Apple Macbook 13inch Users Guide

 
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Step 3:  Turn On Your MacBook 
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To turn on your MacBook, press the power (® 
) button briefly (up to 1 second). 
You hear a tone when you turn on the computer. Don’t press the power button after 
the startup tone or you might cause the computer to shut down again.
It takes the computer a few moments to start up. After it starts up, Setup Assistant 
opens automatically.
® Power button
Sleep indicator light  

 
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Use your MacBook trackpad to select and move items on the screen, just as you use a 
mouse with a desktop computer. 
 
To move the arrow pointer on the screen, slide your finger across the trackpad.  
Important:   
Use one finger on the trackpad to move the pointer. The trackpad lets you 
scroll by dragging two fingers, and the scrolling feature is turned on by default. See 
“Using the Trackpad” on page 32 for more information.
 
Use the trackpad button to...

 
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Step 4:  Configure Your MacBook with Setup Assistant 
The first time you turn on your computer, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant helps 
you enter your Internet and email information and set up a user account on your 
computer. 
If you already have a Mac, Setup Assistant can help you automatically transfer files, 
applications, and other information from your other Mac to your new MacBook. 
Problems Turning On the Computer?
 
Nothing happens when you press...

 
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To transfer information, make sure:
 
Your other Mac has built-in FireWire and supports FireWire Target Disk Mode
 
Your other Mac has Mac OS X v10.1 or later installed
 
You have a standard 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable
Setup Assistant takes you through the process of transferring your information—just 
follow the onscreen instructions. Transferring information to your MacBook doesn’t 
affect the information on your other Mac. (If you set up partitions on the...

 
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If you don’t intend to keep or use your other Mac, it’s best to deauthorize it from 
playing music, videos, or audiobooks that you’ve purchased from the iTunes Music 
Store. Deauthorizing a computer prevents any songs, videos, or audiobooks you’ve 
purchased from being played by someone else and frees up another authorization for 
use (you can use only five authorized computers at a time with an iTunes account). For 
information on deauthorizing, in iTunes open...

 
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Basic Components of Your MacBook
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® Power button Camera indicator light iSight camera Microphone
Stereo speakers
Sleep indicator light 
Infrared (IR) receiver  Trackpad 
Trackpad button Slot-loading optical drive  

 
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Microphone 
Capture sounds directly with this built-in microphone (located to the left of the iSight 
camera). 
Built-in iSight camera and camera indicator light 
Videoconference with others using the included iChat AV application. The camera 
indicator light glows when the video camera is capturing and displaying video. 
Built-in stereo speakers (3) 
Listen to music, movies, games, and multimedia files. 
Trackpad 
Move the pointer on the MacBook display with one...

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Features of Your MacBook Keyboard
esc num 
lock F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 
—iC
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Function key (fn) 
Volume 
controls  Brightness
controlsNum 
Lock key Media 
Eject key 
Mute 
control 
Standard 
function keys  Video Mode 
Toggle key  

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Function (Fn) key
Press and hold this key to activate customized actions assigned to the function keys 
(F1 to F12). To learn how to customize function keys, choose Help > Mac Help from the 
menu bar and search for “function keys.”
Brightness controls
Increase ( ) or decrease ( ) the brightness of your MacBook display.
—Mute control
Mute the volume of the sound coming from the built-in speakers and headphone port.
-Volume controls
Increase (-) or decrease (–) the volume of...

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Additional Components of Your MacBook
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Gigabit Ethernet
port (10/100/
1000 Base-T)G
Security slot
Headphone
out/optical
digital audio
out port
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Audio line
in/optical digital
audio in port,
Mini-DVI
port£FireWire
400 portHUSB 2.0
portsdMagSafe 
power
adapter
port