Apple Imac Late2012 2013 Quick Start Guide

							Safari is the best way to surf the web 
on your Mac. Just click in the Smart 
Search field and see icons for your 
favorite websites, or type a search 
term or web address—Safari knows 
the difference and will send you to 
the right place. You can save pagesSafari
to your Reading List to read later, 
and check out Shared Links for 
pages posted by people you follow 
on Twitter and LinkedIn. The Tab 
view organizes all of your tabs and 
makes it easy to locate the one 
you’re looking for.
Favorites view
Click the Smart Search 
field to see icons for 
your favorite websites.Share
Easily send webpages  
or share them with  
your social networks.Sidebar
Your bookmarks, Reading 
List, and Shared Links 
appear in the Sidebar. 
						

							Mail
One-stop emailView all your accounts  
in Mail. 
Mail lets you manage all your email 
accounts from a single, ad-free 
inbox. It works with popular email 
services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo 
Mail, and AOL Mail. With Mail Drop, 
large attachments are automatically  uploaded to iCloud. And Markup 
lets you fill out and sign forms or 
annotate a PDF. The first time you 
open Mail, Setup Assistant helps 
you get started.
SearchQuickly narrow search  
results to find exactly  
what you want.Conversation viewSee all the email  
messages from a 
conversation thread. 
						

							Calendar
Event inspector 
Calendar shows an event’s 
location on a map and 
calculates travel time.
Keep track of your busy schedule 
with Calendar. You can create 
separate calendars—one for home, 
another for school, and a third for 
work. See all your calendars in a 
single window, or choose to see  
just the ones you want. Create and 
send invitations to events, then seewho has responded. Add a location 
to an event, and Calendar will 
include a map, calculate travel  
time, and even display the  
weather forecast. Use iCloud to 
automatically update calendars  
on all your devices or share 
calendars with other iCloud users.
Calendar view
Select the view you 
prefer—day, week, 
month, or year.
Add an event
Double-click in a 
calendar to create  
a new event. 
						

							Just log in with your Apple ID,  
and you can send and receive  
both iMessage and SMS messages, 
including text, photos, videos, and 
more, to your friends on a Mac,  
iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. With 
iMessage, you can even start a 
conversation on one device and  pick it up on another. You can  
easily start and manage group 
conversations, including adding  
a title and new participants. And 
 
if you want to talk to someone  
face to face, you can start a 
FaceTime video call* right from   
a conversation in Messages.
Replies in progressThree dots mean your 
friend is typing a reply.   Delivery receipts
See when your 
message has arrived.
 
Manage conversations
Click Details to start a FaceTime 
call or see the attachments from 
your conversation. 
*Requires FaceTime-enabled device for both caller and recipient. Not available in all areas.
Messages 
						

							Maps
Explore new destinations and get 
directions on your Mac with Maps. 
View locations using standard or 
satellite imagery, or use Flyover  
to soar through select cities in 
photorealistic 3D. You can look  
up information for local points of 
interest like restaurants and hotels,  and Maps shows you phone 
numbers, photos, and even Yelp 
reviews. Once you find your 
destination, Maps provides 
point-to-point directions that 
 
you can send to your iPhone for 
turn-by-turn voice navigation.
Directions
Maps provides detailed  
directions, including  
traffic information.Send to iPhone
Send directions to your 
iPhone for voice navigation 
on the way there.
Favorites
Favorite locations  
are pushed to all  
your devices. 
						

							Spotlight
Previews
Interact with previews 
right from Spotlight. 
Results
See Spotlight results 
on the left and scroll 
through them. Easy access
Click the Spotlight icon 
in the menu bar or 
press Command-Space.
Spotlight is an easy way to find 
anything on your Mac—documents, 
contacts, apps, messages, and more. 
No matter what you’re doing on 
your Mac, you can access Spotlight 
through its menu icon or by using 
the Command-Space keyboard shortcut. Just start typing, and 
Spotlight shows you rich previews  
of your results. You can use Spotlight 
to look up information from sources 
like Wikipedia, Bing, news, Maps, 
movies, and more,* and to convert 
currencies and units of measure.
*Not all features are available in all areas. 
						

							iTunes
iTunes makes it easy to enjoy your 
favorite music, movies, T V shows, 
and more on your Mac. iTunes 
includes the iTunes Store, where  you can find classics or new 
favorites. It also includes  
iTunes Radio, a great way to 
discover music.
iTunes Store
Discover and buy  
new music, movies, 
 
and more.
iTunes Radio
Enjoy free streaming radio 
tailored from top music in  
the iTunes Store. Your libraryView your music, 
movies, TV shows, 
podcasts, and more. 
						

							Photos
Photos, iMovie, and GarageBand  
give you amazing ways to create 
and share your photos, movies,  
and music. Photos automatically 
keeps your library organized and 
helps you create gorgeous photo 
books, cards, and calendars. And 
with iCloud Photo Library, you  
can keep your entire collection of photos and videos in iCloud and 
view them on all of your devices. 
iMovie lets you turn your home 
videos into beautiful movies and 
epic Hollywood-style trailers. And 
GarageBand has everything you 
need to learn to play an instrument, 
write music, or record a song.
Photos, iMovie, and GarageBand
Share
Post your favorites to 
Facebook or share them 
with iCloud or Messages.
Photos
Photos are automatically 
organized by date and 
location. Projects
Easily create and order 
personalized books, 
cards, and calendars. 
						

							Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
Format Panel
Your tools are just a click 
away with the intelligent 
Format Panel.
Pages
Create stunning documents, 
spreadsheets, and presentations on 
your Mac. Beautiful templates give 
you a great head start—simply add 
your own words and photos. And 
customizing everything is a snap with the context-sensitive Format 
Panel. You can even open and edit 
Microsoft Office files. And you can 
quickly and easily share a link to 
your work with Mail or Messages, 
right from your toolbar.
Add graphics and more
Create media-rich  
documents with images, 
movies, charts, and more.Share
Easily share a link to 
your work with Mail  
or Messages. 
						

							An important note
Please read this document and the safety information in the Important 
Product Information Guide carefully before you first use your computer.
Learn more
You can find more information, watch demos, and learn even more about 
iMac features at www.apple.com/imac . 
Help
You can often find answers to your questions, as well as instructions  
and troubleshooting information, in Mac Help. Click the Finder icon,  
click Help in the menu bar, and choose Mac Help. You can also use  
Safari to get online help at www.apple.com/support. 
OS X Utilities
If you have a problem with your Mac, OS X Utilities can help you restore  
your software and data from a Time Machine backup or reinstall OS X and 
Apple apps. If your Mac detects a problem, it opens OS X Utilities 
automatically. Or you can open it manually by restarting your computer  
while holding down the Command and R keys. 
Support
Your iMac comes with 90 days of technical support and one year of  
hardware repair warranty coverage at an Apple Retail Store or an Apple 
Authorized Service Provider. Visit www.apple.com/support/imac for iMac 
technical support. Or call 1-800-275-2273 . In Canada, call 1-800-263-3394.
Not all features are available in all areas.
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