This is a series of slides I use for ArrowQuick class training.

1. Mac OS X
Session 1
Beginning with Mac OS X
Presented by Perry Lund, ArrowQuick Solutions

2. Mac OS X History
1999 - 2006
Darwin .1 - 3/16/1999
Mac OS X Beta - 9/13/2000
Mac OS 10.0 - 3/24/2001
Code Names
Mac OS 10.1 - 9/29/2001
Cheetah
Mac OS 10.2 - 8/13/2002 Puma
Jaguar
Mac OS 10.3 - 10/24/2003
Panther
Mac OS 10.4 - 4/29/2005 Tiger
Leopard
Mac OS 10.5 - 11/14/2007

3. Mac OS X 10.3.9
If you have Mac OS X
10.3 (Panther), it is
time to upgrade.
Ask ArrowQuick if
your Macintosh can
run the new Mac OS X
10.5 (Leopard).

4. Mac OS X 10.4.11
If you have Mac OS X
10.4 (Tiger), Apple is
still supporting it.
Ask ArrowQuick if
your Macintosh can
run the new Mac OS X
10.5 (Leopard).

5. Mac OS X 10.5
November 2007
New System Features
Time Machine Backup
Spaces - virtual desktops
Core Animation
Boot Camp - Dual Boot
Parental Controls
iChat with video backdrops
No More Classic Support!

6. Mac OS X Model
User Interface
The Finder interface was updated for version
10.4 (Tiger). Tiger includes the Automator,
Dashboard, and Spotlight.
Version 10.5 (Leopard) includes Spaces and
Time Machine.
More on some of these technologies later.

7. Mac OS X Model
Apple’s Processor Switch in 2006
In the past 18 month, perhaps the most important
change to Macintosh since 1984 has occurred in the
transition to Intel processors.
Most of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is native to the new Intel
processors. All of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is native.

8. Mac OS X - Which Macs
The system requirements of the Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
PowerPC edition are:
PowerPC processors G3, G4, G5
Built-in FireWire
At least 256 MB of RAM (512 MB / 1 GB recommended)
At least 3 GB of available hard disk space; 4 GB of disk
space including the Xcode 2 Tools
DVD drive (CD media exchange was available; offer
ended March 19, 2007)

9. Mac OS X - Which Macs
The system requirements of the Universal edition are:
PowerPC/Intel processors 867 MHz or faster G4, G5,
Intel series of processors
At least 512 MB of RAM (1 GB+ recommended)
At least 9 GB of available hard drive space
DVD drive for installation
Some features require an Internet service provider

10. Mac OS X Basics
Mac OS X is a secure operating system
Users must / should login
Based on UNIX foundation - traditionally secure
Mac OS X is a pleasant user experience
Desktop
Dock - organizational tool
Menu bar - command and control
Windows - where information is displayed / edited
Organization
File Structure / Operations
Applications

11. Mac OS X Login

12. Mac OS X Login
Login
Mac OS X based on networked computer model of
UNIX. Since UNIX and Mac OS X are a multi-user
operating system, you must login!
Automatic login with an account
List of accounts to login
User / Password model for login
Type of login is dependent upon situation.

13. Mac OS X Login
Setting Up a 2nd Administrative Account
Why is this important?
In case first admin account is corrupted
Spouse’s account
Strong Passwords
Tiger and Leopard can test your password
strength

14. Mac OS X Login
Practice

15. Mac OS X Basics
Exploring the Finder
Desktop
Dock
Menubar

16. Mac OS X Desktop
Changeable Background
Control what is shown on Desktop
Remove hard drives and CDs from showing up
Icons
Vector based images that are resizable
Represent folders, files, hard drives, etc…

17. Mac OS X Desktop
Control what is shown on Desktop

18. Mac OS X Desktop
Resizeable icons for various
screens sizes
Grid spacing in Leopard
Text size and label position is
adjustable
Finder windows’ background
can be changed

19. Mac OS X Dock
Dock
Mechanism by which to control work
environment, manage working applications
Program are on the left of divider
Documents on the right of divider
Add new icons by dragging to dock
Click once on icon to open
Press mouse button for option menu
Lots of options for customization

20. Mac OS X Menubar
Menu bar
Menus stay down without holding mouse button
Menu permanently fixed to top of main screen
Quick access items on right
Clock / Date
Volume control
Spotlight
Battery Indicator

21. Mac OS X Windows
Anatomy of a window in Mac OS X 10.4

22. Mac OS X Windows
Anatomy of a window in Mac OS X 10.5

23. Mac OS X Windows
Anatomy of a window in Mac OS X
Title bar (Command-click to navigate back)
Command-W (closes windows)
Red/yellow/green (close / minimize / zoom)
Scroll bars
Tool bar (extremely customizable)
Searching within Finder window
Change Finder window views as needed

24. Mac OS X Windows
Anatomy of a window in Mac OS X
Views
Icon View
List View
Column View
Cover Flow (new in Leopard)
Options for icon size, arrangement, background
Flippy Triangle

25. Mac OS X Windows
Icon View - Mac OS X 10.5

26. Mac OS X Windows
List View - Mac OS X 10.5

27. Mac OS X Windows
Column View - Mac OS X 10.5

28. Mac OS X Windows
Cover Flow View - Mac OS X 10.5

29. Mac OS X Finder
Window Options (Leopard)
Control what icons are shown
on the desktop
Control how windows appear in
the window
Control spring loaded folders

30. Mac OS X Finder
Window Options (Leopard)
Control what icons are shown
on the desktop
Control how windows appear in
the window
Control spring loaded folders
Labels applied to files & folders
Sidebar setup
Advanced options

31. Mac OS X Finder
Keyboard Shortcuts
Restart (Control - Command - Eject)
Shutdown (Control - Command - Option - Eject)
Show View Options (Command-J)
Applicable to one or all windows
Control of the following elements
Icon size
Text size
Label position
Icon arrangement
Windows background

32. Mac OS X Help
Command - Shift - ? / Finder Help menu
Type keywords to get answers
Application Help
Now tells where menu choices are located
Mac OS X Leopard will query Apple
support website and provide relavent
articles.

33. Questions / Break

34. Mac OS X Organization
Folder Structure
Applications - collection of Mac OS X programs
Library - components of operating system
Users - Home folders of users on this machine
System - UNIX files (most of them invisible)
Desktop - contains items on desktop

35. Mac OS X Organization
Home Folders (folder == directory)
Mac OS X is a multi-user system
Each user account associated with a login
receives a home folder
You no longer place files anywhere you want on
the hard drive as with prior operating systems
You place files in your Home folder

36. Mac OS X Organization
Home Folders

37. Mac OS X Organization
Home Folders
Folder Structure
Desktop - user desktop file / folders
Documents - files created by applications
Library - users fonts / drivers / preferences
Movies/Music/Pictures - digital media files from applications
like iMovie/iTunes/iPhoto
Public - All users share files here (local / network)
Sites - HTML and website pages
Mac OS X has a complete Apache web server installed

38. Mac OS X Organization
Icon Naming (files and folders)
256 characters (long file naming)
Only illegal character is a colon [:]
Names can not start with period or slash
Servers may not support long file names
Selection of Icons
Shift - click / group drag around icons
Command - click for non contiguous range of icons

39. Mac OS X File Operations
Copying / Moving Files
Dragging a disk icon (volume) to another volume
will create a shortcut
Option dragging a disk icon (volume) to another
volume will copy items
Dragging from one folder to another folder will
move the folder and its items
Option dragging from one folder to another folder
will copy the folder and its items
Dragging a folder from one disk volume to
another disk volume copies the folder

40. Mac OS X File Operations
Aliases
Are shortcuts to files / folders
Visual indicator of an arrow on the icon
Better than Windows shortcuts; original file /
application can be moved without the alias losing track
Trash Keyboard Shortcut
Command - Delete (moves to Trash)
Command - Shift - Delete (deletes Trash)
Show Info
Allows you to see icon attributes

41. Mac OS X Icon Shortcuts

42. Mac OS X File Operations
Show Info
General Info - name, size, date
created/modified
Open w/ Application - Decides what
program Mac OS X will open
documents
Application Information - Acrobat
document shown has many extras

43. Mac OS X File Operations
Show Info
Preview - works for PDFs, photos,
movies, and audio files
Privileges - control of viewing, opening,
and executing programs
Comments - user can add their own
comments to files

44. Mac OS X
How to deal with Disks
Forget about Floppy Disks!
UNIX as an operating system never used them
Many or most documents are larger than floppy
USB / FireWire peripherals
Invest in storage peripheral that are external to
computer and based on USB/FireWire ports
Zip drives
Hard drives
Solid State Storage
CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R

45. Mac OS X - How to do Disks
Selecting Startup Disk
System Preferences --> Startup Disk (OS X)
Hold down Option Key on starting Mac

46. Mac OS X - How to do Disks
Erasing, Formatting, & Initializing
Use Disk Utility in Utilities Folder
Extended Format is preferred
Partitioning & RAID options are optional
New CD/DVD media will trigger formatting process

47. Mac OS X Toolbar
Customizing the Finder window’s Toolbar

48. Mac OS X Toolbar
Customizable
View --> Customize Toolbar
Add elements you use often
Path
Eject
Burn CD
iDisk
Your Applications
Your Documents

49. Questions / Break Time

50. Mac OS X Programs
Four Main Type of Macintosh Programs
#1) Classic - DEAD (not supported on Intel Macs)
#2) Carbon -
Program run in Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.2 and Mac OS X
Very few of these application exsist any longer
Takes advantage of Mac OS X features
Very stable, uses Mac OS X Aqua interface

51. Mac OS X Programs
Four Main Type of Programs
#3) Cocoa
Programmed from scratch on Mac OS X
Takes advantage of Mac OS X services
System wide spell checker
Address book
Spotlight indexed searches
Prepared to move with Mac OS X into future when
new Mac OS X services become available.

52. Mac OS X Programs
Three Main Type of Programs
#4) Java
Programs written in Java language work on all
computer systems with operating systems
supporting Java.
Examples - LimeWire, CrozzWord, Network Probe

53. Mac OS X Programs
Force Quitting Programs
Option - Command - Escape
This kills the application process of your choice
No need to reboot Mac OS X
Program Extras
Switching Between (Command - Tab)
Hiding Programs (Command - H)
Minimizing Programs (Command - M)

54. Mac OS X Applications
Address Book Dictionary
AppleScript DVD Player
Calculator Image Capture
Chess Internet Connect
Clock Safari
Dashboard Mail

55. Mac OS X Documents
How do documents know their parents?
Two methods (Mac OS X uses both)
Use of program creator / type codes
Use of file name suffixes
Use extensions / file name suffixes
Be a good computer citizen
Ease of exchanging files with other computer users
Helps you identify files at a glance often times

56. Mac OS X Documents
Save Dialog Box
Sheets - are the actual dialog boxes which are
attached to the documents.
Two views of sheets
Compact view allows naming and save button
Column view allows control of save location; use
favorites, recent places or create a new folder
Shortcuts
Command - D (Desktop)

57. Mac OS X Documents
Compact Sheet View

58. Mac OS X Documents
Expanded Sheet View