Welcome to Mac OS X

A gentle introducton to theMac OS X Operatve System

By Tiago Carvalhotago.carvalho@gmail.com

Technical University of Lodz 2008

Mac OS XManual

Made on a Mac

Mac OS X :03A frst Look :04

Finder :05Spotlight :07

Dashboard :08Exposé :09Spaces :10

Built-In Applicatons :11Installing/Removing Applicatons :12

PDF Exportaton :13Easy Burning :14

System Preferences :15Powerful Networking :16

Network Utlity :17Sharing :18

Keyboard Shortcuts :19Tasks :20

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Mac OS X is a Unix-based operatng system, built on technology developed at NeXT between the second half of the 1980s and Apple's purchase of the company in early 1996. It received UNIX 03 certfcaton following its 10.5 version on Intel processors – Mac OS X “Leopard”.

It is the most technologically advanced operatng system Apple has ever released. While there's a lot of powerful stuf going on under the hood, Leopard makes it easy for you to work, play, and get entertainment on your Mac.

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A First LookFrom the menu to the Dock, Leopard introduces a great new look and Stacks — a brand-new way to stay organized.

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A First Look

StacksStacks provide a convenient way to get to your documents. Folders already in the Dock become stacks automatcally. To create a stack, drag a folder of documents to the Dock.The Dock

The dock is a convenient way to keep shortcuts to your favorite applicatons. The symbols in the dock are simply shortcuts to the real applicatons. Adding or removing items from the dock will not delete the actual fle, only the shortcut to the fle. To add an applicaton to the dock, just drag its symbol into the dock. To remove an item, just drag and drop it onto the desktop or trash bin.

Cover FlowCover Flow lets you see your movies, presentatons, PDF fles, and more in large-size previews as you fip through them.

MenusAt the top of the screen you will see some menus. These menus change depending on what applicaton you are using at the moment. It holds most applicaton commands and also keyboard shortcuts can be found here. The Apple icon, is common in all menubars, so its easy to check Computer Informaton and System Propertes at any tme.

SidebarThe Finder sidebar makes it easy to get to folders on your computer, shared computers on your network, and your saved searches. The folders, applicatons or fles you access most, can be added to the "Places" tab and they will be visible on every Finder window.

Menu extrasOn the top lef corner of the screen you can see a few symbols, these litle icons are used to quickly edit your Mac's setngs (Networking connectons, Bluetooth devices, Volume control, etc), and access some applicatons.

Media devicesMac OS X makes it easy to access the media devices connected to your computer by conveniently putng their icons in the Desktop. Mountng an external drive is automatc, and to unmount a drive simply right click and then click eject

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Finder

Info WindowDisplays a full set of informaton about the selected fle or folder.

Finder is the GUI (Graphical User Interface) applicaton program responsible for the overall user-management of fles, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applicatons.

Viewing OptonsProvides 4 diferent view types of fles and folders: Icon View, List View, Column View and Cover Flow.

Quick LookShow previews of movies, PDF fles, presentatons, spreadsheets, and more without opening an applicaton.

Eject ButonAllows to eject an inserted disk or unmount an external hard drive.

Quick BrowsingThese are clickable butons that provide a quick navigaton through the entre directory path. To move a fle, you can simply drag and drop it to a parent directory.

Window ButonsThese “trafc-lights” butons are for closing, minimizing and resizing the window to the best ft on the screen.

Color labelsYou can set diferent color labels for each fle/folder according to their relevance to you.

Network PlacesEasily access all network places in this updated network list.

Finder uses the desktop metaphor - that is, the fles and folders are represented as appropriate icons, volumes are displayed on the desktop, and there is a trash can to which fles can be dragged to mark them for deleton. 6

Integrated SpotlightSearching the current folder for a fle, or searching the entre hard drive is as simple as writng here.

Spotlight

Spotlight is a great built-in search functon. It creates a virtual index of all items and fles on the system, it is a selecton-based search system designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applicatons, System Preferences, as well as specifc words in documents and in web pages in a web browser's history or bookmarks.

With Leopard, Spotlight is able to search networked Macs running Leopard (both client and server versions) that have fle sharing enabled.

How do I use it?Click on the upper right magnifying glass or simply press: ⌘ + <space>

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DashboardWhat is the dashboard?Dashboard is an applicaton used for hostng mini-applicatons known as widgets. When Dashboard is actvated, the user's desktop is dimmed and widgets appear in the foreground.

What are Widgets?Widgets are small applicatons used to perform smaller tasks or show data. They are programmed the same way as websites (with HTML, CSS and JS).

What type of Widgets exist?All kinds of it. Imaginaton is the limit actually! Find them for free at the Apple website.

How do I use it?Simply click the dashboard icon on the Dock, or press the dashboard buton on the keyboard:

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ExposéWhat is Exposé?Exposé allows a user to quickly locate an open window, or to hide all windows and show the desktop without the need to click through many windows to fnd a specifc target.

How do I use it?With the Apple Mighty Mouse you just need to squeeze the mouse in order to run Exposé:

Other way of launching it is by pressing the Exposé buton on the keyboard:

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SpacesWhat are Spaces?Spaces enables users to set up virtual desktops suited to partcular needs of the user. One could for example create a "space" primarily assigned to ofce work and then switch to a diferent one focused on web surfng. Up to 16 spaces can be created, and applicatons can be bound to specifc spaces.

How do I use it?You can confgure diferent ways to access Spaces. For example, you can set up your Mac to show spaces when you point your mouse to a certain screen corner.

Other way of accessing the Spaces feature is by enabling the “Show spaces in menubar” at the System Preferences:

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Built-in ApplicatonsTogether with every new Mac is a whole set of programs that aim to work, and to have fun. Here are just some of the applicatons built-in on every Mac:

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Applicatons

Applicaton ListThe installed applicatons can be found on the Applicatons folder. To open it hit “Go”, followed by “Applicatons” on the Finder’s Menubar, or press ⌘++A on the keyboard:

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Installing and Removing ApplicatonsMost downloaded sofware come as a .dmg image (1) that self-mounts on Desktop (2). Then all you need to do is drag and drop the applicaton to the applicatons folder (3):

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To remove an Applicaton, drag and drop it to the Trash can:

PDF exportaton made easyIn Mac OS X, every printable document (Photos, Texts, Web Pages, etc) can be easily exported to PDF by selectng clicking “Print…” (1) and selectng “Save as PDF” on the printng window (2):

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Easy BurningBurning a CD or DVD couldn’t be easier. Just insert a blank media, create a Burn Folder (1), drag into it the fles you want to burn (2) and then click Burn (3).

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System Preferences

Launching System PreferencesEither click the icon on the Dock or click the “” menu on the upper lef corner and choose “System Preferences…”

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This is the place where you can set up the Mac OS X.

Quick FindThanks to the Finder’s integrated spotlight it is easy to fnd where are the confguratons we want to access.

Extra ConfguratonsWhen you install certain applicatons that have special confguratons, they are included here.

Powerful NetworkingMac OS X ofers a rich set of networking APIs that provides advanced features while maintaining compatbility with open standards. It supports the dominant media types, protocols, and services in the industry as well as new and innovatve services from Apple.So basically, Mac OS X can connect to any type of network (Ethernet, Wireless, Bluetooth, VPN, etc), share internet and fles with just a few clicks.

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Connect to a Wireless NetworkJust click on the wireless icon on the menubar and select the Network to connect to:

Confgure Network Setngsand InterfacesOn the System Preferences, click on Network:

Network UtlityNetwork Utlity is an applicaton included with Mac OS X that provides a variety of computer network informaton, such as: Network interfaces, Netstat, AppleTalk, Ping, Lookup, Traceroute, Whois, Finger and Port Scan.

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Launching Network UtlityIt’s located on the System Preferences. But of course you can call it through Spotlight:

SharingSharing optons are also located on the System Preferences, and the GUI is very intuitve. With this tool you can set up sharing for internet, folders, printers and other resources. Here you can also set up Remote Management.

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Keyboard ShortcutsThe fastest way to work on Mac OS X is by using keyboard shortcuts. They are very intuitve and most of them are common in all applicatons.

Modifer Keysand Keyboard Icons

⌘ This is the Apple or Command key icon. ⌥ This is the Alt or Opton key icon. Most keyboard shortcuts reference it as Opton instead of Alt though.

⌃ This is the Control key icon. This key is used widely on PC and Mac, so most people should know the key.

Shif key icon.

⌫ This symbol represents backspace.

↵ This symbol represents Return Key (Enter).

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TasksAfer you explore Mac OS X for a litle bit try to accomplish the following tasks. All solutons are provided on the following page. Some tps were already provided. Good luck!

GeneralTask #1 Check the Mac OS X version you are running in “About this Mac” and export a list of all the informaton about your OS, Installed Sofware and Hardware Devices.

ApplicatonsTask #2 Open iCal, add an event to a future date on the “Home” calendar. Also set up that event so that iCal send’s you an email message 3 days before.

Task #3 Download and image from the web and using Preview rotate it 90º clockwise and save it.

System PreferencesTask #4 Set up your botom screen corners to react when you mouse hover. Lef corner should show the Desktop, and right corner should bring up Spaces.

Task #5 Turn on the File Sharing service and add a folder with Read-Only permission for everybody on the Network.

Network RelatedTask #6 Check all Hardware Addresses (MAC Addresses) from your Network Interfaces.

Task #7 Do a full Port Scan on your local address to check which ports you have open (Your local address is always localhost or 127.0.0.1).

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Task SolutonsTask #1 Check the Mac OS X version you are running in “About this Mac” and export a list of all the informaton about your OS, Installed Sofware and Hardware Devices.

Go to the upper lef corner Apple menu item and click “About This Mac” (1). It will open the About window (2). Press “More Info” to bring up the System Profler. In order to export the full list of your computer Hardware/Sofware specifcatons go to “File” and hit “Save As…” (3).

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Task SolutonsTask #2 Open iCal, add an event to a future date on the “Home” calendar. Also set up that event so that iCal send’s you an email message 3 days before.

Choose a date and Right-Click on it. Press “New Event” (1), write the Event Title, Right-Click on the new event and select “Get Info” (2) . Now choose the “Send email to <…> 3 days before” alarm opton (3).

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Task SolutonsTask #3 Download and image from the web and using Preview rotate it 90º clockwise and save it.

Double click on the image to open it with Preview. Go to “Tools” and click on “Rotate Right” (1). Now go to “File”/”Save” to save the rotated image (2).

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Task SolutonsTask #4 Set up your botom screen corners to react when you mouse hover. Lef corner should show the Desktop, and right corner should bring up Spaces.

Open the System Preferences, click on “Exposé & Spaces” on the “Personal” secton. And confgure the “Actve Screen Corners” as follows:

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Task SolutonsTask #5 Turn on the File Sharing service and add a folder with Read-Only permission for everybody on the Network.

Click “Sharing” icon on System Preferences, check “File Sharing” (1) and click on the plus icon (“+”) under the “Sharing Folders” list (2) to add another Sharing Folder. By default, network users will have Read-Only access on the “Users” List (3).

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Task SolutonsTask #6 Check all Hardware Addresses (MAC Addresses) from your Network Interfaces.

Launch the Network Utlity (with Spotlight for example). In the “Info” Tab you can see Network Informaton. The MAC Address is the frst “Interface Informaton” (1). To switch the Interface just select the one you want in the list (2).

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Task SolutonsTask #7 Do a full Port Scan on your local address to check which ports you have open (Your local address is always localhost or 127.0.0.1).

In “Network Utlity”, select the “Port Scan” tab (1) and write ‘localhost’ or ‘127.0.0.1’ on the IP address input (2). Now click “Scan” (3) and wait for the results to see which ports you have currently open (4).

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A Mac OS X ManualBy Tiago Carvalho

tago.carvalho@gmail.com

Technical University of Lodz 2008

Once a MacYou’ll Never Go Back

Made on a Mac