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Turning the computer on
To turn on the computer:
mPress the Power key (marked with a P) at the
Power key
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You should hear a tone when you turn on the computer. It takes the computer a few minutes to start up. You’ll see the Mac OS startup screen as the system software is loaded on the computer.
After your computer starts up for the first time, a picture similar to this appears on the screen:
If you don’t see this picture on your screen, go to the next section, “Problems Turning Your Computer On?”
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