Mac OS Basics

This is the outline for Wesley Fryer's 3 hour workshop, Mac OS (Macintosh Operating System) Basics.

Last updated 25 April 2011.

Apple Resources

1. Switch 101 (Migrate to Mac)

File System / Finder

- About (System Info)

- File Structure (Applications, User Folders)

- Ejecting / Safely removing media

- Optical v USB v Firewire

- icons (iconfactory)

Shutdown / Sleep

System Preferences

- Wifi / Bluetooth

- Accessibility

- Video extras

-- Perian

-- Windows Components for QuickTime

-- MS Silverlight

- Display / multiple displays

Force Quit Apps

Browsers

- Safari

- Chrome

- FireFox

App Launch Options

- Spotlight

- Dock

- Finder Window Launcher

Utilities

- Disk Utility (repair permissions)

Apple Apps

- Preview (PDF combination, scanning)

- Facetime (desktop app)

- iTunes

- iPhoto

- iMovie

3rd Party Apps

- Seashore

- NeoOffice

- Audacity

- Appolicious

- Google Earth / SketchUp

- VLC