Mac OS X v.10.4 FAQ
OS X v.10.4
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Getting Help with OS X v.10.4


Wellesley OS X documentation

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OS X v.10.4 FAQ

Faculty/Staff

Faculty and staff can call the Faculty/Staff Computing Helpdesk at x3333 to report problems or ask questions regarding their office computers. The Faculty/Staff Helpdesk is open Monday-Friday between 8:30a.m. and 4:30p.m.

Faculty, staff, and students can post general help questions to the Computing Questions conference in FirstClass regarding OS X v.10.4.

 

Students

Students who have questions about connecting their personal computers running OS X v.10.4 to the Wellesley network, or about installing Wellesley software on their computers can follow the Getting Connected instructions available on the ResNet web site.

Students who are having problems with their OS X v.10.4 computers can contact their RCC by filling out a Student Computing Help Form.

Faculty, staff, and students can post general help questions to the Computing Questions conference in FirstClass regarding OS X v.10.4.

 

Help Menus

For more information on using OS X v.10.4

Click once on the desktop (or select the Finder icon from the dock) so that it says Finder in the top left menu of the Apple Menu Bar. From the Help menu choose Mac Help and the Help Center will open.

Click on any of the help links such as What's new in Tiger? You can also type a topic in the search field at the top of the window and press return.

Note: If your search comes up empty, try making it less specific. For example: instead of searching for filesharing, try searching for share.

For help using applications

    1. Launch the application.
    2. From the Help menu choose one of the help options (Contents, Index, Using this Application, etc.)

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