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Mastering Macs: Exploring the Internet and More

Learn to navigate the Internet, manage system preferences, and optimize Mac hardware. Discover the history of the Internet and essential terms like URL, browser, and web pages. Explore favorite websites and system preferences in detail. Dive into exercises like making an alias and burning CDs on your Mac system. Get familiar with tools like Spotlight and Dashboard for efficient use of your Mac.

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Mastering Macs: Exploring the Internet and More

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  1. OST 162-001 More about using Macs

  2. The Internet • Terms: • Browser - a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network • URL - Uniform Resource Locator – address of websites (ex. http://www.google.com) • Web pages - a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser • Hyperlinks – a navigation element that links from one document to another • Bookmarks – pointers to URLs

  3. History of the Internet • 1969 – Birth of the Internet with ARPANET commissioned by DoD • 1971 – email invented (23 hosts) • 1977 – international networks with more than 100 hosts • 1982 – TCP/IP is defined • 1984 – number of hosts break 1000 • 1989 – now more than 100,000 hosts • 1991 – WWW is invented by CERN • 1994 – commercialization is allowed (host break 3million) • 1997 – 19.5 million hosts • Today – approx. 200 million Internet users

  4. Google

  5. Other favorites • Espn.com • Imdb.com • Yahoo.com • Cnn.com • wikipedia.org • Weather.com • Ebay.com • Half.com

  6. System Preferences • Allows you to change the settings of a number of features on you computer. • Personal • Hardware • Internet and Network • System

  7. Personal • Appearance • Dashboard & Expose • Desktop & Screensaver • Dock • International • Security • Spotlight

  8. Hardware • CDs and DVDs • Displays • Energy saver • Keyboard & Mouse • Print & Fax • Sound

  9. Internet & Network • .Mac • Network • Quicktime • Sharing

  10. System • Accounts • Date & Time • Software Update • Speech • Startup Disk • Universal Access

  11. Exercises • Make an Alias – Page 172 • Search for files – Page 174 • Spotlight – Page 177 • Spotlight Windows – Page 178

  12. Burning Cds • CD Formats • CD-ROM • CD-R • CD+R (don’t get) • CD-RW • CD Preferences

  13. Dashboard • Provides quick access to information customized for you, by you in the form of widgets. F12 will make the dashboard appear and disappear

  14. Questions? ?

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