Essential Mac OS: El Capitan Ed
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Table of Contents
Setting up Your Mac
Setting up El-Capitan is pretty straight forward. If you havent already got it installed you can find a tutorial in Appendix A of this guide.
Once it is installed and ready to go, you will need to connect your WiFi or internet connection.
Create an AppleID if you havent already got one. If you do and you werent prompted during installation you can enter your Apple ID in system preferences under iCloud.
Also its a good idea to set up Time Machine using an external hard drive to do periodic automatic backups of your data.
Power Up
The power button on the mac is on the top right of the keyboard on a MacBook laptop. On the iMac and Mac Mini they are situated on the back panel usually on the right hand side.
Press the button once to start up your mac.
Power Down
To power down your mac or send it into sleep/standby mode, go to the apple menu on the top left of the screen and select Shut Down...
Your mac will shut itself down and power off.
You can also click sleep, this will put your mac into standby mode and is convenient if you use your mac on the go a lot and dont have time to wait for your machine to start up.
Starting your Mac for the First Time
Select your language. Click, the next arrow.
Select your country of residence. Click continue
In the next screen, select your keyboard layout; US for the United States, UK for United Kingdom and so on. Click continue.
Select your WiFi network. Enter your WiFi password in the box that appears underneath. Click continue.
In the next window, click not now. This feature is for transferring your files from an old computer. If you have old files to transfer, you can run the migration assistant from your Mac once it has been set up.
Click continue.
Choose location services. This service determines the physical location of your Mac so Mac OS can provide you with local information such as news events or weather. If you would like this feature, click enable location services on this mac. Click continue.
Log in with your Apple ID. This allows you to make use of apple email, iCloud, buy music, films and TV programmes, a well as Apps from the App Store. If you dont have one click create a free apple id and follow the instructions to enter your details. Otherwise enter your Apple ID email address and password then click continue.
Agree to the terms and conditions. Click use my iCloud account to log in. This log you into your Mac with your Apple ID. Click continue.