Backup and restore your Mac (length 0:02:45, source: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/)
Automatic back-up and restore of your Mac and your files with TimeMachine. Time Machine is a back-up technology introduced to the Mac with OS X 10.5 Leopard. Earlier versions did not have this facility.
Time Machine
Can backup your whole Mac
Setup Time Machine
Wireless backup via Time Capsule
Restoring lost files
Finding lost files anywhere on your Time Machine backup
Restore your data to a new Mac
Full wireless backup and restore can take a long while. The video does not explain how to exclude something from the backup. If you want to exclude items, open Time Machine Preferences either from within System Preferences, or from the Time Machine menu at the top of your screen. There you see an options button. Click it, and any folder or volume you add in the window that follows will be excluded from the back-up.
Basic wireless networking (length 0:02:48, source: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/)
A very basic overview of wireless connections available to your Mac. Included here because it does simply explain some basic terms. However, there is the impression given that you need an Apple Airport Basestation to set up wireless networking in your home or office. This is not so, as is indicated towards the end of the video when connecting to wireless networks in other places is explained.
Wifi – used for access data, internet, email
Bluetooth – shorter range compared to wifi. Used to transmit data between close or adjacent devices, i.e headsets or keyboards, mice
Wireless networking in the home – basestation connects to modem. Computer connect wirelessly to basestation or printer
Connecting to existing networks – Airport symbol in menubar, select from list of networks, enter password if prompted to do so
If you can find a manual for your new Mac, or for the new software you’ve bought for it, the chances are it won’t be a great read. Reading manuals is an acquired taste, and it is in decline.
We hope to post videos from around the web that explain the ways to get the most out of Macs and their software. Hopefully as the collection grows there will be something here for beginner and guru alike, and for everyone inbetween. But though many videos will take you step by step, the best thing you can learn to do is to relax and play with the Mac. Try things out. Experiment. What does this do? And what about that? Your Mac will usually reward the curious. Note that though you can indeed do things that could harm your Mac, just pay attention because it will try to warn you first.
If your Mac ever does go wrong, as long as you still have an internet connection (even if no Safari, etc) we can connect to your Mac and get it sorted out in situ. This method is also excellent for live tuition so that we can guide you without the need for you to find an Apple Store.
Personalize your Mac (length 0:02:12, source: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/)
Some built-in customization options for your Mac, to change your Mac wallpaper, screensaver and what’s in your Dock.
Changing the desktop background
Screensavers and photo slideshows
Customize the Dock: size, position, effects. Add folders or applications to the Dock
This all offers only a basic makeover. Many of us have been disappointed with how little can be customized with OS X as compared to the earlier Mac OS9. For a more complete transformation of OS X, checkout Candybar, which will allow you to change the look and feel of system icons, folders, and the Dock to a remarkable degree. The trial download gives you plenty of time to get your Mac looking the way you want before it runs out.
The Dock (1) how to open applications: Finder, Dashboard (Widgets), Mail, Safari, iChat, Address Book, iCal, Preview, iTunes, Photo Booth, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Time Machine, System Preferences
(2) Stacks: Application folder, Document folder, Downloads folder
The Menu bar, changes with open application, status icons
Finder Basics, Quick View, create and rename folders
Spotlight, finding anything on your Mac, calculator functions
Mac Help menus
Apple’s support website
AppleCare.
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Backup and restore your Mac (length 0:02:45, source: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/)
