Apple Support
Many of the support questions you may have can be solved by going to the Apple Support website.
Many of the support questions you may have can be solved by going to the Apple Support website.
Today I was invited for my first “Parent Coffee” at Toscana. We talked about the IICS class sites, resources for parents to use with their children, and also management programs and apps for Macs and iPads. One of the main recommendations we had for parents was to ask their children to use devices in common areas. Another recommendation was for all devices and computers to be turned off and put in a place for safekeeping throughout the night outside of the bedrooms.
However, throughout the talk we listed a bunch of great websites and resources. I thought I would reiterate some of them here and give some explanations about them:
IICS Websites and Resources
Math Sites
Language Sites
Kid-safe and Parent-safe Browsers
Life Management
Typing
Setting Times for Internet Browsing
We were also concerned with turning off Gmail Chat. Here’s how:
You may have noticed that your new Mac came with a lot of software pre-installed and nearly every program is visible in your doc. If you find that you don’t need all of these programs, you can simply click on the icons and drag them up towards the middle of your screen…hold for a few seconds until a little cloud appears next to the icon. Then, release your mouse button and the icon will “poof” into thin air. You can also accomplish this by right-clicking the icon > Options > Remove from Dock.
By default, the Mac opens all .pdfs using an application called Preview. You can get around this by right-clicking on a .pdf file and choosing “Get Info.” At the bottom of the window that appears, choose Adobe Acrobat from the drop down menu “Opens with…”
Then click the “Change all…” button and your default will change to Adobe Acrobat.