Meet Your Mac

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Table of Contents
Booting into Mac.................................. ........................................4
Logging into Mac................................................... .......................4
The Desktop................................................................ .................5
Icons, Buttons & Options in the Menu Toolbar.......................................5
Apple Menu........................................................................ .................5
System Preferences………………………………………………………………………………
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The Dock.......................................................................... ............5

Dock Preferences....................................... .........................................5
Adding and Removing Shortcuts on the Dock........................................6
Useful Icons on the Dock.......................................................... ............6
Power Options............................................................... ...............6
Saving Data................................................................................. .8
Changing Your Default Printer:....................................................10
Logging Off:............................................ ...................................12
Shutting Down your Computer:.......................................... ..........12

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Starting Your Mac
Booting into Mac
If your default is not set to automatically boot into Mac, you will need to tell the
computer which operating system to boot into upon start up:

1. Start (or restart if in Windows) your computer.

2. Hold the option key down on your keyboard until you see the screen below.

3. Double click on Macintosh HD.

Logging into Mac

When logging into the Mac side, use your Active Directoryusername and
password. The computer will automatically determine whether or not you are
connecting to the Glenbrook network. Once you have logged in, you can verify
which network you are connected to by clicking on the AirPort/Wireless icon in the
menu bar at the top right.

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Mac

Environment
The Desktop
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33B Icons, Buttons & Options in the Menu Toolbar

Apple Menu Volume

Bluetooth Device Battery Life

Airport/Wireless Search (for files, folders, and programs)

34B Apple Menu

Many personal setting can be found under the Apple Menu in the upper left corner
of
your screen. Click on the Apple Menu and you’ll see several commands including
Force Quit, Restart, Shut Down, and System Preferences.

35B The Dock

The dock is the row of icons that appears by default at the bottom of the screen
containing shortcuts to many commonly used applications. If your dock does not
have all of the icons like the one below, please contact Service Desk at ext. 4555.
The dock can easily be customized to reflect user preferences.

Dock Preferences
You can change dock preferences such as the location and size of the dock under
the Apple Menu.

Go to the Apple Menu  Dock  Dock Preferences

• Hiding: The Dock can be hidden until you mouse over it

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 • Magnification: If magnification is on,
the Dock icons will enlarge when the
mouse moves over them
• Position: The Dock can be located on
the left, bottom or right of the screen
• Preferences: All preference can be
accessed under the Dock Preferences
including Dock size

Adding and Removing Shortcuts on the Dock

You can customize your dock by adding or removing shortcuts. This allows you to
quickly access the programs you use most often.

To Add Icons to the Dock:

1. Open Macintosh HD on the desktop.

2. Go to Applications and find the application for which you would like to add the
shortcut
3. Drag the shortcut to the dock and drop it.
To Remove Icons from the Dock:

Drag the icon you no longer want in the dock to the trash

Useful Icons on the Dock

Dashboard – Install printers
Self Service – Install
through the dashboard or access a
additional programs
calendar, clock, calculator, or
provided by GBHS
weather application
Remote Desktop
Connection- Connect to
GBNHOME – a.k.a. your User
servers remotely and
Folder or the H: drive.
access programs such as
SASI/ClassXP, IGPro, etc.

8 Power Options
Power settings can be changed under the System Preferences:

1) To access System Preference, either Click on the Apple Menu and select

System Preferences or click on the System Preferences

icon on the Dock.

2) Choose the Energy Saver icon to adjust battery and sleep options.
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Right Parallels Desktop – run Click Trash – delete any data by dragging
Mac and Windows and dropping it in the trash. Eject a
To right click on
simultaneously using disc by dragging and dropping to the
the Mac, place
Parallels trash as well.
2 fingers on
the track pad. With your thumb press the
mouse button.

Installing Programs
You are an administrator of your computer. As an administrator you have the ability
to download software to your computer. With regard to software provided by the
district, basic applications have been preloaded on your computer through a base
image. In addition to district- wide applications, you have access to additional
software, including department specific software. Generally, the more
applications you install the slower your computer may become.
1. Click on the Self Service icon on the
Dock.

2. You will see a menu of available

applications.
3. Select the application you want to
install.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Your chosen application will now install. You will find the application in the
Applications folder of your Macintosh HD.

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File Management (Mac)
When using a laptop, file management skills are increasingly important. You must
be aware of when your files are local or on the network. In general, you should save
your files on the network where they are safe and backed up every night. If you
want to use your files when away from the Glenbrook network without logging into
the network remotely, however, you must have a local copy of your files.

You must always be aware of where you are saving your files and what you are
naming them. To designate a save location on Mac OS X you might need to open up
a few options.

Saving to a Network Location

1. Before saving to a network location, you must first log in to that drive using

the springs on the dock . By scrolling over each spring, the network
name will appear.
a. GBNHOME –Your user folder. Otherwise known as the H: drive.
b. GBNFILE – All public shared folders, including your department shared
folder (a.k.a. the G: drive on the Windows side)
c. GBN ToTeach & ToStu – The ToTeach and ToStufolders. Putting
documents in your ToStufolder allows students to be able to access
those documents. Students can submit files to your ToTeach folder.
2. Double click on the location of your choice.
3. Log in with your Active Directory username and password and click Connect.
Now that you are logged in to the appropriate drive you can save a document to
that location from any application such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and so on.
Generally, when you save a document you will see the following dialog box; at first
glance it does not offer many location options.
To see more options, click on
the arrow
next to the Save As: box:

Use the pane on the left to

navigate to the proper location. Hard drives are listed at the top under Devices,
network locations are listed in the middle under Shared, local folders are located at
the bottom under Places. You can add Places to your list.

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To save to your user folder, for example, click on GBNHOME under
Shared and navigate to your folder.

On your local computer, please note the distinctions between the

following locations:

Desktop: your LOCAL desktop; you can also access any

aliases you have on your desktop by clicking on this location
Home folder: Your LOCAL home on your Hard Drive

Applications: The LOCAL applications folder; the

applications that are loaded on your Hard Drive
Documents: The Documents folder on your Hard Drive

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Adding a Printer (Mac)
To add a network printer to your computer:

1. Open the Dashboard (icon on the Dock or press F4).

2. You’ll see a widget called Extreme Z-IP.
3. Open the list for your school by clicking on the arrow to
the left of the school name.
4. Select the desired printer.
5. Click Add Printer
6. When the printer is installed you will see the following
notice at the bottom of the window

Changing Your Default Printer:

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1. Return to the Print & Fax section of System Preferences.

2. After “Default Printer” in Print Dialog (near the bottom of the window) click on the drop down
menu to select your default printer.
3. Close the window.

You have now changed your default printer.

Accessing Windows Files

You can access your files from the Windows operating system by opening Windows
XP HD. Navigate to your files (Desktop, My Documents, etc.) to open them.
However, it is highly recommended that you store all of your files on the network
instead of saving locally.

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Connecting to a Projector (Mac)
4. Log into the Mac side and go to the Apple
1. Connect the dongle to the DVI cable.
menu.

5. Select System Preferences > Displays.

6. Choose the Arrangement tab and check

Mirror Displays.

2. Plug the dongle into the Mini- DVI Connector port.

Both the visual and audio components of your

projector should now be functioning on the
Mac.

3. Plug the speakers into the audio output.

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Logging Off and Shutting Down
(Mac)
If you were using Parallels, it is critical that you shut down your virtual Windows
machine before you shut down your Mac side.

10B Logging Off:

1. Click on the Apple menu in the top left corner.
2. Select Log Out….

11B Shutting Down your Computer:

1. Click on the Apple menu in the top left corner.
2. Select Shut Down…

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