1. MAC USER GROUP:
ANATOMY OF A MAC
Marina Dzougoutov

2. System
Preferences
System Preferences controls system-wide settings, and
is available from the Apple menu at the upper-left corner
of the screen.

3. System Preferences lets you to adjust things like your
screen resolution, keyboard control, mouse control,
sound, printer settings, sharing settings, accounts, and
more.

4. You can quickly locate the settings you want to change by
typing the desired subject in the search field.
For example, to change your login password, type "password."
The preferences related to password appear below the search
field, and one or more preferences are spotlighted in the
System Preferences window.
Click the item in the list that matches what you want to do, or
click one of the spotlighted preferences.
The appropriate preference pane opens.

5. The Finder
The Finder shows you your files and folder in windows,
and can be used to find anything on your Mac.
Each Finder window has a sidebar to help you navigate.
You can choose to view windows as icons, lists, or
columns.
To get a closer look, use Quick Look.
You can rename, create, and organize folders.

6. 1. Window close, minimize and zoom buttons. To close the window, click the round, red
button in the upper-left corner. If you don't want to close the window but want it out of
your way, click the round, yellow button to minimize the window to the Dock. If a window
is full of stuff, you can resize it by dragging the lower-right corner to make it bigger, or
click the round, green button to maximize the window's size.
2. Finder window View buttons:
a) Icon view - Used to display the contents of your folder as a series of icons. In Icon
view, you can view live icon previews that you can use to thumb through a
multipage document or watch a QuickTime movie.
b) List view - Used to display your folder in a spreadsheet-style manner. Each folder
can be expanded by clicking on the disclosure triangle just to the left of the folder.
You can easily sort by file name, date modified, and so forth. Choose Show View
Options from the View menu to add / remove attribute columns. You can change
the sorting from ascending order to descending order and back again by clicking on
the attribute column title.
c) Column view - Used to display the hierarchy of your folders where each column
represents a folder.
d) Cover Flow view - Used to display the contents of your folder just like the Cover
Flow used in iTunes. You can see live previews of images, documents and movies,
and can thumb through documents and movies.
3. Action Menu - Quick access to Finder functions for highlighted items, such as Get Info,
Move to Trash, and Services.
4. Item Arrangement button - In any view, you can organize the window by clicking the item
arrangement button and choosing one of the ways to group items.
5. Search Field - Start typing a word or phrase and Spotlight will search your Mac for any
matches.
6. Right pane - The contents of a selected folder are shown in this pane.
7. Pane edge - Drag to resize.
8. Devices - A device connected to your computer, such as a DVD, USB device, or your
Time Machine backup disk.
9. Sidebar - Items are grouped into categories: Favorites, Shared, and Devices—the top
portion has Favorites which contains quick access to All My Files, Applications, Desktop,
Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures.
10. Back / Forward buttons - As you move to different places in the Finder window, you can
use the back button to return one step back and the forward button to go forward.

7. The Desktop
1. Apple menu () - Access Software Update, System
Preferences, Sleep, Shut Down, and more.
2. Application menu - Contains menus for the application you're
currently using. The name of the application appears in bold
next to the Apple menu.
3. Menu bar - Contains the Apple menu, active application menu,
status menus, menu bar extras, Spotlight icon, and
Notification Center icon (OS X Mountain Lion).
4. Status menu - Shows the date and time, status of your
computer, or gives you quick access to certain features—for
example, you can quickly turn on Wi-Fi, turn off Bluetooth, or
mute your computer's volume.
5. Spotlight icon - Click it to bring up the Spotlight search field,
where you can search for anything on your Mac.
6. Notification Center icon - Click it to view Notification Center,
which consolidates your notifications from Messages,
Calendar, Mail, Reminders, and third-party apps.
7. Desktop - This is where your applications' windows will
appear. You can add more desktops using Mission Control. If
you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, you can use Spaces
8. The Dock - Quick access to your most frequently used
applications, folders, and files. With a single click the
application, folder, or file opens.

8. The Dock
At the bottom of your desktop is the Dock.
You'll find icons on the Dock for the Finder, Launchpad, Mission
Control, Safari, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes,
Messages, FaceTime, Photo Booth, iPhoto for importing and
managing your photos, iTunes, Mac App Store (see below) and
System Preferences to tweak your system. You can create
stacks to the right of the line in the Dock. Your Mac comes with a
built-in stack for Documents. Click a stack to see what's in it, then
click any file in the stack to open it.
The right-most item in the Dock is the Trash, which you can use to
delete files and eject mounted volumes. You can move the Dock
and tweak its settings.

9. You can customize a Stack by right-clicking or control-clicking
on the stack. The customize menu includes the following
options:
Sort by - You can select to have items sorted by Name,
Date Added, Date Modified, Date Created, or Kind.
Display as - Displays the icon in the Dock as the folder's
actual icon or as a stack of icons of the folder contents.
View content as - Determines what Stack type is used when
you click the icon:

10. Fan - Shows folder content in the Fan stack, organized by your sort option.
Grid - Shows folder content in the Grid stack, organized by your sort
option.

11. List
List - Shows the folder contents as a list, organized by your sort option. Each
sub-folder opens another list and so on, until you reach the end of the
directory structure. To open an application or document, simply click it.
Automatic - This lets OS X determine the best view content option. When
there are a few items, the Fan stack is used. Once you have loaded your
folder with enough items, OS X changes your view content type to the Grid
stack.

12. Spotlight
Click the Spotlight icon in the upper-right corner of your
screen (or press Command-Space bar) and type what
you're looking for in the resulting field.
The moment you start typing, Spotlight begins to show
you what it has found, organizing your results by
category (including Applications, Documents, Images,
and PDF Documents). The more you type, the more
refined your results will be.
Tip: You can use the Spotlight pane of System
Preferences to arrange the order of these categories and
specify categories which will appear. Choose "Spotlight
Preferences..." below the search results.

13. Time Machine
Time Machine is the built-in backup that works with your
Mac and an external drive (sold separately) or Time
Capsule. Connect the drive, tell Time Machine to use it,
and relax.
Time Machine automatically backs up your entire Mac,
including system files, applications, accounts,
preferences, email messages, music, photos, movies,
and documents. But what makes
Time Machine different from other backup applications is
that it not only keeps a spare copy of every file, it
remembers how your system looked on any given day—
so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past.
Time Machine keeps hourly backups for the past 24
hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly
backups until your backup drive is full.

14. Notification
Center
Notification Center in Mountain Lion provides you with an
elegant and unified view of new stuff that pops up on
your Mac from third-party apps, Mail, Calendar,
FaceTime, Game Center, Messages, Reminders, and
updates from the Mac App Store.
You can access Notification Center from anywhere,
anytime, including full-screen apps. Also they vary by
app, but may include text or sound alerts, and a
numbered badge on the app icon.

15. Launchpad
Launchpad makes hunting through an applications folder
a thing of the past. Just click the Launchpad icon in the
Dock.
Click an icon to launch its app. Create folders of similar
apps by dragging one app onto another, and delete apps
from your system with ease.
And all apps downloaded from the Mac App Store are
automatically added to Launchpad, ready to go.

16. Launchpad
1. App icon – Click any app icon to open it.
2. Search field (OS X Mountain Lion only) – Enter the
app name or portion of an app name to find it, no
matter which Launchpad page it is on.
3. Folder icon – Click it to open a Launchpad folder. The
"Other" folder shown has several OS X utilities and
other apps in it.
4. Launchpad page – Customizable set of app and
folder icons. Tip: Two finger swipes on your trackpad
moves you to the next Launchpad page, or you can
click the page dot (item 7) to jump to a Launchpad
page.
5. Launchpad icon in the Dock – Click it to enter and
exit Launchpad. A blue progress bar is present when
downloading and installing apps or software updates.
Tip: Hover the cursor over the icon to see download
progress or installing stage.
6. Dock – The OS X Dock.
7. Launchpad page dots – The white dot shows the
page you are on, dimmed dots show other
Launchpad pages you can click to jump to.
8. App download or update icon – The black & white
icon will have a white progress bar with download
numbers or installing stage.

17. App Store
Just like the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch,
the Mac App Store lets you browse, purchase, and
download your favorite Mac apps.
Browse apps by category, and read developer
descriptions and user reviews.
When you find an app you like, click to buy it.
Apps are added to Launchpad on your Mac in seconds,
ready to go.
The Mac App Store even tells you when updates are
available, so you’ll always have the latest version of any
app you buy.

18. Messages
Messages appear on your Mac and any device you use,
so you can start a conversation in one place and
continue it on another device.
Send photos, videos, documents, and contacts — even
send messages to a group.
You can continue your conversations across your
devices and pick up your conversation from your iPhone
to your Mac and vice-versa.
Notes: Delivery and read receipts

19. FaceTime
With FaceTime, you can participate in video calls with
other FaceTime users over a Wi-Fi or cellular data
connection.
To use FaceTime, you need one of the following Apple
products:
• iPhone 4 or later
• iPad 2 or later
• iPad mini
• iPod touch (4th generation) or later
• Mac with Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later
• FaceTime is included with OS X Lion or later. Mac OS
X v10.6 users can download FaceTime from the Mac
App Store.
Notes: FaceTime for Mac – Use the email address
designated for FaceTime of the person you are calling.

20. Stickies
Stickies lets you keep notes on your desktop so you’ll
never forget what you need.
They’re great for jotting down reminders, lists, and other
information.
Stickies notes can include rich graphics, and you can
change their colors, fonts, and font sizes.
You can also export your notes as text documents to
share with others.

21. Notes
Notes is designed for whatever’s on your mind. Jot down
your thoughts.
Add photos, images, and attachments.
You can add, delete, and flip through your notes or do a
quick search.
Use the Share button to send your notes with Mail or
Messages.
And take them with you everywhere.
Notes works with iCloud, so when you create or edit a
note on your Mac, it automatically updates on your
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. And vice versa.

22. Reminders
Organize your life on your Mac.
Make as many to-do lists as you need and easily add to
them.
Set due dates and you’ll get alerts as deadlines
approach.
Set a location from your Mac, and your iPhone or iPad
will remind you when you get there.
Check items off your lists as you go and keep track of
what you’ve completed.
And to be sure you don’t forget anything, iCloud keeps
your reminders up to date on your Mac, iPad, iPhone,
and iPod touch.

23. Contacts
Contacts gives you a flexible and convenient place to
store contact information for your family, friends, and
colleagues.
You can also import information from other applications,
create distribution lists for clubs and groups, print
address labels and envelopes, and more.

24. Modify
preference
You can also modify your Finder window's sidebar
preferences.
From the Finder menu, choose Preferences to open
Finder preferences.
Click Sidebar to display its preferences.
Select the checkbox next to the items that you want to

25. Customize the
toolbar
You can customize the commands available in your toolbar.
To change the contents in the Finder window toolbar, choose
Customize Toolbar from the View menu.
In the dialog sheet that appears, drag whatever items you want to
add onto the toolbar (such as Burn, Eject, Get Info, and more).
To remove a toolbar item, simply drag it off the toolbar.
To rearrange stuff in the toolbar, just drag an item to the desired
location.
You can have the toolbar display only icons, show icons and text,
or display text only. When finished, click Done.

26. Keyboard functions,
commands, and shortcuts

27. F1 - Decrease Screen Brightness
F2 - Increase Screen Brightness
F3 - Mission Control (Lion onwards) / Exposé (Before Lion)
F4 - Launchpad (Lion onwards) / Dashboard (Before Lion)
F5 - No Pre-Assigned Function
F6 - No Pre-Assigned Function
F7 - Previous Track (or hold down to rewind within Track)
F8 - Play/Pause Current Track (if no track is open, pressing it
once will open iTunes, pressing it a second time will play a
track)
F9 - Next Track (or hold down to forward within Track)
F10 - Mute Volume
F11 - Decrease Volume
F12 - Increase Volume

28. Symbols

29. Commands:
1. Application switching: If you press command-tab, a window containing all
open application will appear. Keep command pressed down and press the tab
key repeatedly to browse between the applications and when the right one is
selected, release the keys and the application will appear in front of the others.
2. Quitting applications: To close an application simply press command-q and
the application will quit immediately. Much faster than using the mouse.
3. Closing windows: If you wish to close your current window, press command-
w. Please notice that this will not cause the whole application to quit, just the
active window. Most applications can be open without having an open window,
like Safari for instance. To close the whole application, press command-q.
4. Minimizing windows: Command-m causes the active window to minimize
itself into the right of the dock. This is a smart way to hide a window without
closing it.
5. Hide an application: Use command-h to hide the current application and all of
it's windows. The application will appear to be totally gone, but when you click it
again in the dock, all of the previously hidden windows will appear just the way
you left them before you pressed command-h.

30. System Preference – Keyboard – Keyboard Shortcuts

31. OS X Shortcuts
Text Manipulation
• Command + C = Copy
• Command + X = Cut
• Command + V = Paste
Screenshots/Images
• Command + Shift + 3 = Full screenshot
• Command + Shift + 4 = Active selection screenshot
• Command + R during the photo preview = Rotate the photo preview
(used in the image above).
Others
• Control + F2 = Move focus to the menu bar
• Control + F3 = Move focus to the Dock
• Command + ? = Open the application’s help in Help Viewer
• Option + Command + D = Show or hide the Dock
• Command + F = Open a Find window

32. For more information about the
OS X Keyboard Shortcuts, click these
links:
• http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343
• http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/macs-allinone-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html
• http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=165450
• http://www.grandtotal.biz/CheatSheet/

33. Thunderbird
• Free, open-source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla
Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at
creating a Web browser.
• Thunderbird VS. Apple Mail: http://email-client.findthebest.com/compare/2-
11/Thunderbird-vs-Apple-Mail

34. Gallaudet Software Availability
• Microsoft (Mac & Windows)
• Adobe (Mac & Windows)
• Sophos Antivirus (Mac & Windows)
• Respondus (Windows only)
• StudyMate Author (Windows only)
• StudyMate Class (via Blackboard only)
http://www.gallaudet.edu/GTS/Computing_Central/Campus_Software_Availability.html

35. To buy software with academic
discounts for personally owned
computer
• http://gallaudet.onthehub.com (Microsoft)
• http://www.uscollegebuy.com/asl.htm (Adobe products)
• http://store.apple.com/us_edu_295234 (Apple software)
NOTE: Keeps in mind they required verification before purchasing
http://www.gallaudet.edu/gts/computing_central/software_central.html

36. More information on Mac,
please click this link:
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/

37. Special Thanks To:
Shannon L. Augustine
Kent Babson
Charles Bowie
Maria Petrova–Margason
Shay Taylor
Sheri Youens–Un