Apple MC375T/A Specification

Congratulations, you and your MacBook Pro

were made for each other.

finder

trackpad

Say hello to your MacBook Pro.

www.apple.com/macbookpro

Pinch and

zoom

Rotate

Scroll Swipe

Multi-Touch trackpad

Scroll through files, adjust

images, and enlarge text

using just your fingers.

Mac Help

Built-in iSight camera and iChat

Video chat with friends and

family anywhere in the world.

Mac Help

Finder

Browse your files

like you browse

your music with

Cover Flow.

Mac Help

isight

MacBook Pro

Click anywhere

iLife

www.apple.com/ilife

Time Machine

Automatically

back up and

restore your ﬁles.

Mac Help

Spotlight

Find anything

on your Mac.

Mac Help

time machine

spotlight

Safari

Experience the web

with the fastest

browser in the world.

Mac Help

safari

Quick Look

Instantly preview

your ﬁles.

Mac Help

quick look

iPhoto

Organize and

search your

photos by faces,

places, or events.

iPhoto Help

photos

iMovie

Make a great-

looking movie in

minutes or edit

your masterpiece.

iMovie Help

movie

GarageBand

Learn to play.

Start a jam session.

Record and mix

your own song.

GarageBand Help

record

iWeb

Create custom

websites and publish

them anywhere with

a click.

iWeb Help

website

iPhoto

Organize and

search your

photos by faces,

places, or events.

iPhoto Help

photos

iMovie

Make a great-

looking movie in

minutes or edit

your masterpiece.

iMovie Help

movie

GarageBand

Learn to play.

Start a jam session.

Record and mix

your own song.

GarageBand Help

record

iWeb

Create custom

websites and publish

them anywhere with

a click.

iWeb Help

website

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

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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

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

56 UsingAppleHardwareTest

6 

57 ProblemswithYourInternetConnection

60 ProblemswithAirPortExtremeWirelessCommunication

61 KeepingYourSoftwareUptoDate

62 ReinstallingtheSoftwareThatCamewithYourMacBookPro

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

66 LocatingYourProductSerialNumber

Chapter 5: Last, but Not Least

68 ImportantSafetyInformation

71 ImportantHandlingInformation

74 UnderstandingErgonomics

76 AppleandtheEnvironment

77 RegulatoryComplianceInformation

Looking for Something?

84 Index

Mac Help Migration Assistant

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Ready, Set Up, Go

1

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Macintoshcomputers,read

thischapterforhelpgettingstarted.

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

page67)carefullybeforeyourstuseyourcomputer.

Ifyouare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MacHelp.For

informationaboutusingMacHelp,see“GettingAnswers”onpage31.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.

9Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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andusingthetrackpad

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

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

10 Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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.

11Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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that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AirPortExtreme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60.

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.



®

Ethernet

cable

Gigabit Ethernet port

(10/100/1000Base-T)

G

12 Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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computerafewmomentstostartup.Afteritstartsup,SetupAssistant

opensautomatically.

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

onpage53.

13Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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enteryourInternetandemailinformationandsetupauseraccountonyour

MacBookPro.IfyoualreadyhaveaMac,SetupAssistantcanhelpyouautomatically

transferles,applications,andotherinformationfromyourpreviousMacusingan

Ethernetorwirelessconnection.Seethenextsection,“MigratingInformationtoYour

MacBookPro,”formoreinformation.

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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.

14 Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

Migrating Information to Your MacBook Pro

YoucanfollowthepromptsinSetupAssistanttomigrateexistinguseraccounts,les,

applications,andotherinformationfromanotherMaccomputer.Youcandothiswith

oneofthefollowingmethods:

Â UsingaFireWirecabletoconnectthetwocomputerstogetherandtransferthe

information

Â UsinganEthernetcableconnecteddirectlybetweenbothcomputers,orconnecting

bothcomputerstothesamenetwork

Â Wirelessly—directlybetweenbothcomputers,orwithbothcomputersonthesame

wirelessnetwork

Beforeperformingmigration,useSoftwareUpdateonyourotherMac.TheotherMac

shouldhaveoneoftheseversionsofMacOSXsoftware—eitherMacOSXv10.4.11or

MacOSXv10.5.6(orlater).

Youcanchoosetheitems(useraccounts,documents,movies,music,photos,andsoon)

thatyouwanttomigratetoyourMacBookPro.

Important: Don’tusetheotherMacforanythingelseuntilthemigrationiscomplete.

Ifyoudon’tuseSetupAssistanttotransferinformationwhenyourststartup,youcan

doitlaterusingMigrationAssistant.Iftheconnectionisterminatedduringmigration,

youcanresumethemigrationatalatertimeusingMigrationAssistantonyour

MacBookProandyourotherMac.GototheApplicationsfolder,openUtilities,and

double-clickMigrationAssistant.

15Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

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

Menubar Helpmenu Spotlightsearchicon

Findericon SystemPreferencesiconDock

16 Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

YoucanquicklycustomizethedesktopusingSystemPreferences.Choose

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

iconintheDock.SystemPreferencesisyourcommandcenterformostsettings

onyourMacBookPro.Formoreinformation,openMacHelpandsearchfor“System

Preferences”orforthespecicpreferenceyouwanttochange.

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:

m Closethedisplay.

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

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

m 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you

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

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

17Chapter 1 Ready,SetUp,Go

To wake your MacBook Pro:

m ,simplyopenittowakeyourMacBookPro.

m ,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:

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

m 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73for

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

www.apple.com/macosx

Mac Help Mac OS X

Life with Your MacBook Pro

2

20 Chapter 2 LifewithYourMacBookPro

BasicFeaturesofYourMacBookPro

®

® Power button

Camera indicator light

iSight 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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