Mac Flashcards
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11” MacBook Air
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- 9 hr battery
- 2.38 pounds
- 30 days of standby time
- 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
- 4 Gb of Ram
- latest WiFi technology 3xs faster
- $ 899 - 1099
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13” MacBook Air
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- 12 hr battery
- 4 Gb of Ram
- 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
- $999 - 1199
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13” MacBook Pro
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- Over 4 million pixels packed into 15”
- Force Touch Trackpad
- 10 hrs of Battery life
- 2.7GHz - 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
- Intel Iris Graphics 6100
- 8 Gb of Ram
- Led-backlit Retina display
- $1,299 - 1,799
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15” MacBook Pro
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- Over 5 million pixels packed into 15”
- Force Touch Trackpad
- 9 hrs of Battery life
- 2.2GHz - 2.5 GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
- Intel Iris Pro Graphics
- 16 Gb of Ram
- Led-backlit Retina display
- 1,999 - 2,499
5
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Apple Display Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $99
6
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File Vault
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- If you store sensitive information on your Mac, you can use FileVault encryption to protect the files from being seen or copied.
- FileVault encodes the information stored on your Mac so that it can’t be read unless the login password is entered.
7
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Force Touch Trackpad
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- Force Click: looking up the definition of a word, previewing a file in the Finder, or creating a new Calendar event when you Force click a date in the text of an email.
- Accelerators: Gradually add pressure to the trackpad to vary the speed with which you fast-forward through a QuickTime movie or zoom in on a location in Maps.
- Pressure sensitive drawing: Press lightly for a thin stroke or harder for a thick one when marking up a Mail attachment or creating a signature for forms in Preview.
8
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Hard Drive v.s Solid State Drive
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- traditional spinning hard drive (HDD) is the basic nonvolatile storage on a computer
- (SSD) The flash memory chips store your data and don’t require constant power to retain that data.
- An SSD-equipped PC will boot in seconds, certainly under a minute.
- A hard drive requires time to speed up to operating specs, and will continue to be slower than an SSD during normal use
- If you’re rough on your equipment, an SSD is recommended.
- Even the quietest HDD will emit a bit of noise
- SSDs make virtually no noise at all, since they’re non-mechanical.
9
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What is Hyper-Threading
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- (Intel Core i7 only)
- allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core.
- quad-core iMac has eight virtual cores, all of which are recognized by OS X.
- extra threads are useful in demanding software.
10
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iCloud Definition
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- simplifies your digital life by bringing all these important pieces of information into a single account accessible from any Mac or iOS device
- on multiple devices, you can even use Handoff to pass a document seamlessly between them, picking up right where you left off. It all happens automatically, securely, and wirelessly.2
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21.5” iMac with 4k Retina Display
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- 5mm thin
- All-in-one aluminium and glass enclosure
- 8Gb of Ram
- 1TB hard drive
- Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
- 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor
- configurable optional Fusion Drive combines high capacity and hard drive with high-performance flash storage
- $ 1,499
12
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iMac Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $169
13
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iMac w. 5k Retina Display
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- 14.7 million pixels.
- All-in-one aluminium and glass enclosure
- 3.2GHz - 3.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor
- 8Gb of Ram
- LED-backlit widescreen Retina 5K display
- 4x’s the standard latest and greatest
- $1,799 - 2,299
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Mac Mini Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $99
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Mac Pro
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- Intel Xeon E5 processor
- 12-core processing power
- four-channel memory controller
- enough power to edit full-resolution 4K video while simultaneously rendering effects in the background — and still connect up to three 4K displays.
- D300 Graphics - D500 Graphics processors
- 12 - 16 Gb of Ram
- Connect up to 3 5k displays
- Connect up to 6 thunderbolt displays
- 9.9 inches TALL 11 pounds
- Mac Pro comes with 90 days of complimentary telephone technical support and a one-year limited warranty
- $2,999 - $3,999
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Mac Pro Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $249 or $183 w. Student discount
17
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MacBook
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- 13.1 mm thin
- two pounds,
- 12” Retina display
- three million retina pixels
- fifth-generation Intel Core M “Broadwell” processor
- Force touch trackpad
- Fully equipped for the wireless world, latest WiFi and Bluetooth technology.
- USB-C, speedy USB3 transfers, 1/3 the size
- FANLESS
- 8Gb of Ram
- Nine hr Battery
- $1299 - 1599
18
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MacBook / MacBook Air’s / MacBook Pro 13” Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $249 $183 with student discount
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MacBook Pro 15” Apple Care Protection Plan
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- Extends one yr warranty to three years from original purchase date.
- Extends telephone support from 90 days to over 1k days.
- Global repair coverage for your Mac both parts and labor
- Mail In Repair, prepaid shipping box provided
- Carry In Repair - Genius Bar / Authorized service provider
- Hardware coverage on Battery, included accs, Ram, Airport, Superdrive and apple display included in purchase.
- Software Support inluded on OS X, iCloud. Quick How to’s, Printer and Airport networks
- *can only be purchased while Mac is covered under the standard one-year limited warranty.
- $349
20
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What is Memory (Ram)
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- increases performance and enables your computer to perform faster and better.
- The more memory your computer has, the more apps you can run simultaneously, and the better performance you get from your computer
- standard memory configuration to support day-to-day tasks
- Upgrade the memory in your iMac to enjoy greater performance for more intensive computing tasks
21
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OS X El Capitan Overview
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Highlights
- Photos - editing extensions, full control of orgainzation.
- Spilt view - Focus on two apps simultaneously without distractions from your desktop.
- Mission Control - Windows on your desktop arrange themselves in a single layer
- Safari - Pinned sites enable your favorite websites to stay active on the left side of your tab bar.
- Notes - Staying organized and infromative
- Spotlight - Search in your words
22
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OS X El Capitan: Metal
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- Metal is a new graphics core technology that gives games and apps near-direct access to the graphics processor on your Mac,
- speeds system-level graphics rendering by up to 50 percent
- as well as making it up to 40 percent more efficient
- Metal allows the main processor and graphics processor to work more effectively together, boosting high-performance apps. And Metal is designed to be great for games,
- improving draw call performance by up to 10x and paving the way for new levels of realism and detail
23
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What is the Processor
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- A central processing unit is the electronic circuit within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program
- Get amazing performance from the quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor
- four processor cores on a single chip.
- advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller
- faster, more direct access to memory
24
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What is Turbo Boost 2.0
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- dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload
25
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What does the clock speed mean?
ex: 2.7GHz Processor
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- A measure of how quickly each core on a processor can handle operations, generally speaking.
- higher clock speed means better performance
26
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What is cached data?
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- a component that stores data so future requests for that data can be served faster
- the data stored in a cache might be the results of an earlier computation, or the duplicates of data stored
- Cache is like a drawer under your desk you can drop extra items you need a lot into, allowing you to grab them quickly when you need them without having to ask RAM for them
- Whenever the CPU finds that it keeps on using the same data over and over, it stores that data in its cache.
27
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What is Flash Storage
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- delivers significantly improved performance compared to a traditional hard drive
- notice when launching apps, or booting up.
- Fusion Drive combines superfast flash storage with a traditional hard drive.
- It automatically and dynamically moves frequently used files to flash for quicker access.
- Over time, as the system learns how you work
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What is New in OS X El Capitan Notes
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- Now you can turn a list into a checklist in a snap. Or easily add a photo, video, URL, or map location to a note.
- Save content from other apps.
- Use the Attachments Browser to see everything in one place.
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What is new in OS X El Capitan Photos
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- New editing extensions let you go further with your photos.
- Everything in its place.
30
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What is OS X El Capitan Mission Control
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- A single swipe, all the windows on your desktop arrange themselves in a single layer, with nothing stacked or hidden.
- Mission Control places your windows in the same relative location, so you can spot the one you’re looking for more quickly
31
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What is the difference between Core i5 and i7?
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- faster CPU performance from Core i7 than Core i5
- Core i7 processors have larger cache (on-board memory) to help the processor deal with repetitive tasks faster
- Core i7 chips carry either 6MB or 4MB of cache. Core i5 chips have 3MB
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What is the OS X El Capitan User Experience
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- Simpler, smarter ways to do the things you do most with your Mac.
- working in multiple apps at the same time.
- Spotlight is more expressive and more powerful & knowledgeable.
- Keeping tabs on your favorite websites and know where the audio is coming from.
- Taking notes just as you would on iOS 9.
- Call out your cursor, Move mouse vividly to get a GIANT cursor
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What is the OS X El Capitan User Performance
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- Improvements under the hood make snappier and more efficient in all kinds of everyday tasks — from opening PDFs to accessing your email.
- Metal for Mac, you get faster and more fluid graphics performance in games, high-performance apps, and many other places.
34
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What is the OS X El Capitan Spilt View
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- automatically fills your screen with the two apps you choose
