Apple Mb Pro Rtna 13 Early 2013 Quick Start Guide

							Let’s get started
When you start your MacBook Pro 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.
You’ll also be able to log in with your Apple ID. This will allow you to shop  
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. Multi-Touch gestures
You can do a lot of things on your MacBook Pro 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  
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. 
Hello.
Multi-Touch 
trackpad
MagSafe 2 power 
connector Power 
adapter
AC power 
cord
Power 
button
Click
Press down anywhere on the trackpad  
to click. Or, with Tap to Click enabled,  
simply tap the surface.
Secondary click (right click)
Click with two fingers to open shortcut  
menus. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, tap  
two fingers anywhere.
Swipe to navigate
Swipe with two fingers to flip through  
web pages, documents, and more.  Double click
Press down two times anywhere on the 
trackpad. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, 
double-tap the surface.
Two-finger scroll
Brush two fingers along the trackpad  
to scroll in any direction—up, down,  
or sideways.
Smart zoom
Double-tap the trackpad with two  
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  
more about gestures. 
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  
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, choose System 
Preferences, and click iCloud. Then sign in with your Apple ID and choose  
the iCloud features you want to use.
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
You can find more information, watch demos, and learn even more about 
MacBook Pro features at www.apple.com/macbookpro
.
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 Pro 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/macbookpro 
for MacBook Pro technical support. Or call 1-800-275-2273 . In Canada, 
call 1-800-263-3394.
Not all features are available in all areas.
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Quick Start Guide
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.Welcome to your new MacBook Pro. We’d like to show you around.
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							Click the Safari icon in the Dock  
and surf the web quickly and easily 
with Multi-Touch gestures. Scroll  
up or down with two fingers on the 
trackpad. Swipe right and left with  
two fingers to go back and forth Safari web browser
Mail
Top Sites
Get a quick overview  
of the sites you visit  
most often.One-stop email
View all your accounts in 
Mail for one-click access. Conversation view
See all the email  
messages from a 
conversation thread.Search
Quickly narrow search  
results to find exactly  
what you want.
Mail lets you manage all your  
email accounts from a single,  
ad-free inbox, even when you’re  
not connected to the Internet. It 
works with most email standards—
including POP3 and IMAP—and between pages. Double-tap with 
two fingers to magnify a page,  
then double-tap again to return  
to the original size. Or pinch to  
zoom in and out.   popular email services like Gmail, 
Yahoo! Mail, and AOL Mail. You can 
also use Mail for the free me.com 
email account you get with iCloud. 
The first time you open Mail, Setup 
Assistant will help you get started.
Launchpad
Open Launchpad
Click the Launchpad  
icon in the Dock.
  Folders
Group apps in folders  
by dragging one app  
on top of another.
Launchpad is the home for all the 
apps on your Mac. Just click the 
Launchpad icon in the Dock, and 
your open windows are replaced by 
a full-screen display of all your apps. 
Arrange apps any way you want,  group them together in folders,  
or delete them from your Mac.  
When you download an app from 
the Mac App Store, it automatically 
appears in Launchpad. Mission Control
Mission Control gives you a  
bird’s-eye view of everything 
running on your Mac. Click the 
Mission Control icon in the Dock, 
and your desktop zooms out to 
display all the open windows in 
every application, all your full-  screen apps, and Dashboard, the 
home of mini-apps called widgets. 
Click anything to zoom in on it.  
Think of Mission Control as the hub 
of your system—view everything 
and go anywhere with just a click.
Open Mission Control
Click the Mission Control 
icon in the Dock.
  Add desktop spaces
Click the + button  
to the right of the top  
row to add a new space.
Dashboard
Located at the top  
left for easy access.
 Reading List
Click the glasses icon to  
save pages to read later.  
Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is the best way  
to find and download thousands of 
apps for your Mac, from games and 
social networking to productivity 
apps and more. New apps install  
in one step to Launchpad. You can 
install apps on every Mac authorized for your personal use and even 
download them again. The Mac  
App Store lets you know when app 
and OS X updates are available, so 
you always have the latest versions. 
Open the Mac App Store by clicking 
its icon in the Dock.
iTunes
With iTunes, you can organize and 
play your digital music and videos 
on your Mac. And you can shop in 
the iTunes Store for new music, movies, TV shows, books, and more. 
iTunes is also where you’ll find the 
App Store for iPad, iPhone, and  
iPod touch. 
iTunes Store
Discover and buy new music, 
movies, and more.  Genius Mixes
Let iTunes search your music 
library and group songs that 
go great together.
Calendar
Multiple calendars
Access all your calendars 
from one place. 
Keep track of your busy schedule  
with Calendar. You can create  
separate calendars—one for home, 
another for school, a third for work. 
See all your calendars in a single 
window or choose to see only the 
calendars you want. Create and  send invitations using contact info 
from the Contacts app, then see  
who has responded. Use iCloud  
to update calendars on all your 
devices automatically or share 
calendars with other iCloud users.  iPhoto
Create
Create books,  
cards, and calendars.
 Faces
iPhoto can even organize 
your photos based on 
who’s in them.
Events
Double-click any Event 
to browse photos.
 
iPhoto is the best way to organize, 
browse, edit, and share your photos 
on your Mac. You can organize your 
photo library by Faces, Places, and 
Events. To send photos by email  
or publish them to Facebook, just  select the photo and click Share  
in the bottom right of your screen. 
Or click Create to turn your favorite 
shots into photo books, calendars, 
and cards. iMovie
Event browser
Your imported videos  
appear here so you  
can access all your clips.Project browser
Simply drop your clips  
in a project to create  
a great movie.
iMovie puts all your video clips  
in one place and gives you the 
editing tools and special effects  
you need to quickly turn them  
into something memorable. You  
can make great-looking movies  
or even Hollywood-style movie trailers with just a few clicks. And 
iMovie lets you import video from 
most popular digital video cameras, 
your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch,  
or the FaceTime HD camera on  
your Mac.
Messages
Just log in with your Apple ID, and 
you can send unlimited messages 
including text, photos, videos, and 
more to your friends on a Mac, iPad, 
iPhone, or iPod touch. With iCloud, 
you can start a conversation on one  device and pick it up on another. 
And if you want to talk to someone 
face to face, you can start a video 
call* just by clicking the FaceTime 
icon in the top-right corner of the 
Messages window. 
Replies in progress
Three dots mean your 
friend is typing a reply.
 Delivery receipts
See when your 
message has arrived.
 FaceTime
Start a video call 
right in Messages.
 
*Requires FaceTime-enabled device for both caller and recipient. Not available in all areas.
Full-screen view
Click the full-screen button   
to go full screen.Always up to date
Updates to your purchased  
apps and OS X appear 
automatically.Discover new apps
Browse thousands of  
apps and download them 
straight to Launchpad.Calendar view
Select the view you 
prefer—day, week, 
month, or year. Add an event
Double-click in a 
calendar to create  
a new event.