OS X 101

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OS X 101

• Or, getting to know the easiest operating system
  in the world since OS 9

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Discussion Topics

• Permissions - What are they and how do
  they apply to me?
• Preferences? What do you mean preferences?
• Where did all my programs go?
• The new Finder, Sherlock
• What about my old documents and programs?
• Where do I put everything?
• Netscape vs.. Explorer vs.. Safari vs.. Mozilla
• Printers. Where they hide and how to add them.
• Questions and Answers

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Permissions, or God Bless Unix

• What are permissions?
• Permissions are just that. Permission to
  read/write/execute a file. Some have it, some
  dont
• Um Why?
• Because OS X is based on Unix. Unix is a
  multi-user operating system, it is designed to
  have multiple users logged into the system at the
  same time. Permissions make it easy to keep each
  persons files personal and keep track of files
  based on who is allowed to use them.

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Permissions, or God Bless Unix

• Why does this affect me?
• You dont have permissions to the whole
  computer, even if its yours. This is how Apple
  prevents you from messing with files you
  shouldnt mess with, and also how your
  staff/children keep you out of their personal
  files. Needless to say, this is an area that can
  be very confusing.

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Permissions, or God Bless Unix

• Types of permissions
• Read allows you to read the contents of a file
  or folder
• Write allows you to write to a file or folder
• Execute allows you to run a program/file/script
• Ownership allows you to change all of the above
• You can view/change a files permissions by
  highlighting the file (or folder) and pressing
  Commandi or if you prefer, the Apple key and
  the i key at the same time.

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Changing Permissions
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Preferences, the new Control Panel

• Categorized by function, and they actually make
  sense now.
• Where you change everything
• How do I get here?

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Preferences, the new Control Panel
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Wheres my DNA-Strider?

• When you open the hard-drive you will see a lot
  of unfamiliar folders
• These are the important ones
• - Applications
• - Applications (OS 9)
• - Users

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The Finder
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Netscape vs. Mozilla vs. Safari vs. Explorer

• What are you talking about?
• These are all web Browsers
• Netscape, Mozilla are virtually identical
• Safari is Apples own web browser
• Explorer is antiquated and discontinued

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Printers
Choose Print Fax from the System Preferences
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Printers

• From the printer and fax preference panel choose
• Set up Printers

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Printers

• Adding a new printer

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