Mac OS X: Introduction 10.4

About this class

A one day course designed to help new users get up to speed quickly and find their way around the new Mac OS with a little bit of background history.

What prerequisites are required

Previous basic knowledge of Windows or Classic Mac

Contents of this class

• Mac OS X Presentation and Overview
• Understanding the basic operational differences and benefits of Mac OS X
• Components of Mac OS X
• The layers within the operating system
• Darwin, Mach, OpenGL, BSD UNIX
• Core Services
• Graphic Services, Quicktime, Quartz
• Application Environments
• Classic, Carbon, Cocoa, Java Support
• Aqua
• Basic System Preferences
• Basic Finder Preferences
• Customising The Dock
• Aqua interface - finding your way around
• Creating new folders
• Moving, copying, deleting files
• View Options
• Using Applications
• Log in/Log out
• Internet Access, E-mail
• Printing
• A little bit on fonts