User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Ready, Set Up, Go
- Life with Your Mac Pro
- Making a Good Thing Better
- Problem, Meet Solution
- An Ounce of Prevention
- Problems with Your Mac Pro
- Problems with Software
- Repairing, Restoring, or Reinstalling Mac OS X Software
- Checking for a Hardware Problem
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Problems with Wi-Fi Communication
- Problems with Your Display
- Problems with Your Internet Connection
- Replacing the Apple Magic Mouse Batteries
- Maximizing Ethernet Performance
- Learning More, Service, and Support
- Locating Your Serial Number
- What’s Under the Hood
- Last, but Not Least
- Looking for Something?
92 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
Keeping Your Software Up to Date
YoucanconnecttotheInternetandautomaticallydownloadandinstallthelatestfree
softwareversions,drivers,andotherenhancementsfromApple.
WhenyouareconnectedtotheInternet,SoftwareUpdatecheckstoseeifanyupdates
areavailableforyourcomputer.YoucansetyourMacProtocheckforupdates
periodically,andthenyoucandownloadandinstallupdatedsoftware.
To check for updated software:
1 ChooseApple()>SoftwareUpdate.
2 Followtheonscreeninstructions.
 Formoreinformation,searchfor“SoftwareUpdate”inHelpCenter.
 ForthelatestinformationaboutMacOSX,gototheMacOSXwebsiteat
www.apple.com/macosx.
Problems with Wi-Fi Communication
IfyouhaveaproblemusingWi-Ficommunication:
 Makesureyouhaveproperlyconguredthesoftwareaccordingtotheinstructions
thatcamewithyourbasestation.
 Makesurethecomputerornetworkyouaretryingtoconnecttoisrunningandhasa
wirelessaccesspoint.
 MakesureyourMacProiswithinantennarangeoftheothercomputerorthe
networkaccesspoint.Nearbyelectronicdevicesormetalstructurescaninterfere
withwirelesscommunicationandreducethisrange.Repositioningorrotatingthe
computermayimprovereception.