User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Congratulations, you and your MacBookPro were made for each other.
- Contents
- 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
- What’s in the Box
- Setting Up Your MacBookPro
- Step1: Plug In the 85W MagSafe Power Adapter to provide power to the MacBookPro and charge th...
- Step2: Connect to a wireless or wired network.
- Step3: Press the power (®) button briefly to turn on your MacBookPro.
- Step4: Configure your MacBookPro with Setup Assistant.
- Migrating Information to Your MacBookPro
- Step5: Customize the MacOSX desktop and set preferences.
- Putting Your MacBookPro to Sleep or Shutting It Down
- 2 Life with Your MacBookPro
- 3 Boost Your MacBookPro
- 4 Problem, Meet Solution
- Problems That Prevent You from Using Your MacBookPro
- 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 MacBookPro
- Learning More, Service, and Support
- Locating Your Product Serial Number
- 5 Last, but Not Least
- Regulatory Compliance Information
- Index
16 Chapter 1
Ready, Set Up, Go
You can quickly customize the desktop using System Preferences. Choose Apple (
) >
System Preferences from the menu bar or click the System Preferences icon in the
Dock. System Preferences is your command center for most settings on your
MacBook Pro. For more information, open Mac Help and search for “System
Preferences” or for the specific preference you want to change.
Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down
When you finish working with your MacBook Pro, you can put it to sleep or shut
it down.
Putting Your MacBook Pro to Sleep
If you’ll be away from your MacBook Pro 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 Pro 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 moving
your MacBook Pro. Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the
hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk.