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Congratulations, you and your MacBook Air
were made for each other.
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M C U O P R E F R T Welcome to your MacBook Air. OS X Lion www.apple.com/macbookair www.apple.com/macosx Built-in FaceTime Thunderbolt Mission Control Launchpad Full screen Mac App Store camera high-speed I/O A bird’s-eye view Instant access Make apps The best way Make video calls Connect of what’s running to all your apps full screen to discover to the latest iPad, high-performance on your Mac. in one place. with a click. and download iPhone, iPod touch, devices and Mac apps. Help Center He
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M C U O P R E F R T OS X Lion www.apple.com/macosx Mission Control Launchpad Full screen Mac App Store A bird’s-eye view Instant access Make apps The best way of what’s running to all your apps full screen to discover on your Mac. in one place. with a click. and download Mac apps. Help Center Help Center Help Center mission control launchpad full screen Help Center mac app store Mail iPhoto iMovie GarageBand Group your Organize, edit, Turn home Create great- messages by and share videos into
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Contents Chapter 1: Ready, Set Up, Go 8 W elc ome 9 W ha t ’ s in the B o x 9 S etting U p Y our M acB o ok A ir 15 G etting A dditional Inf or ma tion on t o Y our M acB o ok A ir 18 P utting Y our M acB o ok A ir t o S leep or S hutting I t D o wn Chapter 2: Life with Your MacBook Air 22 B asic F ea tur e s of Y our M acB o ok A ir 24 K eyb oar d F ea tur e s of Y our M acB o ok A ir 26 P or ts on Y our M acB o ok A ir 28 U sing the M ulti-T ouch T r ack pad 32 Runni
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47 P r oblems with Y our In t er net C onnec tion 48 P r oblems with W i-F i C ommunica tion 49 K eeping Y our S of t w ar e U p t o D a t e 50 L ear ning M or e , S er vic e , and Supp or t 52 L o ca ting Y our P r o duc t S er ial N umb er Chapter 4: Last, but Not Least 54 Imp or tan t S af et y Inf or ma tion 59 Imp or tan t Handling Inf or ma tion 61 U nderstanding E r gonomics 63 A pple and the E n vir onmen t 64 R egula t or y C omplianc e Inf or ma tion Looking f
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Welcome C ongr a tula tions on pur chasing a M acB o ok A ir . Y our M acB o ok A ir is str eamlined f or p or tabilit y and a c omplet ely wir ele ss e xp er ienc e . R ead this chapt er f or help setting up and using y our M acB o ok A ir . Â I f y ou k no w y ou w on ’ t b e migr a ting inf or ma tion fr om another M ac or W indo w s c omput er (P C), and y ou ’ d lik e t o get star t ed using y our M acB o ok A ir r igh t a w a y , y ou can f ollo w the S etup A ssistan t t o set
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What’s in the Box AC plug AC power cord 45W MagSafe Power Adapter Imp or tan t: R emo v e the pr ot ec tiv e film c o v er ing the 45W M agS af e P o w er A dapt er b ef or e setting up y our M acB o ok A ir . Setting Up Your MacBook Air Y our M acB o ok A ir is de signed so tha t y ou can set it up quick ly and star t using it r igh t a w a y . T he f ollo wing page s tak e y ou thr ough the setup pr o c e ss , including the se tasks: Â P lugging in the 45W M agS af e P o w er A dapt er
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Step 1: Plug in the 45W MagSafe Power Adapter to provide power to the MacBook Air and charge the battery. M ak e sur e the A C plug is fully inser t ed in t o the p o w er adapt er and the elec tr ical pr ongs on y our A C plug ar e in their c omplet ely e x t ended p osition. Inser t the A C plug of y our p o w er adapt er in t o a p o w er outlet and the M agS af e c onnec t or in t o the M agS af e p o w er p or t. A s the M agS af e c onnec t or gets close t o the p or t , y ou ’ll f
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W hen y ou c onnec t the p o w er adapt er t o y our M acB o ok A ir , the indica t or ligh t on the M agS af e c onnec t or star ts t o glo w . A n amb er ligh t indica t e s tha t the ba tt er y is char ging . A gr een ligh t indica t e s tha t the ba tt er y is fully char ged . I f y ou don ’ t see a ligh t , mak e sur e the c onnec t or is sea t ed pr op er ly and the p o w er adapt er is plugged in t o a w or k ing p o w er outlet. Step 2: Press the power button (®) briefly to tur
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Step 3: Configure your MacBook Air with Setup Assistant. T he first time y ou tur n on y our M acB o ok A ir , S etup A ssistan t star ts . S etup A ssistan t helps y ou s p ecify y our W i-F i net w or k, set up a user acc oun t , and tr ansf er inf or ma tion fr om another M ac or P C. Y ou can also tr ansf er inf or ma tion fr om a T ime M achine back up or other disk. I f y ou ’ r e migr a ting fr om another M ac , y ou migh t ha v e t o up da t e sof t w ar e if the other M a
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 To do a setup with migration, selec t “F r om another M ac or P C ” and click C on tinue . F ollo w the onscr een instr uc tions t o selec t the M ac or P C y ou w an t t o migr a t e fr om. Y our M ac or P C must b e on the same wir ed or wir ele ss net w or k. F ollo w the onscr een instr uc tions f or migr a ting .  To transfer information from a Time Machine backup or another disk, selec t “F r om a T ime M achine back up or other disk ” and click C on tinue . S elec t th
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Step 4: Customize the Mac OS X desktop and set preferences. Y ou can quick ly mak e the de skt op lo ok the w a y y ou w an t using S y st em P r ef er enc e s , y our c ommand c en t er f or most settings on y our M acB o ok A ir . C ho ose A pple () > S y st em P r ef er enc e s fr om the menu bar or click the S y st em P r ef er enc e s ic on in the D o ck. M enu bar H elp menu Sp otligh t sear ch ic on D o ck F inder ic on S y st em P r ef er enc e s ic on 14 Chapter 1 Ready, Set
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Imp or tan t: Y ou can set an option t o r e set y our passw or d in U sers & G r oups pr ef er enc e s , in case y ou f or get y our lo gin passw or d . F or help with sy st em pr ef er enc e s , op en H elp C en t er and sear ch f or “ sy st em pr ef er enc e s ” or f or the s p ecific pr ef er enc e y ou w an t help f or . Getting Additional Information onto Your MacBook Air Y our M acB o ok A ir c ome s with se v er al applica tions installed , including the iLif e suit e . M an
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T he c omput er with the optical dr iv e can b e a M ac with M ac OS X v1 0. 4. 1 1 or la t er , or a W indo w s 7 , W indo w s XP , or W indo w s V ista c omput er . I f the M ac has M ac OS X v1 0.5 .3 or la t er , D VD or CD S har ing is alr ead y installed . Y ou can par tner with mor e than one other c omput er , but y ou can use only one par tner c omput er a t a time . Mac or Windows computer MacBook Air I f the other c omput er is a P C or a M ac with a M ac OS X v ersion e
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Imp or tan t: A f t er y ou install the D VD or CD S har ing S etup pack age on y our other M ac , mak e sur e y ou ha v e the la t e st sof t w ar e b y cho osing A pple () > S of t w ar e U p da t e . Install an y a v ailable M ac OS X up da t e s . Sharing Discs with DVD or CD Sharing Y ou can enable D VD or CD S har ing on a M ac or P C t o use the R emot e D isc f ea tur e of M acB o ok A ir . R emot e D isc allo w s y ou t o shar e the discs y ou inser t in t o the optical disc d
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To use a shared DVD or CD: 1 On the other c omput er , inser t a D VD or CD in t o the optical disc dr iv e . 2 On y our M acB o ok A ir , selec t R emot e D isc when it app ears under D e vic e s in the F inder sidebar . I f y ou see the “ A sk t o use ” butt on, click it. 3 On the other c omput er , when pr ompt ed , click A cc ept t o allo w y our M acB o ok A ir t o use the D VD or CD . 4 On y our M acB o ok A ir , use the disc as y ou nor mally w ould onc e it b ec ome s a v aila
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To wake your MacBook Air: Â If the display is closed, simply op en it t o w ak e y our M acB o ok A ir . Â If the display is already open, pr e ss the p o w er butt on (®) or an y k ey on the k eyb oar d . W hen y our M acB o ok A ir w ak e s fr om sleep , y our applica tions , do cumen ts , and c omput er settings ar e e xac tly as y ou lef t them. Shutting Down Your MacBook Air I f y ou ar en ’ t going t o use y our M acB o ok A ir f or an e x t ended p er io d of time , it ’ s b e st
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