Brief intro to Mac OS X and Tutorial

Today, I am going to teach you how to make an account on Mac OS X. But first, you should know a few things. Mac OS X is made by Apple Inc, it is a operating system software for computers. It is run on computer only made by Apple. So Macbooks, iMacs, Mac Pros, and Mac Minis run this software. Mac OS X is a very advanced piece of software, it is similar to Windows, but in my opinion Mac OS X is better than Windows. It is very easy to use, simplistic in fact. If you're a Windows user and you switch to a Mac computer, you will never want to go back to Windows again. Guaranteed. In my previous tutorials of iOS, I might have mentioned that iOS is Mac OS X in a smaller form. Mac OS X currently comes with alot of neat stuff. YOu can use iPhoto to organize and edit pictures, iMovie to edit pictures, iTunes to listen to your favorite music, and you can use the iLife suite to do alot of neat things as well.

Note: Due to internet connection, I was unable to upload pictures for this tutorial, so I am sorry for the inconvenience. 

But at any rate. We are going to start the tutorial. We are going to create an account, which is very simple to do.  We are doing this tutorial on my Choir teachers computer today.

We are doing to start from the desktop. On a Mac, the desktop looks similar to a Windows computer. But there are a few minor differences. There is something called a Dock, which is located on the right side of this machine. There is also a taskbar located on the top of the computer, instead of the bottom, different from a Windows computer.



Anyway. So we are at the desktop. In the far left hand corner of the screen, click on the Apple logo, and then go down and click on System Preferences.

In System Preferences, find Accounts and click on that account. When you click that, a prompt for Accounts will appear. You can add accounts, delete them, change the passwords, change profile pictures, edit Parental Controls, and other things. We are going to add an account. Near the bottom of the Accounts windows, there will be a "+" symbol. Click that and a prompt for adding an account will appear. From there enter your username, password, and password hint. When you have finished entering that information, click Create Account.

Congrats! You've created your own account for your Mac computer! Wasn't that easy? Next week, we will have another tutorial on Mac OS X. We will get more into user accounts and system preferences. I will also briefly show you the programs Mac OS X has to offer, they are really neat programs! But until next weeks blog post, see you later. Instinct out.

Steve Jobs Death and Tutorial

As some of you are aware, Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th. Steve was co-creator of Apple, Pixar, and creator of NeXT. He has changed how we do everything in our daily lives. He invented the iPod, the personal computer, the iPad, the iPhone, computer animated movies, and so much more. Steve can easily be compared to someone like Thomas Edison or Henry Ford. He was an incredible visionary, and a great mind. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew what he did and for getting things done. He was a great inspiration to me, and will be a huge impact in my life as I move on. Steve, we will miss you.

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” -Steve Jobs

So, in a previous tutorial, I guided you on how to add an e-mail account on an iOS device. Well today, you are going to learn how to create an e-mail account. We are going to create a G-Mail account. Lets get started.

So, we are going to start on the desktop. We are going to open a new internet page, I use Google Chrome, but you may use anything else. By the way, this awesome desktop background is from Digital Blasphemy. This guy makes really amazing backgrounds for computers and mobile devices. Go check them out! :)

On your webpage, go to this link: Google and if your page shows up like on the picture above, click on sign in on the grey bar on the top right of the webpage. You will be redirected to the page below:

So if you did this correctly, you should see a page that looks like this with a sign in option and a few things a Google Account will offer you and all that jazzy stuff. Above the sign in box, there is a link that says "Sign up for a new Google Account. Click that link and it will redirect you to a sign up page that looks like this:

So if this page comes up, you can move on to the next step, which is signing up. Review this page and fill out the form with your current email address, passwords, location, your birthday date and so forth. Do the Word Verification and read the terms below then accept the terms.

Congrats! You have now created a Google Account. You can now access Google Docs, subscribe to YouTube Videos, check your email, and make a Google+ profile. You can do alot more things now that you have a Google Account, and you will also find having an email or Google+ profile is a great way to communicate with people. For more tutorials on technology or advice, please subscribe to this page and check back every week for a new tutorial. But until next weeks tech tutorial, Instinct out. Have a good day.

Announcement and Brief Tutorial

Before I get into the tutorial today, last week I made a tutorial using iOS. On October 14th, the iPhone 4S will be released, along with iOS 5, the latest version of iOS. Also software on the iPod Nano has been updated and the iPod Touch comes in white now, along with black.

Today, Apple announced their new iPhone, which has some pretty great new features. One of them, it a new 8MP (Mega Pixel) Camera built in to the phone. The camera is also capable of shooting 1080p HD video, which is a really great feature. Another feature is Siri Voice Control. It is a new addition to the software, which is running in beta (Testing Stages). It will allow you to control any part of your iOS device. The last new addition to the iPhone 4S, is the Apple's new A5 processor is built right in. 7X better graphics, dual core graphics, and 2X faster than the previous iPhone. Another new thing. Sprint is now a major carrier of the iPhone starting next. The new iPhone is a world wide phone now, meaning it should be compatible with most networks around the globe.

You can read additional details here: Engadget


Okay, so today really isn't much of a tutorial, it is more of a guide. I will be showing you what some ports on the back of a computer are, or on the computer. I will show you a few pictures of ports on the computer, and what they can be used for and why they are useful.

So, above shows 13 unique ports (15 total) on the back of a computer. I am going to go from 1-13 on what these ports do. So here we go.

1: Your first port, the purple six pin port, is for your keyboard, your keyboard can be used for many things obviously, :P. But. it can be used for things over than typing.

2: This port is for your mouse, the object you use to move the mouse on the screen with, or the arrow perhaps.

3: That port is your Ethernet port. This is how you get internet through a wire or ethernet cable.

4: Those two identical ports are USB port. You can stick thumb drives in here, mouses, keyboards, or anything else with a USB port on it.

5: These are serial ports, they are used for connecting modems, etc, but these ports aren't used often anymore.

6: This port is called a parallel port. But in simple terms, you can connect a printer to this port to print posters, papers, card, etc.

7: This is a game pad port, not alot of systems have these anymore though, mainly older systems, but these can be used to connect old joysticks or gamepads, etc.

8: This is your audio out port. This is were you connect speakers into your system to get sound outputted.

9: This is your line in port, this is were you connect headphones.

10: This is a microphone port, it can be used to connect a microphone and record whatever you so choose!

11. This is an S-Video Port, these port can be used to connect to TVs, along with number 12 is this possible.

12. This is a TV Out cable, allowing you to connect to a TV.

13. This is a VGA port. These are common port on TVs, and monitors to get a output on your screen.

That was a visual layout of ports. For more tutorials, visual aids, or guides, please subscribe. Instinct out. :)