Hello.
Welcome to your new Mac mini. Let us show you around. This guide shows you what’s on your Mac, helps you set it up, and gets you up and running with tips for the apps you’ll use every day.
Gigabit Ethernet Connect to the Internet or a local network USB 3 Charge devices, connect external storage, and more SDXC Transfer photos from your camera’s memory card Power button Audio in Built-in power supply HDMI Connect to your HDTV Thunderbolt 2 Connect external displays and highperformance devices Headphone Plug in headphones or external speakers To learn more about ports and connectors, go to support.apple.com/kb/HT2494.
AC power cord
Let’s get started Press the power button to start up your Mac mini, and Setup Assistant guides you through a few simple steps to get you up and running. It walks you through connecting to your Wi-Fi network and creating a user account. And it can even transfer your documents, email, photos, music, and movies to your new Mac from another Mac or PC. Sign in with your Apple ID in Setup Assistant.
Get to know your desktop The desktop is where you can find everything and do anything on your Mac. The Dock at the bottom of the screen is a place to keep the apps you use most. It’s also where you can open System Preferences, which lets you customize your desktop and other settings. Click the Finder icon to get to all your files and folders. The menu bar at the top has useful information about your Mac. To check the status of your wireless Internet connection, click the Wi-Fi icon.
Find the app you want Your Mac comes with great apps you can use to make the most of your photos, create documents, browse the web, and more. Use Launchpad to easily find all the apps on your Mac. Arrange apps any way you want and even group them in folders. Find new apps on the Mac App Store. When you download an app you like, it appears in Launchpad. The Mac App Store lets you know when app and OS X updates are available, and can update them automatically.
Be up to date across all your devices iCloud lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents, and more from your Mac, iOS devices, and even your PC. It keeps everything up to date automatically. Create a Pages document, take a photo, or buy a song with one device, and it’s instantly available on all the others. With iCloud Drive, you can store your files in iCloud and organize them any way you like.
Use your Mac and iOS devices together When you sign in to iCloud on your Mac and iOS devices* they recognize when they’re near each other, enabling amazing features. You can make and receive iPhone calls on your Mac, using your Mac as a speakerphone. SMS messages sent to your iPhone appear in Messages on your Mac, so you can keep track of all your conversations. With Instant Hotspot, your Mac can automatically use the personal hotspot on your iPhone.
Safari Safari is the best way to surf the web on your Mac. Just click in the Smart Search field and see icons for your favorite websites, or type a search term or web address—Safari knows the difference and will send you to the right place. You can save pages Sidebar Your bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared Links appear in the Sidebar. to your Reading List to read later, and check out Shared Links for pages posted by people you follow on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Mail Mail lets you manage all your email accounts from a single, ad-free inbox. It works with popular email services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail. With Mail Drop, large attachments are automatically One-stop email View all your accounts in Mail. uploaded to iCloud. And Markup lets you fill out and sign forms or annotate a PDF. The first time you open Mail, Setup Assistant helps you get started. Conversation view See all the email messages from a conversation thread.
Calendar Keep track of your busy schedule with Calendar. You can create separate calendars—one for home, another for school, and a third for work. See all your calendars in a single window, or choose to see just the ones you want. Create and send invitations to events, then see Add an event Double-click in a calendar to create a new event. who has responded. Add a location to an event, and Calendar will include a map, calculate travel time, and even display the weather forecast.
Maps Explore new destinations and get directions on your Mac with Maps. View locations using standard or satellite imagery, or use Flyover to soar through select cities in photorealistic 3D. You can look up information for local points of interest like restaurants and hotels, Directions Maps provides detailed directions, including traffic information. and Maps shows you phone numbers, photos, and even Yelp reviews.
Spotlight Spotlight is an easy way to find anything on your Mac—documents, contacts, apps, messages, and more. No matter what you’re doing on your Mac, you can access Spotlight through its menu icon or by using the Command-Space keyboard Results See Spotlight results on the left and scroll through them. *Not all features are available in all areas. shortcut. Just start typing, and Spotlight shows you rich previews of your results.
iTunes iTunes makes it easy to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, and more on your Mac. iTunes includes the iTunes Store, where Your library View your music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more. you can find classics or new favorites. It also includes iTunes Radio, a great way to discover music. iTunes Radio Enjoy free streaming radio tailored from top music in the iTunes Store. iTunes Store Discover and buy new music, movies, and more.
iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand give you amazing ways to create and share your photos, movies, and music. iPhoto helps you organize your library by Faces, Places, and Events, and create gorgeous photo books, cards, Events Simply move your cursor to quickly skim through the photos in any Event. iPhoto and calendars. iMovie lets you turn your home videos into beautiful movies and epic Hollywood-style trailers.
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote Create stunning documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your Mac. Beautiful templates give you a great head start—simply add your own words and photos. And customizing everything is a snap Add graphics and more Create media-rich documents with images, movies, charts, and more. Pages with the context-sensitive Format Panel. You can even open and edit Microsoft Office files.
An important note Please read this document and the safety information in the Important Product Information Guide carefully before you first use your computer. Learn more You can find more information, watch demos, and learn even more about Mac mini features at www.apple.com/mac-mini. Help You can often find answers to your questions, as well as instructions and troubleshooting information, in Mac Help. Click the Finder icon, click Help in the menu bar, and choose Mac Help.
