Hello.
Quick Start Guide
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.
Power
button
Built-in
power supply
Gigabit Ethernet
Connect to the
Internet or a
local network
FireWire 800
Connect external
hard drives
and more
HDMI
Connect to
your HDTV
USB 3
Charge devices,
connect external
storage, and more
Thunderbolt
Connect external
displays and highperformance devices
SDXC
Transfer photos
from your camera’s
memory card
Audio in
Headphone
Plug in headphones
or external speakers
To learn more ab out ports and co nnectors, go to suppor t.apple.com/kb/HT2494.
HDMI to DVI
adapter
AC power
cord
Removable panel
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 quickly.
It walks you through connecting to your Wi-Fi network and creating a user
account for your Mac. And it can even transfer your documents, email,
photos, music, and movies to your new Mac from another Mac or PC.
You can sign in with your Apple ID in Setup Assistant. This automatically
sets up your account in the Mac App Store and the iTunes Store, and in
apps like Messages and FaceTime, so they’re ready the rst time you open
them. It also sets up iCloud, so apps such as Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and
Safari have all your latest information waiting for you. If you don’t have an
Apple ID, you can create one in Setup Assistant.
To learn more ab out transferr ing les to your new Mac , go to support.apple.com/kb/HT4889.
Get to know your desktop
The desktop is where you can nd everything and do anything on your Mac.
The Dock at the bottom of the screen is a handy 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 on your Mac. Click the Finder
icon to quickly get to all your les and folders.
The menu bar at the top has lots of useful information about your Mac.
To check the status of your wireless Internet connection, click the Wi-Fi icon.
Your Mac automatically connects to the network you chose during setup.
You can also nd anything on your Mac using Spotlight Search.
Help
Menu
bar
menu
Finder Dock System
Preferences
Wi-Fi
Search
Keep your devices working together with iCloud
iCloud lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents,
and more from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and even your PC. And
it keeps ever ything up to date automatically. Buy a song on one device,
and it’s instantly available on all your other devices. Create a new Pages
document on your Mac, and you can make edits with your iPad on the go.
Take a photo with your iPhone, and it automatically appears in iPhoto on
your Mac. iCloud can even help you locate and protect your Mac if you ever
misplace it. To choose the iCloud features you want to enable, select System
Preferences in the Dock and click iCloud.
Quickly nd 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, manage your schedule, and
more. Launchpad is where you can easily nd all the apps on your Mac.
Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock to see a full-screen display of all your
apps. Arrange apps any way you want, group them in folders, or delete
them from your Mac. When you download an app from the Mac App Store,
it automatically appears in Launchpad.
Open Launchpad
Click the Launchpad
icon in the Dock.
Folders
Group apps in folders
by dragging one app
on top of another.
An important note
Please read this document and the safety information in the Important
Product Information Guide carefully before you rst use your computer.
Learn more
You can nd more information, watch demos, and learn even more about
Mac mini features at www.apple.com/mac-mini.
Help
You can often nd answers to your questions, as well as instructions
and troubleshooting information, in Help Center. Click the Finder icon,
click Help in the menu bar, and choose Help Center. You can also use
Safari to get online help.
OS X Utilities
If you have a problem with your Mac, OS X Utilities can help you restore
your software and data from a Time Machine backup or reinstall OS X and
Apple applications. If your Mac detects a problem, it opens OS X Utilities
automatically. Or you can open it manually by restarting your computer
while holding down the Command and R keys.
Support
Your Mac mini comes with 90 days of technical support and one year
of hardware repair warranty coverage at an Apple Retail Store or an Apple
Authorized Service Provider. Visit www.apple.com/support/macmini
for Mac mini technical support. Or call 1- 800-275-2273. In Canada,
call 1-800 -263-3394.
Not all features are available in all areas.
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Safari
Safari is the best way to surf the
web on your Mac. Start by typing a
search term or web address in the
Smart Search eld—it knows the
dierence and will send you to the
right place. You can save pages to
your Reading List to read later, and
check out Shared Links for pages
posted by people you follow on
Twitter and LinkedIn. And Safari
works with iCloud to keep your
bookmarks, Reading List, and
website passwords up to date
across all your devices.
Top Sites
Click to see previews
of the websites you
visit most often.
Share
Easily send webpages
or share them with your
social networks.
Sidebar
Your bookmarks, Reading
List, and Shared Links
appear in the Sidebar.
Mail
Mail lets you manage all your
email accounts from a single,
ad-free inbox, even when you’re
not connected to the Internet. It
works with popular email services
like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and AOL
Mail. You can also use Mail for the
free iCloud.com email account
you get with iCloud. The rst time
you open Mail, Setup Assistant
helps you get started.
One-stop email
View all your accounts in
Mail for one-click access.
Conversation view
See all the email
messages from a
conversation thread.
Search
Quickly narrow search
results to nd exactly
what you want.
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, then see who
has responded. Add a location to
an event, and Calendar will include
a map, calculate travel time, and
even display the weather forecast.
Use iCloud to automatically update
calendars on all your devices or
share calendars with other iCloud
users.
Add an event
Double-click in a
calendar to create
a new event.
Event inspecto r
Calendar shows an event’s
location on a map and
calculates trave l time.
Calendar view
Select the view you
prefer—day, week,
month, or year.
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,
and Maps shows you phone
numbers, photos, and even Yelp
reviews. Once you nd your
destination, Maps provides
point-to-point directions that
you can send to your iPhone for
turn-by-turn voice navigation.
Directions
Maps provides detailed
directions, including
trac information.
Send to iPhone
Send directio ns to your
iPhone fo r voice navigation
on the way there.
Bookmarks
Bookmarks are
pushed to a ll
your devices.
iBooks
iBooks is a novel way to download
and read books. It includes the
iBooks Store, where you can
download the latest best-selling
books or your favorite classics.
Click a book to open it. Flip through
pages with a swipe or a click. It’s
easy to add notes and bookmarks,
and even highlight passages.
Books purchased from the iBooks
Store are available on your Mac
and iOS devices.
iBooks Store
Books downloaded
from the iBooks Store
are stored in iCloud.
Notes Panel
View and edit all your
notes and highlights in
one place.
Search
Quickly search through
an entire book for a
word or phrase.
iTunes
iTunes for Mac makes it easy
to enjoy your favorite music,
movies, T V shows, and more.
iTunes includes the iTunes Store,
where you can nd new favorites
and download them with a click.
In addition, iTunes includes iTunes
Radio, a new way to discover music.
Your library
View your music,
movies, TV shows,
podcasts, and more.
iTunes Radio
Choose from hundreds of
stations or start a new one from
your favorite artist or song.
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 librar y by Faces, Places, and
Events, and create gorgeous photo
books, cards, and calendars. iMovie
lets you turn your home videos into
epic movie trailers. And GarageBand
has everything you need to learn
to play an instrument, write music,
or record a song.
Events
Simply move your cur sor
to quickl y skim through
the photos in any Event.
iPhoto
Projects
Easily create and order
personalized books,
cards, and calendars.
Share
Post your f avorites to
Facebook o r share them
with iCloud or Mes sages .
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
with the new context-sensitive
Format Panel. You can even open
and edit Microsoft Oce les. And
you can quickly and easily share
a link to your work via Mail or
Messages, right from your toolbar.
Add graphics and more
Create media-rich
documents with images,
movies, charts, and more.
Pages
Share
Easily share a link to
your work with Mail
or Messages.
Format Panel
Your tools are just a click
away with the intelligent
Format Panel.
Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is the best way
to nd and download apps for your
Mac, from games and social
networking to productivity apps and
more. In one step, new apps install
and appear in Launchpad. You can
install apps on every Mac authorized
for your personal use and even
download them again. The Mac
App Store lets you know when
app and OS X updates are available,
and can even update your apps
automatically. Open the Mac App
Store by clicking its icon in the Dock.
Discover new apps
Browse thousands of
apps and download them
straight to Launchpad.
Always up to date
Updates to your purchased
apps and OS X appear
automatically.
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