• Mac OS X versions: I often mention features specific to a
particular version of Mac OS X, which Apple usually refers to
by their “big cat” and “California” names:
‣ Yosemite: 10.10 (public release planned for late 2014)
‣ Mavericks: 10.9
‣ Mountain Lion: 10.8
‣ Lion: 10.7
My focus in this book is 10.9 Mavericks, though you’ll find some
information about the
other Mac OS X
versions listed above.
• Configuring a base station: Throughout the book, I refer to
using a program called AirPort Utility to configure
a base station.
In almost all cases, to configure a base station in AirPort Utility 6
for Mac or in AirPort Utility for iOS, you select the base station in
the AirPort Utility graphical display and then click or tap the Edit
button that appears. (You may have to enter a password for the
base station first.)
Finding the Wi-Fi Menu
The Wi-Fi status menu appears near the right of the menu bar on
a Macintosh. It’s icon normally looks like a fan (Figure 1). If yours
isn’t showing, you can turn it on via a checkbox in the Network system
preference pane, in the Wi-Fi view.
Figure 1: The Wi-Fi status menu appears near the right of the menu
bar. I’ve put a red rectangle around it, so you can spot it easily.
if you see a different fan icon marking your menu, read Mac Wi-Fi
Iconography to learn what that icon means.
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