MacBook
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What is a Macbook?
The Macbook[1] is a slim, white, high-quality laptop. It is a product of Apple Inc.[2]It has a lot of functions and is different to other kinds of laptops because the functions and applications are for different purposes. It is also different from other laptops because there are some applications that can only be found on a MacBook.One reason, that it is different from other Laptops is that it has got a Magic Trackpad, which is the first multi touch trackpad made by Apple. The MacBook is the best selling laptop of any brand in the United States, as well as the best selling Macintosh in history. It was first introduced in May 16, 2006 and had it replaced the iBook. The MacBook is useful and efficient because it has a long lasting battery as well as multi touch.
If you want to learn more about MacBooks you can visit the apple website. [3]
Applications
Generations
- It has faster internet
- It has a louder speaker
- The trackpad is easier to use
- Slim model
- The Screen is very Clear
- Its Light
- The Battery life is longer
Trackpad
The trackpad is used for moving the cursor around. In System Preferences, you can set up the trackpad according to your own personal preferences. By leaving the cursor on any one of the functions, the screen on the right of the window will give a small demonstration of the particular function.
Here is a summary of the functions:
One finger
- One tap / click allows you to select an item on the screen.
- Dragging allows you to drag any thing you want without clicking.
- Drag lock prevents you from accidentally dragging an item.
- Secondary click allows you to do a right click. Next to that option you can choose the right click to be on the bottom right or left corner.
Two fingers
- Scroll allows you to move up and down the screen. You can Scroll up and down the page by using two fingers.
- Rotate allows you to rotate pictures when you want to.
- Pinch open and close allows you to zoom in and out by moving two fingers towards and far away from each other.
- Screen zoom allows you to zoom according to how big you want your screen to be by pressing on a hold key and swiping your two fingers on the trackpad at the same time. Next to this function, in Option, you can change the hold key according to your own personal preference.
- Secondary tap allows you to do a right click just by tapping with two fingers.
Three fingers
- Moving three fingers back and forth allows you to move back and forth between web pages while you're browsing on the internet.
- In OS X Lion, if you put your Cursor onto a word and tap two times with three fingers you can check wikipedia or a thesaurus for the meaning of the word.
Four fingers
- Swipe up / down for Exposé means if you have multiple applications open, it allows you to view all applications currently open or return to the current one you're working on or go to desktop.
- Swipe left / right to switch application is another way to find the application you need. When you swipe, the application toolbar appears on top of the current screen.
New Gestures in Mac OS X Lion
In the new Mac OS X Lion, they added a few new gestures in to up the standards of the Mac operating system. (This only applies to Macs that have the new Mac OS X Lion installed)
Two fingers
- When you are surfing the web with Google Chrome, Safari or Firefox. You could swipe two fingers left of right to go back a page or go forward a page.
Three fingers
- Swipe three fingers left and right to switch between spaces and full screen applications.
- Double tap with three fingers on a word to search it up on a dictionary.
Four fingers
- Pinch with you thumb and three other fingers to show the Launchpad.
- Swipe up with four fingers to bring up Mission Control.
Keyboard Shortcuts
These are some of the keyboard shortcuts which might be useful :
- Command + c = copy
- Command + x = cut
- Command + v = paste
- Command + r = refresh the page
- Command + s = save
- Command + a = highlight all
- Command + x = copy and cut
- Command + n = opens a new window
- Command + t = opens a new tab
- Command + w = close the tab
- Command + shift + w = delete window
- Command + space = open spotlight (to search things)
- Command + m = minimize the window that's open
- Command + o = it opens file
- Command + shift + 4 = capture selection from screen (the photo will show on desktop)
- Command + shift + 3 = screen shot (it will show on desktop)
- Command + q = quit
- Control + arrow = you can go to different spaces that you have on your computer
- Space (on a webpage)= scroll down
- Shift + Space (on a webpage)= scroll up
There are more keyboard shortcuts then this, but these are some you use often.
Accounts
You can change your password in this Program. To open Accounts, go to System Preferences, which you will find in Dock. Once you have opened System Preferences, you will Find an Icon which says accounts. Click that, and then click on ' Change Password'
Macbooks
Learn more about the MacBook
First Time With MacBook
When you first get your Macbook, a set up assistant will help you set up your internet connection, mail accounts and basic settings. Your dock is where the applications you want are kept. To open an application you can just click on it. If you want to quit an application, just right-click on that app, and chose 'Quit'. If it is not in your dock just go to Spotlight, which is the magnifying glass icon on the top right hand corner that helps you search for your applications.
The Finder is a useful function to the Mac. It keeps all your documents on there. You can find anything on your Mac using the finder. The dashboard is where you have widgets for you to use. You can add more widgets if you like by clicking the plus button on the bottom left hand corner. There are many other applications too. For example there is: mail, safari, address book, iCal, iTunes, preview, photo booth, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, time machine, keynote, system preferences, pages, numbers, iChat, iWed, QuickTime player, iDVD, DVD player, TextEdit, Font book, stickies and dictionary. You can download more apps, from ' The App store'.
There are folders in your dock and one of them is applications. You can drag an application into your dock if you want to. Another folder is called documents. When you save something in pages, that is where they suggest you to put it. The downloads folder is basically what you download. When you download something it will automatically go to the download stack.
The trash is used for getting contents you want to get rid of. If you want to remove something from your dock, just drag that content to ' Trash'. To empty your trash just open it and click the empty button which is located on the top right hand corner. If you click empty they will be deleted forever.
If we move to the menu bar at the top left there are also special functions. There will be the name of the application on the top, file, edit, view, history, bookmarks, window and help. If you need help you just click on it and type your problem. If we move to the right on the menu bar there will be your internet connection (wifi), time machine, volume, bluetooth, language for text, battery, time and spotlight.
To find out more about Macbook, you can explore stuff in System Preferences, to find out some other features of a MacBook.
I hope this helps you with your new MacBook! Enjoy!
