Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- Congratulations, you and your MacBook were made for each other.
- Contents
- 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
- 2 Life with Your MacBook
- 3 Boost Your Memory
- 4 Problem, Meet Solution
- Problems That Prevent You from Using Your MacBook
- Using Apple Hardware Test
- Problems with Your Internet Connection
- Problems with AirPort Extreme Wireless Communication
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook
- Learning More, Service, and Support
- Locating Your Product Serial Number
- 5 Last, but Not Least
- Regulatory Compliance Information
- Looking for Something?
Chapter 1
Ready, Set Up, Go
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You can quickly make the desktop look the way you want using System Preferences.
Choose Apple (
) > System Preferences from the menu bar. As you get to know your
computer, explore System Preferences, your command center for most settings on your
MacBook. For more information, open Mac Help and search for “System Preferences” or
for the specific preference you want to change.
Putting Your MacBook to Sleep or Shutting It Down
When you finish working with your MacBook, you can put it to sleep or shut it down.
Putting Your MacBook to Sleep
If you’ll be away from your MacBook for only a short time, put it to sleep. When the
computer is in sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup process.
To put your MacBook to sleep, do one of the following:
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Close the display.
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Choose Apple (
) > Sleep from the menu bar.
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Press the power (®
) button and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.
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Choose Apple (
) > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.
NOTICE:
Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating
that the computer is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before you
move your MacBook. Moving your computer while the hard disk is spinning can
damage it, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.