. Then press the power button and follow the onscreen guide to connect to the Internet. Read on to learn more about using your iBook: 2 Your iBook at a glance 4 Mac OS X basics 8 What you can do with your iBook 10 Listen to music on your computer or on the go 12 Make your own movie or watch a movie on DVD 14 Search the Internet 16 Get more out of the Internet 18 Send and receive email 20 Organize, plan, and create 22 Keep your iBook’s software up-to-date 24 Learn more and solve problems 30 Install memory and an AirPort Card 34 Work more comfortably 36 Safety and cleaning 1 Your iBook at a glance Your computer has these built-in features: Volume and Built-in microphone brightness controls Record sound or control Adjust sound volume and your computer with screen brightness. spoken commands. Two built-in stereo speakers Listen to music, movies, games, and multimedia. ® Power button Turn your computer on, put it to sleep, or shut it Optional AirPort down. wireless Internet and networking Media Eject (F12) key (underneath keyboard) Press and hold to eject Using the optional a CD or DVD or to open AirPort Card, you can the optical drive tray. connect to the Internet, use email, share files, ¯ Power adapter play network games, and connector more—without any Plug in the power adapter wires to hold you down. (included) to recharge your iBook’s battery. Sleep indicator light Optical disc drive Pulsating light indicates Install and run software that the computer or listen to music CDs. is in sleep. Play DVD videos if you have the DVD/CD-RW or Combo drive, or create your own CDs if you have the CD-RW or combo drive. 2 Kensington FireWire Reset button To learn more about your iBook’s features: security slot Connect a digital video Use during m Choose Mac Help from the Help menu. Attach a lock and cable camera and use it to troubleshooting to restart Then click Go under “iBook at a glance.” to prevent theft. create your own desktop your computer. movies. You can also connect FireWire hard Modem disks, printers, and more. Audio/video port Connect to the Internet, Connect headphones or browse the World Wide external speakers. Web, and send and USB Connect a TV or video receive electronic mail. Connect printers, Zip projector using the and other disk drives, optional Apple AV cable. digital cameras, joysticks, Ethernet and more. Share files with another Battery level indicator computer or access a (underneath) When you computer network. VGA port press the button on the Connect an external battery, one to four lights monitor (using the glow to show how much included Apple VGA charge is left. Display Adapter). 3 Mac OS X basics The Macintosh desktop is your starting place. Apple menu Use to change Modem status system settings, open Use this menu recent items, and restart to connect to and or shut down your disconnect from computer. To see the the Internet using menu, click the apple a dialup modem. () in the menu bar. Toolbar button Click to show or hide the toolbar. Window buttons Click the red button to close the window, the yellow one to minimize it into the Dock, and the green one to resize it. Toolbar icons Click to navigate quickly to different folders. Your home folder View buttons contains your personal Click to see your documents. files as icons, in lists, or in columns. Trash Drag an item here to delete it. Items remain Finder icon To learn more about Mac OS X: here until you choose Click to open a m See the Welcome to Mac OS X document in the Empty Trash from the Finder window so Documents folder on your hard disk. Finder menu. you can see the files and applications on your computer. 4 Application menu Shows the name of the application you’re using. Use to set preferences or quit applications (other than the Finder). Disc This appears when a CD or DVD is in the disc drive. Application Double-click the icon to Applications are software see what’s on the disc. programs (such as a To eject a disc, press and game or word processor) hold the Media Eject ( ) that you use with your key on the keyboard. computer. Double-click an application’s icon to open the application. Folder Folders help organize Document your files and Documents are files that applications. Double- you create with an click a folder to application (such as a see what’s inside. letter you create with your word processor). Double- click the icon to open the file in the application used to create it. Dock Click icons in the Dock to open applications, documents, folders, or minimized windows. 5 Change the Mac OS to suit your preferences. There are lots of ways to customize Mac OS X. To change Finder settings, choose Preferences from the Finder menu. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu to change most of your computer’s settings. To select a desktop background picture, open System Preferences and To change the size of click Desktop. the Dock or move it to a different place, open System Preferences and click Dock. To change icon sizes or the background of a Finder window, choose Show View Options from the View menu. 6 Click the icons in the Dock or toolbar to find and open files and applications. Drag applications, files, and folders into the Dock for one-click access. To set up the toolbar the way you want it, choose Customize Toolbar from the Finder’s View menu, then drag items to the toolbar. Press a folder icon to see its contents and open items in it. This side of the Dock shows application icons. This side of the Dock The triangle indicates the shows files, windows, application is open. Drag this bar up or down to and folders. resize the Dock. 7 What you can do with your iBook Not sure how to get the most out of your new iBook? Read on for a few ideas. Make your own CDs. Use iTunes to transfer music from your CD collection. If your iBook has a CD-RW or Combo drive, burn your own music CDs. Transfer music to an iPod or other MP3 player to listen on the go. Make a movie. Shoot video on a DV camcorder and import it into iMovie . Then rearrange, edit, polish, and add titles and soundtracks. Connect to the Internet to send email and browse the Web, or use iTools to post digital photos to the Web for everyone to see. Browse through the next few pages to find out more. 8 The iBook is your digital hub. Send digital photos to Import and edit friends and family. homemade movies. Send email and surf the 'Net. Put 1,000 songs in your pocket. Watch DVD movies. Listen to music and burn your own CDs. 9 Listen to music on your computer or on the go. Use iTunes to create a library of music and make your own CDs. Library Burn CDs Your collection of If your iBook has a songs, imported from CD-RW or Combo drive, your own audio CDs or make your own audio downloaded from the CDs that play in standard Internet. Easily browse CD players. or search for music. Playlists Radio Tuner Make personalized Choose from hundreds playlists using songs of Internet radio from your Library. stations – jazz, rock, Arrange your music by talk, and more. mood, artist, genre, or however you like. Audio CDs Play an audio CD on your Equalizer computer. Import songs Adjust the sound to to your Library to play your tastes using them without the CD. the 10-band EQ with 22 presets. To learn more about iTunes: m See iTunes Help, available in the Help menu. m Go to www.apple.com/itunes 10 If you have an iPod, you can transfer up to 1,000 songs. Connect iPod using the FireWire cable included with iPod. 1. iTunes automatically transfers your music Library to iPod. Unplug 2. iPod. Browse for a song on iPod and 3. press the Play button. To learn more about iPod: m Open iTunes and choose iPod Help from the Help menu. m Go to www.apple.com/ipod 11 Make your own movie or watch a movie on DVD. Use iMovie to edit video from a digital video camera. Shoot video . You can export with a digital video your finished camera. Then movie to a connect the tape in your DV camera using a camera or to a 6-pin to 4-pin QuickTime file. FireWire cable and import your clips. Shelf Clips appear here when iMovie monitor you import them. Move Preview your movie or clips to the viewer view video from a to make them part of connected DV camera. your movie. Editing buttons Click to open panels for adjusting and selecting Viewers sounds, video effects, Click the clip viewer titles, and transitions. (eye tab) to edit and place clips. Click the timeline viewer (clock tab) to edit sound. Playback controls To learn more about iMovie: Use these to play the movie in the m Open iMovie and choose iMovie Help from the iMovie monitor.