Apple MC976LL/A User manual

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Contents

Chapter 1: Ready, Set Up, Go

9 What’sintheBox

9 SettingUpYourMacBookPro

16 PuttingYourMacBookProtoSleeporShuttingItDown

Chapter 2: Life with Your MacBook Pro

20 BasicFeaturesofYourMacBookPro

22 KeyboardFeaturesofYourMacBookPro

24 PortsonYourMacBookPro

26 UsingtheMulti-TouchTrackpad

30 UsingtheMacBookProBattery

31 GettingAnswers

Chapter 3: Boost Your MacBook Pro

37 ReplacingtheHardDiskDrive

44 InstallingAdditionalMemory

Chapter 4: Problem, Meet Solution

50 AnOunceofPrevention

51 ProblemsThatPreventYoufromUsingYourMacBookPro

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54 Repairing,Restoring,orReinstallingMacOSXSoftware

59 UsingAppleHardwareTest

60 ProblemswithYourInternetConnection

62 ProblemswithWi-FiCommunication

63 KeepingYourSoftwareUptoDate

64 LearningMore,Service,andSupport

66 LocatingYourProductSerialNumber

Chapter 5: Last, but Not Least

68 ImportantSafetyInformation

73 ImportantHandlingInformation

75 UnderstandingErgonomics

77 AppleandtheEnvironment

78 RegulatoryComplianceInformation

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8 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go

YourMacBookProisdesignedsothatyoucansetitupquicklyandstartusingitright

away.IfyouhaveneverusedaMacBookProorarenewtoMaccomputers,readthis

chapterforhelpgettingstarted.

Important: Readalltheinstallationinstructions(andthesafetyinformationstartingon

page68)carefullybeforeyourstuseyourcomputer.

Ifyou’reanexperienceduser,youmayalreadyknowenoughtogetstarted.Makesure

youlookovertheinformationinChapter2,“LifewithYourMacBookPro,”tondout

aboutthenewfeaturesofthisMacBookPro.

ManyanswerstoquestionscanbefoundonyourcomputerinHelpCenter.For

informationaboutusingHelpCenter,see“GettingAnswers”onpage31.Thelatest

informationaboutyourMacBookProisavailableontheAppleSupportwebsiteat

www.apple.com/support/macbookpro.Applemayreleasenewversionsandupdates

toitssystemsoftware,sotheimagesshowninthisbookmaybeslightlydierent

fromwhatyouseeonscreen.

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What’s in the Box

AC power cord

60W MagSafe Power Adapter

®

Setting Up Your MacBook Pro

YourMacBookProisdesignedsothatyoucansetitupquicklyandstartusingitright

away.Thefollowingpagestakeyouthroughthesetupprocess,includingthesetasks:

Â Plugginginthe60WMagSafePowerAdapter

Â Connectingcablesandaccessinganetwork

Â TurningonyourMacBookPro

Â ConguringauseraccountandothersettingsusingSetupAssistant

Â SettinguptheMacOSXdesktopandpreferences

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Important: Removetheprotectivelmaroundthe60WMagSafePowerAdapter

beforesettingupyourMacBookPro.

Step 1: Plug in the 60W MagSafe Power Adapter to provide power to the

MacBook Pro and charge the battery.

MakesuretheACplugisfullyinsertedintothepoweradapterandtheelectrical

prongsonyourACplugareintheircompletelyextendedposition.InserttheAC

plugofyourpoweradapterintoapoweroutletandtheMagSafeconnectorintothe

MagSafepowerport.AstheMagSafeconnectorgetsclosetotheport,you’llfeela

magneticpulldrawingitin.

AC power cord

MagSafe connector

AC plug

¯ MagSafe power port

Toextendthereachofyourpoweradapter,replacetheACplugwiththeACpower

cord.FirstpulltheACpluguptoremoveitfromtheadapter,andthenattachthe

includedACpowercordtotheadapter,makingsureit’sseatedrmly.

Whendisconnectingthepoweradapterfromanoutletorfromthecomputer,pullthe

plug,notthecord.

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WhenyourstconnectthepoweradaptertoyourMacBookPro,anindicatorlighton

theMagSafeconnectorstartstoglow.Anamberlightindicatesthebatteryischarging.

Agreenlightindicatesthatthebatteryisfullycharged.Ifyoudon’tseealight,make

suretheconnectorisseatedproperlyandthepoweradapterispluggedin.

Step 2: Connect to a wireless or wired network.

Â Touseawirelessnetworkwiththebuilt-in802.11nWi-Fitechnology,makesurethe

wirelessbasestationisturnedonandthatyouknowthenameofthenetwork.After

youturnonyourMacBookPro,SetupAssistantguidesyouthroughtheconnection

process.Fortroubleshootingtips,seepage62.

Â Touseawiredconnection,connectoneendofanEthernetcabletoyour

MacBookProandtheotherendtoacablemodem,DSLmodem,ornetwork.



®

Gigabit Ethernet port

(10/100/1000Base-T)

G

Ethernet

cable

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Step 3: Press the power (®) button briey to turn on your MacBook Pro.

Youhearatonewhenyouturnonthecomputer.

®

® Power button

IttakestheMacBookProafewmomentstostartup.Afteritstartsup,SetupAssistant

opensautomatically.

IfyourMacBookProdoesn’tturnon,see“IfyourMacBookProdoesn’tturnonorstart

up”onpage52.

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Step 4: Congure your MacBook Pro with Setup Assistant.

ThersttimeyouturnonyourMacBookPro,SetupAssistantstarts.SetupAssistant

helpsyouspecifyyourWi-Finetwork,setupauseraccount,andtransferinformation

fromanotherMacorPC.YoucanalsotransferinformationfromaTimeMachinebackup

orotherdisk.

Ifyou’remigratingfromanotherMac,youmighthavetoupdatesoftwareiftheother

Macdoesn’thaveMacOSXversion10.5.3orlaterinstalled.TomigratefromaPC,

downloadtheMigrationAssistantfromwww.apple.com/migrate-to-mac,andinstallit

onthePCyouwanttomigratefrom.

AfteryoustartSetupAssistantonyourMacBookPro,youcanleaveitmidprocess

withoutquitting,movetotheothercomputerifyouneedtoupdateitssoftware,

andthenreturntoyourMacBookProtocompletethesetup.

Note: Ifyoudon’tuseSetupAssistanttotransferinformationwhenyourststart

upyourMacBookPro,youcandoitlaterusingMigrationAssistant.OpenMigration

AssistantintheUtilitiesfolderinLaunchpad.ForhelpusingMigrationAssistant,

openHelpCenterandsearchfor“MigrationAssistant.”

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To set up your MacBook Pro:

1 InSetupAssistant,followtheonscreeninstructionsuntilyougettothe“Transfer

InformationtoThisMac”screen.

2 Doabasicsetup,asetupwithmigration,ortransferinformationfromaTimeMachine

backuporotherdisk:

Â To do a basic setup,select“Don’ttransfernow”andclickContinue.Followthe

remainingpromptstoselectyourwiredorwirelessnetwork,setupanaccount,

andexitSetupAssistant.

Â To do a setup with migration,select“FromanotherMacorPC”andclickContinue.

FollowtheonscreeninstructionstoselecttheMacorPCyouwanttomigratefrom.

YourMacorPCmustbeonthesamewiredorwirelessnetwork.Followtheonscreen

instructionsformigrating.

Â To transfer information from a Time Machine backup or another disk,select“FromaTime

Machinebackuporotherdisk”andclickContinue.Selectthebackuportheotherdisk

thatyouwanttomigratefrom.Followtheonscreeninstructions.

Ifyoudon’tintendtokeeporuseyourothercomputer,it’sbesttodeauthorizeitfrom

playingmusic,videos,oraudiobooksthatyou’vepurchasedfromtheiTunes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.For

informationaboutdeauthorizing,chooseiTunesHelpfromtheHelpmenuiniTunes.

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Step 5: Customize the Mac OS X desktop and set preferences.

YoucanquicklymakethedesktoplookthewayyouwantusingSystem

Preferences,yourcommandcenterformostsettingsonyourMacBookPro.

ChooseApple()>SystemPreferencesfromthemenubarorclickthe

SystemPreferencesiconintheDock.

Menubar Helpmenu Spotlightsearchicon

Findericon

SystemPreferencesiconDock

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Important: YoucansetanoptiontoresetyourpasswordinUsers&Groups

preferences,incaseyouforgetyourloginpassword.Forhelpwithsystempreferences,

openHelpCenterandsearchfor“systempreferences”orforthespecicpreferenceyou

wanthelpfor.

Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down

WhenyounishworkingwithyourMacBookPro,youcanputittosleeporshut

itdown.

Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep

Ifyou’llbeawayfromyourMacBookProforonlyashorttime,putittosleep.When

thecomputerisinsleep,youcanquicklywakeitandbypassthestartupprocess.

To put your MacBook Pro to sleep, do one of the following:

Â Closethedisplay.

Â ChooseApple()>Sleepfromthemenubar.

Â Pressthepower(®)buttonandclickSleepinthedialogthatappears.

Â ChooseApple()>SystemPreferences,clickEnergySaver,andsetasleeptimer.

NOTICE: Waitafewsecondsuntilthesleepindicatorlightstartspulsing(indicating

thatthecomputerisinsleepandtheharddiskhasstoppedspinning)beforemoving

yourMacBookPro.Movingyourcomputerwhilethediskisspinningcandamagethe

harddisk,causinglossofdataortheinabilitytostartupfromtheharddisk.

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To wake your MacBook Pro:

Â If the display is closed,simplyopenittowakeyourMacBookPro.

Â If the display is already open,pressthepower(®)buttonoranykeyonthekeyboard.

WhenyourMacBookProwakesfromsleep,yourapplications,documents,and

computersettingsareexactlyasyouleftthem.

Shutting Down Your MacBook Pro

Ifyouaren’tgoingtouseyourMacBookProforacoupleofdaysorlonger,it’sbestto

shutitdown.Thesleepindicatorlightgoesonbrieyduringtheshutdownprocess.

To shut down your MacBook Pro, do one of the following:

Â ChooseApple()>ShutDownfromthemenubar.

Â Pressthepower(®)buttonandclickShutDowninthedialogthatappears.

IfyouplantostoreyourMacBookProforanextendedperiodoftime,seepage74for

informationabouthowtopreventthebatteryfromdrainingcompletely.

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Basic Features of Your MacBook Pro

®

® Power button

Camera indicator light

FaceTime HD

camera

Built-in stereo

speakers

Battery indicator

lights (side)

Microphone

Trackpad

Slot-loading

SuperDrive

Sleep

indicator light

Infrared (IR)

receiver

Security slot

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Built-in FaceTime HD camera and camera indicator light

UsetheincludedFaceTimeapplicationtomakevideocallstootherFaceTimeusers(on

anyiPhone4,newiPodtouch,orMacwithFaceTime),takepictureswithPhotoBooth,

orcapturevideowithiMovie.TheindicatorlightglowswhentheFaceTimeHDcamera

isoperating.

Built-in microphone

CapturesoundswiththemicrophoneortalkwithfriendsliveovertheInternetusing

FaceTimeoriChat.

Built-in stereo speakers

Listentomusic,movies,games,andothermultimediales.

Built-in battery and battery indicator lights

Usebatterypowerwhenyou’reawayfromapoweroutlet.Pressthebatterybuttonto

activateindicatorlightsthatshowtheremainingbatterycharge.

Trackpad

Clickordouble-clickanywhereonthetrackpad.Touchthetrackpadwithoneormore

ngerstomovethepointeranduseMulti-Touchgestures(describedonpage26).

Sleep indicator light

AwhitelightpulseswhentheMacBookProisinsleep.

Infrared (IR) receiver

UseanAppleRemote(availableseparately)withtheIRreceivertocontrolKeynoteon

yourMacBookProfromupto30feet(9.1meters)away.

Security slot

Attachalockandcable(availableseparately)topreventtheft.

Slot-loading SuperDrive

Thisopticaldrivereadsandwritesstandard-sizeCDsandDVDs.

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Power button

TurnyourMacBookProonoro,orputittosleep.

22 Chapter 2 Life with Your MacBook Pro

Keyboard Features of Your MacBook Pro

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Function (fn) key

Volume

keys

Brightness

keys

Media

Eject key

Mute

key

Media

keys

Keyboard illumination

keys

Mission

Control key

Launchpad

key

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