1. An Introduction: Mac OSX is already outdated. It's newer version, 10.2+ is therefore referred to by its code name, Jaguar, Mac OS X v10.2 is a different kind of operating system. You can view video snippets by Atomic Learning that demonstrate some important features of OSX.         http://www.atomiclearning.com/freemacosx.shtml What you gain with OSX? Your computer will crash less! There are no more extensions and thus no extension conflicts. There is a column view of the desktop that lets you dig into nested folders without opening a number of windows. In the finder you can 0pen view/show view options to adjust the size of the fonts on your screen. The dock allows easy access to your favorite programs and keeps track of what applications and documents you have opened. (It has replaced the control strip) You can customize your computer for different users and their access to programs. Programs are automatically allocated the memory they need so you will not have to raise it when you open a number of documents. What do you lose?  It’s very different and therefore there is more to learn. There is no more scrapbook although you can access sticky notes and paste pictures and text or you can write on them.  Some programs are not yet OSX compatible, in some cases you will need to purchase new software. You need to use file extensions to identify your documents.  wordprocessing = .doc                         picture .gif .jpeg .pict .bmp web page=.html Adobe file=.pdf iMovie-.mov powerpoint=.ppt spreadsheet=.xls database = .dbf

2. The Finder: This is the program that creates the desktop and displays your computer when you are not in any applications. It gives the desktop its look and controls its functions. The first menu you will find when you're in the finder view is the Apple Menu.   A. Under the APPLE   menu The Apple Icon can be seen in all menus and thus always gives you access to your SYSTEM PREFERENCES, SLEEP, RESTART and SHUT DOWN menus. You can also control whether your DOCK is visible, where it is and how it functions from the DOCK menu. Location lets you switch your network preferences for internet access. Force Quit (Apple/Option/Escape) lets you quit an application that has frozen without rebooting your computer. LOG OUT is only significant if you share your computer with other people. You can log out from your programs, preferences and data without others having access.  If you do wish to share some files with your co-workers or family members, place them in the share folder that you will find in your home file.

3.  System Preferences: These house the tools that let you customize your computer and replaces the control panel in older Mac and Windows system software. These tools are grouped by categories and allow you to personalize your computer.  On the top row you can drag icons of the tools you use the most. In the diagram on the left we have the Displays, Sound, Network, and Startup Disk on the top row. The Show All switch in the left hand corner makes all your preferences visible.   Display: You can change your screen's resolution with this tool and if you connect to a projector, may also have to access this tool to enable mirror imaging. Sound: Lets you designate computer sound effects, Input Lets you designate different sound input devices like external microphones, and Output lets you connect to external speakers Network lets you choose an airport, ethernet connection, or modem. It's where you'll find your TCP settings. Startup disk lets you restart your computer in Classic mode (OS9). a. Personal Menu you can customize your desktop's appearance. The first Icon, (1) Desktop lets you select a picture for your desktop. You may use a personal photo or one of many provided with the system. You can even set them up as a slide show so your background keeps changing.   (2) Dock replaces the control strip in OS 9. It provides a convenient access to your favorite applications and shows you files opened and minimized To add a new icon to the DOCK, drag it there. You can Rearrange the DOCK icons also by dragging and dropping to their new location. Remove an icon by dragging it away from the DOCK. Click an icon once to activate it. A tiny triangle will appear underneath programs already opened. Hold your mouse down on an icon, and it will tell you what's inside You can customize the features of your DOCK under the Apple Menu by accessing Dock. You can control its size, effects, and location on your screen.  (3) General: Preferences allow you to control the appearance of your highlight color, the way your scroll bar works, and the number of recent documents and applications that will be saved in your recent items option. (4) International lets you designate the languages used for your application menus and dialogs, the date & time format, numbers, currency & measurements (inches vs. cm) , keyboard layouts and languages. (5) Login items lets you identify application programs that will open as soon as you log onto the computer. (6) My account lets you change your password if you log into your computer (7) Screen effects lets you select a screen saver, determine how to activate it and when it comes on. b. Hardware: These tools let you customize your computer hardware devices. (1) CD's & DVD: Most Mac laptops have readable and writeable CD's, and readable DVD's. Some newer Titanium and Desktop models also have writeable DVD. In this option you can designate what the computer does when a Blank CD is inserted, whether music CD's  automatically opens iTunes, whether pictures on CDs automatically open in iPhoto and if you insert a DVD. whether it will automatically open DVD player. You can watch DVD movies on your computer. They work real well with earplugs in airports and airplanes to pass the time. (2) ColorSync works to maintain color consistency and fidelity throughout the process of bringing in different images from different kinds of devices. Colorwise, it coordinates your digital camera, scanner, and printed image. (3) Displays: You can change your screen's resolution with this tool and if you connect to a projector, may also have to access this tool to enable mirror imaging. (4) Energy Saver lets you customize your energy settings to respond to best performance vs. battery life or DVD playing and controls the view of the battery's status on your desk top. Opening details reveals further controls that determine when your computer goes to sleep and how fast your processor performs. (5) Keyboard lets you select the speed of the key repeat rate and the functions of the F# keys on the top of your keyboard.  (6) Mouse  controls effect tracking speed and double-click speeds and mouse pad tracking features. (7) Sound: Lets you designate computer sound effects, Input Lets you designate different sound input devices like external microphones, and Output lets you connect to external speakers c. Internet and Network (1) Internet has four tabs: For .Mac and iDisk access you need to register with Apple.com and for a fee you get storage space and access to some online tools. E-mail can designate a default e-mail reader. Once designated you can respond to messages and links directly on your browser with your designated e-mail programing. The Web tab lets you designate a default browser. (2) Network  lets you choose an airport, ethernet connection, or modem. It's where you'll find your TCP settings. (3) Quicktime controls and preferences can be set here. It will allow for a more smooth viewing of streaming audio and video files. (4) Sharing lets you share some or all of your files and applications with others that are on a network. You can designate your Public  folder for  personal file sharing and only items in that folder will be available to others on the network with you. You can even set up printer sharing, allowing other computers on the network to access a computer you are connected to. d. System Files (1) Accounts This is a master list of the people allowed to log into your Mac and you can modify their passwords, startup pictures and permissions. (2) Classic lets you open your OS9 desktop and applications. You can also restart your computer in OS9 at this location. (3) Date & Time Lets you set your computer's clock and date, set the time zone and decide how you clock will appear on your screen's upper right hand corner. (4) Software Update Whenever Apple improves or updates one of their software pieces, software update and notify you, connect, and automatically download new updates. (5) Speech Mac OSx has new speech abilities both in  synthesizing text and reading it aloud and taking verbal commands from your voice.  You need special software for it to type your commands but you can train it to recognize some basic verbal commands like Close this window, Open a document and Make new item. (6) Startup Disk  lets you restart your computer in Classic mode (OS9). (7) Universal Access This is designed for people that type with one hand, find it difficult using a mouse,  or have trouble seeing or hearing.

4.  The DOCK: You can turn on the magnification feature, location of the dock, and size of the dock in this feature. You can also automatically hide and reappear your dock.

5.  Location offers a quick way to connect to different networks by letting your computer know where you are.

6. THE Finder Menu     Finder Menu                          Preferences                                                                                 Items in the menu bar have been re-arranged.  There is now more logic to them but finding some functions like find is now under the file menu, and  the Finder menu has preferences that let you select   Desktop options and has has services that create new Sticky Notes or turn on speech functions.

7. File Menu   The file menu when in the finder, Provides a number of functions.  You can create a new Finder Window or new folder, you can designate which program to use when opening a file or close a window. Other functions include: A. Get info: Select the file or application you wish to unlock or learn more about. You can designate the application to open a file, see its extension, or lock it if you want to make sure it is not easily trashed. Conversely, you can unlock a locked file here that then allows you to trash the file. You can also see the size of a file You can also duplicate files here, create an alias (a file path that leads directly to the application from perhaps the desktop or dock, or Add a program to your personal favorites file. B. This is also the spot to eject a CD and Burn your own CD disk. To Burn a  CD, place all the files you want in a folder. Put a blank CD into your CD slot. For text and video data, drag the data onto the CD that you will see on your desktop.         After your data has been dragged onto the disk, either select Burn CD from the file menu or drag your CD to the trash. To burn a music video, Open  iTunes, a free add-on on Mac machines. To eject a CD once it has been burned, you can drag it to the trash that will turn into an eject button or highlight the CD and Go to the file/eject menu.   (C)   Find is a very useful tool to locate files and on your drive or other connected media. In MAC OSX, find is used for local files, Sherlock to search the internet. You can designate whether to search your home files, CD, disk or any other local media.     You can Add criteria to your search to narrow your search. These include the date created, date modified, kind and size of file. Once your file has been located, you can click on it directly from the find window to open it or see the file/path identified at the bottom of the find screen.

8. Edit   The Edit menu lets you undo your most recent change, select items on your desktop, copy and paste and shows you what you have last saved into your clipboard

9. View                                       The View menu lets you see your desktop and hard drive files as icons, lists, or the newest mac view, columns. Lists have the advantage of being alphabetized so its sometimes the easiest way to find your files and applications.   The cleanup command will rearrange your icons in an ordered way and Arrange will let you arrange things by title, date, size and  kind of file. Customize Tool Bar Lets you insert icons on your personal tool bar . In the example below, I've added the old file path icon next to the columnar structure view on the top bar so I can now see files in both forms.   Show View Options lets you zoom in and out to control the size of your icons. It also lets you define your default text size that you see on your desktop, where folder labels are in relation to their documents and some other features that control the folders and documents on your desktop

10. GO another new feature for the finder menu bar is the GO option.  Home is your specialized place on the computer. Others using your computer, would not have access to these files unless you share them. Instead of clicking on your hard drive to find your files, just GO HOME. You can customize what icons you have available to you in the  View/Customized tool bar menu. Here you can connect other computers (Connect to Server), open up your personal Home files, applications, your favorites or go to a folder recently visited. iDisk is an online subscription for Apple Users. It is not free but supplies personal web space for storing files, publishing, etc. You can use your ZOO account to store files and develop a web page. Your Home folder gives you easy access to your personal data and customizations. You can store your photos, music, documents, and movies here. When transferring your files from your other computer, or saving from a disk or other media you will want to store these files in your home.  Your Public Folder allows you to place the files in it for you to share with others. You will also find Sherlock here. Sherlock is Apple's tool that searches the web. Connect to Server: This tool replaces the CHOOSER and lets you select another server. First all the networks you are on will appear in the top dialogue box, next, your zones will appear in the  left column with all the networked servers in that zone . Select the computer's name and if it is not password protected, it will appear on your hardrive.  Information about sharing files are discussed  below.

11. To Print In Mac OSX, you choose your printer when you are in the application's menu. To set up your computer so that when you select the print option your printer appears, you must start with the Print Center. This is located in the applications/utility folder on your hard drive.

12. Working with Windows Windows A. Buttons There are three new buttons in the upper left hand corner of each window.  The Red one (left) closes the window and if you do not save, your changes will be lost.  The Orange one (middle) will minimize the window and put it on your dock, to the right  or below your application icons.  The Green one (right), opens the window to its largest size or maximizes it.                                                                                               If you have a number of windows open, the active one will have its buttons lit and the title bar will be lighter. Although you can work on many applications at one time, you can only have one active window at a time.  B. Title bar In Mac OSX, you can only move a window by its title bar, the strip across the top of the window. Dragging on a corner will no longer move it. Clicking on a window will activate it and bring it forward on your screen. The Apple W key stroke will also close your active window. C. Scroll Bars Scrolls bars appear when the contents of a page needs more room than a window can reveal.  You can move your scroll bar by clicking on the arrow at each end or dragging the slider to the position on the scroll bar you wish to see. D. Resizing Windows Dragging the bottom right hand corner of the window lets you adjust the size of the window.

13.  The Calculator:   Mac system software has always included a calculator. It is located in the OSX applications folder. You might want to drag this to your dock if you find yourself using it frequently.

I4. Sharing Files A. in OSX on a local network: If you would like to share some of your files with others on your network, you can copy or move the files you wish to share to your home/public folder. Make sure you are connected to the internet through ethernet or an airport.  Then go to your system preferences/sharing file and click on personal file sharing and click the start button.  To access your public folder on another machine,  Go/Connect to server. Find the zone the server is located in (Waterman South1/Waterman South 2/Waterman North1). All the computers that are sharing files and folders will be listed in that zone. Highlight the computer's "rendezvous" name and sign in as a guest.  If you sign in as a registered user (with your login and password), you -or they can access your entire machine. To copy files, just hold your option key down and drag them to your desktop.   There is also a drop box that others can access as a guest when you set up personal file sharing. Staff, other faculty and students can drop in documents without taking anything out of this folder. In setting up your new Mac, you may wish to copy files from your desktop machine to your new laptop. If it is a Mac, regardless of the system, you can set it up for file sharing and then access any of your data files that you wish top copy onto to your new machine. B.  To set up file sharing in System OS9 Go to the Control Panel under the . In control panel access file sharing  (/Control Panel/File Sharing). You will have to fill in owner's name and password. Remember these for you will need them to logon to that computer. The name you give it is the name that will show up on the network. Click File Sharing ON. When it has started up, you will be able to access it on your laptop under go/connect to server.

15. Starting your computer in System 9. (CLASSIC). Double -click on a system 9 application or Open system preferences/System/Classic or Open system preferences/Startup/Mac 9 folder or icon and then click restart. If you want to keep your Mac in Classic Mode, Click on the Lock key that appears.     Starting your computer in System 10: OSX is the default operating system and so this is the one with which it will initially start. Hold the X key down when starting up Open System Preferences/Startup/Mac 10.2 folder or icon, then click restart

16. Screen Shots: You can take a picture of your screen at just about anytime on a Mac. You can also take numerous screen shots and process them all at the same time. To get an exact picture of your screen press the following keys in the following order, holding them all down.  /Shift/3. To get a cursor that lets you crop your screen shot, press  /Shift/4. These screen shots will appear on your desktop and can be brought into a graphics program like Photoshop Elements for editing.