Intro To Mac 12307

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Intro To Mac 1/23/07
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Setting up your student E-mail

• Open web browser and go to http//www.wwcc.edu/CMS
  /index.php?id861 and click on the activate your
  account link 1.
• This will take you through the activation
  application. You will need to have your SID,
  Social Security , and birthdate. Once your
  information is validated you will create a
  password for your account.
• Once the activation is completed you can login to
  your student e-mail account at https//student.wwc
  c.edu/exchweb/bin/auth/owalogon.asp?urlhttps//st
  udent.wwcc.edu/exchange/reason0

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Mac Utilities Folder

• To get to the Mac Utilities folder first click on
  the Finder Icon in the left side of the Dock.
• And click on the applications link in the left
  menu of the finder window.
• Once the Applications window is open scroll to
  the bottom of the screen and click on the
  Utilities Icon.

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Activity Monitor

• Click on the activity monitor icon.
• The activity monitor is the utility used to find
  out what programs are running on your system, how
  much memory they are using, and how much the
  applications are access the CPU.
• You can also find out the systems hard drive
  usage, and network usage of your machine.

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Wireless via Airport Utility and Airport Setup
Utility

• First click on the Airport Setup Utility Icon.
• This will start the Airport Setup Wizard.
• The Wizard will walk you through setting up a
  wireless network via your system or a Mac Airport
  wireless router.
• The Airport assistant will not work on after
  market wireless routers and access points.
• We will learn how to configure these devices
  through there built in web interface.

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Wireless Continued

• Apple Airport Utility.
• The Apple Airport Utility can be used to scan for
  wireless network, and connect to it.

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Network Utility

• The Network Utility can be used to find out
  information about your system network adapter
  (nic card).
• The utility also has several tools to check
  network connectivity.

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The Key Chain

• The Mac Key Chain utility is a password
  management application.
• The Key Chain can be used to save passwords for
  internet web sites, and system applications.
• Passwords can be saved as exposed or hidden.

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Key Chain
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Disk Utility

• The Mac Disk Utility is a multipurpose tool used
  for several system functions.
• Repairing Disk permissions and checking for disk
  errors. Click on your systems hard drive in the
  left pane of the Disk Utility. You will see
  several options open in the right pane of the
  utility including First Aid, Erase and,
  Partition.

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Disk Utility Continued

• Creating Disk Images. This feature can be used to
  create file backups as well as complete system
  backups. (System backups are better performed
  using third party utilities and external hard
  drives i.e. Carbon Copy Cloner).
• The disk utility can be used for burning CDs as
  well.

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Migration Assistant

• The Migration Assistant is a utility for moving
  files from an older Mac or external hard drive
  backup to a new Mac.
• Migration Assistant will only work for moving
  files from Macs that have firewire connections. A
  6 pin firewire cable is needed to use Migrations
  Assistant

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Migration Assistant Continued

• A good rule of thumb for using Migration
  Assistant is to not have accounts on the two
  machines (or external hard drive backup) with
  matching names. If your systems do have matching
  name accounts one will need to be renamed.
• The migration assistant is a great tool for easy
  setup of new system as well as recovering a
  crashed system.

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Migration Assistant Continued

• Migration Assistant not only moves over system
  accounts and passwords it moves over
  applications, and serial numbers.

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Migration Assistant
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Booting the Mac to Drive Selection Mode.

• To boot the Mac to drive selection mode. Boot the
  system and hold the alt/option. This will open
  the Mac in boot disk selection mode.
• This is very handy when with new Intel based Macs
  with an XP partition.

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Booting your Mac as a Firewire drive.

• To boot your Mac as a external firewire drive
  boot the system while holding the T key.

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Booting the system from a install CD and using
the Disk Utility

• Use the selection mode boot to get to the install
  CD. This can also be accomplished by putting the
  CD in the system and holding the c key.
• Once the system is booted from the CD you can
  navigate the utility menu to select the Disk
  Utility to format your systems hard drive. This
  would be done to remove all files from a drive or
  to do a fresh install of the operating system.