Apple iBook User Manual

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Once you’ve set up your iBook and followed the onscreen guide to connect to the

Internet, what’s next? In this booklet you’ll find more information to help you get the most out of your iBook:

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Features

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Basics

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Internet and email

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Desktop video

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Productivity

20Learning more

and solving problems

24 Installing memory and an AirPort Card

28 Ergonomics and safety

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WhatcanmyiBookdo?

Your computer has these built-in features:

Optional AirPort wireless Internet and networking

Using the optional AirPort Card, you can connect to the Internet, use email, share files, play network games, and more—all without any wires to hold you down.

Volume and brightness controls

Adjust sound volume and screen brightness directly using your keyboard.

Integrated handle

Fold out this handle when you want to take your computer with you.

Programmable function keys

Set the keyboard function keys to open your Web browser, email application, or other favorite application or document automatically.

Battery charging indicator

When the power adapter is plugged in, the light glows amber while the battery is charging and green when it is fully charged.

CD or DVD drive

Install software, use applications, and listen to music CDs. If your iBook has a DVD drive, you can also play DVD videos. To open the drive (when no disc is inserted), press the small button on the side of the iBook.

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Modem

Connect to the Internet, browse the World Wide Web, and send and receive electronic mail.

Ethernet

Share files with another computer or access a computer network.

USB

Connect printers, Zip and other disk drives, digital cameras, joysticks, and more.

FireWire

Connect a digital video camera and use it to create your own desktop movies.

You can also connect FireWire hard disks, printers, and more.

Sleep indicator light

Pulsating light indicates that the computer is in sleep.

® Power button

Turn your computer on, put it to sleep, or shut it down.

Audio/video port

Connect headphones or external speakers. Mirror your iBook display on a TV or video projector using the AV cable provided.

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Whatarethebasics?

The Macintosh desktop is your starting place.

Apple menu

Use this to select often-used applications and tools. To see the menu, click the apple ( ) in the menu bar.

Control Strip

Use this for convenient access to

often-used settings.

Remote Access

Use this Control Strip button to connect to and disconnect from the Internet.

Application menu

Click here to switch between open applications.

Disc

This appears when a CD or DVD is in the disc drive. Double-click the icon to see what’s on the disc. Drag the disc’s icon to the Trash to eject it.

Trash

Drag items here to

delete them. Items remain here until you choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.

.For a quick tutorial on mouse and desktop skills, choose Mac Tutorials from the Help menu.

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Window close box

Click this to close a window.

Folder

Folders help organize your files and applications.

Double-click a folder to open it.

Application

Applications are software programs (such as a game or word processor) that you use with your computer. Double-click an application’s icon to open the application.

Hard disk

All of your files and applications are kept here. Double-click the icon to open it.

Document

Documents are files that you create with an application (such as a letter you create with your word processor). Double-click the icon to open the file in the application used to create it.

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HowdoIfindsomethingontheInternet?

If you know the Internet address, you can go there directly.

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1Double-click “Browse the Internet”

to open your Web browser.

Type the Internet address and press Return on your keyboard.

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Or you can search the Internet with Sherlock 2.

2Type what you want to find and click the Search button (). Then

double-click an item in the list of sites.

.Click the other buttons to find people, read the news, shop, and more.

1Choose Search Internet

from the File menu.

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HowcanIgetstartedontheWorldWideWeb?

These Apple Web sites will help you get the most out of your computer.

www.apple.com/guide

 

For great hardware and software

 

products for your Mac, check this

 

 

Web site or look for the Mac symbol.

www.apple.com/store

 

Purchase the latest Apple hardware,

 

software, and accessories.

www.apple.com/support

Product support, software updates, and technical information

.From these Web sites you can quickly link to other Apple Web sites around

the world.

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Apple iBook User Manual

 

 

 

 

www.apple.com/ireview

 

 

www.apple.com/hotnews

Reviews of hundreds of Web sites: movies,

 

 

The latest Apple news and events, software

finance, shopping, sports, and more

 

 

updates for your Mac, and QuickTime hot picks

 

www.apple.com/icards

 

 

Send customized electronic postcards

 

to your friends and family.

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WhatcanIdowithiTools?

iTools is a new class of Internet services created for Mac users.

Email

Get your own Mac.com email address. It’s easy and works with your favorite email programs.

KidSafe

iDisk

Your own 20 MB of storage on Apple’s Internet server. Share photos, movies, and other files over the Internet. Create personalized iCards using photos on your iDisk.

HomePage

Make the Internet a safer place

Build a personal Web site in

for your kids. KidSafe gives them

three easy steps. Create a photo

access to more than 75,000

album, publish an iMovie, post your

educator-approved Web sites,

resumé, and more. Now anyone can

and blocks the rest.

view your page on the Internet.

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