1. Setting Up Snow Leopard

This chapter walks you through the initialization process on a new computer to ensure you have set up Snow Leopard correctly and steps you through an upgrade, as well.

I’m assuming that you wouldn’t have bought this book about Apple’s newest operating system unless you already own a Mac. Either you just bought a new Mac with the Snow Leopard operating system, or you already own a Mac and you upgraded to Snow Leopard.

If you just bought a new Mac, you’ve probably already gone through the process of initialization that I’m going to outline next, and I’m sure you got through it just fine. However, if you are a true beginner with the Mac, you may have some nagging reservations in your mind. “Did I do everything right?” ...

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