MacBook 13 inch Notebook PDF User’s Guide
Connecting to a Printer
Follow the instructions that came with your printer to install required software and connect the printer. The drivers for most printers are built into Mac OS X. You can connect most printers with a USB cable; others might require a network connection, such as Ethernet. If you have an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can connect a USB printer to the base station (instead of connecting it to your computer) and print wirelessly. For more information about your USB ports, see “Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices” on page 54. For more information about a
wireless or network connection, see “How AirPort Provides Wireless Internet Access” on page 61 and “Connecting with Ethernet” on page 64.
After you connect a USB printer, your computer usually detects it automatically and adds it to the list of available printers. You might need to know the network name or address of printers connected to a network before you can print to them. Use the Print & Fax pane of System Preferences to select your printer.Note: If your printer isn’t working, you might need to check the website of the printer manufacturer for compatible printer driver software to install.
To set up a printer:
1 Open System Preferences and click the Print & Fax icon.
2 Click Printing and then click the Add (+) button to add a printer.
3 Select the printer you want to use, and then click Add.
4 Use the Add (+) and Remove (–) buttons to choose the printers that appear in the printer list.
Monitoring Printing
After you send a document to a printer, you can monitor printing, halt your print job, or put it temporarily on hold. Click the printer icon in the Dock to open the Printer window. For more information, choose Help > Mac Help and search for “printing.”Playing a CD and Connecting Headphones
You can use iTunes—an easy-to-use digital jukebox and store from which you can download music, videos, podcasts, and audiobooks—to listen to your iTunes music and CDs while you work. Insert a music CD in your optical drive and iTunes appears automatically on the screen. You can listen to your music on the MacBook internal speakers or connect headphones to the headphone port of your MacBook for private listening.
Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device
If you have an iPod, digital camera, video camera, scanner, or other device that has a FireWire or USB connector, you can connect it to your MacBook. Follow the installation instructions that came with your device. For information about FireWire, see “Connecting with FireWire” on page 57. For information about USB, see “Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices” on page 54. Transferring Files to or from Another Computer
If you want to transfer files or documents to or from another computer, there are several ways of doing it. Â You can easily transfer all your files using Migration Assistant and a FireWire cable (sold separately). Â You can connect to another Mac using a FireWire cable and start up your MacBook in FireWire Target Disk Mode. Your MacBook appears as a hard disk on the other computer and you can drag files to it. For information about using FireWire to transfer files, see “Connecting Your MacBook to Another Computer Using FireWire” on page 59. Â If you have an external hard disk drive, iPod, flash drive, or other data storage device that connects through a USB or FireWire cable, you can use it to transfer files.
 If you have an email connection, you can email your files to another computer.
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