Using Mac OS® X Lion™, Second Edition

This chapter helps you make the optimum hardware settings for the screen, the sound, the keyboard, the mouse or trackpad, and optical drives.

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Managing Your Hardware

In this chapter, I introduce you to the new System Information application in Lion. Additionally, I show you the settings that control the screen, the speakers, the keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and optical drives (CD and DVD drives).

Learning about Your Mac

Before reading this chapter, you should familiarize yourself with the components of your own system if you need to. Lion provides a new way for you to do that in its new System Information application. This new application gives you general information about your software and hardware, but can also give you detailed information. ...