Monday: Mac 101

Learning Target(s):

• I can name the parts of the Apple OSX User Interface (UI), detail default file behaviors & extensions, and pass a quiz on them next class
• I can START my week strong by
• Checking my grades on PowerSchool and emailing one teacher with a pledge for this week (cc: John)

Announcements:  

• Picture day is tomorrow - TUESDAY
• This WILL be your Yearbook Photo
• There are NO RETAKES and you CANNOT look at the picture that is taken
• I will try to take the best picture possible
• Yearbook staff are allowed a retake so volunteer!
• There will be ONE make-up day

Agenda:

• WarmUp [10]
• When you have finished the warm-up check your email and answer any school related emails

• Mac 101 - Using the Computers [50]

What is what and... how John writes instructions

• KEYS
• Keys you press are written in quotes like this: "⌘"
• If you need to press multiple keys they will have + signs like this: "control + ⌘"
• That means you press "Control" and then while still holding "control" you also press "⌘"
• Let's try "⌘+TAB" - what does it do?
• Now try "⌘+Shift+4" - what did THAT do?
• The "Command" key on a Mac is kind of like the "Control" key on a PC.  Try "Command+F" - what did it do?
• MENUS
• Menus are at the TOP of the SCREEN and usually say things like "File" and "Edit" and "View"
• If you need to press multiple menu items they will have "|" [bar] signs between them like this: " | ⌘"
• Menus CHANGE depending on the program that is in front (so always check THAT before you ask a question)
• Use "⌘+TAB" to cycle programs 
• Turning the Computer On & Off
• ON with the Power Button
• OFF with  " | Shut Down..."
• The computers RESET every night
• Everything on the desktop and in documents is DELETED
• All settings are reset
• Only the "Data Drive" is not deleted
• The "Data Drive"
• Upper RIGHT CORNER of your desktop
• Is NOT backed up
• Students should have a FLASH DRIVE in order to keep their digital work safe
• The FINDER is your friend! 
• The FINDER is how you view the files where they are physically stored on the hard drive.
• The finder has VIEWS and SORTS
• 
• The LIST VIEW is the easiest to find thinks in because you can SORT by clicking on the columns
• 
• SPOTLIGHT let's you SEARCH for a file or Application
• 
• Moving and copying files
• OSX (the Mac Operating System) has rules for moving and copying
• On the SAME DRIVE the default is to MOVE
• On DIFFERENT DRIVES the default is to COPY
• To force a MOVE between drives hold down Command (⌘) while dragging and dripping
• To force a COPY on the same drive hold down Option while dragging and dropping
• File NAMES and EXTENSIONS
• There are FEW limits on what a file cane be names but "/", ":" and other  special characters are usually NOT allowed
• File EXTENSIONS tell the computer what program to use to work with that type of file
• Big List of File Types/Extensions
• BIGGER List of File Types
• Top 15
• .doc/x = Microsoft Word Document
• .pages = Pages Document
• .txt = Plain Text File
• .csv = Comma Separated Values File
• .key = Keynote Presentation
• .vcf = vCard File - Address Book File
• .mp3 = MP3 Audio File
• .flv = Flash Video File
• .m4v = iTunes Video File - SAME AS MP4
• .mp4 = MPEG-4 Video File - SAME AS M4V
• .mov = Apple QuickTime Movie
• .jpg = JPEG Image
• .png = Portable Network Graphic
• .psd = Adobe Photoshop Document
• .pdf = Portable Document Format File
• If Time
• Log in to PowerSchool (??)
• Check grades
• Select class you want to do better in
• Email that teacher with a plan for next week
• CC John on the email or NO CREDIT