MacBook Pro Quick Start Guide

Let’s get started

When you start your MacBook Pro for the rst time, Setup Assistant launches

to get you going. Follow a few simple steps to connect to your Wi-Fi network,

transfer your stu from another Mac or a PC, create a user account for your

Mac, and log in with your Apple ID.

Your Apple ID lets you download apps from the App Store, shop the iTunes

Store and the Apple Online Store, access iCloud, and communicate using

FaceTime. If you don’t have an Apple ID, creating one is easy and free.

Multi-Touch gestures

Many functions on your MacBook Pro can be performed using simple

gestures on the trackpad. Here are some of the most popular Multi-Touch

gestures for the Mac.

Get to know your desktop

Welcome to your new home base. The desktop contains the Dock, where

icons of your frequently used apps appear. To customize your desktop and

other settings on your Mac, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock.

To access your les and folders, click the Finder icon. To check the status of

your wireless Internet connection, click the Wi-Fi status icon in the menu bar.

Your Mac automatically connects to the network you chose during setup.

Hello.

Multi-Touch

trackpad

MagSafe power

connector

Power

adapter

AC power

cord

Power

button

Click

Press down anywhere on the trackpad

to click. Or, with Tap to Click enabled,

simply tap the surface.

Secondary click (right click)

Click with two ngers to open shortcut

menus. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, tap

two ngers anywhere.

Swipe to navigate

Swipe with two ngers to ip through

web pages, documents, and more.

Double click

Press down two times anywhere on the

trackpad. Or, with Tap to Click enabled,

double-tap the surface.

Two-nger scroll

Brush two ngers along the trackpad

to scroll in any direction—up, down,

or sideways.

Smart zoom

Double-tap the trackpad with two

ngers to quickly magnify a web page.

Pinch to zoom

Zoom in and out of photos and web

pages more precisely by pinching your

thumb and nger.

Switch between full-screen apps

Swipe with three ngers to move

from one full-screen app to another.

View Launchpad

Pinch with four ngers to view

all your apps in Launchpad.

Rotate

Turn your thumb and nger clockwise

or counterclockwise to rotate an image.

View Mission Control

Swipe up with three ngers to see

every open window on your Mac.

Learn more

Choose System Preferences from the

Apple menu and click Trackpad to learn

more about gestures.

iCloud

iCloud stores your music, photos, mail, and more and wirelessly pushes

them to your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and even your PC. All without

docking or syncing. So when you buy a song on one device, it’s automatically

downloaded to all your others. And with Photo Stream, your latest photos

appear everywhere you want to see them. To customize your iCloud settings,

open the Apple menu, select System Preferences, then click iCloud. Sign

in with your Apple ID and choose the iCloud features you want to enable

or disable.

Important

Read this document and the safety information in the Important Product

Information Guide carefully before you rst use your computer.

Learn more

You can nd more information, watch demos, and learn even more about

MacBook Pro features at www.apple.com/macbookpro.

Help

You can often nd answers to your questions, as well as instructions

and troubleshooting information, in Help Center. Click the Finder icon,

click Help in the menu bar, and choose Help Center.

Mac OS X Utilities

If you have a problem with your Mac, Mac OS X Utilities can help you

repair your computer’s drive, restore your software and data from a

Time Machine backup, or erase your hard drive and reinstall OS X Lion

and Apple applications. You can also use Safari to get online help. If your

Mac detects a problem, it opens Mac OS X Utilities automatically. Or you

can open it manually by restarting your computer while holding down

the Command and R keys.

Support

Your MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of technical support and one year

of hardware repair warranty coverage at an Apple Retail Store or an Apple

Authorized Service Provider. Visit www.apple.com/support/macbookpro

for technical support on MacBook Pro. Or call 1-800-275-2273. In Canada,

call 1-800-263-3394.

Not all features are available in all areas.

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AC plug

Help

Menu bar

Finder Dock

System

Preferences

Quick Start Guide

Let’s get moving

It’s easy to move les like documents, email, photos, music, and movies

to your new Mac from another Mac or a PC. The rst time you start your

new Mac, it will walk you through the transfer process. All you have to do

is follow the onscreen instructions.

Welcome to your new MacBook Pro. We’d like to show you around.

Battery indicator

lights

Audio in/out

SDXC slotThunderboltFireWire 800

MagSafe

power

FaceTime HD camera

Security

slot

SuperDrive

USB 3Gigabit

Ethernet

Wi-Fi

status

Click the icon in the Dock to open

Safari, and surf the web using

Multi-Touch gestures. Scroll up

or down with two ngers on the

trackpad. Swipe with two ngers

on the trackpad to go back and

Safari web browser Mail

Top Sites

Get a quick overview

of the sites you visit

most often.

One-stop email

View all your accounts in

Mail for one-click access.

Conversation view

See all the email

messages from a

conversation thread.

Quickly narrow search

results to nd exactly

what you want.

Mail lets you manage all your

email accounts from a single,

ad-free inbox, even when you’re

not connected to the Internet. It

works with most email standards—

including POP3 and IMAP—and

forth between pages. Double-tap

with two ngers to magnify a page,

then double-tap again to return

to the original size. Or pinch to

zoom in and out.

popular email services such as

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and AOL Mail.

The rst time you open Mail, Setup

Assistant will help you get started.

You can also manage your mail

from iCloud.

Launchpad

Open Launchpad

Click the Launchpad

icon in the Dock.

Folders

Group apps in folders

by dragging one app

on top of another.

Launchpad is the home for all the

apps on your Mac. Just click the

Launchpad icon in the Dock. Your

open windows are replaced by a

full-screen display of all your apps.

Arrange apps any way you want,

group them together in folders,

or delete them from your Mac.

When you download an app from

the Mac App Store, it automatically

appears in Launchpad.

Mission Control

Mission Control gives you a

bird’s-eye view of everything

running on your Mac. Click the

Mission Control icon in the Dock,

and your desktop zooms out

to display all the open windows

in every application, all your

full-screen apps, and Dashboard,

the home of mini-apps called

widgets. Click anything to zoom

in on it. Think of Mission Control

as the hub of your system—view

everything and go anywhere with

just a click.

Open Mission Control

Click the Mission Control

icon in the Dock.

Add desktop spaces

Click the + button

to the right of the top

row to add a new space.

Dashboard

Located at

the top left for

easy access.

Reading List

Click the glasses icon to

save pages to read later.

Mac App Store

The Mac App Store is the best way

to nd and download thousands of

apps for your Mac, from games and

social networking to productivity

apps and more. New apps install

in one step to Launchpad. You

can install apps on every Mac

authorized for your personal use

and even download them again.

The Mac App Store lets you know

when app updates are available,

so you always have the latest

versions. Open the Mac App Store

by clicking its icon in the Dock.

iTunes

iTunes organizes and plays your

digital music and video on your Mac.

The iTunes Store lets you buy new

music, movies, TV shows, books, and

more. iTunes is also where you’ll nd

the App Store for iPad, iPhone, and

iPod touch.

iTunes Store

Discover and buy new music,

movies, and more.

Genius Mixes

Let iTunes search your music

library and group songs that

go great together.

iCal

Multiple calendars

Access all your calendars

from one place.

Keep track of your busy schedule

with iCal. You can create separate

calendars—one for home, another

for school, a third for work. See

all your calendars in a single

window or choose to see only

the calendars you want. Create

and send invitations using contact

information from your Address Book,

then see who has responded. Use

iCloud to update calendars on all

your devices automatically or share

calendars with other iCloud users.

iPhoto

Create

Create books,

cards, and calendars.

Faces

iPhoto can even organize

your photos based on

who’s in them.

Events

Double-click any Event

to browse photos.

iPhoto is the best way to organize,

browse, edit, and share your photos

on your Mac. You can organize your

photo library by Faces, Places, and

Events. To send photos by email

or publish them to Facebook, just

select the photo and click Share

in the bottom right of your screen.

Or click Create to turn your favorite

shots into photo books, calendars,

and cards.

iMovie

Event browser

Your imported videos

appear here so you

can access all your clips.

Project browser

Simply drop your

selection in a project

to create a great movie.

iMovie puts all your video clips

in one place so you can quickly

turn them into great-looking

movies or even Hollywood-style

movie trailers in just a few clicks.

It has all the editing tools, themes,

and special eects you need to

turn your photos and videos into

something amazing. And iMovie

lets you import video from most