User manual APPLE MACBOOK AIR 11 INCH 2010

[. . . ] Congratulations, you and your MacBook Air were made for each other. Get to know your MacBook Air. www. apple. com/macbookair 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 Air Multi-Touch trackpad Scroll through files, adjust images, and enlarge text using just your fingers. Mac Help trackpad Click anywhere Scroll Swipe Pinch and zoom Rotate Mac OS X Snow Leopard www. apple. com/macosx Time Machine Automatically back up and restore your files. Mac Help time machine Quick Look Instantly preview your files. Mac Help quick look Spotlight Find anything on your Mac. Mac Help spotlight Safari Experience the web with the fastest browser in the world. Mac Help safari iLife www. apple. com/ilife iPhoto Turn your photos into something amazing. iPhoto Help photos iMovie Make a greatlooking movie in minutes. iMovie Help movie GarageBand Create a greatsounding song with ease. GarageBand Help record Contents Chapter 1: Ready, Set Up, Go 8 9 10 15 16 19 21 Welcome What'sintheBox SettingUpYourMacBookAir SettingUpDVDorCDSharing MigratingInformationtoYourMacBookAir GettingAdditionalInformationontoYourMacBookAir PuttingYourMacBookAirtoSleeporShuttingItDown Chapter 2: Life with Your MacBook Air 24 26 28 30 34 35 BasicFeaturesofYourMacBookAir KeyboardFeaturesofYourMacBookAir PortsonYourMacBookAir UsingtheMulti-TouchTrackpad RunningYourMacBookAironBatteryPower GettingAnswers Contents 5 Chapter 3: Problem, Meet Solution 40 44 45 46 47 47 50 52 ProblemsThatPreventYoufromUsingYourMacBookAir UsingAppleHardwareTest ProblemswithYourInternetConnection ProblemswithAirPortExtremeWirelessCommunication KeepingYourSoftwareUptoDate ReinstallingtheSoftwareThatCameWithYourMacBookAir LearningMore, Service, andSupport LocatingYourProductSerialNumber Chapter 4: Last, but Not Least 54 57 59 61 62 ImportantSafetyInformation ImportantHandlingInformation UnderstandingErgonomics AppleandtheEnvironment RegulatoryComplianceInformation Looking for Something? 68 Index 6 Contents 1 Ready, Set Up, Go www. apple. com/macbookair www. apple. com/macosx Mac Help Migration Assistant Welcome CongratulationsonpurchasingaMacBookAir. YourMacBookAirisstreamlinedfor portabilityandacompletelywirelessexperience. Readthischapterforhelpgetting startedsettingupandusingyourMacBookAir.  Ifyouknowyouwon'tbemigratinginformationfromanotherMac, andyou'dliketo getstartedusingyourMacBookAirrightaway, youcanfollowtheSetupAssistantto setupyourMacBookAirquickly. Formoreinformation, seepage13.  IfyouwanttomigrateinformationfromanotherMactoyourMacBookAir, you canfollowtheSetupAssistantandspecifytheMacwhoseinformationyouwantto transfer. Formoreinformation, seepage13.  AfteryousetupyourMacBookAir, ifyouwanttogetcontentfromDVDsorCDsonto yourMacBookAir, youcansetuponeormoreMacorWindowscomputerstopartner withyourMacBookAir. Formoreinformation, seepage19. Important: Readalltheinstallationinstructions(andthesafetyinformationstartingon page54)carefullybeforeyoufirstuseyourMacBookAir. ManyanswerstoquestionscanbefoundonyourMacBookAirinMacHelp. For informationaboutgettingMacHelp, see"GettingAnswers"onpage35. Applemay releasenewversionsandupdatestoitssystemsoftware, sotheimagesshownin thisbookmaybeslightlydifferentfromwhatyouseeonscreen. 8 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go What's in the Box AC plug AC power cord Software Reinstall Drive 45W MagSafe Power Adapter YourMacBookAirpackageincludestheSoftwareReinstallDrive, aUSBflashdrivethat containssoftwareforreinstallingMacOSXandtheapplicationsthatcamewithyour MacBookAir, resettingyourpassword, andusingDiskUtility. Formoreinformation abouthowandwhentousetheSoftwareReinstallDrive, seeChapter3, "Problem, Meet Solution"onpage39. Important: Removetheprotectivefilmcoveringthe45WMagSafePowerAdapter beforesettingupyourMacBookAir. Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 9 Setting Up Your MacBook Air YourMacBookAirisdesignedsothatyoucansetitupquicklyandstartusingitright away. Thefollowingpagestakeyouthroughthesetupprocess, includingthesetasks:  Plugginginthe45WMagSafePowerAdapter  TurningonyourMacBookAir  UsingSetupAssistanttoaccessanetworkandconfigureauseraccountandother settings  SettinguptheMacOSXdesktopandpreferences Step 1: Plug in the 45W MagSafe Power Adapter to provide power to the MacBook Air and charge the battery. [. . . ] 3 InserttheSoftwareReinstallDriveintooneoftheUSBportsonyourMacBookAir, as shownintheillustrationonpage48. If you forget your password Youcanresetyouradministratorpasswordandpasswordsforallotheraccounts. 1 InserttheSoftwareReinstallDriveintooneoftheUSBports, asshowninthe illustrationonpage48. Important: Don'tdisturborremovetheSoftwareReinstallDriveuntilyoufinish. 4 Whenthenextscreenappears, chooseResetPasswordfromtheUtilitiesmenuinthe menubar. Followtheonscreeninstructions. Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution 43 Using Apple Hardware Test IfyoususpectaproblemwiththeMacBookAirhardware, youcanusetheApple HardwareTestapplicationtohelpdetermineifthere'saproblemwithoneofthe components, suchasthememoryorprocessor. To use Apple Hardware Test on your MacBook Air: 1 DisconnectallexternaldevicesfromyourMacBookAirexceptthepoweradapter. 3 WhentheAppleHardwareTestchooserscreenappears, selectthelanguageyouwant touse. 5 WhentheAppleHardwareTestmainscreenappears(afterabout45seconds), follow theonscreeninstructions. 6 IfAppleHardwareTestdetectsaproblem, itdisplaysanerrorcode. Makeanoteofthe errorcodebeforepursuingsupportoptions. IfAppleHardwareTestdoesn'tdetecta hardwarefailure, theproblemmaybesoftwarerelated. If this procedure doesn't work, you can open Apple Hardware Test using the USB flash drive that came with your MacBook Air: 1 InserttheSoftwareReinstallDriveintooneoftheUSBports, asshowninthe illustrationonpage48. Important: Don'tdisturborremovetheSoftwareReinstallDriveuntilyoufinish. 2 RestarttheMacBookAirwhileholdingdowntheDkey. 44 Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution Problems with Your Internet Connection YourMacBookAirhasaNetworkSetupAssistantapplicationtohelpyousetupan Internetconnection. OpenSystemPreferencesandclickNetwork. IfyouhavetroublewithyourInternetconnection, tryusingNetworkDiagnostics. 2 ClickNetworkandthenclick"Assistme. " 3 ClickDiagnosticstoopenNetworkDiagnostics. IfNetworkDiagnosticscan'tresolvetheproblem, theremaybeaproblemwiththe Internetserviceprovider(ISP)youaretryingtoconnectto, withanexternaldeviceyou areusingtoconnecttoyourISP, orwiththeserveryouaretryingtoaccess. IfyouhavetwoormorecomputerssharinganInternetconnection, besurethatyour wirelessnetworkissetupproperly. YouneedtoknowifyourISPprovidesonlyoneIP addressorifitprovidesmultipleIPaddresses, oneforeachcomputer. IfonlyoneIPaddressisprovided, thenyoumusthavearoutercapableofsharing theconnection, alsoknownasnetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)or"IPmasquerading. " Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution 45 Forsetupinformation, checkthedocumentationprovidedwithyourrouteror askthepersonwhosetupyournetwork. YoucanuseanAirPortbasestationto shareoneIPaddressamongmultiplecomputers. Forinformationaboutusing anAirPortbasestation, checkMacHelporvisittheAppleAirPortwebsiteat www. apple. com/support/airport. Ifyoucannotresolvetheissueusingthesesteps, contactyourISPornetwork administrator. Problems with AirPort Extreme Wireless Communication IfyouhavetroubleusingAirPortExtremewirelesscommunication:  Makesurethecomputerornetworkyou'retryingtoconnecttoisrunningandhas awirelessaccesspoint.  Makesureyou'veproperlyconfiguredthesoftwareaccordingtotheinstructionsthat camewithyourbasestationoraccesspoint.  Makesureyou'rewithinrangeoftheothercomputerorthenetwork'saccess point. Nearbyelectronicdevicesormetalstructurescaninterferewithwireless communicationandreducethisrange. Repositioningorrotatingthecomputermight improvereception.  ChecktheAirPort(Z)statusiconinthemenubar. Uptofourbarsappear, indicating signalstrength. Ifsignalstrengthislow, trychangingyourlocation.  SeeAirPortHelp(chooseHelp>MacHelp, andthenchooseLibrary>AirPortHelp fromthemenubar). Alsoseetheinstructionsthatcamewiththewirelessdevicefor moreinformation. 46 Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution Keeping Your Software Up to Date YoucanconnecttotheInternetandautomaticallydownloadandinstallthelatest freesoftwareversions, drivers, andotherenhancementsfromApple. Whenyou'reconnectedtotheInternet, SoftwareUpdatecheckstoseeifanyupdates areavailable. YoucansetyourMacBookAirtocheckforupdatesperiodically, and downloadandinstallupdatedsoftware. 2 ClicktheSoftwareUpdateiconandfollowtheonscreeninstructions.  Formoreinformation, searchfor"SoftwareUpdate"inMacHelp.  ForthelatestinformationaboutMacOSX, gotowww. apple. com/macosx. Reinstalling the Software That Came With Your MacBook Air YoucanusetheSoftwareReinstallDrivetoreinstallMacOSXandanypreinstalled applications. Important: Applerecommendsthatyoubackupthedataontheinternalflashstorage beforerestoringsoftware. Installing Mac OS X YoucanreinstallMacOSXandapplications, suchasAddressBook, iChat, iCal, Mail, orSafari. Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution 47 To install Mac OS X: 1 Backupyouressentialfiles. [. . . ] Responsible party (contact for FCC matters only): AppleInc. CorporateCompliance 1InfiniteLoop, MS26-A Cupertino, CA95014 Radio and Television Interference Thiscomputerequipmentgenerates, uses, andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergy. Ifitisnotinstalledandusedproperly--that is, instrictaccordancewithApple'sinstructions--itmaycause interferencewithradioandtelevisionreception. Thisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywith thelimitsforaClassBdigitaldeviceinaccordancewiththe specificationsinPart15ofFCCrules. Thesespecifications aredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstsuch interferenceinaresidentialinstallation. However, thereis noguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticular installation. Youcandeterminewhetheryourcomputersystemiscausing interferencebyturningitoff. Iftheinterferencestops, itwas probablycausedbythecomputeroroneoftheperipheraldevices. Ifyourcomputersystemdoescauseinterferencetoradioor televisionreception, trytocorrecttheinterferencebyusingoneor moreofthefollowingmeasures: · Turnthetelevisionorradioantennauntiltheinterferencestops. [. . . ]