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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 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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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 ac
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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 the
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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 F inder ic on D o ck S y st em P r ef er enc e s ic on 14 Chapter 1 Ready, Se
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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
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