1) First steps
(a) Unpacking
When you remove your MacBook Air from its packaging, it's also wise to find
A Micro-DVI to VGA Adaptor
A Micro-DVI to DVI Adaptor
A Power cord
A 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor
Software DVDs
(b) Charging
Pull away the plastic film from your 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor and plug the adaptor into an electric socket. Take another end of the cable and connect it to the magnetic MagSafe power port about the left hand side of your MacBook Air.
If necessary, extend the MagSafe cable by taking out the prongs from your adaptor and inserting the power cord to the socket beneath them. Place another end of the power cord to the electric socket. To disconnect the MagSafe Power Adaptor from your electricity, first eliminate the power cord plug from your adaptor.
An amber light about the MagSafe connector shows that the MacBook Air battery is charging. When the battery is fully charged, a green light appears.
(c) Basic features
The basic top features of your MacBook Air include
(from right to left) a microphone, camera indicator light, iSight camera, and ambient light sensor at the most notable fringe of the screen
a mono speaker under the keyboard
a power button near the most notable right hand corner
a trackpad and trackpad button below the keyboard
a sleep indicator light and infrared receiver about the right of the front fringe of your MacBook Air
a built-in battery
a MagSafe power port about the left-hand side
a headphone jack, USB 2.0 port, and a Micro-DVI port inside a concealed hatch about the right-hand side
2) Initial set-up
(a) Setup Assistant
Setup Assistant appears in your screen once you first switch about the MacBook Air. Follow the instructions conducive you to the “Do You Already Own a Mac?” screen. You now possess a choice between:
a basic set-up
a set-up that features the migration of files from another Mac
(b) Basic set-up
Choose “Do not transfer my information now”
Click “Continue”
Use the prompts to arrange your user account and wireless network
(c) Set-up with file migration from another Mac
For this you'll need another Mac by having an optical disc drive (see “Optical discs” below)
(d) Customise your MacBook Air
Click Apple > System Preferences about the Menu Bar at surface of the} the screen, or click the System Preferences icon about the Dock at the bottom
Browse and employ System Preferences to customise your MacBook Air settings
(e) Using the trackpad
Use the trackpad to
double-click
move the pointer
Control the distance you signal the pointer across the screen from the speed of your finger about the trackpad:
a slow movement of your finger sends the pointer a short distance
a fast movement sends the pointer a greater distance
If you’re unfamiliar with the trackpad, it’s worth hanging out learning its features. These include the following:
Secondary or right clicking. This enables you to definitely use shortcut menu commands. Place two fingers about the trackpad, then click the trackpad button.
Two finger scrolling. Scroll up, down or sideways by looking into making these movements with two fingers about the trackpad.
Some trackpad movements apply to specific applications such as iPhoto:
Two finger pinching. Pinch two fingers together about the trackpad to zoom in or out.
Two finger rotating. Rotate two fingers about the trackpad to turn images and pages.
Three finger swiping. This allows you to definitely turn quickly through the pages of your document or through a series of images.
To fine-tine and set trackpad options:
select Apple > System Preferences
click Keyboard & Mouse
click Trackpad
For more details:
select Help > Mac Help
click Trackpad
3) Optical discs
(a) Using an optical disc drive
Your MacBook Air does not need an optical disc drive. To
install the program that comes with the computer
load other applications and files from a disc
migrate files
You must utilize the optical disc drive on another Mac or PC. Alternatively, work with a MacBook Air external SuperDrive
(b) Setting up CD/DVD sharing
The Mac or PC you employ for CD/DVD sharing has to be about the same wired or wireless network. The Mac also needs to hold the Mac OS X v10.4.10 operating-system or later. The PC should have Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Your MacBook Air comes having a Mac OS X Install Disc 1. Use this to load the CD/DVD Sharing Setup. This includes
CD/DVD Sharing software
Migration Assistant
Remote Install Mac OS X
If you’re utilizing a Mac as your other computer, double click “DVD or CD Sharing Setup” in {the event it} appears on screen.
If you’re utilizing a PC, click on “DVD or CD Sharing” in the dialogue box that appears on screen.
In both cases, stick to the screen instructions.
(c) Migrating files and applications to your MacBook Air from another Mac
Load the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 as above
Ensure your MacBook Air and another Mac are about the same wireless or wired network
On the MacBook Air, stick to the instructions of Setup Assistant as far as the “Do You Already Own a Mac?” screen
Click “from another Mac”
Select your wireless network (if you’re working wirelessly) and click “Continue”
On the screen “Connect To Your Other Mac”, a passcode now appears
Please note: the following steps apply to the other Mac
In Applications/Utilities, open Migration Assistant and click “Continue”
Choose “To another Mac” as your migration method and click “Continue”
Close all other applications, if you've not done so already, and click “Continue”
Enter the passcode from your MacBook Air screen in the given box
Click “Continue”
The migration now starts
During the migration, do not make use of your other Mac for anything else.
(d) Loading other data
Using your wireless connection, you can download many applications from your Internet.
To load applications from a DVD or CD:
set up CD/DVD sharing (see (b) above) and stick to the instructions in (e) below, or
connect a MacBook Air SuperDrive to the USB port, insert the disc, and stick to the onscreen instructions
(e) Sharing discs You can share a CD or DVD on a Mac or PC with your MacBook Pro.
Please note: you may not be capable of share films and games since they're copy-protected.
Follow the procedure given in (b)
Ensure your MacBook Air and another computer are about the same network
If your other computer is really a Mac:
select Apple > System Preferences
choose “Sharing”
select “DVD or CD Sharing”
If your other computer is really a PC:
choose the “DVD or CD Sharing” panel
click “Enable DVD or CD Sharing”
Now continue on another Mac or perhaps the PC as follows:
place a CD or DVD in the optical disc drive (on the MacBook Air, the disc will appear in the Finder sidebar under “Devices”)
click “Accept” when prompted to accomplish so on another Mac or PC
the disc will then become open to your MacBook Air
4) Sleep mode and shutting your MacBook Air down
(a) Sleep mode
To utilize the sleep mode in your MacBook Air in short periods of inactivity, take certainly one of the following actions:
close your display
select Apple > Sleep about the Menu Bar
select Apple > System Preferences, then Energy Saver, and set the sleep timer
press your power button and select Sleep from your dialogue box
Please note: do not move your MacBook Air until the sleep indicator light starts to pulse, or else you risk damaging your hard disc.
To wake your MacBook Air from sleep mode:
open the closed display, or
press the power button or any key of the laptop keyboard if the the} display is open
(b) Shutting the MacBook Air down
Select Apple > Shut Down from your Menu Bar, or
Press the power button and select Shut Down in the dialogue box
5) Quick Mac OS X guide
(a) Operating system
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard may be the operating-system of your MacBook Air. It controls your files, applications and connected devices. It works inside a comparable method to Windows.
(b) Basic controls
The basic controls are your keyboard and trackpad. If you’re more used to Windows, you’ll find that you’ll need to utilize the keyboard and trackpad fewer times to achieve similar results.
(c) Central features
The icons, layouts and navigation of the MacBook Air screens are straightforward. Along with the windows, menus, folders and shortcuts, are four central features that enable you to work quickly and simply:
Desktop may be the screen you commence with each time you employ your MacBook Air. Use it to store such things as files, folders and pictures.
The first icon you’ll see on Desktop may be the Macintosh HD (hard drive). When you employ other functions of your MacBook Air, further HD icons appear. Double-click an icon to view its files and applications.
Please note the following.
When you connect a peripheral device to your MacBook Air, an icon appears about the Desktop
If you've different users for the MacBook Air, Mac OS X gives each one a Desktop
Desktop always lies behind the applications that you simply run
The Dock is really a row of icons along the bottom of your screen. Click on these icons to access your folders, applications and windows.
Note that whenever a window appears, it has three coloured buttons in the top left corner.
Red closes the window
Yellow minimises of the question to the Dock
Green maximises and minimises the size of the window
The Finder is definitely an icon about the far left of the Dock. Use it to navigate and manage your MacBook Air’s folders, files and applications.
The Mac OS X Menu Bar is really a single line at surface of the} the screen.
Use the Menu Bar to
view recent work
view and change settings and applications
close applications
interact having a programme
start the sleep mode
begin restart
switch off your MacBook Air
The Menu Bar changes to match the applying you’re using.
Connectivity
Your MacBook Air includes a headphone jack, USB 2.0 port, and a Micro-DVI port concealed inside a hatch about the right-hand side. You also receive a Micro-DVI to VGA adaptor and a Micro-DVI to DVI adaptor with your MacBook Air. Use the ports and adaptors for connecting a selection of peripheral devices such as printers, cameras and hard drives. Alternatively utilize the Bluetooth® wireless connection.
7) Battery power
You can run your MacBook Air directly from an electricity supply by using the 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor. Alternatively utilize the built-in battery.
The time between battery charges varies according to the applications you employ as well as the drain on power due to peripheral devices. If you don’t have to have a wireless connection, you can shut off AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth® to help extend the battery’s charge.
Connect the MagSafe Power Adaptor once the battery begins to run low. The adaptor works when the MacBook Air is on, in sleep mode, or off. To recharge your MacBook Air as rapidly as possible, however, turn the computer off or input it in sleep mode.
The amber light about the MagSafe Power Adaptor tells you that you simply must charge the battery. The green light shows that charging is complete. The battery icon in the Menu Bar teaches you the battery charge level.
Please note: you cannot improve your MacBook Air battery yourself. Only an Apple authorised dealer can replace it.
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