Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

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Lesson 1Introduction to Mac OS X

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Instructors

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Patrick (“Pat”) Burke burkepm@udel.edu

Jerald (“Jerry”) Hapka ghapka@verizon.net

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Helpful Information Sources

Help Menu on all Mac Software

BooksRobin Williams: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Robin Williams: The Little Mac Book (Snow Leopard Edition)

David Pogue: Mac OS X The Missing Manual (Snow Leopard Edition)

Apple: “Find Out How” ( http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Class Notes

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Mac Computing

Hardware:

iMac, Mac Books

Operating System (Mac OS X) Lessons 1-4

Applications (Apps, Programs) Lessons 5-13

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Academy Mac Resources

18 MacBook Laptops (Intel Core Duo)

1 Intel iMac (Teaching)

Additional Software on all Macsi-Life 09

I-Works 09

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

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Course Outline

1 Mac OS X Course Outline and Basic Intro PB/JH

2 Mac Desktop, Finder and Window PB

3 Organizing Your Stuff: Files, Folders and Icons JH

4 Customizing your Mac: System Preferences JH

5 Web surfing with Safari PB

6 Apple Mail Program PB

7 Mail Features and Address Book PB

8 iPhoto Basics JH

9 iPhoto editing JH

10 Troubleshooting your Mac PB

11 Audio and Video Communications via iChat and Skype PB

12 iTunes JH

13 iTunes and Review JH

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Academy Laptops Log-on

Power up Computer (Accounts page appears)

Select Tues 9:00 Student (Soccer Ball)

Enter Password: OSX (all UPPER case)

Finder opens

Keep same computer each week

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Mac Basics You Should Know

How to Boot up(turn on), do normal and emergency shutdowns

The Mac Desktop: Background, Menu Bar, Windows, Dock

How to find your OS X version, processor speed, Ram memory, serial number, Hard Drive capacity

How to add Applications to the Dock and how to remove them

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Udel Account

Get Temp Udelnet ID and Password

Open Safari and go to: udel.edu/network

Enter temporary name and password in left hand boxes, & Click login

Click Change password: Enter your own pw

Click change your Udelnet id: Enter your own ID

Write Name & PW in YLBB