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The Genius is in.You don’t have to be a genius to use the new MacBook Pro. But if you want to get the very
most out of it, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work. Want to control everything
on your desktop with Mission Control and launch your apps with the Launchpad? Keep
in touch with family, friends, and coworkers with Mail, FaceTime, iChat, and more?
Network your system like a pro? Run Windows virtually? You’ll fi nd cool and useful Genius
tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of easy-to-access shortcuts and tools that will save
you loads of time and let you enjoy your MacBook Pro to the max.
Brad Miser has written more than 45 books on computers and related technology, including iPhoto ‘11
Portable Genius; Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook, 3rd Edition; MacBook Portable Genius, 3rd Edition;
and others.
P O R T A B L E G E N I U S Fun, hip, and straightforward, the new Portable Genius series gives forward-thinking Apple users useful
information in handy, compact books that are easy to navigate and don’t skimp on the essentials. Collect
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by Brad Miser
P O R T A B L E G E N I U S3 r d E D I T I O N
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About the Authorhas written more than 45 books helping people get more out of their technol-
ogy faster and easier. In addition to MacBook Pro Portable Genius, Brad has
written Teach Yourself Visually MacBook, iPhoto ’11 Portable Genius, MacBook Portable Genius,
My iPhone, Teach Yourself Visually MacBook Air, My iPod touch, and Special Edition Using Mac OS X
Leopard. He has also been coauthor, development editor, or technical editor on more than
50 titles.
Brad is or has been a solutions consultant, the director of product and customer services, and the
manager of education and support services for several software development companies.
In addition to his passion for silicon-based technology, Brad enjoys his steel-based technology
in the form of a motorcycle whenever and wherever possible. Originally from California, Brad
now lives in Indiana with his wife, Amy; their three daughters, Jill, Emily, and Grace; a rabbit; and a
sometimes-inside cat.
Brad would love to hear about your experiences with this book (the good, the bad, and the ugly).
You can write to him at [email protected].
Brad Miser
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Project EditorKristin Vorce
Technical EditorPaul Sihvonen-Binder
Copy EditorLauren Kennedy
Editorial DirectorRobyn Siesky
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The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.
—Abraham Lincoln
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Acknowledgmentshas my emphatic thanks because she is the one with whom this proj-
ect had its genesis and who allowed me to be involved. Kristin Vorce
deserves lots of credit for keeping the project on track and on target; I’m sure working with me
was a challenge at times. Paul Sihvonen-Binder did a great job of keeping me on my toes to make
sure this book contains fewer technical gaffs than it would have without his help. Lauren Kennedy
transformed my stumbling, bumbling text into something people can read and understand.
Lastly, thanks to all the people on the Wiley team who handle the other, and equally important,
parts of the process, such as production, sales, proofreading, and indexing.
On my personal team, I’d like to thank my wife, Amy, for her tolerance of the author lifestyle, which
is both odd and challenging. My delightful daughters, Jill, Emily, and Grace, are always a source of
joy and inspiration for all that I do, and for which I’m ever grateful.
Stephanie McComb
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Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xxii
chapter 1
How Can I Use My Desktop Space Efficiently? 2
Setting Finder Desktop Icon Preferences 4
Working with the Sidebar and Toolbar 4
Using and configuring the Sidebar 4
Using and configuring the toolbar 7
Working with the Dock 9
Configuring and using Dock icons 11
Configuring the Dock’s appearance and behavior 14
Working with the Launchpad 16
Using the Launchpad 16
Configuring the Launchpad 17
Working with the Dashboard 18
Setting the Dashboard keyboard shortcut and hot corner 20
Configuring the Dashboard 20
Configuring widgets 22
Installing more widgets 23
Creating your own web widgets 24
Working with Mission Control 26
Managing windows on a desktop 27
Hiding all open windows 28
Showing an application’s windows 29
Showing all windows 30
Using Desktops 30
Configuring Mission Control 31
Using Mission Control to manage your desktop 34
Configuring Your Displays 35
Configuring the MacBook Pro’s display 36
Adding an external display 37
Using a projector 41
Configuring desktop pictures 43
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chapter 2
How Do I Manage User Accounts? 46
Working with User Accounts 48
Creating Administrator or Standard user accounts 50
Limiting access with Parental Controls 54
Restricting system resources 55
Restricting content 57
Limiting e-mail and chats 58
Setting time limits 60
Setting other limits 61
Setting Login Items for a user account 62
Configuring e-mail, contacts, and calendar accounts 63
Creating Sharing Only user accounts 64
Creating Group user accounts 64
Changing accounts 64
Deleting accounts 65
Using Automatic Login 66
Configuring the Login Window 67
Working with Fast User Switching 68
Working with the Root User Account 69
chapter 3
What Are My Internet Connection Options? 72
Setting Up a Local Network with Internet Access 74
Installing and configuring an AirPort Extreme Base Station or Time Capsule 74
Building a local network 82
Connecting via a Wi-Fi Network 82
Connecting via an Ethernet Connection 86
Connecting via a Cellular Modem 88
Connecting via iPhone or iPad Tethering 90
Managing Multiple Network Connections 91
Configuring network connections 91
Using locations to manage network connections 92
Troubleshooting an Internet Connection 95
Solving a network connection problem 96
Solving a MacBook Pro connection problem 98
Finding help for Internet connection problems 99
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Sharing another Mac on a local network 120
Sharing Printers 123
Sharing USB printers connected to a base station 124
Sharing printers connected to a Mac 124
Sharing an Internet Connection 125
chapter 5
How Can I Control My MacBook Pro More Effectively? 128
Using the Trackpad Effectively 130
Configuring the trackpad 130
Using gestures to control your MacBook Pro 132
Using the Keyboard Effectively 133
Configuring the keyboard 133
Configuring language settings and the Input menu 134
Using keyboard tricks 138
Controlling the keyboard’s backlight 138
Controlling your MacBook Pro with function keys 139
Controlling your MacBook Pro with default keyboard shortcuts 139
chapter 4
What Can I Do on a Local Network? 100
Sharing Files 102
Sharing files with AirDrop 102
Sharing your files with others 104
Configuring Sharing user accounts 105
Configuring file sharing 106
Setting sharing permissions for folders and files from the Finder 110
Accessing files shared with you 111
Using the Sidebar to access shared files 111
Accessing shared files using a URL 113
Sharing files with Windows PCs 114
Sharing files on a MacBook Pro with Windows PCs 114
Accessing files from a Windows PC 115
Sharing files on a Windows PC 116
Accessing files shared on a Windows PC using a Mac 117
Sharing Screens 119
Sharing your MacBook Pro with other Macs 119
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Using the MobileMe Gallery application 175
Using MobileMe to host a website 176
chapter 7
How Can I Manage My Contacts? 178
Adding Contact Information to Address Book 180
Configuring the card template 180
Creating a contact manually 181
Importing vCards 184
Adding contact information from e-mail 185
Editing cards 185
Working with Cards 186
Browsing contact information 186
Setting format and sort preferences 186
Browsing for cards 187
Browsing for cards in Card Only view 188
Searching for cards 188
Organizing Cards with Groups 189
Creating groups manually 190
Creating Smart Groups 191
Changing groups 192
Synchronizing Contact Information with iPhones, iPod touches, or iPads 193
Synchronizing via iTunes 193
Synchronizing via MobileMe 194
Printing from Address Book 195
Configuring keyboard shortcuts 140
Creating your own application keyboard shortcuts 141
Navigating with the keyboard 142
Using the Input menu 144
Using the Character Viewer 144
Using the Keyboard Viewer 146
Configuring Bluetooth on a MacBook Pro 146
Adding a Bluetooth Mouse 148
Adding a Bluetooth Keyboard 148
Sharing Files with Bluetooth 149
chapter 6
How Do I Take Advantage of MobileMe? 152
Configuring a MobileMe Account 154
Working with iDisks 157
Configuring and managing your iDisk 158
Using your iDisk 160
Sharing files on your iDisk 162
Synchronizing Data on Multiple Devices 167
Using MobileMe Web Applications 170
Using the MobileMe Mail application 170
Using the MobileMe Contacts application 174
Using the MobileMe Calendar application 175
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chapter 9
How Can I Chat? 226
Chatting with FaceTime 228
Configuring FaceTime 228
Starting FaceTime calls 229
Receiving FaceTime calls 230
Conducting FaceTime calls 230
Chatting with iChat 231
Configuring iChat 231
Creating and configuring accounts 232
Setting General preferences 235
Setting Messages preferences 236
Setting Alerts preferences 236
Setting Audio/Video preferences 237
Working with buddies 238
Creating a buddy in iChat 239
Adding someone from your Address Book as a buddy 240
Using iChat to chat with text 241
Using iChat to chat with audio 243
Using iChat to chat with video 244
Sharing desktops during a chat 246
Accessing a desktop being shared with you 247
chapter 8
How Can I Go Beyond E-mail Basics with Mail? 198
Configuring E-mail Accounts 200
Configuring a MobileMe e-mail account 201
Configuring a POP e-mail account 205
Configuring an IMAP account 207
Configuring an Exchange account 207
Testing e-mail accounts 210
Working with File Attachments 211
Sending compressed files through e-mail 211
Preparing attachments for Windows users 212
Working with files you receive 213
Organizing E-mail 214
Using mailboxes 214
Using Smart Mailboxes 216
Using Smart Mailbox folders 218
Using the Junk Mail Tool in Mail 218
Automatically Managing E-mail with Rules 220
Working with RSS Feeds 223
Adding RSS feeds to Mail 223
Reading RSS feeds 223
Configuring RSS preferences 224
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chapter 11
How Do I Make Better Use of My MacBook Pro’s Audio? 276
Getting Sound Out of a MacBook Pro 278
Understanding sound output options 278
Using external speakers 279
Connecting an analog speaker system 279
Connecting a digital speaker system 279
Controlling sound output 280
Working with Sound Effects 283
Configuring sound effects 283
Using your own alert sounds 284
Creating an alert sound 284
Adding a custom alert sound 286
Getting Sound Into a MacBook Pro 287
Recording sound with the MacBook Pro’s internal microphone 288
Configuring the internal microphone 288
Recording sound with theinternal microphone in iMovie 289
Recording sound with a USB headset 290
Sharing your desktop with someone else 248
Sharing a document during a chat 249
Using iChat tips 250
chapter 10
How Can I Manage My Calendars? 252
Setting Up iCal 254
Configuring iCal preferences 254
Creating calendars in iCal 258
Managing calendars 260
Adding events to calendars 260
Working with event invitations and availability 263
Creating and completing reminders 263
Managing reminders 264
Managing Events and Reminders 265
Printing Calendars 267
Sharing Calendars 268
Publishing calendars via MobileMe 268
Sharing calendars via MobileMe 270
Working with Published and Shared Calendars 272
Subscribing to published calendars 272
Working with shared calendars 272
Subscribing to public calendars 273
Moving iCal Calendars onto iPhones, iPods, and iPads 273
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Erasing an external hard drive with Disk Utility 308
Using Disk Utility to check or repair the internal drive 309
Working with SD Cards 311
Using an iPod as an External Drive 312
Configuring an iPod nano as a drive 312
Working with an iPod as a hard drive 313
Working with Flash Drives 314
chapter 13
How Can I Make Sure I Don’t Run Out of Battery Power? 316
Monitoring Battery Status 318
Making the Battery Last Longer 319
Using the Energy Saver 319
Adopting low-energy habits 323
Powering Your MacBook Pro while Traveling 324
Recording sound with a video camera 290
Recording sound from external microphones and musical instruments 291
Recording sound with an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad 292
chapter 12
How Do I Store and Maintain My Data? 294
Using External Hard Drives 296
Installing an external hard drive 297
Using Disk Utility to prepare an external hard drive 298
Working with external hard drives 302
Maintaining Hard Drives 303
Managing a hard drive’s free space 303
Using Activity Monitor to check a drive’s available space 305
Using Disk Utility to check or repair an external drive 306
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Restoring files with Time Machine 346
Restoring files in the Finder 346
Restoring files in applications 348
Using Lion’s Document Protection Features 349
Using Lion’s Auto Save 350
Restoring documents with Lion’s Versioning Feature 350
Protecting Data with Online Backup Services 352
Protecting Data with Encryption 353
Protecting Information with Keychains 355
Viewing and configuring your keychains 356
Adding items to a keychain 358
Working with keychains 359
chapter 15
How Can I Run Windows Applications? 362
Choosing a Windows Option 364
Using Boot Camp to Run Windows 365
Configuring Boot Camp and installing Windows 365
Running Windows using Boot Camp 369
chapter 14
How Can I Protect My MacBook Pro? 326
Keeping Software Current 328
Keeping Apple software current 328
Updating Apple software manually 328
Updating Apple software automatically 330
Viewing installed updates 331
Keeping non-Apple software current 332
Updating applications through the Mac App Store 332
Updating Microsoft Office applications manually 334
Updating Snapz Pro X automatically 334
Preventing Internet Attacks 334
Using a base station to shield your MacBook Pro 335
Using the Mac OS X firewall to shield your MacBook Pro 336
Protecting MacBook Pro with General Security 338
Protecting Data with Time Machine 340
Preparing a backup drive 341
Backing up with Time Machine 342
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Shutting down soft 389
Shutting down hard 389
Logging in under a troubleshooting user account and deleting preferences 390
Repairing external hard drives 392
Repairing the internal hard drive 393
Repairing permissions 393
Reinstalling applications 394
Starting up from the Recovery HD partition 396
Starting up from an alternate startup external drive 397
Getting Help with MacBook Pro Problems 398
Getting help from the Mac Help system 398
Describing a problem in detail 399
Profiling a MacBook Pro 399
Monitoring a MacBook Pro’s activity 401
Capturing screenshots 402
Getting help from others 404
Trying Harder or More Expensive Solutions 405
Reinstalling Mac OS X 405
Melting and repouring 406
Index 408
Running Windows Virtually 371
Installing VMware Fusion 372
Running Windows under VMware Fusion 373
chapter 16
How Do I Solve MacBook Pro Problems? 376
Looking for Trouble 378
Understanding and Describing Problems 381
Recognizing user errors 382
Recognizing software problems 382
Recognizing hardware problems 384
Describing problems 384
Trying Fast and Easy Solutions 386
Forcing applications to quit 386
Forcing the Finder to relaunch 387
Restarting/restoring 388
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metallic finish to its backlit keyboard, dazzling display, and inviting
design, the MacBook Pro is amazing technology that looks as great as
it works. Running Mac OS X Lion and including lots of amazing software, MacBook Pros let you do
more out of the box more easily than any other computer. In fact, MacBook Pros do so much, it is
easy to overlook some of the great things they can do. That’s where this book comes in.
While you probably already know how to turn your MacBook Pro on, you might not know how to
use Mission Control to create virtual working spaces on the desktop so that you can keep many
applications and windows open at the same time and move among them easily. While you likely
know how to use the trackpad to point to objects on the screen to select them, you might not
know how to create your own keyboard shortcuts for just about any command in any application
that you use. While you have probably thought about how you need to back up your important
data, you might not have actually done it. And, while you have surfed the web, you might not have
taken advantage of all the options being connected gives you, from being able to share files locally
to communicating with people around the world easily and inexpensively.
The purpose of this book is to provide a resource for you when you are wondering how to do
something better, how to do it more easily, or even how to do it at all. You’ll find that each chapter
is organized around a question. Within each chapter are answers to its question; these answers are
task-focused so you learn by doing rather than by just reading. The steps you’ll find are very spe-
cific and, hopefully, quite complete; if you start at Step 1 and work through each step in sequence,
From its distinctive
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you’ll end up someplace you want to go. Thus, the book’s title of Portable Genius; it is intended to
be your companion to guide you on your in-depth exploration of your MacBook Pro. Once you’ve
been through a topic’s steps, you’ll be prepared to go even further by extending what you’ve
learned to other tasks.
The book is designed to provide a broad range of topics in which most MacBook Pro users will be
interested. There’s no particular order to the topics in this book, so you can jump to any chapter
without having read the preceding ones. To get started, I recommend that you take a look at the
table of contents and decide which question you want answered first. Turn to the appropriate
page and off you go!
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How Can I Use My Desktop Space Efficiently?
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Your MacBook Pro’s desktop is the area that is displayed on its screen. Like a
physical desktop, you place things (in this case, windows) “on top” to focus
your attention on them and use their content. As you work, your desktop
naturally becomes cluttered with windows for applications, documents, and
system tools. Keeping control of all these windows helps you make the most
of your MacBook Pro’s desktop space. With all the great desktop manage-
ment tools Mac OS X offers, it’s a lot easier to keep your MacBook Pro desk-
top neat and tidy than it is a real desktop.
Setting Finder Desktop Icon Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Working with the Sidebar and Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Working with the Dock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Working with the Launchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Working with the Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Working with Mission Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring Your Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Setting Finder Desktop Icon PreferencesBy default, icons for your MacBook Pro’s hard drive, external hard drives, DVDs and CDs, and serv-
ers appear on the desktop. This is okay if that is your preference, but they take up space on the
desktop unnecessarily because you can get to these elements more easily by opening a Finder
window and using the Sidebar.
It’s easy to forget sometimes that the folders and files you see on the desktop are
determined by the contents of the Desktop folder within your Home folder. If you
want to keep a folder or file but don’t want it to take up space on your desktop, sim-
ply move it into a different folder within your Home folder. In addition to having a
neater appearance, this also helps you work more efficiently because you’ll have
an easier time finding folders and files than you would if they were scattered on
your desktop.
Genius
To hide these icons, perform the following steps:
1. Choose Finder ➪ Preferences. The Finder Preferences dialog appears.
2. Select the General tab if it isn’t selected already.
3. Deselect the check boxes for the icons that you don’t want to see on your desktop.
For example, to hide the icon for the MacBook Pro’s internal hard drive and any external
hard drives connected to it, deselect the Hard disks check box. As you deselect the check
boxes, the related icons disappear from your desktop.
Working with the Sidebar and ToolbarMuch of the time that you are working on your desktop will involve Finder windows. Two areas of
Finder windows that you will use frequently are the Sidebar and the toolbar. You can use these
features as they are, but you can also customize them to make your desktop space more efficient.
Using and configuring the SidebarThe Finder’s Sidebar makes it easy to get to specific locations. It comes with a number of default
locations, but you can add items to or remove them from the Sidebar so that it contains the items
you use most frequently.
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Chapter 1: How Can I Use My Desktop Space Efficiently?
The Sidebar is organized into sections (see Figure 1.1). FAVORITES are the locations on your
MacBook Pro that you visit most frequently; the Sidebar includes a number of default locations,
but you can customize this section so it reflects the places you visit the most. SHARED items are
locations you are accessing on a network, such as a shared hard drive. DEVICES includes hard
drives, disk images, and your iDisk that are mounted on your MacBook Pro.
1.1 Use the Sidebar to quickly move to items that you want to view in a Finder window.
Using the items on the Sidebar is simple (which is why the Sidebar is so useful). Simply click the
icon with which you want to work. What happens when you click depends on the kind of icon you
clicked. The potential outcomes include the following:
All My Files. When you click this icon, all the files you’ve worked with appear in the
Finder window. You can use the view and browse tools to access any file you want to
work with.
AirDrop. When you click this icon, any Mac (running Mac OS X 10.7 or higher) with Wi-Fi
on that your MacBook Pro can communicate with appears with the icon of its current
user. You can send files to other users by dropping them on the related icon; people can
share files with you in the same way.
Devices. When you select a device, the contents of that device are displayed in the
Finder window. For example, when you click a hard drive’s icon, you see its contents.
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Shared folder or drive. When you select a shared network resource, you see the tools
you can use to log in to that resource or you see the contents of the resource if your
MacBook Pro is configured to log in to it automatically.
Folder. When you click a folder, you see its contents in the Finder window.
Document. Clicking a document’s icon opens the associated application and you see
and work with the document’s contents.
Application. If the icon is for an application, the application launches.
Search. If you click a search icon, the search runs and you see the results of the search in
the Finder window.
Each type of item on the Sidebar has a distinctive icon, making what it represents
easy to distinguish.Note
You can show or hide the contents of each
section. Point to the section’s title and click
Hide. The section is collapsed so you only see
its title. Click Show to expand a section.
You can customize the Sidebar so that it has
the content you want. Here’s how:
1. Choose Finder ➪ Preferences. The
Finder Preferences window appears.
2. Click the Sidebar tab (see Figure 1.2).
3. Select the check box for each item
that you want to appear on the
Sidebar.
4. Deselect the check box for any items
that you don’t want to appear on the
Sidebar.
5. Close the Finder Preferences window.
6. Open a Finder window.
1.2 You can determine the kinds of resources that are available on your Sidebar by setting the appropriate preferences.
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