Apple MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) User Manual

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Click the Safari icon in the Dock

and surf the web quickly and easily

with Multi-Touch gestures. Scroll

up or down with two fingers on the

trackpad. Swipe right and left with

two fingers to go back and forth

Safari web browser

Mail

Top Sites
Get a quick overview
of the sites you visit
most often.

One-stop email
View all your accounts in
Mail for one-click access.

Conversation view
See all the email
messages from a
conversation thread.

Search
Quickly narrow search
results to find exactly
what you want.

Mail lets you manage all your

email accounts from a single,

ad-free inbox, even when you’re

not connected to the Internet. It

works with most email standards—

including POP3 and IMAP—and

between pages. Double-tap with

two fingers to magnify a page,

then double-tap again to return

to the original size. Or pinch to

zoom in and out.

popular email services like Gmail,

Yahoo! Mail, and AOL Mail. You can

also use Mail for the free me.com

email account you get with iCloud.

The first time you open Mail, Setup

Assistant will help you get started.

Launchpad

Open Launchpad
Click the Launchpad
icon in the Dock.

Folders
Group apps in folders
by dragging one app
on top of another.

Launchpad is the home for all the

apps on your Mac. Just click the

Launchpad icon in the Dock, and

your open windows are replaced by

a full-screen display of all your apps.

Arrange apps any way you want,

group them together in folders,

or delete them from your Mac.

When you download an app from

the Mac App Store, it automatically

appears in Launchpad.

Mission Control

Mission Control gives you a

bird’s-eye view of everything

running on your Mac. Click the

Mission Control icon in the Dock,

and your desktop zooms out to

display all the open windows in

every application, all your full-

screen apps, and Dashboard, the

home of mini-apps called widgets.

Click anything to zoom in on it.

Think of Mission Control as the hub

of your system—view everything

and go anywhere with just a click.

Open Mission Control
Click the Mission Control
icon in the Dock.

Add desktop spaces
Click the + button
to the right of the top
row to add a new space.

Dashboard
Located at the top
left for easy access.

Reading List
Click the glasses icon to
save pages to read later.

Mac App Store

The Mac App Store is the best way

to find and download thousands of

apps for your Mac, from games and

social networking to productivity

apps and more. New apps install

in one step to Launchpad. You can

install apps on every Mac authorized

for your personal use and even

download them again. The Mac

App Store lets you know when app

and OS X updates are available, so

you always have the latest versions.

Open the Mac App Store by clicking

its icon in the Dock.

iTunes

With iTunes, you can organize and

play your digital music and videos

on your Mac. And you can shop in

the iTunes Store for new music,

movies, TV shows, books, and more.

iTunes is also where you’ll find the

App Store for iPad, iPhone, and

iPod touch.

iTunes Store
Discover and buy new music,
movies, and more.

Genius Mixes
Let iTunes search your music
library and group songs that
go great together.

Calendar

Multiple calendars
Access all your calendars
from one place.

Keep track of your busy schedule

with Calendar. You can create

separate calendars—one for home,

another for school, a third for work.

See all your calendars in a single

window or choose to see only the

calendars you want. Create and

send invitations using contact info

from the Contacts app, then see

who has responded. Use iCloud

to update calendars on all your

devices automatically or share

calendars with other iCloud users.

iPhoto

Create
Create books,
cards, and calendars.

Faces
iPhoto can even organize
your photos based on
who’s in them.

Events
Double-click any Event
to browse photos.

iPhoto is the best way to organize,

browse, edit, and share your photos

on your Mac. You can organize your

photo library by Faces, Places, and

Events. To send photos by email

or publish them to Facebook, just

select the photo and click Share

in the bottom right of your screen.

Or click Create to turn your favorite

shots into photo books, calendars,

and cards.

iMovie

Event browser
Your imported videos
appear here so you
can access all your clips.

Project browser
Simply drop your clips
in a project to create
a great movie.

iMovie puts all your video clips

in one place and gives you the

editing tools and special effects

you need to quickly turn them

into something memorable. You

can make great-looking movies

or even Hollywood-style movie

trailers with just a few clicks. And

iMovie lets you import video from

most popular digital video cameras,

your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch,

or the FaceTime HD camera on

your Mac.

Messages

Just log in with your Apple ID, and

you can send unlimited messages

including text, photos, videos, and

more to your friends on a Mac, iPad,

iPhone, or iPod touch. With iCloud,

you can start a conversation on one

device and pick it up on another.

And if you want to talk to someone

face to face, you can start a video

call* just by clicking the FaceTime

icon in the top-right corner of the

Messages window.

Replies in progress
Three dots mean your
friend is typing a reply.

Delivery receipts
See when your
message has arrived.

FaceTime
Start a video call
right in Messages.

*Requires FaceTime-enabled device for both caller and recipient. Not available in all areas.

Full-screen view
Click the full-screen button
to go full screen.

Always up to date
Updates to your purchased
apps and OS X appear
automatically.

Discover new apps
Browse thousands of
apps and download them
straight to Launchpad.

Calendar view
Select the view you
prefer—day, week,
month, or year.

Add an event
Double-click in a
calendar to create
a new event.

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