Apple MD761LL/A manual Let’s get moving, Multi-Touch gestures, Get to know your desktop, ICloud

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

Let’s get started

When you start your MacBook Air for the first time, Setup Assistant will help you get going. Just follow a few simple steps to quickly connect to your Wi-Fi network, transfer your stuff from another Mac or a PC, and create a user account for your Mac.

Let’s get moving

It’s easy to move files like documents, email, photos, music, and movies to your new Mac from another Mac or a PC. The first time you start your new Mac, it will walk you through the process step by step. All you have to do is follow the onscreen instructions.

Multi-Touch gestures

You can do a lot of things on your MacBook Air using simple gestures on the trackpad. Here are some of the most popular ones.

Get to know your desktop

The desktop is where you can find everything and do anything on your Mac. The Dock at the bottom of the screen is a handy place to keep the apps you use most. It’s also where you can open System Preferences, which lets you customize your desktop and other settings on your Mac. Click the Finder

iCloud

iCloud stores your music, photos, documents, calendars, and more. And it 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 instantly available on all your other devices. When you adjust

An important note

Please read this document and the safety information in the Important Product Information Guide carefully before you first use your computer.

Learn more

Hello.

Quick Start Guide

			AC plug		You’ll also be able to log in with your Apple ID. This will allow you to shop
	Headphone	SD USB 3	Thunderbolt
					the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Online Store. It will let you keep in
					touch using Messages and FaceTime. And it will let you access iCloud, which
					is automatically set up on your Mac in apps like Mail, Contacts, and Calendar.
					If you don’t have an Apple ID, you can create one in Setup Assistant.
MagSafe 2	USB 3
			Power	AC power	Power
			adapter	cord	button
	FaceTime HD camera

Click	Double click
Press down anywhere on the trackpad	Press down two times anywhere on the
to click. Or, with Tap to Click enabled,	trackpad. Or, with Tap to Click enabled,
simply tap the surface.	double-tap the surface.

Secondary click (right click)	Two-finger scroll
Click with two fingers to open shortcut	Brush two fingers along the trackpad
menus. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, tap	to scroll in any direction—up, down,
two fingers anywhere.	or sideways.

Swipe to navigate	Smart zoom
Swipe with two fingers to flip through	Double-tap the trackpad with two
web pages, documents, and more.	fingers 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 finger.

Switch between full-screen apps Swipe with three fingers to move from one full-screen app to another.

View Launchpad

Pinch with four fingers to view all your apps in Launchpad.

Rotate

Turn your thumb and finger clockwise or counterclockwise to rotate an image.

View Mission Control

Swipe up with three fingers to see every open window on your Mac.

Learn more

Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Trackpad to learn

icon to quickly get to all your files and folders.

The menu bar at the top has lots of useful information about your Mac.

To check the status of your wireless Internet connection, click the Wi-Fi icon. Your Mac automatically connects to the network you chose during setup.

Help	Menu bar	Wi-Fi
menu		status

your calendar, all your devices stay up to date. And with Photo Stream, your latest photos appear everywhere you want to see them, automatically. To customize your iCloud settings, open the Apple menu, select System Preferences, and click iCloud. Then sign in with your Apple ID and choose the iCloud features you want to use.

You can fiind more information, watch demos, and learn even more about MacBook Air features at www.apple.com/macbookair.

Help

You can often find 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.

OS X Utilities

If you have a problem with your Mac, OS X Utilities can help you repair your computer’s flash storage, restore your software and data from a Time Machine backup, or erase your flash storage and reinstall OS X and Apple applications. You can also use Safari to get online help. If your Mac detects a problem, it opens 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 Air 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/macbookair for MacBook Air technical support. Or call 1-800-275-2273. In Canada, call 1-800-263-3394.

Not all features are available in all areas.

MagSafe 2 power	Multi-Touch
connector	trackpad

more about gestures.

		System
Finder	Dock	Preferences

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