How to Upgradeto Mac OS X Lion for Free

Introduction
On the 20th of July 2011, Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 to the public and it became available on the App Store for only
29.99 $ . If it happens that you bought a new Mac machine between the 6th of June 2011 and the 21st of July, then you are
entitled to have MAC OS X Lion for free , as your computer was shipped with OSX Snow Leopard.
To upgrade/ Install OS X Lion, you should have the following prerequisites:

Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of RAM
Latest version of Snow Leopard ( 10.6.6 or later )
At least 4GB of additional disk space to accommodate the download, but more is obviously recommended

1. If you bought a new Mac between June 6, 2011 and July 20, 2011, dont buy Lion from the App Store yet, because
you qualify for a free download of Mac OS X Lion, directly from Apple. All you need to do is visit Apples Up-ToDate page to claim your copy, just be sure you have your Macs Serial Number, date of purchase, and place &
location of purchase ready.
Visit : OS X Lion Up to Date Program
Once you are done, an email will be sent to you that contains Mac OS X Lion Content Code, which will be used in
the App Store to download OS X Lion for free.

2. To Redeem OS X Lion , open Apple Store.

3. click on the Redeem option from the right side, under Quick Links

4. on the Redeem Code page, type or paste the Mac OS X Lion Content Code, which you received previously by email
from Apple, inside the code Textbox and then click on the Redeem button

5. You will be requested to enter your Apple ID and password, if you don't have a username and password, then click
Create Account, once your credentials are typed, click on the Redeem Code Button

6. A Thank you message will appear and MAC OSX Lion will start downloading and will appear in the Dock

7. To view how much time remaining till the download is completed, click on the Purchased option inside the App
Stores

or using the Menu

nu bar, and while the App Store window is active, click on Store , then click on Check for
Unfinished Downloads

8. When the download is completed, the Install Mac OSX page is automatically opened, click Continue

9.

On the software license agreement page, cl

click on Agree

10. A confirmation page that you have read the license agreement terms will pop up, Click Agree

11.

If you have multiple hard disks inside your Apple workstation, then you will be asked on which hard disk
you want to install OS X Lion, if you have
ve only a single hard disk, like in my case Im installing Lion on a MacBook
Pro Laptop and there is only a single hard disk inside it, then the installation wizard will select that hard disk by default,
default
click Install

12. You will be asked to type administrative

rative credentials. If your account is an administrator account, then type your
password and click OK

13.
The machine will be prepared for installation, once its ready you will be asked to Restart the machine, click
on Restart

14. You will be asked to close

se all other apps, click on Close Other Applications All opened application will be
closed and the machine will be restarted

15. After installation is completed, your machine will be rebooted.

16.

After startup, Mac OS X Setup Assistant will be launched, close it if you want, or swipe with your two
fingers as illustrated and click on Start Using Mac OS X Lion

As you will notice , your Mac now has a new background

and to confirm that this is Lion, click the Apple Logo and then click on About This Mac,, you
yo will see now you have
Version 10.7

Summary
Installation of Mac OS X Lion is straightforward, the upgrade process from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Lion is easy.

Introduction
By default, Mac OS X does not display any icon on the desktop
desktop.. Not even the internal hard disk. In this article, I will be
showing how simply you can display Hard Disks on the Mac OS X desktop.
As you can see, not a single icon is displayed on the Mac OS X desktop.

To display hard disks icons on the desktop, follow the below steps:

1. Launch Finder from the Dock

2. Using the Menu bar, click on Finder then click on Preferences...

3. Under the General tab, you can see that only External disks and CDs, DVDs and iPods are selected by default to
be displayed on the desktop. What about the internal hard disk for example ? to display the hard disk icon on the
desktop, select the checkbox beside Hard disks

4. Once selected, the changes are applied instantly and you can see now the Macintosh HD icon displayed on the
desktop.

If you want to hide the hard disk icon from the desktop, then all what you have to do is to deselect the checkbox
beside Hard disks and the icon will be removed from the desktop.
I have produced a small clip to show you this article in short, watch it :

How to Create a Bootable Install DVD of Mac OS X Lion

Introduction
Mac OS X Lion is exclusively available using the App Store till this moment, this means if you have a Snow
Leopard and desired to upgrade to Lion, then you will have to go to the App Store, buy Lion and then download it.
You can not purchase an installation DVD from anywhere ( till this moment ). In this article, I will be showing you
how to create a bootable installation disc using the image you downloaded from the App store.

I personally
ersonally prefer to have a bootable installation disc, this is useful when I later need to format my machine, or
upgrading multiple machine, instead of each time going to the App Store and downloading a 3.77 GB image. To
create a bootable installation discc follow the below steps:

1.

Once the download is completed, don't click Continue.. If you went through the wizard and installed Lion,
then the image is deleted automatically once the installation is completed. That's why we need to grab the Lion
image before performing the installation, so that if we later need to install Lion again on the same machine or on
another workstation, we don't have to download it again from the App Store.

2. When the download is completed and the Install Max OS X page opens, right click
ick the Mac OS X Lion icon on the

Dock, and click on Options then Show in Finder

3. The Downloaded Installation App will be shown inside the Application folder, right click on it and then press on
Show Package Contents

4. Open Contents > SharedSupport > and then you will find InstallESD.dmg

5. I prefer to have a copy of this .dmg as well, so I copied it to my desktop. Now Double click InstallESD.dmg, the
image will be mounted and opened

6. From the Menu bar, click on File > Burn "Mac OS X Install ESD" to Di
Disc

7. The burn process will start

8. Once the burn process is completed, the DVD disc will be shown on the desktop

You are done. Now you have a bootable Mac OS X Lion installation DVD
Summary
OS X Lion is available as a digital download from the Mac Ap
App
p Store. However, we are still able to create a bootable
disc by grabbing and burning the content of the downloaded package before performing the installation of Lion, as the
downloaded package will be automatically deleted once the installation of Lion is completed.

Assigning a Keyboard Shortcut to Launchpad in OS X Lion

Introduction
Apple latest operating system, OS X Lion, introduced over 250 new features. One of these new features is the
Launchpad. In this article I will be showing you how to assign a kkeyboard
eyboard shortcut to Launchpad, so that you can
easily open it.
The Launchpad icon looks like this :

and it is located inside the Dock by default. Launchpad shows you all of the applications installed on your computer,
including applications downloaded
nloaded from the Mac App Store.

To run it, you have to click on its icon inside the Dock. However, Launchpad in OS X Lion does not have any keyboard
shortcut assigned to it. So without this, you can only run it by clicking on its icon in the Dock. To assign
ass
a shortcut to the

Launchpad, follow the below steps :

1. Open System Preferences;; this is done by clicking on the Apple Logo

then clicking on System Preferences...

2. Click on the Keyboard icon

3. The Keyboard panel will

ll open, click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab

in the top left side of the Menu bar,

4. From the left side pane, click on Launchpad & Dock

As you can see, the Show Launchpad options is not enabled and does not have any shortcut assigned to it by
default.

5. To assign for it a shortcut, select thee checkbox beside Show Launchpad and then press the combination of keys
that you wish to assign them as a shortcut to run Launchpad. The keyboard shortcut will be written inside the empty
textbox
that
was
shown
once
you've
selected
the
checkbox
of
Show
Lau
Launchpad.

I pressed

keystrokes together, so now when these keys pressed together, the Launchpad will be opened.

If you want to adjust the shortcut and change it to something else, then double click the shortcut and press the new
keys.

Note : If you'vee selected a keyboard shortcut and this shortcut was already assigned to another action, then a yellow
triangle will be displayed and you will be able to see with which action this new shortcut is in conflict. For
example, if I pressed
, then by default, this shortcut is assigned to Spotlight (Show Spotlight search
field ) as shown in the below snapshot.

6. Once everything is set and you are satisfied with your new keyboard shortcut, lets test it. Click the keystrokes that
you've selected to be as a key
keyboard
board shortcut to run Launchpad, and Launchpad will be opened.

I have produced a small clip to show you this article in short, watch it :
Summary
Launchpad is a cool new feature from OS X Lion. By default, it does not have any shortcut to quickly open it. In this
article I have shown you how it is easy to assign a shortcut to Launchpad.

Software Update in MAC OS X Lion

Introduction
Like Microsoft Update in Microsoft Operating Systems, MAC OS X as well has a utility to check for updates and
upgrade your MAC OS X operating system and 3rd party applications. Software Update is a software tool by Apple
Inc. that installs the latest version of Apple software on computers running Mac OS X. It was originally introduced to
Mac users in Mac OS 9, and continue to be included with the latest version of OS X, MAC OS X Lion.
In this article, I will show you how to :
1. Manually Check for software updates, download and install them
2. Configure Software Update to check periodically for updates, and to download them automatically
a
3. Check which Software Updates are installed on your machine.
A. Manually Check for Software Updates, download and install them
To check for software update , download and install these updates, follow the below steps :
1. From the left side of thee Menu Bar, click on the apple Logo

2. Click on Software Update

3. Software Update will check online to see if there is any update required for your system

4. Once Software Update finishes checking online for available updates, The below dialog box will appear
a
where you
have three options to choose:

Show Details : clicking on this button will show you a list of available updates . By default, all the available
updates are selected, if you dont wish to install a specific update, then unselect it.
Not Now : Clicking on this button will exit from Software Update
Continue : Will start downloading and installing software updates without reviewing them first.

5. I have clicked on Show Details.. Now you will be given a list if available updates for your system. You can review
each and read a briefing about it by simply clicking on the name of that update. Once you have made your choice
and selected which updates to be installed, click on the Install N Items button, where N is the number of available
updates for your MAC

6. The Selected updates will start to download. Once download is completed, the updates will start to be installed on
your system. Some updates require a system restart to complete the installation. If this is required , then you will be
informed by a dialog box that the machine needs to be restart to complete the installation.

With this step, we have completed part A of this article that is related to manually checking for software updates.
Lets see now part B.
B. Configure Software Update to check periodically for updates, and to download them automatically:
Software Update can be configured to check for updates automatically. To open Software Update preferences, you
can do this either by using any of the below methods:

While Software Update is opened,

ned, from the Menu Bar, click on Software Update then click on Preferences...

Or from the Menu bar, click on the Apple Logo

, then click on System Preferences...

Under the Scheduled Check tab, you can check for updates manually by clicking the Check Now
N button, and
below this button u can have information related to the last check of software update. In the second half of this
screen, you can configured Software Update to check and download updates automatically. The Schedule Can
either be Daily, Weekly or Monthly.

and finally, part C

C. Check which Software Updates are installed on your machine.
Open Software Update preferences, and under the Installed Software tab, you will have a full list of all the updates
that were installed using Software Update
date,, the date the update was install on, the name of the update and finally the
version that was installed.

Summary
Software Updates consist of incremental updates of the Mac OS X and its applications, Security Updates, device drivers
and firmware updates.
ates. Software Update can be checked manually or can be configured to check and download update
automatically.

How to use Wi
Wi-Fi Sync with iOS 5
Introduction
On the 12th of October-2011,
2011, Apple released iOS 5.0 . One of the new features in it is wireless syncing.
sy
This means you
can sync your iPod touch, iPhone, iPad with your computer's iTunes without the need to connect the iDevice to your
computer using the traditional USB cable. In this article, I will be showing you how simply it is to configure Wi-Fi
Wi
Sync.
Wi-Fi syncing requires the following :

iOS 5.0 or later

iTunes 10.5 or later

In this article, I will be setting up Wi-Fi

Fi syncing for my iPhone. To setup Wi
Wi-Fi
Fi syncing, follow the below steps:

1. Open iTunes
2. Connect your iDevice to your computer using the USB cable
3. From the left side pane of iTunes, click on your device name, then click on the Summary tab, and enable the option
Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi

Apply the changes and Sync one last time with your iDevice using the USB cable. After this step is completed, you
can now remove the USB cable.

4. Now from your iPhone, open Settings

Settings, tap on General > then tap on iTunes Wi-Fi Sync >

5. Click on the Sync Now button, and the Wi

Wi-Fi syncing operation will start.
As you can see, in this page, itt contains few information related to the computer identity your iPhone is syncing
with, for example in my case, my computer name is Tarek Majdalani's MacBook Pro . Another piece of
information is the last time your iPhone was synced with the computer

( ex. last Sync : Today 4:56 PM )

6. If you wish to cancel the sync at anytime, you can click on the Cancel Sync button.

Tips:

If Wi-Fi
Fi syncing is still not working, then try the following :

Close iTunes
Turn off the iPhone

Then turn on your iPhone, open iTunes

Tunes and try now.
Summary
Fi Sync is a new feature introduced with iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5.0 . Setting up and using Wi-Fi
Wi Syncing is an easy
Wi-Fi
operation to do. Although the USB cable is not required to sync your device anymore, you will still need it to charge the
battery of your iDevice.

How to Show or Hide the UserName from the Menu Bar in OS X Lion
Introduction
With Mac OS X Lion, you can now show the username of the logged in user on the Menu bar, this will help you to
quickly switch between users, lock
ock your machine by showing the login window.
his how the username will look like on the menu bar, My username is Tarek Majdalani

To show the username on the menu bar, follow these steps :

1. Open System Preferences.. Do this by clicking on the Apple log

logo
click on System Preference...

2. In System Preferences, under System

System, click on Users & Groups

in the top left side of the screen and then

3. Inside Users & Groups, click on Login Options

4. If the Login Options are grayed, then you will have to click on th
the Lock icon

and type a password for a user

with an administrative rights.If you don't have a password, then simply click on unlock without typing any password

If the user you are logged in with is an administrator on this computer, then type the password
passwor . If your account does
not have an administrative rights, then ask an administrator to type his username and password.

5. Once the password is type, press the Unlock button. the Login options will become active. Select the option Show
fast user switching menu as Full Name

This will show the username instantley on the menu bar.If at any time later you wanted to remove the username from
the menu bar, then all what you have to do is to come back to the login options page and deselect this option
Summary
With
ith OS X Lion, a new feature is introduced by showing your account username on the menu bar. I personally use this
option to quickly lock my account when I want to leave my laptop alone.

How to Create a new User Account in Mac OS X Lion

Introduction
Creating
ng a new user account is a common operation for any computer being shared by multiple users.In Mac OSX , you
have the option to create different types of users. In this article, I will be showing the different account types, and how to
t
create a new user.

1. Open System Preferences.. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

click on System Preferences...

2. In System Preferences, under System

System, click on Users & Groups

in the top left side of the screen and then

3. If the Add (+) button , which is used to add a new user account, is grayed, then we will have to click the lock icon
to unlock it, and type an administrator name and password

Once the user name and password of an administrator account is typed, click the Unlock button.

4. Click the Add (+) button below the

he list of accounts

5. A new window will open where you will need to fill the details of the new account you want to create

Choose a type of account from the New Account pop up menu

o
o
o
o
o

Administrator:: An administrator can create, delete, and modify accounts, install software, and change
system settings.
Standard:: Standard users can install software for their own use and change settings related to their accounts,
but cant administer other user's accounts.
Managed with Parental Controls
Controls: For these accounts, the administrator can restrict access to applications
and inappropriate content, and limit the amount of time users can use the computer.
Sharing Only: Sharing-only
only users can access shared files remotely, but cant log in or change settings on the
computer.
Group:: A group account contains other user accounts and is used for setting privileges for shared files.

Note : There is another user type, which is the Root user, that you can not create because its already created. Its the
"super user", most powerful one, which I will discuss in a future article.

6.
7.

Type the full name of the user you want to create an account for.
An account name is generated automatically for user accounts. If you want to use a different account name, you can,
but after the account is created,
d, you cant change the account name.
The account name is used to name the users home folder, and can be used as the login name.
8. Enter the account password in the Password and Verify fields, and then, if you want, enter a hint to help the user
remember the password.
If you wish the system to generate for you a password, then click on the key button.
of password you want and the lenght of it.

Where you can set the type

9. Once everything is set, click Create Account

Account. If automatic login is turned on, then
n you will be asked if you want to
keep it on or turn it off. Make up your choice and click the appropriate button.
As a suggestion, creating different user account on a single machine, means this computer will be shared by different
users, hence its betterr to turn off automatic login, so that whenever the system is restarted, the users are presented
with the login screen , instead of automatically loggin on into the account who's account was created first,or set to
automatically login.

10. Once everything is set, click Create Account

Account.. If automatic login is turned on, then you will be asked if you want to
keep it on or turn it off. Make up your choice and click the appropriate button.
As a suggestion, creating different user account on a single machine, means this computer will be shared by different
users, hence its better to turn off automatic login, so that whenever the system is restarted, the users are presented
with the login screen , instead of automatically loggin on into the account who's account was created
c
first,or set to
automatically login.

Summary
In Mac OS X, you have the ability to create different user types: Administrator, Standard, Managed with Parental
Controls, Sharing only, Group. Each account type has its different access priviliges. IIn
n a future article, I will be
discussing the Root user, which is the "super user" and most powerful account in MAC OS X.

Download iMessage Beta For MAC OSX Lion

Introduction
MAC OSX Lion Mountain, a new operating system from Apple which is coming in summer 2012. It will has many of
the iOS system features that we already know with iPod, iPhone,iPad. One of these new features that was introduced
with iOS 5.0 is iMessage. Now, as a Beta version, iMessage can be installed on MAC OSX Lion. In this article, I will
wi be
showing you how to install Messages, which will give you the ability to send unlimited iMessages including photos,
attachments, and more to iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac. From your Mac.

Here are the features you can expect with Messages:

Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
Send photos, videos, attachments, contacts, locations, and more.
Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face
face-to-face.

To download iMessage Beta for OSX Lion, go to : http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/messages-beta/

http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain

and click on the Download

oad Messages Free Beta button
The download will start, once its is completed, double click on the MessagesBeta.dmg file to open the package

Then double click on the MessagesBeta.pkg package file

The Welcome to the Message Beta page will open, click on Continue

Read the Important Information page and then click on Continue

Accept the Software License Agreement by clicking the Continue button

Select where to install the package, click on Install and enter an administrative username/password when asked.

Messages installation will be completed. You will need to restart your MAC in order to allow changes to take effect.

Messages icon will be automatically added to the Dock, click on it to run Messages

The Welcome to Messages page will open, click Continue

Sign in with your Apple ID account and then click Sign in. If you don't have an Apple ID, then you will need to create
Apple ID in order to sign in.

After you sign in with your Apple ID, you can add other email address which messages can be sent to as well.

Messages can be connected to other Instant Messaging clients, such as AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber, Google Talk.
If you want to skip this option, then simply click the Continue button.

Once done configuring Messages, click on Done.

Click the pencil icon

to start typing a new message , type the name, email address or the telephone number of
the person you want to chat with, and then start typing your message.
Note : I have my contacts saved inside the Address Book application.

Summary
Messages is a new feature for MAC OSX and will be available with the new operating system from Apple, MAC OSX
Lion Moutain. Apple has given us the opportunity to try it and install it on OSX Lion in its beta version.
Messages is a feature that was introduced with iOS 5.0 for iPod, iPhone, iPad. And now, Messages will be available on
our MAC computers. Where we will be able to send unlimited iMessages - including photos, attachments, and more to
iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac From our Mac.

How To Purchase and Upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Introduction
MAC OS X Mountain Lion inherits MAC OS X Lions distribution method. More specifically, its available only as a
download from Apples Mac App Store. This makes it easier and more convenient to upgrade your OS than having to
buy and use a DVD or thumb drive. In this article, I will be showing you how to purchase OS X Mountain Lion.
Before purchasing a new operating system, you will need to know the system requirement needed.
Basic System Requirements for OS X Mountain Lion:

64-Bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better required

Ability to boot into OS X 64-bit kernel
Advanced GPU chipset required
Internet connection required to download and install OS X 10.8

Macs that will support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion :

As usual, the newer the Mac the better:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)

MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)

Supported Upgrade paths:

If you are running Lion 10.7.x, then you can directly upgrade to Mountain Lion
If you are running Snow Leopard (10.6.x), update to the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard before you purchase
purch
OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install Snow
Leopard v10.6.8, the latest version.

If your machine is qualified for OS X Mountain Lion, then proceed with the below steps.

1. To purchase OS X Mountain
untain Lion, open the App Store application available on the Dock,
Dock if the application was
removed from the Dock, you can find it inside /Applications

2. The App Store application will open, you can find the OS X Mountain Lion banner on the top of the page, or also
available as the current Top Paid application

Another way to find it is by searching for it using the top right search box.

3. Click on the OS X Mountain Lion icon and this will take you to the purchase page, the price for OS X Mountain
Lion is 19.99$.
.99$. Here you can read all the reviews and description of the product. To purchase it, click on the price
button

4.

Once you click on the price button, you will be asked to enter your Apple ID and password, type it and you will
purchase OS X Mountain Lion for 19.99$

5. OS X Mountain Lion will start to download, and will be shown inside the Launchpad

( Click to Enlarge )
The download process can be seen also in the App Store application, under the Purchases section

6. When the download is completed, Instal

Install OS X Mountain Lion will open. To upgrade your OS X , click Continue
and follow the wizard.

7. You will be presented with the software license agreement, accept the terms , and then confirm your acceptance by
clicking on the Agree button

8. If you have multiple

ltiple hard disks/partitions on your Mac machine, then you will have to select where would you want
to install OS X Mountain Lion, if you only have a single disk, then it will be automatically selected as seen below,
click Install to proceed

After you click

ick Install, you will have to type a username account and password with an administrative rights to
proceed.

The installer will spend some time preparing for installation, and then your Mac will restart on its own. After your
Mac restarts, the actual installation
tallation occurs. The installation process will approximately take 25 minutes. After that
your machine will start with Mountain Lion.
Summary
Purchasing OS X Mountain Lion is done using the App Store Application available with OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6
and above. The upgrade process is easy and straight forward.

How to Create a Bootable USB Install Disk for MAC OS X Mountain Lion
Introduction
In a previous article, How To Purchase and Upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion , I have shown you how MAC OS X
Mountain
in Lion is only available as a download from Apples Mac App Store. In this article, I will be showing you how
to create a bootable USB install disk, this will be very useful so that you can use it later to format your machine or to
upgrade multiple other MAC machines without needing to download the 4GB installer multiple times, or even install
OS X Mountain Lion on a machine that has no internet access.
When OS X Mountain Lion is downloaded from the MAC App Store, you can find the installer inside
insid the
/Applications folder and it is called Install OS X Mountain Lion
Lion,, it is 4.37 GB in size. Imagine having multiple MAC
machines and you require to update all of them, without creating a bootable USB disk, you will need to download the
installer
on
eac
each
h
single
machine.

The USB drive should be minimum of 8 GB in size. and be informed that the below steps will require to completely
format the USB disk. So if you have anything on the USB disk which you will be using to make it a bootable USB for
Mountainn Lion, make sure you back up whatever data on this USB before proceeding.
As you can see in the below snapshot, I have an 8 GB USB disk, and I named it OSX Mountain Lion Bootable USB.

I will be using a tool called Lion DiskMaker

DiskMaker, the real benefit behind
nd Lion DiskMaker is that its free and easy to use.
To download Lion DiskMaker, go to http://blog.gete.net/lion
http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/ , when this article was written, I used
Lion DiskMaker version 2.0.1

1. After you download Lion DiskMaker, unzip it and run the application. When the application run, it will welcome
you to Lion DiskMaker and ask you to choose which OS X version you wish to make a boot disk of. Currently it
can be used for the latest two operating ssystems
ystems from Apple, MAC OS X Lion and MAC OS X Mountain Lion. In
this article, we will be creating a Bootable disk for Mountain Lion, so click on Mountain Lion (10.8)

2. As you have already downloaded Mountain Lion, Lion DiskMaker will automatically detect that you have the
Mountain Lion installer available inside the /Applications folder. Click Use this copy , if you have other copy for
the installer on an external drive or on the desktop for example, then click on Use another copy... and browse to
select it.

3. Now Lion DiskMaker needs to know what do you want to build, a bootable DVD or a bootable disk. As we are
going to use a USB disk, then click on Create a boot disk

4. Now Lion DiskMaker needs to know which kind of disk you will use, a minimum 8 GB USB disk is required. If
you have a larger disk size or for example an external hard disk, then click on the Another kind of disk button and
select the appropriate disk you want to use. As I am using an 8 GB usb disk, then I will click on An 8 GB USB
thumb drive

5. The 8 GB usb disk will be detected and displayed, click on its name and then click on Choose this disk to continue

6. You will be warned that the whole content of the disk will be deleted. So please backup any vital data you have on
the usb disk before proceeding. Once ready, click on Erase then create the disk

7. Erasing the disk will start, and after that copying the installer and creating a bootable usb disk will follow.
The process will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes or so using USB 2.0

8. When
hen the operation is completed successfully, the USB disk will open and you can see the content of it.

Also a confirmation page will launch informing you that your OS X boot disk is ready. If you want to test it, then
you can click on Open Startup Disk P
Preference,, and set the USB disk as the startup disk. Reboot your machine,
and the system will boot from the USB disk.

Last note : this how the USB disk drive icon will look like after doing it an OS X Mountain Lion bootable disk

Summary
Creating a bootable USB install disk for OS X Mountain Lion is very easy using a free application called Lion
DiskMaker. Having a bootable USB will be very helpful when you want to format your machine, or install Mountain
Lion on multiple MAC machines without the ne
need
ed to download the installer each time of every single machine.
How to Enable and Use Twitter Integration in OS X Mountain Lion
Introduction
As Twitter got integrated into iOS 5.0 for iPhone and iPad devices, Twitter is now integrated with Mountain Lion 10.8.
1
In this article I will be showing you how to enable Twitter, and then will show you few examples for using the
Integrated Twitter in OS X Mountain Lion.
Note : If you already have a twitter account, then proceed reading, else you will first need to signup for an account so
that you would be able to enable it in OS X Mountain Lion. To sign up for a Twitter account, go to
http://www.twitter.com/
Lets first enable Twitter in OS X Mountain Lion, and then see few examples on how deeply Twitter is now integrated
into OS X.
To Enable Twitter in OS X Mountain Lion, follow the below steps:

1. Open System Preferences.. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

in the top left side of the screen and then

click on System Preferences...

2. In System Preferences and under the Internet and Wireless section, click on Mail, Contacts & Calendars

3. Inside the Mail, Contacts & Calendars preferences, click on Twitter, type your login information for Twitter,
then click Sign In

4. Once you are signed in, your Twitter account will be displayed in the left pane of Mail, Contacts & Calendars
preferences. You can now close System Preferences, and start sending tweets from almost anywhere in OS X
Mountain Lion.

5. So lets see some examples

es of using Twitter in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

From Safari :
Clicking on the share button

beside the address bar, and then clicking Twitter

A Tweet box will open where you can start typing your tweet, then by clicking on Send,, you will be posting your
Tweet.

From the Notification Center :

You can directly tweet from the Notification Center
Center,, click on the upper right icon representing the Notification
Center

as you can see, Click to Tweet is Available on the top of the Notification Center.

Quickly preview any file by selecting it and then clicking on the Space bar. When the file is opened, you can click

on the share button

Summary
Twitter is deeply integrated now with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, you can almost tweet from anywhere in Mountain
Lion.

How to Encrypt an External Drive Quickly in Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

Introduction
Protecting your External USB thumb or hard disk is an important step, specially if you save on them vital or personal
files, and you don't wish anyone to have access to these files if the disk was lost or stolen. In this articles I will be
showing you to to Encrypt an External USB disk with Mountain Lion 10.8

With previous versions of of OS X , we were used to encrypt the drive by using the Disk Utility. However, with OS X
Mountain Lion, the procedure can be done directly on the mounted drive, either from the Desktop or Finder.

1. Connect your External Hard disk, SD card, or USB disk to your MAC machine

2. From the Desktop or Finder, right click on the External Disk and click on "Encrypt DiskName"... , where
DiskName is the name of the External drive, in my case, my USB disk is named : External 8GB USB

3. You will be asked to type a password and confirm it. Also you are required to Type a password hint.

If you want any help in choosing a complex password, then click on the Key icon
, and the Password
Assistant will launch. Where you can specify the type and length of the suggested password

Once the password is set by typing it or by selecting a suggested password generated by the Password Assistant
and a password hint is typed as well, Click on Encrypt Disk

4. Encrypting your disk drive will start, You can verify this by right clicking on the External disk and you will notice

the the Encrypt "DiskName"... is now replaced with Encrypting "DiskName"...

The process of encrypting the disk takes quite a long time depending on the disk size. Once the External disk is
encrypted, it will disappear from your desktop and be mounted again. In this stage, your disk is now encrypted, to
verify this, eject the disk and connect it again to your machine.

5. The next time you connect your External disk into your machine, before the device get mounted, you will be asked
to enter the encryption password so that you are granted access to the external disk .

If you forgot your password, you can click on the Show Hint button, so that you get a hint for your password

Type your password and then click on the Unlock button. Congratulations, now your external disk is secured.
Note : Encrypting your External Disk on OS X Mountain Lion will only make it work and mounted on OS X Lion and
OS X Mountain Lion. Trying to connect the encrypted disk to OS X Snow Leopard generated the below error message.

Summary
Encrypting your External Disk drive or USB thumb is a must to do procedure if you have files/photos on the disk drive
and you don't wish anyone to have access to the drive in case it was stolen or lost. Its and easy process and a best
practice process to secure your data.

How To Set Up Facebook Integration on Your Mac with OS X Mountain Lion

Introduction
Starting with OS X 10.8.2 and future versions of OS X, Facebook will be integrated directly into Mac OS X. Users will
be able to sign into Facebook via their System Preferences, just like they do with Twitter now in Mountain Lion. Once
signed in, several new abilities are unleashed.

Apps such as Safari, Notification Center, Game Center, Preview and Contacts will now include a Facebook option in
their sharing.
To Enable Facebook in OS X Mountain Lion10.8.2, follow the below steps:

1. Open System Preferences. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

click on System Preferences...

in the top left side of the screen and then

2. In System Preferences and under the Internet and Wireless section, click on Mail, Contacts & Calendars

3. Inside the Mail, Contacts & Calendars preferences, click on facebook,, type your login information for facebook,
then click Next

4. The next page will describe to you the benefits of integrating faceboo
facebook
k with OS X Mountain lion. Click Sign In

5. You will be signed into facebook and your username will appear on the left pane.

6. So now that you signed in from Max OS X into facebook, you can start posting to your facebook account directly
from OS X itself.

From the Notification Center

You can type directly to facebook by clicking Click on Post

From Safari :
If you want to share any website, then click on the share button
Facebook

beside the address bar, and then click

Using Quick Preview

Quickly preview any file by selecting it and then clicking on the Space bar. When the file is opened, you can click
on the share button

Summary
As it happened before with iOS, where Twitter was first intergated with iOS in version 5.0 and later on Facebook was
Integrated with iOS Version 6.0 , the same happened with OS X Mountain Lion, where first Twitter was integrated by
default with 10.8, and later on with OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8.2, Facebook became integrated. Apps such as
Safari, Notification Center, Game Center, Preview and Contacts will now include a Facebook option in their sharing.

How To Enable Tap to Click in MAC OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

Introduction
If you have a MAC Book /Pro/Air laptop, then you can tap only on the trackpad instead of clicking to perform a left
click. This feature is not enabled by default.
Enabling Tap to click is a simple operation :

1. Open System Preferences. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

click on System Preferences...

in the top left side of the screen and then

2. In System Preferences and under the Hardware section, click on Trackpad

3. Under the Point & Click tab, you can find the first option, Tap to click, unselected by default.
Select this option, and you will instantly be able to tap to click
click.

start tapping with one finger and you will see that you don't need to click anymore on the trackpad.
Summary
Tap to click is an option that is available in MAC OS X trackpad but is not enabled by default.

Gatekeeper Feature in MAC OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

Introduction
MAC was always considered to be safe by not getting affected with Viruses, worms and Trojans. However, in the last
few years, this concept is not valid anymore, and MAC started to be infected with worms and Trojans. Apple introduced
a new feature with OS X 10.7.5, called Gatekeeper. Gatekeeper allows users to restrict which sources they can install
applications from, in order to reduce the likelihood of inadvertently executing a Trojan horse. In this articles, I will be
explaining to you Gatekeeper, and how to change its settings.
Some apps that are downloaded and installed from the Internet could adversely affect your Mac. Gatekeeper helps
protect your Mac from such apps. It is designed to protect Mac users from running malicious software by checking apps
before they run for the very first time. Gatekeeper is Apples answer to Trojan apps that trick users into installing
software
they
dont
actually
want.
By default, with MAC OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, If you tried to install an application that is not installed from the App
Store, then you will receive a pop up message stating that the application can't be opened because it is from an
unidentified
developer.
For example, I'm trying to install FileZilla, which is an open source FTP Client ! The application is neither downloaded
from the App Store, nor from a registered Developer with Apple, hence, Gatekeeper blocked me from installing suck
Application.

In such case, you have two options: Either to bypass Gatekeeper temporarily per application, or permanently for all
applications.
Its easy to manually override Gatekeeper on a case-by-case basis without changing the default setting. Just right-click
(or control+click) the app and select Open from the menu. Gatekeeper will still display a warning, but it will also give
you the option to install the app anyway. However, if you want to change Gatekeeper settings or even disable it, then
follow the below steps :

1. Open System Preferences. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

click on System Preferences...

in the top left side of the screen and then

2. In System Preferences and under the Personal section, click on Security & Privacy

3. Under the General tab, you can find the gatekeeper option:
Allow applications downloaded from:
o Mac App Store : Only apps that are downloaded from the Mac App Store can be opened
o Mac App Store and identified developers : (default in OS X Mountain Lion) Only apps that are
downloaded from the Mac App Store and applications from the Web/Internet, signed
sig
by certified Apple
developers

Note : Developers are not forced to register with Apple to be identifiable by Gatekeeper. Apple only
recently open the registration and it is still unknown if app developers will choose to register with Apple if
they are not selling their apps via Mac App Store. Thus it does not mean that the app is not trustworthy to
be run if it is not on the Mac App Store or not from an Apple registered developers
Anywhere : Allow applications to run regardless of their source on the IInternet
nternet (default in OS X Lion
v10.7.5); Gatekeeper is effectively turned off.

So, with the default settings, if you want to download and install application not from the Mac Store and not from
unidentified developers, then the application installer will bbe blocked.

4. To make Changes, click on the lock at the bottom of the preferences page and type the username and password of a
user account with administrative rights.

5. Once you authenticate, the options will not be grayed anymore and you can start makin
making
g changes. For example, to
install applications from the internet where they are not from the App Store and not from an identified developer,
then select Anywhere

You will be presented with a warning message that enabling Anywhere, will make your Mac less
les secure. To
confirm your selection, click Allow From Anywhere

6. Now, go back and run the application that you downloaded not from the App Store and not from identified
developer.
MAC OS X this time will not block the installer, but will give you a message stating that this application was
downloaded from the Internet, and if you are sure to open it. Click Open

Summary
Gatekeeper is a new feature, it is designed to protect users from dangerous applications. Specifically, blocking
applications that are not downloaded from the App Store or from unidentified Developers.

How To Setup MAC OSX To Log Out Automatically After a Period of Inactivity
Introduction
With MAC OSX, you can set your computer to log out after a period of inactivity. This means all currently running apps
close out as well as all documents which save in their current state through the Versions & Resume features. This is very
useful when you don't want just anyone to walk up to your Mac and have full access to your data.
Automatic logout helps ensure that your information is secure when your computer is unattended. It is also great for use
in school computer labs and in situations where computers are shared. By automatically logging out an inactive user, the
Mac becomes available for the next person to use.

To setup automatic logout, follow the below steps :

1. Open System Preferences.. Do this by clicking on the Apple logo

in the top left side of the screen and then

click on System Preferences...

2. Click on Security & Privacy

3. Under the General,, click the Lock button so that you be able to make changes.

an authentication dialog box will open, where you will need to type an administrator username and password, then
click Unlock

Once you authenticate, the Advanced... button will be en

enabled, click on Advanced...

4. Check the box next to Log out after [ ] minutes of inactivity and set your time limit. The default setting is 60
minutes

Set the required amount of minutes and then click OK

5. For added security, select Require password [ ] after sleep or screen saver begins and choose the amount of time
before a password is required.

Watch the video below to see a demonstration of what we have done above :

How To Connect MAC OSX To a Wireless Network

Introduction
Connecting to a Wireless
ess Network is an easy step in MAC OSX. However, if you are new to MAC, then you will need
this article to connect to a WiFi, specially if the WiFi Status icon is not displayed in the menu bar.
In this article I will show you how to :

Connect to WiFi Network

ork directly from the Menu Bar
Connect to WiFi Network using the Network System Preference
Display the WiFi status icon in the Menu Bar

Connect to WiFi Network directly from the Menu Bar

1. From the Menu bar, click on the WiFi Status icon

The list of available

able WiFi that are detected by your MAC OSX will be listed

2. Click on the WiFi Network you wish to join

3. An Authentication box will pop up where you will have to type the WiFi Network password.

If you want to make sure you are typing the correct passwo
password, then select Show Password option, where the
password will be shown clearly. Click Join to join the WiFi

4. The password will be checked and you will be successfully joined to the WiFi network.
The Icon will change from

to

What If the WiFi Status icon is not displayed on the Menu Bar ?

Connect to WiFi Network using the Network System Preference

You will need to open System Preferences and Select the WiFi Network from the Networks Preference

1. Open System Preferences, Do this by clicking on the Apple logo in the top left side of the screen and then click on
System Preferences...

2. Under Internet & Wireless , click on Network

3. Click on the Wi-Fi Network interface

4. From the Drop down list beside Network Name, select the WiFi Network you wan
wantt to join

5. You will be asked to type the WiFi password. Type it and then click Join

Once connected, the WiFi Interface will turn green and the network name will be displayed beside Network Name

Display the WiFi status icon in the Menu Bar

To Display the WiFi icon
Wi-Fi status in menu bar

in the menu bar, From the Network System Preference, Select the checkbox Show

Notes:
If the WiFi is turned off, The icon will look like this :
To Turn on WiFi, then from the Menu Bar, click on the WiFi ic
icon, and click on Turn Wi-Fi
Fi On

Or from inside the Network System Preference, click on Turn Wi

Wi-Fi On inside the Wi-Fi
Fi interface

How To Partition Hard Disk in MAC OSX

Introduction
Partitioning Hard disks in MAC OSX does not require any 3rd party applicat
application.
ion. MAC OSX has the required tools to
create new partitions and resize them.
To Partition a hard disk in MAC OSX, we will be using the Disk Utility

1. To open Disk Utility, either from the spotlight or inside the Utilities folder. To open Disk Utility from Spotlight
S
,
type disk utility

2. Click on Disk Utility from the search results.

If you want to know where Disk Utility is located, it is inside /Application/Utilities

3. Disk Utility will open, select a hard disk to partition. I'm currently working on a Ma
MacBook
cBook Pro laptop, so I only have
a single hard disk to select

4. After selecting the hard disk, click on the Partition Tab

5. Under the Partition Layout,, you have the

button, where you can increase the number of partitions, or the - to

remove partitions.
Click on the

button to divide the hard disk into two partitions. By default, the partitions size will be equal.

You can resize the partitions, by selecting any of the partitions and then dragging the separator to set the new
partition size.

Or you cann type the new partition size and then hitting the Enter key

6. To set the new partition, click on the Apply button

7. A confirmation box will pop up asking you if you are sure you want to apply the changes, click Partition to apply
the changes and create a new
ew partition(s)

8. Disk Utility will start checking file system, shrinking the disk, then updating recovery partition location ( if available
) and then creating the new partition as seen in the below screenshots.

9. The new partition will be created and mounted on the Desktop

Enable Writing To NTFS Drives in Mac OS X

Introduction
Using a Mac is a wonderful experience until you try to use a NTFS-formatted
formatted drive, which includes most Windows
hard drives! By default, Mac OS X doesnt support writin
writing
g onto NTFS disks, it only support reading from NTFS
disks, this means if you have a USB drive or an external hard disk for example, then you can connect it to your MAC
and the disk will be mounted, you can copy your files from your the external disk, however,
howe
you will not be able to
write back to it ! Attempting to drag a file into an NTFS drive in Mac OS X will only result in your mouse cursor
turning into an error sign.

So what's the solution ? You will need a third party software to enable writing to N
NTFS
TFS disks. One of my favorite is
Tuxera NTFS for Mac. Tuxera Supports : Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion)
and 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Tuxera works in both 32
32-bit and 64-bit kernel modes.
Note : If you have previously beenn using another third party NTFS driver, then you may need to disable or even
uninstall it, since it could interfere with Tuxera NTFS. Otherwise the installation will be unsuccessful and will produce
errors.
You can download and try Tuxera for free for 15 days : http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera

1. Double click on the downloaded dmg file to start the installation process

2. Double click on Install Tuxera NTFS

GatewayKeeper will
ill warn you that this application is installed from the internet and not from the App Store and
will ask you if you want to continue, click Open

3. The package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed, click Continue

4. The Welcome too Tuxera wizard will be displayed, click Continue

5. Accept the software license agreement , click Continue and then click Agree

6. The package is ready to be installed, click Install

7. You will be asked to authenticate with an administrative username aand

nd password. Type a username and password for
a user with administrative rights on this Mac, then click Install Software

8. The Installation process will start , and then you will be presented with a page where you can either choose to try
Tuxera for free for
or 15 days, or enter a product number and register/activate the software. If you want to purchase a
license, then click on Purchase License.. button and the licensing page for Tuxera will open (
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/licensing-tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/ )
Make your choice and then click Continue

9. Once installation is completed, you will be asked to restart your machine. You are recommended
recomme
to restart your
computer to be sure that the changes made to the system will take effect. Click Restart

10. Settings for Tuxera NTFS can be changed using the preference pane. To access the preference pane, open System
Preferences
( Menu ->
> System preferences...) and click the Tuxera NTFS icon.

Although you do not need to make any changes here, I will be just displaying for you the available options in
screenshots.
ble Tuxera NTFS, or even uninstall it.
For example, under the General tab, you can disable
Under Volumes,, you can see the mounted NTFS drives.
If you want to check your activation product key, or to purchase Tuxera, then this information can be found
under the Activation tab.

Summary
Tuxera NTFS for Mac breaks down the barriers between Windows and OS X. Effectively solves the communication
problems between the Mac system and NTFS, providing full read and write access to Windows NTFS partitions under
OS X.

How
w To Install a Fresh Copy of OS X Mavericks 10.9
Introduction
Most of us will be installing OS X Mavericks by downloading it from the App Store and then upgrading our current
operating system, the supported operating systems are Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and hig
higher.
her. However, for some reasons, you
might be looking to perform a clean installation, which involves formatting the Mac hard drive. To install OS X
Mavericks, you will need to have a bootable media, either on USB device or a DVD.
OS X Mavericks: System Requirements
quirements
To install Mavericks, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch
inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13
(13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009
2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch,
inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:
OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space

1. Plug the bootable USB drive , or insert the OS X DVD and reboot your machine

2. To start the setup wizard, you will need to choose the main language, select your language and click the continue
button

3. On the Install OS X page, we need to format our hard disk so that we can perform a clean installation. Click on
Utilities and then click on Disk Utility...

Select the hard drive or partition to format from the left pane, then click the Erase tab, select format type Mac OS
Extended (Journaled), give itt a name , such as Macintosh HD, and choose Erase.
When erasing the disk or partition is completed, close Disk Utility to return to the normal boot menu

4. Agree to the terms of the software license agreement to continue installing OS X

5. If you have multiple

iple disks /partitions, select the disk where you want to install OS X and then click Install

6. Installing OS X on the selected disk will start

The system will reboot automatically once installation is completed

7. After your system reboot, you will need

eed to select your country

8. Choose a keyboard layout

9. If you have information on another Mac or Windows, you can transfer it to this Mac. Select the option you want and
follow the wizard. or you can later transfer your data using Migration Assistant. I uusually
sually have my backup on an
external disk and cloud disks, so I will select Don't Transfer any informational now and click continue.

10. Sign in with your Apple ID

Confirm if you want to allow iCould to use the location of your Mac to benefit from using Find
Fi my Mac feature.

11. On the terms and conditions page, click agree to continue the setup wizard

12. Create a computer account. This is the user you will be using to login into your computer.

13. In the iCould Keychain page, you can either select to se

setup
tup iCould keychain to if you want to skip this option and set
it up later. iCould Keychain keeps the passwords and credit card information you save up to date on the different
devices you enable iCould on.

14. Finally, Register the Mac to your Apple ID aand click Continue

15. Finally, you will be logged into your OS X Mavericks

Summary
While most users will upgrade their OS X to Mavericks using the App Store, other users prefer to start from scratch with
a clean OS install whenever theyre upgrading to a new version. A fresh and clean install involves formatting the Mac
Hard disk, this means that the hard disk is completely wiped and Mac OS X will be installed in its factory default settings
with just the default apps and files that come with OS X Maver
Mavericks.

Display More Information on Desktop and Finder Icons in Mac OSX

Introduction
Do you often find yourself using Get Info commands to find out more about the files and folders in your Finder windows
? Well, theres a View Option which will add a little bit of information to any item in a Finder window, provided youre
in icon view.

1. Right Click any empty area on the Desktop and click Show View Options

2. Select the option Show item info

3. Once Selected, any Item

em on the desktop will display additional information below its icon
As you can see from the below screenshot, the Hard disk size and the remaining free disk is now displayed
For a Folder, it will show you how many items included inside it
For a file, for example an image, it will show its dimensions.

4. If you want to enable this option for a directory/folder, first make sure you are in icon view.

Then right click any empty space inside a directory and click Show View Options

Select the option : Show item info

If you want this option to be enabled on all directories, then click on the Use as Defaults button to apply this option
on all directories.

Once selected, all items inside the directory will show mor
moree information below their icons.

This option is very useful also for movies and music/audio files, as the length of these files will be displayed

You can use your own pictures to create icons, or download icons from the web. Custom icons allow you to quickly identify
those folders so you can quickly pick them out from all the other folders on your desktop.
Instead of looking at the same boring blue folder icons, you can select any of your favorite images to turn it into your folder
icon. This way, it will be easier to tell your folders apart. Here's how to customize your Mac's icons , for Free :

1. Open the image you have on your Mac

2. From the menu bar, click on Edit > Select All and then Copy the picture you want to use to the Clipboard.

3. Selectt the file or folder whose icon you want to replace, right click on it and select Get Info ( or select the folder and
choose File > Get Info )

4. At the top of the Info window, click the picture of the icon to select it, and then choose Edit > Paste.

Restore the original icon for a folder

If you didn't like the custom icon for a folder, you can remove it and restore the original icon, follow the below steps :

1. Select the file or folder and choose File > Get Info

2. At the top of the Info window, select the custom icon and choose Edit > Cut ( or you can press delete button )

3. The original icon will be restored

Summary

Customizing icons with any image is very easy. It works on folders, apps, and any other icon you want to customize.
Customizing yourr folders on your Mac make them easier for you to spot when you are looking for them.

How to Find the Serial Number of Your Apple Computer

Introduction
You can use the About This Mac window to find your computer's serial number. In the About This Mac window,
windo if you
click twice on the Mac OS X version number, it will display the serial number. Another method is to use the System
Profiler.

1. From the menu bar, click on the Apple logo

and then click on About This Mac

2. The About This Mac window will open, click on the OS X Version number

3. The first click will display to you the Mac Build number

4. Click once again, and the serial number will be displayed. However, if you want to copy this serial number, you will
not be able to select and copy it.
If you clickedd once again, the MAC OS X version number will be displayed again

5. If you want to copy this serial number, then click on More Info...

Under the Overview section, the Serial Number is displayed and in this window you can select and copy the Serial
number.

Another place where you can copy the serial number is by clicking on the System Report... button

and then the Serial Number will be displayed where you can copy it from this window as well.

Summary
You can find the serial number of you Mac computer without moving from your chair. You don't need to flip your Mac
laptop or go and look on its back if its an iMac or Mac Pro, you can find the serial number from inside the OS X
operating system itself either
er from the About This Mac window or the System Profiler.