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Read on to find out how to get the most out of your iMac: 2 Your iMac at a glance 4 Mac OS X basics 8 What you can do with your iMac 10 Listen to music on your computer or on the go 12 Make your own movie or watch a movie on DVD 14 Make your own Hollywood-style DVDs 16 Search the Internet 18 Get more out of the Internet 20 Send and receive email 22 Organize, plan, and create 24 Keep your iMac’s software up-to-date 26 Learn more and solve problems 32 Install memory and an AirPort Card 34 Work more comfortably 36 Safety, cleaning, and power management 1 Your iMac at a glance Your computer has these built-in features: Built-in microphone Power indicator light Record sound or control Pulsing light indicates that your computer with the computer is sleeping. spoken commands. Optical disc drive Install software, use applications, and create Volume controls your own music CDs. If Use the keyboard to you have the Combo adjust sound volume. drive, watch DVD videos. If you have the SuperDrive, you can make them, too. Media Eject key Use to open the drive tray Apple Pro Speakers or eject a CD or DVD. Included with some models. Available separately at www.apple.com/store Apple Pro Mouse A precision optical mouse you can use on almost USB port any surface, no mouse Connect a USB device. pad required. 2 Kensington Apple Pro Power Port VGA output Security Lock Speaker mini-jack Connect to a standard Connect an external Attach a lock and cable Connect Apple Pro electrical outlet. monitor for video to prevent theft. Speakers. mirroring using the Apple VGA adapter W Modem (available separately). Headphones port FireWire Connect to the Internet, Connect headphones Transfer video from a browse the World Wide or analog speakers. DV camera. Connect Web, and send email. ® Power button an Apple iPod, external Turn your computer on hard disk, or other or put it to sleep. FireWire device. USB Connect printers, Zip and other disk drives, G Ethernet digital cameras, joysticks, Share files with another and more. computer. Connect a DSL or cable modem to access the Internet. To learn more about your iMac’s features: m Choose Mac Help from the Help menu, then click Go under “Discover my iMac.” 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 your files and Document applications. Double- Documents are files that click a folder to you create with an see what’s inside. application (such as a 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 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 iMac Not sure how to get the most out of your new iMac? Read on for a few ideas. Make your own CDs. Use iTunes to transfer and organize music from your CD collection, then burn your own custom 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. Make a DVD. If your iMac has a SuperDrive, use iDVD to burn DVDs for viewing in almost any home DVD player. 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 iMac is your digital hub. Send digital photos to friends and family. Import and edit home movies. Send email and surf the 'Net. Put up to 1,000 songs in your pocket. Watch a DVD movie or Listen to music and burn burn your own DVD. 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 Make your own audio songs, imported from CDs that play in standard your own audio CDs or CD players. downloaded from the Internet. Easily browse or search for music. Playlists Make personalized playlists using songs Radio Tuner from your Library. Choose from hundreds Arrange your music by of Internet radio mood, artist, genre, or stations – jazz, rock, however you like. talk, and more. Equalizer Audio CDs Adjust the sound to Play an audio CD on your your tastes using computer. Import songs the 10-band EQ with to your Library to play 22 presets. them without the CD. 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 for listening on the go. Connect iPod using the FireWire cable included with iPod. 1. iTunes automatically transfers your music Library to iPod. 2. Unplug iPod. Browse for a song on iPod and 3. press the Play button. To learn more about iPod: m See 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. Click the Play Full Help menu. Screen button to use the m Go to www.apple.com/store to find compatible entire screen. DV cameras or to purchase a FireWire cable. 12 If your computer has a Combo drive or SuperDrive, you can watch DVD movies. To use the whole screen to watch the movie, choose Enter Full Screen from the Video menu.