1. HOW TO USE YOUR MAC

2. 1.How do you turn the darn thing on.

3. Locate the power button. There are two buttons. The larger one is the power button. The smaller one is the restart button.

4. OSX Unix is regarded as the best industrial strength operating system in the world. OSX is based on Unix.

5. The operating system or OSX 1.Manages Memory 2.Controls how windows, icons and menus work 4.Keeps track of files 5. Manages networking.

6. Turning off your Mac. Turning off your mac without proper shutdown is one of the worst things you can do. It can screw up your hard drive, scramble your contents of your files or both

7. SHUT DOWN to shut down properly go to the finder window and click on the apple menu. Click on shut down. The only time you break this rule is if your mac is frozen, the wheel of death is spinning.

8. To force a shut down 1.Option/command/esc 2.hold down the power key for a few seconds.

9. Things to never do with your Mac. a.don’t unplug it while it is running b.don’t use when lighting or power blackouts are occurring c.don’t shake, jostle, kick, throw or punt your mac while it is running

10. THE MOUSE Mac uses a one button mouse vs. a left and right button as on pc. To right click hold down the ctl key while single clicking.

11. One of the improvements on the OSX mouse is the ability to just click on a menu and it will stay open. You no longer have to hold it down while you look at the menu items.

12. THE DESKTOP

13. THE DOCK

14. WINDOWS Red- x closes window Yellow - minimizes it puts in the dock Green - zoom in and out

15. HIDE Apple H will hide the window pane Will place it in the Dock.

16. CD OR DVD TRAY Click on f-12 key, top right corner

17. PASTE AND COPY Apple c to copy Apple v to paste

18. UN DO APPLE Z to un do

19. CUT APPLE X TO CUT

20. SELECT ALL

21. HELP