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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 bradmiser@me.com.

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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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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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