Apple MXNF2B/A Quick Start Guide

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

USB 3

Charge devices,
connect external
storage, and more

SDXC

Transfer photos
from your camera’s
memory card

Audio in

HDMI

Connect to
your HDTV

To learn more ab out ports and co nnectors, go to suppor t.apple.com/kb/HT2494.

Thunderbolt 2

Connect external
displays and high­performance devices

Headphone

Plug in headphones
or external speakers

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. This 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. If you don’t have an Apple ID, create one in Setup
Assistant.

To learn more ab out transferr ing les to your new Mac , go to support.apple.com/kb/HT6408.

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 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 les 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. Your Mac
automatically connects to the network you chose during setup. You can also

nd anything on your Mac and look up information using Spotlight.

Menu
bar

Help
menu

Finder Dock

System
Preferences

SpotlightWi-Fi

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 nd 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.

Folders

Group apps by dragging one on
top of another.

Open Launchpad

Click the icon in the
Dock.

Browse the Mac App Store

Click the icon in the dock.

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 ever ything
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

les in iCloud and organize them any way you like. Family Sharing makes it

easy to share family members’ iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
purchases. iCloud helps you locate and protect your Mac if you misplace it.
To choose the iCloud features you want, click System Preferences in the Dock
and click iCloud.

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. And with

Hando, you can start an activity on your Mac and pick it up right where
you left o on your iOS device—and vice versa.

iPhone calls

Make an iPhone call or send
a text message by clicking a
phone number on your Mac.

*Requires a device running iOS 8. Your Mac and iOS device must be signed in to the same iCloud account.

Hando

An app icon appears in
the Dock when an activity

is handed o to your Mac.

Safari

Safari is the best way to surf the web
on your Mac. Just click in the Smart

Search eld and see icons for your

favorite websites, or type a search

term or web address—Safari knows
the dierence 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. The Tab
view organizes all of your tabs and
makes it easy to locate the one
you’re looking for.

Sidebar

Your bookmarks, Reading
List, and Shared Links
appear in the Sidebar.

Favorites view

Click the Smart Search

eld to see icons for

your favorite websites.

Share

Easily send webpages
or share them with
your social networks.

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

uploaded to iCloud. And Markup

lets you ll out and sign forms or
annotate a PDF. The rst time you

open Mail, Setup Assistant helps
you get started.

One-stop email

View all your accounts
in Mail.

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 to events, 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 inspector

Calendar shows an event’s
location on a map and
calculates travel 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

trac information.

Favorites

Favorite locations
are pushed to all
your devices.

Send to iPhone

Send directions to your
iPhone for voice navigation
on the way there.

Spotlight

Spotlight is an easy way to nd
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

shortcut. Just start typing, and
Spotlight shows you rich previews
of your results. You can use Spotlight
to look up information from sources
like Wikipedia, Bing, news, Maps,
movies, and more,* and to convert
currencies and units of measure.

Results

See Spotlight results
on the left and scroll
through them.

*Not all features are available in all areas.

Previews

Interact with previews
right from Spotlight.

Easy access

Click the Spotlight icon
in the menu bar or
press Command-Space.

iTunes

iTunes makes it easy to enjoy your
favorite music, movies, TV shows,
and more on your Mac. iTunes
includes the iTunes Store, where

you can nd classics or new

favorites. It also includes
iTunes Radio, a great way to
discover music.

Your library

View your music,
movies, TV shows,
podcasts, and more.

iTunes Radio

Enjoy free streaming radio
tailored from to p 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 cur sor
to quickl y skim through
the photos in any Event.

Projects

Easily create and order
personalized books,
cards, and calendars.

and calendars. iMovie lets you turn
your home videos into beautiful
movies and epic Hollywood-style
trailers. And GarageBand has
everything you need to learn to
play an instrument, write music,
or record a song.

Share

Post your f avorites to
Facebook o r share them
with iCloud or Mes sages .

iPhoto

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 context-sensitive Format
Panel. You can even open and edit

Microsof t Oce les. And you can

quickly and easily share a link to
your work with 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.

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 Mac Help. Click the Finder icon,
click Help in the menu bar, and choose Mac Help. You can also use
Safari to get online help at www.apple.com/support.

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 apps. 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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