Page 1 KH Audio - IT Computer Setup Manual - Part 2 OSX Mountain LIon 10.8 Table of Contents 1. System Preferences 2. Users & Groups 3. General 4. Desktop & Screen Saver 5. Mission Control 6. Spotlight 7. Notifications 8. CD’s & DVD’s 9. Energy Saver 10. Mouse 11. Sound 12. Network 13. Bluetooth 14. Sharing 15. Date & Time 16. Remove Applications from the Dock 17. Open Stickies 18. Set Permissions 19. Create Folders and Shortcuts 20. Send Applications and Files 21. Install Applications and Files 22. Configure Applications 23. Configure Local User Accounts ASL Operator Sound Operator 24. Configure Network 25. Time Machine 26.Mountain Tweaks V 1.1 8/4/12 Page 2 1. Open System Preferences 2. Users & Groups Guest User • Uncheck - Allow guests to log in to this computer • Uncheck - Allow guests to connect to shared folders • Click + to Create Account • Create Account - Sound Operator password: kingdom • Click - Create User • Select User Image • Verify System Manager account is setup properly, short name: sysman Login Options • Automatic Login: Off • Check - Show fast user switching menu as : Full Name • Select these icons for user accounts • System Manager • Sound Operator 3. General • Set Highlight color to Orange • Show scroll bars - Always • Recent items - None • Uncheck - Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps Page 3 4. Desktop & Screen Saver Desktop • Solid Colors - Solid Aqua Dark Blue Screen Saver • Start Screen Saver - Never 5. Mission Control • Set all fields to the hyphen mark • Uncheck all boxes 6. Spotlight - Privacy • Click + • Press: shift command c • Add Macintosh HD • Click OK 7. Notifications • 8. CDs & DVDs • Set all to - Ignore 9. Energy Saver • Computer Sleep - Never • Display sleep - 1 Hr • Uncheck - Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible • Uncheck - Allow power button to put the computer to sleep • Check - Start up automatically after a power failure Page 4 • Check - Restart automatically if the computer freezes 10. Mouse Point & Click • Uncheck - Scroll direction: natural • Check - Secondary click (click on right side) • Uncheck - Smart zoom • Tracking - About 3/4 More Gestures • Uncheck - Swipe between pages • Uncheck - Swipe between full-screen apps • Uncheck - Mission Control 11. Sound Sound Effects • Glass • Play sound effects through: Internal Speakers • Alert Volume - 50% Output • Internal Speakers • Output Volume 100% Input • Internal microphone • Input volume 50% • Check - Use ambient noise reduction 12. Network Wi-Fi • Turn Wi-Fi off • Uncheck - Show Wi-Fi status in menu bar 13. Bluetooth • Check - On • After pairing Mouse, uncheck - Discoverable Page 5 14. Sharing • Name Computer with Congregation: City (Name) iMac • Check - File Sharing • Check Screen Sharing • ***You may have to disconnect from Messages Screen Share and reconnect after this step.*** 15. Date & Time Clock • Check - Show date and time in menu bar • Time options: Digital • Check - Display the time with seconds • Check - Show AM/PM • Date options: Check - Show the day of the week 16. Remove applications from the Dock • Right click on the app and select Options Remove from dock. Or, • drag the icon to the desktop and it will disappear. The dock should look like this: 17. Open Applications - Stickies • Write down all user account names and passwords as well as software names and passwords. This helps the user to understand and write down the correct passwords. When setup is finished be sure to erase all info and quit Stickies. Page 6 18. Set Permissions • Go to: Finder, Select - View Show Path Bar, Show Status Bar Press - Shift Command C select: Macintosh HD Library Application Support 1. 2. 3. 4. Right click with mouse Select - Get Info Unlock Click on + to add user. 5. Select: System Manager 6. Where name is added to list, select: Read & Write. 7. Click gear wheel button and select: Apply to enclosed items. 8. Click - Ok. Repeat 4-8 to add Sound Operator Do not close this Get Info window. You will need to perform steps 7 & 8 again after configuring all applications. 19. Configure Applications • Launch KH Audio 3 • Right click, select Options, • Quit KH Audio 3 Keep in Dock ***Setup of KH Audio 3 is detailed in another manual*** Page 7 TimeMachineEditor • Launch TimeMachineEditor • A user account must be logged in for the editor to function. Have user determine what schedule is best for backing up system. • Click - Apply. • Enter System Manager password. Click - Ok • Click - Ok • Close window TIme Machine • Select Disk. (Use external or network drive) • Click - Use for Backup • Uncheck - Show Time • Do not turn on • Close Machine status in menu bar System Preferences. 20. Configure Local User Accounts • Log in to the Sound Operator account so the account can be configured. The steps to configure are almost all the same as System Manager. However only these steps are necessary: 1. System Preferences 2. Users & Groups 3. General 4. Desktop & Screen Saver 5. Dock 6. Mission Control 8. Spotlight - Privacy 9. CD’s & DVD’s 11. Mouse 12. Sound 13. Network 16. Date & Time 17. Open iChat 18. Remove Applications from the Dock 20. Configure Applications Sound Operator Dock should look like this: Page 8 • Complete step 18 • After all files have been put in place and all software has been configured in System Manager, go to: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support • Right click to get info, unlock window with password, click the gear wheel, select- Apply to enclosed items. • Click - Ok • Close windows. 21. Mountain Tweaks •
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