Class Schedule

Here is a list of the five sessions. Each of them will occur from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. There will be mostly formal presentations with time open for discussions and Q & A.

The sessions will all be about Mac OS-X and will focus on OS-X 10.7 (Lion) with additional comments on Leopard and Snow Leopard. There will be two teaching computers, one with Lion (OS-X 10.7) and the other with Snow Leopard (OS-X 10.6). Students are strongly encouraged to attend all five sessions, bring their own Macs, and to ask questions. We will aim at the lowest common denominator as much as possible.

The schedule below is subject to changes. The recommended books should be purchased ahead of the class - they can be obtained from Amazon.com and other book vendors.

Session Date	Class subjects
January 14	Introduction to class: Welcome to OS-X (Familiarization with the Apple mouse & keyboard, Mac desktop, Apple menu, Mac OS interface and running software updates) Navigation (Finder, Windows and their elements, customizing the Finder, gathering file information, contextual menus, Open and Save dialogs, using Help)
January 21	Finding things (Spotlight, working with Spotlight Search Window, Spotlight and System preferences, creating Smart Folders) Organizing your files (Moving and copying files, Spring-Loaded Folders and the Dock, Spaces) The dock (Introduction to the Dock, creating Stacks, configuring the Dock, working with Trash and Eject) Configuring system preferences (Personal preferences, Hardware preferences, Internet preferences, System System preferences) Printing (Understanding printing options)
January 28	TextEdit and Dictionary (Using TextEdit, using Dictionary) Preview (Working with images in Preview, working with PDF files) Safari (Introduction to Safari, working with Address Bar, Bookmarks, Adding and reading RSS feeds, Saving web pages with Safari, Viewing PDF's, Configuring Safari Preferences, Creating Web Clips)
February 4	The Address Book (Introduction to the Address Book, Address Book tips and tricks, Creating Smart Groups in Address Book) iCal (Introduction to iCal, Working with multiple calendars, sharing calendars) Mail (Introduction to Mail, Creating and email account, Sending and receiving mail, Personalizing Mail settings, Sorting email with Rules, Sorting email with Smart Mailboxes, Junk email, Working with To Dos, Notes , and RSS) Choosing and External Hard Drive for Backing up
February 11	Backing up your data (Setting up an External Hard Drive, Time Machine, SuperDuper!) Keeping Your Mac Healthy (Onyx and system maintenance) Preventing MalWare attacks

Getting There

The classes will be held at the Maple Ridge facility at
1767 Alliance Avenue
Freeland, WA 98249
(360) 331-1303

Books

One of the following books is recommended for the operating system that you will be using. They can be obtained from Amazon.com and most book vendors.

• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback) by Maria Langer
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback) by Maria Langer

Teacher

Robert Y Elphick - MAGIC President. Robert lives in Coupeville, Whidbey Island. He was educated in Britain with degrees in Applied Physics and Geophysics & Planetary Physics. He has worked in the oil & gas industry and the space industry. He is retired and spends much of his time volunteering with MAGIC, 4-H and other organizations. He has taught many schools on the use of Macintoshes. He often chairs the Q&A sessions at MAGIC as well as making presentations.

Costs

The cost for taking the classes are as follows:

Item	Cost
Single session	$15
All five sessions	$50

We recommend taking all five courses.

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