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Congratulations, you and your iMac
were made for each other.
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Welcome to your iMac. www.apple.com/imac Built-in FaceTime Thunderbolt HD camera high-speed I/O Make video calls Connect to the latest iPad, high-performance iPhone, iPod touch, devices and or Mac. displays. Help Center Help Center facetime thunderbolt Magic Mouse gestures Use gestures like these to control your Mac. Help Center gestures One-button click Two-button click Scroll Two-finger swipe Screen zoom
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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 9 W ha t ’ s in the B o x 10 S etting U p Y our i M ac 16 P utting Y our i M ac t o S leep or S hutting I t D o wn Chapter 2: Life with Your iMac 20 B asic F ea tur e s of Y our i M ac 22 P or ts on Y our i M ac 24 O ther C omp onen ts of Y our i M ac 26 F ea tur e s of the A pple W ir ele ss K eyb oar d and M agic M ouse 28 U sing the A pple W ir ele ss K eyb oar d 30 U sing the A pple M agic M ouse 32 U sing the A pple R emot e
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Chapter 4: Problem, Meet Solution 47 A n Ounc e of P r e v en tion 47 P r oblems T ha t P r e v en t Y ou fr om U sing Y our i M ac 50 R epair ing , R e st or ing , or R einstalling M ac OS X S of t w ar e 55 C heck ing f or a Har d w ar e P r oblem 56 R eplacing the B a tt er ie s 58 P r oblems with Y our In t er net C onnec tion 61 P r oblems with W ir ele ss C ommunica tion 62 K eeping Y our S of t w ar e U p t o D a t e 62 L ear ning M or e , S er vic e , and Supp
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1 Ready, Set Up, Go www.apple.com/imac Help Center Migration Assistant
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Y our i M ac is de signed so tha t y ou can easily set it up and star t using it r igh t a w a y . I f y ou ’ v e ne v er used an i M ac or ar e ne w t o M ac c omput ers , r ead this chapt er f or instr uc tions ab out getting star t ed . Imp or tan t: R ead all the setup instr uc tions in this chapt er and the saf et y inf or ma tion star ting on page 66 b ef or e y ou plug y our i M ac in t o a p o w er outlet. I f y ou ar e an e xp er ienc ed user , y ou ma y alr ead y k no w enou
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What’s in the Box Y our i M ac c ome s with an A pple W ir ele ss K eyb oar d , a wir ele ss A pple M agic M ouse , and an A C p o w er c or d . I f y ou or der ed an A pple R emot e , it ’ s also in the b o x. Apple Wireless Keyboard Apple Magic Mouse AC power cord Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 9
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Setting Up Your iMac F ollo w the se st eps t o set up y our i M ac . W ait un til S t ep 4 t o tur n on y our i M ac . Step 1: Pass the power cord through the hole in the stand, plug it into the power port on the back of your iMac, and then plug the cord into a power outlet. 10 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
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Step 2: To access the Internet or a network, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your iMac. Connect the other end to a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a network. Y o u r i M a c c o m e s w i t h 8 0 2 . 1 1 n W i - F i t e c h n o l o g y f o r w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k i n g . F o r i n f o rm a t i o n a b o u t s e t t i n g u p a w i r e l e s s c o n n e c t i o n , c h o o s e H e l p f r o m t h e m e n u b a r a
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Step 3: Turn on your wireless keyboard and mouse. P r e ss the p o w er butt on on the r igh t side of y our A pple W ir ele ss K eyb oar d and slide the swit ch on the b ott om of y our A pple M agic M ouse t o tur n them on. Y our wir ele ss k eyb oar d and mouse c ome with AA ba tt er ie s installed , and they ’ r e alr ead y pair ed with y our i M ac . P air ing allo w s them t o c ommunica t e wir ele ssly with y our i M ac . Power button Indicator light Indicator light On/off switc
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® ® Step 4: Press the power button (®) on the back to turn on your iMac. Y ou hear a t one when y ou tur n on y our i M ac . C lick y our mouse t o e stablish a c onnec tion with y our i M ac . ® Imp or tan t: I f y our k eyb oar d and mouse ar en ’ t pair ed with y our i M ac , f ollo w the onscr een instr uc tions t o pair them. Y ou ma y ha v e t o click the mouse onc e t o e stablish a c onnec tion. F or mor e inf or ma tion ab out pair ing , see “P air ing Y our A pple W ir el
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Step 5: Configure your iMac. T he first time y ou tur n on y our i M ac , 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 do e sn ’ t ha v e M ac OS X v ersi
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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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Putting Your iMac to Sleep or Shutting It Down W hen y ou finish w or k ing with y our i M ac , y ou can put it t o sleep or shut it do wn. Putting Your iMac to Sleep I f y ou‘ ll b e a w a y fr om y our i M ac f or le ss than a f e w da y s , put it t o sleep . W hen y our i M ac is in sleep , its scr een is dar k. Y ou can quick ly w ak e y our i M ac and b ypass the star tup pr o c e ss . To put your iMac to sleep, do one of the following: Â C ho ose A pple () > S leep fr om the
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Shutting Down Your iMac I f y ou w on ’ t b e using y our i M ac f or mor e than a f e w da y s , shut it do wn. C ho ose A pple () > S hut D o wn. T o tur n y our i M ac on again, pr e ss the p o w er butt on (®). NO TICE: S hut do wn y our i M ac b ef or e mo ving it. M o ving y our i M ac while the har d disk is s pinning can damage the har d disk, ca using loss of da ta or an inabilit y t o star t up fr om the har d disk. Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 17
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2 Life with Your iMac www.apple.com/macosx Help Center Mac OS X
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Basic Features of Your iMac Built-in microphone Camera indicator light Built-in FaceTime HD camera Built-in ambient light sensor Slot-loading SuperDrive SD card slot Built-in stereo speakers Built-in infrared receiver 20 Chapter 2 Life with Your iMac
