Daily Learning Target(s):
- I can learn some of the functions of the finder and how its menus and tools work
- Warm-Up: [10]
- Mac 101 - Using the Computers [50+/- continues Monday if needed]
- First... where do you take notes for a lecture like this?
- General
- Hardware vs. Software vs Data
- Where things are stored & how we find them
- Spotlight & Finder
- Online vs. Offline & version control
- LOGON with the Power Button in the back left
- LOGOUT with
| Log Out Period... - SHUTDOWN with | Shut Down...
- Everything on the desktop and in documents is DELETED
- All settings are reset
- Only the "Period Drive" is not deleted
- Upper RIGHT SIDE of your desktop
- Is not deleted nightly however it is NOT backed up
- Students should have a FLASH DRIVE in order to keep their digital work safe
- Keep the Period Drive well Organized!
- OPEN your period drive by double clicking it to open a Finder Window
- Right+Click or "Control"+click inside the blank white space
- Choose "New Folder" from the menu
- Type Your Name as the Folder Name
- NOTE: you don't need to delete the blue (selected) text - just start typing
- NOW Drag the folder to the desktop - what happened?
- OSX (the Mac Operating System) has rules for moving and copying
- NOTE: a DRIVE is a Disk Drive, a physical piece of hardware
- Dragging a file around on the SAME DRIVE the default behavior is to MOVE
- Dragging a file between DIFFERENT DRIVES the default is to COPY
- You can FORCE the opposite action to happen:
- To force a MOVE between drives hold down Command (⌘) while dragging and dropping
- To force a COPY on the same drive hold down Option while dragging and dropping
- 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 things in because you can SORT by clicking on the columns
- There are FEW limits on what a file can be named 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
- .flv = Flash Video File
- .mp3 = MP3 Audio 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
- Control vs Option vs Apple/Command
- Mac Key combinations vs Windows
- When we say "Command" on the Mac it would be "Control" on a PC
- Key combinations are pressed and held sequentially and then released all at once
- Command+C=Copy
- Command+X=Cut (and delete if you paste)
- Command+V=Paste
- Some key combinations work before you release them (!!!)
- Let's try "⌘+TAB" - what does it do?
- Look what it does on John's computer with more things open at once
- NOW what does it do?
- Some key combinations open a menu or begin a process
- Now try "⌘+Shift+4" - what did THAT do?
- Try "Command + F" - what did it do?
- What does "⌘ + P" do?
- Menus are at the TOP of the SCREEN and CHANGE depending on which program has FOCUS
- They 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: "EDIT | FIND"
- REMEMBER: Menus CHANGE depending on the program that is in front (so always check THAT before you ask a question)
- Use "⌘+TAB" to cycle programs and place the focus where you want it.
Turning the Computer On & Off redux
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