Quick Start Guide

Chapter 1

Ready, Set Up, Go

Step 3: Configure your MacBook Air with Setup Assistant

The first time you turn on your MacBook Air, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant

helps you enter your Internet information and set up a user account on your

MacBook Air. You can also migrate information from another Mac during setup.

Note:

If you don’t use Setup Assistant to transfer information when you first start up

your MacBook Air, you can do it later using Migration Assistant. Go to the Applications

folder, open Utilities, and double-click Migration Assistant.

To set up your MacBook Air:

In the Setup Assistant, follow the onscreen instructions until you get to the “Do You

Already Own a Mac?” screen.

Do a basic setup or a setup with migration:

To do a basic setup, select “Do not transfer my information now” and click Continue.

Follow the remaining prompts to select your wireless network, set up an account,

and exit Setup Assistant.

To do a setup with migration, partner with another Mac that has an optical drive and

supports DVD or CD Sharing. (You may have to install software if the other Mac

doesn’t have Mac OS X version 10.5.5 or later installed. See “Setting Up DVD or CD

Sharing” on page 15.) Then go to page 16, “Migrating Information to Your

MacBook Air.”

Note:

After you start Setup Assistant on your MacBook Air, you can leave it mid-

process without quitting, move to the other computer if you need to install the DVD or

CD Sharing Setup software, and then return to your MacBook Air to complete the

setup.