Showing posts with label Assistant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assistant. Show all posts

Thursday, October 29, 2015

How to Use Boot Camp to Install Linux


Download and install rEFIt (see Resources). This is a tool required to allow booting into other partitions, such as the Linux partition, not traditionally supported by Boot Camp.
Click 'Applications' 'Utilities' and then 'Boot Camp Assistant.'
Drag the slider to determine how much hard drive space you want to give your new 'Windows XP' partition. Click 'Partition' to continue.
Insert your Linux distribution installation CD when your partition has been created. Click 'Restart Mac OS X.'
Hold down Alt (option key) on your keyboard as your Mac is booting up.
Click the CD icon that says 'Windows.'
Follow the on screen Linux installation instructions to install the operating system.
Click the 'fat32' partition when the partition manager appears. Delete the fat32 partition.
Create two partitions, one around 600MB in size, the other with the rest of the full space. Name the smaller partition 'swap' and the other formatted as 'ext3' with 'root' or '/' assigned to it. Complete the installation then eject the Linux disc.
Hold Alt on your keyboard as your system is booting up. Click 'Windows' to boot into Linux.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

How to Connect Two Mac Laptops (5 Steps)


Plug the connection cable into both Mac laptop computers. If one of the computers you are using is a Macbook from 2008 or later, you will not be able to use a firewire connection. In this event, use an ethernet cable to connect the two laptops.
Open 'Migration Assistant' on both computers. To do this, open the 'Utilities' folder and locate 'Migration Assistant.'
Select which computer you would like to share data and which computer you would like to receive data. You will have to make your selection on both computers.
Enter the code provided to you on one of the computers. A numerical code will appear on one computer. Type this code into the other laptop computer to complete the connection.
Select the types of data you would like to transfer. There are several categories you can transfer including desktop, documents, applications and utilities.
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Friday, October 9, 2015

How to Manage Color on a Mac Computer (9 Steps)


Open your SYSTEM PREFERENCES, which you can always find under the APPLE menu. Once you have opened the finder, click on DISPLAYS.
The applet opens showing the DISPLAY tab. Notice the resolution is defaulted to the highest possible resolution. Most people will want to leave it there so they can see their screens and images at the highest quality. You may want to lower the resolution if you have difficulty reading the type of your screen, or have your eyes checked. You can also lower your 'colors' from millions to 256, but I honestly don't know why you would want to do this. To access the color management adjustments, click on the COLOR TAB.
Notice there are four profiles listed and you are defaulted to your default APPLE profile, in this case iMac. Experiment by selecting another profile and see how your screen changes. To create a new profile, click on CALIBRATE to bring up the Calibration Assistant. Before doing that, however, click on OPEN PROFILE to see the values of the current profile.
Each profile has a number of different elements and you can see the values and the GAMUT of each element by clicking the element. This is the RED channel tri-stimulus value of this profile. Check on different profiles; compare their values and the image on the screen to help you determine how to build a new one. Next click on CALIBRATE to open the calibration assistant.
The CALIBRATION ASSISTANT will take you through a number of steps to create a new profile based on your visual adjustments. Read the instructions and click CONTINUE to go to the next step.
Determine your display's native response or GAMMA. Adjust the sliders until the APPLE shape blends into the background. It will never completely disappear, but get it as close as you can. Sit back from the MONITOR when you are making the adjustment. When you are done, click continue.
Calibrate the target GAMMA. You can set it to the native GAMMA or use the Mac or PC standard. Notice how the screen changes as you make these adjustments. If you are using Macs and PCs and doing image editing on both, you may want to calibrate to the PC standard so the two are consistent. You can also use ADOBE GAMMA on your PC to make it look like the Mac.
Select a TARGET WHITE POINT. You can use the native white point, which is good for photography, or set the white point to another temperature to help adjust for the ambient light in the computer room. The white point SCALE is KELVIN, so it corresponds to white point settings on a camera. Using the native white point will use the white point from the image displayed.
The next step is the ADMIN step, which allows you to share the profile with other users of the computer. From that step you will be asked to NAME your profile and finally save it. The new profile will then appear on your profile list where you can select it. The purpose of all of this is to calibrate the display to YOUR eye. If the screen looks too green or is too dark, you may want to experiment with creating your own profiles.
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Monday, September 28, 2015

How to Install a Wireless Mouse for Use With Your Mac Laptop


Install two AA batteries in your wireless mouse.
Turn your mouse over, then slide the power switch over to cover the light.
Open your utilities folder to locate the 'Bluetooth Setup Assistant.'
Open the Setup Assistant then click 'Continue.'
Choose the 'Mouse' option on the 'Select Device Type' panel.
Turn on your mouse by sliding the power switch so the light is not covered.
Click 'Continue' on your computer when the light on the mouse starts to flash.
Choose the mouse from the 'Setup Assistant' listing then click 'Continue.'
Click 'Continue' again when the Assistant window says that the installation was successful.
Click 'Quit' to exit setup.
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Monday, September 7, 2015

How to Install Windows on a MacBook Air


Insert the USB connector of the DVD drive into the USB port on the MacBook Air.
Insert the Windows 7 installation disc into the DVD drive.
Run the 'Boot Camp Assistant' program from the Utilities folder.
Click 'Continue.'
Drag the divider to decide how much hard drive space to allocate to Mac OS X and how much to allocate to Windows, then click 'Partition.'
Click 'Start Installation.'
Click 'Install Now.'
Click the check box next to 'I accept the license terms.'
Click 'Custom.'
Click the 'BOOTCAMP' partition, then click 'Next.'
Click 'OK' and follow the onscreen prompts to finish the installation and personalization of Windows.
Download and install the Boot Camp driver software after the installation of Windows is complete.
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