Macs For Dummies
Chapter One
How to Turn On Your Mac
(and What to Do Next)
In This Chapter
* How to turn the Mac on (and off)
* New meanings for old words like mouse, menu, and system
* Doing windows
* Mindlessly opening and closing folders
Once you've paid for your Mac, the hard part is over. Take it home, open
the carton, and haul it out of its sculptured Styrofoam blocks.
Now you should set aside, oh, a good two minutes for getting it all plugged in
(see Chapter 20).
At this moment, then, you should have a ready-to-roll Mac on your desk, in all
its gorgeous glory, and a look of fevered anticipation on your face.
Switching On the Mac
In this very first lesson, you'll be asked to locate the On button. It's round, it's
on the front, side, or top of the computer, and it bears the universal symbol
for Mac On-Turning, like this:
HANDS-ON
Try pushing this button now. If the Mac responds in some way - a
sound plays, the screen lights up, missiles are launched from the
Arizona desert - then your machine is working.
If pressing that button doesn't do anything, then your ... read full excerpt from Macs For Dummies, 8th Edition ebook
