Chapter 1
From Go to Whoa: Getting to Know Your Mac
IN THIS CHAPTER
Taking a tour of your Mac’s ports and other hardware
Getting the feel of your Mac’s mouse or trackpad
Learning the lay of the keyboard land
Starting your Mac
Sleeping, shutting down, and restarting your Mac
The world is divided into two types of people: Those who look before they leap and those who take the plunge without a second thought (or often even a first, for that matter). In the computer world, people who prefer not to look before leaping will fire up their new machine and start banging away: clicking this, pressing that, turning this dial, and twiddling that knob. It’s all liberating, I suppose, but for those of us who prefer to give things a good look before leaping, it seems like madness and a recipe for trouble.
This chapter (and the rest of the chapters here in Book 1) is dedicated to members of the look-before-you-leap camp. Sure, it takes a bit more time than just diving in and seeing what happens, ...
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