Draft:Student Technology Survival Guide (Mac)

This page is designed to give students more information on how to preform important tasks on a Mac that will be crucial to his or her time here at WSU. All incoming freshmen should have received a bright pink half-page handout on "Need To Know" information. This page provides links to handy information.

• eHome
• Email
• Entourage (Mac)
• Printing/Setup (Mac)
• Installing Software From The Network
• File backup/MAC
• Student Homepage Explanation
• VPN

• | Apple Mac 101 Tour

http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Beginner's_Guide http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/macbook_pro_13inch_late_2011.pdf

Add Keyserver software (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc..) http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Software_Additions

Rename folder/file http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/18/how-to-rename-a-file-or-folder-in-mac-os-x/

Microsoft Word Basics http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Microsoft_Word_(Mac)

Microsoft PowerPoint Basics http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/PowerPoint_(Mac)

Get to email, in an internet browser http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Webmail

Change email password http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Microsoft_Services_Live_ID_Password

Setup Outlook http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Setting_up_Microsoft_Outlook_Live-WSU_MacBookPro_%2710_or_%2711

Add a printer http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Printing/Setup_Printers_on_a_Mac

File backup http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/File_backup/Mac talk to Dennis. -iTunes music files: http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Backing_Up_Your_iTunes_Library_on_a_Mac

Live Mesh (automatic file backup) http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Microsoft_Live_Services/Live_Mesh

Skydrive http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Microsoft_Live_Services/SkyDrive

Screenshot http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X

iTunes (playlists, importing songs, burning cd’s, purchasing music, syncing with iDevice’s) -iTunes vid http://support.apple.com/kb/VI292?viewlocale=en_US http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/

-http://edutech.tlt.winona.edu/wikis/TLTPedia/index.php/Backing_Up_Your_iTunes_Library_on_a_Mac

Cleaning your Mac http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226

Connecting to VPN

• Student Survival (PC)