Apple Macbook 13inch Late2009 Users Guide

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Index
AAC plug  10
AC power adapter. See power 
adapter
AC power cord  10
adapter, power. See power 
adapter
AirPort Extreme
connecting wirelessly  11
troubleshooting  60
AppleCare  63
Apple Hardware Test  56
application freeze  52
applications
Front Row  33
iChat AV  21
iLife  32
audio out port  25
Bbattery
location  21
performance  30
blinking question mark  53
brightness controls  23
built-in battery. See battery
built-in speakers  21button, power  12, 21
Ccable modem  11
camera. See iSight video 
camera
carrying your computer  72
changing
the desktop  16
password  56
System Preferences  16
checking memory  50
cleaning
the display  73
your computer  73
computer
disposal  80
freezes  53
putting to sleep  16
shutting down  17
turning on  12
won’t turn on  54
connecting to a network  11
Control-click  27
controls
brightness  23
media  23volume  23
cord, AC power  10DDashboard  23
desktop, customizing  16
discs
ejecting  56
software installation  61
supported sizes  72
display
cleaning  73
external  25
See also screen
disposing of your computer  80
Dock  31
downloading software  60
drive, SuperDrive  21
DSL modem  11
Eejecting a disc  56
Energy Saver preferences  30
environmental impact  76
ergonomics  74
Ethernet
connecting to  11 
						

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Exposé key  23
external display port  25
FF1 to F12 function keys  23
factory settings  62
Fast-forward key  23
flashing question mark  53
Force Quit  52
forward delete  27
four-finger swiping  29
Front Row application  33
frozen application  52
function (fn) key  23
Hhand positions  74
headphone port. See audio out 
port
Help, finding answers  31
IiChat AV application  21
iLife applications  32
installation instructions
memory  46
overview  8
Internet, connecting to  11
iSight video camera  21
Kkeyboard
ergonomics  74
features  22
media controls  23
shortcuts  27
keys
function  23
Media Eject  23
Llight, sleep indicator  21
MMac Help  31
Mac OS X website  32
MagSafe power adapter. See 
power adapter
MagSafe power port  25
media controls  23
Media Eject key  23
memory
checking  50
installing  46
specifications  46
mercury  80
microphone  21
migrating information  14
Migration Assistant  14
Mini DisplayPort  25
modem  11mouse  25, 75
See also trackpad
Multi-Touch gestures  26
Mute control  23
Nnetwork connections  59
Network Diagnostics  57
Network Setup Assistant  57
Oonline resources  63
Ppaging through documents 
using trackpad  29
password, resetting  56
pinching to zoom  28
Play/pause key  23
plug, AC  10
power adapter
plugging in  69
port  25
using  10
power button  12, 21
problems. See troubleshooting
putting your computer to 
sleep  16
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RRAM. See memory
resetting your password  56
Rewind key  23
right click  27
rotating objects using 
trackpad  28
Ssafety
general safety 
instructions  68
power adapter  69
screen
goes black  55
setting brightness  23
See also display
scrolling with two fingers  26
SDRAM specifications  46
secondary clicking and click 
zone  27
security slot  25
Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive  37
serial number, locating  65
service and support  63
Setup Assistant  13
shutting down  17
sleep mode
indicator light  21
putting computer to 
sleep  16software
installation discs  61
updating  60
Software Update 
preferences  61
speakers  21
specifications  33
stopping
an application  52
the computer  17
storing your computer  73
SuperDrive
about  21
supported disc sizes  72
swiping to move quickly 
through documents  29
System Preferences
customizing the desktop  16
Energy Saver  16
Software Update  61
System Profiler  63
Ttechnical support  63
three-finger swiping  29
trackpad
gestures  26
location  21
shortcuts  27
troubleshooting
AirPort  60AppleCare  64
computer freezes  53
computer won’t turn on  54
ejecting a disc  56
hardware problems  56
pointer won’t move  52
screen goes black  55
service and support  63
using Mac Help  63
turning on your MacBook  12
two-finger pinching  28
two-finger rotating  28
typing position  74
Uupdating software  60
USB
connections  33
ports  25
Vvideo
camera indicator light  21
mini-DVI port  25
volume controls  23
Wwaking your computer  17
Zzooming using the trackpad    28 
						

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