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Chapter 3 –

Initial Installation

Initial System Configuration

The next set of screens deals with configuring the just-installed operating system.

Again, instructions will only be provided for screens where specific actions should

occur to conform to this guidance.

 Welcome

 Personalize Your Settings

 Your Apple ID

The administrative account should not be used for any purpose other than

administration; therefore, it does not require an Apple ID. To prevent an ID from

being associated with the first administrative account being created on the

system:

1. Select Don’t create an Apple ID for me.

2. Click Continue.

 Registration Information

Any information entered in this screen will be stored and forwarded to Apple

when the machine is connected to the Internet. This information gathering

section of the installation process should be skipped.

To bypass this part of the process:

1. Press command-Q. This will cause the registration process to end, and the

information gathering process will be skipped.

2. In the You have not finished setting up Mac OS X dialog box, click Skip

to bypass the remaining registration and setup process.

If information had been inadvertently entered during the installation process, it

should be removed before the system is connected to a network. In Chapter 4,

“Configuring System Settings,” instructions will be given on how to delete this

information to prevent it from being automatically transmitted over a network.

Any information entered in this screen, if not deleted before the system is

connected to the Internet, will be transferred across the Internet in plaintext to

Apple. Even if the system is connected only to an internal network, and not the

Internet, registration information may be transmitted across that network in an

attempt to forward it to Apple. It is very important that no sensitive information

is entered in these screens.

Information entered during this phase of

the installation will be transmitted