Peachpit Learning Series Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Customize the Setup Assistant

After your Mac installs the operating system, but before it takes you to your Desktop, you will go through the Setup Assistant. Well, as I mentioned on page 8, you will

skip the Setup Assistant if you chose the options to "Archive and Install" and then "Preserve Users and Network Settings."

The Setup Assistant asks for information that will get you connected to the Internet and make sure the email program, Mail, can get your email for you.

VoiceOver option

During the Setup Assistant, one of the options you'll see is

VoiceOver. This is part of the enhanced Universal Access capabilities of Mac OS X. VoiceOver provides a spoken user interface (English only), which means the

computer speaks to the

user and describes what is going on. People with visual impairments can access just about everything on the Mac using the keyboard instead of the mouse. It's quite amazing.

In this introductory process, VoiceOver walks a user through keyboard practice, moving around the screen using the keyboard, typing in text fields, as well as selecting items in pop-up menus, scrolling lists, and control panes.

If you choose not to practice VoiceOver at this point, you can always do it later at your leisure. Please see Lesson 17 for more details.

The welcome screen

Most of the next few screens are self-explanatorychoose your language, the time zone, etc.

You will be asked if you want to

transfer your files from another, separate Mac or from a separate partition on the same Mac. This feature, called migrating, transfers over most of the files from your old machine to your new one; please see Lesson 2. You can either follow the simple, on-screen directions and migrate your files right now.

Or you can skip to Lesson 2 and read about migrating before you do it.

Or you can skip the entire process right now and do it later at your leisure, using the Migration Assistant; see Lesson 2.

The network setup

You will be asked how you connect to the Internet. If you know how you connect and you know all the pertinent data that needs to be entered (it's not much), follow the on-screen directions. If you run across information you don't know, call your Internet Service Provider (the one you pay your monthly connection fee to) and ask them what to enter.

If you don't know the information at the moment,

you can skip this part of the process altogether. You can always set your connection up later; it only takes few minutes. If you want to do it later, check the button, "My computer does not connect to the Internet."

If you want to set it up now, select your connection method and then follow the directions. If you run across places where you need to enter information and you don't know the information, call your ISP or click "Continue." Either it will work without that particular information, or you can fill it in later (see Lesson 10 for details on filling it in later).

Your Apple ID

You will be asked to enter your Apple ID. If you have a .Mac account (which is explained in Lesson 11), your email address and password is considered your Apple ID. Use your entire .Mac email address, including your member name, the @ symbol, and mac.com.

If you do not have a .Mac account or any other Apple ID that you know of, leave the fields blank and click the "Continue" button.

Other details

There are a few more screens asking for information from you, like personal details and where you will use this computer. It's easy.

Create your account

This is very important! What you are creating here is your Administrator account as the primary user, as well as your Administrator password. Write down this password because your Mac will not let you install new software or upgrades or make certain system changes unless you can provide this password. The hint you provide is important, alsoif you forget your password and enter the wrong one three times, the hint will appear on the screen.

You can leave the password field blank if you have no worries about anyone using your Mac. But I suggest you write down that you left it blank; it is just as easy to forget that you did

not enter a password as it is to forget which one you used. You might spend hours trying all kinds of different passwords only to finally realize you didn't give it one. Guess how I know this.

Make sure the

short name is something you want to keep because you will never be able to change it. When asked for your Administrator name, you can usually use either the long name or this short name.

Done!

It takes just another minute or two to finish it up. Apple will try your modem connection and register you instantly. (If it can't register because your connection is not set up yet, it will save the information and do it the first time you connect.) Continue on and you will see your new Desktop!