EdTech BootCamp Session #6

Presented By:Daniel Greening and LeRoy Wong

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• Force Quit • Activity Monitor• Power Management & Troubleshooting• batteries & power adaptors

• Repairing Permissions & Disk Verify• L4L Annual Registration 2009/2010

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Force Quit

• Force Quit is the method which you would use to exit out of an unresponsive application• The Finder can also be Force Quit if it becomes unresponsive• Patience is a virtue – give applications time to complete tasks• There are several ways to Force Quit an Application

1. Key combination – Command : Option : Escape

2. Apple Menu – Force Quit

3. Click and hold on Dock icon for unresponsive application – Force Quit

Force Quit Menu

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Activity Monitor UtilityResource Utilization Monitor

1. Located in /Applications/Utilities

2. The Activity Monitor is the utility which allows a user to see what the current resource utilization is in Mac OS

3. It provides statistics on CPU usage, system memory usage, disk activity, disk usage, and network usage

4. The CPU and memory statistics are most useful if a user is having problems with sluggish performance in applications or overall

5. A user can sort open processes by any of the above listed criteria for ease of reference

6. If a user has Force Quit an application several times due to unresponsiveness, use Activity Monitor to see how much memory and CPU power it is using

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Activity Monitor UtilityInterface

Process memory usage

Detailed breakdown of selected resource

Processes sorted by name

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Power ManagementEnergy Saver Preference Pane

1. Energy Saver is the power management Preference Pane located in System

Preferences

2. All sleep settings are modified in this Preference Pane

3. Separate settings for battery and power adaptor are available

4. Current settings are as follows:

• Power Adaptor Machine Sleep – after 3 hours• Power Adaptor Display Sleep - after 30 minutes• Battery Machine Sleep – after 10 minutes• Battery Display Sleep – after 10 minutes

5. No schedule is set for sleep/wake

6. Put hard disk to sleep when possible is enabled

7. For best performance and battery life, leave settings alone

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Power ManagementEnergy Saver Interface

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Power ManagementBattery Information

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Power ManagementBattery Information – System Profiler

Battery Information

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Power ManagementPower Adaptor Information

1. The Macbook power adaptor is a 65watt MagSafe unit with extension

cable and plug head

2. The adaptor has a green/orange status light on the end which connects to the Macbook. Green means fully charged, orange is charging

3. Always check connections between the Macbook and the adaptor, the adaptor and the wall, and the adaptor and the plug head/extension should power issues occur

4. Frayed or damaged wires are not covered under warrantee

5. Replacement or supplemental adaptors are available at the Apple store

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Disk UtilityRepair Permissions & Verify Disk

1. Disk Utility is located in /Applications/Utilities

2. Repair Permissions is used to make sure that you have the proper rights to any files which you may have created, or applications come pre-installed

3. If a user cannot open a particular file, Repair Permissions is an excellent first troubleshooting step

4. Verify Disk is used to check a disk or volume for problems with structure or data corruption

5. Always run a Verify routine BEFORE running a repair

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Disk UtilityVerify/Repair Permissions

Verify/Repair Buttons

Selected Volume

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Disk UtilityVerify/Repair Disk/Volume

Verify/Repair Buttons

Selected Volume

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L4L Annual Registration 2009-2010Key Information

1. The 2009-2010 BPS Registration Application for all L4L Macbooks was released on December 3rd 2009. The FINAL day for registration is Friday February 5th 2010.

2. All Macbooks must be on at least OS version 10.5.3 to receive the Reg App via Directory Services on the BPS network. If users are still on OS version 10.5.2, they must update to OS 10.5.8 by running Software Update from the Apple Menu in the upper left corner of the Finder. They may select any/all updates, however, the 10.5.8 update is the most important.

3. Users MUST restart their Macbook to complete the update process. Once installation has begun, it can not be interrupted until complete. The Macbook will physically restart when the update is complete.

4. Users MUST log out and log back in while physically plugged into the BPS network. The Registration Application WILL NOT launch until the user logs out and then back in while on network.

5. Users MUST use their correct BPS Employee ID and password to register their Macbook. If they input their password incorrectly, they will be notified and can change it. If they put in their Employee ID incorrectly, they must call the Service Desk to have it changed.

For more information: BPS Sites: bostonpublicschools.org/technology

Contact Information:Daniel Greeningdgreening@bostonpublicschools.org

LeRoy Wonglwong2@bostonpublicschoos.org