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APPENDIX B INSTALLING MAC OS X LEOPARD
After the Apple ID screen you will be presented with a Registration screen to register your
copy of Leopard. If you entered an Apple ID, most of this information will be filled in automatically
for you; otherwise, you can enter it here.
NOTE If the registration information was filled in with old information, you may want to
update it.
After you enter your information and click Continue, you will be asked a few more questions
about how you use your computer. Once you have answered those, your registration will
be sent to Apple.
After the registration process, you will be asked to create your user account for your system.
You will be asked for a name, a short name, and a password (plus you may optionally enter a
password hint). The name and short name will be filled in by default based on previously entered
information; however, you may edit these as you see fit. Once the account is created, you cannot
change the short name. After selecting your names, you must enter your password twice (strong
passwords are encouraged here; they should be a minimum of eight characters of mixed numbers,
letters, and symbols).
After you’re done with selecting your usernames and password, you will be presented with
a screen to select an account picture (Figure B-15). If you have an iSight camera attached to your
computer, it will turn on allowing you to snap a picture of yourself. If you’d rather, you can
select the “Choose from the picture library” option to select one of many generic user icons (you
can change or customize this at any time in the Accounts panel of System Preferences).
Figure B-15. You can use your iSight camera to snap a photo to use as your account image.
After you create your account, you will be asked to either try, sign up for, or enter your current
information for .Mac. If you don’t have a .Mac account, it’s definitely worth at least signing
up for the trial here. (You can read about the benefits of .Mac in Chapter 15 and in various
places throughout the book.)