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Self-taught course

Provided by: University Computing Service


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This course is self taught (Materials may be loaned out).

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Macintosh: Mastering Your Mac (DVD)
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Description

This is a Mac Pro Video tutorial on Mac OS. The DVD can be used on both Macs (although advertised as being usable under Windows, we have had no success in doing so).

Topics covered
  • Working With The Finder and Desktop: Introduction; Desktop Overview; Renaming Hard Drives; The Finder Window; Using Finder Views; Working With Folders; Arranging Your Desktop; Working With The Trash; Recovering Lost Files; Changing Your Desktop Background.
  • Exploring The Dock: The Dock; The Dock And Applications; Dock Preferences.
  • Screen & Energy Savers
  • System & Software Updates
  • The Activity Monitor
  • Quitting Hung Applications
  • Setting Up Users; User Accounts
  • The Info Dialog: Aliases vs. Files; Locking Files; Deleting Locked Files; Choosing a Default Application
  • Using Spotlight: Finding Items On Your Computer
  • Recording CDs & DVDs
  • Disk Images
  • Expose & Spotlight
System requirements
  • Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above; G3G4/G5 or Intel processor.
  • Windows: Windows XP or 2000; Intel Pentium 4 or AMD processor.
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