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Congratulations, you and your MacBook Pro
were made for each other.
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Say hello to your MacBook Pro. www.apple.com/macbookpro Built-in iSight camera and iChat Video chat with friends and family anywhere in the world. Mac Help isight Finder Browse your files like you browse your music with Cover Flow. Mac Help finder MacBook Pro Multi-Touch trackpad Scroll through files, adjust images, and enlarge text Scroll Swipe using just your fingers. Mac Help trackpad Click anywhere Pinch and Rotate zoom
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard www.apple.com/macosx Time Machine Quick Look Spotlight Safari Automatically Instantly preview Find anything Experience the web back up and your files. on your Mac. with the fastest restore your files. browser in the world. Mac Help Mac Help Mac Help quick look spotlight Mac Help time machine safari iLife ’11 www.apple.com/ilife iPhoto iMovie GarageBand Turn your Make a great- Create a great- photos into looking movie sounding song something in minutes. with ease. amazing.
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Contents Chapter 1: Ready, Set Up, Go 9 W ha t ’ s in the B o x 9 S etting U p Y our M acB o ok P r o 16 P utting Y our M acB o ok P r o t o S leep or S hutting I t D o wn Chapter 2: Life with Your MacBook Pro 20 B asic F ea tur e s of Y our M acB o ok P r o 22 K eyb oar d F ea tur e s of Y our M acB o ok P r o 24 P or ts on Y our M acB o ok P r o 26 U sing the M ulti-T ouch T r ack pad 30 U sing the M acB o ok P r o B a tt er y 31 G etting A nsw ers Chapter 3: Boost You
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57 P r oblems with Y our In t er net C onnec tion 60 P r oblems with A irP or t Ex tr eme W ir ele ss C ommunica tion 61 K eeping Y our S of t w ar e U p t o D a t e 62 R einstalling the S of t w ar e T ha t C ame with Y our M acB o ok P r o 63 U sing D isk U tilit y 64 L ear ning M or e , S er vic e , and Supp or t 66 L o ca ting Y our P r o duc t S er ial N umb er Chapter 5: Last, but Not Least 68 Imp or tan t S af et y Inf or ma tion 71 Imp or tan t Handling Inf or m
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1 Ready, Set Up, Go www.apple.com/macbookpro Mac Help Migration Assistant
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Y our M acB o ok P r o 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 . I f y ou ha v e ne v er used a M acB o ok P r o or ar e ne w t o M acin t osh c omput ers , r ead this chapt er f or help getting star t ed . Imp or tan t: R ead all the installa tion instr uc tions (and the saf et y inf or ma tion star ting on page 67) car efully b ef or e y ou first use y our c omput er . I f y ou ar e an e xp er ienc ed user , y ou ma y alr ead y k no w eno
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® What’s in the Box 60W MagSafe Power Adapter AC power cord Setting Up Your MacBook Pro Y our M acB o ok P r o 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:  P lugging in the 60W M agS af e P o w er A dapt er  C onnec ting cable s and acc e ssing a net w or k  T ur ning on y our M acB o ok P r o and using the tr ack pad  C onfigur ing a user acc oun t
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Imp or tan t: R emo v e the pr ot ec tiv e film ar ound the 60W M agS af e P o w er A dapt er b ef or e setting up y our M acB o ok P r o . Step 1: Plug in the 60W MagSafe Power Adapter to provide power to the MacBook Pro 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 a
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® W hen y ou first c onnec t the p o w er adapt er t o y our M acB o ok P r o , an 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. Step 2: Connect to a wireless or wired network. Â T o use a wir ele ss net
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® Step 3: Press the power (®) button briefly to turn on your MacBook Pro. Y ou hear a t one when y ou tur n on the c omput er . ® Power button I t tak e s the c omput er a f e w momen ts t o star t up . A f t er it star ts up , S etup A ssistan t op ens a ut oma tically . I f y our c omput er do e sn ’ t tur n on, see “I f y our M acB o ok P r o do e sn ’ t tur n on or star t up ” on page 5 3 . 12 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
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Step 4: Configure your MacBook Pro with Setup Assistant. T he first time y ou tur n on y our M acB o ok P r o , S etup A ssistan t star ts . S etup A ssistan t helps y ou en t er y our In t er net and email inf or ma tion and set up a user acc oun t on y our M acB o ok P r o . I f y ou alr ead y ha v e a M ac , S etup A ssistan t can help y ou a ut oma tically tr ansf er file s , applica tions , and other inf or ma tion fr om y our pr e vious M ac using an E ther net or wir ele ss c on
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Migrating Information to Your MacBook Pro Y ou can f ollo w the pr ompts in S etup A ssistan t t o migr a t e e xisting user acc oun ts , file s , applica tions , and other inf or ma tion fr om another M ac c omput er . Y ou can do this with one of the f ollo wing metho ds:  U sing a F ir eW ir e cable t o c onnec t the t w o c omput ers t o gether and tr ansf er the inf or ma tion  U sing an E ther net cable c onnec t ed dir ec tly b et w een b oth c omput ers , or c onnec ting b
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Step 5: Customize the Mac OS X desktop and set preferences. M enu bar H elp menu Sp otligh t sear ch ic on F inder ic on D o ck S y st em P r ef er enc e s ic on Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 15
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Y ou can quick ly cust omiz e the de skt op using S y st em P r ef er enc e s . 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. S y st em P r ef er enc e s is y our c ommand c en t er f or most settings on y our M acB o ok P r o . F or mor e inf or ma tion, op en M ac H elp and sear ch f or “S y st em P r ef er enc e s ” or f or the s p ecific pr ef er enc e y ou w an t t o change . Putting Your MacBoo
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To wake your MacBook Pro: m If the display is closed, simply op en it t o w ak e y our M acB o ok P r o . m 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 P r o 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 Pro I f y ou ar en ’ t going t o use y our M acB o ok P r o f or a c ouple of da y s or longer , it ’ s b e st
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2 Life with Your MacBook Pro www.apple.com/macosx Mac Help Mac OS X
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® Basic Features of Your MacBook Pro iSight camera Camera indicator light Microphone Built-in stereo speakers Battery indicator lights (side) Sleep indicator light ® Power button Trackpad Infrared (IR) Security slot Slot-loading receiver SuperDrive 20 Chapter 2 Life with Your MacBook Pro
