User manual
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Getting Started
- Getting to Know Your MacBook Pro
- Adjusting Your Display
- Using Your Power Adapter
- Using the Trackpad
- Using the Keyboard
- Using a Mouse
- Using the Apple Remote and Front Row
- Using the Built-in iSight Camera
- Learning About Mac OS X
- Customizing Your Desktop and Setting Your Preferences
- Using Applications
- When an Application Doesn’t Respond
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Connecting to a Printer
- Playing a CD and Connecting Headphones
- Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device
- Transferring Files to or from Another Computer
- Using Your MacBook Pro
- Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices
- Connecting with FireWire
- Using ExpressCards
- How AirPort Provides Wireless Internet Access
- Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology
- Connecting with Ethernet
- Using External Video Support
- Connecting Speakers and Other Audio Devices
- Using Your SuperDrive
- Understanding Sudden Motion Sensor
- Using Your Battery
- Securing Your MacBook Pro
- Adding Memory to Your MacBook Pro
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
- Safety, Use, and Care Information
- Connecting to the Internet
- Top Ten Questions
- Communications Regulation Information
- Index
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100 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
Installing Xcode Tools
To install just the Xcode Tools, which are intended for software developers to use,
follow these steps:
1 Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 that came with your computer.
2 Double-click Xcode Tools.
3 Double-click XcodeTools.mpkg.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions.
Locating Your Product Serial Number
Use one of these methods to find your computer’s serial number:
 Choose Apple () > About This Mac and then click on the version number beneath
the words “Mac OS X.” Clicking cycles between the Mac OS X version number, the
build version, and the serial number.
 Open System Profiler (in /Applications/Utilities/) and click Hardware. You can also
open System Profiler by clicking the More Info button in the About This Mac dialog.
 Remove the battery and view the serial number for your MacBook Pro in the battery
bay. For information about removing the battery, see “Removing the Battery” on
page 82.